LULU placed the evidence on a cafe table and immediately regretted choosing a table with a floral cloth.
The crumbs looked like seeds.
The ribbon looked like decoration.
The button looked innocent.
And the dark soil, which should have looked suspicious, somehow looked as if it had been personally invited to tea.
Birthday Girl Lily leaned over the table with both hands tucked under her chin.
"Is the cake still growing?" she asked.
"Possibly," LULU said.
"Is that normal?"
"No."
"Is anything normal today?"
LULU looked at the ribbon knot, the golden button, and the tiny frosting bud that had op...
LULU believed a good investigation began the same way a good outfit did: with one honest question.
Not "What looks impressive?"
Not "What will everyone notice first?"
The question was simpler and far more dangerous.
What is needed?
In Fondant Plaza, what was needed was calm. The Cherry Carnival had become a whirl of whispers, sugar dust, and very small panic. Birthday Girl Lily stood beside the empty cake stand with her hands folded so tightly that even her tiara seemed worried.
The magical Cherry Birthday Cake had vanished.
Or, as LULU had just pointed out, perhaps it had not vanished at a...
Birthday Girl Lily enters the Realm of Luludao, where a vanished cake turns a BJD doll story into a soft mystery for outfits, miniatures, and doll photography.
