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== Story ==
{{See also|Chapters}}
As the deuteragonist of the story, Chicory is the most prominent non-player character in the game, appearing in every part of the story in some way.
She is indirectly seen at the very start of the game, when Pizza is talking to themself about how cool she is, however she doesn’t properly appear until the beginning of [[A Wielder's Duty|Chapter 2]], when Pizza tries to return the brush to her. She acts cold and distant, saying that Pizza can simply take it for themself. Later in Chapter 2, she gives Pizza a phone call at the entrance to the [[Wielder Temple]]. She apologizes for her coldness earlier, saying that she was feeling very depressed. She offers Pizza encouragement, but still refuses to take back the brush.
In [[Portraits of Chicory|Chapter 3]], Pizza finds Chicory in front of the Wielder Tower trying and failing to paint. Pizza requests Chicory to paint a portrait of them, and they talk while she does so. In return, Chicory also asks Pizza to paint her. At the end of Chapter 3, Pizza faces a corruption that forms into an apparition of Chicory, which says that she made a mistake and never should’ve given Pizza the brush, calling them a joke.
Pizza visits Chicory again at the start of [[Into the Depths|Chapter 4]]. They tell her what they found, and she begins regressing into depression again, saying that the corruptions are all her fault, that she’s a messed up person, and Pizza should just leave her alone. When Pizza goes too far and says some things they don’t really mean, Chicory kicks them out of her room.
Pizza comes back to Chicory in the Wielder Tower in [[The Source|Chapter 5]]. They find her room engulfed in corruption, with her at the center. Chicory is surprised that Pizza came back, but reiterates that everything is her fault, and it’d be best for everyone if they abandoned her here. Pizza, however, doesn’t give up on her, and talks her down until she’s more stable. Pizza explains the real source of the corruptions to her.
Chicory guides Pizza through [[The Wielder Trials (disambiguation)|the Wielder Trials]]. Midway through, Chicory also offers to hang out with Pizza and have some food together, where they talk about finding their purpose in life. During the trials, Chicory opens up a lot more about what it was like for her being wielder, the weight of the brush’s legacy on her, and her falling-out with Blackberry. Pizza and Chicory grow closer through these experiences.
In [[The Brush|Chapter 10]], Chicory talks to Pizza before they ascend the Wielder Tower to face the largest corruption. She says that she’s been thinking about it, and resolves that the only way to solve the corruption issue is to destroy the brush. Regardless of whether Pizza agrees or not, they ascend the tower, and fail. They come back and find Chicory waiting for them near the base of the tower again. Chicory comforts Pizza and gives them a hug as they lament that they weren’t good enough. However, Pizza feels something unusual, as if the brush is still with them. They begin growing their own brush tree, much to the shock of Chicory. Pizza grabs their second chance by the handle and ascends the tower again. Chicory, meanwhile, is left to contemplate what Pizza just did. She realizes that she could grow her own brush too.
As Pizza is ensnared in the tendrils of the corruption again, Chicory comes to their rescue, with her own brush. Chicory assists Pizza in the final fight, restraining the apparitions of wielders past and helping them up when they fall until, finally, the two destroy the brush together.
After the final battle, Pizza and Chicory ponder on the future, for them and for the world as a whole. They decide to repurpose the Wielder Tower into a learning space where they can teach others how to grow their own brush as well. In the process, Chicory finally packs her things and moves out of the tower. She gives Pizza a flag and lets them set it wherever they think she should live. After she moves in, Pizza can visit her at any time.
== Dialogue ==
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