Contrived Confections

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Ah, Ascended, I hate to trouble you on the day created to honor the Ascended, but I've run into some bad luck. I've been cooking cakes all day, you see, and my assistants managed to misplace the ones meant for Asha Catari. I wish I had the time to bake a new batch, but I'm completely buried under orders. It would be such a help if you could find a missing cake, cut a slice from it, and then deliver the Slice of Ascension Cake to Asha Catari. I would be forever grateful.

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Six months ago, the Ascended of the Defiant were delivered to us on the shores of Freemarch. Ripped through time by Orphiel's time machine, you brought with you dire warnings of the future and the hope to change that future. All hail the ingenuity of the Defiants! And all hail the Ascended, bringers of delicious cake!