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In an ancient town of catholic roots in the Pre-War America of 1935, strange events and phenomena often manifest in the worst of their forms. 

Vanilla Land, a 16 years old outcast and weirdo with access to magical plushes —ancient and powerful totems capable of summoning powerful spirits and powers for its users— loves to explore wicked places, investigate mysteries, and even fight horrid abominations when necessary. 

And it's in one of these explorations where she suddenly meets her abrupt when she and a powerful apparition destroy each other. The result? A powerful, demonical entity is impressed by her actions and gives her a second opportunity to live again.

She must perform a series of tasks for such an entity —not without getting rewarded with more powerful artifacts and plushes— but in the end, everything points out that there's an ancient source of power capable of redefining reality. And she's not the only one trying to reach it...

Come and find out all events that Vanilla had to go through in that dying town of supernatural events, eccentric creatures, and unexpected personalities getting in her way. 


Cover art by cielnoir
Instagram/TikTok: @cielnoir.art

Contracts With the Void

The girls and the puppy were the only ones on the main hail of the gloomy second floor of the Land Residence. No one of the workers and maids showed their dead faces as the trio crossed below the colonial arches above and the paintings of important artists from the former century at both parallel walls.

They reached the bottom, where three colonial doors of mahogany wood stood in a row. Both of the girls leaned and crouched at each side of the door in the middle, like a pair of police officers about to break in into the lair of a wanted criminal.

Rowie was like one of their avid german-Shepard dogs. He took his stance next to Vanilla.

"So, here we are," She whispered as she leaned her head down. The light of the citrine was the only thing illuminating the black and cold place. "Carol must be inside. She must be snoring like a bear at this hour," She checked Avrevm Horologivm. 12:41 AM.

CIV. The Mouse Who Put the Bell on the Cat.