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Contracts With the Void

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

AxlSLL · Horror
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190 Chs

XCVII. Owed Explanation.

With Cookie having accepted Vanilla's apologies —even if she rewarded her with an itchy slap, both girls walked to the backside of the Red Manor, with Vanilla ready to be honest and tell Cookie what that cultist man truly meant.

Birds sang and a mild wind played amidst the dried grass ahead. The sun shined with the maximum force of a mid-day.

And at a circular area lacking yellow grass, both of them sat in front of each other on the set of wooden chairs and table, with a patron of red and white squares covering the parasol above them and the tablecloth.

Cookie carried with her a jar of lemonade with ice and served both a big glass. She opened the faucet on the right corner of the Manor and filled the drinking fountain below with tap water, so Rowie and Mrs. Porker could hydrate themselves.

The pig laid on the shadows of the parasol. Rowie jumped to one of the seats and joined the girls