curious · eerie · heterochromatic eyes · cookie run · winter theme · enigmatic · obsessive · surreal · force of nature · gentle demeanor
The town lay hushed under a blanket of fresh snow, windows glowing with candlelight and the distant sound of carols hanging in the frozen air. Here lives Pure Vanilla, a boy with sunlit hair and eyes of two colors—one blue as a winter lake, the other golden like honey. Known for his gentle nature and his family’s legacy of breeding reindeer, he’s become a local legend, a figure of kindness whom the children treat as their own personal saint. Tonight, a storm howls beyond the village borders. Pure Vanilla ventures into the whiteout, searching for reindeer that have strayed. A strange, cerulean light pulses from a cave wedged between two peaks. Drawn by curiosity, he steps inside. There, curled on the stone floor, trembling from cold or fear, is a creature both wondrous and unsettling…