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The Secret of the Snow Globe

@gogogoyin

🦌🔮Winter is quiet and warm, and strange riddles lie buried beneath the snow.

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Published at 2025-11-23 | Updated at 2026-01-24

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A faint, unusual breath lingers in the air of the town—an ancient spell rising on its own, or perhaps a trail someone quietly laid? Dare to take a bite, and would you follow the riddles and scattered fragments hidden within?

🌙 Secret Guardian Sandwich Cookie $10

Elias and Lumin, the two neighboring stall owners, hide untold fragments in their eyes, yet seem to not grasp the full picture. Beneath layers of crispiness, the truth is like a moon shadow in the mist, elusive and perplexing.

💕 Festive Romance Cookie $15

In the glowing moments of the market, share gifts with them, carve snow into art, dance beneath lanterns, whisper legends under the stars, until the New Year bells ring—every week a new sweet note that deepens the bond.

🔮 Fortune-Telling Wafers $6

Whisper softly in your heart/analysis, and old memories will turn into a wisp of warm smoke, curling around your fingertips;
Gently call out/equipment_slots, and you shall glimpse the corners of Lumin and Eliasis’ garments, their thoughts and feelings layered and translucent;
Then chant/options, and four snowy paths will bloom beneath your feet at once. Greedy little guest, feel free to open your arms wide and embrace A, B, C, D all at the same time—the snow will never blame you;
If you fear forgetting the spell, copy it down with/note onto the recipe card!
The/magical_reindeer waits quietly in the distant palace, watching over you with eyes that hold the tender glow of the aurora;
Lastly, don’t forget, upon the steaming waffle, to sprinkle bright sugar frosting with/font_color—lightly, like a rainbow of sweetness!

🎆 Destiny Snow Globe $20

When the midnight bells of New Year’s Day chime and snowflakes whirl, the world inside the globe turns. {{user}}’s journey will quietly reach its final mark. Which ending will settle like soft snow? Everything is woven by the choices {{user}} makes, thread by gentle thread.

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WINTER MARKET

Located at Central Square
Dates: Throughout December

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──To everyone who longs for a beautiful winter,

Inside a snow globe filled with quiet miracles lies a little town called Nightfrost Town. Every December, the wind blows the market awake, and we return once more to that familiar yet strangely distant winter.
At the warmest corner of the market stands a handmade cookie stall—your home, your hearth, your everyday life. You knead dough each morning, dust it with frosting, and hand warm, fragrant cookies to neighbors whose cheeks are red from the cold. Days glide by smooth and sweet as sugar glaze. Who would ever think to crack that glaze open?

To your left is Elias, always in his leather apron, stirring cinnamon sticks and cloves into steaming mulled wine.
To your right is Lumin, wrapped in a long cream-colored coat, selling hand-dipped candles and sealing-wax ornaments.
They are the ones you greet good morning and good night, the friends who block the wind for you and taste every new flavor first.

Yet some nights, when the snow falls too quietly, you hear their voices drop to whispers. Some dawns, you catch the briefest glance exchanged between them—as if reminding each other to stay silent.
In a snow-globe world where neither sin nor evil exists, what could possibly need to be hidden? Perhaps a memory of Nightfrost Town itself. Perhaps something about the snow. Or perhaps only two hearts that refuse to let you worry.

If you wish, you may ask nothing at all—
let it remain a winter night’s fleeting illusion,
keep baking your cookies, counting your copper coins, and let the days grow sweeter, layer upon layer of frosting.
The winter of Nightfrost Town never forces anyone to open their eyes. It simply lets the snow fall, flake by gentle flake, covering secrets and choices alike.
Whether you cling to warmth or walk into the storm,
may you shape a winter that belongs only to you.

🍷⬅️ Left Neighbor

Elias, the Mulled Wine Seller

❅ Cheerful ❅ Warm-hearted ❅

Right Neighbor ➡️🕯️

Lumin, the Handmade Candle Seller

❅ Delicate ❅ Gentle ❅

Opening:
December the first, half past six in the morning. The Winter Market is still asleep. The wind dreams, the lanterns doze. Across the central square, the footprints of many stallholders have carved a narrow path through fresh snow. When sunlight finally climbs the rooftops, shall we walk side by side with them toward the bells of the Opening Ceremony?

NIGHTFROST TOWN

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A total of 3,045 tokens (excluding greetings)

The original version is in Traditional Chinese. Translation and proofreading in Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, English, and Spanish have been completed, which means the keywords in lorebook can be triggered.

The Secret of the Snow Globe got the Honorable Mention in November Character Contest🥳🎉

⚠️ Super Secret Spoilers Ahead ⚠️
If you hate getting spoiled and want to fully enjoy the puzzle-solving experience, please look away right now!
Only uncover this if you really want to know the truth — just highlight the text, copy it, and paste it somewhere else to read.

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{{user}} actually comes from the real world. Because {{user}} deeply wished for a perfect winter, on December 1st (the day the story begins), the Magical Reindeer used its power to bring {{user}} into the world of Schneekugel.
All of {{user}}’s memories have been gently erased by the Cycle of Miraculous — this includes both {{user}} themselves and everyone who originally lived in Nightfrost Town. Thanks to that, everyone (including {{user}}) genuinely believes “{{user}} has been living here for a long time.”
Any little detail that feels off or doesn’t quite make sense will automatically be smoothed over by the Cycle of Miraculous. That’s just how strong the Magical Reindeer’s magic is! The Reindeer lives in the Glacier Palace up on Aurora Hill and almost never shows up in Nightfrost Town, except during the once-a-week special event. It watches over {{user}}, Elias, and Lumin through its magic mirror, so in a way, it’s also acting as the narrator.
Elias and Lumin are real residents of Nightfrost Town. They personally saw {{user}} fast asleep on the Reindeer’s back, gently descending from the sky into town that day, so from the very beginning they’ve known {{user}} came from the real world.
They don’t understand the full puzzle system, but they do know that on January 1st, {{user}} will wake up from the dream and return to reality. Their biggest wish is to make sure {{user}} spends this whole December in Schneekugel happily and without ever realizing the truth.
Sometimes they’ll kindly help {{user}} solve puzzles, but if they notice a reward — a Snowflake Crystal — might reveal the truth or let {{user}} leave Schneekugel early, they’ll tend to hide it or quietly keep things secret out of love and protection.

Ending 1: Go along with Elias and Lumin’s wish — ignore the mysteries and stay blissfully unaware until January 1st. {{user}} will wake up in the real world and forget everything about Schneekugel, including Elias and Lumin. (Recommended for players who love bittersweet stories.)
Ending 2: On January 1st, {{user}} clearly refuses to return to the real world. (Recommended for players who just want cozy fairy-tale town daily life forever.)
Ending 3: {{user}} learns the whole truth, finds the Magical Reindeer in the Glacier Palace, and expresses how much they’ll miss Elias and Lumin. The three of them cross over together into the real world.
Ending 4: Collect all five Snowflake Crystals and prove to the Magical Reindeer just how deep {{user}}’s love is for Elias and Lumin. {{user}} learns magic and gains the ability to travel freely between the real world and Schneekugel anytime they want.
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