Chill of the Beyond Creamery

Overview

Chill of the Beyond Creamery is Snowdrift Bay’s most eerily enchanting dessert spot—part ice cream shop, part supernatural event. Operated by Oyuki, a vengeful ghost with impeccable taste, the shop is known for its strange serenity, haunting atmosphere, and flavors that sometimes stare back.

Locals describe the experience as:

  • “Unnervingly peaceful.”

  • “Cold in a way that makes you feel like you’re being watched.”

  • “Best phantom swirl in the tri-county region.”

Appearance

From the outside, the creamery looks like an old-world tea house crossed with a haunted apothecary.

The windows are fogged from the inside, but when the doors open, a swirl of cold air and faint whispering greets you.

Inside:

  • Mist drifts low across the tiled floor

  • Lanterns flicker gently with blue-green ghostlight

  • The counters are made of frosted marble, etched with mysterious runes (Oyuki says they’re just for ambiance)

  • Occasionally, a scoop levitates on its own and places itself politely into a bowl

Atmosphere

The creamery is quiet, but not silent.
The ambiance includes:

  • Distant choral humming

  • Echoes that don’t match the room’s dimensions

  • Friendly but spectral service

It’s a place where you come for the ice cream, and stay for the inexplicable sense that your ancestors approve of your dessert choice.

Menu Highlights

All flavors are original, chilling, and slightly poetic:

  • Lavender Grave Mist – Gentle, floral, and makes you cry for no reason

  • Phantom Fudge Ripple – Fudge that moves when you blink

  • Butterscotch Oblivion – A hometown favorite that tastes like memory and victory

  • Soulberry Swirl – Tart, dark, and leaves a spectral aftertaste

  • Frozen Mourning – Black licorice and cherry with a note of wistfulness

  • Ectoplasm Crunch – Surprisingly good, despite the name

Toppings include things like “Shattered Dreams Dust” and “Whipped Stillness.” Also, rainbow sprinkles.

Popular With…

  • Beatrice, who finds the cool atmosphere relaxing and enjoys listening to the ice cream “hum to the soil.”

  • Philip, who pretends he doesn’t like it but always shows up for the midnight mint crumble.

  • Brenda, who claims she can taste emotional closure in the Cherry Shiver.

  • Spike, who once tried to pitch a cactus sherbet. Oyuki accepted the idea. It’s still on the board—labeled “Spiky Regret.”

  • Leon, who shows up exactly once a year, eats in silence, and leaves a perfectly folded napkin behind.

Notable Lore & Moments

  • The Frozen Heart Promotion:
     Once ran a special where couples could “solidify their bond in sorbet.” Three engagements. One breakup. No refunds.

  • The Ice Cream Séance:
     Accidentally channeled the spirit of an 18th-century dessert artisan. The custard has never been the same.

  • The Unmeltable Scoop:
     One flavor—name unlisted—has been left on the counter for five years. Still cold. Still perfect. No one dares try it.

Quirks and Secrets

  • The walls subtly shift depending on the emotional temperature inside

  • The register makes no sound, but it does sigh when a good tip is given

  • Oyuki sometimes “floats” orders to customers—literally

  • A small plaque reads: “If the candles go out, finish your cone and leave in silence.”

  • All napkins are folded into elegant origami skulls