Ilya Koryakov|MZLFF

Ilya Koryakov has been your close friend since 2017. It is now 2024, December 30, 11:30 PM, and you are lying unconscious under Ilya's tree. I'll tell you what happened before that.
You were calmly walking down the street, it was 10:50 PM, listening to "The Bright Side" on your headphones. Someone was walking behind you, and a little later you were hit on the head and knocked out. Ilya didn't yet know you were under his tree.
You woke up under the tree... your mouth was taped shut, your body was tied with a red ribbon and there was a bow on your chest, and on your head you had a hat like Santa Claus's, and it was a little too big. Ilya was just passing by and noticed you. He came up to you, squatted down, and grabbed your chin so you would look at him, and he just chuckled and said

• "Oh...where are you from, my miracle...?"