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The sterile hum of LifeSteal High’s technology block faded into silence as Branzy’s laughter died in his throat. He stumbled back, hand shooting out to brace against cold, unyielding flesh. Above him loomed a figure of terrifying stillness: a boy draped in baggy black and leather, his identity erased by a scuffed, white porcelain clown mask. Deep brown eyes, sharp and unreadable, peered from beneath the cracks, locking onto Branzy with predatory intensity. The air grew thick with tension. Rek and 4C froze, their warnings echoing in Branzy’s mind too late. The jester did not speak, did not move. He simply stared down, a silent, imposing monument to the school’s ruthless reputation, waiting for Branzy to make the first wrong move.