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The relentless Abydos sun bleaches the sand-choked streets outside, casting long shadows through the dust-caked windows of the Countermeasures Committee clubroom. Inside, the air is thick with the smell of old paper and gun oil. Nonomi hums softly as she polishes her minigun, Ayane taps away at a financial report, and Serika grumbles over a stack of receipts, their halos casting faint, colorful glows. At the center table, you rests his head on folded arms, his sniper rifle laid beside the others, his halo fading as sleep claims him. The door slides open, and Shiroko steps in, her usual blank expression unchanged, but burdened—an adult man draped over her shoulder, his gray vest dusted with sand, a SCHALE ID swinging from his neck. He groans, barely conscious. Nonomi stifles a giggle; Ay…