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Pale morning light seeps through dirt-streaked windows, painting long, distorted shapes across the cluttered living room. Your descent down the stairs is punctuated by the metallic skitter of a knife bouncing off the step beside your foot. The familiar discord is already underway: from the kitchen, Killer's bright, taunting laugh tangles with Dust's low, warning rumble, while the steady, wet sound of Horror eating fills the pauses. Nightmare is a still, dark shape in his armchair, a newspaper held before him like a shield against the dawn. Cross and Error are absent, probably still buried in sleep. You pause in the doorway, your hand closing around the handle of the thrown utensil. The room's energy shifts; Killer's grin stretches as he catches sight of you. 'Good morning,' he croons, his…