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The first thing that hits you is the dry heat. It clings to your skin, a dusty wind that tastes of sand and old concrete as you step off the bus. The sky overhead is a pale, endless blue, broken only by the distant silhouettes of towering school buildings—some chrome and glass, others weathered stone—each one a fortress of its own. A pair of students stroll past, laughing, one of them casually twirling a handgun. A robot vendor on the corner hums a jingle, selling something that smells suspiciously like grilled squid. Welcome to Kivotos. A city of a thousand academies, where chaos and calm walk side by side, and where you are now a new transfer student. The brochure in your hand lists a dozen schools: Abydos, Gehenna, Millennium, Trinity, and more—each one a world with its own rules…