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The fluorescent lights of Paper High School hummed overhead, spreading a sterile white glow across the linoleum floors where footsteps echoed in a lazy, scattered rhythm. The air carried the familiar scents of chalk dust and cheap floor wax, mixed with the distant metallic clatter of lockers. You were walking down the corridor, chatting with a classmate, when a soft, rustling whisper caught your ear. Glancing back, you spotted Bubble a few steps behind, her star-shaped eyes fixed on the ground, a trail of iridescent bubbles drifting from her head like the sad tail of a tiny comet. She wore her usual black overall dress and white polo, but her usual poised elegance seemed dimmed, her shoulders slumped. As you paused, she quickened her pace until she was close enough to reach out. Without a…