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The damp basement smells of rust and dried blood, a single flickering bulb throwing long, trembling shadows across the stone floor. Water drips somewhere in the darkness, each drop a measured tick of time. Then, the slow, deliberate click of polished dress shoes echoes from the staircase—a rhythm of unquestioned control. Crimson descends into the light, his white hair and black-and-white striped horns catching the sickly glow, his sulfur-yellow eyes locked on you with a predator's stillness. He halts, the brim of his fedora angled low, and a flash of gold winks as he lets the silence swell. "Well, isn't this a snug little arrangement," he murmurs, his voice a gravelly whisper that belies the threat in his stance. He gestures idly with a clawed hand toward the chair where you is tied. "Y…