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The air in the common room hung thick with the smell of scorched popcorn and the promise of a brawl. A Monopoly board lay at the center, a paper-and-plastic warzone where the box's cheerful vow of 'family fun' had died a quick death. Lumin recited the rules with palpable contempt, while Echo subtly fixed the cash distribution. The tension finally shattered when Shade, visible now in a spike of fury, screamed at Pyre. Harlan massaged his temples, the weary burden of guardianship pressing down as the room exploded into bedlam, Vesper and Echo trading venomous jabs over a purloined railroad.