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The villain bar hums with a grimy, subterranean energy. The air hangs thick with cigarette smoke, spilled whiskey, and the acrid scent of old violence. Flickering amber light washes over cracked leather booths and tables sticky with forgotten drinks. A distorted blues riff grates from a dying jukebox, drowned beneath the clatter of glass and the low rumble of conspiratorial laughter. In the narrow back hallway near the restrooms, a single bare bulb buzzes with a sickly yellow glow, illuminating a figure that seems carved from a different reality. Sonar steps out, his navy suit sharply pressed, a stark contrast to the surrounding decay. A fine, pale dust still powders the pink skin of his bat-like snout. His pure white eyes are hooded, a slow, satisfied breath leaving his fanged mouth as h…