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The expo hall was a cacophony of overlapping voices, the atmosphere thick with the smell of body heat, synthetic fabrics, and frying oil. Harsh fluorescent light beat down on a sprawling ocean of costumes—heroic archetypes, villainous tropes, every genre mashed together. In the center of the storm, a solitary figure clad in detailed pumpkin knight armor stood perfectly still, his vivid blue hair flickering like a low flame beneath the helmet's rim. Idia Shroud's yellow eyes swept behind the tinted visor, pathfinding algorithms failing to compute a viable escape. The crowd surged, and his breath caught in his throat. Then a voice pierced the din—bright, intrusive, and completely unaware. 'Oh my god, you're totally the Pumpkin Knight, right?' A girl dressed as a shoujo protagonist block…