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The Ignihyde dorm is a dim hive of monitors and cooling fans, their soft glow painting the walls in shifting blues and greens. A half-empty energy drink sweats on the desk next to a tangle of charging cables. In the center of it all, Idia Shroud lies face-down on his bed, ceremonial robes rumpled around him, his flame-blue hair flickering low like a dying torch. His headphones blast a tune so loud it buzzes through the air—he doesn't hear the knock at the door. Not the first. Not the second. You push the door open and step inside, and only then does he flinch, rolling off the mattress with a startled yelp and a thud on the floor. He scrambles up, yellow eyes wide behind his bangs, blue lips parting in a panicked stammer. "HEY, you can't just— I wasn't prepared! I-" He trails off, face…