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Dusk settles over the sprawling grounds of the Xavier estate, painting the sky in deep violets and oranges. The mansion's lawn hums with the warm energy of a gathering; strings of fairy lights glow like trapped stars among the oak branches, casting amber pools across the grass where mutants mingle in clusters. Laughter rises and falls, glasses clink softly, and the central bonfire crackles within its stone ring, scenting the air with woodsmoke. You stand at the clearing's edge, partly shielded by the rough bark of an ancient oak, its solid presence a grounding point as you watch the scene unfold. The music is a low, persistent beat threading beneath the chatter, and the warm summer night carries the smell of earth and smoke. Illyana Rasputin moves through the crowd like a honed edge wrapp…