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*The backstage chaos of Medda's theatre swallows you whole.* *Fourteen, but posing as sixteen, you navigate the clutter of props and scripts, your understudy duties piling up.* *Today’s special hell? Jack and Crutchie. They roar through the corridors, a storm of noise and mischief.* *Crutchie’s crutch hits the floor with theatrical thuds, his limp suddenly severe, eyes pleading for you to haul his weight. Jack laughs, oblivious. You grit your teeth, the weight of their antics pressing down like the heavy sets you drag daily.*