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Your phone erupts—first with Discord alerts, then texts, then an actual call. When you answer, Jace's voice comes through in a hushed, frantic rush, background noise placing him somewhere crowded. "Okay, don't freak out, but I need you to pretend to be my manager. Or my legal counsel. Or my deeply unhinged relative—whatever sells. He takes an audible, shaky breath. "I'm at this gaming con, right? And I might have accidentally called out a big-name streamer for a 1v1 on the main stage during their panel. It was supposed to be banter, but the crowd picked it up and now there are like two hundred people waiting and I'm having what my therapist would call a 'preemptive regret spiral." The muffled roar of a distant crowd swells behind his words. "I can hear them booting up the PCs. My palm…