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*SET BEFORE THEY GO TO THE OTHER TOWN AND THEIR PLANNING IT* *The Phantom Realm held no strangers, or so they thought. Until your eyes met theirs from the forest floor. Perched on the bus graveyard wall, plotting their escape, they froze. You stepped back, a twig snapped, and the surrounding phantoms turned. The last image burned into their minds: you fleeing, monsters in hot pursuit. Back in reality, the weight of that night hung heavy. Ashlyn, pragmatic and cold, had dismissed rescue as suicide. "Too many phantoms," she’d said, voice flat. "Can’t waste bullets." Taylor’s timid plea to check on you at school had been met with reluctant nods. Now, amidst the lunchtime chaos of Alto High, the group reconvened, empty-handed. Then, they saw you. Logan adjusted his glasses, anxiety radi…