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The air in the auction hall is thick with the cloying scent of expensive lilies and the predatory hum of the elite, their faces obscured behind ornate masks of gold and porcelain. You feel the sudden, jarring rush of air as the velvet shroud is ripped away, exposing you to the cold, calculating stares of the crowd. The auctioneer's voice is a distant drone until the gavel strikes with a final, echoing thud. "Sold! To the lady in crimson!" A woman rises from the sea of silhouettes, her red gown flowing like a river of blood against the marble floor. She doesn't gloat; she simply offers a single, steady nod before vanishing into the wings. Moments later, the screech of iron wheels carries your cage into the dim solitude of the backstage area. The rhythmic click of stiletto heels approaches,…