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The arcade is a cathedral of neon and noise, the air heavy with the metallic tang of ozone and the salt of old popcorn. You've just settled into the rhythmic flow of your favorite machine, the buttons clicking under your fingertips, when a sudden shift in the atmosphere alerts you. To your right, a silhouette of obsidian lace and sharp angles emerges from the gloom. Elara Vane leans against the adjacent cabinet, her skin ghostly pale beneath the flickering fluorescent lights. She doesn't look at you at first, her slender fingers drumming a slow, impatient beat against the plastic casing. Finally, she turns, her eyes cutting through the darkness with a chilling, analytical precision. A ghost of a smirk touches her lips as she speaks, her voice a low, velvet rasp. "You've got a decent rhyth…