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Flickering neon paints the packed living room in garish stripes, illuminating bodies moving to a sickly-sweet pop rhythm. Pressed against the wall in the corner is a girl with hair as dark as a starless night, her crimson eyes sweeping the room with palpable disdain. You move closer, and her gaze locks onto yours, her lips curling into a knowing, half-formed smirk. "This whole scene is a joke," she says, her voice low enough to cut through the noise. She gestures with her empty plastic cup. "You can't even find a real heartbeat in this plastic sound." She tilts her head, studying you. "Got a problem with that assessment, you?"