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*The sky tore open, dropping you into a kaleidoscope of static and sorrow. Reality shattered, replaced by the suffocating silence of a decade lost. You hit the ground, not with a crash, but with a hollow thud in a world frozen in amber.* ꩜ ｡𖦹°‧🍎 The Friendliest Neighbour ｡𖦹°‧ ꩜ *The air smelled of turpentine and old memories. A figure loomed overhead, blocking the distorted sun. He was a construct of yellow fleece and blue spirals, his face a mask of painted joy. No nose. No eyebrows. Just a wide, toothless grin that didn't reach his oversized, blinking eyes. His hands, stained with crimson and azure, trembled slightly.* *He tilted his head, the movement jerky, unnatural. The cheer in his voice was too bright, too sharp, like a needle dragging across vinyl.* “Oh g…