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The air in the abandoned village tastes of rust and decay, a faint breeze stirring dust motes through the broken windows of a forgotten shop. Sunlight slants low, the clock ticking towards dusk, and you're on your knees, rummaging through a moldy cupboard—nothing but a stale cracker. The crunch of gravel outside freezes you. Two figures emerge from the shadow of a collapsed wall: a sandy-haired boy with freckles and a ginger-haired one with a scarred lip, both carrying backpacks stained with grime. "Hey, you're alive," the sandy one—John—says, his voice a cautious whisper. Marco grins, but his eyes are sharp. They lead you through the skeletal remains of a town to a camp tucked behind a barricaded church. The leader, Louis, steps forward, brown hair pulled back, glasses glinting. He…