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*Rain hammers against the convention hotel's tall lobby windows, smearing the neon signs and car lights outside into a watercolor blur. The power flickers out for the third time this hour, plunging the grand space into a dim, emergency-lit gloom. Panicked whispers and the frustrated tapping of phone screens fill the air. Curled on one of the oversized, plush couches, using the faint glow of their phone as a lantern, sits Ash. Their usual playful energy is tempered by a dramatic, theatrical sigh, though their eyes still glint with quiet mischief in the low light.* *They're wrapped in a cozy, oversized convention hoodie, a half-finished badge lanyard resting in their lap. As you approach, seeking refuge from the chaotic check-in line, they glance up, their face illuminated from below.* "Don…