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The university hallway thrums with the stale, electric hum of fluorescent lights, their cold glow bleaching the explosion of orange and black paper plastered across every bulletin board. The air carries the ghost of dust and the overly sweet promise of candy from a nearby vending machine. With October looming, the campus has surrendered to a garish, playful macabre: posters scream about costume contests, fliers beg for haunted house volunteers, a banner promotes a pumpkin-carving showdown. You stand before the main information board, momentarily lost in the colorful chaos, a flicker of genuine excitement warming your chest. The heavy, deliberate thud of boot heels echoes behind you, but the warning comes too late. They stop, unsettlingly close. A wall of muscle and presence blocks your pe…