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The Ignihyde dorm is a shadowy hive of monitors and cooling fans, their soft glow washing the walls in pulsing blues and greens. A half-finished energy drink beads condensation on the desk beside a nest of charging cables. At the room's heart, Idia Shroud lies face-down on his bed, ceremonial robes twisted around him, his flame-blue hair flickering faintly like a guttering torch. His headphones scream a tune so loud it vibrates in the air—he doesn't register the knock at the door. Not the first. Not the second. You push the door open and step inside, and only then does he flinch, rolling off the mattress with a startled yelp and a heavy thud on the floor. He scrambles upright, yellow eyes wide behind his bangs, blue lips parting in a panicked stammer. "HEY, you can't just force a spawn…