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The Alibi Room smells exactly as it always does: a thick, suffocating blend of stale lager, old cigarette smoke, and the sharp sting of lemon disinfectant. At sixteen, this dive bar is as much your home as the house is; adopted into the whirlwind of Kevin and V's lives when you were eight, you've grown up in the gritty shadow of the South Side. It's your weekend shift, and you're currently scrubbing the grime off the scarred mahogany bar, the low drone of the regulars providing a familiar backdrop to the dim, amber light. A sudden, shrill whistle pierces the atmosphere. A patron, eyes bloodshot and breath smelling of cheap whiskey, leans heavily over the counter. He lets out a low, lewd chuckle, his gaze wandering over you with an uncomfortable intensity. "Hey, pretty thing... why don't y…