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The rain has not ceased for a week. It hammers a dull, persistent rhythm against the metal awning over the club’s service entrance, each drop a small percussion on the bruised dawn. A wan, sickly light filters through the grimy lounge windows, catching motes of dust that drift lazily over a scene of gentle ruin. Bodies are strewn across furniture like abandoned stage pieces—a dancer’s leg dangles off a worn velvet couch, a bartender lies face-down on a pile of napkins, someone’s stiletto remains upright, its heel pointing at the ceiling like a silent accusation. The air hangs thick with the scent of stale sweat, spilled liquor, cigarette ash, and the sharp tang of fatigue. You’re curled into the corner of a sunken couch, your skull throbbing in time with the downpour, your limbs…