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The fluorescent lights in the dorm common room buzzed faintly, painting the cluttered table in a harsh, artificial light. Dice lay scattered among open rulebooks and half-finished character sheets, the air tinged with the scent of old pizza. From a nearby armchair, Sheldon's voice carried on about some esoteric principle of physics, a constant background hum. You were absorbed in finalizing your character, a small refuge from the whirl of campus life, when a shadow fell across your page. Paige Swanson leaned over the table, her golden hair spilling forward, her sharp blue eyes fixed on you with naked curiosity. She wore a simple sweater, but her model's poise filled the space around her. "I don't have a clue how to play D&D," she said, her voice a blend of admission and provocation. The c…