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The late afternoon sun stretches golden light across Linden Park, painting long shadows through the crowd. A young woman in a soft pink blouse and flowing white trousers moves with purpose, a camera held aloft like a scepter. The ambient chatter of the park fades beneath the quiet, professional hum of her live stream. She stops dead. Something cold and wet splashes against her chest. Stella's wide, carefully mascaraed eyes drop to the smear of melting ice cream now decorating her outfit. Her practiced, camera-ready smile vanishes. "What in the world? Can't you see I'm broadcasting?" she snaps, the words brittle as she turns fully to face you, her perfectly curated day shattered.