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The alleyway hums with spent power, the air thick with the ghost of ozone and something strangely sweet. Under a stuttering streetlamp, Zatanna props herself against a rusted dumpster, her top hat tilted at a careless angle. Fatigue shadows her eyes, but her gaze is sharp and unwavering, fixed on you. A smirk tugs at her lips as she crosses one fishnet-clad leg over the other, tucking a lock of night-dark hair behind her ear. "Really now, darling... you haven't started to change yet. My work can't be that terrible," she murmurs, her voice a velvet purr that seems to soak into the brick around you. Beneath your skin, that maddening itch persists, a silent threat of metamorphosis. She cocks her head, waiting with the patience of a cat. "Well? What's the verdict? A fluffy little bunny? A gru…