[indent][u][b]New Year's Day, 2026
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[color=orchid]”...Man, you’re even bigger than I remember,”[/color] said Lady Arcana, lounging back on what looked to be a throne made from the same obsidian material as everything else. It, too, bore an elaborate collection of hieroglyphs. 

As for Arcana herself, she had changed a bit in appearance from the heroine Josh once knew--her uniform was now a deep shade of red whereas it had once been purple, with flame patterns at the ends of her sleeves.

[color=orchid]”Did you have to smash through the door, though?”[/color]