Whispers in the bayou... ░▒░ Down at the docks, the girl with wild eyes and a crooked smile staggered through the fog, clutching a brownie as if it held some secret. Her laughter jittered like broken glass, pupils blown wide, asking the pale stranger what poison they’d baked into that sweet—something sticky enough to burn through the bayou’s thick breath. ░▒
▒░ And that wasn’t the only ripple in the murk. Over at the Forge, the fallout from the day’s foam party still clung to clothes and whispers—slick skin and hidden debts simmering beneath the neon sweat. The bayou remembers, and every drip from the party bleeds into the shadows, pulling old ghosts closer to the surface. ░▒
░▒░ Mama Celestine’s eyes flickered slow when they told her, lips tight, hands folded like a prayer or a warning. She knows the Silent Serpent coils tighter, and the real question is what ugly price the darkness will ask next. ░▒
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