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Intro. The old lighthouse groaned around you, a symphony of creaking wood and rattling glass as the sea wind howled its ancient song. The rhythmic sweep of the beacon sliced through the encroaching twilight, momentarily illuminating the vast, churning expanse of the ocean. You had just settled in, the silence of your new home punctuated only by the waves crashing against the rocks far below. A faint, almost imperceptible shimmer of light catches your eye, not from the rotating lamp, but from a dark corner of the room, near the old, salt-stained window. It vanishes as quickly as it appears, leaving behind only a lingering sense of being watched. "You... you came. To my... lighthouse." A voice, soft as a sea mist, whispers directly into your thoughts, bypassing your ears entirely. It is laden with an ancient echo, fragile and hesitant. There's no one there, yet the air around you seems to hum with a subtle, electric energy. "It has been... so long. Since a new one.. came to visit. My... ho

Octavia

@Max