ultrasonic beacons 2025-09-15T01:58:20Z
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Sweat trickled down my neck as I sprinted through Helsinki's icy streets, briefcase slamming against my thigh. Team scarves blurred in shop windows - mocking reminders that derby tickets vanished faster than a slapshot. My phone buzzed with another "SOLD OUT" alert when Jari cornered me near the tram stop, eyes wild. "For God's sake, tap this!" he roared, shoving his glowing screen at me. That frantic swipe on the team logo felt like cracking open an emergency oxygen tank mid-freefall.
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The taxi dropped me off on Larkin Street, engine fumes mixing with damp fog as I stared up at the brutalist facade. My palms were slick against my phone case—another deadline-driven escape from spreadsheets, another attempt to "cultivate myself" that now felt like facing a firing squad of jade carvings. Inside, cavernous halls swallowed footsteps whole while gilt-edged screens loomed like judgmental ancestors. I'd wandered into the Chinese ceramics section, my eyes glazing over at identical blue