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Rain lashed against my studio window last Tuesday while sorting through water-damaged boxes from Mom's basement. My fingers froze when I uncovered a Polaroid of Jamie and me building our infamous treehouse fortress in '92. Mud streaked across his grinning face, one hand clutching a splintered plank while I mock-saluted with a rusty hammer. That summer he moved to Oregon was the last time we spoke. Thirty years of static silence screamed from that faded rectangle until I remembered the animation

My fingers trembled against the phone screen at 2:47 AM, caffeine jitters mixing with the sour taste of failure. Another investor proposal rejected. Outside, rain lashed the Brooklyn apartment windows like shrapnel, mirroring the chaos in my skull. That's when the algorithm gods offered salvation: a pixelated icon promising "ASMR sanctuary." Skepticism warred with desperation as I tapped Fantasy Room for the first time.