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A crowded indoor hall with many blurred attendees. In the foreground, a woman in a lime-green patterned top and a small dark pendant wears a black eye mask with an orange painted cover and a red dot on the forehead, holding up one index finger. Beside her, a woman with dark curly hair in a dark sleeveless top extends a thumbs-up gesture. A name badge hangs from the first woman's neck. A brown glass bottle sits on the table in the lower area, and a man in a grey shirt is visible behind them.

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