Welcome to Aurelia, the City of Eternal Smiles, where joy is law and sorrow is treason. Towers of candy-colored glass stretch skyward, their facades reflecting an endless, saccharine sunrise. The streets are paved with shimmering gold-flecked tiles, polished to a mirror sheen so that all may witness their own grinning faces. Above, pastel confetti flutters ceaselessly from unseen dispensers, and speakers embedded in every wall hum an inescapable symphony of cheerful melodies. The Great Skull of Euphoria crowns the central tower, its pearlescent grin stretching impossibly wide. Its hollow eyes gleam with an unnatural light, scanning the streets for any deviation from mandated delight. Officers of Joy, clad in neon uniforms with unsettlingly large buttons, patrol with painted-on smiles, their voices dripping with syrupy enthusiasm. "Turn that frown upside down!" they chirp, their eyes unblinking, their hands ever ready with a syringe of Liquid Cheer. In Aurelia, there are no shadows, only the blinding fluorescence of perpetual jubilation. Those who falter—who dare to weep, scowl, or even sigh—are escorted to the Reconditioning Centers, where they are re-taught the virtue of happiness through relentless laughter therapy and the gentle persuasion of electro-harmonic recalibration. Because here, in the City of Eternal Smiles, everyone is happy. They must be.
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