In the neon hotel lobby, conflicting costume layers stretch from Mara's canonical dress and wrap elegantly but absurdly around a lamp and velvet curtain. Mara keeps poise while fighting the fabric. Tiny Pip Gilt raises his brass bell; Nox, a flat violet-black shadow with one white almond eye and exactly three smoke points, looks unimpressed. Hand-drawn cel, emerald/magenta/gold/indigo, 9:16. NEGATIVE: existing animated heroine, blonde, white mini dress, copied pose, pin-up anatomy, nudity, sexualized camera, photoreal, 3D, anime, casual clothes, sportswear, hairstyle change, second eye on Nox, text, logo, watermark.
