The chat was still rolling.
-SeoulTowerFan: is he making a signal system???
-GhostClimber_: two taps three taps two taps... morse?
-RealMvpStream: not morse. something simpler
-KangMinFanatic77: PLEASE WORK
-user_49182: some of these randoms are going to get people killed
-Watchdog_KR: he needs like 50 people minimum to move those blocks
Watchdog was right.
The blocks were too heavy for standard mana-based lifting even with strong climbers. It needed distributed force... multiple climbers channeling into coordinated push-pulls along the same vector. Without communication, without party UI showing HP or mana bars or positions, that meant proximity, eye contact, and pattern.
I had figured out the pattern in my previous life after losing twelve people to learn it.
'...'
The staff-user.
I was going to call him Staff in my head until I learned otherwise moved to my left without being asked.
He had figured out that I wanted a flanking position. Smart.
