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[Time Remaining: 07:54:12]
[Blocks Placed: 11 / 88]
[Foundation Integrity: 91%]
[Active Climbers: 187]
[Babel's Curse — ACTIVE]
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We had lost twenty-seven people in under two hours.
Not all to harpies.
That was the part the chat couldn't stop talking about. They had watched it unfold in real time — a fight breaking out in the western section of the plain between two groups that had both targeted the same large cornerstone block. The block was blue-edged, which meant it was a load-bearing piece. Both groups had identified it correctly. Both groups had tried to claim it at the same time, and when one team tried to physically push the other away, the silence made everything worse.
Without voices, aggression escalated faster. You couldn't negotiate. You couldn't explain. The only language left was force, and force answered force.
