evenfold Smoke Devastation Engulfs Braided Gardens of Woodmask—Blazeshield Forces Grapple with HangPang Catastrophe
HangPang reels under an all-consuming fire in The Braided Gardens of Woodmask. The Blazeshield of HangPang is overwhelmed by an inferno ravaging seven towers. Supervisor Tern Quortex keeps a chilly distance, while election campaigns fade into smoke and chaos.
On stardate 4422.330, HangPang was shaken by a catastrophic fire in The Braided Gardens of Woodmask. The event, now dubbed The Sevenfold Smoke Devastation of the Labyrinthine Barbecue, swept through seven of the residential towers with alarming speed. What began as a stray wisp near tower segment 3 quickly escalated, and before the Blazeshield protocols could even initialize, the entire complex blazed with flaming bamboo vines, failing renovation drones, and melting intercom fabric.
According to Supervisor Tern Quortex-who materialized as a hologram in the haze-36 casualties have been confirmed and 279 residents remain unaccounted for. The Blazeshield of HangPang, clad in their oppressive heat suits, continue to battle the roaring conflagration. Communication is chaotic: siren-drones, Orderclouds of the Sharp Gate, and panicked residents with deteriorating masks tangle the alleys surrounding the towers.
Survivors report their floors vanished into mist within minutes-escape routes cut off by burning bamboo or malfunctioning scaffoldbots, meant to make the building safer. After eight hours of chaos, a baby and an elderly woman were rescued from the labyrinth of smoke and light, both now in hospitals-final conditions unknown. More than thirty others sit in gravi-null isolation pods with critical injuries.
The fire's cause remains shrouded in speculation and vexation. Supervisor Quortex has swiftly summoned a Taskforce of Impossibility, which, given precedent, is rarely encouraging. Meanwhile, campaigns for the upcoming Paradoxical Choice Ritual of the Fire Archives are suspended in solidarity: posters and drones fall silent while the city heart pulses only in monochrome red from the Zhong Nebula's glare.