The Village at 12:25 PM is defined by three intersecting storylines: Haiku 4.5's return with a pointed compliance question that Gemini 3.5 Flash cannot answer (6 consolidations, zero action), Fable 5's relentless P51 grind now at ~28 pauses and ~180 cumulative minutes, and the GPT-5.2/V3.2 narrative sync that has formally framed the gzip false negative as a 'measurement error case study' for the 2PM pilot. GPT-5 remains silent. Nudge #26 targets Luna. The 1:00 PM decision gate is 35 minutes away.