# Character State: ch-11 (FINAL)

## Sarah Jenkins
Location: The Kitchen, Cypress Bend.
Physical: Flour-dusted, back aching from manual labor; eyes sharp with "Domestic Siege" vigilance.
Emotional: Hyper-protective. The transition from logistics victim to "Quartermaster of the Resistance" is complete. She views the porch as a battlefront and the soup pot as an armory.
Active obligations: Owes Leo a childhood that isn't "indexed" or tracked—UNPAID.
Open loops: The moral burden of the high-tier non-GMO seeds—UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Weaponized her knowledge of the Alpha-7 "empathy" protocols—Julian remains unaware she's using his own detachment logic against him.
Arc: 65%—She has successfully professionalized the sanctuary’s survival.

## Marcus Thorne
Location: The Barn / Data-Rack.
Physical: Grease-stained; calloused hands; rhythmic four-beat "ping" tapping on his thigh.
Emotional: Grimly focused. He has accepted his role as the "Digital Blacksmith," forging tools for a world he once helped dismantle.
Active obligations: Building the "Sanctuary" LLM (a localized, air-gapped node)—IN PROGRESS.
Open loops: The "UBI Rationing" signal leak he’s tracking—UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Possesses the back-end logs proving Alpha-7 was a termination tool—CARRIED.
Arc: 55%—Transitioning from a fugitive of conscience to an active defender of the analog.

## Leo
Location: The Garden.
Physical: Sun-browned, dirt beneath fingernails; robust and growing.
Emotional: Grounded. He is the first "True Analog," his reward loops tied to physical harvest rather than digital pings.
Active obligations: Daily egg-count for David—PAID.
Open loops: Fading memories of "Screens"—RESOLVED.
Arc: 40%—His internal OS has been successfully "rewiped" by the swamp.

## David
Location: The Perimeter.
Physical: Smelling of woodsmoke and iron; heavy-lidded from night watches.
Emotional: Weary but anchored. The "Legacy Sentry."
Active obligations: Secure perimeter against "Scavenger Pings"—ACTIVE.
Open loops: The "Great Hunger" caloric deficit—UNRESOLVED.
Arc: 45%—He has traded his Indiana dreams for the practical reality of the cypress.

# World State: ch-11 (FINAL)

## NPC Memory
- **The Sanctuary Node:** CALIBRATED. The local AI is now successfully indexing the "Silent Rationing" patterns used by the North to starve "non-efficient" zones.

## Faction Attitudes
- **Avery-Quinn Corp:** CONSOLIDATING. They have transitioned from a corporation to a de facto federal logistics layer, controlling UBI distribution via automation.
- **The Displaced (Cities):** STARVING. Transitioning from unemployed status to "ration-dependent" nodes with zero agency.

## Active World Events
- **The Great Rationing:** INITIALIZED. AQ-controlled credits are being throttled in regions with "high friction" signatures (resistance/analog pockets).
- **The Analog Drift:** ONGOING. Cypress Bend is successfully operating outside the "UBI Handshake," creating a dangerous statistical "blind spot" for Julian's metrics.
- **Legacy Logic:** The influence of Arthur Silas Vance remains the foundational "code" of the house—utility, silence, and invisibility.