# Character State: ch-12

## Sarah Jenkins
Location: The Kitchen / Porch, Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Flour-dusted hands; aching lower back; sensory-tuned to the sound of the perimeter.
Emotional: Protective and hyper-vigilant; experiencing "Domestic Siege" mentality.
Active obligations: Owes Leo a world that doesn't "index" his childhood (Ch-12) — UNPAID.
Open loops: Sarah and the moral weight of the high-tier "seeds" (Ch-12) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01—unresolved): Knows the Alpha-7 empathy protocols were a lie to facilitate mass firings — Julian does NOT know she has weaponized that same detachment for survival.
Arc: 65% -- Sarah has transitioned from a logistics victim to the "Quartermaster of the Resistance," managing the human throughput of the sanctuary.
Permanent: YES

## Marcus Thorne
Location: The Barn / Data-Rack, Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Grease-stained; calloused; right hand rhythmically tapping the four-beat "ping."
Emotional: Focused and grim; viewing the crumbling "Grid" as a necessary firebreak for their survival.
Active obligations: Owes the sanctuary a localized "Sanctuary" LLM that won't "Phone Home" (Ch-12) — IN PROGRESS.
Open loops: Marcus and the "UBI Rationing" signal leak (Ch-12) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01—unresolved): Knows the Alpha-7 empathy protocols were a lie to facilitate mass firings — Julian does NOT know he kept the back-end logs.
Arc: 55% -- Marcus has accepted that he is the "Digital Blacksmith" for a world that no longer wants his original trade.
Permanent: YES

## Leo
Location: The Garden / Chicken Coop, Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Sun-browned; dirt under fingernails; no injuries.
Emotional: Grounded and feral; experiencing the world through physical chores rather than digital reward loops.
Active obligations: Owes David a daily egg-count (Ch-12) — PAID.
Open loops: Leo and the fading memory of "Screens" (Ch-12) — RESOLVED.
Arc: 40% -- Leo has successfully "rewiped" his internal OS, becoming the first true inhabitant of the Analog zone.
Permanent: NO

## David
Location: The Perimeter / Riverbank, Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Heavy-lidded from night-watches; smelling of woodsmoke and iron.
Emotional: Cynical and weary; anchored by the tangible "work" of the land.
Active obligations: Owes the family a secure perimeter against "Scavenger Pings" (Ch-12) — ACTIVE.
Open loops: David and the looming "Great Hunger" caloric deficit (Ch-11) — UNRESOLVED.
Arc: 45% -- David has accepted the role of "Legacy Sentry," trading his Indiana dreams for a swamp reality.
Permanent: YES

## Arthur Silas Vance — DECEASED (Ch-36)
Established: Died peacefully in his sleep overlooking the cypress grove he spent his life protecting.
Legacy: His "Analog" journals and the physical silence of his cabin provide the only safe logic for the group.

# World State: ch-12

## NPC Memory
- **The Sanctuary Node:** CALIBRATED -- The localized AI has successfully indexed the "Silent Rationing" patterns of the Northern cities.

## Faction Attitudes
- **Avery-Quinn Corp:** CONSOLIDATING -- They have successfully lobbied for "Automated UBI Distribution," effectively becoming the federal government's primary logistics layer.
- **The Displaced (Cities):** STARVING -- Transitioning from unemployed to "ration-dependent" nodes.

## Active World Events
- **The Great Rationing:** INITIALIZED -- AQ-controlled UBI credits are being throttled in regions with "low efficiency/high friction" signatures.
- **The Analog Drift:** ONGOING -- The group at Cypress Bend is successfully living outside the "UBI Handshake."