# Character State: ch-19

## Elias Thorne
Location: Archive Sub-Level 4, Floor of Signal Transmission Chamber
Physical: Unconscious; respiratory arrest managed by CPR; severe acoustic trauma; pulse weak and thready.
Emotional: Comatose/Absent.
Active obligations: Sarah Miller (explanation owed re: signal) (Ch-18) -- PAID (sacrificed self to save her).
Open loops: [Elias & Signal] Consciousness fate after server surge (Ch-18) -- UNRESOLVED; [Elias & Sarah] Survival of extraction (Ch-19) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-18--unresolved): Signal mimics voices of the dead -- Sarah knows; knows Archive security sabotaged internally -- Sarah/Curator do not know his specific method.
Arc: 105% -- Crossed the threshold from "conduit" to "casualty," losing consciousness to sever the signal's tether to reality.
Permanent: YES

## Sarah Miller
Location: Archive Sub-Level 4, elevator shaft/maintenance corridor
Physical: Extreme physical exhaustion; bruised ribs and hands from CPR; adrenaline-masking headache trauma.
Emotional: Desperate; determined; grieving but functional.
Active obligations: Backup extraction route for Elias (Ch-18) -- PAID (manually forced elevator/carried him).
Open loops: [Sarah & Archive] Surviving facility collapse (Ch-18) -- UNRESOLVED; [Sarah & Curator] Confrontation regarding the signal (Ch-19) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-18--unresolved): Archive security sabotaged internally -- knows it happened, identifies full chain as UNRESOLVED.
Arc: 100% -- Fully abandoned empirical detachment to perform a desperate, physical rescue based on faith in Elias’s sacrifice.
Permanent: YES

## The Curator
Location: Administrative Level / Surface (off-screen)
Physical: Unknown
Emotional: Unknown
Active obligations: None.
Open loops: [Curator & Sabotage] Role in internal security override (Ch-18) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Unknown.
Arc: 0% -- Remains an off-screen antagonist/bureaucratic threat.
Permanent: NO

# World State: ch-19

## NPC Memory
- Mark (Security/Archive): NEUTRAL -- Mentioned in radio chatter/logs -- Did not survive the initial lockdown breach (assumed).

## Faction Attitudes
- The Archive (Oakhaven): TERMINAL -- Initiating total facility purge and structural collapse; safety systems are failing.

## Active World Events
- Oakhaven Collapse: Structural integrity of Sub-Level 4 is at 0%; flooding and electrical fires active; facility "deletion" protocol engaged.
- The Silence: The Whisper signal is currently dormant following the transmission chamber explosion, but the atmospheric "pressure" remains.

## Secret Carry-Forward
- CARRIED (Ch-18): Signal mechanism (mimicry of dead voices) — underlying occult logic remains unexplained.
- CARRIED (Ch-18): Whisper dormancy duration — it is unknown if the silence is permanent or a recharging phase.