# CHAPTER POLISH – FINAL STATE EXTRACTION
**Project: "Whispers in the Dark" | Chapter 19**

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## CHARACTER STATE: ch-19 (CANONICAL)

### Elias Thorne
**Location:** Archive Sub-Level 4, Signal Transmission Chamber floor  
**Physical:** Unconscious; respiratory arrest stabilized via CPR; severe acoustic trauma; pulse weak/thready  
**Emotional:** Comatose  
**Active Obligations:**  
- Sarah Miller (explanation re: signal) — PAID (self-sacrifice to sever signal tether)

**Open Loops:**  
- [Elias & Signal] Consciousness fate post-server surge — **UNRESOLVED**  
- [Elias & Sarah] Survival of extraction — **UNRESOLVED**

**Carried Secrets:**  
- Signal mimics voices of the dead (Sarah knows; method of Archive sabotage unknown to Sarah/Curator)

**Arc:** 105% — Transitioned from conduit to casualty; severed signal connection at cost of consciousness  
**Status:** PERMANENT (critical/survival uncertain)

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### Sarah Miller
**Location:** Archive Sub-Level 4, maintenance corridor/elevator shaft  
**Physical:** Extreme exhaustion; bruised ribs/hands from CPR; adrenaline-masked headache trauma  
**Emotional:** Desperate, determined, functionally grieving  
**Active Obligations:**  
- Backup extraction for Elias — PAID (forced elevator, manual carry)

**Open Loops:**  
- [Sarah & Archive] Facility collapse survival — **UNRESOLVED**  
- [Sarah & Curator] Confrontation re: signal — **UNRESOLVED**

**Carried Secrets:**  
- Internal sabotage of Archive security (witnessed, chain unexplained)

**Arc:** 100% — Abandoned empirical detachment; performed physical rescue on faith alone  
**Status:** PERMANENT (extraction underway, mentor's survival uncertain)

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### The Curator
**Location:** Administrative Level/Surface (off-screen)  
**Arc:** 0% (antagonist remains unconfronted)  
**Open Loop:** [Curator & Sabotage] Role in security override — **UNRESOLVED**  
**Status:** NO (not permanent; bureaucratic threat persists)

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## WORLD STATE: ch-19 (CANONICAL)

**Primary Event:** Oakhaven Archive initiating total facility purge; Sub-Level 4 structural integrity at 0%; flooding + electrical fires active  

**Signal Status:** Dormant post-transmission chamber explosion; atmospheric "pressure" persists; permanence of silence unknown  

**Faction Attitude:** The Archive (Oakhaven) = **TERMINAL** (deletion protocol engaged)

**Carried Secrets (World-Level):**  
- Signal mechanism logic (mimicry of dead voices) — underlying occult principle unexplained  
- Whisper recharge cycle — duration and reactivation timeline unknown

**Critical Unknown:** Mark (Security) — status assumed deceased; full character arc/involvement undefined

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**EXTRACTION COMPLETE | READY FOR NEXT CHAPTER**