# Character State: ch-12

## Elias Thorne
Location: The Oakhaven Archive, Sub-Level 3 (Main Terminal)
Physical: Severe exhaustion; bleeding from hands; sensory overload due to signal resonance.
Emotional: Fatalistic and desperate; driven by a sacrificial impulse.
Active obligations: owes Sarah Miller a full explanation of the subterranean source (Ch-11) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: [Elias/The Curator] The true function of the "Final Sequence" (Ch-12) -- RESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-11--unresolved): knows the signal is subterranean -- Sarah Miller.
Arc: 75% -- Committed to a "suicide mission" to crash the Archive's terminal to stop the harvest.

## Sarah Miller
Location: The Oakhaven Archive, Sub-Level 3 (Main Terminal / Maintenance Shaft)
Physical: Blinded by light-bursts; heavy cranial pressure; bleeding from the ears.
Emotional: Shattered; forced into radical acceptance of the impossible.
Active obligations: owes Elias support against the Curator (Ch-12) -- PAID.
Open loops: [Sarah/Biology] The worsening resonance in her skull (Ch-10) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-12--unresolved): knows the Curator falsified safety logs -- Elias.
Arc: 85% -- Abandoned all scientific skepticism to aid Elias in a desperate act of sabotage.

## The Curator
Location: Archive Intercom System / Central Core
Physical: Non-physical; manifested as a distorted audio-visual entity.
Emotional: Coldly triumphant; impatient for the "Harvest."
Open loops: [The Curator/The Signal] Execution of the "Resonance Harvest" (Ch-12) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-12--unresolved): knows the "Whisper" is a linguistic virus -- Elias/Sarah.
Arc: 90% -- Shed the pretense of "management" to reveal himself as the architect of the Signal.

## Mark
Location: Sub-Level 3 Perimeter (Security Door Alpha)
Physical: Uninjured but catatonic.
Emotional: Paralyzed by terror; whispering to the shadows.
Active obligations: owes Elias silence regarding the override (Ch-12) -- PAID.
Open loops: [Mark/Archive] Location of the missing night shift (Ch-12) -- UNRESOLVED.
Arc: 20% -- Completely broken by the metaphysical decay of the facility.

# World State: ch-12

## NPC Memory
- Mark (Security): HOSTILE/TERRIFIED -- Viewed the walls "folding" -- Refused to move or help Elias further.

## Faction Attitudes
- The Archive (Oakhaven): SENTIENT/HOSTILE -- The architecture is actively shifting to prevent the protagonists from reaching the terminal.

## Active World Events
- Resonance Harvest: INITIATED. The Whisper has manifested as a physical, blinding light and high-decibel frequency intended to "reformat" occupants.
- Terminal Sabotage: IN PROGRESS. Elias has initiated a feedback loop to destroy the central processor.
- Total Isolation: The facility has entered a "Zero-State" where outside physics no longer apply.