# Character State: ch-06

## Sarah Miller
Location: Miller Residence (Hallways and Basement Stairs)
Physical: Severe auditory trauma; hand laceration from breaking a mirror; physical exhaustion from pursuit.
Emotional: Primal terror; fractured sense of reality; overwhelming grief from the premonition.
Active obligations: Owes Elias a rational explanation for the basement anomalies (Ch-03) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Miller Residence hauntings by "Shadow-Sarah" (Ch-06) -- UNRESOLVED; Premonition of the Vault singularity death (Ch-06) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-05--unresolved): Confirmed the basement architecture is a non-Euclidean growth, not a construction; knows the exact visual of her own eventual death -- Mark.
Arc: 65% -- Shifted from skeptical victim to a witness of her own inevitable destruction.
Permanent: NO.

## Mark
Location: Miller Residence (Study/Living Room)
Physical: No injuries; slight fatigue.
Emotional: Dismissive; irritated; growing cognitive dissonance regarding Sarah's mental state.
Active obligations: Owes Sarah protection/safety (Ch-01) -- UNPAID (via neglect).
Open loops: Mark's refusal to acknowledge the signal's physical effects (Ch-06) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: None.
Arc: 30% -- Hardened his stance of skepticism into a wall of gaslighting.
Permanent: NO.

## Elias Thorne
Location: Off-screen (The Archive/Research site)
Physical: Unknown (Last seen: Ch-05)
Emotional: Obssessive (Last observed: Ch-05)
Active obligations: Owes Sarah an explanation of the 1927 signal origin (Ch-04) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Elias's connection to the "Curator's" hidden directives (Ch-05) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-05--unresolved): The signal is not just sentient, it is an architectural predator.
Arc: 50% (No change this chapter).
Permanent: NO.

# World State: ch-06

## NPC Memory
- The Apparitions (Miller Residence): PREDATORY -- manifesting from the high-frequency whispers to isolate and psychologically break the inhabitants.

## Faction Attitudes
- Archive Administration: NEGLIGENT -- continued refusal to provide secondary containment or evacuation for the Miller site.

## Active World Events
- The Manifestation: The "Whispers" have transitioned from auditory hallucinations to physical light-bending apparitions within the residence.
- Geometric Instability: The house is beginning to exhibit localized non-Euclidean shifts during high-amplitude events.

## Rules & Logic
- Echo-Manifestation: The signal creates "time-slips" or apparitions based on high-stress future or past events within the target location.
- Skeptical Shielding: The signal’s effects are visually filtered or ignored by those maintaining a rigid disbelief, creating a "perception gap" between observers.