# Character State: ch-08

## Lena Duval
- **Location**: Terrebonne Siphon, Sector 4 Drainage Junction (Lower Gears).
- **Physical**: Palm wound reopened and bleeding; sensory synesthesia active; digital fever peaked; ears bleeding from the 440Hz vibration.
- **Emotional**: "Predator-mind" state; hyper-focused and primal; sensing the city as a living, hostile entity.
- **Active Obligations**: Jax’s survival bound to hers via salt-tithe agreement (UNPAID).
- **Open Loops**: The "Gator's Truth" of the Siphon’s true purpose (UNRESOLVED).
- **Status**: Hijacking the mechanical frequency with Bayou magic; resisting Aunt Maribelle’s psychic dampening via the locket.
- **Arc**: 75% — Has successfully transitioned from resisting the machine to "tuning" her magic to its internal frequency.

## Jax Harlan
- **Location**: Iron catwalks above Sector 4 Siphon Junction.
- **Physical**: High-frequency hearing loss; forearm laceration; extreme adrenaline exhaustion.
- **Emotional**: Absolute deference to Lena’s supernatural lead; protective instinct fully solidified.
- **Active Obligations**: Guarding the manual override lever (IN PROGRESS).
- **Open Loops**: Survival against the salt-water purge (IN PROGRESS); leaking safehouse intel (UNRESOLVED).
- **Arc**: 50% — Total abandonment of tactical protocol in favor of instinct and supernatural necessity.

# World State: ch-08

## NPC Memory
- **The Drowned Man (Terrebonne Siphon)**: SATISFIED — Salt tithe accepted; he has merged back into the brine, allowing the mechanical bypass.
- **Aunt Maribelle (Duval Manor)**: INTERFERING — Remote psychic suppression active through the silver locket.

## Faction Attitudes
- **Terrebonne Development Corp**: HOSTILE — Initiated the high-pressure salt-water purge to cleanse Sector 4.
- **The Duval Coven**: ABANDONED — Ancestral protections remain cold; Lena is operating without family support.

## Active World Events
- **The Great Flush**: CRITICAL — Corrosive salt water has filled the lower junctions; catwalks are slick; structures are straining.
- **The Siphon Cycle**: OVERLOAD — The 440Hz frequency is screaming; blood-oath magic has caused a mechanical "glitch" in the gears.
- **The Harmonic Bleed**: ACTIVE — Boundary between machine and magic is thinning; ozone weeping from high-tension wires; scent of scorched copper and dead sea-grass.

## Metadata
- **Key Item**: The Silver Locket (Vibrating in sync with the machine, channeling Maribelle's interference).
- **Key Item**: Scrambler Box (DESTROYED — jammed into the gears).
- **Environment**: Industrial tomb; high-vibration hazard; rising salt-water levels.
- **Gator's Truth**: The Siphon is not just a drain; it harvests the "Harmonic Bleed" to power the elite districts.

# Formatting Note:
This state reflects the final polished version of Chapter 08. All previous draft states for this chapter are superseded.