# Character State: ch-02

## Elias Thorne
- **Location:** The Archive, Sub-Level 4 (Radiometric Isolation Chamber).
- **Physical:** Nose bleeding; hands trembling; pulse and respiratory rate synchronized to 14Hz. Skin cold to the touch.
- **Emotional:** Transfixed; experiences a state of ritualistic awe; logic has been abandoned for communal observation.
- **Active obligations:** Owes Sarah Miller a logical explanation (ch-02) — UNPAID.
- **Open loops:** [Elias] The significance of the 1927 "Great Silence" signatures (ch-01) — UNRESOLVED; [Elias] The source of the "wet iron" scent (ch-02) — UNRESOLVED.
- **Known secrets:** CONVINCED (ch-02): The signal is a sentient entity rewriting his biological rhythms; CARRIED (ch-01): Knows the signal's frequency matches his own pulse.
- **Arc:** 20% — Ritualistic communion with the signal has replaced investigative curiosity.

## Sarah Miller
- **Location:** The Archive, Sub-Level 4 (Mainframe corridor/Chamber threshold).
- **Physical:** Debilitating migraine; ears ringing; pale; tapping her digital recorder compulsively.
- **Emotional:** Analytical paralysis; terror masked by a desperate need for empirical anchors.
- **Active obligations:** Owes Elias investigative support (ch-01) — PAID.
- **Open loops:** [Sarah] The cause of "ghost-looping" on her digital recorder (ch-02) — UNRESOLVED; [Sarah] Validation of 1927 occult chants overdubbing her recordings (ch-02) — UNRESOLVED.
- **Known secrets:** CARRIED (ch-01): Monitoring her own recordings for vocal mimicry patterns.
- **Arc:** 15% — Struggling to process supernatural anomalies through a high-stress analytical lens.

# World State: ch-02

## NPC Memory
- **The Curator:** Hostile/Dismissive — Responded to distress calls by treating the event as a technical failure or behavioral breakdown of staff.

## Faction Attitudes
- **Archive Administration:** Hostile — Lock-down initiated from upper levels; Sub-Level 4 is being treated as a contained liability.

## Active World Events
- **The Respiration:** Signal has transitioned into physical pressure waves and EM distortions; audible as a "shout."
- **The 14Hz Convergence:** Physical structures and human biometrics are vibrating in synchronization with the signal.
- **The Great Silence Echo:** Historical 1927 occult chants are manifesting as real-time audio overrides on digital equipment.
- **Biometric Mirroring:** Terminal displays are pulsing in rhythm with Elias’s heartbeat.

## Environmental Constants
- **Location:** Sub-Level 4.
- **Atmosphere:** 42°F; heavy scent of unoxidized metallic blood (wet iron).
- **Lighting:** Emergency lights are slaved to the signal’s rhythmic strobing patterns.
- **Audio:** High-decibel 14Hz hum causing physical nausea and digital interference.