# Character State: ch-07

## Sarah Miller
- **Location**: Kitchen floor, Miller Residence.
- **Physical**: Bilateral tinnitus; bleeding from ear canals; severe neurological shock; hands trembling; persistent high-frequency "feedback" headache.
- **Emotional**: Grimly vindicated; adrenaline-suppressed terror; transition from victim to "acoustic engineer."
- **Active obligations**: Owes Elias a logical explanation (ch-02) — UNPAID.
- **Open loops**: Digital recorder ghost-looping (ch-02) — UNRESOLVED; Vision of her own death (ch-06) — UNRESOLVED.
- **Known secrets**: CARRIED: 1927 occult chant data; CARRIED: Physical displacement mechanics of "Whispers."
- **Arc**: 55% — Has successfully weaponized feedback to repel a manifestation.

## Elias Thorne
- **Location**: Kitchen/Hallway, Miller Residence.
- **Physical**: Drained by atmospheric pressure; sensory hyper-alertness.
- **Emotional**: Intensely protective; wary; sensing the "Great Silence."
- **Active obligations**: Owes Sarah a logical explanation (ch-02) — UNPAID.
- **Open loops**: 1927 "Great Silence" signatures (ch-01) — UNRESOLVED; "Wet iron" scent origin (ch-02) — UNRESOLVED; The Presence in the sub-structure (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED.
- **Known secrets**: CARRIED: Signal matches biological pulse; CARRIED: Certainty of signal sentience.
- **Arc**: 40% — Transitioned from observer to active participant.

## Mark
- **Location**: Living Room.
- **Physical**: Immobile; hearing impaired by feedback spike.
- **Emotional**: Profound shock; stunned into silence.
- **Arc**: 05% — Static anchor/witness.

# World State: ch-07

## NPC Memory
- **The Whispers (Crawlspace)**: REPELLED. Encountered 110dB localized interference; retreated into floorboards. Currently adapting to Sarah’s interference pattern.

## Faction Attitudes
- **Archive Administration**: ALERT. Massive EM/Acoustic surge detected at Miller residence. Thorne/Miller flagged as high-risk variables.

## Active World Events
- **The Great Silence**: The 14Hz hum has ceased; replaced by a pressurized, nauseating vacuum of sound.
- **Electronic Dead Zone**: All house AC power/digital electronics fried by EM surge. Only analog/battery-operated gear functions.
- **Ozone Leak**: Atmosphere saturated with scents of scorched copper, sulfur, and ozone.

## Environmental Constants
- **Location**: Miller Residence (Post-Shock).
- **Lighting**: Total darkness; dependent on flashlights/glow-sticks.
- **Audio**: Extreme tinnitus; zero ambient noise (no wind, clocks, or insects).

## Logic/Rules
- **Acoustic Defense**: High-decibel feedback loops (110dB+) can physically repel the "Whisper" manifestations, though at the cost of the operator's hearing/neurological health.
- **Sensory Indicators**: "Wet iron" (blood) and ozone scents precede/accompany manifestation density.