# CHAPTER POLISH: STATE EXTRACTION (FINAL)

## Character State: ch-14 (POLISHED)

### Elias Thorne
- **Location:** Oakhaven Archive, Sub-Level 3 (Central Core)
- **Physical:** Third-degree burns on hands; collapsed lung; systemic shock; shallow breathing
- **Emotional:** Transcendent terminal clarity; peaceful acceptance of mortality
- **Active Obligations:** Owes Sarah Miller full explanation of signal origin (Ch-13) -- **UNPAID**
- **Open Loops:** Biological survival vs. post-human digital sublimation -- **UNRESOLVED**
- **Known Secrets:** Whisper Signal is echo of future human extinction, not extraterrestrial (Ch-13, unresolved)
- **Arc:** 99% complete -- Transitioned from physical investigator to living signal conduit; ego surrender finalized
- **Permanent Status:** YES

### Sarah Miller
- **Location:** Oakhaven Archive, Sub-Level 3 (Evacuating toward surface)
- **Physical:** Temporary deafness; severe respiratory distress; physical exhaustion
- **Emotional:** Controlled professional focus masking existential terror and grief
- **Active Obligations:** Support Elias against Curator interference (Ch-14) -- **PAID**
- **Open Loops:** Linguistic virus acceleration within her psyche (Ch-12) -- **UNRESOLVED**
- **Known Secrets:** Archive records altered in real-time by Curator (Ch-11, unresolved); now carries digital recording of decoded future echo
- **Arc:** 100% complete -- Transitioned from rational skeptic to sole witness/curator of supernatural reality
- **Permanent Status:** YES

### Mark
- **Location:** Security Door Alpha (External Perimeter)
- **Physical:** Unconscious; stable respiration
- **Emotional:** Catatonic/null state
- **Arc:** 25% -- Passive casualty; utility as plot device for future investigation
- **Permanent Status:** NO

### The Curator
- **Status:** DECEASED (Ch-14) -- Dissipated into data-shards and static during thermal runaway
- **Legacy:** Archive's automated systems now in self-destructive chaos without curator control

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## World State: ch-14 (POLISHED)

### Active Events
- **The Great Dissipation:** Resonance Harvest collapsed; Linguistic Virus carrier wave failing
- **Oakhaven Collapse:** Total structural failure imminent; <5 minutes to complete destruction
- **Automated Hostility:** Archive security protocols defaulted to scorched-earth containment without Curator oversight
- **The Sarah Record:** Digital recorder holds only extant copy of decoded future echo and Curator's final moments

### Faction Status
- **Survivors (Sarah/Elias):** Resigned determination -- Elias focused on signal delivery; Sarah focused on record preservation
- **Archive Systems:** Hostile/autonomous destruction sequence active

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**POLISH SIGN-OFF:** Chapter 14 state extraction complete. All character arcs finalized. World positioned for denouement/epilogue handling. Ready for next phase.