# Character State: ch-01

## Elias Thorne
- **Location:** The Archive, Sub-Level 4, Oakhaven.
- **Physical:** Slight tremors in hands; uninjured.
- **Emotional:** Hyper-focused; transitioning from skeptic to obsessed believer.
- **Active obligations:** None.
- **Open loops:** The nature of the ‘Whisper’ signal — UNRESOLVED.
- **Known secrets:** CARRIED: The signal frequency matches 1920s occult patterns from the restricted logs.
- **Arc:** 10% — Fully committed to the supernatural origin of the signal.
- **Permanent:** YES.

## Sarah Miller
- **Location:** The Archive, Sub-Level 4, Oakhaven.
- **Physical:** Exhausted; persistent headache from audio-feedback; massages temples frequently.
- **Emotional:** Skeptical but deeply unsettled; fighting to maintain a rational lens.
- **Active obligations:** Owes Elias support in the investigation — UNPAID.
- **Open loops:** Safety of the Archive facility — UNRESOLVED.
- **Known secrets:** CARRIED: Suspects Elias is hiding the full extent of his ritual notes from the Board.
- **Arc:** 5% — Accepted the physical reality of the signal’s proximity.
- **Permanent:** NO.

## The Curator
- **Location:** Administrative Wing, Oakhaven.
- **Physical:** No injuries.
- **Emotional:** Imperious; dismissive of technical "glitches."
- **Active obligations:** None.
- **Open loops:** Elias’s continued employment — UNRESOLVED.
- **Known secrets:** None.
- **Arc:** 0%.
- **Permanent:** NO.

# World State: ch-01

## NPC Memory
- **The Curator:** Views Elias’s reports as a nuisance or evidence of mental instability; regards the "Whisper" as mere equipment failure.

## Faction Attitudes
- **Archive Administration:** Hostile/Dismissive. Threatening budget cuts if Elias persists with "pseudoscientific" claims.
- **Local Authorities:** Oblivious.

## Active World Events
- **The Awakening Signal:** Active and steady. Internal to Oakhaven city limits. The frequency mimics human internal dialogue patterns and matches 1920s occult signatures.
- **Environmental Hazard:** Sub-Level 4 is unseasonably cold; smell of ozone; ambient hum induces headaches/nausea in those present.

## Established Lore
- **Signal Morphology:** The "Whisper" is not a radio wave but a mimicking frequency that targets subconscious auditory processing.
- **Data Integrity:** Sarah’s digital recorders capture rhythmic static/low-frequency pulses where there should be total silence.
- **Occult Link:** The signal correlates directly with "The Curator" logs (1920s), implying a historical precedent for the current phenomenon.

## Voice Signature Updates
- **Sarah Miller:** Confirmed usage of "empirically speaking" and temple-massaging as a stress response. Reliance on digital recorder as a security blanket is established.
- **Elias Thorne:** Voice characterized by clipped, rapid-fire technical jargon mixed with archaic references.

## Key Objects/Items
- **Restricted Logs:** 1920s occult patterns identified as a match for the current signal.
- **Digital Recorder:** Clipped to Sarah’s belt; contains evidence of rhythmic static.