# Character State: ch-06

## Lena Duval
- **Location:** Safehouse basement, Lower Ninth Ward (Evacuating).
- **Physical:** Nauseous and trembling; thumb bleeding from a ritual prick; sensory overload due to "industrial resonance."
- **Emotional:** Claustrophobic and desperate; feeling "magically blind" as if the world’s pulse has been replaced by a machine.
- **Active Obligations:** Owes Jax a full explanation of Project Phlegethon — UNPAID.
- **Open Loops:** The Frequency Shift intrusion (Maribelle) — UNRESOLVED; The Silver Locket's mechanical synchronization — UNRESOLVED.
- **Known Secrets:** Knows Project Phlegethon is a Duval/Terrebonne plot to rewrite ley lines into industrial frequencies — SHARED (with Jax).
- **Arc (50%):** Realizes her "static" is actually a tuning issue; she is beginning to sense the artificial takeover of the land’s rhythm.

## Jax Harlan
- **Location:** Safehouse, Lower Ninth Ward (Extraction).
- **Physical:** Adrenaline-fueled tension; bruised shoulder; bracing for a fighting retreat.
- **Emotional:** Deeply suspicious of the city’s security; frustrated by the breach; protective of Lena.
- **Active Obligations:** Owes Lena extraction to a viable contact — ACTIVE.
- **Open Loops:** Identity of the safehouse leak — UNRESOLVED.
- **Arc (25%):** Transitioning from hired escort to vested investigator of the Duval/Terrebonne conspiracy.

# World State: ch-06

## NPC Memory
- **Aunt Maribelle:** SUCCESSFUL INTRUSION—She used the new frequency to pierce the safehouse wards and psychically assault Lena.
- **The Neutral Contact:** COMPROMISED—The safehouse location was leaked; the contact is now a suspected traitor or compromised asset.

## Faction Attitudes
- **The Duval Coven:** Predatory; tracking Lena’s biometric/magical signature via the new Frequency Shift.
- **Terrebonne Development Corp:** Hostile; their machinery is actively drowning out natural ley lines.

## Active World Events
- **The Frequency Shift:** The background magical pulse of the region is being overwritten by an artificial, mechanical rhythm (Project Phlegethon).
- **Urban Sanctuary Failure:** The concrete and iron of New Orleans no longer pulse with the "neutrality" Lena expected; the city is now a trap.
- **The Breach:** The Ninth Ward safehouse is no longer secure; Jax and Lena are in active flight.

## Metadata
- **Key Item:** Silver Locket (vibrating with a mechanical hum; a tracking beacon).
- **Key Term:** "Industrial Resonance" (The synthesized magic of Terrebonne).
- **Mood:** Industrial horror, claustrophobic, high-tension.
- **Current Conflict:** Escape from a compromised urban sanctuary while Lena is "magically blind."
- **Voice Check:** Lena mutters "gator's truth" regarding the shifting pulse; twists her locket compulsively as she hides the depth of her fear.