# Character Sheet: Sarah

## Identity
- Full name: Sarah Miller
- Age: Unknown
- Role: supporting / colleague-turned-potential-love-interest
- Faction/School: The Archive (Oakhaven facility staff)

## Voice Signature
(REQUIRED -- this section is injected into every chapter to enforce consistent voice.)
- Stress expression scale: "Hmm, that's peculiar" = minor | "This defies all logic!" = upset | "Get a grip—what the actual fuck?!" = furious
- Verbal tic: prefixes doubts with "empirically speaking" or "from a rational standpoint" even mid-argument
- Sentence length pattern: clipped and precise under stress, expansive qualifiers when dissecting evidence
- What they REACH FOR: analytical -- probes data patterns, waveforms, or logical inconsistencies first
- What they NEVER say: flowery supernatural affirmations like "It's a sign from the beyond"
- Imperfection signature: stammers initial consonants ("Th-this frequency...") when audio feedback triggers her headache
- One example line of their dialogue that could not belong to any other character:
  "Elias, empirically speaking, radio ghosts aren't a thing—unless this damn hum in my skull says otherwise."

## Magic / Power / Special Ability
(Complete this section only if the project involves paranormal / fantasy / speculative elements.)

## Arc
- Want: A rational, scientific explanation for the Whisper signal to restore normalcy and safety
- Need: To integrate empirical evidence with intuitive fear, trusting allies like Elias over isolation
- Fatal flaw: Rigid skepticism that dismisses mounting evidence as "interference" until personally threatened
- Wound: Unknown prior incident (inferred: debunked a colleague's "paranormal" claim, leading to professional isolation)
- Transformation: Embraces the signal's supernatural reality, actively partnering with Elias to confront it

## Relationships
- Elias Thorne: Professional colleague and investigative partner; dynamic of skeptical anchor challenging his growing paranoia while owing him support
- The Curator: Distant administrative superior; dynamic of frustrated underling resenting his dismissive attitude toward real threats

## Notes for Writers
- Physical habit or tell: Frequently massages her temples or winces at sudden noises due to persistent audio-feedback headache—never fully hides the exhaustion lines under her eyes.
- Speech quirk specific to this character: Inserts "data doesn't lie" as a pivot when conceding a point reluctantly, even if no data exists yet.
- Always carries a small digital recorder clipped to her belt, tapping "record" during tense moments without thinking.
- Readers must NEVER see her dismiss Elias's occult knowledge outright—instead, she probes it analytically before rejecting.
- NEVER see her exhibit blind faith or panic; she freezes analytically first, muttering frequencies under breath rather than screaming.