# Character State: ch-09

## Sarah Miller -- DECEASED (Ch09)
Established: Her physical form succumbed to somatic dissolution and mechanical harmonics as she transitioned into a component of the signal.
Legacy: Her transformation marks the end of her role as a rational observer, signaling the total loss of terrestrial logic at the Miller residence.

## Elias Thorne -- DECEASED (Ch09)
Established: His biological matter transitioned into "wet iron" scented waveforms, hemorrhaging into pure frequency within the Vault.
Legacy: His integration completes the signal's origin arc, leaving no human witnesses behind to interpret the "Great Silence."

## Mark
Location: Unknown (Not present in Chapter 09 prose)
Physical: Unknown
Emotional: Unknown
Active obligations: None (Ch09)
Open loops: None (Ch09)
Known secrets: None (Ch09)
Arc: 0% -- Character did not appear or advance in this chapter.
Permanent: NO

# World State: ch-09

## NPC Memory
- The Whispers (The Threshold): ACTIVE -- Achieved Acoustic Gravity, consuming the physical structure of the Miller residence into the aperture.

## Faction Attitudes
- Archive Administration: Erasure -- The facility has excised all records of Elias Thorne and Sarah Miller from the timeline.

## Active World Events
- The Singularity: The Vault door has become a total aperture where Acoustic Logic replaces Newtonian physics; matter is now governed by frequency.
- Geometric Collapse: The cellar has detached from the terrestrial plane, drifting as an isolated island within a vibrating void.
- The Silent Broadcast: The signal has reached a state of "pre-echo," preparing for a planetary scale transition into global silence.

## Rules & Logic
- Acoustic Gravity: High-amplitude sound (specifically 14Hz) functions as a gravitational well; physical escape is impossible beyond this threshold.
- Ontological Muting: The signal possesses the capability to cause material objects to cease existing in the physical plane.
- Skull-to-Skull Communication: Due to increased air density within the aperture, traditional audio is replaced by direct bone-conduction.