From 30a0a9f0860cc3c2cae66edc5940d8ca352724d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PAE Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:02:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] staging: polished/character-state-ch-10-final.md task=6f625221-1dfb-4258-b99d-db3e70bb3ff0 --- .../polished/character-state-ch-10-final.md | 39 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 projects/cypress-bend/staging/polished/character-state-ch-10-final.md diff --git a/projects/cypress-bend/staging/polished/character-state-ch-10-final.md b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/polished/character-state-ch-10-final.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..10022eba --- /dev/null +++ b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/polished/character-state-ch-10-final.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +# Character State: ch-10 + +## Lena Duval +- **Location**: Industrial catwalks, Sector 4, Terrebonne Siphon. +- **Physical**: Severe lethargy and fever from "Machine-Witch" transition; salt-scabbed palm; hearing muffled by pressure changes. +- **Emotional**: "Hollowed-out" clarity; resolute but wary of the cost of her new role. +- **Active Obligations**: Owes Jax Harlan a survival debt (salt-tithe) -- UNPAID. +- **Open Loops**: Reconciling her machine-magic with the traditionalist Coven -- UNRESOLVED. +- **Known Secrets**: The Siphon’s true purpose was a "Harmonic Bleed" to harvest spirits for the upper districts -- Jax remains unaware. +- **Arc Status**: 90% (Guardian). She has merged blood-magic with the machine to stabilize the Bend. + +## Jax Harlan +- **Location**: Manual override catwalks, Sector 4. +- **Physical**: Lacerations on upper arms; hands shaking from adrenaline and mechanical vibration. +- **Emotional**: Protective; absolute acceptance of Lena’s power as his primary directive. +- **Active Obligations**: Guarding Lena during her post-ritual recovery -- ACTIVE. +- **Open Loops**: Identifying the source of the safehouse intel leak -- UNRESOLVED. +- **Arc Status**: 70% (Protector). Tactical skepticism has vanished in the face of the supernatural. + +# World State: ch-10 + +## NPC Memory +- **The Drowned Man**: DISPERSED. The entity dissolved into the brine via harmonic resonance; the physical threat to the machinery has ended. +- **Aunt Maribelle (Duval Estate)**: BLOCKED. Her spiritual connection via the locket was severed by the 440Hz pulse. She is currently blind to Lena’s location. +- **Terrebonne Security Teams**: AGGRESSIVE. Convergence on Sector 4 is imminent following telemetry drop-off. + +## Faction Attitudes +- **Terrebonne Development Corp**: HOSTILE. Views Sector 4 infrastructure failure as domestic terrorism. +- **The Duval Coven**: FRACTURED. Rumors of the "Machine-Witch" have created a schism between traditionalists and progressives. + +## Active World Events +- **The Great Flush**: TERMINATED. Bypass valves are physically fused; the bayou will not be purged. +- **The Heartbeat**: ACTIVE. The Siphon now emits a low-frequency pulse that stabilizes the local spirit-environment. +- **The Gear Jam**: PERMANENT. The Siphon is mechanically unsalvageable; it requires total demolition to remove the fused components. + +## Metadata +- **Environment**: Mist-heavy industrial cathedral; scent of ozone and magnolia; rhythmic metal pulse. +- **Key Conflict**: Escaping the corporate extraction perimeter before security arrival. +- **Tone**: Exhausted triumph transitioning into tactical urgency. \ No newline at end of file