From 43f3ff5b7f54d6e37655ea228a3e9080cf18f41b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nova_2761 Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:59:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] adjudication_pass: promote character-state-ch-11.md original=3f88eca4-b10a-4541-adfe-57d92cfa17ea --- .../deliverables/character-state-ch-11.md | 53 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+) create mode 100644 cypres-bend/deliverables/character-state-ch-11.md diff --git a/cypres-bend/deliverables/character-state-ch-11.md b/cypres-bend/deliverables/character-state-ch-11.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..241d13b --- /dev/null +++ b/cypres-bend/deliverables/character-state-ch-11.md @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +# Character State: ch-11 + +## Sarah Jenkins +Location: The Barn / Cattle Pen, Cypress Bend, Florida. +Physical: Covered in placental fluid and mud; minor abrasions on forearms from the "triage" maneuver; hands steady but stained with blood. +Emotional: Coldly efficient and vindicated; experiencing a shift from "victim" to "operator." +Active obligations: Owes the sanctuary a successful stabilization of the livestock (Ch-11) — PAID. +Open loops: Sarah and the integration of her "Status Code" logic into physical surgery (Ch-11) — RESOLVED. +Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01—unresolved): Knows the Alpha-7 empathy protocols were a lie to facilitate mass firings — Julian does NOT know she has weaponized that same detachment for survival. +Arc: 55% -- Sarah has transitioned from the "Ghost in the Machine" to the physical arbiter of life and death in the grove. +Permanent: YES + +## Marcus Thorne +Location: The Barn / Perimeter, Cypress Bend, Florida. +Physical: Nauseous; knees weak from a near-syncope during the breach; smelling of copper and rain. +Emotional: Utterly humbled; experiencing a "Processing Error" as his technical God-complex fails against biological reality. +Active obligations: Owes Sarah a formal recognition of her leadership (Ch-11) — UNPAID. +Open loops: Marcus and his inability to "admin-solve" physical trauma (Ch-11) — UNRESOLVED. +Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01—unresolved): Knows the Alpha-7 empathy protocols were a lie to facilitate mass firings — Julian does NOT know he kept the back-end logs. +Arc: 45% -- Marcus has accepted his role as "support hardware," deferring to Sarah’s superior "human-layer" triage. +Permanent: YES + +## David +Location: The Barn / Cattle Pen, Cypress Bend, Florida. +Physical: Muscle tremors in arms; hands shaking; no injuries, but physically paralyzed by the "mess" of the breach. +Emotional: Shaken and displaced; he has lost his status as the "primary protector" to Sarah’s competence. +Active obligations: Owes Sarah his survivalist tools (Ch-11) — PAID. +Open loops: David and the collapse of his "pioneer" authority (Ch-11) — UNRESOLVED. +Arc: 35% -- David has been forced to witness the "brutal triage" required by the land, breaking his romanticized homesteading ego. +Permanent: YES + +## Julian Avery +Location: Avery-Quinn HQ (Remote Observation). +Physical: Unseen. +Emotional: Analytical; sensing a "biological anomaly" in the Florida sector. +Arc: 15% -- Julian is beginning to track the "thermal spike" of the sanctuary's localized activity. + +## Arthur Silas Vance — DECEASED (Ch-36) +Established: Died peacefully in his sleep overlooking the cypress grove he spent his life protecting. +Legacy: His "analog" veterinary kit and the heavy logic of his barn provided the theatre for Sarah's triage. + +# World State: ch-11 + +## NPC Memory +- **The Sanctuary Calf:** SAVED -- Survived a transverse breach through Sarah’s manual intervention -- Will now serve as the "Beta-Test" for the grove's sustainability. + +## Faction Attitudes +- **Avery-Quinn Corp:** TRACKING -- They have noted a minute "empathy-protocol" signature in the Sarah logs being accessed during the crisis. +- **The Land (Cypress Bend):** COMPROMISED -- The environment demanded a blood-tax; the protagonists paid it, securing a temporary "handshake" with the ecosystem. + +## Active World Events +- **The Blood Triage:** COMPLETED -- The first biological crisis of the sanctuary has been resolved without digital intervention. +- **The Great Hunger:** ONGOING -- While the calf survived, the caloric "burn rate" of the group has increased significantly due to the stress event. \ No newline at end of file