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+# Character State: ch-13
+
+## Elias Thorne
+Location: The Oakhaven Archive, Sub-Level 3 (Central Core)
+Physical: Third-degree thermal burns on hands; collapsed lung from smoke inhalation; sensory synesthesia intensified by the terminal's meltdown.
+Emotional: Transcendent; experiencing a sense of completion as his consciousness merges with the dying signal.
+Active obligations: Owes Sarah Miller a full explanation of the subterranean source (Ch-11) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: [Elias/The Curator] Physical survival vs. digital sublimation during the meltdown (Ch-13) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-11--unresolved): Knows the signal's origin is not extraterrestrial but an echo of future human extinction -- Sarah Miller.
+Arc: 95% -- Managed to manually trigger the full purge, sacrificing his physical safety to sever the Harvest.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Sarah Miller
+Location: The Oakhaven Archive, Sub-Level 3 (Emergency Exit Corridor)
+Physical: Temporary deafness; severe bruising; thermal singeing on clothing; clutching her digital recorder.
+Emotional: Disoriented but driven; her scientific foundation has fractured into a survivalist obsession.
+Active obligations: Owes Elias support against the Curator (Ch-12) -- PAID.
+Open loops: [Sarah/Biology] Acceleration of the linguistic virus due to the feedback spike (Ch-13) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: knows the Archive records were being altered in real-time by the Curator -- Elias Thorne.
+Arc: 98% -- Has fully transitioned from a data-driven skeptic to the sole witness of a metaphysical catastrophe.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## The Curator -- DECEASED (ch-13)
+Established: Dissipated into erratic data-shards and static when the cooling system’s thermal runaway destroyed the Central Core’s lattice.
+Legacy: His absence leaves the Archive’s surviving systems in a state of chaotic, unguided automation.
+
+## Mark
+Location: Security Door Alpha (Perimeter)
+Physical: Unconscious; stable but unresponsive.
+Emotional: Void; psychological total-collapse.
+Arc: 25% -- Remains a passive casualty of the Archive's influence.
+Permanent: NO
+
+# World State: ch-13
+
+## NPC Memory
+- Archive Subsystems (Oakhaven): UNRULY -- Following the Curator's "death," the facility is cycling through contradictory safety protocols and emergency venting.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The Archive (Oakhaven): CRITICAL FAILURE -- The physical structure is undergoing rapid thermal expansion/collapse; the linguistic virus is dissipating without the Curator to broadcast it.
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Resonance Harvest: ABORTED -- The signal was shattered at 96% completion; the remaining "Whisper" is a decaying echo rather than a coherent virus.
+- Sub-Level Meltdown: The Archive's lower levels are reaching temperatures that will lead to total structural vaporization within minutes.
+
+## Key Items/Objects
+- Sarah’s Digital Recorder: ACTIVE -- Contains a corrupted, high-fidelity capture of the Curator’s final screams/data-burst.
+- The Override Cables: MELTED -- No longer functional; the sabotage is irreversible.
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