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+# Character State: ch-31
+
+## Marcus Thorne
+Location: The "Crow’s Nest" (Upper attic), The Sanctuary, Cypress Bend.
+Physical: Sweat-slicked; knuckles white from gripping the static-screened monitor; breathing shallow.
+Emotional: Fractured but focused. The transition from "Observer" to "Combatant" is complete. He feels the weight of the Alpha-7 logs like a physical anchor.
+Active obligations: Protect the Forty (Ch-31) — ACTIVE; Offset Sarah’s displacement (Ch-01) — IN PROGRESS.
+Open loops: The Ocala Convoy’s precise breach point (Ch-31) — UNRESOLVED; The Avery-Quinn "Deep Scan" (Ch-25) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01): Knows the Alpha-7 empathy protocols were a lie.
+Arc: 240% — Marcus has stopped trying to "admin-solve" the swamp and has accepted the messy, violent friction of physical defense.
+
+## Sarah Jenkins
+Location: The Kitchen / Logistics Hub, Cypress Bend.
+Physical: Moving with frantic precision; checking the seals on the reinforced shutters; re-stringing a compound bow.
+Emotional: Coldly efficient. The "Error 404" state has been replaced by a "System Hardening" protocol.
+Active obligations: None.
+Open loops: None.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01): Weaponized her corporate detachment into a survivalist edge.
+Arc: 210% — Sarah has become the tactical spine of the Sanctuary’s internal civilian defense.
+
+## Elena
+Location: The Northern Watchtower (Cypress Canopy).
+Physical: Eyes bloodshot from staring through thermal optics; hand hovering over the "shroud" drone deployment toggle.
+Emotional: Eager. The "Invisibility through Friction" doctrine is about to be tested against high-tier corporate hardware.
+Active obligations: None.
+Open loops: The Ocala Convoy (Ch-31) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-10): The manual axe-throw physical failsafe for the power line.
+Arc: 200% — Elena has transitioned from a stealth pilot to a frontline commander of the "Invisible Mesh."
+
+## David
+Location: South-by-Southeast Gate, The Perimeter.
+Physical: Mud-caked; holding a heavy-gauge shotgun; leaning against a cypress trunk as if part of the bark.
+Emotional: Absolute stillness. He has found his "Long Wait" center.
+Active obligations: None.
+Open loops: The Ocala Breach (Ch-31) — UNRESOLVED.
+Arc: 205% — David is no longer defending a property; he is defending the land's right to remain unindexed.
+
+# World State: ch-31
+
+## NPC Memory
+- The "Forty": MOBILIZED — They are no longer refugees; they are a functioning militia embedded in the "White Space."
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- Avery-Quinn Corp: HOSTILE — Their convoy is within the three-mile "Dead Zone" and moving in a non-linear, aggressive tactical pattern.
+- The Bend Tribe: DEFIANT — The Sovereign Mesh is active, creating a localized spectral blank that hides their movements.
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Ocala Breach: ESCALATING — Three armored transport units and a mobile scanning rig are confirmed at the South-by-Southeast gate.
+- Year Seven Quarantine: THREATENED — The historical isolation of the Bend is officially broken by the physical arrival of Julian’s assets.
+- The Long Wait: ENDED — The standoff has shifted from digital surveillance to kinetic engagement.
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