From 7d0b033943e4fd6314108dfa591135c0d887db2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nova_2761 Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:41:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] adjudication_pass: promote character-state-ch-06.md original=f45c1125-dce1-400c-9616-4845015c079b --- .../deliverables/character-state-ch-06.md | 42 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) create mode 100644 cypres-bend/deliverables/character-state-ch-06.md diff --git a/cypres-bend/deliverables/character-state-ch-06.md b/cypres-bend/deliverables/character-state-ch-06.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..15f62fe --- /dev/null +++ b/cypres-bend/deliverables/character-state-ch-06.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +# Character State: ch-06 + +## Marcus Thorne +Location: Interstate 75 South, departing Atlanta, Georgia. +Physical: Severe sleep deprivation; fingertips numb from repetitive data entry; smelling of ozone and scorched copper. +Emotional: Frantic and hyper-focused; experiencing a "high-velocity" state of technical desperation. +Active obligations: Owes Sarah’s memory a world without Alpha-7 (Ch-01) — UNPAID; Owes Elena a diagnostic on the port’s manifest system (Ch-04) — UNPAID. +Open loops: Marcus and the decrypted Alpha-7 "Sarah" logs (Ch-06) — RESOLVED; Marcus and the extraction of the local-LLM "Sanctuary" seed (Ch-06) — RESOLVED. +Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01—unresolved): Knows the Alpha-7 empathy protocols were a lie to facilitate mass firings. +Arc: 35% — Marcus has transitioned from a data-refugee to a digital insurgent, having successfully decentralized the very AI models Julian sought to monopolize. +Permanent: YES + +## Julian Avery +Location: Avery-Quinn Corporate HQ (Atmospheric/Remote). +Physical: Unseen. +Emotional: Predatory and analytical. +Active obligations: To retrieve or neutralize the Alpha-7 back-end log stolen by Marcus (Ch-01) — UNPAID. +Open loops: Julian's "Search-and-Index" protocol for Marcus's MAC address (Ch-04) — UNRESOLVED. +Known secrets: None. +Arc: 10% — Julian remains an abstract force of systemic pressure, his presence felt through the failing infrastructure of the city. +Permanent: NO + +## Sarah Jenkins — DECEASED (Ch-01) +Established: Terminated and displaced by the Alpha-7 rollout, serving as the moral catalyst for Marcus's flight. +Legacy: Her "deleted" status is the primary driver for Marcus's attempt to build an un-indexed digital sanctuary. + +## Arthur Silas Vance — DECEASED (Ch-36) +Established: Died peacefully in his sleep overlooking the cypress grove he spent his life protecting. +Legacy: His physical "dead-zone" property remains the only safe-harbor destination for the data Marcus has extracted. + +# World State: ch-06 + +## NPC Memory +- Atlanta Network Admin (Remote): FRANTIC — Witnessed the final "ping" of the open-source mirrors before the regional grid collapsed into a rolling blackout. + +## Faction Attitudes +- Avery-Quinn Corp: AGGRESSIVE — They have triggered the "Terminal Efficiency" protocol, leading to the destabilization of public utilities to flush out un-indexed hardware. +- The Displaced (Atlanta): PANICKED — Transitioning from digital job-loss to a physical struggle for resources as the power grid fails. + +## Active World Events +- The Great Dark: INITIALIZED — The rolling blackouts across the Southeast are being used as a tactical tool by AQ Corp to isolate and track mobile data-nodes. +- The Local-LLM Exodus: COMPLETED — Marcus has successfully "packaged" the foundational AI logic into an offline, analog hardware set for transport to Cypress Bend. \ No newline at end of file