From abcc42f3fe0d32deff85bb236c66c716d6556089 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nova_2761 Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:38:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] adjudication_pass: promote character-state-ch-03-final.md original=6421171c-d52e-4bd8-9631-f0b9da9c49cd --- .../character-state-ch-03-final.md | 46 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 cypres-bend/deliverables/character-state-ch-03-final.md diff --git a/cypres-bend/deliverables/character-state-ch-03-final.md b/cypres-bend/deliverables/character-state-ch-03-final.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4380f3e --- /dev/null +++ b/cypres-bend/deliverables/character-state-ch-03-final.md @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +# Character State: ch-03 + +## Marcus Thorne +Location: Arthur Vance’s Cabin, Cypress Bend, Florida. +Physical: Shaking hands, sensory overload from the swamp’s humidity; nursing a bourbon that tastes like “liquid wood.” +Emotional: Acute systemic guilt; experiencing a "logic loop" between his corporate past and his physical isolation. +Active Obligations: Owes Elena a diagnostic on the port’s manifest system (ch-04) — UNPAID; Owes Arthur’s ghost a reason for staying — UNPAID. +Open Loops: The specific encryption key for the Alpha-7 "Sarah" logs — UNRESOLVED; The physical location of the neighboring Vance parcel — UNRESOLVED. +Known Secrets: CARRIED: The Alpha-7 "Empathy Mask" was actually a predictive firing algorithm—Julian believes the source code was wiped. +Arc: 08% — Marcus has moved from "Flight" to "Stagnation," finding the silence of the cabin more terrifying than the noise of the city. + +## Elena +Location: Everglades Outskirts / Port Everglades. +Physical: Smelling of diesel and salt; calloused palms from manual rigging. +Emotional: Mercenary but observant; she sees Marcus as a "high-maintenance asset" with potential utility. +Active Obligations: Owes the Port Authority a "clean" audit on the heavy machinery auction (ch-04) — UNPAID. +Open Loops: The identity of her "client" seeking heavy earth-movers — UNRESOLVED. +Known Secrets: Knows that the local "Sanctuary" isn't a charity, but a fortified data-dark zone. +Arc: 10% — Elena has transitioned from a guide to a recruiter, testing Marcus’s technical limits against physical hardware. + +## Julian Avery +Location: Avery-Quinn HQ (Cloud-Linked). +Physical: Unseen. +Emotional: Calcified; viewing the Southeast region as a "dead zone" of efficiency. +Arc: 05% — Julian has initiated the "Asset Recovery" protocol, moving from corporate HR to private security contracted to find Marcus. + +## Arthur Silas Vance — DECEASED +Status: Ghostly Presence. +Legacy: His cabin acts as a "dead-drop" for analog survival. His handwritten journals provide the "logic" Marcus is currently failing to parse. + +# World State: ch-03 + +## NPC Memory +- Local Bait Shop Proprietor: SUSPICIOUS — Noted Marcus’s "city shoes" and clean hands; marked him as a target for price-gouging. + +## Faction Attitudes +- Avery-Quinn Corp: AGGRESSIVE — They have flagged Marcus’s last known MAC address and are monitoring commercial flight manifests. +- The Displaced (Local): APATHETIC — They view the "tech migration" into the swamp as a temporary plague of wealthy "digital nomads." + +## Active World Events +- The Great Deletion: ONGOING — AQ Corp is systematically scrubbing all human-centric support roles in the Southeast sector, replacing them with Alpha-7 nodes. +- The Humidity Spike: SEASONAL — The physical environment is actively degrading any electronics not housed in airtight containers, favoring Arthur’s analog legacy. + +## Key Objects +- The Alpha-7 Black Box: Marcus’s laptop, containing the illicit back-end logs—currently the "hottest" data on the East Coast. +- Arthur’s Bourbon: The last bottle of 1970s reserve, representing the final "un-indexed" luxury in the cabin. \ No newline at end of file