From c8c3c51d8140d5cebe106437cc7c345c4a4dd7e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PAE Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:32:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] staging: character-state-ch-08.md task=05407ea6-7320-412d-ad8a-bb873398cdc2 --- .../staging/character-state-ch-08.md | 40 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-ch-08.md diff --git a/projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-ch-08.md b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-ch-08.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..268d34b3 --- /dev/null +++ b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-ch-08.md @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +# Character State: ch-08 + +## Lena Duval +Location: Industrial drainage tunnels, beneath the Ninth Ward. +Physical: Feverish; palm wound is stinging from salt contact; suffering from "Grid Hum" vertigo. +Emotional: Exhausted but grimly determined; feeling the weight of her heritage. +Active obligations: Owes Jax a debt of trust (ch-07) -- UNPAID; owes the Drowned Man a "tithe of salt" (ch-07) -- PAID. +Open loops: Locket synchronization with industrial frequencies (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED; drainage tunnel navigation (ch-08) -- UNRESOLVED. +Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-07--unresolved): Knows the Bayou Binding is being poisoned by the city grid -- Jax Harlan does not know the full extent of her power loss. +Arc: 60% -- She has transitioned from surviving the city to actively manipulating its corrupt infrastructure to facilitate an escape. +Permanent: YES + +## Jax Harlan +Location: Industrial drainage tunnels, beneath the Ninth Ward. +Physical: Laceration on forearm is throbbing; boots soaked in brackish water; high physical strain from supporting Lena. +Emotional: Hyper-vigilant and protective; growing distrust of the city's sudden structural "shifts." +Active obligations: Must secure a path through the tunnels (ch-07) -- UNPAID; identify safehouse leak (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED. +Open loops: Origin of the brass-and-silicon scrambler (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED. +Known secrets: knows the location of the Terrebonne extraction point -- Lena does not know he considered turning back. +Arc: 35% -- His commitment to Lena has shifted from tactical to personal as he navigates magic-saturated environments he previously avoided. +Permanent: YES + +# World State: ch-08 + +## NPC Memory +- **The Drowned Man (Spirit):** SATISFIED -- Accepted the salt tithe offered by Lena in the tunnels -- Opened the rusted floodgates to allow them deeper into the subterranean network. +- **Aunt Maribelle:** THWARTED -- Her tracer signal lost the pair once they entered the salt-lined drainage pipes -- Will likely escalate the physical search via Terrebonne. + +## Faction Attitudes +- **Terrebonne Development Corp:** HUNGRY -- Increasing the voltage of the "Grid Hum" to flush out magical signatures in the tunnels. +- **The Duval Coven:** FRUSTRATED -- Their connection to Lena is flickering due to the interference of the salt and iron in the city’s drainage veins. + +## Active World Events +- **The Great Flush:** The industrial pumping system is cycling, creating dangerous surges of salted water within the tunnels. +- **The Grid Hum:** Frequency is spiking, causing minor structural tremors in older parts of the city. + +## Metadata +- **Key Item:** The "Tithe of Salt" (consumed/paid); Scrambler Box (active, masking their heat signatures). +- **Key Term:** **"Veins of the City"** -- The interconnected pipe and tunnel system that mimics natural bayou waterways. +- **Mood:** Industrial, suffocating, murky, rhythmic. \ No newline at end of file