From d19376848dfb205fc23e312e555b6a7c0cbccece Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PAE Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:33:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] staging: polished/character-state-ch-08-final.md task=6dbecd5c-9aa8-44b3-bbef-ca1d26e67d24 --- .../polished/character-state-ch-08-final.md | 38 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 projects/cypress-bend/staging/polished/character-state-ch-08-final.md diff --git a/projects/cypress-bend/staging/polished/character-state-ch-08-final.md b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/polished/character-state-ch-08-final.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..93e69e5a --- /dev/null +++ b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/polished/character-state-ch-08-final.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +# Character State: ch-08 + +## Lena Duval +- **Location:** Drainage junction beneath the Ninth Ward / "The Veins." +- **Physical:** Fever spiking; palm wound from salt-tithe is raw and weeping; experiencing "Grid Hum" vertigo (vision blurring with industrial frequencies). +- **Emotional:** Defiant but physically breaking; feeling a soul-deep nausea as the urban iron suppresses her bayou magic. +- **Active Obligations:** Owes Jax a debt of trust (ch-07) -- UNPAID. +- **Open Loops:** Locket synchronization (ch-07) -- Lena realized the locket vibrates in harmony with the city’s power grid, acting as a conductor. +- **Known Secrets:** Aware that Terrebonne’s grid isn't just masking magic—it’s actively siphoning it via the "Great Flush" cycles. +- **Arc:** 65% -- She has stopped running and is now using her mother’s locket to "tune" into the city's corruption to predict its movements. + +## Jax Harlan +- **Location:** Drainage junction beneath the Ninth Ward. +- **Physical:** Heavily strained; forearm laceration bleeding through bandages; ears ringing from the localized tremors. +- **Emotional:** Grudgingly impressed by Lena’s sacrifice; feeling the weight of his "Tactical to Personal" shift. +- **Active Obligations:** Secure path through tunnels (ch-07) -- IN PROGRESS; Identify safehouse leak (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED (Suspects a tracer in his own gear). +- **Open Loops:** Origin of the scrambler (ch-07) -- Jax suspects the tech was leaked by a Terrebonne defector. +- **Known Secrets:** Knows the Terrebonne extraction point is a trap, but hasn't told Lena to avoid breaking her focus. +- **Arc:** 40% -- Moving from protector to partner; acknowledges that logic cannot explain what Lena is doing. + +# World State: ch-08 + +## NPC Memory +- **The Drowned Man (Spirit):** DEPARTED -- Withdrawn into the sludge after receiving the salt tithe; his "gift" was the temporary cessation of water flow in Sector 4. +- **Aunt Maribelle:** ESCALATING -- Using local law enforcement proxies to monitor drainage outlets. + +## Faction Attitudes +- **Terrebonne Development Corp:** AGGRESSIVE -- Initiated "The Great Flush" ahead of schedule to pressure the subterranean "pests." +- **The Duval Coven:** WEAKENED -- Signal to Lena is completely severed by the salt-lined walls of the Ninth Ward tunnels. + +## Active World Events +- **The Great Flush (Active):** High-pressure salt water is surging through the secondary veins; certain paths are now impassable. +- **The Grid Hum (Critical):** The frequency has reached a "Harmonic Peak," causing metallic objects (like Lena’s locket) to heat up and vibrate. + +## Metadata +- **Key Item:** The Locket (Active Conductor); Scrambler Box (Reaching battery limit). +- **Key Term:** **"Harmonic Bleed"** -- The phenomenon where city electricity and bayou magic collide, causing physical illness in practitioners. +- **Mood:** Claustrophobic, metallic, frantic, damp. \ No newline at end of file