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+# Character State: ch-12
+
+## Elias Thorne
+Location: The Oakhaven Archive, Sub-Level 3 (Main Terminal)
+Physical: Severe exhaustion; minor lacerations on hands from shattered glass; high-frequency auditory ringing.
+Emotional: Hyper-focused and fearful; experiencing a sense of impending dread.
+Active obligations: owes Sarah Miller a full explanation (Ch-11) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: [Elias/The Curator] The nature of the "Final Sequence" (Ch-12) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-09--unresolved): knows the signal's source is not extraterrestrial but subterranean -- Sarah Miller does NOT know.
+Arc: 70% -- Elias has stopped trying to bridge the signal and is now actively attempting to sever the Archive's connection to it.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Sarah Miller
+Location: The Oakhaven Archive, Sub-Level 3 (Monitoring Station)
+Physical: Dehydrated; worsening migraine; eyes bloodshot from digital strain.
+Emotional: Frustrated and skeptical but vibrating with physiological anxiety.
+Active obligations: owes Elias Thorne support against the Curator's directives (Ch-12) -- PAID.
+Open loops: [Sarah/The Archive] The source of the hum in her skull (Ch-10) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: knows the Curator has been falsifying the safety logs for Level 3 -- Elias does NOT know.
+Arc: 65% -- Sarah has reached her breaking point with empirical denial, admitting the signal is affecting her biology directly.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## The Curator
+Location: Unknown (Observed via CCTV/Intercom)
+Physical: Unknown.
+Emotional: Paradoxically calm; detached.
+Active obligations: owes the staff a safety evacuation (Ch-12) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: [The Curator/The Signal] The "Pattern 12" resonance harvest (Ch-12) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: knows the "Whisper" is a linguistic virus -- Sarah and Elias do NOT know.
+Arc: 80% -- No longer acting as a supervisor; transitioned into an active antagonist/facilitator for the Signal.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Mark
+Location: The Oakhaven Archive, Security Checkpoint Alpha
+Physical: No injuries.
+Emotional: Confused; anxious due to the facility-wide atmospheric hum.
+Active obligations: owes Elias Thorne the override codes for the server room (Ch-12) -- PAID.
+Open loops: [Mark/Elias] The disappearance of the night shift crew (Ch-12) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: None.
+Arc: 10% -- Introduced as a secondary witness to the Archive's corruption.
+Permanent: YES
+
+# World State: ch-12
+
+## NPC Memory
+- Mark (Security/Oakhaven): Apprehensive -- Assisted Elias with codes but expressed fear of the "shadows" in the periphery -- Likely to flee the facility.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The Archive (Oakhaven): Hostile -- The facility infrastructure is responding to the Phase Two sync, actively hindering Elias and Sarah.
+
+## Active World Events
+- Phase Two Sync: ACTIVE. The "Whisper" signal has reached Pattern 12 resonance; the atmospheric hum is now audible to non-sensitives.
+- Facility Lockdown: INITIATED. Sub-Level 3 is sealed from the surface.