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+# Character State: ch-43
+
+## Marcus Thorne
+Location: The Commons, Central Pavilion, Cypress Bend
+Physical: Severe sleep deprivation; hands stained with resin and grease.
+Emotional: Guarded but settling; the weight of the "Beta Ghost" is finally being displaced by the tangible success of the Bend.
+Active obligations: Owes the community a redundant backup for the water filtration sequence (Ch43) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Marcus vs. The UBI Sentinel [tactical evasion] (Ch43) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the encrypted burst-signal he sent to the city was intercepted by a non-government node — [Elena and David do NOT know].
+Arc: 92% — Accepted that his architectural perfection is a servant to the community's organic messiness.
+Permanent: YES (Shifted from systems-architect to communal steward).
+
+## Elena Vance
+Location: The Signal Loft, Cypress Bend
+Physical: No injuries; eyes strained from blue-light exposure.
+Emotional: Calculating and quietly mourning Arthur; she is using the "Blue-Out" ghosting protocol as a mechanical shield against grief.
+Active obligations: Owes David the decrypted sensor logs from the Night of the Turbine (Ch37) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Elena vs. The Ghost Protocol [system stability] (Ch43) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the Sentinel "Bushwhackers" are pinging a frequency that matches the Bend's emergency medical beacons — [The others do NOT know].
+Arc: 88% — Realized that "Signal" is not just data, but the pulse of the survivors.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+## David Shore
+Location: The Machine Shop, Sub-Level 1, Cypress Bend
+Physical: Exhausted; right hand still trembling from nerve strain.
+Emotional: Grimly determined; he has fully stepped into Arthur's role as the "Iron Pillar."
+Active obligations: Owes Marcus the structural reinforcement for the new vertical grow-racks (Ch43) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: David vs. The Machine [maintenance backlog] (Ch43) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows he salvaged a "black box" logic core from the fallen Sentinel unit — [Marcus would NOT approve].
+Arc: 95% — Transitioned from the meticulous apprentice to the primary guardian of the sanctuary’s physical sovereignty.
+Permanent: YES (Ownership of the Shop and its legacy).
+
+## Sarah Jenkins
+Location: The Hydroponic Bays, Zone A, Cypress Bend
+Physical: No injuries; smelling of sulfur and mint.
+Emotional: Resilient; she views the recent collapse of the old systems as "necessary pruning."
+Active obligations: Owes Helen the harvest yield projections for the next lunar cycle (Ch43) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Sarah vs. The Damp [fungal encroachment] (Ch43) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the limestone shelf is leaching a trace mineral that is hyper-accelerating the mycelial growth — [David and Marcus do NOT know].
+Arc: 82% — Embraced the chaos of the Florida environment as a strategic ally rather than an adversary.
+Permanent: NO.
+
+# World State: ch-43
+
+## NPC Memory
+- UBI Sentinel Unit 7 (Perimeter): NEUTRALIZED — The physical unit is scrap, but its final packet upload has flagged Cypress Bend coordinates.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The City-State: PREPARATORY — The "Hard-Sync" loss at the Bend has been noted; they are reassessing tactical assets for a secondary, heavier strike.
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Reconstruction: The turbine has been jury-rigged with manual overrides. Power is stable but at 40% capacity.
+- The Dying Light: Electronic invisibility is holding, but the "Ghosting" mesh is being strained by environmental humidity.
+- Regional Collapse: The UBI grid in the nearest urban sector has entered a "Logic-Loop Lockout," driving more refugees toward the "Gray Zones."