From ec0ec930178d76965a2f54583c1cd1ef6d8114ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nova_2761 Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:47:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] adjudication_pass: promote character-state-ch-07.md original=67c30a70-427c-410e-a8fd-59667358c1dd --- .../deliverables/character-state-ch-07.md | 52 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+) create mode 100644 cypres-bend/deliverables/character-state-ch-07.md diff --git a/cypres-bend/deliverables/character-state-ch-07.md b/cypres-bend/deliverables/character-state-ch-07.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4ea1a1e --- /dev/null +++ b/cypres-bend/deliverables/character-state-ch-07.md @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +# Character State: ch-07 + +## David +Location: The "Garden" plot, Cypress Bend, Florida. +Physical: Back muscles seizing; hands a map of blisters and fire-ant stings; dehydrated and salt-stained. +Emotional: Humiliated and physically broken; experiencing the collapse of his romanticized "agrarian" fantasy. +Active obligations: Owes Sarah a life that doesn't require a login (Ch-05) — UNPAID; Owes the land a successful harvest (Ch-07) — UNPAID. +Open loops: David and the failure of the "legacy" seeds (Ch-07) — UNRESOLVED; David and the encroaching reality of the Florida scrub — UNRESOLVED. +Known secrets: None. +Arc: 30% — David has transitioned from a hopeful homesteader to a desperate survivor, forced to trade his "pioneer" ego for a grim, dirt-level reality. +Permanent: YES + +## Sarah +Location: The porch of the Vance Cabin, Cypress Bend, Florida. +Physical: Smelling of citronella and woodsmoke; constant low-level fatigue; eyes adjusted to the green-scale of the forest. +Emotional: Quietly observant and pragmatic; she is the first to see the "efficiency" of the swamp’s destruction. +Active obligations: None. +Open loops: Sarah and the abandonment of the "Dallas" digital footprint (Ch-05) — RESOLVED. +Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01—unresolved): Knows the Alpha-7 empathy protocols were a lie to facilitate mass firings. +Arc: 25% — Sarah has become the grounded anchor of the group, recognizing that "analog" survival is a war of attrition, not a hobby. + +## Leo +Location: Under the sprawling live oak, Cypress Bend, Florida. +Physical: Skin tanned dark; dirt under every fingernail; no injuries. +Emotional: Fully integrated; he no longer looks for a screen to mediate his reality. +Active obligations: None. +Open loops: None. +Known secrets: None. +Arc: 15% — Leo has successfully "rewiped" his internal OS, replacing digital stimuli with the logic of the woods. +Permanent: NO + +## Sarah Jenkins — DECEASED (Ch-01) +Established: Terminated and displaced by the Alpha-7 rollout, serving as the moral catalyst for Marcus's flight. +Legacy: Her "deleted" status remains the primary driver for the group's refusal to reintegrate with the grid. + +## Arthur Silas Vance — DECEASED (Ch-36) +Established: Died peacefully in his sleep overlooking the cypress grove he spent his life protecting. +Legacy: His physical "dead-zone" property remains the only safe harbor for the family, though his ghost mocks David's lack of "grit." + +# World State: ch-07 + +## NPC Memory +- Fire Ants (Cypress Bend): AGGRESSIVE — They have claimed the "domesticated" garden soil as a forward operating base. +- The Soil (Florida Interior): REJECTING — The high-acidity sand has effectively "deleted" the heirloom seeds Sarah brought from the North. + +## Faction Attitudes +- Avery-Quinn Corp: DISTANT/GHOSTLY — They remain an abstract threat, their "clean" world feeling like a different planet compared to the muck. +- The Land (Ocala): DOMINANT — It has successfully reasserted its sovereignty over David’s attempts at "optimization." + +## Active World Events +- The Great Hunger: INITIALIZED — The realization that the "Sanctuary" cannot yet produce its own caloric "throughput" without external supply. +- The Analog Regression: ONGOING — The family is learning that survival in a "dead zone" is defined by calorie expenditure vs. heat exhaustion. \ No newline at end of file