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 ## 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.
+Physical: Severe exhaustion; bleeding hands from glass lacerations; crushing pressure in chest from acoustic resonance.
+Emotional: Desperate but resolute; feeling a sense of sacrificial clarity.
+Active obligations: owes Sarah Miller a full explanation of the subterranean source (Ch-11) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: [Elias/The Curator] The true function of the "Final Sequence" (Ch-12) -- RESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-11--unresolved): knows the signal is subterranean -- Sarah Miller.
+Arc: 75% -- Committed to total sabotage of the Archive, accepting his own potential destruction to stop the harvest.
 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.
+Physical: Doubled over with "signal-migraine"; nosebleed; temporary deafness to ambient sound.
+Emotional: Terrified but professionally focused on the data's impossibility.
+Active obligations: owes Elias support against the Curator (Ch-12) -- PAID.
+Open loops: [Sarah/Biology] The worsening resonance in her skull (Ch-10) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-11--unresolved): knows the Curator falsified safety logs -- Elias.
+Arc: 70% -- Complete abandonment of scientific skepticism in favor of survival and partnership with Elias.
 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
+Location: Archive Intercom System / Central Core
+Physical: Non-corporeal manifestation via audio/visual systems.
+Emotional: Divine certainty; clinical detachedness.
+Open loops: [The Curator/The Signal] Execution of the "Resonance Harvest" (Ch-12) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: knows the "Whisper" is a linguistic virus.
+Arc: 85% -- Shedding the facade of administration to reveal the role of harvester.
+Permanent: NO
 
 ## 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
+Location: Security Checkpoint Alpha (Sub-Level 3 Perimeter)
+Physical: Uninjured; curled in a fetal position.
+Emotional: Catatonic with terror; paralyzed by the "breathing" walls.
+Active obligations: owes Elias silence regarding the override (Ch-12) -- PAID.
+Open loops: [Mark/Archive] Location of the missing night shift (Ch-12) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Arc: 15% -- Transitioned from skeptical guard to broken witness.
+Permanent: NO
 
 # 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.
+- Mark (Security): HOSTILE/TERRIFIED -- Observed the walls shifting -- Refuses to move or assist further.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- The Archive (Oakhaven): Hostile -- The facility infrastructure is responding to the Phase Two sync, actively hindering Elias and Sarah.
+- The Archive (Oakhaven): UNSTABLE -- The architecture is physically warping to accommodate the signal resonance.
 
 ## 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.
+- Phase Three Ignition: IN PROGRESS. The "Resonance Harvest" has begun; the signal is now converting biological matter into data.
+- Facility Lockdown: TOTAL. The Curator has disabled all manual overrides.
+- Acoustic Liquefaction: The internal walls of Sub-Level 3 are beginning to vibrate at frequencies that soften solid materials.