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# Character State: ch-13
## Elena
Location: The Roof / Solar Array, Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Sweat-slicked, smelling of sun-heated metal and ozone; no injuries.
Emotional: Fiercely territorial and focused.
Active obligations: Owes Marcus a "dead-zone" that actually stays dead (Ch-13) — IN PROGRESS.
Open loops: Elena and the countys automated tax-assessment algorithm (Ch-13) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Knows the manual axe-throw is the only physical failsafe for the legacy power line — Marcus does NOT know she has designated him as the one to pull it.
Arc: 70% -- Elena has moved from internal infrastructure to active electronic warfare, identifying the Sanctuary as a "hard target."
Permanent: YES
## Marcus Thorne
Location: The Barn / Server Rack, Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Tapping a frantic four-beat "ping" on his thigh; eyes bloodshot from monitor glare.
Emotional: Vibrating with technical anxiety; feeling the "latency" of the physical world.
Active obligations: Owes the Sanctuary a localized "Sanctuary" LLM (Ch-12) — IN PROGRESS.
Open loops: Marcus and the Alpha-7 "Phone Home" sequence (Ch-13) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01—unresolved): Knows the Alpha-7 empathy protocols were a lie to facilitate mass firings — Julian does NOT know he kept the back-end logs.
Arc: 60% -- Marcus has accepted that his high-tier code is a beacon that must be shielded by Elenas low-tier iron.
Permanent: YES
## Sarah Jenkins
Location: The Kitchen, Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Hands stained with beet juice; lower back aching; no injuries.
Emotional: Hyper-vigilant; experiencing "Domestic Siege" mentality.
Active obligations: Owes Leo a world that doesn't "index" his childhood (Ch-12) — UNPAID.
Open loops: Sarah and the moral weight of the high-tier "seeds" (Ch-12) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01—unresolved): Knows the Alpha-7 empathy protocols were a lie to facilitate mass firings — Julian does NOT know she has weaponized that same detachment for survival.
Arc: 68% -- Sarah has shifted from manager to quartermaster, treating the pantry as a tactical reserve.
Permanent: YES
## David
Location: The Perimeter / Treeline, Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Heavy-lidded; smelling of swamp-water and mosquito repellent.
Emotional: Grim and cynical; anchored by the tangible "work" of the land.
Active obligations: Owes the Sanctuary a secure perimeter against "Scavenger Pings" (Ch-12) — ACTIVE.
Open loops: David and the looming "Great Hunger" caloric deficit (Ch-11) — UNRESOLVED.
Arc: 50% -- David has fully committed to the "Sentry" role, viewing the sky as an enemy territory.
Permanent: YES
## 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 logic for the group.
# World State: ch-13
## NPC Memory
- County Tax Drone (Avery-Quinn Logistics Layer): BLINDED -- Encountered localized high-frequency interference -- Logged as a "topographic anomaly/signal shadow."
## Faction Attitudes
- Avery-Quinn Corp: AGGRESSIVE -- Utilizing county tax drones as secondary "passive" surveillance nodes to map un-indexed residents.
- The Displaced: STARVING -- Grid-locked in ration-dependent hubs.
## Active World Events
- The Great Rationing: ONGOING -- AQ-controlled UBI credits are being throttled.
- The Analog Drift: ESCALATING -- The group at Cypress Bend is now actively jamming county-level automated infrastructure.