3.1 KiB
Character State: ch-11 (FINAL)
Sarah Jenkins
Location: The Kitchen, Cypress Bend. Physical: Flour-dusted, back aching from manual labor; eyes sharp with "Domestic Siege" vigilance. Emotional: Hyper-protective. The transition from logistics victim to "Quartermaster of the Resistance" is complete. She views the porch as a battlefront and the soup pot as an armory. Active obligations: Owes Leo a childhood that isn't "indexed" or tracked—UNPAID. Open loops: The moral burden of the high-tier non-GMO seeds—UNRESOLVED. Known secrets: Weaponized her knowledge of the Alpha-7 "empathy" protocols—Julian remains unaware she's using his own detachment logic against him. Arc: 65%—She has successfully professionalized the sanctuary’s survival.
Marcus Thorne
Location: The Barn / Data-Rack. Physical: Grease-stained; calloused hands; rhythmic four-beat "ping" tapping on his thigh. Emotional: Grimly focused. He has accepted his role as the "Digital Blacksmith," forging tools for a world he once helped dismantle. Active obligations: Building the "Sanctuary" LLM (a localized, air-gapped node)—IN PROGRESS. Open loops: The "UBI Rationing" signal leak he’s tracking—UNRESOLVED. Known secrets: Possesses the back-end logs proving Alpha-7 was a termination tool—CARRIED. Arc: 55%—Transitioning from a fugitive of conscience to an active defender of the analog.
Leo
Location: The Garden. Physical: Sun-browned, dirt beneath fingernails; robust and growing. Emotional: Grounded. He is the first "True Analog," his reward loops tied to physical harvest rather than digital pings. Active obligations: Daily egg-count for David—PAID. Open loops: Fading memories of "Screens"—RESOLVED. Arc: 40%—His internal OS has been successfully "rewiped" by the swamp.
David
Location: The Perimeter. Physical: Smelling of woodsmoke and iron; heavy-lidded from night watches. Emotional: Weary but anchored. The "Legacy Sentry." Active obligations: Secure perimeter against "Scavenger Pings"—ACTIVE. Open loops: The "Great Hunger" caloric deficit—UNRESOLVED. Arc: 45%—He has traded his Indiana dreams for the practical reality of the cypress.
World State: ch-11 (FINAL)
NPC Memory
- The Sanctuary Node: CALIBRATED. The local AI is now successfully indexing the "Silent Rationing" patterns used by the North to starve "non-efficient" zones.
Faction Attitudes
- Avery-Quinn Corp: CONSOLIDATING. They have transitioned from a corporation to a de facto federal logistics layer, controlling UBI distribution via automation.
- The Displaced (Cities): STARVING. Transitioning from unemployed status to "ration-dependent" nodes with zero agency.
Active World Events
- The Great Rationing: INITIALIZED. AQ-controlled credits are being throttled in regions with "high friction" signatures (resistance/analog pockets).
- The Analog Drift: ONGOING. Cypress Bend is successfully operating outside the "UBI Handshake," creating a dangerous statistical "blind spot" for Julian's metrics.
- Legacy Logic: The influence of Arthur Silas Vance remains the foundational "code" of the house—utility, silence, and invisibility.