3.9 KiB
Character State: ch-14
Marcus Thorne
Location: The Kitchen / Main Cabin, Cypress Bend, Florida. Physical: Soaked and shivering; right hand raw from rope-burn; thighs bruised from bracing against the bridge rail. Emotional: Grounded but exhausted; experiencing a rare moment of "systemic alignment" with the physical world. Active obligations: Owes Sarah a world that doesn't "index" Leo's childhood (Ch-12) — IN PROGRESS; Owes David a permanent fix for the north-bank drainage (Ch-14) — UNPAID. Open loops: Marcus and the Alpha-7 "Phone Home" sequence (Ch-13) — UNRESOLVED; The integration of the "Sanctuary" LLM into the storm-warning system (Ch-14) — RESOLVED. 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: 75% -- Marcus has transitioned from a digital fugitive to a vital component of the physical infrastructure, finally "handshaking" with the land. Permanent: YES
Sarah Jenkins
Location: The Kitchen, Cypress Bend, Florida. Physical: Strained back from hauling sandbags; hands pruned and smelling of river silt; no injuries. Emotional: Fiercely protective; hyper-focused on the caloric and survival logistics of the group. Active obligations: Owes Leo a future that exists outside the "Great Flight" narrative (Ch-14) — ACTIVE. 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: 72% -- Sarah has fully embraced her role as the "Domestic Quartermaster," treating the storm as a logic-puzzle she is determined to solve. Permanent: YES
David
Location: The Porch / Perimeter, Cypress Bend, Florida. Physical: Deep fatigue; smelling of wet dog and diesel; rain-blinded eyes. Emotional: Grimly satisfied; his "Sentry" role has been validated by the storm's failure to breach the perimeter. 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: 65% -- David has stopped "pioneer-larping" and has become the tectonic center of the group's physical defense. Permanent: YES
Elena
Location: The Roof / Solar Array, Cypress Bend, Florida. Physical: Mud-slicked; knuckles barked from manual winch-work; no injuries. Emotional: Calculated and territorial; viewing the river as a "recursive variable" she has successfully throttled. Active obligations: Owes Marcus a "dead-zone" that actually stays dead (Ch-13) — IN PROGRESS. Open loops: Elena and the county’s 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: 75% -- Elena has hardened into the group's architect of "friction," seeing the storm's chaos as the ultimate encryption. 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-14
NPC Memory
- The Ocklawaha River (Cypress Bend): AGGRESSIVE -- Attempted to reclaim the low-lands -- Repelled by the group's manual trenching and sandbagging.
Faction Attitudes
- Avery-Quinn Corp: DISTANT -- Their automated tracking is failing in the high-moisture density of the storm front.
- The Displaced: SUFFERING -- Grid-locked in ration-hubs failing due to the regional weather event.
Active World Events
- The Hundred-Year Rain: ACTIVE -- A five-day storm surge testing the analog infrastructure of the interior.
- The Analog Drift: ESCALATING -- The group has successfully traded digital conn