The Amber Cat

the-amber-cat · package_version 1 · 4 scene cards

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State as of a scene, reconstructed rather than stored: the World Model is the seed replayed through the state-update commit log (ADR 0016 §2), the told-ledger is the Working Draft's Scene Digests replayed in order.

scene 0scene 4as of scene_04_four_minutes

4 scene(s) compiled in the draft · 19 commit-log entries

Characters

id	name	location_id	status	goal
`char_vess` trade: "thief" · tell: "counts under her breath when the timing gets tight" · cover: "presents as a buyer's agent from out of town"	Vess Kalloway	loc_street	alive	one clean score and out of the trade
`char_dace` trade: "fence" · note: "has brought Vess every job she has taken for nine years"	Dace Orr	loc_street	alive	—
`char_marchetti` reputation: "buys provenance and burns it" · note: "shows the collection once a year and never lends from it"	Ilsa Marchetti	loc_gala_floor	alive	—
`char_brannan` role: "head of house security" · note: "keeps the guard roster by the gallery clock because Marchetti told him to"	Brannan	loc_gala_floor	alive	—

Objects

id	name	location_id	status
`obj_amber_cat` description: "a palm-sized cat of Baltic amber, seated, with one eye chipped away" · chipped_eye: "left"	the amber cat	loc_street	in Vess's coat
`obj_forgery` description: "Vess's copy, cast and tinted over five weeks" · chipped_eye: "right"	the resin cat	loc_vault_room	on the stand
`obj_service_key`	the service-stair key	loc_gala_floor	back on Brannan's belt
`obj_gallery_clock` note: "Marchetti's father set it; she will not have it touched"	the gallery clock	loc_gala_floor	running four minutes fast

Locations

id	name
`loc_teahouse` description: "back booth, bad light, the only room in the city where Dace will talk business"	the Empress teahouse
`loc_gala_floor` description: "one long room of glass cases, loud with money once a year"	the Marchetti gallery floor
`loc_vault_room` description: "behind the gallery, one door, one stand in the middle of it"	the vault room
`loc_service_stair` description: "runs from the vault-room landing down to the alley door"	the service stair
`loc_street` description: "wet, empty, one block from the gallery's alley door"	Ferrier Street

Relationships

edge	kind	sentiment
`char_dace → char_vess`	fence_for	uneasy
`char_brannan → char_marchetti`	works_for	loyal
`char_brannan → char_vess`	watches	indifferent
`char_brannan → char_vess`	watches	suspicious

Character knowledge

character	fact	learned at
`char_vess`	`the_gallery_clock_runs_four_minutes_fast`	scene_01_the_offer
`char_vess`	`marchetti_never_moves_the_amber_cat_from_the_vault_room`	scene_01_the_offer
`char_vess`	`brannan_has_started_watching_vess`	scene_02_the_gala
`char_vess`	`the_copys_chipped_eye_is_on_the_wrong_side`	scene_03_the_swap
`char_dace`	`the_copys_chipped_eye_is_on_the_wrong_side`	scene_04_four_minutes

Committed at this scene

Nothing was committed to the World Model at this scene.