Character Relationship Map: Host

Characters

• Haley (played by Haley Bishop) — protagonist

  Hosts the weekly Zoom call and arranges the virtual séance. Takes the spiritual warnings seriously, reconnects with the medium during the haunting, and attempts to escape with Jemma using a camera fla...

• Jemma (played by Jemma Moore) — protagonist

  Participates in the call and fabricates a fake story about a deceased friend out of boredom. Her prank inadvertently attracts a demon. She later rushes to Haley's house and is killed by the entity aft...

• Emma (played by Emma Louise Webb) — supporting

  Experiences initial paranormal events like a shattering wine glass. Accidentally reveals an invisible entity using a video filter and flour, but is attacked, escapes to her bedroom, and ultimately fal...

• Radina (played by Radina Drandova) — supporting

  Sits in the group call when a hanging corpse's legs appear. An entity's body drops behind her, causing her to flee, but she is subsequently killed by the demon.

• Legs (played by Jack Brydon) — supporting

  Visual manifestation of the demon's initial appearance, seen as the legs of a hanging corpse in Caroline's attic and later in Haley's living room photo.

• Caroline (played by Caroline Ward) — supporting

  Attends the séance and takes it seriously. Investigates noises in her attic and hallway, encountering visual manifestations of a hanging figure. Her camera is later used to show the demon brutally att...

• Teddy (played by Edward Linard) — supporting

  Initially disconnected by his girlfriend Jinny but returns to the call. Fails to realize the danger, believing Emma's terror is a prank. He is chased by the demon, witnesses Jinny's death, and ultimat...

• Seylan (played by Seylan Baxter) — supporting

  The medium hosting the virtual séance. Warns the group about disrespecting spirits and explains that Jemma's fabrication likely invited a demon to wear a deceased person's identity as a mask. She atte...

• Alan (played by Alan Emrys) — supporting

  Mentioned only as a deceased school friend who committed suicide by hanging. Jemma fabricates his presence to prank the group, which inadvertently attracts the demon.

• Jinny (played by Jinny Lofthouse) — supporting

  Teddy's girlfriend who disconnects him from the Zoom call. She is later found in the garden where the demon lifts her into the air and snaps her neck.

• The Spirit (played by James Swanton) — supporting

  A malevolent entity that takes on the guise of a deceased person after Jemma's prank. It attacks the group, manifests as a hanging figure and an invisible humanoid, and kills multiple members.

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• The Spirit → Legs (Meta Manifestation) — Legs represent the entity's initial visual manifestation as a hanging corpse.

  The legs of a hanging corpse appear in Caroline's attic, and a similar hanging figure appears in Haley's instant-camera photograph.

• The Spirit → Alan (Meta Impersonator) — The entity uses the fabricated deceased identity as an apparent supernatural disguise.

  Seylan explains that the demon may take on the guise and identity of the deceased person invented by Jemma as a mask.

• Seylan → Jemma (Professional Advisor) — Seylan interprets the consequences of Jemma's séance deception.

  Seylan explains to the group that Jemma's fabricated deceased person may have enabled the demon to enter the living world.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Legs → Haley (Narrative Photographic Manifestation) — The manifestation is revealed to Haley through an instant photograph.

  When Haley points her instant camera down the hallway, the photograph shows a similar figure hanging from the ceiling.

• Legs → Caroline (Narrative Apparition Witnessed) — Caroline is the first listed character to encounter this manifestation directly.

  Caroline investigates a noise in her attic and sees the legs of a hanging corpse.

• Radina → Alan (Narrative Manifestation Witness) — Radina directly encounters the hanging-death image associated with Alan.

  Alan's body drops down behind Radina during the haunting, prompting her to flee.

• Jemma → Teddy (Social Friend) — They share the central social gathering and its escalating danger.

  Jemma and Teddy are participants in Haley's weekly Zoom call before the entity attacks the group.

• Jemma → Radina (Social Friend) — Their connection is based on membership in the séance circle.

  Jemma and Radina participate in the same group call and witness the haunting's escalation.

• Jemma → Emma (Social Friend) — They belong to the same friend group facing the supernatural crisis.

  Jemma and Emma are among the friends on the Zoom call when the séance turns into a haunting.

• Jemma → Caroline (Social Friend) — Their relationship is established through the shared séance group.

  Jemma and Caroline participate in the same virtual séance and witness the early manifestations together.

• Haley → Teddy (Social Friend) — They share the group friendship organized through Haley's call.

  Teddy joins Haley's weekly Zoom call and later returns to the call after initially being disconnected.

• Haley → Radina (Social Friend) — They are connected as participants in the same social circle.

  Haley and Radina are members of the weekly Zoom group during the virtual séance and its supernatural aftermath.

• Haley → Emma (Social Friend) — Their connection is primarily established through the shared friend group.

  Haley and Emma participate in the same weekly call and react together as paranormal events spread among the group.

• Haley → Caroline (Social Friend) — They share membership in the séance group and a serious attitude toward the ritual.

  Haley and Caroline attend the group Zoom séance together, and both take Seylan's warning seriously.

• Seylan → The Spirit (Conflict Occult Opponent) — Seylan attempts to counter the entity through ritual knowledge but is prevented from guiding the group.

  Seylan explains the demon's method and instructs the group to close the séance, but the demon interrupts and disconnects her.

Story Analysis

A lockdown séance turns a friendly Zoom gathering into a supernatural trap after a fabricated dead person gives a demon an identity.

Plot Progression

1. A Ritual Behind Screens — Friends gather on a lockdown Zoom call, and Haley introduces Seylan's virtual séance. Seylan warns them that disrespecting spirits could be dangerous.
2. The False Dead — Jemma invents a story about Alan, a deceased school friend, and later admits that the story was a prank. The first violent disturbance suggests that something has answered the séance.
3. A Demon Finds Its Mask — Strange manifestations spread through the participants' homes, including a hanging figure, a moving chair, and a shattered glass. Seylan identifies the possible demon and tries to direct the group thr...
4. The Call Becomes A Trap — The entity attacks the participants one by one, using invisible movement, physical violence, and deceptive images. Caroline, Radina, and Emma are overwhelmed while the call continues to document the h...
5. The Last Flash — Jemma reaches Haley, while Teddy and Jinny are separately attacked and killed. Haley and Jemma attempt to escape through the dark house, but the entity appears in the final camera flash as the call en...