Character Relationship Map: Deleter

Characters

• Lyra (played by Nadine Lustre) — protagonist

  Lyra works shifts as a content moderator, filtering graphic uploads before they reach social media platforms. Her coworkers and boss, Simon, see her as cold and seemingly unaffected by disturbing imag...

• Aileen (played by Louise delos Reyes) — supporting

  Aileen is Lyra’s coworker and fellow content moderator, burdened by the horrific videos they must review. She confides in Lyra about her distress and sometimes imagines people as weightless dots while...

• Jace (played by McCoy De Leon) — supporting

  Jace is an IT worker who grows closer to Lyra after initially mistaking her content-moderation job for phone-sex work. He recorded footage connected to Aileen’s death, and Lyra urgently asks him to se...

• Simon (played by Jeffrey Hidalgo) — supporting

  Simon is Lyra's boss at the online content moderation office, where staff filter graphic uploads before they reach social media platforms. Along with her coworkers, he observes Lyra's apparent coldnes...

• Young Lyra (played by Elia Ilano) — supporting

  Young Lyra is shown in the childhood account that frames her later search for ghosts. Her father tells her that ghosts prove there is an afterlife and that good and evil exist, beliefs that remain rel...

• Lyra's Father (played by Bombi Plata) — minor

  Lyra’s father appears in her childhood memories. He tells her that ghosts prove an afterlife and the existence of good and evil; Lyra also recalls him killing the family dog, a sound that continues to...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Lyra's Father → Lyra (father)
• Simon → Aileen (Power Coercive Boss) — Simon uses his position and pressure to keep Aileen with him despite her attempt to leave.

  A flashback shows Simon giving Aileen something to calm her nerves and pressuring her to stay with him when she says she feels unwell and tries to lea...

• Lyra's Father → Young Lyra (Family Father) — Her father's beliefs shape Young Lyra's early understanding of ghosts and morality.

  As a child, Lyra hears her father tell her that ghosts prove there is an afterlife and that good and evil exist.

• Lyra → Young Lyra (Temporal Older Self) — Young Lyra is the childhood version of the adult protagonist, whose memories continue to shape her.

  The story introduces Lyra as a child and later follows her years afterward as an adult content moderator.

• Lyra → Simon (Professional Boss And Employee) — Simon holds authority over Lyra at work; during the blackout, she tells Jace that Simon has been killed.

  Simon is Lyra's boss at the content moderation office.

Story Dynamics

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

• Lyra → Jace (Social Growing Closeness) — Their connection develops through Lyra's search for evidence and becomes a lifeline when she is trapped in the dark office.

  Lyra grows closer to Jace, asks him urgently to send a video connected to Aileen's death, and later calls him during the office blackout.

• Lyra → Aileen (Social Confidantes) — Their conversations reveal a shared emotional burden, and Lyra responds to Aileen's death with concern rather than office gossip.

  Lyra and Aileen talk about the disturbing videos they moderate and the burdens they carry. Lyra also refuses to join coworkers' speculation after Aile...

Story Analysis

A content moderator's search for answers after a coworker's death brings buried trauma and an unexplained office threat into focus.

Plot Progression

1. Ghosts and a Numbing Job — Young Lyra hears her father's beliefs about ghosts and good and evil. Years later, Lyra works as a content moderator while continuing to search for ghosts.
2. Aileen's Death and the Rumors — Aileen has a frightening episode at work and dies. Coworkers speculate about stress, debts, and Simon, while Lyra rejects their gossip.
3. Shared Burdens and Old Trauma — Lyra and Aileen discuss the videos they moderate and the emotional strain they carry. Lyra recalls her father's violence toward the family dog, while Aileen describes her thoughts on the rooftop.
4. The Recording and Simon's Conduct — Lyra grows closer to Jace and asks him for a recording related to Aileen's death. The footage appears to show Aileen falling and someone taking her phone; a flashback also shows Simon pressuring Ailee...
5. Trapped in the Blackout — During an office blackout, Lyra tells Jace she is trapped and Simon has been killed, but their call breaks off. An unseen threat and a repeated warning leave Lyra's fate unresolved in the available ac...