Story Snaps

Ch. 01 // Shielded by Silence

Bird eye view of the Chicago block where James bought the house. The house is the one with the green roof.

Ch. 01 // Shielded by Silence

James house cutaway showing the house structure.

Ch. 01 // Shielded by Silence

Second house-section reference aligned to James House Cutaway's outer frame. Shows the opposite-side room contents: living room and office over a stripped empty basement, without the water-heater wall zone.

Ch. 01 // Shielded by Silence

Low oblique first-look basement corner: an old water heater stands beyond the low shelf where the upside-down chipped mug and shelf debris make the room's wrongness feel ordinary before it fails.

Ch. 01 // Shielded by Silence

Leftovers from the last owner.

Ch. 01 // Shielded by Silence

First floor map.

Ch. 01 // Shielded by Silence

A dated water heater from the 80s, but still in service

Ch. 02 // Thing in the Wall

Canonical single crack reference. Use this for the crack's position, scale, side relationship, and ordinary wall look across downstream portrayals.

Ch. 02 // Thing in the Wall

Close view of the revised first-emergence state from Thing in the Wall: the Jinn leaves the crack in the old lizard hiding form, low to the concrete, before any upright body coheres.

Ch. 02 // Thing in the Wall

Scene view of the Jinn's heat-distortion state from Prey from the Past: a low, dense, directional distortion dragging itself toward the far wall crack after protective pressure enters.

Ch. 02 // Thing in the Wall

Close bedroom scene from Thing in the Wall: the Jinn's kiss-like intrusion is shown as breath, heat, pressure, and a crease beside James rather than romantic contact.

Ch. 03 // The New Toy

Ch. 03 // The New Toy

Ch. 03 // The New Toy

Failed-control state, not a normal bedroom setup. Shows contradiction: intact precautions with evidence crossing them.

Ch. 04 // Heat and Sound

Close Heat and Sound portrayal: James touches the wall while a round red pressure spot moves away from his hand across ordinary concrete blocks.

Ch. 04 // Heat and Sound

Failed-measurement closeup against ordinary basement brick; display marks stay unreadable while felt heat remains outside what the tool can capture.

Ch. 05 // Prey from the Past

Tight closeup of the tin cup after the retreating pressure strikes the shelf in Prey from the Past.

Ch. 06 // The Old Guard

Regenerated static devotional-arrangement reference with the burned rug state, vintage prayer clock, covered Quran, notebook, cassette player, and tapes.

Ch. 06 // The Old Guard

Ch. 06 // The Old Guard

First feature-lock reference: top-right compass, upper-right burned edge, worn muted green textile.

Ch. 06 // The Old Guard

Ch. 07 // The Christian Exorcism

Locks the old player, cracked stop button, intact first tape, and kinked/frayed second tape.

Ch. 07 // The Christian Exorcism

Dedicated first-tape reference. Inherits feature lock from Cassette Player and Tapes. Related generated portrayals: Walsh Exorcism Bedroom, Cassette Player and Tapes.

Ch. 07 // The Christian Exorcism

Replacement damaged-state reference with a distinct diagonal repair-mat composition so it does not thumbnail like The Christian Exorcism Tape. Later restored state is locked in Recovered audio copy. Inherits feature lock from Cassette Player and Tapes.

Ch. 07 // The Christian Exorcism

Morning-after borrowed-protection state. The damaged cassette remains untouched and readable text is intentionally absent.

Ch. 08 // Restoring Evidence

Regenerated object-focused workspace reference using the locked cassette player, tape, damaged-tape, and recovered-copy references.

Ch. 08 // Restoring Evidence

Static outside-confirmation reference for the repaired tape.

Ch. 08 // Restoring Evidence

Dedicated restored-evidence state: repaired second tape plus plain USB flash drive. Damaged pre-repair state remains locked in What Happened After Tape.

Ch. 09 // Prey with a Prayer

Ch. 09 // Prey with a Prayer

Scene view of the Jinn's thin reflected state from Prey with a Prayer: a second shape in window glass, higher than a person should stand and less certain than the basement form.

Ch. 09 // Prey with a Prayer

Scene view of the Jinn's basement-pane state from Prey with a Prayer: a narrow shape crossing behind one basement pane while James is outside the house.

Ch. 09 // Prey with a Prayer

Static research-space reference for Clara's investigation.

Ch. 10 // What Happened After

Static recorded-past room layout for evidence reconstruction.

Ch. 11 // Fighting Evil

Related generated portrayals: Prayer Rug, Prayer Rug 2, Prayer Rug Quenched, Qibla Marker

Ch. 11 // Fighting Evil

Pre-burn folded-rug stage; fire and quenched stages remain separate object states.

Ch. 13 // The Borrowed Rite

Laptop, notebook, tape, phone compass, and the skewed burned rug.

Ch. 13 // The Borrowed Rite

Related generated portrayals: Prayer Rug, Qibla Marker

Ch. 14 // Another Kind of Evil

Related generated portrayals: Lawrence Tools, Copper Bowl

Ch. 14 // Another Kind of Evil

Lawrence's intact copper bowl and tools set apart from Zayn's covered shelf.

Ch. 14 // Another Kind of Evil

Related generated portrayals: Lawrence Tools

Ch. 15 // Getting Rid of Clara

Ch. 15 // Getting Rid of Clara

Static threshold reference for the old runner and lifted tack.

Ch. 15 // Getting Rid of Clara

Ch. 15 // Getting Rid of Clara

Static emergency-response aftermath reference between house and hospital.

Ch. 16 // For the Wrong Reasons

Static hospital-boundary reference for Clara's recovery and held pressure.

Ch. 16 // For the Wrong Reasons

Static religious-threshold reference for James's search and testimony.

Ch. 17 // Testimony of Faith

Static failed-escape reference for the house's reach beyond the block.

Ch. 17 // Testimony of Faith

Ch. 18 // More Than Words

Open basement door, torn tape, side-lying chair, and the copper bowl below.

Ch. 18 // More Than Words

Regenerated wudu-before-descent transition reference aligned to the updated James House 2 basement door position.

Ch. 19 // The One God

Box-lid clearing, pushed-away Lawrence objects, and the steady qibla compass.

Ch. 19 // The One God

Close-up view of the Jinn's final aftermath state from The One God: the wall crack is burned shut beside the water heater after refusing the old lizard hiding form, with blackened crack-level scarring and soot feathering as if something burned inside the wall. No literal lizard, silhouette, body, limbs, or face.

Ch. 20 // A New Dawn

Clara's cane and shelf touch near the cold burned-shut scar.

Ch. 20 // A New Dawn

Static final-sign reference for hidden danger outside James's house.