The phone camera removed one person from every photo.
Iris Bell finds an impossible clue at a family birthday dinner. What begins as evidence becomes a trap built around one name.
On October 8, 2022, Iris Bell checks the birthday phone in a family birthday dinner.
At 3:05 a.m., it erases a different relative after each picture.
No witness is supposed to be near a family birthday dinner.
The erased people vanish from memory.
Iris Bell realizes the official record is wrong.
The power fails around the birthday phone.
A cold smell fills a family birthday dinner.
Iris Bell photographs everything before touching it.
The photograph shows a figure beside the birthday phone.
Iris Bell finds the real room empty.
Iris Bell calls the county dispatcher.
The dispatcher goes silent after hearing a family birthday dinner.
They warn Iris Bell not to move.
A second sound answers from behind the birthday phone.
It repeats Iris Bell's full name.
The nearest exit locks behind Iris Bell.
Fresh marks circle Iris Bell's shoes.
They lead toward the birthday phone.
Iris Bell follows them one step too far.
Then the phone is rebuilding the family of its dead owner.