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Chapter 1 - KoralN S1

Episode One: The Beginning

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Scene One – First Day at University / Day

First-year students stand across the campus.

Professors introduce orientation programs.

Nervous faces everywhere.

Each of them is different.

Odi, with his soft voice, tries to joke and smile —

students begin whispering and mocking him.

Noah, tall with long hair, becomes an easy target for ridicule.

Clara, with visible white patches on her skin, notices students laughing and pointing.

Rany, who has vitiligo, lowers her eyes as the whispers grow louder.

Lisa, her prominent ears catching attention, hears cruel jokes.

Anna, wearing old-fashioned clothes, becomes another victim of mockery.

The teachers try to calm the atmosphere,

but the laughter doesn't stop.

The six students struggle to hide their fear, shame, and confusion.

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Scene Two – Bathroom / Day

Odi enters the bathroom after the humiliation.

He splashes water on his face, trying to calm down.

Suddenly—

A skinned hand rises out of the sink.

He screams.

Stumbles back.

Runs out in panic.

Moments later, he stops far away, breathing heavily.

Nothing is there.

Just his imagination.

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Scene Three – On the Way Home / Evening

Noah walks home after a long day.

He passes by the park.

From the darkness, strange white eyes stare at him.

He steps closer.

Rubs his eyes.

Closes them.

Opens them again.

Nothing.

He exhales, half-smiling.

Just hallucinations… right?

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Scene Four – Clara's Room / Night

Clara sits at her desk, studying.

Her book suddenly flips its pages on its own.

It stops.

One word is circled, dark and unfamiliar:

KORALN

She freezes in shock.

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Scene Five – City Square / Night

Lisa and Marwa walk through the square.

On the ground, carved deeply into the stone, the same word appears:

KORALN

Lisa doesn't notice the car speeding toward her.

Suddenly—

Impact.

The screen cuts to black.

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End of Episode One – The Beginning

Episode Two: I Will Hurt Myself

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Scene One – Hospital / Day

Lisa is asleep on the bed.

Clara, Rani, Anna, Noah, and Audi are standing around her.

Doctor:

> "The injury is minor… she can go back to university starting tomorrow."

Everyone exhales in relief.

Lisa, with a tired smile:

> "I'm fine… don't worry."

They exchange looks full of concern, but no one says anything.

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Scene Two – Outside the Hospital / Day

The six of them walk together.

Noah:

> "We're not going to tell our families."

Rani:

> "They'll think we're exaggerating."

Anna:

> "Or crazy."

Audi tries to laugh:

> "So it's the six of us together."

Lisa looks at them:

> "That's better."

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Scene Three – Clara's House / Night

The living room is quiet.

Dim light.

Clara, Rani, Anna, Noah, and Audi are sitting together.

Lisa is not there.

They speak in low voices.

Audi:

> "I feel like what happened wasn't a normal accident."

Suddenly…

Crack.

A sound of fire.

Everyone turns.

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Scene Four – The Wall / Night

Fire moves across the wall.

Letters are carved slowly:

K I L L

The five freeze.

They try to open the door.

Locked.

They try the windows.

Locked.

The fire starts moving away from the word.

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Scene Five – The Letters / Night

Each letter comes out of the fire and moves toward a person:

The letter K is carved in front of Clara.

The letter O in front of Audi.

The letter R in front of Rani.

The letter A in front of Anna.

The letter N in front of Noah.

The letters move and come together.

They form the word:

KORALN

The five look at each other in terror.

Noah, in a low voice:

> "Where's the L?"

Silence.

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Scene Six – The Shock / Night

Anna's face suddenly goes pale.

She looks at the word…

then at the word KILL.

She says in a broken voice:

> "It'll start with… Lisa."

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End of Episode Two – I Will Hurt Myself

Episode Three: Threads

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Scene One – Street / Night

Anna is running down the street, out of breath.

She turns left, then right.

> "Lisa!"

She reaches Lisa's house.

The door is open.

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Scene Two – Lisa's House / Night

The house is dark.

Anna enters with hesitant steps.

She calls out:

> "Aunt Lisaaa? Lisaaa?"

No answer.

She enters the living room

and finds Lisa's mother asleep.

Anna quickly wakes her up.

Lisa's mother startles and says:

> "What is it?"

Before she can say anything,

they hear a sound coming from Lisa's room.

Anna takes a step back.

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Scene Three – Lisa's Room / Night

Lisa is standing in place, frozen.

She can't speak.

The creature moves closer to her.

Its hand begins to change…

into a knife covered in blood.

It lifts Lisa off the ground.

Lisa screams and calls out:

> "Mooooom!"

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Scene Four – The Rescue / Night

The door suddenly bursts open.

Lisa's mother and Anna rush into the room.

The sight freezes their blood.

The mother screams.

Anna collapses to the floor.

In a second…

KORALN disappears.

Lisa falls unconscious.

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Scene Five – Outside the House / A While Later

Police.

Ambulances.

People gathered.

The whole town is in chaos.

Most people say:

> "It's acting."

"Hallucinations."

"There are no creatures."

80% don't believe it.

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Scene Six – The Investigation / Night

Clara, Rani, Noah, and Audi are standing in front of the police.

They talk about what was carved, and about the creature.

The officer looks at them:

> "Did you drink something?

Or eat something strange?"

The officer leaves.

There is no trace on the walls.

The kids are shocked.

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Scene Seven – The Food Shop / Evening

Clara, Audi, and Rani go inside to buy food.

As they're leaving…

The shop sign changes in front of them.

From: Dogen Burger

To: KORALN

The letter N opens and closes by itself.

Audi whispers:

> "Noah…"

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Scene Eight – Noah's House / Evening

They run fast.

Noah's mother opens the door:

> "What's wrong?"

Clara:

> "Where's Noah?"

Mother:

> "At the gym… east of the city."

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Scene Nine – The Gym / Night

The gym is dark.

They enter slowly.

Noah is suspended in the air.

His long hair is tied to the gym pillars.

The ground cracks open.

KORALN rises from the ground.

It holds a knife

and moves toward Noah.

Everyone screams.

The creature turns its face toward them, with a calm smile:

> "Hi."

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End of Episode Three – Threads

KORALN

Episode Four: Discovery

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Scene One – The Gym / Dawn

The gym is completely destroyed.

Fire is still devouring the metal.

Police everywhere.

Yellow tape surrounding the site.

An announcement over loudspeakers:

> "A curfew has been imposed in central Dogen City until further notice."

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Scene Two – Hospital / Morning

Noah is on the bed.

Machines emit a steady beeping sound.

His mother sits beside him, her eyes red.

Doctor:

> "He's still unconscious… but he's alive."

The camera moves closer to Noah's face…

No movement.

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Scene Three – The News / Day

A news anchor on screen:

> "Dogen… a cursed city?

Reports speak of demons and mysterious rituals."

Images of fire, the gym, and the police.

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Scene Four – Clara's House / Evening

Clara, Audi, Lisa, Rani, and Anna are sitting together.

Clara's mother is with them.

The kids explain everything:

What was carved.

What they saw.

What happened in the library and the gym.

Clara's mother stays silent… shocked.

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Scene Five – The Decision / Evening

Lisa:

> "If we want to understand… we have to know Dogen's history."

Rani:

> "The city history book… it's in the public library."

They all look at each other.

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Scene Six – Public Library / Night

The library is empty.

Dim light.

Lisa searches through a shelf.

Rani searches alone in a distant aisle.

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Scene Seven – Rani / Library

Rani feels someone behind her.

She turns…

No one.

She keeps walking.

White eyes appear from behind a door.

They move around her.

They gather…

and take the shape of KORALN.

Rani screams.

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Scene Eight – Inside Rani's Mind

Rani is tied inside a basin filled with white bleach.

The creature rises from the liquid.

Its skin is red.

It strikes her.

Her skin starts peeling.

Screaming.

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Scene Nine – Library / Reality

Lisa runs toward her.

She finds Rani standing there, silent.

Lisa grabs the Dogen history book…

and hits Rani on the head with it.

> "Wake up! Wake up!"

Rani falls… then wakes up.

Her body is covered in wounds.

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Scene Ten – The Embrace / Library

Lisa hugs Rani:

> "I found the book… we'll end this nightmare."

Rani can't speak.

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Scene Eleven – Anna / Dream

Anna is walking alone.

The ground cracks open.

Blood everywhere.

She falls.

> "Help me!"

The creature forms from the blood.

It approaches her:

> "You are the beacon…

and you're the one who will know everything."

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Scene Twelve – Clara's House / Night

Anna wakes up in Clara and Audi's arms.

> "I was dreaming… but it was real."

Lisa and Rani enter.

Lisa tells them what happened.

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Scene Thirteen – The Book / Night

They open the book History of Dogen.

A page: The Fire of 1998

Reading:

> "In a hot summer… a farm caught fire for no clear reason."

> "Some accused the city's students."

> "But the truth… one student sacrificed himself to extinguish the flames."

The name: Kony

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Scene Fourteen – Shock

Everyone is stunned.

Clara:

> "We were twelve years old…

that's not what we were told."

Audi:

> "They said a child caused it…

not a hero."

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Scene Fifteen – The Darkness

The book closes by itself.

The light disappears.

They look around…

They're not in the house.

A black room.

KORALN appears.

It smiles:

> "You discovered it…

your end."

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Final Scene – Noah / Inside His Mind

Noah stands in the city of Dogen…

the year 1998.

He feels like it's a dream… but real.

A student stands in front of him.

Laughing a terrifying laugh.

The camera moves closer to his face.

Cut to black.

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End of Episode Four – Discovery

Episode Five: Planning

Scene One – Hospital / Morning

Noah suddenly opens his eyes.

His mother is standing in front of him.

Mother:

"Honey… are you okay?"

Noah looks around, panicked.

Noah:

"Where are my friends? I need to get to them… I need to tell them what I saw."

She tries to calm him down.

Mother:

"Relax, Noah. It was just a nightmare."

Noah snaps angrily.

Noah:

"No! It wasn't a nightmare! I'm not crazy!"

She calls for the doctor.

Noah takes advantage of the moment…

and runs.

Scene Two – Street / Day

Noah is running, out of breath.

The city is unnaturally quiet.

Scene Three – Clara's House / Day

Noah bangs violently on the door.

The door opens.

Ody:

"Noah?!"

Lisa and Rani are sitting behind him, looking exhausted.

Noah:

"Are you okay?!"

Lisa:

"We're fine… thank God."

Ody steps closer.

Ody:

"Are you okay?"

Noah:

"I saw something… you have to hear this."

Scene Four – The Dream / Flashback

Noah tells the story.

We see the farm – 1998.

A student is standing there.

He sets the place on fire…

smiling.

The flames rise.

The student doesn't move.

He burns…

and dies.

Scene Five – Clara's House / Shock

Lisa and Clara are stunned.

Anna suddenly stands up.

Anna:

"When we opened the history book… the entity attacked Rani too."

Rani, in a low voice:

Rani:

"I can still feel it."

Noah:

"Then we have to stop it."

Scene Six – Facing the Truth

Ody:

"But how?"

Clara stands.

Clara:

"The book says the 1998 fire was caused by an electrical spark,

and that a student saved people."

She continues:

Clara:

"But when we were kids…

the news said the student caused it."

Silence.

Clara:

"The book says the opposite of what we were told."

She looks at them.

Clara:

"We have to face him…

face to face."

Scene Seven – Fear

Rani:

"That's not a good idea…

he knows our weak points."

She swallows.

Rani:

"He feeds on bullying."

Anna:

"The farm."

Everyone looks at her.

Anna:

"It's the place that keeps repeating…

in the books…

and in Noah's dream."

Scene Eight – The Plan / Night

Night.

The road to the farm.

Clara explains:

Clara:

"Lisa, Noah, Ody…

hide with knives and arrows."

"The moment he appears… attack."

"I'm the bait."

Anna:

"I've got a gun."

Rani:

"I'm staying with Anna."

Everyone nods.

Scene Nine – Waiting

The farm.

Wind.

Insects buzzing.

Nothing happens.

Lisa:

"So… now what?"

Clara:

"He'll come…

we just have to wait."

Rani:

"I feel it too."

Scene Ten – Disappearance

Clara opens her eyes…

The farm.

She's alone.

Her friends are gone.

The air feels heavy.

KORALN stands in front of her.

Smiling.

KORALN:

"Get ready…"

Scene Eleven – Reality

A sudden cut back.

Ody, Noah, Lisa, Rani, and Anna.

Clara is lying on the ground.

Unconscious.

"Clara! Clara!"

No response.

Scene Twelve – Inside Clara's Mind

Clara is standing.

She sees:

Her friends dead.

Half the city dead.

People rising… zombies.

They move toward her.

Surround her.

They try to hug her.

She screams.

A loud laugh echoes.

KORALN:

"We've begun."

End of Episode Five – Planning

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