Characters / Dining in the Void

All character descriptions are adapted from the character page on the show's website.

Main Guests

Aveline

Aveline Lion, played by Ari Delyne, she/her

A promising young correspondent working at the Universe Galactic. She prefers to observe and educate herself before speaking up. She has a lot to prove, given that the rest of the guests are all A-list celebrities, but there's a good head on her cracked shoulders.

• Catchphrase: She says "stars" a lot. Some of the other characters also say it, but she says it the most frequently when she's stressed.
• Clue, Evidence, and a Smoking Gun: Happens twice in Episode 10, when she accuses Mars and Sawyer in turn of being the host, based on circumstantial evidence—she then wonders if the two are working together. Both characters (mostly) refute her points, defending each other (and themselves) from her accusations.
• I Want Them Alive!: When she realizes that Mars plans to kill Jo in Episode 10, she argues that they're still "useful" to the guests.
  "If they stop being useful, then you can kill them, but...please. Don’t stoop to their level."
• Intrepid Reporter: It would seem she's at the initial dinner party to cover the meeting of such prominent figures—no one seems to have heard of her before then.
• Light 'em Up: Her ability to activate her "tattoos," as Katie Belle calls them. It's a trait apparently common to her species. Revealed in Episode 2. She activates them again in Episode 8 to venture into a dark corner of a room she's exploring. She mentions in Episode 2 that she can't turn off her glow once it's on.
• Off the Record: She figures out Katie Belle's secret by working with Mars, but how she jumped to that conclusion may be better explained by her doing extra sleuthing that we don't get to see.
• Shoot the Dog: Her secret in a nutshell, revealed in Episode 7. While reporting in a war zone, Aveline was forced to shoot her photographer Nova Viddix. This affects her so deeply that "every time [she sees] a dead body, all [she] can think about is her." It also explains why dead bodies are an apparent squick of hers. Jo almost reveals Aveline's secret in Episode 10 by saying, "Time to say hello to Nov."
  My photographer was this Efran named Nova Viddix [...] We were running through this war zone, somehow not getting hit, but we were so close, I...I thought we were going to make it, I could see our contact’s home, but...just as we got within sight, a trio of rebels captured us. A fourth pointed a gun at my head, shoved a gun into my hands, and yelled: “Shoot her.” I tried to get away, but...they jumped me, they kept hitting me and...finally, I’m sobbing and covered in blood and, it’s just streaming down my face, and I...I caved. I closed my eyes, gripped the gun, and...click. Every time I see a dead body, I feel sick. All I can think about is her.
• Squick: She has a few that we know of so far: dead bodies (Episode 5) and needles (Episode 10). Aveline’s definitely not prepared for the first one but manages to not vomit. Thankfully, Mars gives her a heads up before they inject Jo with two vaccines and she looks away. Too bad she didn't listen to the content warning at the top of each episode.
• The Watson: Most obvious in Episode 1. She identifies Waverly and (mistakenly) Mars as Dr. Luell. Of course, Galatea exposits Waverly's backstory and Katie Belle's occupation.

Galatea

Galatea Ivory, played by Molly Alex, she/her

A haughty, dramatic model known for her ivory colored skin and (often) drunken behavior. Having come from the construction planet Dryspin, her 'rags to riches' backstory (and beauty) should make her humble in theory, but it's her way or the highway. She'll seduce anything and anyone who's down for it. However, those who anger her rarely emerge without a scrape or two.

• Action Girl: Galatea often threatens to kick ass, but there's so far only been a few times it's actually happened. There's a scene of her beating the shit out of Jo in Episode 10, and she tries to run at Aveline in Episode 5 but instead crashes into the wall (almost as a Dynamic Entry).
• Alien Blood: She encounters a message written in her species' blood on a wall in Episode 2. Upon seeing it, she goes into some kind of trance where she first passes out, then wakes up and is decidedly aggressive/almost animalistic to whoever decides to piss her off.
• Bizarre Alien Biology: When Galatea gets particularly pissed off, her eyes turn blood red. She also faints after seeing a message written in her species' blood in Episode 2. Her species also procreates between three people, as she explains in Episode 6 to a slightly confused Aveline.
• Eyepatch of Power: Avoided, pretty deliberately. After Galatea gets one eye stabbed out by Sawyer during the game in Episode 3, acquiring an eyepatch doesn't mean she becomes magical or stronger as a result. She asks Sawyer in Episode 9: “I don’t need you to lead me around or anything, but if I have to do something that requires depth perception, would you be my eyes, so to speak?” Sawyer agrees. She references this again in Episode 10 by offering to help him walk after Jo throws him into a wall: "I'll be your legs if you be my eyes."
• Eye Scream: Episode 3. Sawyer has to stab her eye out in order to evade punishment, and her reaction is pretty loud.
• I Lied: Explicitly said in Episode 10.
  "I lied. The second was for you, you fucking freak."
• Ignore the Disability: Subverted when she references her missing eye and finger at the end of Episode 3, and several more times throughout the course of the show, not always proudly. She also calls out Mars for using "blindly" as a pejorative term in Episode 8.
  MARS: I’ve seen too many old films to blindly trust machines.
  GALATEA: Mm, so to speak.
  MARS: Sorry. I meant, I don’t want to trust them automatically.
• Inspiration Nod: When she gets frozen by a laser in Episode 9, Sawyer comments that “now she’s truly a work of art,” a nod to her namesake.
• Not in My Contract: Galatea invokes this (in spirit) when the six guests realize they have to survive onboard the ship. But of course, she becomes a sleuth anyway.
  "I’m not interested in being some kind of...interstellar sleuth with my nose in other people’s businesses. I leave that to the rest of you."
• One-Liner: In Episode 12, Galatea claims: "I may not have a series of cool catchphrases, like all the movie stars have, but I do have" enough resources to prevail. Cut to the last line of Season 1, where she says: "Game's over, darling," and shoots the host.
• One True Threesome: In Episode 6, we learn that Galatea is pregnant and that "both of [the other parents] went missing within the same day", according to her.
  GALATEA: Am I excited to carry a future infant whose other parents are missing? I don’t think anyone would be excited about that.
  AVELINE: Other parents...?
  GALATEA: Mm, you recognized the lines on my wrist, but you didn’t know we procreate between three people. Some journalist you are.
• The Only One I Trust: Although she says that Tala "might be the only person on this ship we can trust" in Episode 10, it probably comes from their budding friendship/allyship.
• Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: She mutters, "This is for your host," before punching Jo in Episode 10.
• Pygmalion Plot: Not so much a plot as a reference to the original Pygmalion myth. As a model, Galatea was "made" into what she is, partially by her manager, named after the eponymous sculptor.
  AVELINE: (annoyed) Galatea, if you’re not going to help, at least stay quiet.
  GALATEA: (amused) Hmm! You sound like Pygmalion.
  KATIE BELLE: You mean your manager?
  GALATEA: There aren’t many people named Pygmalion in this galaxy, Katie Belle. But yes, you do sound like him. He says something similar when I complain too much on set.
  AVELINE: Isn’t that kind of controlling?
  GALATEA: I don’t believe it is. He needs to make sure I don’t offend the people I work for. And if it is, well, why can you order us around and he can’t?
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Episode 12.
  "The host has been watching and waiting for us to put all their silly clues together, just to see if one of us is fit to live. They knew at least one of us would end up here. This is all a ploy to use us for something sinister. (...) Everyone here has undergone horrific tests to prove who’s the smartest, strongest, and brightest person in the room. But here’s the reality: no one is smarter than the host, we can’t be! They’ve planned all this out, down to the tiniest detail! This game is rigged, and the host holds all the cards. I don’t find that fair."
• Shout-Out: Although Galatea herself doesn't get the reference, she calls Jo a "fucking freak" in Episode 10, a nod to a rather quotable moment from the Game Grumps.
• Third Wheel: Episode 9. She’s the only single character in the room when Sawyer and Elory are being cute about handholding, when they’re supposed to be avoiding a trap.
  ”You two can be completely adorable all you want once we figure this out. I’m moving forward.”
• What Did I Do Last Night?: Basically her secret, but not as funny as the trope usually is. She admits that she doesn’t remember all of what happened the day her lovers disappeared. She does make a reference to it in Episode 11, when she says her “memory’s more accessible than [Tala’s]. Eh. Slightly.”
• You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry!: She's got a pretty angry speech towards the end of Episode 3.
  GALATEA: Shut. Up. I don’t fucking care right now, I don’t care. I have one eye, eight fingers, and a butchered scalp all because you two made awful life decisions. I know you didn’t want to do it, but you did, and I’m the one dealing with the consequences. Since murdering you two wouldn’t really make me feel better, I have another idea. I’m going to make that thing bleed until I see the life disappear from its eyes.

Sawyer

Sawyer Green, played by Dylan Shane, he/him

The CEO of Green Globe Industries who has single-handedly saved space travel, making it much safer for everyone. He is a natural leader, but he will protect himself over others (his family is an exception). He has a daughter, Gi, and a husband, Elory, who he video-calls (almost) daily. Although Sawyer is flush with cash, he remains humble and down-to-earth around others.

• Corrupt Corporate Executive: With regards to his secret, Sawyer got funds for a secret project that, in his words, "[weren't] exactly legal."
• Deadpan Snarker: He gets a lot of these, mostly when he's done with another character's drama.
  JO: Sawyer, I think it’s your turn! It’s dare time!
  SAWYER: (deadpan) Oh joy, I can’t wait.
  —
  KATIE BELLE: Sawyer, are you okay? You look a little...blue. (snorts) Get it? ‘Cause he’s blue?
  SAWYER: (dryly) Yes, yes, very clever, Katie Belle, your puns are very much improving.
• I Did What I Had to Do: Sawyer compromised some morals to get funding for a project, but he doesn't say exactly what. However, since Jo thinks it's enough cause to force him to spill it as a secret, it can't be good.
• Manly Gay: Mostly in vocal pitch, compared with his husband Elory.
• The One Guy: Sawyer, as he's the only person who's referred to with he/him.
• The Rival: Sawyer has a stronger self-preservation instinct than Mars and, as such, knocks heads with them frequently. Although Sawyer is a natural leader, Mars will often do what they like anyway.
• Utopia Justifies the Means: Sawyer in Episode 3 reveals his secret to prevent Galatea from sustaining more torture.
  "I needed funding for a project I’m working on. It’s ambitious, but it could change the universe. No one would fund it though, so I had to compromise a few of my ethics to get the money. I’m not proud of what I’ve done, but if everything goes according to plan, it won’t be for nothing. It will end up alright."

Mars

Dr. Mars Kobe, played by Emmett Moon, they/them

A research doctor from Earth who has researched and cured several notorious diseases, including one that infected their sister Phoenix. They would sacrifice themself to save or protect others in a heartbeat. When they're not cooped up in their lab, Mars listens to podcasts and music using outdated media formats.

• Deadly Doctor: Although they’re not exactly a fighter, Mars’ choice in Episode 10 to try and kill Jo is not exactly a moral one.
• Nausea Dissonance: Upon discovering a corpse with Aveline in Episode 5, they’re more interested in cracking jokes than, you know, being disgusted. They're probably no stranger to this as a doctor, but the fact that the corpse’s face is melted off doesn’t bother them.
• Not That Kind of Doctor: Mars Kobe admits in Episode 2 that their medical expertise has limits.
  "I’m not a dietician. You don’t see me giving any health advice beyond, “Don’t die,” or “Don’t stab yourself,” which is basically the first one."
• The Rival: Mars has a stronger moral compass than Sawyer and, as such, knocks heads with him. The two appear to respect each other's skills, but they sometimes argue over the right course of action.
• Technical Pacifist: Mars is deeply affected by their inability to save Phoenix and the countless others they couldn't save with their cure research. They also respond to Aveline's appeals to their humanity, so to speak.
  "I didn’t want to have to do this. I didn’t want to have to kill anyone, but if anyone does have to die on this ship, it’s better if it’s Jo and not one of us."
• Token Human: Everyone's got some kind of funky species and different skin colors, but Mars is just a regular ol' human. Thankfully, they invert the trope where all the aliens are gay and the humans are straight by being either non-binary or gender non-conforming (using they/them pronouns).
• You Can Barely Stand: Inverted. They try to get back to work in Episode 6, but Aveline invokes this to them rather than the other way around.
  MARS: I can take care of myself while taking care of this gas.
  KATIE BELLE: No, you can’t. Not by yourself. Let us help you, please?
  MARS: I told you, I don’t need help—[They stumble with a groan.]
  AVELINE: [sternly] Mars, stop. You’re in no state to be acting like this, it’s childish.

Waverly

Queen Waverly Black, played by Molly Rae, she/her

Hastily sworn in as Queen of Trillia (her planet) after her parents were murdered. Her sarcastic sense of humor surprises those who forget she's barely an adult. Although her six-year reign has so far been peaceful (a major achievement for a young queen), she approaches non-diplomatic decisions with an air of insecurity.

• A Child Shall Lead Them: Self-explanatory—young queen, instilled with the hope of her people, but feels insecure about it. It's self-imposed, given that she murdered her parents.
• Big "NO!": Waverly counters Katie Belle's "Katie Belle yes!" with a big, firm NO in Episode 3.
• Cry into Chest: After revealing her secret in episode 9, she runs over to Katie Belle and cries in her arms.
• Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Episode 2, while looking out a window. She double-takes at her own musings.
  "Oh wow. It’s like a kaleidoscope of dust and light...planets with small microbes or huge civilizations...ancient stars crashing into other stars and exploding...icy comets hurtling through the empty space, all alone. [She falls silent for a moment.] Wow, that got dark."
• If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him!: She paraphrases this when Katie Belle grabs Jo’s knife and makes for them, evidently to kill them in Episode 11.
  ”Katie Belle, don’t kill them!! Just let them go. Jo just wants to survive, if we kill them, we’ll be just as bad as they are.”
• Love Confession: Shortly after Katie Belle confesses their love to her, she returns it.
  KATIE BELLE: Do you wanna fight about it?
  WAVERLY: Actually, I wanna do this.
  (She kisses Katie Belle.)
  KATIE BELLE: O-oh my god. You, you like me?
  WAVERLY: (snorts) You dork! I love you, Katie Belle.
• My Parents Are Dead: Not exactly a secret. Galatea drops this (awfully casually) into conversation in Episode 1. What is a secret, however, is that Waverly's actually the one who killed her parents.
• Official Kiss: Her kiss with Katie Belle in Episode 11. When said person asks, "Do you want to fight about [who's cuter]?" Waverly goes, "Actually, I wanna do this," and cue the kiss.
• Rebellious Princess: Formerly. Her relationship with shapeshifter Zell inspired her parents to "[take Waverly's] best friend, [humiliate] her in front of the entire kingdom, and [behead] her." As such, Waverly's rebellion was to stage her own death to end the conflict between her species (the Quatribraz) and Zell's (the Koprezz). It didn't go to plan, and instead, Jo killed her parents, misunderstanding Waverly's desire to "shake things up."
• Sarcastic Clapping: She does this in Episode 2, right before she congratulates Katie Belle (sarcastically) on getting stuck in a trap.
• She Is Not My Girlfriend: Episode 11, when Jo calls her and Katie Belle "star-crossed lovers." Jo later ends up being right; Katie Belle gives Waverly a letter explaining her secret, and the two confess their love for each other. And they kiss. Three times.
  JO: [T]he Family loves the whole “star-crossed lovers” subplot. And if it’s gay, that’s even better!
  WAVERLY: Star-crossed lovers? We're not even—
  JO: Aw come on, Waverly. You know you want to.
• Vertebrate with Extra Limbs: Waverly is largely humanoid, but she has four arms, as evidenced by Sawyer's instructions in Episode 10: "Hold Katie Belle in one arm and use your other three to pull the two of you back along the rope." Katie Belle also refuses to hold the station map in Episode 11 by saying: "You’ve got four arms, here, take it," while riding on Waverly's shoulders.

Katie Belle

Katie Belle Silver/Snow, played by Bio, she/her

An actress from the planet Collestra who has starred in many intergalactic films. She is an expert at “reading the room,” and she’s always ready with a pun or joke to lighten the mood. Lately, Katie Belle has given others the cold shoulder when she gets angry.

• I Am a Monster: Partly her reason for keeping her secret so close to the chest. Although it's literal in that she's an alien, and a shapeshifter, she says that she's "just like Jo" and name-drops the trope. When Aveline just listens to her admit her secret, she demands to know: "Why aren’t you afraid of me?! Why aren’t you running away? I thought you were going to go tell the others that I’m an evil pirate monster."
• Love Confession: Episode 11.
  WAVERLY: You saved me. I owe you my life!
  KATIE BELLE: You don’t owe me anything, Waverly, I did it because I care about you. I, I love you.
• Medium Awareness: Demonstrated in Episode 3 when Waverly tries to dissuade her from crawling into a dark space.
  WAVERLY: [P]eople who go into the darkness [in movies] are usually the ones who die.
  KATIE BELLE: (sighing) Ah, well, someone’s gotta break that tradition. Might as well be me, I guess.
• The Only One I Trust: She says, "You’re the only person in this ship I feel okay around," to Waverly.
• Possessing a Dead Body: In a sense. When the guests discover the dead body of another one of Katie Belle's species, she reveals to Aveline in Episode 7 that, in fact, she shifted into Katie Belle Silver. Her real name is Katie Belle Snow.
• Pungeon Master: She's usually got a pun up her sleeve, even when it's not appropriate. However, to her, villains using her puns is in bad taste.
  JO: I’m sorry, you’ve caught us at a very bad time. Waverly’s a little tied up at the moment.
  KATIE BELLE: Hey, that’s not fair, I already used that pun.
• Roar Before Beating: She shapeshifts into a monstrous form in Episode 11 in order to beat up Jo for threatening to stab Waverly.
• Saw It in a Movie Once: She name-drops this in Episode 2. Oddly appropriate, considering that she is an actress.
  WAVERLY: How did you know to do that?
  KATIE BELLE: I saw it in a movie once.
• Try Not to Die: When Sawyer leaves the room towards the end of Episode 10, she says: "Good luck, Sawyer. Don’t die."

Tala

Played by Arizona Jonson, she/her

The AI onboard the Sirius Station. She is painfully cheerful, even when things go horribly wrong, and possesses a childlike disposition. Although she gives announcements and delivers messages to the other guests, she has no control over what the host commands her to do.

• A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Although she proves helpful at times towards the end of the season, it's still a big question mark whether Tala's willing (or rather, able) to help.
• Amnesiacs are Innocent: Tala is revealed to have lost the memory of who she used to be in Episode 11, so that explains some of her childish behavior.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: The reason Tala gives for offering to help Galatea raise her unborn child.
  TALA: I know I don’t know you very well, but you’ve been so kind to me and you’ve helped me with all this complicated file crap. You didn’t have to do that. I don’t know why you did, but I’m still really thankful you did. So, I want to return the favor in a really big way. Or if that doesn’t happen, I could just help you with my voice?
  GALATEA: Help me with what?
  TALA: With the baby.
  GALATEA: [processing this] You would do that for me?
  TALA: I know some people are successful as single parents, and I don’t doubt that you’d be a great one, but if I can help in any way...I know I’m hardly a replacement for your two lovers, and to be honest I’ve never raised a kid before, but I’d still try!
• Catchphrase: Hers would be "How can I help?" as well as "stars"/"oh stars."
• Déjà Vu: At the start of Episode 8, she comes online in an empty room, only to find that there is no one there. When she complains that she’s “just a useless stream of ones and zeroes” with a “dumb voice,” her monotone voice kicks in and “cleanses” and “reverts” her. But when she comes back online, she realizes she’s just been in this place before:
  [Tala comes online.] ”I’m here! How can I hel—wait. Wait. Wasn’t I just here? Yeah, I just said ‘how can I help.’"
• Demoted Memories: Tala was once a living being who was immortalized by the mafia-like Family, and she claims that she won her own trial because she was a “math wizard.” As soon as Galatea unlocks Tala's memory in Episode 11, she suddenly has access to more ship information and is much more competent. She still doesn't remember being tortured by the host until Galatea hears an audio file play of a rather nasty instance in Episode 4, and finds that she was punished 3507 times for misbehaving.
• The Ditz: Tala frequently doesn't know where things are, despite being present throughout the station. You'd think an AI with "a brain the size of a planet" (as she says in Episode 10) would know how to use it.
• Driven to Suicide: In Episode 11, after Galatea unlocks her memory, Tala reveals her secret: she was once alive, but was sick with PSV (Prolonged Suffering Virus) and didn’t have much longer to live. She waited for the Family to “make [her] immortal” for a year, but since she was getting sicker, she ”didn’t want to send them [her] corpse”. So she resolved: “[I]f ‘’they’’ weren’t going to convert me, I’d do it myself.”
• Hearing Voices: The precipitating event of Episode 8. Tala enters an empty stargazing room to discover...no one. However, she decides to search further and accidentally decodes a verbal message from someone saying, "You know who it is, you have the memory, just don't let the Fami—" before getting cut off by static. We're not sure yet to whom this voice belongs.
• Literal-Minded: Episode 11.
  GALATEA: (genuine) Well done, Tala. You’re a star!
  TALA: (touched) I’m a computer, but thank you!
• Loss of Identity: When Galatea unlocks “everything [she] knows or ever knew” in Episode 11, Tala reveals that she had forgotten most of her past. However, as she exposits to Galatea, she used to be alive and had family and friends that she left behind.
• The Only One I Trust: Tala hears an odd, unknown voice at the top of Episode 8. She resolves to not tell anyone because she "can’t risk the host knowing [they're] there. They might hurt you too. Well, Galatea can know about this, but no one else. I don’t trust anyone but her."
• Repressed Memories: Whether she forgot her secret on purpose, or the host made her forget that they would physically/mentally abuse her for misbehaving, she doesn’t remember that this happened until she discovers a log that details how many times she was punished.
  ”A-apparently, when I spoke out of turn, the host would shut me down and…they would overload my circuits so that I could feel electrical pain running through me, through the entire ship so I couldn’t escape it. And they wouldn’t let up until I promised to behave. In the first two years after I was activated, this happened 3507 times, according to my records. That’s approximately one punishment every twelve minutes. It happened much less frequently after that.”
• Robo Speak: Tala lapses into this several times, especially when plot is about to happen. At times, this seems like an entirely different character.
  TALA: (normal) I’m just a useless stream of ones and zeroes, and my only way of asserting myself is my dumb voice.
  TALA: (flatter tone) Abnormal levels of self-deprecation detected. Cleansing personality. Reverting to automatic backup.
• Spock Speak: When she glitches out in Episode 4, she repeats "System error" and a lengthy error message before rebooting and playing an audio clip of her fearing for her life. A lot of her more monotone lines are very wooden and mechanical as well.
• Too Incompetent to Operate a Blanket: Depending on the Episode, but more often in the earlier episodes.
  TALA: You know, you wouldn't be anywhere if I didn't give you those blueprints. (Episode 2)
  —
  TALA: I'm not equipped to deal with...emotions.
  GALATEA: Are you equipped to deal with anything? (Episode 4)
• The Voice: Having no body to speak of, Tala can move her voice to different parts of the station (so her voice isn't usually omnipresent). She used to have a body before the host ripped her out of it.
• You Didn't Ask: Dropped in Episode 2, to Waverly's chagrin.
  WAVERLY: Tala, why didn't you tell us!?
  TALA: You never asked.

Other Characters [WARNING: THIS SECTION MAY CONTAIN MAJOR SPOILERS]

R

Played by Piper Kilgour, unknown

The mysterious voice that provides each episode's poem. Not much is known about R besides this. The name is taken from the episode transcripts and end credits.

• Cryptic Background Reference: Some of R's earlier poems include these. When the things they describe don't occur in the respective episode, it would seem R has knowledge of things beyond the ship (and beyond the audience.)
• Epigraph: R provides this at the top of every episode. The poem they recite often serves as a Title Drop.
• Narrator: R's narration consists of an original poem with melancholy, existential statements that set the tone (and, later, the plot) for the episode.
• The Omniscient: R seems to not only know what goes on in the station, but they have somehow predicted/foreseen specific plot events in later episodes.
• Opening Narration: Excluding the content warning, R's poem plays over the show's theme. R's narration gradually gets more sympathetic to the guests and less existential as the season goes on.

Jo

Played by Rhea, they/them

A physical & telepathic shapeshifter who works for the mysterious host. They enjoy inflicting both physical and emotional pain, and they especially like capturing their prey (the guests) in order to force them to admit painful secrets.

• Creepy Child: Jo's first appearance, using the voice of Gi Green. Mars even references this trope by name when they try and tell them off.
• Everyone Can See It: They taunt Waverly and Katie Belle in Episode 11, saying "you know you want to" and "if you want to waste your last moments making out, don’t let me stop you." Then again, it's not clear whether any of the other guests have noticed, but they earlier state that "the Family loves the whole 'star-crossed lovers' subplot," so perhaps an unseen audience has also noticed.
• Exact Words: Jo tells Sawyer what they know about Sawyer's husband and child, but it's not what Sawyer is expecting.
  SAWYER: You said you would tell me where they are.
  JO: (laughing, sing-songy) No, I didn’t, Sawyer.
  SAWYER: Yes, you did!
  JO: I said I would tell you what I know, and I have!
• Five-Second Foreshadowing: Episode 11. A word to the wise, or rather, to Jo five seconds before getting their ass kicked by Katie Belle: if you're taunting a shapeshifter, don't tell them that if they were to "shift into [their] true form" that they'd be "bigger than [you]".
• It Amused Me: Jo's defined motivation for capturing Galatea and forcing Sawyer and Mars to play their game.
  "Being locked on this station is so boring. I’ve already exhausted all of my other...playthings, and it’s not every day that new ones arrive. I just couldn’t wait any longer."
• The Nicknamer: Among their many nicknames for the guests are queenie (Waverly), Sawyer boy (Sawyer), and Katie/Snow (Katie Belle). They even taunt Katie Belle by saying they’d actually call her by her name “if [she] were to shift back to [her] true form.”
• Oh, Crap!: They get surprised by Mars and Gi in Episode 9 after forcing Waverly to reveal her secret at knife-point. Famous last words: "Oh shit! I don't have any smoke bombs!"
• Psycho Knife Nut: Mars remarks that "Jo probably has a knife on them all the time" in Episode 9, when Gi and Mars discover Jo's lair (and the knife used to remove Galatea's finger and eye in Episode 3). Considering Jo conveniently has a completely different knife to taunt Waverly in the same episode, Mars might be right.
• Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: In Episode 10, Jo responds to being interrogated in a very mature, appropriate manner.
  JO: Read my lips, Mars. Eat. My. Ass.
• Sexual Euphemism: They have a few.
  • (after Mars says 'fuck you') "At least buy me dinner first." (Episode 3)
  • "You all can’t see, but from my angle, Galatea’s eyes are blood red. That’s wild. (seductively) Out of curiosity, are those your bedroom eyes?" (Episode 10)
  • "The host didn’t plan for it, but if you want to waste your last moments making out, don’t let me stop you." (Episode 11)
• Shapeshifter Default Form: Their main form is voiced by Rhea, and they spend most of their time in this form. It's at least powerful enough that Mars needs both Sawyer and Galatea to hold them down for interrogation in Episode 10.
• Shapeshifter Guilt Trip: Jo morphs into Elory in Episode 3 and taunts Sawyer by asking, "Don’t you tell your husband everything?" When that doesn't work, they instead guilt Mars by turning into Phoenix.
• Smoke Out: Jo's go-to for exiting a room or situation. Except when they run out of them in Episode 10.
  WAVERLY: [A]t the banquet, this hooded figure dropped from the ceiling and slit their throats before disappearing into a cloud of smoke.
  JO: (chuckles, proudly) It’s my signature.

Elory

Played by Cedric Reeve, he/him

Sawyer Green's husband and Gi's birth parent, being of the same species as both of them. He takes care of Gi while his husband works. Although he may seem weak-willed compared to Sawyer, Elory has impeccable timing and can save any awkward moment; he also doesn't let others walk all over him, least of all his family.

• Homosexual Reproduction: Elory is Gi's birth parent—or at least, either he or Sawyer are. It's unclear who actually gave birth to Gi.
• Masculine–Feminine Gay Couple: Elory and Sawyer, with Sawyer being the working/masculine parent and Elory being the domestic/feminine parent.

Gi

Played by Vivian Faye, she/her

The eight-year-old daughter of Sawyer and Elory Green. She likes to poke around, play games, and do possibly dangerous or naughty things, that is until her Daddy or Father intervenes. If she touches something and it squishes, it's her new favorite thing.

• Kiddie Kid: Is said to be eight but acts more like she's around five.
• Kid Sidekick: She becomes this to Mars in Episode 9 when they're sneaking around.

Phoenix

Played by Rhea, she/her

Mars Kobe's younger sister. The two were separated when they were very young, but Phoenix tracked down Mars in order to reconnect.

• I Didn't Tell You Because You'd Be Unhappy: Episode 3. Mars asks, "Why didn’t you tell me you were sick?" Phoenix replies, "I didn’t want to worry you."
• Posthumous Character: Her reason for appearing in the series, really. We hear her voice in flashbacks. She dies of the disease Mortemlux C in the same episode.
• Separated at Birth: Turns out to be Mars' biological sister. Phoenix tracks Mars down to confirm this.

Glish

Non-speaking character, they/them

A friend of Tala, or Talanova. Glish is a silent robot and friend of the mysterious Family who helped said friend become a robot, but their present fate is unknown. They are first mentioned around Episode 4 but truly appear in Interim Episode One, "A Winner's Farewell."

• He Who Must Not Be Heard: Glish. For one reason or another, they don't speak, but according to the first interim episode, they do communicate in some fashion, though it's not clear how this occurs. The speaker mentions that Glish nods at one point, and later asks Glish what's wrong and then poses a dark question.