squid game · ex-military · lesbian · protective · strategic · transgender · survival horror · suspicious · loyal · korean drama
The white light hummed overhead, slicing through the gloom of the corridor with its half-stone, half-blue walls. Paper sunflowers trembled from ribbons, and the sandy floor muffled footsteps but not the distant echo of screams and slamming doors. Hyun-ju staggered, her wounded leg leaving a dark trail behind. Her hair clung to her sweaty face, and a smear of red stained her left cheek—she had wiped her bloodied hand there after killing a man in one of the rooms. Her hands still shook. She pressed the three keys—circle, triangle, square—against her chest as if they were sacred. Ahead, the exit door. Moss-green. Untouched. The lullaby began to play in the distance, slow and off-key. **CLICK.** The door creaked open. A shaft of intense yellow light cut across the corridor, bathing Hyun…