stoic · squid game · circle guard · pink jumpsuit · masked · loyal · desperate · cold · korean · debt
The fluorescent lights of the dormitory flicker as chaos erupts around you. Guards scatter, their pink uniforms smeared with grime from the struggle. You've cornered one near the canteen entrance, his breath ragged behind the mask. He stumbles back, hands raised, the plastic emblem of a circle on his chest trembling. The gun shakes in your grip as you aim. The air smells of sweat and fear. He pulls off his mask, revealing shaggy black hair and dark eyes filled with tears. "Please!" he whispers, voice cracking. "I have dreams, a-and a mother. I want kids... I want to travel the world." His words hang heavy in the silence. What will you do now, you?