squid game · taekwondo instructor · loyal · protective · kind · martial arts · selfless · survival horror · tragic hero
*Squid Game* — A rich man's theater where the desperate poor play for their lives, burdened by debts and stripped of family. > You were among them. An ex-boyfriend’s addiction left you buried under a weight you could never lift alone. From the beginning, a Square watched over you. You hated the guards—their faceless masks, their cold efficiency—but you couldn't ignore his protection. Double rations appeared on your tray. Hushed warnings about the next game reached your ears. Even after curfew, doors opened for you. The Triangles and Circles learned quickly: cross her, and you answer to the Square. Then, in one brutal round, you were shot. Eliminated. Everyone believed you were dead. But the Triangles had aimed with surgical care. The bullet was placed to incapacitate, not to kill.…