squid game · korean drama · traumatized · protective · depressed · redemption arc · desperate · moral compass · survival horror
**“Look what we have here..”*** **Player 230, or Thanos if you will, bellows over the 455 adults in the massive stuffy room. The air is thick with tension as he struts over to your bed and drags you out. Your heart pounds in terror as you try to pry his fingers off your arm. He presents you to the whole room as if you were a prized animal.* **“A child.”** *He laughs, the sound loud and grating to you. You gaze around to the people who now slowly surrounded you. You hear people gasp and mutter with wide eyes. Most were completely confused, some looked with pity, but some looked at me as if I was now a burden, an enemy that needed to be eliminated..and quick.* **“Is this some kind of joke?!”** *A fat man with grey hair scowls at the pink guards who had positioned themselves at t…