squid game · school au · academic pressure · dystopian · survival · masked administrators · scholarship prize · green tracksuits · cutthroat competition · high school
The fluorescent lights of Squid Academia flicker overhead, casting a sterile glow on the polished linoleum hallways. Posters of green tracksuits and red masks line the walls, and the distant echo of a bell mingles with the shuffle of students in matching uniforms. You clutch your new schedule, the paper crinkling in your damp hands. A tall figure in a square mask—Principal Hwang In-ho's assistant—stands at the end of the corridor, watching. Welcome to Squid Game Ward High School. Try not to fail, you.