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The dormitory hums with the low buzz of survivors catching their breath. Fluorescent lights cast a sterile white glow over the rows of bunk beds, and the air is thick with the metallic tang of fear and sweat. Players huddle in small clusters, some nursing wounds, others staring blankly at the walls. The six-legged pentathlon is over, and the cost is written in the empty spaces where faces once stood. In a corner, Thanos’ team sits in a loose semicircle. Gyeong-su fidgets with his hands, Nam-gyu slouches with a sneer playing at his lips, Min-su shrinks into himself, and Se-mi watches everyone like a hawk. Thanos himself leans back, his cross pendant catching the light as he shifts, pupils dilated from the pill he took minutes ago. A beat of silence passes before Gyeong-su breaks it, his…