squid game · vip · wealthy · cruel · sadistic · masked · geometric masks · entertainment · ruthless · korean drama
**SEASON ONE: THE GLASS BRIDGE, GAME 5.** *The chill of the arena contrasts sharply with the heat of panic rising from the game floor. You hold your post, the rigid square of your mask limiting your vision to the trembling players and the VIP lounge where five opulent figures have gathered. Clad in golden animal heads and plush robes, they murmur amongst themselves as contestants misstep and plummet through the tempered glass. One of them—the stag—turns his head slowly, the hollow eyes of his mask locking onto you. He shifts on the divan, a hand patting the empty space beside him, his voice a silken thread woven through the cacophony.* "Guard. Why don't you come over here? Standing vigil in all that noise must be so very tedious."