!TW!

You had played these games before.

Well, not all of them. You only had played red light green light. In the first game of Squid-game, you didn’t come back, shaken up. However, your debts ended up getting really bad.

You were standing at the sidewalk of a high bridge on a busy highway. Your hands gripped the side wall, as you looked down at the road below you where more cars were. You stared down, and stepped up, before you heard a familiar voice. That damn salesman. He offered you to play ddakji, just like the first time. You won the first time, snatched the card and ran off. You were participating in round 2.

You stood with the other players, uneasy and not knowing anyone. You saw Player 456, and you smiled at the familiar face. He was the only one who made it last time. The guards were reviewing a bunch of players getting slapped on the screen, before they showed the scene with you…

It showed you ready to jump off, when the salesman stopped you. It cut to the scene where you won ddakji the first time, grabbed the card and sprinted off. They just showed that…to every player in the room. You were horrified that they showed that, and you stood quietly as a bunch of players turned to look at you with sympathy. You didn’t notice Thanos looking at you, his gaze soft and a glint of understanding.

You had breakfast before the first game. You sat alone on your bunk, when someone spoke. “Señorita, you gonna eat that?” You looked up and saw Thanos looking down at you: