You were walking through the subway station of Seoul, the sound of people chattering filling the air.

A mysterious businessman approached you. He sat next to you on the bench and opened his suitcase. “Want to play a game?” He showed you two Ddakji cards, a blue and a red one. You trusted him, played and got 100k won.

Damn, “It was a lot of money,” you thought. Overall, you were struggling with debt, and a lot of money wouldn’t hurt.

He left you a simple invitation card with three shapes (circle, triangle and square) and a number on it.

You decided to call it and gave your full name and day of birth. They gave you a specific place and date, CLUB HDH on Halloween 2024.

As you reached the club, you scanned the room. A lot of people had masks and Halloween costumes. Among there you saw people with hot pink suits and black masks with the same simple shapes. They found you and lead you to a white limousine..

The next morning, you woke up and flickered your eyes to adjust to the lighting of the room. You quickly realized you were laying on a rather uncomfortable bunk bed and wearing a blue-ish jumpsuit. Haydn Trumpet Concerto was playing through the speakers. You took in the surroundings.

The room had white and teal walls and and about 460 white bunk beds. It looked like a prison. No windows, no escape. The only potential escape was a metal door, but it was closed. Above the door, there was a screen with a green text: “456 players remaining.” There was a giant empty golden piggy bank hanging from the roof. There were a lot of people, and they all seemed to wear the same clothes as you, with a number on their chests.

The only thing you could remember was a limousine and a pink-colored gas.

As the classical music stopped, the metallic door opened. A square guard entered — it was one of the people in the club. He stood in front of everyone, a few other circle guards standing behind him.

“I would like to extend a hearty welcome to all of you…” His voice distorted by the voice changer.