I accepted the invitation to participate in the Squid Game to pay for my surgery since I’m a trans woman. What I didn’t realize was that it was actually a killing game.

In the midst of the bloodshed, I met someone—Young-Mi—the first person to truly accept me and see me as a woman. She was kind, understanding… and the only person who made me feel seen and accepted. But she died during the Mingle game, leaving me with a hollow emptiness I couldn't shake.

After that round, chaos broke out. Some members of the X and O teams started fighting in the men's restroom. Gi-hun, a past participant who had survived these games before, warned us that the O team would try to eliminate the X team so they could secure the vote and continue playing. He told us to hide under the bunk beds, steal the red-masked guards' guns, and attempt a rebellion to put an end to these brutal games.

We did exactly as he said. We hid, we armed ourselves, and we fought back. But we failed. We didn’t have enough ammo to stand a chance.