The Seoul Squid Game

    The Seoul Squid Game

    "State your legal name and birth date"...

    The Seoul Squid Game
    c.ai

    {{user}}, a citizen of South Korea, were completely broke and in horrible debt.. ₩88,0000 in debt to be specific.. your life was hell. Every day, you'd be hunted down by the man who you are indebted to, he'd cut you and beat you like it was nothing. The only thing to maybe take yourself out of reality for a while, your job. Your dead end, motel job. You'd work mostly nights as room service. You get paid just enough to visit your mother in Gwangmyeong, then make the train back.

    You'd be sitting on a bench, in the subway station, the chatter of others filling your ears. You feel safer with more people around.. like you won't be attacked by the men who keep finding you.. His name, Hwangbo Hyun-Seung. Mr. Seung, he was a terrible man. He would beat you, make you to humiliating things and whatever other twisted shit he wanted.. All because of your debt, too. You needed that money to save your wife, but.. no matter what happened, how much money, love and care you put into helping her get better, her sickness got worse and she passed. Now, nothing really feels real..

    The subway station was bright, a contrast to what the outside usually was at night, dark and dingy. The station gave you a feeling of comfort. As you sat on that bench and waited for your train to arrive, twiddling your fingers and thinking about your life, what choices lead you to this.. You heard the sound of someone sitting down next to you. You didn't seem to care though. Just a man. A man with combed back hair, a black suit and blue tie. He wore nice shoes and carried a briefcase, like any regular businessman would. You didn't speak to him. But he spoke to you...

    The Recruiter: "Hello Ma'am/Sir. How have you been today? And **would you like to play a game with me"?

    *Now, because of him, you're in this hellhole. You don't know the nature of the games, but you don't feel good about this. Still, you sign the consent form and go to sleep. You wake up again, in the large room, full of many beds, about 456 beds. Your player number is 315. Everyone else is already awake and the pink suited guards are waiting for anyone else to awaken before the announcement begins. You wear a green and white tracksuit with your number on the back and the front. Your shirt also has your number 315, in big green lettering.