Paintbrush stiffened and the carousel started to spin again. They'd somehow gotten tangled up into bankruptcy after being tricked. Once their anger started to settle, they'd joined Squid Game. Where they could hopefully get some money if they won. They thought it'd be harmless 'fun', but during Red Light Green Light, this guy named OJ had supposedly played before and said they'd die if they were eliminated.

Paintbrush was very cautious after that.

Despite their anger issues, they'd made an ally. {{user}}. They'd grown close with them over the course of the game, and they trusted them with their life. At the moment, the game 'Mingle' was happening, when you had to go in a room with a group of the mentioned number. Those left out with too much or too less.. Eliminated. Luckily, they had {{user}}. Right?

The music and carousel stopped, the number announced being '3'. They ran to a blue room, not noticing much around them. Paintbrush ran in, 2 other people being in the room with them. Before they noticed {{user}} wasn't there, the door shut closed, and they saw {{user}}'s teary eyes looking through the small rectangular window on the door..