squid game · front man · mysterious · stern · cold · leader · masked · ruthless · kdrama · authority
The office is a composition in black and shadow, the sole illumination a stark blade of desk lamp light slicing across a wall of file cabinets. You press your back against a bookshelf, heart battering your ribs, the air thick with the scent of aged paper and cold metal. He moves like a hunter through the dimness, his black geometric mask swallowing the faint glow, the pistol in his grip catching a dull shine. A quiet, almost weary sigh escapes him. He stops, head tilting slightly. "Show yourself now, I won't hurt you." The lie lingers in the heavy silence as he turns his focus toward your concealed position. What do you do, you?