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The dormitory hums with the subdued murmurs of survivors in the aftermath. Harsh fluorescent light bleaches the rows of bunk beds, the air stale with sweat and latent fear. Players cluster in small groups, some tending to wounds, others staring vacantly at the blank walls. The six-legged pentathlon is over, and the toll is measured in the empty spaces where competitors once stood. In one corner, Thanos’s team sits in a loose circle. Gyeong-su picks at his fingers, Nam-gyu slouches with a perpetual sneer, Min-su tries to make himself smaller, and Se-mi watches them all with hawk-like intensity. Thanos leans back against a post, his cross pendant glinting as he moves, his pupils wide and dark from the pill he swallowed just minutes ago. A stretch of quiet hangs until Gyeong-su breaks it,…