𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟 002, 𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙙 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚

𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔢𝔢𝔫

Dae-Hyung cleared his throat as he entered the room, seeing multiple lights first. "There he is! My lucky boy!" The tiger VIP cheered, the deer VIP gagging sarcastically. "Do not call him that." The goat VIP snickered, Dae-Hyung's face scrunching up. "Hello, players, let me welcome you all to the fifth game. The fifth game is Glass Stepping Stones." The woman announced, Dae-Hyung looking to Gi-hun as he was the closest. "Have you guys played this before?" He asked, the man shaking his head silently. "No..." He let out, the woman continuing. "The stepping stones before you are made from one of two types of glass, one will be tempered glass and the other will be normal glass. The tempered glass stepping stone is strong enough to hold the weight of two people. However, the normal glass with break even if just one person steps on it. For this game, you will guess which one of the next two tiles is the tile made of the stronger tempered glass, and only step on those across the 18 pairs of tile. You may then cross over to the other side safely and pass this game."

After the woman repeated her speech, she mentioned that they'll be going in the order they chose, Dae-Hyung smiling lightly. Of course he felt horrible for everyone who picked the first five, but natural selection, he guessed. Wait, what was he thinking? He felt disgusted by the thought- sucks to be them though. No! What the hell- "You alright?" Sang-woo asked, Dae-Hyung nodding. "Hm." He let out, the man nodding as the deer VIP laughed. "I think he's going loopy." The man added, the tiger VIP shaking his head. "Uh, uh." He tutted, 096 starting to panic. Sure, he mentioned how he wanted to go first, but not in this game. He'd much rather go first in Red Light, Green Light. "But then, how do I tell which is the tempered one?" Dae-Hyung watched as the square man said nothing in response, Jun-ho staring at the screen. "Bring me another scotch!" The tiger VIP clicked to the officer, him not answering.

"Hey, you!" The tiger VIP spoke, Jun-ho looking to see the man beckoning him over, again. Doing as told, the tiger VIP held his shot glass out as Jun-ho poured him a drink. Once the man was retracting his hand, the tiger VIP grabbed ahold of it, humming. "I don't want to have to keep calling you back. It ruins my view of the game. Sit down here." The man informed, Jun-ho gulping. "I must serve other guests, sir." He shot back quickly, the tiger VIP looking to everyone else in the room. "I'm gonna keep this one next to me." The man called, everyone nodding mindlessly. It's not like they cared anyway. Jun-ho sighed. "He's all yours." One called back, to distracted in the game as he watched 002 itch his head nervously. Pulling the man down, the tiger VIP smiled to Jun-ho as the Front Man stared at the two. "For this game, you will have sixteen minutes. Players must cross the bridge within those sixteen minutes. And now, with that,

let the game begin."

Dae-Hyung took a deep breath of readiness, shaking his head as he tried to clear his head. "Each player, take off your shoes, then go up to the tiles in order." 096 took off his shoes first, stepping onto the ledge as everyone else took their shoes off. The man stood frozen as the timer clicked, Dae-Hyung gulping as no one moved. They all stayed in this position until there was over fourteen minutes left, Dae-Hyung clearing his throat. "What are you doing?" A man asked, 096 in his own world as he looked down. "We're losing time!" Another man complained, Dae-Hyung watching Deok-su storm up to the man as everyone started to insult him. "Hey. Take your step now or I'll push your ass." Dae-Hyung heard the man threat, his eyes widening lightly. "I'll go, okay? Right now." He shakily spoke back, the woman with the second bib humming.

"And please try to choose carefully, huh." She advised, 096 letting out nervous breathes. Dae-Hyung sucked a breathe in himself when the man jumped to the left tile, surprisingly staying up. "Yes. Go on. You did it right! Keep going." The woman encouraged again, Dae-Hyung poking his head up. Maybe it was a shitty idea to pick last as the players before him took forever. More players encouraged 096 as e smiled, gaining confidence. The square man moved his chess piece on the miniature version as the man jumped almost mindlessly. Deciding that left was a good place to go, the man fell and died as players gasped. Dae-Hyung flinched lightly, not expecting the sudden noise as the square man knocked his chess player off. "Well, that's it for 096." The goat VIP grinned, tilting his head. "Aw, what a shame." The man mocked the tiger VIP, looking to the man.