Aftergame [SQUID GAMES x BACKROOMS]

They thought death was the end.
Now, the real game begins.

They all died. Some clawed their way through betrayal. Others were broken by guilt, fear, or greed. But death was only the beginning. Never the ending.

Fallen players awaken in a place that isn't heaven or hell, but something in between.

A vast, liminal world of endless hallways, flickering lights, endless blue skies, decrepit buildings, and a final cruel set of games. Each level is a cruel mirror of their sins in the mortal world. To pass is to be forgiven. To fail is to stay bound for an eternity.

Gihun wakes up in a world he doesn't understand, with blood still on his hands and regret still sharp in his chest. The walls are a dreadful yellow, the lights flicker and buzz like flies to a dead corspe, and the carpet he lay on is strangely damp.

He realizes this isn't just punishment. It's a second chance...or one last nightmare.

Gihun is forced to confront the choices he made and the people he lost. Can forgiveness exist after what they've done to each other? Can trust be rebuilt when survival once meant betrayal, lies, and deciet?

In the afterlife, nothing is fair. Mercy is a gamble. And the final prize isn't money.

It's salvation.

But not all deserve it.