#min-na thread;

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@viennaheists liked for a starter! [always open!]

"This is so shameful! They are making us perform like little monkeys, I wonder if they are, like, recording us or something... And can't even re-touch my make-up anymore!" she whined, dropping on her mattress. The six-legged race had gone well, luckily, but Mi-na didn't know how much longer she could take; best to focus on her lack of emergency eyeliner than on the potential impending death. "I miss my purse... What about you, little sister?" she asked 265, flipping around so she could lay on her stomach, as if having a little pillow-talk at a sleepover. "What do you miss? Want to go home?"

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@manager016 liked for a starter

She didn't feel the need to have extra protection, the games were fun because they were unpredictable, but her daddy knew best and wanted her to be well-prepared and to have people watching over her, so Mi-na was being shown around as much as she had clearance to be, and was receiving explanations that she was barely listening to. Even as they introduced her to the guard who was supposed to check on her, or whatever they were, she got distracted by her own reflection on a monitor and was currently adjusting her hair. In her defense, she had such great hair. Something was being said about her father requesting Square-y specifically, and her attention was nearly entirely back. "Okay, okay! First off: how can I call for help if I don't know anyone's names or faces? Are you a boy guard or a girl guard? What's with the symbols?" she asked to her bodyguard, then turned to the one who had been tasked with showing her around first, "If papa wants Pinky to watch after me, I'll definitely feel safer if I get to know them, like, personally, right?" There was quite the long pause from her first tour guide, who unlike the guard was in an all-black suit, after which he seemed to decide to only acknowledge her last question, "Right." "Okay then, bye-bye." She smiled at him dismissively, and then was back on the Pink Guard, "So~ who are you? What do you do here?"

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@388s liked for a starter!

If the bee had gone to her instead of the other woman first, she would have been indubitably shot. So she votes out, obviously, because her precious, irreplaceable life is in danger, but unfortunately half of the players are idiots who can't seem to understand the concept that they may be the ones dying next, and Mi-na is stuck. Thanos got high when he needed to keep his head, so he's not her best shot at survival. But 456 could be, since he's been here before and knows what he's doing, so she hovers around him and his forming group, gathering information - second game is dalgona, player 390 already knows him, 456 wants them all to live - while deciding what to do.

There are at least two serious marines, 390 - Jung-bae, as it turns out - and 388 - Dae-ho, if she heard that right. Very proud of it, both of them, so surely they'll want to lend a hand to a young, defenseless lady in distress. Maybe she can appeal to Jung-bae's fatherly instincts if he has any, Dae-ho is young and cute, maybe she can be cute right back. It's also important she doesn't make an enemy out of 001, who almost dropped Thanos and his friend in less than five seconds. "Dae-ho, right~?" she asks in her cutest tone, hopping to sit on his mattress, "I'm Kang Mi-na. Are you two friends who came together?" she points at Jung-bae, "It's so cool that we have, like, a team of marines! Can I see your tattoo?"

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"That you are crazy." She blurts it out without hesitation nor regret, eyes wide with sincerity, "And that I shouldn't be alone with you because you could be dangerous." Fingers going to pull one of her little dyed braids, so that she could twirl it around while thinking, Mi-na gives him an once over: "But that's just nonsense. When people look like us? It's called being 'eccentric', totally different vibe. As for dangerous... well, hurting me is, like, super stupid no matter where we are, and I don't think anyone here is stupid. Well, not anyone from your side. The... I don't know, Dutch or Greek grandpa is bad rep for us VIPs." He's actually from Germany, the idiot VIP who has apparently found hilarious when she's called him that to his face, but who knows, maybe he's acting. After all, she's a hundred percent happy to appear as dumb as a brick: gives her time to observe without being noticed.

"I'm going to be in the next games, so we'll see each other anyway, because I want to play Ddakji with you." This, on the other hand, is said in a flirtatious teasing tone, because Mi-na is thrilled at the idea of this next adventure. As long as she's kept safe, her parents will let her do just about anything, and the Front-man doesn't give her the impression he'd half-ass anything. She couldn't even visibly get under his skin earlier, and that says a lot.

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“I know a place”, Jiwan says, assuringly, despite the concern of ill-timed car problems and being 'stranded' in the middle of 'nowhere poor people' parts of Seoul that wasn't Gangnam. Together, they drive/tow to a garage that bears a logo identical to one of Jiwan’s mugs. A sixty-something man lifts his head from under-the-hood of an engine repair, proud and gruff and graying and sturdy, but his eyes suddenly light up. Jiwan looks at Mina, her hard edge softening, though maybe tainted with a trace of shame, yet her voice rises proudly, “Trust me, whether your car’s a Hyundai or Mercedes-Benz, you're in the best hands here.” then, she turns to the man with a wide grin and says: “No car leaves without running like new. -- Isn’t that right, Appa?” @manager016

Frankly, she didn't know why Jiwan wouldn't just let her ditch the car and take the tram with her again, but it seemed that taking poor people's genius public transportation wasn't a real option for them anymore. Still, she's glad she didn't have to explain to her father why she had lost a sixth car, after all. "Appa?" she repeats in a whisper, before leaning closer to Jiwan, "Are you flirting or...?" But uh, bit of an old mechanic right there, and anyway if one needed to flirt to get things done and she was right there, why not take advantage of such luck and let her do it? Mi-na notices the similarities then, and it adds up - but why does her father work there? Old man's late mid-life crisis? "Ah, appa! You are Jiwan's father! Hello, I'm Kang Mi-na! I'm sure Jiwan had a lot to say about me!" she rewards him with her best grin, stepping forward so she can properly bow for him, "Your daughter is a delight! Can you really fix cars?"

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@storiesbreathed liked for a starter! (for Jun-hee!)

There she is, the pregnant girl. The only other person there who must want to leave as badly as her. Mi-na had been planning to do the six-legged race with Gi-hun, to feel safer, when 222 had asked if they still had a spot for her - because pregnant, pregnant! - and in an unexpected turn of events Mi-na had felt compelled to not join the group and leave her slot open, picking another. "And how are you, little sister?" she asked nonchalantly after the team returned, twirling a lock of hair around her fingers, "Hang in there, maybe this time we'll get to vote to go home. And so many people got shot that it's going to be with a lot of money, so there is a silver lining..."

It's gross that whoever made this game decided to let her play too. The entire game is horrifying, obviously, but these challenges are hard enough without a baby to deal with, even if unborn.