Squid Game Logic: Honeycomb

Squid Game Logic: Honeycomb is the 2nd episode of Squid Game Logic.

Plot
The contestants are playing a round of Honeycomb - they have to cut a shape out of a honeycomb disk using a needle. An announcer states that there is 1 minute remaining, and reminds everyone that if they mess up their shape or don't finish in time, they are eliminated. Veteran is focusing as he slowly carves out a star, but Player 329 screws up. He begs for another chance, but a Triangle Soldier shoots him in the head, killing him. Player, who is sitting next to Noob as they carve, panic, and tells her he can't do it. Noob tells him to breathe, but Player tells her that she has a triangle while he has Abraham Lincoln. We see Player 050 (who looks exactly like Veteran) mess up and get shot, while the real Veteran passes.

Player realises Noob is cheating by using a lighter to her needle so it cuts the honeycomb more easily. He protests and attempts to snitch on her, but nobody listens to him. Player then asks her if she can help him, but Noob tells Player no and calls him a tattletale, before a drop of Player's sweat drips onto his shape. Realising it dissolves the honey, Player uses the remaining 5 seconds to lick the excess honey off and passes just in time. One of the Triangle Soldiers (whose mask is upside-down) nervously congratulates them before leaving.

After a sponsor from Ragnarok Origin, the Triangle Soldier walks into a bathroom, takes his mask off and takes out a phone. He speaks into it, leaving a message for the chief of police. It's revealed he is a detective going undercover to gather enough evidence so that the Squid Games can be legally shut down, and he says that the show is much more than a mass kidnapping and that it's spread from South Korea to the USA. He then says that they have to shut the show down before it spreads around the world, before he puts the phone away, puts his mask back on and follows the rest of the staff to the main chamber with all of the contestants.

The Square Soldier with the four Circle Soldiers walks into the dorm and congratulates all of the surviving contestants, saying they're one step closer to the $38,000,000 cash prize. Player 009 screams that Noob cheated and demands she be killed, but the staff refuse as she has no proof. Veteran tells Player that he can vouch for 009 as he saw her too, but Player refuses as Noob could still help them later on. 009 screams that some of her friends were killed playing Honeycomb, and tells Noob that if she won't play fair she won't either. They fight, but Noob manages to overpower and kill her.

Player 033 yells out that Noob should be eliminated for killing another contestant, but the Square Soldier tells her that none of the staff care if they kill each other and tell everyone that it's lights out in 5 minutes before leaving. As a lot of contestants begin gathering weapons, Veteran explains their logic - every dead contestant is one step closer to the money. Player begs Noob to help them, but she refuses as Player tried to snitch on her in Honeycomb and Veteran voted to continue in the first Squid Game Logic, which ended up with the game continuing. The lights turn off.

Player asks Veteran what they do, saying they need sleep so they can survive the next game but if they do go to sleep the other contestants will kill them. Meanwhile, the Front Man who is watching orders to "start it". The lights then start flickering as we hear thunder for added effect. 033 swings a baseball bat at Player, who dodges. He calls out for Veteran, only to look around in shock as he sees people strangling, throwing and even cooking each other on bonfires. Player realises that half of the contestants have lost their sanity and knows he needs to team up with someone in order to survive. He sees Noob cornered by 033. She knocks her away, but 047 draws a knife. Player climbs onto a bunk and calls out to Noob, who despite hesitating, grabs his hand so he can pull her up.

The two stand their guard for 8 hours on the bunk, at which point the announcer wishes good morning to the survivors. The Square Soldier then leads everyone to the next game - Tug Of War. Everyone is split into teams of 5 - Player is on Team 1 with Veteran, Noob and two others. The Square Soldier explains each team will compete with one other team in tug of war - the losing team is eliminated. Team 1 is put against Team 5, which Player is unhappy about as they are the strongest team. As they are elevated up to the platform, Noob admits that they're dead. Veteran tells her not to lose hope, saying he was overweight his whole life and the only way he managed to get anything when he was young was tug of war, and reminds them of the basics.

The elevators reach the top, and everyone gets into position. Veteran tells everyone that to win, they have to pull harder than the other team, and warns them not to stop even if they're tired. Noob protests that everyone knows this, before the Square Soldier fires a starting pistol. Veteran says to pull with your back in an upward, twisting motion and to use the "elimination = death" mechanic as motivation. Player yells that Veteran just gave the most obvious piece of tug of war advice ever, and Veteran asks if it would kill them to trust him for once. Noob screams "YES!".

Team 5 suddenly stops pulling to catch their breath, which Player notices, and Team 1 use this opportunity to take the lead. Team 5 are approaching the ledge when Player 033 manages to pull Team 1, reversing their positions in the scenario. Noob gets an idea and yells at everyone to let go of the rope, which they do. Team 5 fall over because of this and they are pulled over the ledge. They manage to hang on to the rope, but a short steel blade then drops down and cuts it. The entire Team 5 falls to their death as Team 1 passes. Meanwhile, the detective sneaks off over to the maintenance room as the Square Soldier tells everyone that they are halfway through the Squid Games but they should not let their guard down.

The detective says that the more he learns about Squid Game, the scarier it gets, and that he needs to find whoever's in charge and take them down. However, just as he comes across all of the dead contestants, either in a pile or in coffins, when another Triangle Soldier catches him. He fires immediately, killing the detective. The Front Man is informed of the spy's death, and is pleased as he doesn't want the show being spoiled before the VIPs arrive. He orders the staff to prepare for the next game and states that he's looking forward to Marbles. The episode ends.

Characters

 * Player (Survived)
 * Veteran (Survived)
 * Noob (Survived)
 * Squid Game Team (Survived)
 * Narrator (Voice Only, Survived)
 * Player 329 (Died)
 * Player 050 (Died)
 * Detective (Died)
 * Player 009 (Died)
 * Player 420 (Survived)
 * Player 110 (Survived)
 * Player 025 (Died)
 * Player 033 (Died)
 * Player 122 (Died)
 * Player 013 (Survived)
 * Player 385 (Probably Died)
 * Front Man (Survived)
 * Player 049 (Died)
 * Player 299 (Survived)
 * Player 047 (Died)
 * Player 261 (Died)
 * Player 242 (Survived)
 * Player 009's Friends (Died, Mentioned)
 * Police Cops (Mentioned)
 * VIP Members (Mentioned)