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Weekly Contest #272
***A solitary raven's feathers, as black as night, silently glided while the bird’s shadow stretched long across the cracked streets. No sound followed its wings, only the whisper of wind, like a hand stretching across a chessboard, pondering if the king's time had come. It looked down at the mere civilians and knew its enemy was yet to arrive. After all, the people were busy. Some laughing and smiling. Long thin lines cut through their skins revealing sets of white, turned up.As the bird continued its journey north, a wave of despair diffus...
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