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Weekly Contest #135
Have you ever heard the term, 'Whatever you do, do not look back'? Well, I didn’t follow those exact words. I couldn't help but feel the urge to turn around, pondering why my partner told me the one thing I wasn’t supposed to do, but end up looking anyway. The colour red was vast and bright, yet the lingering smell of copper poisoned my nose, feeling the limp body that collapsed on top of me. I found myself staring down at a coffin, while many people cried. Somehow, I couldn’t even shed a single tear. Was it because of the atmosp...
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