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Submitted to Contest #331
I smiled nervously as I waited under the lamplight. It was the usual appointment, end of the year… quarter four… the deadlines were approaching. I had things to do, but I hadn’t made time for this particular appointment in nearly half a decade.I always hated this time of year, the holidays got everyone in a tizzy; and there were employees submitting approvals for vacation; and the tax man, who always had his hand in everything, needed his forms done post haste.I kicked my feet in the dirt for a moment, rolling a rock under my heel. I wondere...
Submitted to Contest #292
I think that if I spend another night here, I will quite possibly go mad. It stares at me. Every single night I come back to this desk and these empty halls. The quiet hum of the security monitors and server machines was a constant companion, but that did not bother me. The statue halls did not bother me, nor the intricate sculptures or various artifacts and other troves of priceless history. But, it did bother me, the portrait that watched my every move. I would swear that I was losing my mind, she would talk to me, her voice soft...
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