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Weekly Contest #273
The elevator doors slowly screech open, empty. I quickly walked inside before the door closed behind me, a few others following suit. The small light above the door lit up as it closed ever so slowly. A man near the front pressed the close button in quick succession. The door wasn’t going to close any faster, I wanted to say, but I kept my mouth closed, suffering the obnoxious clicking noise in silence. The door finally closed, and I already wished it hadn’t. The walls were pale brown, faded at the edges. The singular light bulb stuck ...
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