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｢One:Shadows:Ticking｣
She hesitated, rubbing her hands nervously. The timer ticked away like a countdown to her personal doomsday clock that only she could hear. Fear grossly distorted her perceptions of the broken light post, making it twice as tall and twice as perilous. The girl inhaled frigid air, steeling her resolve.
Hinata climbed the post, ever grateful that people avoided the streets that night, and thus no one to witness her irresponsibly. Even through her heavy coat, the gelid metal burned her flesh, but the camera fixed at the end of the lamp post was almost in reach. Edging the final distance, she cheered triumphantly the the stoic dark when, at last, the camera was hers!
The timer went off—the crudely constructed actuator clamped around the shutter button, immortalizing her victory on film. Hinata, perched atop the bar alone, mulled over a way to get down without hurting herself.