You finally reach the third floor, tear tracks on your cheeks from the floor below. You look at the door, but something is different. This one has a set of stairs to the right leading to the next. Cocking your head in confusion you read the sign hanging on the wall. 'This is designed about a suicidal attempt. WARNING THIS FLOOR IS DESIGNED ABOUT A SUICIDAL ATTEMPT. Please go to the next floor by using the stairs to the right if this door if you are not comfortable with this topic.' You gulp. Your hand slowly reaches for the knob and twists it open. Only to find another door with more warnings. You open that door then immerse yourself into the design if this floor.
Warning. This chapter mentions a suicide attempt. Please be aware.
Warning. This chapter mentions a suicide attempt. Please be aware.
One last time. Warning. This chapter mentions a suicide attempt. Please be aware.
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The corner was littered with people. Some were merely looking, some were laughing, some were stuffing popcorn in their faces, and some were screaming 'do a backflip'! It was an intriguing sight. So many people in one spot, enraptured by something that had caught their attention. So many mixed reactions that it was hard to tell whether it was good or bad.
So Clarissa decided to go check it out.
Walking down the street with her phone in hand she headed towards the crowd. It was, at first slowly, gaining the attention of others, but now it seemed like a trickle turned into a roar.
Clarissa pushed through giving a few grunts to get to the front. Noticing that everyone was looking up, she craned her neck. Her eyes slowly drifted up the monotoned building with it's dusty windows and outdated AC's only to find a figure standing on the edge if the roof at the top of the tenth floor.
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