Choice

by AnOrdinaryWriter

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You keep your head below the water, determined to get an apple. As you continue searching, your lungs begin to burn due to a lack of oxygen. Like sinking deeper into the depths of the ocean, the inside of the bucket starts to darken, the color of the water becoming black like paint being poured into the bucket and slowly mixing. Soon enough, your limbs grow weak, and you collapse on the spot dead, your head floating idly on the surface of the water.