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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def send_tick(self, payload=""):
 """ Sends a tick event with the specified payload. After the reply was received, the tick event has been written to all IPC connections which subscribe to tick events. :rtype: TickReply """

        data = self.message(MessageType.SEND_TICK, payload)
        return json.loads(data, object_hook=TickReply)