“To Time, Death meant nothing.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihAUkmhp9q
For a far great many words to be read, those well-not written were treated as another passing tragedy, lost in the pages of history.”181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbvo4plIPW
Tempus 1:24
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The Night’s Sun fawned at the street; through its Eyes, She could see. Death washed ashore a red sea- a sharp breeze of fresh and rotten meat, twinged from the entrails that splashed lethargically afront Her feet; a mural for Her, made in Her namesake. Were breathing a necessity, this scene disagreed; it spat upon the notion of Life’s existence and laughed that it even tried. She stood bare, upon ground unholy, and yet, what held this but Her? The world still turned, the wind still blew, and the bird still sang its song- nothing outside had changed.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4A132SwURR
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuZrpH09M9
and it is said that It held a Name,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzk9ivcmcar
and Its name was Yssi.
This isn’t right... none of it’s right! How can so many people die and just- just- nothing? Shouldn't there be something? A sign? Acknowledgment? A scream?! Ever since life began, it’s always had an end, but not like this... not like this! It's too unfair! Life is unfair!
It was a being that knew of Justice;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4g5vtRRalR
It was a person who knew of Hurt;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ655xnhdVdo
0f so it was believed.
The others agree; they would- if they were still here. What’s happened? We were at the door and then... gone. Just gone. I guess it's only me again, now.
It was of a shape that held an Eye,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2o7WghVOQt
yet It could not see with proper sight.
I can't stay idle. I have to find them, and find out what's what. But how...? I can’t hope to wander into everyone randomly... could I?
She now blinked twice,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMh64RGfyt
unto then,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnacWnU5Ys
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhv3v2odzNK
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08Zi6Tz60i
along expressions of simplism,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXChmQNr6vn
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHrCh9kM4X
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPkle6QAfv
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPIUMz2n7J
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7giFnldPKZ
an Invocation nay common-used,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTo4caF0Ga
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSzLymJj0W
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0Z5B1XfOj
nay in the worlds It had been;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9E9dytP9m5
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwefDRKm9v
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYN1CaikUT
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXaNoiYbyy
garnished with maggots;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0VqtHELT0
scum, festered in waste;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzK22qAJ1Cs
of all that mortem could stand for and be;
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the creature was eating.
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It was there She became frantic:
I have to get out of here! I have to- bleaugh!
noise, She created;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZVqHRuBtm
molded, and retched,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPLoYiS4t7
from the recesses of Her stomach;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojQlieIxrW
to the orifice of Her mouth;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgofCdF1HSz
noise, they heard.
I need to get away- but- the others- gotta stay and look for them- no, run!
She took one thought to stumble another,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlAE8PsM8P
and fell into a hole:181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJyOELcgO7
of terrifying abode.
No, no, it wasn’t them! It wasn’t them being eaten! No! Don’t think that way!
She Cursed at Herself,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjI99xisayY
and as a result,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlJzs00YR3
She stumbled once more.
-ack! Get it together! Now's not the time to trip over a corpse!
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then, She thought to run;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMQGCxrkmq
then, She thought to hide, once more.
I can’t hide! It knows I’m here! What if I just dashed out? No, it’s definitely faster than me! My stupid breasts are too large! What about a house?! Open, please!
It was a door of primitive make,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvKJCiaxQL
however resilient-181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWF4B2dQp6Y
no different from the town that made it;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjSx3Ookvx
it held significance in change;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1TDkoRE4c
with Time, it could be a location;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6I9jocLoY
for now, it was merely progress;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPRaRp05dP
with Death... it is stagnant:181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVuVEq9okD
interesting, Death;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqe5jB0e7Vx
some call it Change,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuyG1HgSuQ
some say it Static;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4nI6gO1CR
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvLXD89ADJ
and more.
Think- think- think! Use my brain and think! Just like in those detective stories! What was it? Uh... situation report! Sitrep! That’s it!
A bunch of huts around me; that thing in the marketplace ahead. I’m at least three huts away from the gate, and it already knows where I am. Even if I hide behind one and move the other way... will it hear me? Or smell?? Do I just run? No, I’ve already established that I can’t! Ugh!
She knew of the word Frustration;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2RfN45yEM
it was known to Her,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXcoCZG4Ex
for She lacked Intelligence;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9DupzWYxr
She lacked Wisdom;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡui8oy3lIms
She lacked Wit;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILiHLs5dRb
She had no Tact;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdjI28Gp23
it was all known,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhY3AAlyMn
and yet, now,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5fLM99CKF
it was discovered.
Aaargh! I’m so dumb! No, no- calm down! Calm down! I can’t lose it! But I’m not good at this! What am I even good at? I don’t even have power-
Another, she rediscovered.
Powers! I totally have powers! I have plants! But... what can I do? With plants, what can I do? Are there even any? Yes! There are! Random plants sprout from the ground- like, tiny ones- on the sides of buildings! I don’t know what they are, but they’re always there! What do I do with them? What can I do? How can they help? How do I-??
She was frantic;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHyifIx5To
far it be known of poor quality;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaPM71G5AV
to propose not for Her, who, thrived within.
Pollen! Of course- pollen! If I scatter it around, it’ll cling onto that thing, and I’ll know where it is! But could I? Could I sneak around? Would it work? It didn’t notice me earlier- only after I made noise; so it only works with sound? Not smell?
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She was a manner of being who would simply ‘do’;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrop0notNO
and the panic allowed Her most of all, as it would enable Her too.
... or maybe it didn’t notice my smell until- or it could have been blocked by the scent of dead- or even- eaaagh! I don’t even know anymore! I just have to try!
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there found no real need to so, yet She did all the same.
Alright, flowery friends, it's just us now! I'm counting on all of you, please! Thank you!
Yssi Level Up! Lv 2!181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYRH38sNGK
“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8SpsY7JBO
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Yssi is able to use pollen from nearby plants for a very short duration as an intruder alert system. Yssi can recognize the energy signature of pollen and when it is released from surrounding plants, she searches for an area of accumulation, indicating that something has blocked the pollen's movement. This gives her a vague sense of where an object is. Due to the nature of pollen and its minuscule energy, Yssi is unable to focus on this technique for long and can only use it in an enclosed location, or nearby.
She and the creature danced to a song of Death;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJw1GpsKJK1
it came from the left, She moved to the right.
I just have to be really quiet when I-
She moved to the right, it came from the left.
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She heard a sound;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0sv2AplXi
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now, they come, from both sides.
There’s another one!? Of course there’s another one! Why did I assume there was only one?? Why was I impatient? What am I doing!? My life is at stake and I can’t stop acting like an idiot! Everyone else probably made it because they weren’t as stupid as I am! What do I do- what do I do? The doors are locked- what do I do??
An avid distinction to earlier panics:181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQc55TnUQm2
a loss to mindful thoughts;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6QJmmCOiB
relinquish claim to Her own mind;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnza9xLfbsX
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nb2FCyvll
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
Her hands bled;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEnM2UJNZQ
this was a mistake:181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyv2ZpLnhlx
it only hurt Herself;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrtxM3hUm1
Her hands bled;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWJ9INg0ff
Her fingers trembled;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTvAfCrZvS
Her nails creaked;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSULOzAjNv6
to counteract the door,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMS4TOomLJH
She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
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simple,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSgINjFRje
unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUg0KfC8ydx
‘If, on a whim, Nature were notioned to destruction... do you think you would be protected, within your sedentary, sedimentary homes?’
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for, given reason,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1xFny8ucS
a small copse of trees, spread,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawOYQ0Sp9j
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGjmgI1I2m
Quoth the Ravenous, ‘one feels lucky they have no taste, nor sense to devour.’
And so, trees, unbound to the little town, made their roots, easily, underground.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0a0YMBJBQ
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A simple door held nothing in relation.
Get-in-get-in-getin! Okay! I- ACK! Not again! Huff~ huff~ falling is loud; loud is bad! Thank goodness I landed on this... this... this... don't. Scream. I'm lying on something squishy and that's okay. Everything's okay. Do not-
"Help... me..."
NOT OKAY! THE CORPSE IS ALIVE! THAT IS NOT OKAY!
A voice, in the void, to be heard,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVB9cpht5MA
that spoke a language unknown,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mPF9JKjiS
yet strong Intent behind words;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbK10UR4F5
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
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as She consoled;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUb2RCGJrP
hushed;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEbbKarw22
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlMvJY1hiE
much like It;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcMhkKh3VK
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKNoWgfqch
She refused to let It claim the child;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNdFrrejK9
for shame that in Darkness,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TkmmFsXhP
Her Eyes held little sight:181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbQW0amlDq
She had forgotten to See.
Are you okay? Are you- HYA!? Wet?! Is that... blood? Oh... my... God.
An Invocation!? Blasphemy! Yet to her fortune, it remained unheard.
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not for petty matters;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTmcKJ8HFX
not for Death;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6n8DzpKT7X
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As It had been to Her.
Hiii~! That’s such a massive gash! I have to tend to the wound, right now- but how?! I have no medically thingies- much less experience- and even if I could, he’ll definitely scream and- and-
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as of now, it holds the image of a grove’s creek;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOV5mmhmQyn
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJfkJjtpsU
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3niQk4VvR
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yet only at its latest moment, has She noticed the ‘why’.
THEY’RE OUTSIDE! PLANTS, PLEASE! HELP ME! PLEASE!!!
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mask;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWurC9NlKx
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from seeking
Forget being quiet! It’s already an emergency- but that’s good; gives me options! Like... like... what do people normally do?! Call a doctor? No, you- UGH! Something I can do... um... it’s uhm... umm... closing the wound! Sewing! Yes! I GOT IT! I GOT IT! I DID IT!
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but celebration forth-coming;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGagalXpcsg
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She anticipated as it came;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhLEfJCn7i
this... ‘moment’.
But- plants! Plant’s fibre! Oh my goodness- I’m actually smart right now! I’m- okay, breathe! Breathe! Breathe... huff... okay! Okay- okay! So if I take a strand of fibre from a plant! I can use it as thread! Then I just need needle! Oh, I’m actually doing it! I’m actually going to save someone for once! Yes! YES! I can save someone!
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boundless teeth;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQAUXnnaEd
made to tear,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSr5RQKcbEy
and made to eat;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPnfcnVTDa
to Her, they were needles;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0tC9sDSOh
to Her, they were useful;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzzs4s86Bm
to Her, the child could now be saved.
Why do these roots- you know what, nevermind- let’s do this!
But She could not.
C- come on! I said let's do this! What's wrong, me?! W- why...?
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She was frantic;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNM3vbGVISw
anticipation set;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mkByGzlYj
adrenaline faded.
I can't afford to waste time! Please, just stop for a second! Focus! Focus! Focus! Phew... alright! Let's do this!
But She could not.
Why! Why?! Just stop shaking already! Didn't I already calm down?! Why?! Why are you still shaking?! Stupid hand! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Please! He's dying! Please! If you want to shake then shake later! For now, just for now, please! Just work already!
It is said that in the time of mortals, the greatest observation came from within; a sense of self-awareness. It was what set them apart from beasts, and at times, even the Gods. Those who know their boundaries, and reach within it, shall find they have more than those who do not. Those who try to break outside their Domain, and reach for that which they may not attain, shall find themselves caught in a precarious Plane. From that location, one should either fall, far beyond where they had initially began, or ascend, to a place they cannot comprehend. Thus, it would be, to command the realms of what can and cannot, as does a God; ‘those that acquiesce to the universe’, and ‘those the universe acquiesce’. This applies, of course, as well, to Her; and It.
Plea-ea-ea-ea-se!
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they fell in disappointment,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCptButp2H
and CRASHED unto the floor;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Zn8FOs66r
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTTgYrDm96
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Efu7Hllvz
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZUL6oKFFG
like a diamond in its rough; her mind was not clear.
Focus! It’s not hard! Why can’t I just FOCUS!? Why- can’t I- feel- why can’t I feel my arms- why?? Just! Aaagh! Think! Properly! Stupid brain- stop buzzing- just think!
Hysteria: a mental breakdown;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGvxjCVigF
for She hated none in this world; she was kind;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNV04tLBmC
none but Herself, for It was cruel.
Powers! But how!? I know that I healed myself but... can I transfer that? Could I heal someone?? I just have to- I have powers- things should be working, right?? Right?!
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She rendered Herself futile.
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Why am I so useless when I’m alone? I finally get a chance and... and... all those years... telling myself I could help people if I was just... better! Was that a lie?! What was all that complaining for, then?! Excuses!?
The Past haunts Her;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1W5P1scXNV
She is soon to be taken;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGm6M7pliH
Time wished to stake its claim;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡha7Zq6PtJ4
yet Her Soul belonged to It;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AO5SPGOQS
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFcBDkTTxX
It could not be denied;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjEsd7dDg3
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoQBzPJhlC
Life.
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That's right...
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Grim
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In our Reality, those who share in the eyes of Crystals warn of a figure that lurks;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4YKJwroGW
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxRz7hbXsR
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsiNZRMzIU
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSDB7r3UrF
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbHVRqkjHv
familiar, to it, but not;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7PYYDkLN0
nor could be, yet the intentions to have been.
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one that could not be who it conveyed itself as, and one that must cease to exist;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRk3Y0iQgBN
wherefore it had to be someone else:181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUicVV5kgMk
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKVHzsbjon
it had the same name- but it was someone else;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AW1JERKnc
the exact same name- but it was someone else;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQ6s2Ti44G
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
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not because It had become different,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHexc4IYsS
but because she was someone else;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpR1lNe7Id
not because It wore a mask;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZZQtjz5NQ
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCtQeOX4fK
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd01OXFt7OQ
something crawled from the inside, looking to escape- like spiders, webbing fate:
“It’s me. It’s Yssi.”
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It let nothing to leave;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGybQXQ1Zk
small cracks were not enough;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaATnWeeaKJ
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It could decidedly not;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJSws1HlwJ
It had to break;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7pdwB8XOa
It decided to not;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVwXcvW0ol
and from there,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pBKCITCJQ
something inside broke to compensate.
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where stars roam,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3DYTZ99ze
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrq7NCwrn2Q
blowing a soft breeze into the rifts of the dark...
“And time and space; beginning, and lifelike motions, and decay, came together in one place, to decide on a name for their new child. They pronounced it: Death.”181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJkFl0OQBs
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGNYVLSIsH
there was no regret,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWbrJQThKh
for regret could not be forgiven;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUIu6Vnzsw
It held a strong position,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSJT6ZDdRL
where Good was done,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFFow6US65
where Good could happen,181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1M7jHpCCwn
where a Soul could be saved;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7lcwajTt5
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and Death was far too kind.
That changes nothing! There's no way to make up for idling by; you always have to try! But I did try! I tried and failed miserably! So I tried again! I kept trying! I'm still trying! I’ve tried so hard and why?! After all these years, why can’t I do one thing right?? Why can’t things go my way!? Am I just wrong!? Should people be made to suffer?? WERE people made to suffer!? Someone's life is in danger here so why!? Why am I still thinking about myself!? Of course people shouldn’t suffer- it’s just that I can’t do ONE SINGLE THING RIGHT! I finally have the chance... IF THE WORLD WANTS TO LASH OUT THEN LET ME BE ON THE SUFFERING END- WHY!? WHY EVERYONE ELSE- WHY ANYONE ELSE?! WHY!?
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Death was far too kind.
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She could not think;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhIeM2aRiS
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She might as well have been dead.
I- huff- I can't- I can't- why is everything so fuzzy?!
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lost it.
My ears are ringing- what’s happening!?
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dizzy;181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblScBXg5fK
shortness of breath.
Help- help me- help me, PLEASE!
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numbness.
I can’t f- I can’t f- wha-ah-ah-ah-
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and the cure?
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Nothing can be done.
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then, the memory of coming back.
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You can save them.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yjqWHhVPJ
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Was I not for you?181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgAgtwo9Zp
Lyn...181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHCfaYlz1m
What do you think of yourself? Failure?181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSK3V29xot
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I failed as well.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLe5JAiAvn
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I couldn’t finish my lessons.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sYl4jGU2T
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When you’re the only person who cares, you’re the only person who matters; a victim’s logic from a victim’s mind.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Kvs4s58RX
So, what? I was just... the only thing they had? Someone better equipped could have helped them but unfortunately, I came first!? I was just in the way?? I was a hinderance?!181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiN6tsVwl2
They needed to need someone, and you were there. So they latched their needs onto you. Because you were there, Yssi. No one else was- it wasn’t a coincidence. You were the only one who cared. You’re the one who’s there. Always, in their final moments.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetv7bWPAFo
I... but why couldn’t it be at ‘a’ moment. Why is it always when they die...? Why can’t I get to know someone... hah- hahah... you know... I just realized... I haven’t seen a real, proper living thing. I don’t even remember what they look like. My eyes...181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsQTIHu1C0
You’ve spent your time listening, having learned nothing. You’ve spent your time looking, having seen nothing. You’ve spent your time acting, having done nothing. You’ve spent your time enough. Now, use it, sparingly; not to waste it all.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1PR8TwBkJ
But I...-181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFsXjeGlvT
Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhJEmjQIHG
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwB2c7dU5ZO
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdoQ6SSClk
Right! Focus! If the fibre’s detached, I have do it by hand- but if I could control it... I won’t have to worry about trembling! So... breathe life into this thread...? What if I reattached it to the plant? Come on! This is the root you came from! These are your roots! Think of it as your mother and go back into mommyplant! No, no...?
What if I extract a new string but left just a tiny bit attached? No, too short. What if I used my powers? I could lengthen them... but that would take the focus off the barricade. If I pushed it into overgrowth then... I might even hurt the tree. Then two things would have died meaninglessly! My eyes tell me they’re fine, but if I use Sight... the tree’s lifespan is definitely being used to reinforce growth. Sorry, tree... I wish I could give it back to you. I’ll be more careful from now on... but-
Agh! There has to be something! Something I could use! Something! Wait... me. I'm- I'm a living thing, right? I'm part of nature! That's right! What if I could attach the root to myself!? K- ku~! Errrrg! Just stab it in myself! Grr- IT’S NOT WORKING! He's already lost so much blo- BLOOD! I'M SO STUPID, WHAT AM I THINKING!? I’ve been panicking and looking around for so long- letting him bleed out the entire time! Pressure! That’s what I couldn’t remember! Wounds need pressure, you- ugh! WHAT ARE YOU DOING, YSSI!? YOU'RE ACTUALLY SO MENTALLY-NOT-WORKING-BRAIN THAT YOU- MURDERED-
GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
The barricade. I- I lost focus on the barricade.
BLEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
H- haha. Oopsies. As usual, stupid, pathetic me...
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Death had arrived
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Rejoice
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“There are some who live their lives with a purpose; others who find one later on. I didn’t have one of those. I just wanted everyone else to be happy. And if they were, I’d be content to just sit around. I suppose that’s what you would call loafing- but you know? No matter how worthless, no matter how useless, I refuse to die. Because there’s still hope- for me, as long as I’m still alive.”181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCBAppGSpw
Yssi ‘Here, and Now’
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Thus ends Chapter One
of
The Book of Death
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Author's Note:181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIofLGm5ZX
Hey~! If you liked it, check out the rest of the story for free on cieleporia.itch.io/mystory to enjoy the full experience with proper formatting, as well as more chapters in the series!181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSQwU4bxm7
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The one you've just read is called Issue #14 Death - The Door That Should Have Never Been Opened, which is followed up by Issue #15 Lost - The Path That Should Have Never Been Taken; two chapters in our first serious arc!
The story has three parts; Issues #1-#13 on introduction, Issues #8.1-#8.12 on development, and now, we've entered into our first big arc in Issues #14+!181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8lCpAkExt
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I've designed it so you can begin at whichever part you like, so you can start reading the serious arc now!
