“To Time, Death meant nothing.163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpqfCt7Y8j
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.”163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRex5oY9InM
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.163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rYTZ30cLT
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZ0mtvqLbM
and it is said that It held a Name,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVJh7hduC1
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;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9xb5o6ER1
It was a person who knew of Hurt;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6300Bg7J7
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,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcv8MxedHL
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,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8YWop9hAw
unto then,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PeTGEqryE
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyCH07mq56
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxsohfYEFN
along expressions of simplism,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSEVJNXxjx
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4z6TbBIeZ
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fWtjkeUIH
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIA8Ueqr4C
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuIJaA1w1B
an Invocation nay common-used,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NUoNNIktZ
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRL6XetAXiL
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuImMuNcQj3
nay in the worlds It had been;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyApZVSi4OI
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfqB5DThVA
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LN3A4BV4n
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGZNq6xidG
garnished with maggots;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewVWIsuYsl
scum, festered in waste;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6prhHdgFD
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;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRj12c9uTC9
molded, and retched,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnoXSUGOkl
from the recesses of Her stomach;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSMeZAe4sd
to the orifice of Her mouth;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdf7nf5WBCf
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,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTL1IuVUicX
and fell into a hole:163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKO5KvaJ6C
of terrifying abode.
No, no, it wasn’t them! It wasn’t them being eaten! No! Don’t think that way!
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and as a result,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBvsovlEXY
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;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmwC4RqYKd
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!
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however resilient-163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54IL4JPiG3
no different from the town that made it;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctVUJmlaz7
it held significance in change;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9NAjmbt05
with Time, it could be a location;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9UX7f67vu
for now, it was merely progress;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbfaMBm7wp
with Death... it is stagnant:163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFWOqjV81M
interesting, Death;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLNrlSxKM8
some call it Change,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZxKIr0ZYv
some say it Static;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrp3aTp1GpT
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEVmEVD6sH
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;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4XJOZe1zX
it was known to Her,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzM41igdKU
for She lacked Intelligence;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6x0Rfouqer
She lacked Wisdom;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTOChNzY0P
She lacked Wit;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bPYh03XWp
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it was all known,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0tHgfuddG
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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-??
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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’;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq212adLeGi
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!
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“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjpTbKWCjK
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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;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCHM6wRffc
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;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHyk95tXUzb
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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:163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynG04BUOzS
a loss to mindful thoughts;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiG0PqMSLCQ
relinquish claim to Her own mind;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjtR4kNpcL
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWR2YNOZzl
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
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this was a mistake:163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXQh11JqZd
it only hurt Herself;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWrKZYNYk8
Her hands bled;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFM4shc8Ad
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to counteract the door,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4gWxKXKPf
She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
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unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenkKk2ZTVk
‘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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a small copse of trees, spread,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQ6GrBMBO6
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVX9fSzCvBK
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.163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjtyRBPLqH
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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,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHOdy90nce
that spoke a language unknown,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡef0iybKU98
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that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
The voice kept speaking,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaiPX1wm84
as She consoled;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbg4OABhsY
hushed;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRELBTy9yp4
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTKl6PfTTz
much like It;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3u86Y9Coa
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fygMQAjyJ
She refused to let It claim the child;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4L14jQaRsQ
for shame that in Darkness,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HN68q3OcE
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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 Death;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87dwkVBFTC
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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;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuaq6j9TSu
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtt7Epl0XtN
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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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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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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;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjitBNP0Cpu
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and made to eat;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx96TojXZUT
to Her, they were needles;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyRceebhZ4
to Her, they were useful;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBLU5UpRXY
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;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRADsd6IPZw
anticipation set;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaJnKCLfjx
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,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvyPSd3D2Y
and CRASHED unto the floor;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFY0NzuPZv0
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAEf7rSQJQ
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLcEl56eWN
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJDzRdSVk5
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!
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for She hated none in this world; she was kind;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUe1UdMHrS
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!?
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She is soon to be taken;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9w43f8LZF8
Time wished to stake its claim;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwuzhXSSaF
yet Her Soul belonged to It;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOPTlsGD0F
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It held governance over Death, and, by extension,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Yy7YfTKlV
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;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElHoN2lDFN
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmnf4mnrwk
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxC7KiRusX
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcjHTncE4w
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSGcYouQ2e
familiar, to it, but not;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIlQmGMCoC
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;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWa8Xi4g7Ra
wherefore it had to be someone else:163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZm6AFWq2JJ
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIkHb7pwD6
it had the same name- but it was someone else;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOI8UCjNYE
the exact same name- but it was someone else;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgomOUvhEN
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
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not because It had become different,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMUrcOs15l
but because she was someone else;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7NlOczwXG
not because It wore a mask;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Orm99iNVv
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpi8xgI0ZY
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRG9aREyyi
something crawled from the inside, looking to escape- like spiders, webbing fate:
“It’s me. It’s Yssi.”
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It could decidedly not;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPaHQ6FDca
It had to break;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPiQfaGoZT
It decided to not;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Vi5MdNcLS
and from there,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOl5AgHIY9f
something inside broke to compensate.
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whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1m4gdoOaa8
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.”163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMPDpZ5luR
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaWBMh8vzr
there was no regret,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjKFT6UIFq
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where Good was done,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWCbCIZEHc
where Good could happen,163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1yNPxjmsb
where a Soul could be saved;163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0HNoPazqL
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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 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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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.163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWc6yjKQQly
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Was I not for you?163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8WMGrwTHX
Lyn...163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkItPMsQVNz
What do you think of yourself? Failure?163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2WNGIQnqd
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I failed as well.163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMmbLLO88i
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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?!163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzNOkBwD5X
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.163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZI8bRgziDi
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...163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50yHuMN79C
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.163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHU87XjknoI
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Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5tgUlfTeZ
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hRRrfDzue
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8XmvnnbJM
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.”163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQA4bQsxVW
Yssi ‘Here, and Now’
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Thus ends Chapter One
of
The Book of Death
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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!163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3MkkEa5RL
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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+!163Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8AOPYJI46
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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!
