“To Time, Death meant nothing.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJDKbjjFG0
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.”162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIim12myS3
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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgCwX2F5cP
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHCFuLW7qI
and it is said that It held a Name,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFteMSyUUBR
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;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6O7DZOx8Ur
It was a person who knew of Hurt;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG62TPr5LA8
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,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZnxdgrEyk
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,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDaLgeMeyc
unto then,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZsrZCxxC4
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfDaD94piJ
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSEY6CtLaK
along expressions of simplism,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgUSzUTFWU
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RQegrShki
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTDyZRcKrO
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YI2e72GmG
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpFoxMQDx6
an Invocation nay common-used,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LBSqmaD0g
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4AdeaJRYi
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaBrPBe3BE
nay in the worlds It had been;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLKTeQh33F
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSd6hYIRD1
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUsacJZBi0
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHigdCenPfn
garnished with maggots;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusNJPMVLL2
scum, festered in waste;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Nv8ajDtvd
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;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpx8NG4zrTU
molded, and retched,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLc4dhnwYJP
from the recesses of Her stomach;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VHMGi07Rq
to the orifice of Her mouth;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNvN3QYIZz
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,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNT3IyLudGL
and fell into a hole:162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZv8J7R5Do
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,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaPuRIJdCq
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;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58CDGTIiEz
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,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiKVhqvkMn
however resilient-162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cq5BmjoWW
no different from the town that made it;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFZa11WY7B
it held significance in change;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gDU4osqG4
with Time, it could be a location;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsLioplFYq
for now, it was merely progress;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCRsZuUyvc
with Death... it is stagnant:162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoah1nwPG7
interesting, Death;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkLDy7sh8C
some call it Change,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5dZQKhD1U
some say it Static;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkcBZYSAvH
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwaYzncl4k
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;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYEbaMo0JY
it was known to Her,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMDNGzVevU
for She lacked Intelligence;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYs4bNuNEh
She lacked Wisdom;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcRkBlrNBo
She lacked Wit;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknTiRd2Edp
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it was all known,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmc06SHgORO
and yet, now,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaATsDluDd
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;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9XgGH5nOM
far it be known of poor quality;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUI7fSGmkQw
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’;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqZfpMDtPO
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!162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73hxIBPDUx
“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyNtY2IlwE
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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;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoekyBMrz1D
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;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJc4czUqzr
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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:162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaESWtTcw1Q
a loss to mindful thoughts;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2NHcBlj7O
relinquish claim to Her own mind;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnvRxqqR51
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIGzeOIJKp
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
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this was a mistake:162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBfp86LNxR
it only hurt Herself;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgBw1nrFrM
Her hands bled;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuvcaMTZ4l
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Her nails creaked;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5Ck4eZzJ2
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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:162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwc18aDBCXe
‘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,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXxytwFx3E
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7372ffMZ1
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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5MOtlGmSw
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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,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSP87RjKBZy
that spoke a language unknown,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc0KCSfYKx
yet strong Intent behind words;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1FDZG3AW9
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
The voice kept speaking,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymA5Tfnkks
as She consoled;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQGCzZhYvq
hushed;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuP7LFe2xIC
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeo4lUdVlYd
much like It;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOLzlWpaxI
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKF9E3HkurO
She refused to let It claim the child;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0LsIgkOcc
for shame that in Darkness,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10T8X3503D
Her Eyes held little sight:162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdniRgW6Td
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;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4cqcKRV30
not for Death;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNH8hEpFs3
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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;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVxqCpjRTb
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfkknRI7N6
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeRVhwhVOR
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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;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJT4fyH1n5
made to tear,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcW1wOccsn
and made to eat;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqLGJ79KmM
to Her, they were needles;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEo8oK0EIwX
to Her, they were useful;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMgAt1OKSC
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;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rKQaKI1QP
anticipation set;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CS2pMUNhw
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,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKK9jmcS7LX
and CRASHED unto the floor;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGrsAneB6I
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsREiVkqkn
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMvv6Xf3bE
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShBwQexReM
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;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJhWaSXX2B
for She hated none in this world; she was kind;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jeX4DRKIX
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;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MtxF9sz5F
Time wished to stake its claim;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLecrJRch5Y
yet Her Soul belonged to It;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINn06JU1Y0
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UrJnFgOZI
It could not be denied;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMFij2FpII
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccIlBoemDC
Life.
What was that childish name they used to mock me with?162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrs1T3kX5B
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;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOGhwDFCv8
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI90IAQ11d3
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6mNlGjo7J
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZhoXS1mOH
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRy2CET9OJ
familiar, to it, but not;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTnP17yTIj
nor could be, yet the intentions to have been.
It was a paradoxical name;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIUs5GgRDg
one that could not be who it conveyed itself as, and one that must cease to exist;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWPAQa7ZrQ
wherefore it had to be someone else:162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vhT24kBTx
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJe7gASKDJ
it had the same name- but it was someone else;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CSLBPvv4R
the exact same name- but it was someone else;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjLeDULZGW
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
That could be why, that as she died, she could not recognize It:162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPHsCgVNB7
not because It had become different,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveEsSGoYaj
but because she was someone else;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgTzYJY8WA
not because It wore a mask;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJhwjR6bST
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3tsr6TI5e
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrA6fPUvON
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;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4168vYzlpk
small cracks were not enough;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnsqVxmwyg
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It could decidedly not;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVo7mvE69e
It had to break;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiMTycUo0W
It decided to not;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymE8g28xgf
and from there,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm48L9vdkTs
something inside broke to compensate.
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where stars roam,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4Zv2SVc2r
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBD0OQfsuTI
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.”162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNpbsIn2uf
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryRkRLsiWt
there was no regret,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OWvFTUU6u
for regret could not be forgiven;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwe9WdZeTe
It held a strong position,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OPmZCaDzd
where Good was done,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7Rncezppk
where Good could happen,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuh0fP2tSS
where a Soul could be saved;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqaE9L6snxD
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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 breathe;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxHqpwS9sZ
She could not think;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGvWahJ8Ll
She could not see;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNqmH1maTl
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;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sSxP0n4oA
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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First, there were flashes;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYQT5m24uD
then, the images;162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrYz23mWTV
then, the memory of coming back.
Yssi.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSIHYq9lC7
Who?! Who’s there?162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrirVqDXBLP
You can save them.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrNsjMhr3N
I can't! I can't!162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4R0ZmsVAPc
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When!?162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsXnwawXmy
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AND IT WASN'T ENOUGH!162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlOL4VDqSx
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How?162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDHbQYAwuD
Was I not for you?162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21dvQqfGLe
Lyn...162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOq94qoWrF
What do you think of yourself? Failure?162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiprJhaAQOE
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I failed as well.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfmEdhf8P3
You didn’t!162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDUZSC7LYL
I couldn’t finish my lessons.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWci3pTVGB
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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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLrpqX3aWx
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?!162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsbMbHlZId
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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFkDkomqY7
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...162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1s5S0AyE3s
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.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4sQctmZJT
But I...-162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAZMP1Gy6e
Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMurARWeO6e
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXr6Em7wGng
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85tEHvobQI
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.”162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPKUIt88P8
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!162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xulOhXgDM
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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+!162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDQWHgX2tk
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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!
