“To Time, Death meant nothing.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmzQY0q0cC
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.”116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAgpu6z6LZ
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.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLwQTJcWIQ
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYNVuBbI6c
and it is said that It held a Name,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3P1fpGTnE
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;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38RG9o8vmg
It was a person who knew of Hurt;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MjOc2Watf
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,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXquwLJUa88
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,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGKTFigDkD
unto then,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1VD2JJ4yv
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUH2KwzqWi
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk25PHVJzgv
along expressions of simplism,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8qxwbYDi2
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYErtZSJfw
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQ84V0EDuf
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwR9PwGquH
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRwKI5WfR9
an Invocation nay common-used,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVz6A1XWAd8
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrgPPiDTGG
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqrjzIAwFQ
nay in the worlds It had been;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcaSnHglga
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02TbvedAcq
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5apLXDq3VE
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcJ09MHNqc
garnished with maggots;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCZeft6GBU
scum, festered in waste;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhoFqh6Xd7
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;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWKQNxW4WP
molded, and retched,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8Cg3g6uV0
from the recesses of Her stomach;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtM1QR1EsnE
to the orifice of Her mouth;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMaljcpBe2
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,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gtFxigoIZ
and fell into a hole:116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxtEOLBcdX
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,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnuKwlJGyf
and as a result,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpL9RUP7GG
She stumbled once more.
-ack! Get it together! Now's not the time to trip over a corpse!
Then, She thought to hide;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxnSgUoYBV
then, She thought to run;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXhaUNtUoW
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,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarh5EUWxwV
however resilient-116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pDtHNYBoc
no different from the town that made it;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZtEs4mHwu
it held significance in change;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi224C5wfge
with Time, it could be a location;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxKCvVw4KX
for now, it was merely progress;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGI99BlT57
with Death... it is stagnant:116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9H5aGWECi
interesting, Death;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMbKO2G2Y8
some call it Change,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkszgrK7dI
some say it Static;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FqWpgUi0U
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
She wanted for focus;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHZThzJq3Z
formulated plans,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjhBDNEwD3
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;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxwdIe1VyZ
it was known to Her,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgtqOMNtpP
for She lacked Intelligence;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7YKlPSwCR
She lacked Wisdom;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGhxZtQyK1
She lacked Wit;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAe0w1vvEZ
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it was all known,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcP6Q32MVL3
and yet, now,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWl0sDsHwXm
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;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6aQOOoUnU
far it be known of poor quality;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsdlkMP7wa
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?
‘Thinking’ was the trait She had every right to oppose;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOCDl8aOsQ
She was a manner of being who would simply ‘do’;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6h8sUtMuek
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!116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡta32ICYFzr
“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYeWCWwgOf
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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;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJSY4OcRte
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;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVi5MleNT8
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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:116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNQyONhqdf
a loss to mindful thoughts;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowzuuYynwt
relinquish claim to Her own mind;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHAfHXZzob
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8cCUUP7po
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
Her hands bled;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAU7tDKoUH7
this was a mistake:116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KafqhSObW
it only hurt Herself;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30RZfr9lKp
Her hands bled;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOoupjBN0s
Her fingers trembled;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVUQvTrjna
Her nails creaked;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPycbe0sx4L
to counteract the door,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8hZZWMNDz
She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
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simple,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35KQXPEo8b
unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUYaMUgDPe
‘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,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyHAwPwp7a
a small copse of trees, spread,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFr3smZ7vRb
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMHvN7kyOY
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.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzuX5pSpOj
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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,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExMAMlgcGY
that spoke a language unknown,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNh5oWeFtV
yet strong Intent behind words;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9bAp4HjKf
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
The voice kept speaking,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhMrC69ohu
as She consoled;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3HscgscYW
hushed;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMEjnC4fsy
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfRLXFMbrt
much like It;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDddbTynl6X
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvCbqMnf1W
She refused to let It claim the child;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAwNHiA8DH
for shame that in Darkness,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnayQ7QjLR
Her Eyes held little sight:116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLsMgTWJZI
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;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurEQx9LuYg
not for Death;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmQcz0jwqr
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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;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFd7B52x1OO
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VMgFNiFHk
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fY4yrfh9l
She’ll lash forward, trying to catch as many as She can;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56LXuynaKO
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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but celebration forth-coming;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBi1vo0E6W
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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!
Roots with thorns;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVM3TitCuj
boundless teeth;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06fSMB4IBk
made to tear,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7XVaJOmkE
and made to eat;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzABgh0sIlw
to Her, they were needles;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJree0jjckQ
to Her, they were useful;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIsODSPnGN
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;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQnAoLATiv
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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!
Her tears were a-let down;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOIMqxw4Kf
they fell in disappointment,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcSNafUMOj
and CRASHED unto the floor;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4TEUsKe9g
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTJ9M61lfR
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrdnjjHGGh
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCLxv7FFU7
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;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjzzhOswOb
for She hated none in this world; she was kind;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4s3vkvLVq
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;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYg3KmggOFT
She is soon to be taken;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMas026Jtk
Time wished to stake its claim;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdvA3l0n7U
yet Her Soul belonged to It;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCphW8H7qwU
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BV1YtFlko
It could not be denied;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QGfgAlNh4
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNzCnXi25k
Life.
What was that childish name they used to mock me with?116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTLiqI7FUi
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;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPO999abYeq
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNpSWxkwx6
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ772oq8uSta
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMgwCVhxJa
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvPmAOcEPr
familiar, to it, but not;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5Uiei1GIZ
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;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoNo5z7vUC
wherefore it had to be someone else:116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9cYZa18fC
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiactJmi3xt
it had the same name- but it was someone else;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kbGxPXwpK
the exact same name- but it was someone else;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6m18h2iSM
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
That could be why, that as she died, she could not recognize It:116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8jNlguVej
not because It had become different,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmmlfDFvjh
but because she was someone else;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKJ35NaxMz
not because It wore a mask;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDtB2ZZNBR
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVJObW6gOh
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLe8XPyZAC
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;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohtcImzStL
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something inside broke to compensate.
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where stars roam,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5D4qh6lPJM
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYv4B96Rd4g
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.”116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt41JRQVO1e
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbeWsnxduQ
there was no regret,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZIUuG14Me
for regret could not be forgiven;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMgtFgUObi
It held a strong position,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSL25V3MJgb
where Good was done,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57DocFhnzL
where Good could happen,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pRAEMzciz
where a Soul could be saved;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvza18RsTT
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to regret would be to forget,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FAZaKTHPx
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;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1UPKFk0Ks
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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 images;116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBhV1nNVQx
then, the memory of coming back.
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Who?! Who’s there?116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2w9iCYuKPL
You can save them.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblnvz0kpCc
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Lyn...116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkMlnzYPRC
What do you think of yourself? Failure?116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIwTT32BSZ
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I failed as well.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXloznObIg
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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.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Wlpj9q0hD
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?!116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnaRATKMaf
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.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghN9X5OCrL
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...116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNHQKjLgQQ
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.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLmwQD4Z1t
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Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeApPG4fjBI
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6dMYPf9rE
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWvnJKojvI
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.”116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yRno5yAxO
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!116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPRpD6AqKj
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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+!116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblAVYoeqfp
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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!
