“To Time, Death meant nothing.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWE6eZpOubn
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.”140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DxvxBj6FW
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.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHmCaevt9h
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBGWUNIWsK
and it is said that It held a Name,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIU9ZXQU2v
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!
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It was a person who knew of Hurt;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0w2LOq4Lj
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,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjdRJ2aJLc
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,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBCiEkpdMT
unto then,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIN3ss6DgPp
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tVkFUTqay
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32waDj730y
along expressions of simplism,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHMAsxq8hk
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkivC2q9d8
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2PpgXOn8C
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5XxP6RUKI
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqkyi6fUiu
an Invocation nay common-used,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtQ7dcr7qz
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFL9ybvEN4M
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVW6AddhL0J
nay in the worlds It had been;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1txVib3SS
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOX7yB6kux
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROtPLoyayR
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQavETNocLM
garnished with maggots;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFFufHkWUT
scum, festered in waste;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gIIQiGjT0
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;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoDrC56874
molded, and retched,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeZV5teAoo
from the recesses of Her stomach;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhG6WgjdA5
to the orifice of Her mouth;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9JtB4MPRT
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,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMN003oUHl
and fell into a hole:140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2QbdCf8Ot
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,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqDkfEHFBZ
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;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCoOc5f8Rn
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,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSeNPLaheX
however resilient-140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZSMnCY7iK
no different from the town that made it;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGquRMzMZwc
it held significance in change;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ09JyfnX6G
with Time, it could be a location;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrlPMfe6TX
for now, it was merely progress;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvucYkGe1Pr
with Death... it is stagnant:140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCt0tpzZpf
interesting, Death;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsOHbtXcKD
some call it Change,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67yfAVoDPb
some say it Static;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSkLKcJjkl
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoJcfmxV6R
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;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklpVme3f8o
it was known to Her,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQI5gAWyDq
for She lacked Intelligence;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzY0BpGa5XK
She lacked Wisdom;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFVgGK7RJf
She lacked Wit;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzr8cBSuSs
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it was all known,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9Ghywygep
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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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far it be known of poor quality;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTeRprMbHO
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’;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDHGnKClvb
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!140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsY9jNoNUKg
“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
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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;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIe7XrsyveZ
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;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XNk4G8msk
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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:140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1Y4zN4J84
a loss to mindful thoughts;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEI8D8Dubkw
relinquish claim to Her own mind;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoPegMA8H8
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hbYjCyH5i
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
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this was a mistake:140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZWM2xorfW
it only hurt Herself;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlv0LR61Xo
Her hands bled;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwjBUy4Hvq
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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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simple,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyOCXIzK0P
unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37tv0un6CJ
‘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,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKPwdhSVgX
a small copse of trees, spread,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYByJ4ujTn5
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZeLfgfTaI
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.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAk9VNQmh9
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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,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXicEsp5H8
that spoke a language unknown,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZq63pw4hfB
yet strong Intent behind words;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DbXwzka4g
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
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as She consoled;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcEhH1Au06
hushed;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCTiUtBVwr
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzuJGQDtUM
much like It;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC04kYo0VXZ
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQGXy2YjVs
She refused to let It claim the child;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmavfV7eC1U
for shame that in Darkness,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78v1PrkGcC
Her Eyes held little sight:140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2vKxd6wwi
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;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWysIbyswn
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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;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB57HlJJWRh
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tCW27euSE
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzj1TRh99iV
She’ll lash forward, trying to catch as many as She can;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKT6Q2VTG8N
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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She anticipated as it came;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHoJN9hYrM
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;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQb8Rk91LGq
made to tear,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjt7p4JHRsB
and made to eat;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUKMfS7IWa
to Her, they were needles;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrfQNoQAkV
to Her, they were useful;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbltGBHVuN
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;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNUSYiOUb6
anticipation set;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOsDcBqhoT
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,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJwuEcVFmy
and CRASHED unto the floor;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8I2KUylHSE
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkSnKCbQyw
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7RG9O5uiK
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPN5ob9kt0
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;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUjb9t4Ube
for She hated none in this world; she was kind;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mSqBSMJr8
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;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXdiEuyTdu
Time wished to stake its claim;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cYKPmtCwL
yet Her Soul belonged to It;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3Nj2t1HON
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxHbdMoyKr
It could not be denied;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlM2hcnx1e
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxu8uCmNMH6
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;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiI38DkSJwX
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZWdQIQ7B5
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBQUsXdubj
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL83SPeNBDL
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTF5oiOwicP
familiar, to it, but not;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRr96pXKBG7
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;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNlBkzmBMn
wherefore it had to be someone else:140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOAfQQzoYb
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiosuX0QmPG
it had the same name- but it was someone else;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡos79IJeSCM
the exact same name- but it was someone else;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3wt1FSf0A
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
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not because It had become different,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeRvyXvliZ
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not because It wore a mask;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8zz795ve1
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XtZctH67K
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFIVTgqQaU
something crawled from the inside, looking to escape- like spiders, webbing fate:
“It’s me. It’s Yssi.”
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It decided to not;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Y0t5FIW1n
and from there,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DXtmc7T05
something inside broke to compensate.
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where stars roam,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KB7WPWHD5
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdll54HDWa
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.”140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpi4BxCLsA
Grim 3:61
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there was no regret,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsLpSi7HHi
for regret could not be forgiven;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtG3QQpIO7
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where Good was done,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0psB157SV
where Good could happen,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXPAXA2bvh
where a Soul could be saved;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyiebcfLag
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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;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhurxvdSTI
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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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First, there were flashes;140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbMFULEo53
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then, the memory of coming back.
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You can save them.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfWlkqmN2o
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Lyn...140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPy82Lx31W
What do you think of yourself? Failure?140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaBcHIxMvb
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I failed as well.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOT7028H7rb
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I couldn’t finish my lessons.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5W5OHBYLSi
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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.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7ypcNADgZ
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?!140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bFwNlFD8e
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.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6plWd6TO56
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...140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01R8sPBDMJ
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.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmo5XBInOz
But I...-140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CV6FgNzRX
Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNfIMg7CMu
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGuud9F31C
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLH4vLTB798
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.”140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcGJuySsgU
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!140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3hXfrhPZH
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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+!140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAy2F1Xz4H4
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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!
