“To Time, Death meant nothing.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSos0jV77jc
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.”126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3SAhStXwL
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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zXM5DW1CG
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONntS5xuBj
and it is said that It held a Name,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHcFSzHgHD
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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHM1Mc5cH86
It was a person who knew of Hurt;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8COGSbWGG
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,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcj4SP3dPf
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,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0rpE0qVDX
unto then,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmZNFAgrNg
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5l7uWP5H9
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgrNsxb7y1
along expressions of simplism,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvNv4CRpvq
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPuK49heyN
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKlIX5DaGL
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNhKs8eO0K
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYHB9RTaNo
an Invocation nay common-used,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPf5dTVw24s
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3ebfadJBi
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8a7EIcDCW
nay in the worlds It had been;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKcNiYDrd8
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydMaWodAcf
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd09HFoq2AI
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEIm5ysddE
garnished with maggots;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6c2tZt3ns
scum, festered in waste;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCMSTbRfNJ
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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapV9nCJiYa
molded, and retched,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAcn3rR7vL
from the recesses of Her stomach;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4CVq1r1ba
to the orifice of Her mouth;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjmj3sPcau
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,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvjS7epgqg
and fell into a hole:126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Mfnk3VDy6
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,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3a7yoz5oom
and as a result,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCik79mhB1
She stumbled once more.
-ack! Get it together! Now's not the time to trip over a corpse!
Then, She thought to hide;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IlFop5lti
then, She thought to run;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡii09ddUtBt
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,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6m3w2WKBMO
however resilient-126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodKZqnUPTz
no different from the town that made it;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNlaDKOUNj
it held significance in change;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFpgyN1J2D
with Time, it could be a location;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlzkClnZBC
for now, it was merely progress;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXysaTborz
with Death... it is stagnant:126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifJYZpaPv0
interesting, Death;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSLxlTWenv
some call it Change,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6pumcqy0U
some say it Static;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDb7VPPMV0
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
She wanted for focus;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWHRMWzRL2
formulated plans,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXJcDTTixO
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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm76gAzkOCi
it was known to Her,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VJyVj4rwv
for She lacked Intelligence;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsqSWzUgiT
She lacked Wisdom;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfK3opsyIaj
She lacked Wit;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZP9rBP2WV0
She had no Tact;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkn7d5cuzxW
it was all known,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUQRsZjtDX
and yet, now,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf41JvBrwVY
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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyBPj4wGoV
far it be known of poor quality;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Ygei3McLc
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’;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerOjYSdjz8
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!
She spoke words kind to newfound allies;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3xyKqi93p
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!126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2KnzaLgPe
“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzejsWxOwTW
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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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAUp968QXY
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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0sjN59ICf
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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:126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSBCxJu7gf
a loss to mindful thoughts;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjH09ED8vSN
relinquish claim to Her own mind;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYQUHILZEG
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUU4DXRAyQx
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
Her hands bled;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCVYfacJ47
this was a mistake:126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KMjayKFSn
it only hurt Herself;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoSgxqaZWu
Her hands bled;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJo31EzAKM
Her fingers trembled;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmySwA6vbE
Her nails creaked;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtHyzah5Qo
to counteract the door,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeaYEotA0MD
She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
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simple,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mzWX2vnrv
unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdsv2NblyH
‘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,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcW2b26dPO
a small copse of trees, spread,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyjPUaRYSq
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiTQLP5bkQ
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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZHTTRpRY0
Time? Distance? Space?126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhhZeVs8Gq
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,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQVkc4ij72
that spoke a language unknown,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7qnu6TiRv
yet strong Intent behind words;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgrsVYmGvI
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
The voice kept speaking,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBhTgKBpDV
as She consoled;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfMUvLqqK6
hushed;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUXJv0Bh8l
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoMY9hvm73
much like It;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEnRCR8V1w
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOJeT0KOja
She refused to let It claim the child;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwIe3OqDgd
for shame that in Darkness,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7Bz7gv9o2
Her Eyes held little sight:126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsD0SzYIgWV
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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8zUbYLf5x
not for Death;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5zLhH0nw6
They hated It the most;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Y5R509xBn
It had been problematic to Them;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8AfWYUHy1
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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDoNhh3VUL
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Storm:126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5LNZkEQhi
the Thoughts alert- they fly;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGMvdwREmL
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArsElZVkK6
She’ll lash forward, trying to catch as many as She can;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaAZ2ulSoc
yet only at its latest moment, has She noticed the ‘why’.
THEY’RE OUTSIDE! PLANTS, PLEASE! HELP ME! PLEASE!!!
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mask;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡescdKxRcDm
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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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukEEorJvKG
She had long awaited it;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkYqENpAMm
She anticipated as it came;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcx2BGzG05f
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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPNrW9NfwU
boundless teeth;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXCNDluiS4
made to tear,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOcrlE8NxB
and made to eat;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtMGREu6w0
to Her, they were needles;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNDuy9WuXf
to Her, they were useful;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtmNvVFiFC
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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UUacOrqiO
anticipation set;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDI8x7Ox8ja
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,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXVzMCmEvO
and CRASHED unto the floor;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1zWq8o2TY
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNXPkDK306
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI63S9CRThy
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMKFikKuVT
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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxD6yEHhIys
for She hated none in this world; she was kind;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRAr912dVV
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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23J94uHvp6
She is soon to be taken;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVN4ZEEpXh
Time wished to stake its claim;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgsUoZLuw1
yet Her Soul belonged to It;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuMIfbe0gm
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOF9dLpglKy
It could not be denied;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9vqN1fQie
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMKC9TiIis
Life.
What was that childish name they used to mock me with?126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQGUyHY4u5
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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMrrI8q1IF
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gm7648qom
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8Dpkxfzb7
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBODpzB56ui
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKm6KGpHuZ
familiar, to it, but not;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdq0TptdSQ
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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwy1qmFq3Kv
wherefore it had to be someone else:126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Oq9GSDati
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWc4jxnPgJ
it had the same name- but it was someone else;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWqLLkKvNk
the exact same name- but it was someone else;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFf8KP7Jqj
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
That could be why, that as she died, she could not recognize It:126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8CnNtfPTx
not because It had become different,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhn0q6Y21CK
but because she was someone else;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4qkjRakAw
not because It wore a mask;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WUOrF5xBr
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMUYL7Mjkn
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73chaztIfN
something crawled from the inside, looking to escape- like spiders, webbing fate:
“It’s me. It’s Yssi.”
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small cracks were not enough;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPsHPJ1bFC
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It could decidedly not;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpj4PHY5ssR
It had to break;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZEfTfQH8N
It decided to not;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTadojRHPf
and from there,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugwEsQrIXV
something inside broke to compensate.
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where stars roam,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQA4LuMFVu4
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNBCKNgEcs
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.”126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcswKBwak12
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9mv2MZofN
there was no regret,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrwuJPNl0R
for regret could not be forgiven;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0o1Yex3sb
It held a strong position,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelTdlHfY0S
where Good was done,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjLH6jyTwz
where Good could happen,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPw7vAxmSem
where a Soul could be saved;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBY9vQAbRbD
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to regret would be to forget,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfj20Q62Ahr
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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3VmCb3U09
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She could not see;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7zCrNDjWM
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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5nP5n884K
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;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAmkRU584S
then, the images;126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJKd5dzyhQ
then, the memory of coming back.
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Who?! Who’s there?126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLa1MHO4EQk
You can save them.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DnudgnCHY
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You did all you could.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYhsz3455F
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Was I not for you?126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtkKQdxUUf
Lyn...126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09y8PABZ14
What do you think of yourself? Failure?126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVWexuBSCv
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I failed as well.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXi4QDnVzI
You didn’t!126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOg29eeTcwx
I couldn’t finish my lessons.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0utAFVJZr
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5noGR67bcT
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?!126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpTacawV1y
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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uDVDhaK41
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...126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrQDNFijWG
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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVciott2bn
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Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Nj04020IW
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtcZZN8WHP
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgHZClBwjG
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.”126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTI2KIysEht
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!126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHSk5kPxDy
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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+!126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xAINJ2Kpb
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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!
