“To Time, Death meant nothing.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUvyGf6Bvv
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.”115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjwq831uFj
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.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRddrpHBdb
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6n2pDaqBQP
and it is said that It held a Name,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6Hu21sa2B
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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCGXXSyMGQ
It was a person who knew of Hurt;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMSH6FT6z3
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,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUtUm5bK9G
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,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfMReLREdp
unto then,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2TTvpwVRT
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJFAwBk2qa
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vMSKUBK1M
along expressions of simplism,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iqMORyjJ3
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90ZEYzws3d
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8yCz0Bcet
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4saVwpr2kN
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBblWBBxTx
an Invocation nay common-used,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFUMf5TTYt
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxWjlLbddh
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PrbaAqGMp
nay in the worlds It had been;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduR9UzXcI9
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7XkvmPMeT
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4LFYnmhr9
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39GTkf7RDL
garnished with maggots;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7eLVw8CHw
scum, festered in waste;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwf4kMr3qFW
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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTmevIHVue
molded, and retched,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96EKEPdRNv
from the recesses of Her stomach;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspldFjTaKv
to the orifice of Her mouth;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtEpnOc5kn
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,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlXx44vu4f
and fell into a hole:115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBA0rHqnnB
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,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjm2oIvxGFH
and as a result,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPefRUuhbzH
She stumbled once more.
-ack! Get it together! Now's not the time to trip over a corpse!
Then, She thought to hide;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcho0WidVf
then, She thought to run;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡma1DCPMH1X
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,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYG3a11BNI
however resilient-115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2D0C3wuk1m
no different from the town that made it;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQIyeqe9ni
it held significance in change;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzJi6xme0A
with Time, it could be a location;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEJAZzCrFA
for now, it was merely progress;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0hcuwoT5P
with Death... it is stagnant:115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MuknshhUX
interesting, Death;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMgN33pOz7
some call it Change,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhkWYUivys
some say it Static;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDXlh1d5Rw
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
She wanted for focus;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEsfA8t0Js
formulated plans,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yjQX74IMA
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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX27UgQqGG5
it was known to Her,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVSAPDW4qM
for She lacked Intelligence;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pqrUfmpjo
She lacked Wisdom;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkM8f2JmLB
She lacked Wit;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyCPaqe259
She had no Tact;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLB91jKDqjY
it was all known,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanyFdlwXCF
and yet, now,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMSZmY6Nk5
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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5lW5aSNzE
far it be known of poor quality;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVl0KnzSpc9
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’;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8T59Xvfhm8
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!115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnfMKR7gH1
“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAimB6KCJ3
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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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qL4rz7nvr
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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlgrZHNXqw
it comes from the right;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZ1mxyAA3u
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:115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoItQyn6u1
a loss to mindful thoughts;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqz2bIIx2w
relinquish claim to Her own mind;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHNR2z8DSR
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCv4V2YpKu
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
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this was a mistake:115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavAcwEp42E
it only hurt Herself;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Bu7j5KICx
Her hands bled;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVzxRxDuPI
Her fingers trembled;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDufxSZh49
Her nails creaked;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAq71j8ux7
to counteract the door,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe66kWQEld6
She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
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simple,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9losZtnpjh
unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGBfvkNllW
‘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,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACwzPOC76z
a small copse of trees, spread,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3wkbcYcQV
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68UauhQdhP
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.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWChJyJxCQ
Time? Distance? Space?115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3Qkza6HVT
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,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhjZaMgR4i
that spoke a language unknown,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Zd2wc8p0W
yet strong Intent behind words;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoC0Vsfordr
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
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as She consoled;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDdXrrmPNB
hushed;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5HjVTy5NU
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguPHMfdJ68
much like It;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn12NwwL7ha
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3HaxU78H9
She refused to let It claim the child;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zmCkB13gB
for shame that in Darkness,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xYjGaeTlf
Her Eyes held little sight:115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9nsice0r7
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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuuHObQcNB
not for Death;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8nIrr0UGG
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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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0QfdfWoTT
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRzyN1cPrQ
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHLxNI9eZy
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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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mask;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDIyqrVwoC
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hide;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGIU4kreWG
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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2DmvpcHIi
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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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofi2KTpnnr
boundless teeth;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19KkTwAn13
made to tear,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc82tLZqaOI
and made to eat;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmvoFwBLCg
to Her, they were needles;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnbBHipjBY
to Her, they were useful;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXOny4N9SJ
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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVNSD3ZM6R
anticipation set;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwLX3nz4NE
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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3zXlMr1ws
they fell in disappointment,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqJA2C9zBN
and CRASHED unto the floor;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbMl7RijX8
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpL6MhJh1r
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSt50mxpZDu
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvDTodgGOa
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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9xJ2fRG0t
for She hated none in this world; she was kind;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxg20TzN7z1
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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWiKMJd8R1
She is soon to be taken;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRpCy3J9rZ
Time wished to stake its claim;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeQtroYu3B
yet Her Soul belonged to It;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcDriJjgO8
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2pPfvzaOb
It could not be denied;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfCTQCKUIw
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHfRoh2Gdp
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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGqDfwtCEs
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmClLLfkhUz
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhps2yzJ73
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM50TE5ZTpb
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNCGG5M1gj
familiar, to it, but not;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFVtVSJtLr
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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCWuO1x6OH
wherefore it had to be someone else:115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7XytC7bgQ
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwip7IA8vW
it had the same name- but it was someone else;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlauPdn7TM
the exact same name- but it was someone else;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5HFl4iPbD
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
That could be why, that as she died, she could not recognize It:115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaDBp3j9Sk
not because It had become different,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7ROwb6u21
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not because It wore a mask;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyRZ1RHvca
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuY75qPcwK2
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbty6YZnzse
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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGa2ucjbNwX
It had to break;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6Og00uDpU
It decided to not;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWDHrQrIpy
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something inside broke to compensate.
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whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KYN0ih2Pc
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.”115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVTy7UMMtp
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyx7ztj1k1
there was no regret,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBihdWtj89
for regret could not be forgiven;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyq8On5S5ZN
It held a strong position,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITje5nPPxg
where Good was done,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkhBrq7JLF
where Good could happen,115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2b2nfEdiM
where a Soul could be saved;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SfQSkDNZF
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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;115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyb0kY40IO
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She might as well have been dead.
I- huff- I can't- I can't- why is everything so fuzzy?!
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lost it.
My ears are ringing- what’s happening!?
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shortness of breath.
Help- help me- help me, PLEASE!
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numbness.
I can’t f- I can’t f- wha-ah-ah-ah-
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and the cure?
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Nothing can be done.
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then, the memory of coming back.
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Who?! Who’s there?115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfXupvMjxp
You can save them.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNx9obCcSa
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Was I not for you?115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDxf7Em2Gu
Lyn...115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlS82Y7ZZH2
What do you think of yourself? Failure?115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFOs1Foe1k
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I failed as well.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBmXdzdmlA
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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.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrEMoSaPdF
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?!115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHQ8KUnTEY
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.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUUfTXM633
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...115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4yoYTin0Z
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.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2Td4E78f7
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Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCbXJ5hi0b
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsr6fDPmSu
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJS7z6foFgz
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.”115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xue20KQWC
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!115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqFJ0tQxeb
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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+!115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7nSr8Uu8N
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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!
