“To Time, Death meant nothing.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAwpJRJJgP
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.”167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHzjI9NhcY
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.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1SaNKS2s7
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTXIsJDVpL
and it is said that It held a Name,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxQMfiZuRF
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;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqLby25QSB
It was a person who knew of Hurt;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDs5eoi3ixm
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,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxER0xZkroj
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,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHuZ9rNDNC
unto then,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvtOcOLj9D
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52obeeslR3
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjjYG6iZov
along expressions of simplism,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zwpsiWg0e
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8WyJAEVeS
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iXvWTW5WZ
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL17QYk7KW6
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRHNMpXXab
an Invocation nay common-used,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSblwjaewc
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLbNFjnJZ1
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hLiTrv31u
nay in the worlds It had been;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeaMxwe8NVo
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvAu9wWTfI
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoxJkhliL4
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNVbAcwGhi
garnished with maggots;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZ9dzYNjlc
scum, festered in waste;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Nc6QzdNNF
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;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVVUUFnWLf
molded, and retched,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPBmctxuxL
from the recesses of Her stomach;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuf3P1S5Zc1
to the orifice of Her mouth;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BbP0bgnQi
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,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEdMQ5PQ3x
and fell into a hole:167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4ezsKwXGe
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,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XagTOXWyx
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;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlVgM365nc
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,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0qb7zqUBf
however resilient-167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjdTG2q3Fh
no different from the town that made it;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqbZlahpcm
it held significance in change;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtbJARuTdb
with Time, it could be a location;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPdddaHnbu
for now, it was merely progress;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYbUy1qBj7
with Death... it is stagnant:167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71DmDBfeDu
interesting, Death;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡux00aprTpg
some call it Change,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZv6xf0reF
some say it Static;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBLm0JyLNS
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3PgdvL0pA
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;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3Cf7SrJs4
it was known to Her,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYT3J3nvOki
for She lacked Intelligence;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlo9bJKMa7
She lacked Wisdom;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDqiZ2cMj3
She lacked Wit;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoYnEyaFrh
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it was all known,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8JBxa1F50
and yet, now,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5DNkjkpA3
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;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSj4wmzG4d
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’;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZG8UvqZMf
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!167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WBYapEV5j
“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;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVLdYEJCzQ
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;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLrmV4868E
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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:167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMw3YgL83S
a loss to mindful thoughts;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1xRzu50JC
relinquish claim to Her own mind;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMX0Kol8NlA
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNTWJjdUlE
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
Her hands bled;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DSkm5f1m2
this was a mistake:167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEpELnMcyG
it only hurt Herself;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXJMQzzKkk
Her hands bled;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0RAi5v93O
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to counteract the door,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0u9dl6jQp
She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
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unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJC7VGswovn
‘If, on a whim, Nature were notioned to destruction... do you think you would be protected, within your sedentary, sedimentary homes?’
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a small copse of trees, spread,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTb8vfRedJe
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVmTndLrum
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.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PUzQhlCvZ
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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,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfVkjXdNpG
that spoke a language unknown,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRCGsLnxfw
yet strong Intent behind words;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RSktEFsEl
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
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as She consoled;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe22jYkvID
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lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMF4gi8L5u
much like It;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf72lLAHSZ6
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnakjZtIXm
She refused to let It claim the child;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfTohCPBrq
for shame that in Darkness,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjSdotMmZf
Her Eyes held little sight:167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBq99OYNjXp
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;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3H7HjP8U1
not for Death;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOTtCkWqI1
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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;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92Ax8R3RkB
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFUskWxrjm
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yet only at its latest moment, has She noticed the ‘why’.
THEY’RE OUTSIDE! PLANTS, PLEASE! HELP ME! PLEASE!!!
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from seeking
Forget being quiet! It’s already an emergency- but that’s good; gives me options! Like... like... what do people normally do?! Call a doctor? No, you- UGH! Something I can do... um... it’s uhm... umm... closing the wound! Sewing! Yes! I GOT IT! I GOT IT! I DID IT!
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this... ‘moment’.
But- plants! Plant’s fibre! Oh my goodness- I’m actually smart right now! I’m- okay, breathe! Breathe! Breathe... huff... okay! Okay- okay! So if I take a strand of fibre from a plant! I can use it as thread! Then I just need needle! Oh, I’m actually doing it! I’m actually going to save someone for once! Yes! YES! I can save someone!
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boundless teeth;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSN51wXhG7
made to tear,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkCcoZersZ
and made to eat;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCFSHNVi8y
to Her, they were needles;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFfgB2FdN9
to Her, they were useful;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4M3n5ofwtP
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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anticipation set;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaIFB9i8sQ
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,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyFiSrITSF
and CRASHED unto the floor;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPE8NovkuY
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlBqnmkdua
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbgJEFGlYO
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnA7ajn5IA5
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!
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for She hated none in this world; she was kind;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0Sz0M4s2T
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;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAS1uysnxu3
Time wished to stake its claim;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZDuyUkl7J
yet Her Soul belonged to It;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAR8Tr3LLZ
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4RPIys5rH
It could not be denied;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLag6IfuAw1
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkkJewwYPV
Life.
What was that childish name they used to mock me with?167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiH3s82r8D
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;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyD98lyrdzg
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVF34gsx1AG
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGngjQC932
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZDz8pj69B
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm13CR8jzu3
familiar, to it, but not;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhPR2yp7QP
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;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡho97oHOuem
wherefore it had to be someone else:167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWzZwPRwyi
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNwuQGtPAJ
it had the same name- but it was someone else;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LnNNhPulv
the exact same name- but it was someone else;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCBq4uJyFO
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
That could be why, that as she died, she could not recognize It:167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQzNhxNypo
not because It had become different,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIBNZHoh3x
but because she was someone else;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6uSza2cBy
not because It wore a mask;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwo5uYa49z
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43ZHEjj6uk
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0S0caY3WsY
something crawled from the inside, looking to escape- like spiders, webbing fate:
“It’s me. It’s Yssi.”
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It had to break;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hlMGUF5MS
It decided to not;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUV79nqcYvI
and from there,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tWgEmxjnn
something inside broke to compensate.
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where stars roam,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2g0NMHRmC
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrQ0uPA8M8
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.”167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VPbGKmKhK
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0H9Eu4Dla
there was no regret,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8M3reQBV50
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where Good was done,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NRaUIAKvJ
where Good could happen,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjd3sJZPGJk
where a Soul could be saved;167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwRM3jw76X
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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 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.
Yssi.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpn1RCUjecS
Who?! Who’s there?167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhkqUwpvlV
You can save them.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUiJ0404n6
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Lyn...167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QBrzshg0x
What do you think of yourself? Failure?167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM00aXcEM4P
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I failed as well.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTE2ERhMzmG
You didn’t!167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzK9YZrreS
I couldn’t finish my lessons.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kKQSlmJvD
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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.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxTE8roN07
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?!167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYEg2znWvw
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.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OzpzdX1Wz
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...167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfufFWKWyIb
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.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDoGMkcHDU
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Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyffKX0eSuQ
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9YI87ekiT
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsT67BOz9tf
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.”167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RPbseD1Nx
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!167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIA8oUv6hb
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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+!167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbpjtipzj2
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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!
