“To Time, Death meant nothing.168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3xQL0cccq
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.”168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxJTpKcbU7
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.168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrVshEluz0
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSELm8tGOsH
and it is said that It held a Name,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZANdnecnH
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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIOqamvO3w
It was a person who knew of Hurt;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqCd608hjW
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,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LOUuwGhjP
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,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17BrH8RqaV
unto then,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLww6cxROm
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkbt7HHNQK
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZT3nhUwnH
along expressions of simplism,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlppwNGAzb
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlgGcW4GXl
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6ehjTk0aS
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoj93E02BFV
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtr65lHbD3T
an Invocation nay common-used,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUhsSLMErP
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkL6HhsQ8g
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoGdLSyCIB
nay in the worlds It had been;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGZgpsO4fF
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXfYZKu03v
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPvmMfJ6VD
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmFrufxrh9
garnished with maggots;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Vqa96tzPx
scum, festered in waste;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqJsvLiRmi
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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmO5tOHZwMX
molded, and retched,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldk7aZSUP0
from the recesses of Her stomach;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgu4N5kB5Gf
to the orifice of Her mouth;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcyHgSNHgu
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,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8G7uSTefD9
and fell into a hole:168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRZvz3sWMZ
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,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4b1homQAV5
and as a result,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpzPVf7Jgv
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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaJqe1ntzd
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,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ24Fk1SJZD
however resilient-168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiA2kJpAWCX
no different from the town that made it;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNw033E3Yl
it held significance in change;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOi6B3C0lc
with Time, it could be a location;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJV58qWSpb
for now, it was merely progress;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxAiYvnSuT
with Death... it is stagnant:168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWBxLeYk3i
interesting, Death;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanNaYz7jAm
some call it Change,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykvHrfJHqV
some say it Static;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nu1YuPau4
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CSSljijyi
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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0X4khETFX
it was known to Her,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAF9HX3fk0v
for She lacked Intelligence;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOv0cbjTgWF
She lacked Wisdom;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1TKu70U44
She lacked Wit;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoaFdjSxiC
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it was all known,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGJEhA8X3B
and yet, now,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9q1JG4e14
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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYVJAPKHts
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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’;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXh3gaROvX
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!168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOV22C6hUS
“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zVcpqx3Ui
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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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLiZA9zK4H
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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHgtx2oWaj
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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:168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7U9F22UFNx
a loss to mindful thoughts;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxDIsMLE4a
relinquish claim to Her own mind;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnf3wBseehC
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRleIKUHVz
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
Her hands bled;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanVEjzTHcs
this was a mistake:168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDSg3dUUfF
it only hurt Herself;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4KHlgEFQp
Her hands bled;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdauFGdBGW
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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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unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYN0Hkolemy
‘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,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8YdQrhgg2
a small copse of trees, spread,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQ7ddYwOW4
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AquQOo5UO
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.168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCQQNAeD3m
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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,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtajmadE8z
that spoke a language unknown,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI03KESV1P8
yet strong Intent behind words;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3wyok00Pg
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
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as She consoled;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVBNElgaK1
hushed;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcckJQS4fcE
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡft9esawfcq
much like It;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIouhzPOG2m
however more youthful.
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She refused to let It claim the child;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ftCkMkmsq
for shame that in Darkness,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYCIL6wJy1
Her Eyes held little sight:168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rZX2LlCl7
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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWZU9XqTYz
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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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKejJAIZ7B
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaFx95qIfy
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She’ll lash forward, trying to catch as many as She can;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uqtk72dER
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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gSuS34g4l
made to tear,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOoxRcO2Wt
and made to eat;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugcRti1J1s
to Her, they were needles;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEihjr5utf
to Her, they were useful;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3YlQP7tOT
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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tHlugKEn9
anticipation set;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70BDfgakJk
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,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwauaYJMcn
and CRASHED unto the floor;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiIC70ViDE
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hGHeRbM2E
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0beaL1qJ8G
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCTqjPWdhD
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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUfusIszZS
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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPypV3Uo3ut
Time wished to stake its claim;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2s7mwKkgu
yet Her Soul belonged to It;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vy1e7scxz
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It held governance over Death, and, by extension,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDrUGY8xwr
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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLx7ZIdSMmj
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsSOwem9wq
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPWOGCQKVj
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7y0Es2VqOX
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4hPrsJLKT
familiar, to it, but not;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlb3GTo5Ct
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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdv2nj6lssf
wherefore it had to be someone else:168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KU8C80J4M
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszRn1UIIjb
it had the same name- but it was someone else;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVLMdpN0Zw
the exact same name- but it was someone else;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPD4dX3Vhq
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
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not because It had become different,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6nRCRqY8w
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not because It wore a mask;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLcR5r0YO2
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHdQkSwUYx
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSgfgF6ImJ
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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVf5V8iLtWN
It had to break;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNtnRrTI1b
It decided to not;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpSmKxygBE
and from there,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQrmKJlOd6
something inside broke to compensate.
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where stars roam,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBjPsLGqlc
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wll4skMek
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.”168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAP39PAXN8
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1pNqLnJjg
there was no regret,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLsaoryC1n
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where Good was done,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmy7kwD8sh6
where Good could happen,168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXPDj06wQO
where a Soul could be saved;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARsY6XJhiM
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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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rJTf6W2t9
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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;168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa25TvfNAeF
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then, the memory of coming back.
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Who?! Who’s there?168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDku3lz6fYa
You can save them.168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynw1x14PES
I can't! I can't!168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYhFMICK2o
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Was I not for you?168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZIGGYJzTD
Lyn...168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9aGfby4KS
What do you think of yourself? Failure?168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzQ0rvmNbA
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I failed as well.168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjQfjepEh4
You didn’t!168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioA8zWRXhG
I couldn’t finish my lessons.168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29h1kV5EHD
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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.168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBgh1InD42
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?!168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonK4qwkhix
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.168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUF1JN06PnU
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...168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAfuBUf1EN
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.168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iUrFChE12
But I...-168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nH3yV6cig
Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYP1dBCcLtv
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UjV2d2OEt
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUXHsoC0fi
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.”168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjkffjIoQd
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!168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLzkIHoAd8
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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+!168Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaC7A8Z9Gv8
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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!
