“To Time, Death meant nothing.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWmJ84S1bH
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.”139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Dc6XpqX81
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.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSTdbGkWsq
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqSn5roz6B
and it is said that It held a Name,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeMRVLs2Z5
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;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zBsYKVzMk
It was a person who knew of Hurt;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBz1kyKrVm4
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,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPoKsfdkc4
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,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhCoFTWawG
unto then,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3noUVsWTm
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9wr5ADqSV
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpxGELat5k
along expressions of simplism,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8M9yrHd6n
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyqKty7WzV
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfFIUPa9k6
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtceLfYq3xx
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVAZhUNEaj
an Invocation nay common-used,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4cszUwCJk
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4SlaqVLiP
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjAcnwdkKe
nay in the worlds It had been;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEsWYI09Iu
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9pkZmaNy3
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nWF7FUI1x
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvruhgNGCeQ
garnished with maggots;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWVNqS9Cay
scum, festered in waste;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡav8Evzd4r9
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;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTamEOTkz2
molded, and retched,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmli1hobowp
from the recesses of Her stomach;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPorumrGWEO
to the orifice of Her mouth;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtTH19qjjD
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,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2uTX8necw
and fell into a hole:139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOcH78KRke
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,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYiyxMA3KV
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;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Z6n1dWhdi
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,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5IGener3b
however resilient-139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaFX11otPD
no different from the town that made it;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGbiJDaEWm
it held significance in change;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqUb91flUI
with Time, it could be a location;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNqoPEVKob
for now, it was merely progress;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOVHzRcgvg
with Death... it is stagnant:139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAssM5yJUD
interesting, Death;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeFOnVW2zN
some call it Change,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0yxRUtQLL
some say it Static;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYVHFA2fwf
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEkjAdPVaI
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;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpOI1XFbgr
it was known to Her,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHJPr8DMPa
for She lacked Intelligence;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnNxRWiq4K
She lacked Wisdom;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQ7KUYvFUa
She lacked Wit;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEDYLvRrnw
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it was all known,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeBrYc7VvJ
and yet, now,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQI4OoYnVs
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;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKKUgxnhct
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’;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqVXHwLgwn
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!139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7felxl725
“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;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiBQ5qxCM5
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;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVARVs4Cua
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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:139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQSNpu7BAI
a loss to mindful thoughts;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2Ujz3xR6F
relinquish claim to Her own mind;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡML7gvVfCDq
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXTEssTQVN
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
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this was a mistake:139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2hBpgAKlv
it only hurt Herself;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡselzhrYHCn
Her hands bled;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlf6MUVJPN5
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She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
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simple,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ145SzBfwf
unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxyxhLFJQ2
‘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,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKkRZ1OHIk
a small copse of trees, spread,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8gtuRdNve
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKwVGhOgW4
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.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwduw21MF46
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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,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcn6Ll4Pr8P
that spoke a language unknown,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPsejADCMw
yet strong Intent behind words;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5U4bHPEmt
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
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as She consoled;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Zoyfu0ax7
hushed;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FEmI3Tvc7
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6DH1A7cqG
much like It;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bgAhriOWF
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5Q0c9Naol
She refused to let It claim the child;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NQlm6mV9j
for shame that in Darkness,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErGfZ3jtnt
Her Eyes held little sight:139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdB5CFCUUD
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;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSgEdcrW4i
not for Death;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEV9j8d1BX
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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;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXQijY5lwQ
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSVLNRvMtF
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFtIMz3HE1
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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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but celebration forth-coming;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1tYqZDooS
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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;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDTvU5CwtL
made to tear,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWeituO3yRJ
and made to eat;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgTXXt0fiE
to Her, they were needles;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgtmyRAP9S
to Her, they were useful;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJooTXTmPt
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;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYH6srAJHq
anticipation set;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdRiIiW4eg
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,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0AWhAxYFv
and CRASHED unto the floor;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYjUS5mdzB
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTOITHIKaT
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWEProx85A
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NBcJPXaso
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;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSb2Y57OSi
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;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJ6Qy4IX9H
Time wished to stake its claim;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pBMspjUz7
yet Her Soul belonged to It;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡup0RcQThtU
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtb9m2ILR1t
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It held governance over Death, and, by extension,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbkQRLjRgs
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;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUo8cnLU0BC
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJatDiqfj9
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeKPbJEQLS
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapG0j6U74F
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aMRr16COk
familiar, to it, but not;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacLTpvD53o
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;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSig5wHzeO
wherefore it had to be someone else:139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPnK92NYvo
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCx8HtKOPx
it had the same name- but it was someone else;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxYKDTD4qA
the exact same name- but it was someone else;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrldn3uEpeH
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
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not because It wore a mask;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bta3HWLy0
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRwk3m8rI6
and the face of Death saw someone else.
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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;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcWm3ZarM1
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something inside broke to compensate.
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whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYNe3zAcKx
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.”139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmKz60cIqY
Grim 3:61
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there was no regret,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpBNBMgMrd
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where Good was done,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChzOZNmq1l
where Good could happen,139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTSpB0qPRV
where a Soul could be saved;139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVD8ig4V9V
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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.
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You can save them.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDc8SpSEBDk
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Was I not for you?139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSLcsNGgUZ
Lyn...139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7c5t0bY4sz
What do you think of yourself? Failure?139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvi3bkhLKv
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I failed as well.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqfB3Qx4T9
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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.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHRAjc5Gm5
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?!139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQD2pSwgXjf
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.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwxSSh1sGK
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...139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJOsaEwfpz
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.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIKhfMdePR
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Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCURGuagv8
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO09A1QRjJR
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmPzYxKY4j
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.”139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tXBmNtvmX
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!139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcNyO0ggb3
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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+!139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ryMIPRgTE
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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!
