“To Time, Death meant nothing.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6KnfJOuJS
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.”125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9H0LMyC3a
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.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrCAXBWSsB
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DZygIAcuQ
and it is said that It held a Name,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHdFaFLhNK
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!
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It was a person who knew of Hurt;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOqNxWFVzY
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,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOa2WPwByEC
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,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6nXCNKbcB
unto then,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7xxlQfPu4
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlK9u3wYvx
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAPbYWa0JH
along expressions of simplism,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQjWlwS1Ot
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cDdwX3xwT
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU56PKiBhJy
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcmRXdMYjE
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaVUzoaLJd
an Invocation nay common-used,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Yhi1Gelx0
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2MqQKaRSZ
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aQ08Simt9
nay in the worlds It had been;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovEZA1nuMZ
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRNP2RIQm7
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhW5plEpo5j
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSfqZtpxb5
garnished with maggots;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAzhTsT448
scum, festered in waste;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVHKWNCA5I
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;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuQCsO4GoV
molded, and retched,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7V4JAxtJC
from the recesses of Her stomach;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmdn9jTJuo
to the orifice of Her mouth;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsP82EkMx0o
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,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaveoro4IN
and fell into a hole:125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxxfPgVlaI
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,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9x8ZS48do
and as a result,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QqrOejquW
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;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CpRFNS3Jz
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,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBcGSmncBk
however resilient-125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgegION2i3B
no different from the town that made it;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5WbVC0c50
it held significance in change;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8v8XLPKRFD
with Time, it could be a location;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpJX5vkFyn
for now, it was merely progress;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3k57dLsaP
with Death... it is stagnant:125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaQLxF81mB
interesting, Death;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FBWvgMOIq
some call it Change,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrPJ8q1Woq
some say it Static;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VVZcpuHl6
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6V7tlkmz8W
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;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0158TiXKX
it was known to Her,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA74XGPmjTh
for She lacked Intelligence;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnF3asoqNr
She lacked Wisdom;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayDmm7q4qj
She lacked Wit;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4E95YyUj3
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it was all known,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMP8PKg0Y58
and yet, now,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBn9VcGWJET
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;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdnQHcsnHn
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’;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67D4JKFb4x
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!125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsBzF42IMQ
“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrU0Fks4tww
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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;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHLdwSpyWr
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;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3iwZKZwFO
it comes from the right;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xyp2m3sGs
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:125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9g22NIftR
a loss to mindful thoughts;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQemuHVLHxg
relinquish claim to Her own mind;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsaJSMK8yA
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMn6y1Q5rH
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
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this was a mistake:125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMwtIMWxIU
it only hurt Herself;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnn1QT12FOL
Her hands bled;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2gFm5V1rz
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Her nails creaked;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0lFh8jARi
to counteract the door,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tXu1Cn9HQ
She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
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simple,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNBwQj2kQZ
unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8aWE4Sa9U
‘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,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThnGyO5nZB
a small copse of trees, spread,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Cne7Ct0Xr
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMGsTYIu51
Quoth the Ravenous, ‘one feels lucky they have no taste, nor sense to devour.’
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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,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4bnntVJpQ
that spoke a language unknown,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxj9SQ87m6
yet strong Intent behind words;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglVJX5byqy
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
The voice kept speaking,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejRXqHUF2V
as She consoled;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxd5a0eYgl
hushed;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTdQMjvsW3
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQU1j8gNprB
much like It;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KsfYfeONS
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOn1R6kn0uA
She refused to let It claim the child;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXAPDlEYOC
for shame that in Darkness,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vhF8l4zWl
Her Eyes held little sight:125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFf7D1ujeex
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;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpoqBWWBPR
not for Death;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJI1PfOT08I
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It had been problematic to Them;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotlkPHZk1U
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;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAicVz1RRzQ
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHqsQc6aPR
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TlzueUt7E
She’ll lash forward, trying to catch as many as She can;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0V0tRWZQ7J
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;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPRWeEWCH2
She had long awaited it;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXTWugz4uc
She anticipated as it came;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWchFY4L56W
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;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5Nvxb2N2v
made to tear,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzR71qJpd8
and made to eat;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6dGKbD35r
to Her, they were needles;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSsnJXoq8O
to Her, they were useful;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMjIyzFfFP
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;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lWgGs6o6e
anticipation set;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQIOABlTUT
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,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TG7g6tJ66
and CRASHED unto the floor;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYfgPBekC6
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzhK0dTG6b
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUoo7uinB8
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaPwRLWhPb
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;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPX0VIAAZ7
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;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGahjBX2Qx
Time wished to stake its claim;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIJXyorWOU
yet Her Soul belonged to It;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsA4agrk7iJ
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnczNZgW9Xp
It could not be denied;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUBpRmiQqa
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyb9oTNrywT
Life.
What was that childish name they used to mock me with?125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAqzbFKeZ3
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;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwegl7TFGJ
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLGl3J6eBm
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqTpHVlftk
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHuIbw0TeI
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbMkFs7Paq
familiar, to it, but not;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLE87x1yqq9
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;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsuPWd7nEM
wherefore it had to be someone else:125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡja6F9sqGYL
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGywDUiy0ZZ
it had the same name- but it was someone else;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHliNtBpQzK
the exact same name- but it was someone else;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYMZzIDLa2
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
That could be why, that as she died, she could not recognize It:125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVzfg8hgll
not because It had become different,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaomSz4KnwX
but because she was someone else;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwpzGA7NcM
not because It wore a mask;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpWQG1hGf3
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwVE7ZF9e8
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMDlGqcQqV
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;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePwgjk0McJ
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something inside broke to compensate.
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where stars roam,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSrbuV4DEW
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuWzcu2RTa
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.”125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yGcl16Dmy
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZZ7K1YyGx
there was no regret,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbAzQmrgc3
for regret could not be forgiven;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tJ7fPnkrZ
It held a strong position,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vX8oEdM69
where Good was done,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6o333a2HY8
where Good could happen,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx64ICIwub6
where a Soul could be saved;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeBBZ3Lv8G
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to regret would be to forget,125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSaCRIKwYd
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;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZ4VnlqHAs
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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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dizzy;125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDrP9wPx77
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?125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQJRJpjHED
You can save them.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nBjU2RLtC
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Lyn...125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguJoMrecaS
What do you think of yourself? Failure?125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCyFfzamZ5
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I failed as well.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8u9LCDHtl
You didn’t!125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbF5s3Twi7W
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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.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSiQIZzZ0O
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?!125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvUbVrSIMF
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.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkC58jada5
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...125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBM0ICsBc2
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.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRHqIJI6kW
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Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlCm2sMWk7
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXP91yFoMo
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKsvDUEvUQ
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.”125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7E34IIRqT8
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!125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpThxADYKgV
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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+!125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWagLyrk3r
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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!
