“To Time, Death meant nothing.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgHkpNAnu7
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.”114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnK2K7iiiQ
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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAJ9dKZ6k1
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTwHX90EiY
and it is said that It held a Name,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPC4CcDzGP
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;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBq7OBlFyL
It was a person who knew of Hurt;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yh6eBZlIh
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,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Bl4CVjJrO
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,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3lxe2sXtB
unto then,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHbphPsIwv
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBpk4ZhATA
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhvjoI0YBy
along expressions of simplism,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSsL9nLUHX
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9rFOR1K2W
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFY8OJh3FEj
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjdXk8rS0P
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wtB6HVx7U
an Invocation nay common-used,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1ttfseeMc
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PLjFfexaF
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ887UcCEDba
nay in the worlds It had been;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwfpLkH5lH
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CtRQjOhIq
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNE9rXXgTBB
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMBpbtzlTJ
garnished with maggots;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDWCEK4r10
scum, festered in waste;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcj2gTqKVU
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;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUi8Vi73OxK
molded, and retched,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBodpMsGYO
from the recesses of Her stomach;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKawYN3iyHH
to the orifice of Her mouth;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYiBoO8xVy
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,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajbTERuJWf
and fell into a hole:114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLe28lZhI6X
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,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sSbcFFqK4
and as a result,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQK4kpN0FkQ
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;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXG6PlWYXu
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,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkt2lXK0rhC
however resilient-114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtEOnZUuGU
no different from the town that made it;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCe9lBcCJA
it held significance in change;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyV7lNc5tj5
with Time, it could be a location;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqiZ9V22CH
for now, it was merely progress;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkra5yjJ3J
with Death... it is stagnant:114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EnrpX3Cvu
interesting, Death;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RrrxOyBdq
some call it Change,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMpPNW5ZYR
some say it Static;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwm5cKUJmtH
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
She wanted for focus;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyqNDu5B4P
formulated plans,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuJAOUMZRq
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;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3lMmJuyZn
it was known to Her,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMj87izitGY
for She lacked Intelligence;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ne94F5Xfu
She lacked Wisdom;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPoSm2vk3n
She lacked Wit;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWh5NeHbL8
She had no Tact;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0MwZukDKf
it was all known,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPjUaIUzHs
and yet, now,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBe14cFlW2
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;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfbOL63aOv
far it be known of poor quality;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcA0bAGMua1
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’;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSk8gLwgcN
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!
She spoke words kind to newfound allies;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOy9ufUJV9
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!114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqlCP3NSMc
“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7MYEiCnOB
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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;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4VxCXnLr2
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;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPdcTfA9tL
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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:114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwR85F9CkX
a loss to mindful thoughts;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslROxajHpk
relinquish claim to Her own mind;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxtrtGvcRV
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmU3CNXUZ2
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
Her hands bled;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvYaJOG6eK
this was a mistake:114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYy8HSfHZiS
it only hurt Herself;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomwHxfZ51n
Her hands bled;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95L7qQ0pXS
Her fingers trembled;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gEZgdjyh0
Her nails creaked;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI40CUBxJXV
to counteract the door,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5bvVQWceA
She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
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simple,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq01AnH3jsz
unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6OYBrcBcS
‘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,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOYFe3ZRL7
a small copse of trees, spread,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubvvY0eB9X
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNZS2eLMkq
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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmUMnfpANL
Time? Distance? Space?114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmNszKDuUH
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,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTWXQCbjXK
that spoke a language unknown,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEqHJCPcUf
yet strong Intent behind words;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAmxXvvddk
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
The voice kept speaking,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbnRLPpu5o
as She consoled;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAupq6Sy6L
hushed;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakabCWDzv8
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTMLYGP4Dm
much like It;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXLBKgcraW
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ032gRp4SUp
She refused to let It claim the child;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKntC3E78eX
for shame that in Darkness,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3BC6QLVVh
Her Eyes held little sight:114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIsn8XFkYE
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;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHA7NEofCh
not for Death;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOG55w6RtJz
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It had been problematic to Them;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bSzQEZnbu
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;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yQYDDxAmo
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPwK4d0oJV
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSQi0UQwfc
She’ll lash forward, trying to catch as many as She can;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFR2ILjfki
yet only at its latest moment, has She noticed the ‘why’.
THEY’RE OUTSIDE! PLANTS, PLEASE! HELP ME! PLEASE!!!
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mask;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NUzoLLJJR
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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;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkSeDUwCfc
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She anticipated as it came;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9lZLX20AH
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;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7t6zR2fr9
made to tear,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXqap0RjPm
and made to eat;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyU7c1jJUPH
to Her, they were needles;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yQAjyCY5i
to Her, they were useful;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHuxJz5Qe4
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;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxY1iZQy3h
anticipation set;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbEm86P6hB
adrenaline faded.
I can't afford to waste time! Please, just stop for a second! Focus! Focus! Focus! Phew... alright! Let's do this!
But She could not.
Why! Why?! Just stop shaking already! Didn't I already calm down?! Why?! Why are you still shaking?! Stupid hand! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Please! He's dying! Please! If you want to shake then shake later! For now, just for now, please! Just work already!
It is said that in the time of mortals, the greatest observation came from within; a sense of self-awareness. It was what set them apart from beasts, and at times, even the Gods. Those who know their boundaries, and reach within it, shall find they have more than those who do not. Those who try to break outside their Domain, and reach for that which they may not attain, shall find themselves caught in a precarious Plane. From that location, one should either fall, far beyond where they had initially began, or ascend, to a place they cannot comprehend. Thus, it would be, to command the realms of what can and cannot, as does a God; ‘those that acquiesce to the universe’, and ‘those the universe acquiesce’. This applies, of course, as well, to Her; and It.
Plea-ea-ea-ea-se!
Her tears were a-let down;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeb4x7FFJe6
they fell in disappointment,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNF8WxEqZH6
and CRASHED unto the floor;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3xd56HhKg
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABuY7ylX1P
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhv7dVwVmUU
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO02OQ1iH6A
like a diamond in its rough; her mind was not clear.
Focus! It’s not hard! Why can’t I just FOCUS!? Why- can’t I- feel- why can’t I feel my arms- why?? Just! Aaagh! Think! Properly! Stupid brain- stop buzzing- just think!
Hysteria: a mental breakdown;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTQ0kervQF
for She hated none in this world; she was kind;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eDyQcKfnV
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?!
She attached to a new source of reliance;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEBO6pxh80
She rendered Herself futile.
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Why am I so useless when I’m alone? I finally get a chance and... and... all those years... telling myself I could help people if I was just... better! Was that a lie?! What was all that complaining for, then?! Excuses!?
The Past haunts Her;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOHWwgIFr8
She is soon to be taken;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkGchfTN0P
Time wished to stake its claim;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajJXxgrVdT
yet Her Soul belonged to It;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96IkbBSUxd
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeI2GJNUos
It could not be denied;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhS9hyG2eE
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FwcR9P4WS
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;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawpR3yB8Ts
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirJ4wTkv8G
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscRKkLfuFc
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRxn7qcrxv
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34ps46TmYu
familiar, to it, but not;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Fk7pjTcdi
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;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbE20UWjd3
wherefore it had to be someone else:114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCJnNOCAXS
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtspEaTNV9
it had the same name- but it was someone else;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToNRa7yfVQ
the exact same name- but it was someone else;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0e7C71x9b
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
That could be why, that as she died, she could not recognize It:114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NaV50vrwY
not because It had become different,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2LLdOZTxw
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not because It wore a mask;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQUjLuY6TU
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAg4nrsx2W
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jTYH9DyXN
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;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Elz7H2V7Y
It had to break;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2orAHsijOb
It decided to not;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXn5TvOHnn
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something inside broke to compensate.
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where stars roam,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKNoGdBjWj
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsNhiAmFbt
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.”114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAjaSL5NkX
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvupZktWf64
there was no regret,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6XxTgEcUF
for regret could not be forgiven;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHoLiRo27F
It held a strong position,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡio8KdS62F3
where Good was done,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpucd0JHHFo
where Good could happen,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrx0GrYWIr6
where a Soul could be saved;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzfQFhe6zM
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to regret would be to forget,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnsD5WrPAF
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;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRM8lvAYC0Q
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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;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hBhjygRM7
shortness of breath.
Help- help me- help me, PLEASE!
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trembling;114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpH1g7lIBJf
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?114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7Tk4UJ73l
You can save them.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdU0PQRb2q
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You did all you could.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XshAJ00eH
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Was I not for you?114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxOWfIGe4U
Lyn...114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtm8wvY8eM
What do you think of yourself? Failure?114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqg5xYnFwaP
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I failed as well.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYsA8ionJZ
You didn’t!114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixBk1Ojn2w
I couldn’t finish my lessons.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSh0VJrwOCA
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV98F1CFtKY
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?!114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1JHbF7Isr
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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vDGPh9yAD
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...114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPVPNQrI4H
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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRv6xJDVr3z
But I...-114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmS4scegPzn
Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOIhVqNTxh
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRFI3Z8gJD
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbr8KiMiXOO
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.”114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BBGJAdJWy
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!114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sP98AzsA1
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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+!114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlNH4N5RYw
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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!
