“To Time, Death meant nothing.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWszDfjmit
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.”216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxdSrbBvpI
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISBfvpCPLc
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaUDVF3jJk
and it is said that It held a Name,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEk8FomjNE
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;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDpeIO65kZ
It was a person who knew of Hurt;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD71f27JcXV
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,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjvNe1Ya8P
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,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHKfdawJIR
unto then,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hbMK1GxL0
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPXfCuoxhy
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡED5dngkqJ5
along expressions of simplism,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRh35v7adf
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIicFa07tcI
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSRW3i5CJl
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4fD0sOgoj
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjIu8CWWwU
an Invocation nay common-used,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKzEjIpQjL
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66Ek0UjnyG
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfY4jq3STgE
nay in the worlds It had been;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTv1p4SeKX
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4R41Udkgc
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7uUwDmsFp
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMauP20LePV
garnished with maggots;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAIxTcbdmk
scum, festered in waste;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRi1BRuNQB
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;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfBPdONQsG
molded, and retched,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4cmDo72nl
from the recesses of Her stomach;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dl22dfQLZ
to the orifice of Her mouth;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIzTF2fnPT
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,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHXemyxgKb
and fell into a hole:216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyfXm5WNfr
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,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgh0DgQHVT
and as a result,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2aXDf4gKY
She stumbled once more.
-ack! Get it together! Now's not the time to trip over a corpse!
Then, She thought to hide;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiO5ywAK3kA
then, She thought to run;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkhQybL39F
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,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUBpQYHUom
however resilient-216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsIOyWTyzL
no different from the town that made it;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMlxVgJu3S
it held significance in change;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpChhYaW9z2
with Time, it could be a location;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfb1oeLCUvv
for now, it was merely progress;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbD2gYqGaVz
with Death... it is stagnant:216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HAzc4Guqo
interesting, Death;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkgtUUNUq5
some call it Change,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ920eI7ErIt
some say it Static;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FrVbd2sSd
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
She wanted for focus;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVmA7yUGSe
formulated plans,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlw5ELC7vHq
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;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFqd6Ffd9o
it was known to Her,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMhV5UZvbW
for She lacked Intelligence;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWW6w5w3yM
She lacked Wisdom;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GJbAXc16O
She lacked Wit;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvYecVzHoz
She had no Tact;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTTQ8DTxUL
it was all known,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8C3dyjwrF
and yet, now,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XdQRZaxC5
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;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VGV7JNVZh
far it be known of poor quality;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NCjEeAU0W
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?
‘Thinking’ was the trait She had every right to oppose;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjQQyQCOFD
She was a manner of being who would simply ‘do’;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWefFLh36yI
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!216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBtOWe5a1Z
“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4y6Fhjq8q
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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;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QPA5FZ5dk
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;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Zo9u8Lnjt
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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:216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQCVz9yOFL
a loss to mindful thoughts;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeEleha1vv
relinquish claim to Her own mind;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJQhPcBzG1
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRYMkfFKCn
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
Her hands bled;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHmLv7XqZZ
this was a mistake:216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wYgCJ3fHq
it only hurt Herself;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOXF5hnYGR
Her hands bled;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCeyDMG5JH
Her fingers trembled;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOY0WNwRD9B
Her nails creaked;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLEVWqQghO
to counteract the door,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZkrRmd38N
She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
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simple,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJy9fOI13W
unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Mx2dFD27v
‘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,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouhGag2qkZ
a small copse of trees, spread,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ChpP8oFYe
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWy4YhxnmX
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmP13B5ypQ
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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,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqwIut7sRV
that spoke a language unknown,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qicgEZOVo
yet strong Intent behind words;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtTHKnzweb
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
The voice kept speaking,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUQQCft5rC
as She consoled;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeG0H07CMs
hushed;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBM5YFdba1
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBWvzpQXFu
much like It;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDP3GMujBM9
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8iBEyj0GD
She refused to let It claim the child;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvHYodanfm
for shame that in Darkness,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIguzmWAqBm
Her Eyes held little sight:216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPveYNuKuwj
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.
Gods did not like to be Invoked;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ceWwCBL0Z
not for petty matters;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Jr7Wqxl3r
not for Death;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJ6hmcQcdn
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It had been problematic to Them;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qfEjqPT3p
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;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRXrl2oVkA
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Z0TnCKWV8
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88zZ4AdYNG
She’ll lash forward, trying to catch as many as She can;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pA3G53zqZ
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;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQlZ50SwRK
She had long awaited it;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVQSoA2feC
She anticipated as it came;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByWXdq43l8
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!
Roots with thorns;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNAane5iHH
boundless teeth;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QxuBzj1JE
made to tear,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylv5wV3q0E
and made to eat;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhjvfKKZhp
to Her, they were needles;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxxmERUFXG
to Her, they were useful;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAE0ArY8WpD
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;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxPSdpCMVy
anticipation set;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiSbQGkh8V
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,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfTWFLnPxI
and CRASHED unto the floor;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1h0hDtzza
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxjBmw0WM6
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVH6PiaVRHZ
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIL8tfsCqI0
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;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXW31BkoAI8
for She hated none in this world; she was kind;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQabFLvOmrL
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!?
The Past haunts Her;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS19NQFWfuP
She is soon to be taken;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9t80tPyw4c
Time wished to stake its claim;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1o9ZW7RWR
yet Her Soul belonged to It;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyp8WKdRyig
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSwKFsO2Dz
It could not be denied;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaKS7cnCFG
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1FyQTpI4e
Life.
What was that childish name they used to mock me with?216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBB3LAjGFje
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;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52YuQrI3wr
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMW3hKIYQ6Q
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbC9GgJtiFU
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCY3MDljzg
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRL7fB6hs9
familiar, to it, but not;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLgljAM2l9
nor could be, yet the intentions to have been.
It was a paradoxical name;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01H3uKD8LY
one that could not be who it conveyed itself as, and one that must cease to exist;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePoemGvxIK
wherefore it had to be someone else:216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94TjHfquKh
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcdGsvBC6B
it had the same name- but it was someone else;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYktBAvOPS
the exact same name- but it was someone else;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJkCqgsEe9
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
That could be why, that as she died, she could not recognize It:216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqy5QYDcbW
not because It had become different,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMuZ3u7wGA
but because she was someone else;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtD7VGfDKzl
not because It wore a mask;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPkNCPojhl
because she was someone else.
And as two strangers greeted Eyes;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHJyHm0DFQ
she saw the face of Death,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjaMK4FwUq
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXk2CZnNiv
something crawled from the inside, looking to escape- like spiders, webbing fate:
“It’s me. It’s Yssi.”
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It let nothing to leave;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFySxChoYX
small cracks were not enough;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINKIpBxLwR
It had to crumble216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbl2NY1kNQX
It could decidedly not;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHthFupcCj
It had to break;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6ge33MFJJ
It decided to not;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJc445mpiC
and from there,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1rt0vH8af
something inside broke to compensate.
And torn from the other side of the veil-216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvM385OKJx2
where stars roam,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaih6Rf0n1
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXI34mcorJ
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.”216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXwJz8WAEL
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuI9eQNoG8
there was no regret,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1x66ho99yy
for regret could not be forgiven;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9s8pvnRiP
It held a strong position,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQs6sH10iRS
where Good was done,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yLpHnjGLJ
where Good could happen,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3v7MRMqR9
where a Soul could be saved;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiXQxHyhFJ
to regret would be to deny,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcLoazxl8n
to regret would be to forget,216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡye5JETNzZT
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;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1dFYNYjKP
She could not think;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwToWWBDTq
She could not see;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NwypZ421K
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;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgpvoz3gBw
shortness of breath.
Help- help me- help me, PLEASE!
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trembling;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZTb1cWtoq
numbness.
I can’t f- I can’t f- wha-ah-ah-ah-
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they call for a panic attack;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIZKddGZzF
and the cure?
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Nothing can be done.
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First, there were flashes;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFejHzewkOc
then, the images;216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqjj01oDrf
then, the memory of coming back.
Yssi.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfl34hdltM
Who?! Who’s there?216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhGvAI1ibl
You can save them.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDyDKItobL
I can't! I can't!216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8A1Urbb5Xm
You have.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfQgUCHXcg
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You did all you could.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQg34Q2ORp
AND IT WASN'T ENOUGH!216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTUbpTy0M1
It was for them.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAmJVBDvx7
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Was I not for you?216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnTDQsWW3l
Lyn...216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZ2rKY2BsT
What do you think of yourself? Failure?216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeivNTQ5wmj
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I failed as well.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3ZyqUeXKN
You didn’t!216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtfmhIWz2Z
I couldn’t finish my lessons.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzumAKOBkOg
But you left me with enough!216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DzqjF8T6H
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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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvm4CzbOsr
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?!216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmd9DLPSdYZ
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrjHHEkFDK
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...216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWn84PqSHc
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0pSdsAcTk
But I...-216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQWLUCznoo
Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveeblRHb6F
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzKXKAAEWp
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEq8ZEnMZwF
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.”216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3tDhlB0or
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!216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihYAuqQ23Y
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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+!216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Jsb3vjzbb
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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!
