“To Time, Death meant nothing.191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78ZXZCNre9
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.”191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhBBedaNS5
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.191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsRtM6sYAQ
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlKUSgfORz
and it is said that It held a Name,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFlV00Tuet
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;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGxH7WCpDI
It was a person who knew of Hurt;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnf9aXvOK1
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,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyty5EBGeoq
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,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3dTTHLMY2
unto then,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaT7hc1NrUB
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGm0sk7CDMP
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2CQQWxb7Y
along expressions of simplism,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMIRDJnBAt
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxoqkof22H
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHk4TvhoihL
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTCBTlklja
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUs5vot3JA0
an Invocation nay common-used,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlC3wMbFBS
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GjSFBY5f0
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6S1I3F5EI
nay in the worlds It had been;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneEJezOm5m
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyV1gjDrH6
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRmSc1F7dK
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgwZ1oiJff
garnished with maggots;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBGX24QXAA
scum, festered in waste;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpP7LvqBAg
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;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbKZMH8r2V
molded, and retched,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34OMGEFgJt
from the recesses of Her stomach;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2312p4okj
to the orifice of Her mouth;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jmUaH2MoF
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,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAuv0PDfWx
and fell into a hole:191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpFOHvOmfm
of terrifying abode.
No, no, it wasn’t them! It wasn’t them being eaten! No! Don’t think that way!
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and as a result,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSp1qZqEgAI
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;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ662Rfml4Sw
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,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRasp3DAtGo
however resilient-191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXsCAryqVt
no different from the town that made it;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADp5nxCWND
it held significance in change;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzNgbOUQFM
with Time, it could be a location;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeOij9fAoH
for now, it was merely progress;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoDhmn9wT8
with Death... it is stagnant:191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkb8m52HcMi
interesting, Death;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQeSszvVOI
some call it Change,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaqrKFPu9n
some say it Static;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrERxcpHDjH
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsTao3Q0rq
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;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNioOPQEQpz
it was known to Her,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mkLR9ZYVA
for She lacked Intelligence;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQ8gSG7uGd
She lacked Wisdom;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHv0av278mM
She lacked Wit;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqEHZt9j0c
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it was all known,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzwP50zvrW
and yet, now,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSgM0ITj2n
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;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaLw294LjR
far it be known of poor quality;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHEQSVxdmU
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’;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44rfRdnhBI
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!
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“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruHwrWqseR
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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;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2e32zcrEM
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;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvFwcFhFes
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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:191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRo6VAw3WSi
a loss to mindful thoughts;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLEr9WLoDJ
relinquish claim to Her own mind;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0BYuDiuPh
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9D8N6DUdvT
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
Her hands bled;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2h5wMwyun
this was a mistake:191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rGQjV8e2U
it only hurt Herself;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCX3ZRR0p3
Her hands bled;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaCbhNIpyB
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to counteract the door,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0X1kgDLcBc
She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
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simple,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyCzSooDj5
unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXZlj9dm4M
‘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,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1GWEwZQUd
a small copse of trees, spread,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvccOjFzGKQ
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPjy1jZIco
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.191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJotEBRmBFD
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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,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqHGbGe3of
that spoke a language unknown,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysSdgVYzNQ
yet strong Intent behind words;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoltLvvsZY
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
The voice kept speaking,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtsnm74HlG
as She consoled;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaFzuOtxUZ
hushed;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4vxGicJ71
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEAxcoIko4
much like It;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpCkRqxIiK
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69l8EQQinz
She refused to let It claim the child;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWnhWpkn1O
for shame that in Darkness,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3i8XY0m3Mk
Her Eyes held little sight:191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWJNSgVwz5
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;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtCyWoP5Mu
not for Death;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PXSCZTDwo
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As It had been to Her.
Hiii~! That’s such a massive gash! I have to tend to the wound, right now- but how?! I have no medically thingies- much less experience- and even if I could, he’ll definitely scream and- and-
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as of now, it holds the image of a grove’s creek;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcpLakQd8H
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGJMVKtHNe
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGx6knz76Et
She’ll lash forward, trying to catch as many as She can;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FiflA7zXX
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;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1r8YB7uHb3
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this... ‘moment’.
But- plants! Plant’s fibre! Oh my goodness- I’m actually smart right now! I’m- okay, breathe! Breathe! Breathe... huff... okay! Okay- okay! So if I take a strand of fibre from a plant! I can use it as thread! Then I just need needle! Oh, I’m actually doing it! I’m actually going to save someone for once! Yes! YES! I can save someone!
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boundless teeth;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvXy6KkprJ
made to tear,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2JNUw7kFb
and made to eat;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSCevAIW6p
to Her, they were needles;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1gRcpFOxW
to Her, they were useful;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRHHljMniC
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;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5m6ltWs4EQ
anticipation set;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl00pT6q3AE
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,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWG0WjPYSW9
and CRASHED unto the floor;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHm8bqq7ll5
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshIppltdqJ
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXik2E3VrR
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PTZFmryee
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;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvz4eA7UFC
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;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUkQ9LWB7z
Time wished to stake its claim;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7owfnFOXn1
yet Her Soul belonged to It;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAwuDaspLH
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkzpDNHFNc
It could not be denied;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BBT9mGRLi
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkRHGFIaBG
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;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlb2wmVaBw
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8OemD51U2
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4l5U8Cdes
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxCGDZmKsx
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDaIkhKlX2
familiar, to it, but not;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVgobHafgi
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;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlDz7egcYc
wherefore it had to be someone else:191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR32ii30d5s
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyFLruzSOo
it had the same name- but it was someone else;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbr5Fb1sKy
the exact same name- but it was someone else;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAAHfD4Zc0
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
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not because It had become different,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGGgXdq8BM
but because she was someone else;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOiFsqUzZB
not because It wore a mask;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxI0w9rtVz0
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7jpKrUe0C
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18OgzuV7Jg
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;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSFTXHqEjy
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It decided to not;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWi91uOAZbd
and from there,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSgIedsnQj
something inside broke to compensate.
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where stars roam,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVXflkj3en
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLvZGNQa9Y
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.”191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLl5M30bqt
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVX0EkBnW5A
there was no regret,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2tZ9Fchin
for regret could not be forgiven;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5bFJ3eipm
It held a strong position,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwP8ntIwO9w
where Good was done,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaWlxQQdHz
where Good could happen,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3p56OZcEeN
where a Soul could be saved;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2rnHy9CmD
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to regret would be to forget,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXu8KFx3TBx
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;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEW9o2EGVfa
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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;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CsBjzg1Yk
shortness of breath.
Help- help me- help me, PLEASE!
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numbness.
I can’t f- I can’t f- wha-ah-ah-ah-
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and the cure?
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Nothing can be done.
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First, there were flashes;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJSR88gjm7
then, the images;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUmO10RRBK
then, the memory of coming back.
Yssi.191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKvQ4yCAXc
Who?! Who’s there?191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7GR9tjSxC
You can save them.191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaR1UIn6xbm
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Lyn...191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBD3mIWJTV
What do you think of yourself? Failure?191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzetZ62hlv
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I failed as well.191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXzo2GXni8
You didn’t!191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3i7b3dIhf
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So did you.191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6WLgqX29K
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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.191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfls8dFITkv
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?!191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDdX3o3q9A
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.191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSQbYO2eL1
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...191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBipIL1gwMK
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.191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPRuvWygtb
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Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvHuO3eB6v
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3VmM4koDt
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVOES7gTin
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.”191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSkkNdrGcZ
Yssi ‘Here, and Now’
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Thus ends Chapter One
of
The Book of Death
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Author's Note:191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxugwb4aOfb
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!191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaK0DTxRmHn
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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+!191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFQuBfzY8c
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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!
