“To Time, Death meant nothing.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dTCtCgyzo
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.”170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPze9dsx1X
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.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjlAdW0stt
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZV4bfizeh
and it is said that It held a Name,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZxn1c5LSl
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;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDHY3jLjxP
It was a person who knew of Hurt;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmz7KU9leu
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,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotnmCcWcfW
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,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIk5DaBy5T4
unto then,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPsLD8oiLW
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFStfdaWyH
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs1eq2sWlI
along expressions of simplism,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4q4ivr4GTY
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxkNtLdekO
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2arpa0RkUa
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzMuC7czKv
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuC8xZGia7W
an Invocation nay common-used,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFekwf67ci
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlffdQuGrQw
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3e8ooHYEKg
nay in the worlds It had been;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuVPi4sjub
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1gVBZhF6b
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9QWlXojWQ
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixrlMO79FK
garnished with maggots;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAObdPZFGdU
scum, festered in waste;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTWkoWkW23
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;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WTcys8Kxa
molded, and retched,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5veaBwCmCv
from the recesses of Her stomach;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1O3uCDggmC
to the orifice of Her mouth;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3cUnNcY9A
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,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LqnLN9K50
and fell into a hole:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1R93MClpOe
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,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49F8sehAe4
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;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZPtJsJSWH
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,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHHI2BuQlI
however resilient-170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMQ2YBehY0
no different from the town that made it;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPmITdsmiT
it held significance in change;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZY5mTsTMH
with Time, it could be a location;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡft6U6NcZ76
for now, it was merely progress;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQ4HNn1Y3J
with Death... it is stagnant:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZysbwnB9Ec
interesting, Death;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2D0YCRF74H
some call it Change,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbViV1NuBW
some say it Static;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OVbVa9N3l
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4lqNYRcHa
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;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnVDOGHij2
it was known to Her,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJhI0Y2Ivq
for She lacked Intelligence;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOpLYkqVcf
She lacked Wisdom;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXFrLeTfCe
She lacked Wit;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZjh1Ghabu
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it was all known,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38OpnynFpQ
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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;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeqOS6nRjk
far it be known of poor quality;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1Le7M7luu
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’;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAaZriqzoq
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!170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAEKyZoXqc
“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcwTHHJs03
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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;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0g3hTAE5y8
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;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPH9iM9gdk
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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:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pPrSY4ikc
a loss to mindful thoughts;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcu1GJiJz34
relinquish claim to Her own mind;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5egI991O5
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIArOfN9Gl
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
Her hands bled;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdubby22wJJ
this was a mistake:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XyaNyGZof
it only hurt Herself;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFH4cSTuyXy
Her hands bled;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXobgBAbVn
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Her nails creaked;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhG4iUBiXnh
to counteract the door,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡny3osUawjT
She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
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simple,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCZVIRVIaR
unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdFR43o9bw
‘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,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyJdg1mQ1H
a small copse of trees, spread,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEEViaqBWa
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcO8FCY2E5
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.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbONUukaImU
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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,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeTTxh2lHo
that spoke a language unknown,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZJCJZTeIY
yet strong Intent behind words;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcm0VVaSDEy
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
The voice kept speaking,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAiJ8e2XYd
as She consoled;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6sRNdJweL
hushed;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDpXtp3sOJ
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡib6FvL0DcY
much like It;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBr5zOUwYAS
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1eodfHa1q
She refused to let It claim the child;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EqN88gDhf
for shame that in Darkness,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgXHM0qlN9
Her Eyes held little sight:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0lsHfzrUv
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;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybL3ag1lAH
not for Death;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaH4DhzIdI
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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;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZ8VHaMn3A
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ08cwpv4MI
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmVZEw5wUX
She’ll lash forward, trying to catch as many as She can;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62XyalAyYs
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;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OwLZqnEqf
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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!
Roots with thorns;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cPN47qNSN
boundless teeth;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRWgMQIHrf
made to tear,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkxkFT2CiD
and made to eat;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGu6508Zb4z
to Her, they were needles;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TMmN6Axuy
to Her, they were useful;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8jTelLWbq
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;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZ4ylJbkyf
anticipation set;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBq1QZoNG0
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,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw77gZUajxx
and CRASHED unto the floor;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPiYK7dHKJ
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QzxRnLubL
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cmxfvaSm7
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu33OQEg0Yh
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;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWADnxui0x
for She hated none in this world; she was kind;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSecLLMIAQ
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;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SOSLCAlvA
She is soon to be taken;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXYDCAeI14
Time wished to stake its claim;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFs15g8pII
yet Her Soul belonged to It;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKwiHHRalA
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41V5giEifV
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It held governance over Death, and, by extension,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztJBQeU9Su
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;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pYOz6U49Z
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAwtb1e0Jv
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPo5Gv5z94k
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QVHq77JfN
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcIZpjd7VX
familiar, to it, but not;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCAJobRIhS
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;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjEB3pe4jB
wherefore it had to be someone else:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7VzcELLxu
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80uYNv2pIm
it had the same name- but it was someone else;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0Wx4746hm
the exact same name- but it was someone else;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfLj9EqnXv
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
That could be why, that as she died, she could not recognize It:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOc6zvmQ6j
not because It had become different,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRy1WwXitr
but because she was someone else;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXjFf3StBh
not because It wore a mask;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCFvzx9ZmW
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAe59PpikM
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz36DAQ98Wy
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;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcl1H535XmX
It had to break;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hmWwrypAG
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and from there,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2l1sPVmH3M
something inside broke to compensate.
And torn from the other side of the veil-170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4SOIMioDz
where stars roam,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiANEi7bzTW
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUMN5lzAfl
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.”170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0F5q0n7ezn
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFsDDR0oHE
there was no regret,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbC2MQfshK
for regret could not be forgiven;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1KLB3YuHY
It held a strong position,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvxA41fEU5
where Good was done,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgJ8BhZbiS
where Good could happen,170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP89lOkcLKg
where a Soul could be saved;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhcyeaKrmh
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and Death was far too kind.
That changes nothing! There's no way to make up for idling by; you always have to try! But I did try! I tried and failed miserably! So I tried again! I kept trying! I'm still trying! I’ve tried so hard and why?! After all these years, why can’t I do one thing right?? Why can’t things go my way!? Am I just wrong!? Should people be made to suffer?? WERE people made to suffer!? Someone's life is in danger here so why!? Why am I still thinking about myself!? Of course people shouldn’t suffer- it’s just that I can’t do ONE SINGLE THING RIGHT! I finally have the chance... IF THE WORLD WANTS TO LASH OUT THEN LET ME BE ON THE SUFFERING END- WHY!? WHY EVERYONE ELSE- WHY ANYONE ELSE?! WHY!?
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Death was far too kind.
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She might as well have been dead.
I- huff- I can't- I can't- why is everything so fuzzy?!
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lost it.
My ears are ringing- what’s happening!?
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shortness of breath.
Help- help me- help me, PLEASE!
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numbness.
I can’t f- I can’t f- wha-ah-ah-ah-
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and the cure?
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Nothing can be done.
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then, the images;170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6aydfiRwK
then, the memory of coming back.
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Who?! Who’s there?170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTHEKQZy5d
You can save them.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOPehrvwI1
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Lyn...170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTWOzjiE6k
What do you think of yourself? Failure?170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzFtRzq9rq
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I failed as well.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtShQqumE04
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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.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4cjF48jjj
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?!170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdUkPzKE3M
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.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5oXb67f8e
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...170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoqaqIVRl1
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.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTocXJ6gIdo
But I...-170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmI2HRVFCJM
Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1LeY9tSzq
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitj9rnHAJW
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVuCSJdBID
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.”170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tvMKD8EDE
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!170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHKfR0DDPz
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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+!170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzf31uoR4u
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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!
