“To Time, Death meant nothing.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglOycnDRbh
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.”230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2FGZN6k3A
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.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqztsQpLYmP
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRHKjhyHOZ
and it is said that It held a Name,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUX68GfSRHd
and Its name was Yssi.
This isn’t right... none of it’s right! How can so many people die and just- just- nothing? Shouldn't there be something? A sign? Acknowledgment? A scream?! Ever since life began, it’s always had an end, but not like this... not like this! It's too unfair! Life is unfair!
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It was a person who knew of Hurt;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5mruKtsK8
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,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslhW0bSML0
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,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgaF7VKjPR
unto then,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdIhEYLqi8
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
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the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplAY7CPxtE
along expressions of simplism,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwLsMpqpKC
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLrCVW3eX3
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyb5sTwEvpE
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wPzQLgYTo
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoW38SGUFNK
an Invocation nay common-used,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKHjtvV8po
yet common-known.
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that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVGen92myQ
nay in the worlds It had been;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIPp8bowNu
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBIGbESlkF
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ML3xElz6F
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsK5sCaLux
garnished with maggots;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGZQU9tq8t
scum, festered in waste;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8yyBDgwEX
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxg0uPq2qa
molded, and retched,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1sTQ4HqLP
from the recesses of Her stomach;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeafs96Nygn
to the orifice of Her mouth;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTTio80tm8
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,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDb2JZQ4z67
and fell into a hole:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUmMbM3zf2
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,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPMr7oGAO1
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCJ17ZOjsP
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!
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however resilient-230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbeQ8y5zYF
no different from the town that made it;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolEUtRJrMA
it held significance in change;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UotfRTDP6
with Time, it could be a location;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyxlvuMFqD
for now, it was merely progress;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡge90p6Tg9m
with Death... it is stagnant:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbebVp0TFr
interesting, Death;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZI435D4ebH
some call it Change,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPk8NVkMGKl
some say it Static;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQKC2nzucY
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXFH9BcqBp
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGmTbHVvME
it was known to Her,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmyWo2sJRR
for She lacked Intelligence;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXFAsg3MgF
She lacked Wisdom;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MALQCULp1
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it was all known,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbx9X1KE7Us
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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-??
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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’;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4HCnF7s9b
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??”
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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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPnFNNd1sU
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczwaS6UlWu
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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:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mmzXcDdLT
a loss to mindful thoughts;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckrBPqg1dC
relinquish claim to Her own mind;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3j5TYgGRt1
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsR5IKt0OeL
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
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this was a mistake:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo82rsZ6kuo
it only hurt Herself;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuThETxhUwy
Her hands bled;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4jJrbeMv3
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She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
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unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk07rwngqv1
‘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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a small copse of trees, spread,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ641StBUXDz
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WA5tfKoci
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.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06hrRaoCtP
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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,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7AWnVuOhy
that spoke a language unknown,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkmbmpIIUD
yet strong Intent behind words;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgHcXNzg6y
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
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as She consoled;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qTiSYo6no
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lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6eaNCPda7
much like It;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfI819pzmI
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTt35j3UDOc
She refused to let It claim the child;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bBm5CEdv1
for shame that in Darkness,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaO3pt6F0hC
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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 Death;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9WEZBGRsv
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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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgw5CFrAvR
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJxRsIiCyO
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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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgjMoQoQPv
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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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpfuMgZOrE
made to tear,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHSGWpvGGI
and made to eat;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7olafvWU6o
to Her, they were needles;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuqMUJjWkq
to Her, they were useful;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMtJpJfUiL
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sQ2P96iFm
anticipation set;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2orCs1QpH
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,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKUYFo3rjc
and CRASHED unto the floor;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPkZ8pFUcs
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPAiA4kSuV
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTZowNjp1q
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKZS4IOmEd
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroJMGgPntG
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQWBIHrCDl
Time wished to stake its claim;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3PfT13xg0
yet Her Soul belonged to It;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd41en9i6zs
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡave84wgtA4
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It held governance over Death, and, by extension,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwHuqIPBXr
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufMhAlFx7x
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnbIOmO4JB
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84wTQQgSIT
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEOgPTdJyX
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOd6JrizxR
familiar, to it, but not;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwubAU3Yqg8
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7YVgLl0nV
wherefore it had to be someone else:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchSLs1GvCy
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZZyDF5Hp9
it had the same name- but it was someone else;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2aKMxzQCB
the exact same name- but it was someone else;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0iyLsMhol
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
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not because It had become different,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHJdrLBU6O
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not because It wore a mask;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iTx2vJqrC
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIltNAAGhk
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSegykCmFky
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMyK0p6cxS
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something inside broke to compensate.
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where stars roam,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbx93g65dr
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjOFQXpcxd
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.”230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUg0yFoxIyd
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhojNBtmYoX
there was no regret,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbf2dCMyCh
for regret could not be forgiven;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCzFya4nHS
It held a strong position,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7ZYKZvoo6
where Good was done,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr04EENNb5f
where Good could happen,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡki1UrVsCdP
where a Soul could be saved;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOjFq8FY2O
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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 memory of coming back.
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You can save them.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TECCyrnCP
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Lyn...230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeYGmiEqHQ
What do you think of yourself? Failure?230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLT36vcpDj
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I failed as well.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCK19cssCVT
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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.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CVwKIboKb
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?!230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQb4tm3GjPQ
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.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulVWibwKEG
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...230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PWTdLbwa5
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.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBVDSs77ow
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Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYQ8Mc7Qj1
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5Tr8AXJRb
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKBMyiAElK
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.”230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIP1YsI5ZoV
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!230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DVkPAp1LO
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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+!230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IImEUbraI
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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!
