“To Time, Death meant nothing.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7UvhWrfNT
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.”215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84sgwsX5z6
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.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaE8REJ8KZz
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxd2CoYgmj
and it is said that It held a Name,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmPEje6TXg
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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XYlyN41F1
It was a person who knew of Hurt;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDDQc8AVCJ
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,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSg1UI15EQg
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,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1I6RYTYE1C
unto then,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPoPRfivie
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebdf2WYycx
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFqjbuiNtK
along expressions of simplism,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2XjR1lUfO
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMfiFzHbGL
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqMABBxJ19
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaQGcDX3ZA
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Kdsnbijng
an Invocation nay common-used,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BRXqMRYnQ
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8noqByT43Z
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNE1axix4Wl
nay in the worlds It had been;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrjV3tPL48
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVexr5jDJ3o
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWqD4zfAda
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNy2o59p30m
garnished with maggots;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50woE1qfGz
scum, festered in waste;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1E9v3VQe2s
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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRQIjku2LB
molded, and retched,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEy207BFB6
from the recesses of Her stomach;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU18NIjQ6fQ
to the orifice of Her mouth;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2S0UxXRgOV
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,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHjsEohKis
and fell into a hole:215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1amtLk2cgS
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,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmev11OrAE
and as a result,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkPV4GxUNc
She stumbled once more.
-ack! Get it together! Now's not the time to trip over a corpse!
Then, She thought to hide;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVlPYc3IKe
then, She thought to run;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKqp49C6re
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,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7Hqcjn8WI
however resilient-215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW446KgcfDr
no different from the town that made it;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytKmaOa6W8
it held significance in change;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZM5amZNUQj
with Time, it could be a location;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJ2SrTpvgi
for now, it was merely progress;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ny2eTMsTd
with Death... it is stagnant:215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnxEg6cqZ2
interesting, Death;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkKjjLkq4Q
some call it Change,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWs1A4qpctT
some say it Static;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWgdkvOfKD
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
She wanted for focus;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeD2ketFM3E
formulated plans,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCq7pytWH3
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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXw0QvglZ1f
it was known to Her,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAJReyf8pq
for She lacked Intelligence;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPAt8pCvny
She lacked Wisdom;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDoHeO9X9p
She lacked Wit;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWzzhnM7b5
She had no Tact;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1NMUAXcVA
it was all known,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ278nvt5I2c
and yet, now,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSpOLKqBpl
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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOeQqP4b6n
far it be known of poor quality;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCKJgt33mC
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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGIeyk74nE
She was a manner of being who would simply ‘do’;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrRqZUORck
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!215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTRyVhZJEM
“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnHdy47MQz
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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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5sBNq56p8
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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfrDRygFiu
it comes from the right;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVU6ZtSmG55
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:215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzQh3pwSI8
a loss to mindful thoughts;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0z3Hr4FTm
relinquish claim to Her own mind;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrupkqnotA
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRnsAd8yTE
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
Her hands bled;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFGes2b1xt
this was a mistake:215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVZq3UqP8x
it only hurt Herself;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAOlr1SP9f
Her hands bled;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIKX0cXx0s
Her fingers trembled;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQv1ePoUSj
Her nails creaked;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAisuORKatV
to counteract the door,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TFsC5x7ne
She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
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simple,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcpauxZ8R3
unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoTdwVAyPZ
‘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,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhj2T6ufwz9
a small copse of trees, spread,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7tMeUTv4y
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1GOD52kgf
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.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6h7XfeVkj
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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,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTqTzLFhR8
that spoke a language unknown,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIHFVUEsdQ
yet strong Intent behind words;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2sn2Dn5zx
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
The voice kept speaking,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6saBMRt2n
as She consoled;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUZGIdgsKh
hushed;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIj7MJ4zJI4
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
A Child;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxAwP61nhd
much like Her;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlb3irq4bnu
much like It;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJt6IZERhKy
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUV4cErJTpQ
She refused to let It claim the child;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHjRWk4NMU
for shame that in Darkness,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOODhky92Ie
Her Eyes held little sight:215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcj6cl5Awwq
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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDHTUvlVIp
not for petty matters;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YUmtrKXRl
not for Death;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqgPIaMd0F
They hated It the most;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RHkUFbIMa
It had been problematic to Them;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbiYE1UMTC
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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSswcV33qPK
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FQ19kEa5H
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYB11Gkr02
She’ll lash forward, trying to catch as many as She can;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8Eyi65GQr
yet only at its latest moment, has She noticed the ‘why’.
THEY’RE OUTSIDE! PLANTS, PLEASE! HELP ME! PLEASE!!!
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mask;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EzP99WPCL
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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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ55d3JqGJ9
She had long awaited it;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKbaJiQSj2
She anticipated as it came;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gxjkEIPOk
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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlvTb1sVov
boundless teeth;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdqqvmIdhn
made to tear,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0IJgs3bi4
and made to eat;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwJb3KGjyC
to Her, they were needles;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMWtHYQaYj
to Her, they were useful;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eyPpRGzvf
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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkTHJRisSX
anticipation set;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04b38mO1st
adrenaline faded.
I can't afford to waste time! Please, just stop for a second! Focus! Focus! Focus! Phew... alright! Let's do this!
But She could not.
Why! Why?! Just stop shaking already! Didn't I already calm down?! Why?! Why are you still shaking?! Stupid hand! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Please! He's dying! Please! If you want to shake then shake later! For now, just for now, please! Just work already!
It is said that in the time of mortals, the greatest observation came from within; a sense of self-awareness. It was what set them apart from beasts, and at times, even the Gods. Those who know their boundaries, and reach within it, shall find they have more than those who do not. Those who try to break outside their Domain, and reach for that which they may not attain, shall find themselves caught in a precarious Plane. From that location, one should either fall, far beyond where they had initially began, or ascend, to a place they cannot comprehend. Thus, it would be, to command the realms of what can and cannot, as does a God; ‘those that acquiesce to the universe’, and ‘those the universe acquiesce’. This applies, of course, as well, to Her; and It.
Plea-ea-ea-ea-se!
Her tears were a-let down;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKC7rpCzfti
they fell in disappointment,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDubSFlXUT3
and CRASHED unto the floor;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyt21zmAaqb
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIXlPSmp1A
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcFSSOywXC
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMSEy4QHmD
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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNB8aSOAsz1
for She hated none in this world; she was kind;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRuczxHl8Y
none but Herself, for It was cruel.
Powers! But how!? I know that I healed myself but... can I transfer that? Could I heal someone?? I just have to- I have powers- things should be working, right?? Right?!
She attached to a new source of reliance;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3KSHUYNFa
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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh671a1SI7o
Time wished to stake its claim;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBEmyEMhna
yet Her Soul belonged to It;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiq3iRkwpG
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Tz9QeXrAp
It could not be denied;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMWUxcGwGU
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVwZLqArPB
Life.
What was that childish name they used to mock me with?215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczTYkRrLQi
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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKagnxolYR5
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYDwoFjXo0
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrk6TB4tYs0
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEP4UdsM232
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIa84nGxsgj
familiar, to it, but not;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1TH3maivd
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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcuZQUIzQJ
wherefore it had to be someone else:215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9lQ2Lx7Ro
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2WSTuusg7
it had the same name- but it was someone else;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFklOhPflrv
the exact same name- but it was someone else;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxKcdHXH3f
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
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not because It had become different,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOq3Avx6GLo
but because she was someone else;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7igu6W8He
not because It wore a mask;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzHiL6QGKk
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB94HXpAVjO
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1ah3ytxcQ
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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNHLUj7mCT
It had to break;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoGAXDXdfH
It decided to not;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnwyzJYVP0
and from there,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCpL2JRl6Y
something inside broke to compensate.
And torn from the other side of the veil-215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywTbpRardS
where stars roam,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0B64ZX8FG
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbdWE0U4J3
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.”215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZLUwfCIEZ
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96lJF4esDr
there was no regret,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCkfd0CAG7
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It held a strong position,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxwriBzPlw
where Good was done,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGrRToL78f
where Good could happen,215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxaA7siRez
where a Soul could be saved;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqos6kYwyI
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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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dizzy;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡef5mrL6J7Y
shortness of breath.
Help- help me- help me, PLEASE!
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trembling;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhnrBOAvy6
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;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjUBxojZZc
then, the images;215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98ADqBNhDW
then, the memory of coming back.
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Who?! Who’s there?215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzmegEWfkM
You can save them.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURwqtU63RR
I can't! I can't!215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqa0H9iPWPd
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AND IT WASN'T ENOUGH!215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7c5AdkNKoZ
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Was I not for you?215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kEvflVyo8
Lyn...215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0T6qAaPbM
What do you think of yourself? Failure?215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ989oh1NEkB
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I failed as well.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FCVypvhXx
You didn’t!215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQyMRVFJny
I couldn’t finish my lessons.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkRmym5wxB
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So did you.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEUrhBzSaL
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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.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq374mrKxOQ
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?!215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsLQ93V9mZ
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.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDE5Zp1LfiD
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...215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgXIOdp0Fq
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.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53N8tP4z23
But I...-215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HCOFvO6Qf
Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOVQyfmc9N
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIoy1qPDzI
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgNdyajZpw
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.”215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj79BKneC1O
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!215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnCUWNOVSj
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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+!215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WPlPTPuVP
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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!
