“To Time, Death meant nothing.229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZj5VPkPjlD
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.”229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCaJS1EmJ0
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.229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BzYWIakQU
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsHJ92L7GE
and it is said that It held a Name,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePsFDgbzMQ
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;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYw4GMMKGIi
It was a person who knew of Hurt;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQKF2b3wMi
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,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBV6MDvZPp2
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,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVXbjALvli
unto then,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgj0jkEURTV
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0KsmXJ32f
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aluFjR7ZR
along expressions of simplism,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqEffj5hgJ
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfBGybNQLe
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoYcqkxAgU
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipRlVBvvCm
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgbpuHVzeg
an Invocation nay common-used,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfSvvk0k3x
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPHWBWaPUd
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqwiR1WVfO
nay in the worlds It had been;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGRVsvRZL2
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWqpmlpxdB
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOG3406CtW
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwME7DYjxYB
garnished with maggots;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrTdQgwAKJ
scum, festered in waste;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7eGlSRwpE
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;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8KMvmzO4U
molded, and retched,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmYC6ybFXZ
from the recesses of Her stomach;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy510GGHy79
to the orifice of Her mouth;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKgjqau4re
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,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ833S8CoruP
and fell into a hole:229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Y2xNsPEZd
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,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvv74gpRFf3
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;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLMR5yNrbF
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,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7H2hbHpBlO
however resilient-229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEzbKqIa7s
no different from the town that made it;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggwfTTPI3z
it held significance in change;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15baV3O6Fa
with Time, it could be a location;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZhI5Aycro
for now, it was merely progress;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiLVVsOtc3
with Death... it is stagnant:229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdQBMEP46x
interesting, Death;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMlSV9jSGE
some call it Change,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARYIZsQqSB
some say it Static;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwr4L0yRMaJ
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDk0lNokPAd
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;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDB5bOL7cMX
it was known to Her,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9ApsqS6qa
for She lacked Intelligence;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZVHTEEdqs
She lacked Wisdom;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26YOTYJYtQ
She lacked Wit;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8wUqBHd5m
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it was all known,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCBf7wu5q0
and yet, now,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLhQya5eaP
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’;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1c1Z81i8j
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.
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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;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XmOy3CBiI
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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:229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngffjycmg6
a loss to mindful thoughts;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5OMqXdy8H
relinquish claim to Her own mind;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8CLkeRIF6
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7Apkb5sx9
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
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this was a mistake:229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WKpYUU640
it only hurt Herself;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQ8rgv0Tke
Her hands bled;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9bpYE6Syi
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Her nails creaked;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4v6GDcZFL3
to counteract the door,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjVyRPD97t
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:229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjk6FpKfUa
‘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,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy97t0XaeBD
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOIDWI6Oe7
Quoth the Ravenous, ‘one feels lucky they have no taste, nor sense to devour.’
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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,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcDyyMgDIM
that spoke a language unknown,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQdhTnQb01
yet strong Intent behind words;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ696CoKxex
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
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as She consoled;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWv20qAV2oX
hushed;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1h4AiBsYAI
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkUUUze1SG
much like It;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRRwp7wtEJ
however more youthful.
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She refused to let It claim the child;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBhuxa7lrO
for shame that in Darkness,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXH1UOFyFqz
Her Eyes held little sight:229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieRunm0mtu
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;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtsnYLnKjv
not for Death;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGNRKCmU1w
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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;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlIxFUgKRj
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYAqX68huc
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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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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;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJQCzW0ZJo
made to tear,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisV1KeFCgJ
and made to eat;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RPKQiD4p1
to Her, they were needles;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmH1tb3PSR
to Her, they were useful;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9S5Xy1de84
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;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqw7S4DbvRH
anticipation set;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfzpDowoNB
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,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInp8Aq631a
and CRASHED unto the floor;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyjA8n8P6e
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUV7HH33EH
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznXwPLj3Rb
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WsM1BjRZH
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;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrZmab5F5F
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;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1W1r0yXpRy
She is soon to be taken;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUUd0pmReW
Time wished to stake its claim;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmhJlhi58E
yet Her Soul belonged to It;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmBqRU0iZK
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsFBMYLKNr
It could not be denied;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3t0VtuMDm
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSE8LWVfO9i
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;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1b50iK0YQ9
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGfNluRW0C
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOlcFL2Iy7
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvz5JHygM0f
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAPgll2fwG
familiar, to it, but not;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7pNUYY9jo
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;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcBjCeOCZI
wherefore it had to be someone else:229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ezY0LOYNU
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nRvqrM9bl
it had the same name- but it was someone else;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2gLBEpk0W
the exact same name- but it was someone else;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHwDsv6Csq
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
That could be why, that as she died, she could not recognize It:229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BIC8dNkXS
not because It had become different,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuopa3w9o5p
but because she was someone else;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEA8x6vOjC
not because It wore a mask;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bkzg6Jyoj
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVnU7BOD2q
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuD8ISJvT93
something crawled from the inside, looking to escape- like spiders, webbing fate:
“It’s me. It’s Yssi.”
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and from there,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15bCORAU1F
something inside broke to compensate.
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whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFchrCSUkw7
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.”229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEOXHtI2uo
Grim 3:61
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there was no regret,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvEKbcUr4U
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where Good was done,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13iajRBLi4
where Good could happen,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIAiomyxd2
where a Soul could be saved;229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfYwpRDX6j
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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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Lyn...229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kabu0kFzr
What do you think of yourself? Failure?229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCdu9WUaZ3
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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.229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQC5S7mKFH
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?!229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jGRzg1J4Y
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.229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcpazMoB9P
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...229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfh8hia7tKy
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.229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtJ7Au1gQr
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Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcR3cziknOR
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmwkrdCKKn
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqVJDFk1W3
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.”229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTtQTrnLjA
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!229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33xfEvZyYa
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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+!229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKkFRABaI9
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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!
