“To Time, Death meant nothing.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprDLVSpcSb
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.”177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Fz6bhsgkr
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDRNMlin77
That was the part she found to be scary177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eLD5yWnVR
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYT3rntNZoM
and it is said that It held a Name,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7fya66G40
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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AY9sgtd1T
It was a person who knew of Hurt;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqe51RSTkG
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,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt89yoLYrrt
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,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBz5Cw0ryV
unto then,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfdzsbQRMK
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXNX9Z2jr8
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjHeNnXF84
along expressions of simplism,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vutUxF9Es
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PWtrVOjuc
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVX5Cjb9RHZ
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdNr46ksLP
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dWCFimIHg
an Invocation nay common-used,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThaBimHXmL
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRhvWJo9lk
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTO8CG8rwQ
nay in the worlds It had been;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRIYeNjrVx
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ11lfIUTaP
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd57wFi04Zh
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3EhXbBxQJ
garnished with maggots;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOrX8vO3c5
scum, festered in waste;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTTjZ8uIFl
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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgpzgJ3TWa
molded, and retched,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXW0aR7T6b
from the recesses of Her stomach;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LkOKddBDE
to the orifice of Her mouth;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmR7vWlN8EP
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,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIp34RWk31
and fell into a hole:177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSEsh1jNLK
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,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgcJCrrsQG
and as a result,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrP3pY2GcAf
She stumbled once more.
-ack! Get it together! Now's not the time to trip over a corpse!
Then, She thought to hide;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DjxYJcCdr
then, She thought to run;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3akVfe4smX
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,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDZeGxqBKr
however resilient-177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUGHctzcVg
no different from the town that made it;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzax2QyisOU
it held significance in change;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQgyosuUP1
with Time, it could be a location;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dIlOHYKiM
for now, it was merely progress;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQs3kopgrt
with Death... it is stagnant:177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEEc5VowuI
interesting, Death;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BtBmV7mik
some call it Change,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBF5igpMkd
some say it Static;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3o184B1K0
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
She wanted for focus;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfCUA0hd09
formulated plans,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASLzAYjY6V
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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvB98CntzI
it was known to Her,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoy88VlGxw
for She lacked Intelligence;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgabMPJGTEp
She lacked Wisdom;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUI5StzGxQ
She lacked Wit;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMKI6ahzLc
She had no Tact;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWX8XfZqgR
it was all known,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3LdydIrD0
and yet, now,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHx7kpZIjrQ
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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmvBaLtdKJ
far it be known of poor quality;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUPQA0NZSt
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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Tdd0FK33H
She was a manner of being who would simply ‘do’;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEuIcNQ1TV
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!
She spoke words kind to newfound allies;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtMh79YjRn
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!177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUtNshfFMM
“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmwi6yZwQb
Natural Set: Pollen Sensor ~177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHn33xx6MXr
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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHEGCR7VvV
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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡne7NNNKEiq
it comes from the right;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIbBBkl7n4
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:177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0RMk6FNyc
a loss to mindful thoughts;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJ2iBRT0t5
relinquish claim to Her own mind;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtvyNqlaTn
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzGwzuUJFN
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
Her hands bled;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkpoas3uKs
this was a mistake:177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1sqp50XHR
it only hurt Herself;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JZJAeHIoF
Her hands bled;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡad5QCSJ2K8
Her fingers trembled;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GHxNZoEz5
Her nails creaked;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgarBQ58Fk
to counteract the door,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrIqRuboau
She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
Growth;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkxQAuSKqv
simple,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHu9Jlf4s9H
unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXDuzqzXjh
‘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,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERNcuu2JxN
a small copse of trees, spread,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96Wmfn4OC5
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rOJwVGHAw
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9BDAbjDF6
Time? Distance? Space?177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYfl5lrExo
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,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFmTyk228R
that spoke a language unknown,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83bPPnuleQ
yet strong Intent behind words;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTo6rjZX6y
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
The voice kept speaking,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYovYwtSMqQ
as She consoled;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLh5gEqjZ0O
hushed;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcI5mPvpEf
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmpAguDHwl
much like It;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLs4WkNSuvA
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDQHJGLLRo
She refused to let It claim the child;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fC9lspnjh
for shame that in Darkness,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQT7BPufWM
Her Eyes held little sight:177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaRmeyWbfs
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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIjpFoFrFs
not for petty matters;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfHqvOSle3
not for Death;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0vo8GKRC3
They hated It the most;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLk7ZBRaHkX
It had been problematic to Them;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36GFekzlkw
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-
Clarity of mind wandered in and out of focus;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOop3gtE8hi
as of now, it holds the image of a grove’s creek;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfr3ZD4uhOF
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZitYR6F1z
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8I4JUaFJPX
She’ll lash forward, trying to catch as many as She can;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0tZCXU7zS
yet only at its latest moment, has She noticed the ‘why’.
THEY’RE OUTSIDE! PLANTS, PLEASE! HELP ME! PLEASE!!!
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mask;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUjZ8yIiZB
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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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdO63SZaBOB
She had long awaited it;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCVgKUH5iq
She anticipated as it came;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDumGnxZ8G7
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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ma9fIHWAB
boundless teeth;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4oKm8FurA
made to tear,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvNoUEC49V
and made to eat;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXNenO6fwb
to Her, they were needles;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhyQIeuN4Q
to Her, they were useful;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrn54Bl0ICb
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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmNGP88kpu
anticipation set;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AKJgqdaGZ
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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALuaUmZQbh
they fell in disappointment,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcyAEYhLli
and CRASHED unto the floor;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLL4izS5Kc
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhzri5Z4Qr
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyvpCp5Olu
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRC4jMkdxdS
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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQk3NTXetq
for She hated none in this world; she was kind;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoIeLoupsI
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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3Sx5QErx8
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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhenpi8LGF
She is soon to be taken;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GifHo39jV
Time wished to stake its claim;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdVMTlmoa7
yet Her Soul belonged to It;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jcd9xWDdK
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jiyxibd93
It could not be denied;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3v7Hpclor
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUmjkQWGRa
Life.
What was that childish name they used to mock me with?177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwcGJtmutB
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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLyuBelOaN
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AK2Mz5bpF
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZgmUiXFXF
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95TWiTEp36
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmD7JGRulN
familiar, to it, but not;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQ513fAyuk
nor could be, yet the intentions to have been.
It was a paradoxical name;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhLJA5y6cA
one that could not be who it conveyed itself as, and one that must cease to exist;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOApchMU61
wherefore it had to be someone else:177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjM2Mrjnpo
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31yJvi9Cka
it had the same name- but it was someone else;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yXuHGZcp5
the exact same name- but it was someone else;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfg5fUvklw
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
That could be why, that as she died, she could not recognize It:177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgQkI0myTZ
not because It had become different,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGLyjJz6HT
but because she was someone else;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIqEkkG7YR
not because It wore a mask;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2noaB3BKn
because she was someone else.
And as two strangers greeted Eyes;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aSqTMHTxZ
she saw the face of Death,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvGkaJ9e6S
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMnKdaUu6C
something crawled from the inside, looking to escape- like spiders, webbing fate:
“It’s me. It’s Yssi.”
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It let nothing to leave;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XB1oWcOpy
small cracks were not enough;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOmMGYpHUD
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It could decidedly not;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCthLRn8bn
It had to break;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvV7kRLcx6
It decided to not;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdfbIp7f3m
and from there,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqMiB6HySc
something inside broke to compensate.
And torn from the other side of the veil-177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRl4QTmmDy
where stars roam,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcswLxvxPg
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAW04ib3yM
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.”177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAUXdwBuCg
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgXoRNAcAC
there was no regret,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwgK66vy5K
for regret could not be forgiven;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiG0RN6z6Y8
It held a strong position,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Fb5bktn4w
where Good was done,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckkMtsTvVk
where Good could happen,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbXvesV89t
where a Soul could be saved;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttebaqUIYf
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to regret would be to forget,177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DDhmc5OgQ
and Death was far too kind.
That changes nothing! There's no way to make up for idling by; you always have to try! But I did try! I tried and failed miserably! So I tried again! I kept trying! I'm still trying! I’ve tried so hard and why?! After all these years, why can’t I do one thing right?? Why can’t things go my way!? Am I just wrong!? Should people be made to suffer?? WERE people made to suffer!? Someone's life is in danger here so why!? Why am I still thinking about myself!? Of course people shouldn’t suffer- it’s just that I can’t do ONE SINGLE THING RIGHT! I finally have the chance... IF THE WORLD WANTS TO LASH OUT THEN LET ME BE ON THE SUFFERING END- WHY!? WHY EVERYONE ELSE- WHY ANYONE ELSE?! WHY!?
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Death was far too kind.
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She could not breathe;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3McJUAOVS
She could not think;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NNaEBEVQv
She could not see;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzfMEiiL53
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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfPLUn1UZm
shortness of breath.
Help- help me- help me, PLEASE!
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trembling;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcFvqLbwM4
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;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLsNXrYxn3
then, the images;177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYafyfZD7m7
then, the memory of coming back.
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Who?! Who’s there?177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKVhFshu71
You can save them.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMggzyOe15
I can't! I can't!177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8T5YYIDFH
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When!?177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yjdHfsGUA
You did all you could.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaVts1aHHf
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Was I not for you?177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZd1J8RYKn
Lyn...177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohwAydvnPm
What do you think of yourself? Failure?177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAp3FKWwsG
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I failed as well.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVVJKl6Bzr
You didn’t!177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGixkw2MzvX
I couldn’t finish my lessons.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUP2HdqH1m
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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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFTtBiMHnD
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?!177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bqpA2dITa
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1bOy5onoA
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...177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMuyCqctVO
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.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHSRBJWlrP
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Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncnyDUsEoR
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3yb0o5Ehd
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPW6rkb2hga
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.”177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxQMbnJ9sv
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!177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMPvMOkoJ2
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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+!177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMKgbFR7uU
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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!
