“To Time, Death meant nothing.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPl7j1vSV0
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.”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3HhYkJQiq
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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fqVY9MLxH
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6mJhgJ4Lj
and it is said that It held a Name,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqzA7SEuQA
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;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6YmsYO6nj
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.
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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?
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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,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsh26N7SgmP
along expressions of simplism,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdYcr8N688
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobufRNXeJH
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42lTa5mNcB
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgl1pqJKU9Z
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXL3phl3p8
an Invocation nay common-used,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzHFyqvtw1
yet common-known.
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that alone was all it needed to be.
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nay in the worlds It had been;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzKKHwMi1q
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKK5YE2ZkB3
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1xmeICRD0
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZsJevUmHg
garnished with maggots;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA18UFw6tWq
scum, festered in waste;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhdpVHb8ii
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!
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molded, and retched,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PXuPbFF2d
from the recesses of Her stomach;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN01Lk4aHfD
to the orifice of Her mouth;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5qJzGbrXj
noise, they heard.
I need to get away- but- the others- gotta stay and look for them- no, run!
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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,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqdWES0lFi
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;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDm2exqrla
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-182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvh63M1NbrE
no different from the town that made it;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cDjvDxM1S
it held significance in change;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JlKpFiw7i
with Time, it could be a location;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6TyYtymyl
for now, it was merely progress;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eV3enNhxQ
with Death... it is stagnant:182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewWNpVvW75
interesting, Death;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhNrJb5Jyy
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some say it Static;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHqYw4VPub
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sRtfTWCrv
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!
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it was known to Her,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96jiJx9VjE
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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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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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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??
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a loss to mindful thoughts;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UhIGG2Vgq
relinquish claim to Her own mind;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueDWTXEygg
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnCGw8zcOX
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
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this was a mistake:182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxYBPkILbZ
it only hurt Herself;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJ3HECEQCf
Her hands bled;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiuGFIc50s
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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:182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rbo4455Qw
‘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,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgFkLmdmqC
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHZKykl51B
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!
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that spoke a language unknown,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrZiDQQ7Wq
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that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
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as She consoled;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrONmZVyplH
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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;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRryQwYZyL
much like It;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwc2ibSzt3u
however more youthful.
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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;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59bVWyJQ1c
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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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running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZ3fzXld09
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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;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYyfR1EiPQ
made to tear,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAteRgZsUe
and made to eat;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvh0LLFfg83
to Her, they were needles;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKCbLbk8iv
to Her, they were useful;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HsDttvnUf
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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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,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUKOZksErH
and CRASHED unto the floor;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQdtywCdzP
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fTmQgu3hF
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvtGC4td7Z
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYl6dVurE3
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;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ViewjQGKx
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;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY46g9HmAIg
Time wished to stake its claim;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6JTae8QY0
yet Her Soul belonged to It;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mdH9ShOS6
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It held governance over Death, and, by extension,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSYvlLG2LG
Life.
What was that childish name they used to mock me with?182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJFQ0TSKmW
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;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9g4YN886B4
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrm83VuRSS
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95NUsVwaH6
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFyze1hPfJ
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZ2IvqWEgb
familiar, to it, but not;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbeh3HPpcH
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;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73BzFgCWh3
wherefore it had to be someone else:182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOq0XF5ORm
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kGhcnWJSJ
it had the same name- but it was someone else;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yaGsfnUbG
the exact same name- but it was someone else;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xhTeTvcqV
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
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not because It wore a mask;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH41lA6YzfJ
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc20mMzI8k0
and the face of Death saw someone else.
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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;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPWIkTk1WI
It had to break;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHkbp6w1GB
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something inside broke to compensate.
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whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdtPiRehg0
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.”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWOf2DmUY3
Grim 3:61
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there was no regret,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHadvUePmH8
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It held a strong position,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoXQFHdh0U
where Good was done,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyAHb4tMFQ
where Good could happen,182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6E1i2SEAM
where a Soul could be saved;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAddjlZok5
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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;182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNZd099vp3
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...182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXaNyEOfiL
What do you think of yourself? Failure?182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClxnjDoFdO
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I failed as well.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20ylpOFtKX
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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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWhyWsX8ze
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?!182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMCzRcxRuF
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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDUPNMJunj
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...182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmhkU1sE1c
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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYRySFxr5U
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Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLdrrFQyb4
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTmK1JpP3M
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgX6MiUuqVS
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.”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftap7wYo3t
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!182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEV9YIA9vVp
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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+!182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1n7Snsm48
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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!
