“To Time, Death meant nothing.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7O8vBTVOG
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.”217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0hqX0aND3
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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMf2wR5tt9Q
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoBeBh6HVj
and it is said that It held a Name,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ld6F5h1y9
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;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmCsYzwZUf
It was a person who knew of Hurt;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbXkViL89F
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,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLo9YRYwCG
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,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4GNCLMaHJ
unto then,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡin3jSrVEIn
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlWM10oWnn
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigmxFOZR78
along expressions of simplism,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhm0ay6JLYf
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sDzSW9Cdw
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucBXjnlSzq
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrSkx2jXKB
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkwwZ3lnOq
an Invocation nay common-used,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfUj8FOX8x
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUsKHH5DdU
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjdUm6heU9
nay in the worlds It had been;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9jj0qniWv
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHWNm26jcn
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZla7x1t32O
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TidOYg6BI
garnished with maggots;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCSIyV1Xnx
scum, festered in waste;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjch6vnAFan
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;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4x2RMZFDW
molded, and retched,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnRccDIxqM
from the recesses of Her stomach;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrB78V8P3T2
to the orifice of Her mouth;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XXQIMTFcC
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,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5ZsIMeNOA
and fell into a hole:217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsQqgruDPh
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,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1c9ELPwDx
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;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoXSIEmk1s
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,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAjdYKiDQA
however resilient-217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vFGGYIWaY
no different from the town that made it;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZqdWv3yrc
it held significance in change;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9zFl4wGc7
with Time, it could be a location;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYwPHS2PrC
for now, it was merely progress;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQnM06WAFI
with Death... it is stagnant:217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwNKPnNpdx
interesting, Death;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkyg9BG0Rc
some call it Change,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvrufoeUIs
some say it Static;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DXqnMWSLe
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgA3JeJCOZ
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;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKqTwXSfXe
it was known to Her,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkt3Ezrco6g
for She lacked Intelligence;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfUbN9uxxS
She lacked Wisdom;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCFEqLCOws
She lacked Wit;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2nPgytbMC
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it was all known,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8gVWCLrsU
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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-??
She was frantic;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bzUOcbOS8
far it be known of poor quality;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWRKwxfGM0
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’;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnNPmiHah7
and the panic allowed Her most of all, as it would enable Her too.
... or maybe it didn’t notice my smell until- or it could have been blocked by the scent of dead- or even- eaaagh! I don’t even know anymore! I just have to try!
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there found no real need to so, yet She did all the same.
Alright, flowery friends, it's just us now! I'm counting on all of you, please! Thank you!
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“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
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Yssi is able to use pollen from nearby plants for a very short duration as an intruder alert system. Yssi can recognize the energy signature of pollen and when it is released from surrounding plants, she searches for an area of accumulation, indicating that something has blocked the pollen's movement. This gives her a vague sense of where an object is. Due to the nature of pollen and its minuscule energy, Yssi is unable to focus on this technique for long and can only use it in an enclosed location, or nearby.
She and the creature danced to a song of Death;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMSXwy8SJr
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;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanMOGr7bCo
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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:217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHyKlgdf4KC
a loss to mindful thoughts;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPG9QOjYu7d
relinquish claim to Her own mind;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXvOIVnaiT
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qP1OPPIHr
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
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this was a mistake:217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5A4PccA7ZC
it only hurt Herself;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP87PPX1ryb
Her hands bled;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMqjp3iTrc
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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:217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9bJWBP2rH
‘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,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXeXx94KXl
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVwRYezmu5
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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQZKU07wgL
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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,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeswRvA32h
that spoke a language unknown,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp20eWbKwgQ
yet strong Intent behind words;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI65gttku0i
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
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as She consoled;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuMkU83Gnr
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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;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGX4gz5XXC5
much like It;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf026aKBut6
however more youthful.
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She refused to let It claim the child;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ikfxc5JWJ
for shame that in Darkness,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfnDFF18TR
Her Eyes held little sight:217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOOOWpXNHn
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;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBa9jNSjkmG
not for Death;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzV1hlDbCz
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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;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8LhVOHLps
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuGfj1kA9x
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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;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURA3zHtVGj
made to tear,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1sVm3hY7N
and made to eat;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55OrYS9JeV
to Her, they were needles;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdYd4Vjho8
to Her, they were useful;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vzoG6ZuGd
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;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWP4CDEp8JS
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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,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwnXd1Fvvt
and CRASHED unto the floor;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSX1IqEA9b
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIRqA5RDQC
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRE1GmH73K
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRCTBNN4Pe
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;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjhX7YkF9e
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;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEg9cxRWQ9d
Time wished to stake its claim;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubGRPz3U4J
yet Her Soul belonged to It;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoR7TWlGB6
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDNGj47b0K
It could not be denied;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFjBFee3Ad
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzm5YD1F7qr
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;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORAyo9uHRq
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqWXuS1iJl
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcHaJDKv5m
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WaoRydGkq
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1XiaArs82
familiar, to it, but not;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqskm1V3U98
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;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMYkDLjEGG
wherefore it had to be someone else:217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9PO8TeAb8
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mArHGCioZ
it had the same name- but it was someone else;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhBnMY4j6G
the exact same name- but it was someone else;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbdX8FqOGt
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
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not because It had become different,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWq36JtrdUj
but because she was someone else;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ844k62QH4l
not because It wore a mask;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2DT41Kxxb
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYM11GO6IC
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;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uF19yn8uL
It had to break;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZbjXSU8QF
It decided to not;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqxBnY6ajc
and from there,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxemQ2taIdo
something inside broke to compensate.
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whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wcRBguel1
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.”217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYRkKKrLvU
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAmgoWOzvF
there was no regret,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1jNq1gLxz
for regret could not be forgiven;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugKFyvGnfi
It held a strong position,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cwb0F5D0N
where Good was done,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnVxJR6VOr
where Good could happen,217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbN1tIF8il
where a Soul could be saved;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZU4uaeNO3
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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;217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5NXRzFdiJ
shortness of breath.
Help- help me- help me, PLEASE!
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numbness.
I can’t f- I can’t f- wha-ah-ah-ah-
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and the cure?
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Nothing can be done.
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then, the memory of coming back.
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You can save them.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF76U7FyV1s
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Lyn...217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb57wPGIJPZ
What do you think of yourself? Failure?217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2hwN93vAE
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I failed as well.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1vFIaD46I
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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?!217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoSCvolZsx
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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoB4B0LUKg
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...217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KjkfwIRHw
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.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7Fj1DkGMy
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Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8Ba10fCE1
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSDggrBW6n
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSAcFRZ9Pr
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.”217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSwbjhFU16
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!217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQRQXsyREU
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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+!217Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjKwLJOLRe
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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!
