“To Time, Death meant nothing.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsY0Sz7tcA2
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.”232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsNqgUBp36
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.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUZcSYrEF2
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEAXMnZCW5
and it is said that It held a Name,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxXKFNA3JK
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;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaCVqPXbsw
It was a person who knew of Hurt;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEs0nYsghz
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,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ecgzh7ufw
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,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeg3QzHNCSv
unto then,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ls2gdI8Ip
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4D7dHhAJX
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMUkDF6IQ4
along expressions of simplism,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡliTAkiBWdk
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9y9CxNScfp
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKW8VBivU0y
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3e6KqnUDvm
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAwq89Dd0l
an Invocation nay common-used,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9dAgtFt4u
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJdPyxzImz
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTjTs84Q9h
nay in the worlds It had been;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yokf8241E
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ46QbaJvyK
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23SB6UIQgG
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2d1l3QCeP
garnished with maggots;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFER8kCtRd
scum, festered in waste;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvx2aNl7lo
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;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiWyW3hRTa
molded, and retched,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUSWhoyNV3
from the recesses of Her stomach;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOI8zX78FVF
to the orifice of Her mouth;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15bggtuU91
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,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyOQNBgNY1
and fell into a hole:232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNkNAMIYaT
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,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYC871VYLS
and as a result,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVm0sioPEAV
She stumbled once more.
-ack! Get it together! Now's not the time to trip over a corpse!
Then, She thought to hide;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwr0f8pAG7n
then, She thought to run;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqd3Rut0bqp
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,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHyAVeP3BJ
however resilient-232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfstCxBNPap
no different from the town that made it;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvy2XMxeZdd
it held significance in change;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2v5Fc4l0C
with Time, it could be a location;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47CZDTo6cD
for now, it was merely progress;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVlerCystt
with Death... it is stagnant:232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPOdKu8Kzl
interesting, Death;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nuhVmdTlb
some call it Change,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfGe6XCskm
some say it Static;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fLBV7C5zL
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
She wanted for focus;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrcaoyD2zk
formulated plans,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJGP3m4OCp
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;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAs1mVr3Bt
it was known to Her,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxpgq1sD6m
for She lacked Intelligence;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8w1RL3MIeC
She lacked Wisdom;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjAKa7zz4W
She lacked Wit;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOEt7tu4jn
She had no Tact;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eR4b4IwIA
it was all known,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70ss2yPkf2
and yet, now,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfsPmaORWn
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;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2W18rGVBjG
far it be known of poor quality;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSz8roBekF
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’;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjS4szj0UyI
and the panic allowed Her most of all, as it would enable Her too.
... or maybe it didn’t notice my smell until- or it could have been blocked by the scent of dead- or even- eaaagh! I don’t even know anymore! I just have to try!
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there found no real need to so, yet She did all the same.
Alright, flowery friends, it's just us now! I'm counting on all of you, please! Thank you!
Yssi Level Up! Lv 2!232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJ6wUNHe8d
“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbUpNX9cWw
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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;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOB6BZUFisZ
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;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOEUCwsbDA
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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:232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmLYxuQmuC
a loss to mindful thoughts;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡga6PbcGQpy
relinquish claim to Her own mind;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTnn7aPWvp
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1DTJskdqn
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
Her hands bled;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyogjfiRSOB
this was a mistake:232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRlXROPJEc
it only hurt Herself;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HLu4CbfuE
Her hands bled;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYX8xV97Hm
Her fingers trembled;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNDlAKUpIs
Her nails creaked;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXl31cIJDO
to counteract the door,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1dp6GnZf4
She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
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simple,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuxTUG9isv
unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOziGcjaWH
‘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,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuEmEJIWZJ
a small copse of trees, spread,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOflJlPtp3b
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZVcQzqMsF
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.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JkyWE5gU7
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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,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBSmSLlHaS
that spoke a language unknown,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEpbz2mg1l
yet strong Intent behind words;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7F0XwqnbS
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
The voice kept speaking,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYl7ZPjSMN
as She consoled;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxY5seFq93
hushed;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGe2ZMJ4vh
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
A Child;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡow9HJvJSTb
much like Her;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43biHxiuRe
much like It;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1WBmRQosZ
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXl2ZqQzBtk
She refused to let It claim the child;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2A5cAhMFo
for shame that in Darkness,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0BnWv91Qe
Her Eyes held little sight:232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy975Rf1vkC
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;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNbWzfSI8x
not for Death;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xcZHggCfR
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It had been problematic to Them;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9eG38cIxj
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;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1DU5B4PzO
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHozy69AQ7l
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDUKw5sSO5
She’ll lash forward, trying to catch as many as She can;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5wWcAVV7W
yet only at its latest moment, has She noticed the ‘why’.
THEY’RE OUTSIDE! PLANTS, PLEASE! HELP ME! PLEASE!!!
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mask;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyNA2j9B3i
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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;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxr1xC0cAQd
She had long awaited it;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESRDd08uU7
She anticipated as it came;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlL8a8lutkJ
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;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HuzCRRB7H
boundless teeth;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtheUUG8WZZ
made to tear,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADhmxqjcjq
and made to eat;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9i6zQ4cP1
to Her, they were needles;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9iUQGBRMC
to Her, they were useful;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53Ew3c113S
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;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWgyDD9zTx
anticipation set;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yilFzNJ5K
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,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLD6ryhucvR
and CRASHED unto the floor;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimuUxu7WLe
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSi4wbUmoX
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqYyVovici
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYZJdZR4iR
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;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkZ2XeuVIx
for She hated none in this world; she was kind;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbCNSWvHR6
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;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkYqENcRLH
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;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJjSusIl47
She is soon to be taken;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuxlfpwG9r
Time wished to stake its claim;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3XjeA8por
yet Her Soul belonged to It;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdbqT2rabl
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkw2hRwk8d
It could not be denied;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShY654ZGL4
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupe1faoB6i
Life.
What was that childish name they used to mock me with?232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9lLEaFkwe
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;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdSv1as5Ln
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFEfBpY39Z
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVRaC9APEB
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MHyicVWAZ
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO49FnIxti2
familiar, to it, but not;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFBhcx2hxW
nor could be, yet the intentions to have been.
It was a paradoxical name;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATZdCMEoY1
one that could not be who it conveyed itself as, and one that must cease to exist;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Jt6icWxBo
wherefore it had to be someone else:232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxtxi67KZt
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtK5V4sradV
it had the same name- but it was someone else;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRj37IZ6jo
the exact same name- but it was someone else;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowNPFAJj8C
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
That could be why, that as she died, she could not recognize It:232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lhXQqm1kt
not because It had become different,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3Gsm4hT6H
but because she was someone else;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡot2IYduz4I
not because It wore a mask;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQIulpRLAY
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcGlExgHQi
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcXsC94YED
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;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXNxuehWIH
small cracks were not enough;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVp9BMWZQ0
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It could decidedly not;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMAgrayFck
It had to break;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7x63jWhvlz
It decided to not;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSos5D1OZWz
and from there,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkayMTiE6PS
something inside broke to compensate.
And torn from the other side of the veil-232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGoYs8du1H
where stars roam,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9OIc7WJmN
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7BwJ3JLqu
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.”232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3qItVUpd9
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnB872zDM5
there was no regret,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZBl6FfMvb
for regret could not be forgiven;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vq0bHiMZX
It held a strong position,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tlYxOwbvb
where Good was done,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6msMx3Vx4
where Good could happen,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jHI3TZb0G
where a Soul could be saved;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxP6oILO3UJ
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to regret would be to forget,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWRc95ITnt
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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to all;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETBmEC2fsc
Death was far too kind.
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She could not breathe;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vIpPshJTc
She could not think;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtrpXO7PQq
She could not see;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL47pd5vFm6
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;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzLl2AcVhp
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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First, there were flashes;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukM7FmJIGY
then, the images;232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3T23E54rRA
then, the memory of coming back.
Yssi.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVOIkWoTGR
Who?! Who’s there?232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6TI5xLSsa
You can save them.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95FeFJEAt2
I can't! I can't!232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDV20iIIfIX
You have.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BpbzppIXS
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You did all you could.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeW1PMY8jd
AND IT WASN'T ENOUGH!232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3FNvnWl4r
It was for them.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3bhhvT61U
How?232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWjyOPktRq
Was I not for you?232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjEPwpNxe1
Lyn...232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEtsOiywan
What do you think of yourself? Failure?232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrtCEVbGZ1
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I failed as well.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeM2X7uNVB
You didn’t!232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR37KVLRCfx
I couldn’t finish my lessons.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxD4sgBSZJ
But you left me with enough!232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXznGq3tqX4
So did you.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2JP4JukUI
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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.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLKOnqdHYx
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?!232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQBgyZe7iy
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.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatohf6cgzC
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...232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEfCMPbaqg
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.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ES0LnLIVw
But I...-232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKluk5ey6c5
Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMssRotemM
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QYgxU79yz
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBXD731Ui7
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.”232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3ANX9kvT8
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!232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ29c6nLpbo
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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+!232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuPSKkgyYf
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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!
