“To Time, Death meant nothing.218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCeeIVWNoB
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.”218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWK6p8853f
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.218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWW1NUCSUu
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7s6QYxQnL
and it is said that It held a Name,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczVY6BqP3P
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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHrR0T3dwb
It was a person who knew of Hurt;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DgPCarIxa
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,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85LDvIO9q7
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,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hY7i416da
unto then,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJj9NcUVXT
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8oD0L1FRb
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnaQsnqMbb
along expressions of simplism,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2Ls6ewS3v
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHr63f7IlT4
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33u6OiXBCK
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mQ56NLFjd
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYDpISoiNg
an Invocation nay common-used,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBK59iz9Ld
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEFZTIlaDz
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNOTvErTnG
nay in the worlds It had been;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiCucWf6AD
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEAzRyGzuV
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSt60Icngc
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOg1vxjQken
garnished with maggots;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ935iBbGMr7
scum, festered in waste;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KLBKHXiPZ
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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGM5FMNeyfV
molded, and retched,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64skL7gMB0
from the recesses of Her stomach;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXT1Jg59SpP
to the orifice of Her mouth;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mHzr14ndE
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,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9hF8Sz8GP
and fell into a hole:218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDY5nItO9o
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,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FiXMVvJZZ
and as a result,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowzHCbq4z9
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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47xGJ3a6iT
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,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmb7pAEZZH
however resilient-218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsT7hTA6nbf
no different from the town that made it;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4ILx3UizK
it held significance in change;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoXHgrJ9C4
with Time, it could be a location;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTNkCQYFRj
for now, it was merely progress;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWR2SBzU5EE
with Death... it is stagnant:218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPB0JvP72y
interesting, Death;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMDwqJZeBM
some call it Change,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjDi0mVnc8
some say it Static;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6tygwxbVC
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
She wanted for focus;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfWH1K0dtS
formulated plans,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡas3HG5RBrI
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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlazu5SF2K
it was known to Her,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3wVkVEZtt
for She lacked Intelligence;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsT7M1Vwuj
She lacked Wisdom;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9ANMUwl8Y
She lacked Wit;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQrz4gRRwy
She had no Tact;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcCrvnqFvq
it was all known,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCvBA9VU01
and yet, now,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzyczzKkal
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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBStklJU9h2
far it be known of poor quality;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheCvXE8QjO
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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaZxlVHurl
She was a manner of being who would simply ‘do’;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4tQzvUd4t
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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtW2hn9sLRk
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!218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2If9unZ8LL
“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwaAu7plSa
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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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CV5PgZUi2
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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdpa5BbODq
it comes from the right;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55naSLsjBd
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:218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkb3BHXgyB
a loss to mindful thoughts;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOlZdq1MDU
relinquish claim to Her own mind;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkMCwmWWAe
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyUtdCUwYW
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
Her hands bled;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp27kFpIwSM
this was a mistake:218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOWk05HsDZ
it only hurt Herself;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtU8odO89H
Her hands bled;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQN49xwcw6e
Her fingers trembled;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgsXAV0kUo
Her nails creaked;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPmCSBPtex
to counteract the door,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxx4QdVfQz7
She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
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simple,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yFuhu34h0
unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS330sqtaJW
‘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,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMD95Q3URj3
a small copse of trees, spread,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqPTiRHqaC
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RmKQ6fhHt
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.218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxIaqVkoEu
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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,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbC8DCZTtd
that spoke a language unknown,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFitJED0KJ
yet strong Intent behind words;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2hnzFkLw0
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
The voice kept speaking,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sk87OglAL
as She consoled;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVHyIijNOY
hushed;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoLikR7N0I
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaREoFiEOd
much like It;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvpjOazJoJ
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9HPa03fXY
She refused to let It claim the child;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpFaZLVWBE
for shame that in Darkness,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJGUwJfmjD
Her Eyes held little sight:218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoSNI0HnwD
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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1zHBuhGqn
not for petty matters;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYO2Z0Outc0
not for Death;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBEcHa0KUV
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It had been problematic to Them;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeO7IdjPwSV
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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1R2lhFWH4W
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV499kfJkmp
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKCjmZeBtf
She’ll lash forward, trying to catch as many as She can;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFEqJIlMIQ
yet only at its latest moment, has She noticed the ‘why’.
THEY’RE OUTSIDE! PLANTS, PLEASE! HELP ME! PLEASE!!!
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mask;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3i4aDzxHu9
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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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPzdjDAYpv
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She anticipated as it came;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2BojnsGQi
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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xCN3xt5z6
boundless teeth;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZthCyFGzC
made to tear,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuherhxcYQ3
and made to eat;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRbjosMHj2
to Her, they were needles;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2dpGXudNd
to Her, they were useful;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OWAE6l3kQ
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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRVVU8TrHA
anticipation set;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXB25eOKn5
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,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBCCmN0EO3
and CRASHED unto the floor;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFPtfhPbYa
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbntUiDTcFN
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLeQyGNN23
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqfzwdruW7
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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJXgkq2Uk9
for She hated none in this world; she was kind;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaBKOJdbxG
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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTt21Gydox
Time wished to stake its claim;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkS9TJWHUTX
yet Her Soul belonged to It;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4DZWIABKJ
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21f5SIhDqb
It could not be denied;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyz54yJ96D1
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoZj1o4i9l
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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFGcnMLBBi
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaBRp5ciso
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeB3pCcAPe
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡut92CqNgAZ
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5X0po35NaT
familiar, to it, but not;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Y1Osw9f4r
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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQs0fo8K0lo
wherefore it had to be someone else:218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERkA7MAb2u
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4amgk4fA8
it had the same name- but it was someone else;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFp8RKuGaRH
the exact same name- but it was someone else;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiVwDoDM3w
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
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not because It had become different,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheJ40R74ga
but because she was someone else;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHRDhcZhjq
not because It wore a mask;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfseO4aa9m
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqBJH4YM0y
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 had to break;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZdGKojLAL
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something inside broke to compensate.
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whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdHo4IsIWt
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.”218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9KbCRQOvq
Grim 3:61
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there was no regret,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ck1rgUTbN
for regret could not be forgiven;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlF2JJbDG4H
It held a strong position,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SOmuv6qJu
where Good was done,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UVgxvMzj1
where Good could happen,218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3bA0WC4uf
where a Soul could be saved;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMuR21N5wH
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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 could not breathe;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8BkblQAUK
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She could not see;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FzIN2UkUB
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;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrjnMznaPX
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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they call for a panic attack;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dUHurlcBb
and the cure?
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Nothing can be done.
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First, there were flashes;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpMQkXiBsw
then, the images;218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4TaNKcehj
then, the memory of coming back.
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You can save them.218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWJcR9dlJb
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Lyn...218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3XskHPUj1
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I failed as well.218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIj3KuVRdgG
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I couldn’t finish my lessons.218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvKSfUYdbM
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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.218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTPml3Y87U
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?!218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkR1b1m7iBT
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.218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8cfFOm7yH
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...218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFH71U3mv3i
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.218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8VPSJceSL
But I...-218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qBym3Qcru
Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhrGCh0E5e
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PXY62HpZB
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvFoWp2lz5
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.”218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UaOSbuuBI
Yssi ‘Here, and Now’
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Thus ends Chapter One
of
The Book of Death
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Author's Note:218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZOmLtI1Zv
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!218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESBQyHts3v
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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+!218Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrVEZm3zTN
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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!
