“To Time, Death meant nothing.219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaCFyVQd0U
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.”219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuUuFLUQ7O
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.219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcntTAHsbr
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapttfr28MU
and it is said that It held a Name,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWP4uMpQjF
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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPYe9E9HsH
It was a person who knew of Hurt;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6wah5J7f6
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,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgtt5oBUmL
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,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Tfum02Jw2
unto then,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaiegGibRT
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQJGI8g1U2
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLyghljA7X
along expressions of simplism,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpowntWcuYH
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcknAQMGPE1
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡci0BT2LvZF
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9hIKm1Wdg
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQhWdBZEvi
an Invocation nay common-used,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCkLOhH2Lk
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2V1JpBHXf
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknVLR6o6pL
nay in the worlds It had been;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IJNoVjzp1
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0F1K56jMh
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oqYOVQffi
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpcMQl99M8
garnished with maggots;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0s305Z9fjO
scum, festered in waste;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmEBhcXh67
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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipyGV1chNu
molded, and retched,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspnHr8q4vc
from the recesses of Her stomach;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhQsk19T6J
to the orifice of Her mouth;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfeiyaqagN
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,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LCi6a44pd
and fell into a hole:219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKXOGmEQg0
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,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bo1TmnzH4
and as a result,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJV7cGwnrj
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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZU4LwxISGB
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,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fLIfdJKqz
however resilient-219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWud2oJZKXl
no different from the town that made it;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzjf82OJ1O
it held significance in change;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHmIr2Pt9t
with Time, it could be a location;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKzbWXdV4W
for now, it was merely progress;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85z4Lm9uyi
with Death... it is stagnant:219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRuatjglKK
interesting, Death;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggxHeZncs6
some call it Change,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJixtQqPLBC
some say it Static;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HKlQYp37B
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJIAqGMMSe
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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUZXQWRQmO
it was known to Her,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXOINusNYO
for She lacked Intelligence;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhojAC7LpQJ
She lacked Wisdom;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbozbId6d6
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it was all known,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZWvjzixYf
and yet, now,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERUR8CyASh
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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvH7Q3LfRs
far it be known of poor quality;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlB9arSv7j
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’;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ln1Xf5Ve8
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!219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIZ7eG5TNI
“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14clxaF6Mt
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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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiT0zZxY6W
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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHXtgiA2v4
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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:219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTb3PRw42Na
a loss to mindful thoughts;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjV3xAdaRrJ
relinquish claim to Her own mind;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ycr1NttOV
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR43vy0Z9mC
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
Her hands bled;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykQluOJf8l
this was a mistake:219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSQqQZzWIE
it only hurt Herself;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHrncLD4N8
Her hands bled;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyRKB5JKEj
Her fingers trembled;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymPbR45ADD
Her nails creaked;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87t9g7X64W
to counteract the door,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigsyJZrsN7
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:219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZrae6XFiX
‘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,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatVBqkJciG
a small copse of trees, spread,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1A1o7nDhX
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡae5rVcimBq
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!
A voice, in the void, to be heard,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTM6Gz0MCOB
that spoke a language unknown,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdth5jlERSp
yet strong Intent behind words;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQcfzyDijI
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
The voice kept speaking,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ramZyxM2u
as She consoled;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwGJWQPLex
hushed;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dXnlWW7yK
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69BvMuhfJR
much like It;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOltKTS3Eex
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoadorkt1og
She refused to let It claim the child;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZMLkKtCA3
for shame that in Darkness,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BIy9E2iBO
Her Eyes held little sight:219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGljpuhIKc
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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihpYehWhbB
not for Death;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiBYOW5dbN
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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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNP1U0ntgP1
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZNrJIY0nX
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBq9qyfYrxe
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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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but celebration forth-coming;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhx9EU76L0c
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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!
Roots with thorns;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaT6cdfkJD
boundless teeth;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAolRqPxZx
made to tear,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVMfXZegZy
and made to eat;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Zsu1K3dx3
to Her, they were needles;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31zwbqEuYF
to Her, they were useful;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWKMrtCgt1
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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zaQQzPJ0v
anticipation set;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHGGlsfx3g
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,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinfguFlzF7
and CRASHED unto the floor;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzHsyDietY
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4R8pWwNxM3
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgjfOrzu7P
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL49K5yQmXZ
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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEeX00fMDS
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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSbUF1vX0o
Time wished to stake its claim;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlnv2RcWF7
yet Her Soul belonged to It;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdbJNg5c8t
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBGYiRylZh
It could not be denied;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjurflEuanG
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvaQZs5GzQ
Life.
What was that childish name they used to mock me with?219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclx77Ct9EL
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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8SZBVcGpk
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMvXdEjj5L
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgDA6kiXCx
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBq1lyRBfO
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6KfTSQ5xI
familiar, to it, but not;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyy3ZuYhYmZ
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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSIDYs90II
wherefore it had to be someone else:219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuoez55gHZ
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMeyQqv2HL
it had the same name- but it was someone else;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANaY7z31Bp
the exact same name- but it was someone else;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgaqcRqUB6
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
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not because It had become different,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkaguTf39H
but because she was someone else;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7ligIZozL
not because It wore a mask;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFC8SIob99U
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpBp10vf8J
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyj1Ropo4x
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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmHFHT7vZu
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It could decidedly not;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtC1WWXeDVo
It had to break;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3CaT4Qzul
It decided to not;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9Om3Yuqba
and from there,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡil4YwKvnuw
something inside broke to compensate.
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whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEaH1p5mqM
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.”219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHO4p3bsc0
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9m0y0JSmI
there was no regret,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uj5WkI7kQ
for regret could not be forgiven;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaMB7jU5EP
It held a strong position,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2tycq6ruX
where Good was done,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94mHjlZtku
where Good could happen,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3IPxXIfHh
where a Soul could be saved;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8TRN3zh6P
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to regret would be to forget,219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOmrFFF5P6
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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZHbn42lm5
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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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYUy3U0Bp1
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;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuZT24wX0N
then, the images;219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLL62ZT96S
then, the memory of coming back.
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Who?! Who’s there?219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2endpEcP2z
You can save them.219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXDV8uL3bd
I can't! I can't!219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZRYB8PGhd
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Lyn...219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9YWHqhMHL
What do you think of yourself? Failure?219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEr51Acyog
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I failed as well.219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLMlbPR0oo
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I couldn’t finish my lessons.219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEkpX2Tfjr
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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.219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyKnKeGqju
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?!219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZUOsI745f
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.219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpnYSWppAp
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...219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJio7UkUQbM
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.219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmnKWjOafM
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Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpMZzh0tt2
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnJkq1agqd
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsZXkFOXob
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.”219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxH1dWXLS72
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!219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTP8MKzTrsH
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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+!219Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9o7CQ43Wcy
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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!
