“To Time, Death meant nothing.164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUwaPxsJLF
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.”164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztxMYQcr7L
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.164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcgQGGRJNt
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGMHo9mShX
and it is said that It held a Name,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HtfZyONEI
and Its name was Yssi.
This isn’t right... none of it’s right! How can so many people die and just- just- nothing? Shouldn't there be something? A sign? Acknowledgment? A scream?! Ever since life began, it’s always had an end, but not like this... not like this! It's too unfair! Life is unfair!
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It was a person who knew of Hurt;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CR1auerWv
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,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFP0ezD6Eh
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,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBz4hGUxfE
unto then,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXegeMYHwz
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKl0SExUtr7
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gU0dvY4IW
along expressions of simplism,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62yNvFuZ9J
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdIxDQRagE
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAaFsaKvOG
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTThHs4JJb
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaAHtV5ZXR
an Invocation nay common-used,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfY2ixxVq9Y
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSb8B9IE5Iu
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQBlDwvby9
nay in the worlds It had been;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhUIU3iLE2
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEH1pa22Tv
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TcIrMcghu
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfOurre4bh
garnished with maggots;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRIfE7DP7x
scum, festered in waste;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjtmWtImVP
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;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJaLdQtuR8
molded, and retched,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFwgEMF5yQ
from the recesses of Her stomach;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjEmsu5fCd
to the orifice of Her mouth;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4CEUaA7e2
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,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrpwG7W1xX
and fell into a hole:164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVS8kBhXcc
of terrifying abode.
No, no, it wasn’t them! It wasn’t them being eaten! No! Don’t think that way!
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and as a result,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXGjIYh0gN
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;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqhuUG4JHF
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,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJv2BWY1SP
however resilient-164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZx5TuM09I
no different from the town that made it;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GZyU1rSy8
it held significance in change;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlWh6SeUpy
with Time, it could be a location;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelg9mtN6NA
for now, it was merely progress;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3w1mpKK7A
with Death... it is stagnant:164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnxIUrUWul
interesting, Death;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40hiSc1I6E
some call it Change,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11Nv6c8VKQ
some say it Static;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf24NKF9d7K
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVu3DzYPpJ9
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;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloy6w1lcCg
it was known to Her,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLM7QmYc9P
for She lacked Intelligence;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCVWUTcJMi
She lacked Wisdom;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Q6X2iGU8q
She lacked Wit;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyAS3LnMUw
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it was all known,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjYUX3t8Fz
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it was discovered.
Aaargh! I’m so dumb! No, no- calm down! Calm down! I can’t lose it! But I’m not good at this! What am I even good at? I don’t even have power-
Another, she rediscovered.
Powers! I totally have powers! I have plants! But... what can I do? With plants, what can I do? Are there even any? Yes! There are! Random plants sprout from the ground- like, tiny ones- on the sides of buildings! I don’t know what they are, but they’re always there! What do I do with them? What can I do? How can they help? How do I-??
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to propose not for Her, who, thrived within.
Pollen! Of course- pollen! If I scatter it around, it’ll cling onto that thing, and I’ll know where it is! But could I? Could I sneak around? Would it work? It didn’t notice me earlier- only after I made noise; so it only works with sound? Not smell?
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She was a manner of being who would simply ‘do’;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QUgiNqYBz
and the panic allowed Her most of all, as it would enable Her too.
... or maybe it didn’t notice my smell until- or it could have been blocked by the scent of dead- or even- eaaagh! I don’t even know anymore! I just have to try!
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there found no real need to so, yet She did all the same.
Alright, flowery friends, it's just us now! I'm counting on all of you, please! Thank you!
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“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
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Yssi is able to use pollen from nearby plants for a very short duration as an intruder alert system. Yssi can recognize the energy signature of pollen and when it is released from surrounding plants, she searches for an area of accumulation, indicating that something has blocked the pollen's movement. This gives her a vague sense of where an object is. Due to the nature of pollen and its minuscule energy, Yssi is unable to focus on this technique for long and can only use it in an enclosed location, or nearby.
She and the creature danced to a song of Death;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72sWNvDkpA
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;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bzJ5cVd9I
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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:164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZpcBYezcH
a loss to mindful thoughts;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdAkDLp1Fr
relinquish claim to Her own mind;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqopCcHF83G
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlxcLp5jCX
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
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this was a mistake:164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbilRz89zKn
it only hurt Herself;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4MyZQKhh1
Her hands bled;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9xqaOjX4l
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to counteract the door,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5DPzrW72w
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:164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNokaZgwcG
‘If, on a whim, Nature were notioned to destruction... do you think you would be protected, within your sedentary, sedimentary homes?’
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a small copse of trees, spread,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3CRLHK9EE
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IwTCvKjU9
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.164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwFycmyVEJ
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A simple door held nothing in relation.
Get-in-get-in-getin! Okay! I- ACK! Not again! Huff~ huff~ falling is loud; loud is bad! Thank goodness I landed on this... this... this... don't. Scream. I'm lying on something squishy and that's okay. Everything's okay. Do not-
"Help... me..."
NOT OKAY! THE CORPSE IS ALIVE! THAT IS NOT OKAY!
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that spoke a language unknown,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqZ5lIUIgi
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that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
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as She consoled;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqzLzKlzih
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lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like It;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTubN9sT0t
however more youthful.
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for shame that in Darkness,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYwjhOnCCj
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She had forgotten to See.
Are you okay? Are you- HYA!? Wet?! Is that... blood? Oh... my... God.
An Invocation!? Blasphemy! Yet to her fortune, it remained unheard.
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not for Death;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAoiWEFA9I
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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;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Z6F10DKbR
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGU6xxnxHs
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yet only at its latest moment, has She noticed the ‘why’.
THEY’RE OUTSIDE! PLANTS, PLEASE! HELP ME! PLEASE!!!
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from seeking
Forget being quiet! It’s already an emergency- but that’s good; gives me options! Like... like... what do people normally do?! Call a doctor? No, you- UGH! Something I can do... um... it’s uhm... umm... closing the wound! Sewing! Yes! I GOT IT! I GOT IT! I DID IT!
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this... ‘moment’.
But- plants! Plant’s fibre! Oh my goodness- I’m actually smart right now! I’m- okay, breathe! Breathe! Breathe... huff... okay! Okay- okay! So if I take a strand of fibre from a plant! I can use it as thread! Then I just need needle! Oh, I’m actually doing it! I’m actually going to save someone for once! Yes! YES! I can save someone!
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boundless teeth;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOdySKl2vw
made to tear,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0p5xrq7if
and made to eat;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklAaP0C8R8
to Her, they were needles;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ofbDBNNyT
to Her, they were useful;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgSlftvNGj
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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anticipation set;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsvLVTMcph
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,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdivljE3Od
and CRASHED unto the floor;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQ8X5glFJJ
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpoouxgc8N
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0Dhqb87C9
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmFM6XNrNH
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;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCj3Z8062U
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;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPbxNDcDoB
Time wished to stake its claim;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFtaZ4F3P0
yet Her Soul belonged to It;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdeREitOmZ
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWVpAvrZUL
It could not be denied;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30OOS9UTnj
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33i7uu4z7v
Life.
What was that childish name they used to mock me with?164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuv4Ek0XeJ
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;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINIj59bjaV
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmN2lsUtLwU
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgRt2pxosq
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9O8nEaOLsT
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyFuAlLHYG
familiar, to it, but not;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3z2XqL6x6B
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;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUwj7IR27L
wherefore it had to be someone else:164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFq4B3HbTRt
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKVgPOMk9O
it had the same name- but it was someone else;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkquAl3GGmf
the exact same name- but it was someone else;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeTbvZ0MLY
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
That could be why, that as she died, she could not recognize It:164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkK2V9doh1
not because It had become different,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlUEiOoJUP
but because she was someone else;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubDoEUeoRq
not because It wore a mask;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNseVbMfCZR
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlu1KyvkpOk
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLJGvQ1uBG
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 crumble164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQs1LdGrD1a
It could decidedly not;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Q7fRX1h1w
It had to break;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgy0NS7Fzj
It decided to not;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhyIJ5D6xF
and from there,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnfUBdRw4a
something inside broke to compensate.
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where stars roam,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Zll8ugu5Y
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsytXDwzug
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.”164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKylCz46aKF
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgbvyfeAgc
there was no regret,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdJlJXx2fl
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It held a strong position,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79YUwHGZc2
where Good was done,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfnIwE2FgF
where Good could happen,164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdQA0WtOv2
where a Soul could be saved;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqf2RbZhNqa
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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;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnus6LqxUN
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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;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYhjTEQY4A
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;164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBjSnIysWa
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then, the memory of coming back.
Yssi.164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VnE9blwEP
Who?! Who’s there?164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKj0HWNylL
You can save them.164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vQMPTPv2R
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Was I not for you?164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2waRzV29rs
Lyn...164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvOjpfwMWD
What do you think of yourself? Failure?164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIF3ZcQHma
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I failed as well.164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBxmd9zWju
You didn’t!164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSbcTZaXVb
I couldn’t finish my lessons.164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZswlHVscgN
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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.164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ919GCuINo4
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?!164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8poD7K5d0
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.164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmWq3fBYGU
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...164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLAcLr8aFh
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.164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTW5V3nIffM
But I...-164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2xlKGUucn
Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFgn0JHpjF
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCfjEp3KnH
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaqDxYrXwa
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.”164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDkk6Qs3nd
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!164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMp0e1pgrDs
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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+!164Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywr6Cur1Rh
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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!
