“To Time, Death meant nothing.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJb9qjzhT4D
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.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe04hvSY5fG
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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGo4WUrUdw
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9PK68k6C5
and it is said that It held a Name,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlmZyW5eJW
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;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWQotjm9FB
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.
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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?
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unto then,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSR0ZhZ2Vh
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
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the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUa8nfOj0FW
along expressions of simplism,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmlxlZ0Thj
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UcHY4Eggs
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXmtMAaaS2
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmGZtRBmv5
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnaBLqfPSq
an Invocation nay common-used,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8A5RY6KS7L
yet common-known.
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that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmINcggVN0
nay in the worlds It had been;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYBSrcvrP0
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuE5DscefX
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvgRaraelA
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScLS0WWuoC
garnished with maggots;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe583lT6Pk0
scum, festered in waste;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZeK6YGZrz
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!
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molded, and retched,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSMV0B5ON7
from the recesses of Her stomach;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nsZgOvkIs
to the orifice of Her mouth;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQID24zx7sS
noise, they heard.
I need to get away- but- the others- gotta stay and look for them- no, run!
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and fell into a hole:231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgO8Gcbd7an
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,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5nnA8IYdT
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;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGCkTM5Dam
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!
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however resilient-231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMIxRUBQha
no different from the town that made it;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVnKbboOmR
it held significance in change;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1i0Ga1Hxp
with Time, it could be a location;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkw96RbHC8
for now, it was merely progress;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoAM5pVN7M
with Death... it is stagnant:231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbXekoaHJy
interesting, Death;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58PnhlNcII
some call it Change,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvek6bwUt9y
some say it Static;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8SgbKjMF7
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhTYT9qmnE
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;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPc7qJMycTF
it was known to Her,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3srVhutab2
for She lacked Intelligence;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBaqyJsvaq
She lacked Wisdom;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZsA5Mezkx
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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’;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1JqzfgoEv
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.
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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;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjL9PbCuSPT
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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:231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1cld3bOZs
a loss to mindful thoughts;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMfYKwMBxB
relinquish claim to Her own mind;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jen96LZrm
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSId2h0Fjt
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
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this was a mistake:231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1TKo1MSMX
it only hurt Herself;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRC9NIaeZo3
Her hands bled;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP35MdkpGrn
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She became unhinged.
Magic! Magic- magic- PLANT! W’do I do w’plant!? Plant! Door! Magic! Door! Magic! PLANT!
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unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUN8EfksKiy
‘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,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh25bm1vNSh
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtE9j8qaOeg
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!
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that spoke a language unknown,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnflUMbdmPZ
yet strong Intent behind words;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40z1Ax7Zbu
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
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as She consoled;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudhmsjctY7
hushed;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8aLPmfwSi
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvkKsoiUZa
much like It;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQtFhHSvjc
however more youthful.
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She refused to let It claim the child;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGHCLX74Cf
for shame that in Darkness,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqA68FMzHE9
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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;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPInHrSB02x
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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;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEpRnXKArC
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zLruweRot
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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;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPVQXl2Cny
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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;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyqVPSkjDQ
made to tear,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDM3yjSv7Jt
and made to eat;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX21JlbShwu
to Her, they were needles;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LC43qOPjI
to Her, they were useful;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTcwMzvOtd
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;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0InKtHHv3X
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,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ04H30163i
and CRASHED unto the floor;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCwd1V4UT4
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15bRzFg4Lf
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXxAKbyC2w
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1t3XtJxvEZ
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;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIVBhkHw96
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;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJL7FlvydRp
Time wished to stake its claim;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnptN1naR4B
yet Her Soul belonged to It;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2FR0dO6Un
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It held governance over Death, and, by extension,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5C3YtYIEG
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;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AH6WQ2Lc0
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEv0lRqdTN
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByOhCRxYDC
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafvvjXViIY
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
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familiar, to it, but not;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZd79Q1XYF
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;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjytTnlMYk
wherefore it had to be someone else:231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFGrbeqmMf
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6ojkmb5dV
it had the same name- but it was someone else;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlm3LaSTFqY
the exact same name- but it was someone else;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOz0z4hj2S
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
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not because It wore a mask;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8G3ta9I6s
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmM833w74Q5
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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something inside broke to compensate.
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where stars roam,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64FPvACwUk
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfQnkTddkO
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.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsGzAEm7Iy
Grim 3:61
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there was no regret,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDhj19F5nr
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where Good was done,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRIaKkwYPE
where Good could happen,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJWE9Dwnjh
where a Soul could be saved;231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0ZIGmXits
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and Death was far too kind.
That changes nothing! There's no way to make up for idling by; you always have to try! But I did try! I tried and failed miserably! So I tried again! I kept trying! I'm still trying! I’ve tried so hard and why?! After all these years, why can’t I do one thing right?? Why can’t things go my way!? Am I just wrong!? Should people be made to suffer?? WERE people made to suffer!? Someone's life is in danger here so why!? Why am I still thinking about myself!? Of course people shouldn’t suffer- it’s just that I can’t do ONE SINGLE THING RIGHT! I finally have the chance... IF THE WORLD WANTS TO LASH OUT THEN LET ME BE ON THE SUFFERING END- WHY!? WHY EVERYONE ELSE- WHY ANYONE ELSE?! WHY!?
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Death was far too kind.
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She might as well have been dead.
I- huff- I can't- I can't- why is everything so fuzzy?!
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lost it.
My ears are ringing- what’s happening!?
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shortness of breath.
Help- help me- help me, PLEASE!
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numbness.
I can’t f- I can’t f- wha-ah-ah-ah-
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and the cure?
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Nothing can be done.
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then, the memory of coming back.
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You can save them.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBF5PjBeD9o
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Lyn...231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEt4rBngwnC
What do you think of yourself? Failure?231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGOik7nRvu
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I failed as well.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewqfcHDW3L
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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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTPGZuhKgQ
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?!231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFn5Sjt4aK5
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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xSBhk7nXE
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...231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrsJkH33Zi
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.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJ3aj3XYft
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Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGF445Tj9j
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgOgVOJwDq
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWg9O0LEPli
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.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbe15T2Xxe
Yssi ‘Here, and Now’
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Thus ends Chapter One
of
The Book of Death
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Author's Note:231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoLReaA13r
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!231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdOK7eibDs
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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+!231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSzDVXCbta
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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!
