“To Time, Death meant nothing.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXvgc4ecFs
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.”230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFcGpE0Qmo
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.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjWRyK3a7r
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJ1ru15wvI
and it is said that It held a Name,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUDszZcMsz
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbl6uyuMAx
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,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKi2Qhy3Zu
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,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxEa7FYb7y
unto then,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0lrZJGOmb
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3E0etaRkR
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CKSqLBGXr
along expressions of simplism,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pS6vPcvGd
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnW3RWv4ftL
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIn9eNNC992
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡog7NMO7mmx
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvHLXQdfKT
an Invocation nay common-used,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVzbWCCDa8
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dRpRFt8x9
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPDIAZ8NY9
nay in the worlds It had been;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69dooT3svN
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDoLBaNNtu
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MgNp0eNbg
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWvGlVWgy1
garnished with maggots;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WN67zZBOR
scum, festered in waste;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxPGuHlMWP
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6M7ZT2lRJK
molded, and retched,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsguaxscT1
from the recesses of Her stomach;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9S53wi4EQ
to the orifice of Her mouth;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSG2g04XCor
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,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaQX5IoAJe
and fell into a hole:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG10Wiuob0V
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,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqY52lfH4Y8
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBip5GcCZGs
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,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCK1Fzg9GFq
however resilient-230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvrVgAqMrz
no different from the town that made it;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmN3UnJHrwj
it held significance in change;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvJaqJeRnH
with Time, it could be a location;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMo0qMfe2Be
for now, it was merely progress;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFEzDM5cbg
with Death... it is stagnant:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRwpqZpDmr
interesting, Death;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NP8AXXL2L
some call it Change,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RMIATrMVt
some say it Static;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3w9tRHTpqB
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHsd6v0u2d
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlrh0MfOIo
it was known to Her,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9NWAHXk8m
for She lacked Intelligence;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAeMBBttA2
She lacked Wisdom;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAQJvMgasp
She lacked Wit;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVIQUdFhN0
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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’;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLBpheq3uv
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroY8kO4Q5w
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImq64RxT3W
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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:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcanlujtT3
a loss to mindful thoughts;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygGafX6KuF
relinquish claim to Her own mind;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvl3b6W6CE
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUqUDrv0Nv
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
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this was a mistake:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNGkB3v1x0
it only hurt Herself;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfnbIcgrfA
Her hands bled;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4Ij8wD0nh
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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:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcrUz0gqrx
‘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,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74pXO227Pe
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNqNt8QjOI
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,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26tSfGxGFg
that spoke a language unknown,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibQ7Pf7kDi
yet strong Intent behind words;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8roqhKXf2
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
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as She consoled;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGe83wuMYC
hushed;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcdW8MMx0e
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZPXgS4Bgi
much like It;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoiZliKZD9
however more youthful.
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She refused to let It claim the child;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBz8JAE8BKS
for shame that in Darkness,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVO2o02ioNn
Her Eyes held little sight:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCQTd0LqWI
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpBGaV2bV0
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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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkiz0TXJPj
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrvKu3n3Bl
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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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tUdGaGr9O
made to tear,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoe6J28f1ce
and made to eat;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGdy9zIx0U
to Her, they were needles;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMX7dQQtGve
to Her, they were useful;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuLWa9rec7
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuhzy82p8Y
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,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRH4eLsWYf
and CRASHED unto the floor;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHkgwc8QMU
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50FBXpI4lM
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFOhtLRqyz
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaO39ujv7Y
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdZ7tEFSYI
for She hated none in this world; she was kind;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYexr2AyVW
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!?
The Past haunts Her;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATakVhVNHt
She is soon to be taken;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuDpGnVuoT
Time wished to stake its claim;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdErwcrwUPC
yet Her Soul belonged to It;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHTS97e6oo
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtGLWnQAHu
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It held governance over Death, and, by extension,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSisxwvAs6
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDewTlpcHlq
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yA91bxj0e
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCX8aJHli5
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMJ6RnTsPd
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAiII1p0KA
familiar, to it, but not;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaq6jYPpBl8
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmu324hvenv
wherefore it had to be someone else:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9C2AAYIr0
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwBslaIxOU
it had the same name- but it was someone else;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSufBOPXC9n
the exact same name- but it was someone else;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjNDYNxEyY
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
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not because It had become different,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmeFPvrTxm
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not because It wore a mask;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpEeoeH0ve
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzI59Nk0wCw
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOU0PvCCOo
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;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMcsNSKnPy
It decided to not;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDOm0Ag86E
and from there,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DdSWMy6T8
something inside broke to compensate.
And torn from the other side of the veil-230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKo9sz6Ncx
where stars roam,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudKKGcVs3w
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ELST5n4rS
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.”230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JEL2Xm6i7
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhWJclMymb
there was no regret,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYxZV2aO9G
for regret could not be forgiven;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVVVxeanVx
It held a strong position,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0u6sZcDPFw
where Good was done,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7JxBAjmAa
where Good could happen,230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDsrN1UyaP
where a Soul could be saved;230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8vJXCnxNo
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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.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oXfY21J43
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Lyn...230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivUHTUDstx
What do you think of yourself? Failure?230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZgGeFhyf6
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I failed as well.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3xYvryFrb
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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.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVk83NPPLt
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?!230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBt8yJr8h1
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.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3dpsliqgQ
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...230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZd7E3M2r3X
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.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3Z1ZmWULf
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Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPDXBgciBC
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5Gg1sxczB
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpT6SRNdkZ
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.”230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2z9ffJxYl
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!230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8uQslTlcs
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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+!230Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvsmfDEQWt
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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!
