“To Time, Death meant nothing.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZfjpxJY02
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.”192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIqdmD9AZG
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.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhOxEneJy9
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAhng9wHvK
and it is said that It held a Name,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhZVFQFUnA
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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEhNEinlRh
It was a person who knew of Hurt;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNDbygfX3a
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,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ao2uZlqjp
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,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVvYZ2qwLF
unto then,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmEc4lw1ok
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQD2Y4cFtq
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDAt5txz8V
along expressions of simplism,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyKJvqC1lp
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqDuqgHvBF
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpidhAfDd8U
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgmVopt8dr
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TDB8PKXbY
an Invocation nay common-used,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVZbwtGka2
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoanzv7tv13
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bF7DpLLkJ
nay in the worlds It had been;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWgr860XIM
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ei62DMbSH
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZ4cEH6tcA
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOLM6TztFv
garnished with maggots;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgi5ahBJQDP
scum, festered in waste;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18UM37aKIQ
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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYJTXUnOkn
molded, and retched,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzMXCRxsDd
from the recesses of Her stomach;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3U1xo2sGZ0
to the orifice of Her mouth;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2V1AGQt3o
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,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYD9idgLoj6
and fell into a hole:192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7hUmSuytQ
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,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IgCyrgrUl
and as a result,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zFufwn1DP
She stumbled once more.
-ack! Get it together! Now's not the time to trip over a corpse!
Then, She thought to hide;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0QZqFsBJv
then, She thought to run;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObHsQocCuh
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,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplaM3aNIgq
however resilient-192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmV1ZPp2BT
no different from the town that made it;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOKVTJQLuw
it held significance in change;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zG6489lo2
with Time, it could be a location;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzmtqWjJwj
for now, it was merely progress;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hFKGmqk4V
with Death... it is stagnant:192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OBBw3EzpQ
interesting, Death;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlKQJqqNmo
some call it Change,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vSmfbSaIh
some say it Static;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkPw3Is6SA
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjMihcfjfF
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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmQpiNTFB0
it was known to Her,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLl09PU1u4
for She lacked Intelligence;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3LACWkQ6c
She lacked Wisdom;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCBiJwJ7FM
She lacked Wit;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7e8vnV0kzm
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it was all known,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMfkJIALtx
and yet, now,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHs7iGNL1ZT
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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjt4I7VTK77
far it be known of poor quality;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIuMY0yzeh
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’;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhBo43JubQ
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!192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdF0vjP6wP
“You did it! Wait... I did it??”
Yssi Power (Magic) Discovered:192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroIa5fhMcZ
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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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rOOLL9Zdo
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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fn0ULSCR5
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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:192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jngqGwwNm
a loss to mindful thoughts;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqPV77QrCo
relinquish claim to Her own mind;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ixL3g6uYT
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZ628lShzu
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
Her hands bled;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61KTvfC4fw
this was a mistake:192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYPEAg44hF
it only hurt Herself;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBSvyVCKvj
Her hands bled;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6wMLmhJEd
Her fingers trembled;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlGEgoLTmh
Her nails creaked;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPt9j4lGjoX
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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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simple,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjFJVkuyTA
unrefined.
When Time was still young, younger than it was before, one of the first questions was posed:192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdetiKiDBx
‘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,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0xYDfCFUS
a small copse of trees, spread,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sLfLTo2UY
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5gqdkGok4
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.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vrDAs2ai6
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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,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryE9PA4oBJ
that spoke a language unknown,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0kYcvRHqQ
yet strong Intent behind words;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9icFiE4Ik
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
The voice kept speaking,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ118qTuhK82
as She consoled;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2OhdJ2Ntl
hushed;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcS10ghAE5F
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlUTGazszk
much like It;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FcHKYBgXd
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCJcqUT4FN
She refused to let It claim the child;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TfQ1g66J0
for shame that in Darkness,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyF54OGFtK
Her Eyes held little sight:192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA33AvXXTlj
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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEBBDOAygJ
not for Death;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdvjODprJj
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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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNyJtZK1yi
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvuFkWwZkL
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9ao4YKQat
She’ll lash forward, trying to catch as many as She can;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnVwBrtcob
yet only at its latest moment, has She noticed the ‘why’.
THEY’RE OUTSIDE! PLANTS, PLEASE! HELP ME! PLEASE!!!
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mask;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafga2YtKNZ
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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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjH9jid1wJ
She had long awaited it;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzyLUqCC0y
She anticipated as it came;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2JI173JgA
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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoojD4hk6X
boundless teeth;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mWRMA8PhR
made to tear,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNlB09uAEA
and made to eat;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZ4ZzjOtfv
to Her, they were needles;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZSPy7Vj6X
to Her, they were useful;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEyAoMWJOu
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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4BNF5iCee
anticipation set;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpprX7nuOLC
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,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmJAjQ1P9v
and CRASHED unto the floor;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZearjBUK9
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8UjiGdbZI
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zKJdXOAtk
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNkIX8JpjM
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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTkZaJUme2
for She hated none in this world; she was kind;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jSmeHEAkk
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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNSBsvPFHr
She is soon to be taken;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wriVNgCX5
Time wished to stake its claim;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3eEWXe0CQ
yet Her Soul belonged to It;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFxWNGzfvd
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZpNOAzSAh
It could not be denied;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpo7ktH4yS0
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlcOxnNpk9
Life.
What was that childish name they used to mock me with?192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLCxAFhL9K
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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcBw168r8v
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1BILshbPv
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAw381b4mbA
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtE61kJB4k
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnPoNoJJI6
familiar, to it, but not;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8kj8FPPAW
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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IjkgckyWI
wherefore it had to be someone else:192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaBU6vOOfE
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzbJQuM1D7
it had the same name- but it was someone else;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUu8z3QTBC
the exact same name- but it was someone else;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIdb3dGxfI
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
That could be why, that as she died, she could not recognize It:192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHgvfKujqu
not because It had become different,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeu1KHwbe49
but because she was someone else;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYCBxUlBHn
not because It wore a mask;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKYtifYkGq
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZYU8BeZuc
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhSHVYvw1t
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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkPufrcijb
small cracks were not enough;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerCUHZWSva
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It could decidedly not;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3upVgo2ll
It had to break;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aZRj319gK
It decided to not;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmvmpbTgML
and from there,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0inyc2HFQJ
something inside broke to compensate.
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where stars roam,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJin00MpU4
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM76eNT4NWB
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.”192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQAYrM6huR
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQ006dkS9v
there was no regret,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdXhf3onf4
for regret could not be forgiven;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6oJsOHM2H
It held a strong position,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKK13uEQeb
where Good was done,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XJzIN5GYH
where Good could happen,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPPwFiuMuk
where a Soul could be saved;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kVPMrkxOx
to regret would be to deny,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfogZzMKlg
to regret would be to forget,192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pOz6icnwl
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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvkPZ6f0UG
She could not think;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxBffxGtQ8
She could not see;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39k5Nzd3wT
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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRlO8KErFu
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;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHLqezyyhj
then, the images;192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmye2oHMEWB
then, the memory of coming back.
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Who?! Who’s there?192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEKbsC1uBq
You can save them.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycA7rCmojO
I can't! I can't!192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0beUu5NiM
You have.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuNWjhY5XA
When!?192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLndRemRwjO
You did all you could.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFCKlPCQXE
AND IT WASN'T ENOUGH!192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjF5UhIdOci
It was for them.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AdajvdnOV
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Was I not for you?192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0lrWFgea9
Lyn...192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpDIgcAf6J
What do you think of yourself? Failure?192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBNCpYcurz
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I failed as well.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWU2xGr1y2
You didn’t!192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZ7lvmVFz9
I couldn’t finish my lessons.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXOguuntVb
But you left me with enough!192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkTpqtLfrs
So did you.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWh1cygp6y
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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.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTxJ7ofU4L
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?!192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLehA4BJmi
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.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxfZ0DVtmJ
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...192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSX3ArMiVX6
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.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QnfiCGBD7
But I...-192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYSsVq9DNq
Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LTWWy57gJ
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6V49ImsC9O
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouIxQRFyII
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.”192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsO5hR2K5V
Yssi ‘Here, and Now’
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Thus ends Chapter One
of
The Book of Death
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Author's Note:192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnCekQBg6g
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!192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtqF4OFRvj
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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+!192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7U0iqNDWg
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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!
