“To Time, Death meant nothing.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwp6p5obHPp
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.”158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGod5OvWN0F
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.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTqohUkSTW
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Therein, upon a star, lay a child of millions young;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA66gK72qnS
and it is said that It held a Name,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjl7V7Ehuj
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;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnomGcxUgaq
It was a person who knew of Hurt;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYg6So6QQIg
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,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4B8Qa3mfe
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,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92SR0xA9yC
unto then,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZpmU4A6Qq
She saw with unspoken sight.
What... in this world... is that?!
What She had witnessed held a form unlike any other;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUN4Tbqz99
the creature was, in the truest make of the word...
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Disgusting
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With words come association,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWp7RYiTpw
along expressions of simplism,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTj3I7hiqX
to the effect that it emulsified a series of emotions into a name:158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0aZx0KWRY
one, rarely used, was ‘Monster’;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVt0LZmvHLq
another, regarded, is ‘Disaster’;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLyJtUAy54
that, of wide renown, ‘God’;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uWQdVIb5m
an Invocation nay common-used,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrIcGJSdg7
yet common-known.
This thing was ‘Disgusting’;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMzmi2oVoH
that alone was all it needed to be.
This Creature was unseen,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPrZsF7JT2
nay in the worlds It had been;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtLwKdvxpF
a novelty- a disgusting mystery;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QF3v2X2Ml
yet, of that mystique, was not where Terror had taken habitancy:158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRlgPwX5Hs
of corpses- the hors d’oeuvre,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKo8ry1VhYh
garnished with maggots;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jagyRNy14
scum, festered in waste;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJvRPI5N4q
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;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscwfbWWqcD
molded, and retched,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKWmL4Bnwf
from the recesses of Her stomach;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70xqh8FvAy
to the orifice of Her mouth;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLfoMabcXP
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,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOyiqBMJMK
and fell into a hole:158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTVgvQTuIc
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,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUp25ukNjhT
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;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfOtDPkGxJ
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,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXg7dBr0Dl
however resilient-158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhWnwouHak
no different from the town that made it;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWFFaigHwk
it held significance in change;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNigM5wQd8s
with Time, it could be a location;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8lImrl242
for now, it was merely progress;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcxiBBhapH
with Death... it is stagnant:158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76KrjZmxKM
interesting, Death;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupYjKLqecc
some call it Change,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DSYlgs1XO
some say it Static;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpsEudTfUB
Time could tell, if any truly remained- to be asked.
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formulated plans,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcI9CQZiy4E
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;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TJlK5ecKI
it was known to Her,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8NByU5cmz
for She lacked Intelligence;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDliPavDK0Z
She lacked Wisdom;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpfPOZDUk1
She lacked Wit;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGX2uELsbW
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it was all known,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAO4CLqdcg
and yet, now,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhA827CU4yj
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’;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0ef5iyERi
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;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71CvbAm6he
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;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWqqOnj9n3
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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:158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyE6bVm5RVD
a loss to mindful thoughts;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpiZzzsTWB
relinquish claim to Her own mind;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9gBkujHWy
and in frightful silence, Fear moved to capture Focus;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡot4K4BKF8a
thus Her Focus was now on Fear.
DOOR- DOOR- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR- PLEASE- DOOR!
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this was a mistake:158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgCSSxmJtM
it only hurt Herself;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWjhD7mKfd
Her hands bled;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fJTm5LjFX
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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:158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0P0SWsNzRX
‘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,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmMyfNUxMu
could encompass the circumference of a whole world;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMp7HAzVU9j
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.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuHetrHayS
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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,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdttGAMeNy
that spoke a language unknown,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUY6VR5kPvX
yet strong Intent behind words;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJBZRn3vTK
that, alone, was understandable, if directed towards It.
The voice kept speaking,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQ4LkMQLvt
as She consoled;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimGxTVlcEb
hushed;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1d75elJnxS
lulled.
She was yet to realize that a voice could not listen.
"Mommy... help... daddy..."
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much like Her;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnbXrOqz7y
much like It;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7v5XLQ8aa
however more youthful.
Death had festered upon the wake;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcX62OllMoT
She refused to let It claim the child;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7DkYSdXz2
for shame that in Darkness,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjCKrCe0My
Her Eyes held little sight:158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVRfOXOvip
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;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1z0BsXpSjp
not for Death;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17gFienxIN
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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;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiYb07XThB
running, but clearly- albeit, with a wash of foam.
GROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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the Thoughts alert- they fly;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEd6LiDHwX
Ideas peek from their hedges and disperse into the night;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLDHYK4C0e
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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;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaCMBva8H8
made to tear,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2G8nlr1BS
and made to eat;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINzR3pwiAn
to Her, they were needles;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAtidfgWQL
to Her, they were useful;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG86L8J8XUU
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;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbu5YD3uhl
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,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMZL2fEKxJ
and CRASHED unto the floor;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjrFIg64l8
they carried the heaviness, in Her heart, that bore;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RYlcvubOK
Her Hope, now weightless, as a cloak, She wore;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gSoqhlSso
it CRUMPLED from the might of the atmosphere;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsU9rfvvlf1
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;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvz1ypFtY3
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;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNMW6nuI60
Time wished to stake its claim;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwrQaIS2ro
yet Her Soul belonged to It;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvfjdq9IrN
Her Soul could not be taken, not lighly;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJH2AYK5AFA
It could not be denied;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobNcBQ4G1T
It held governance over Death, and, by extension,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72hOqh6R8E
Life.
What was that childish name they used to mock me with?158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzZWbhdmTf
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;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdjTSXvrnG
It stays not in shadows, in dark wynds, nor where the cold spiders sleep, but worse:158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnoIKg35uR
It stays in the reflection of one’s Eyes- where none can escape Its sight;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwqK7x8Vqw
It saw lives lived in their last, as Its own, and only, Life;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QiYXzxbtQ
It became not a person, but a watchful guardian, providing eerie sense, to they upon Death.
Then, to a day, came a Name;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODmtIr1Olv
familiar, to it, but not;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQQhiO05Yu
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;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNbvwOAlk8
wherefore it had to be someone else:158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zZTjwtxpU
albeit the same name- but it was someone else;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFmJ8YdU3W
it had the same name- but it was someone else;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4I513OLmj2
the exact same name- but it was someone else;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXrAOzYLIc
the Eye can tell- but still, it would be, someone else.
That could be why, that as she died, she could not recognize It:158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijF60yb606
not because It had become different,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcORKdoeg19
but because she was someone else;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IRqvo7Ny1
not because It wore a mask;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxNKWfV030
because she was someone else.
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she saw the face of Death,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxy7uKs4TjP
and the face of Death saw someone else.
Yet that hollowed mask began to form fissures- pieces fell outward;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhP6egpixTz
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;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGgCuZ3SLL
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It could decidedly not;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKORwrHQ8d
It had to break;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuu0fbXbQ7
It decided to not;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6MUEUJ9xg
and from there,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwECrDowsm
something inside broke to compensate.
And torn from the other side of the veil-158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXcCqKIbOl
where stars roam,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNgDkDx0nM
whispers shared their truth with a small, broken heart,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjndwSPNbHq
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.”158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzRFfHU50M
Grim 3:61
It all lead to this:158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDuGttBgah
there was no regret,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlIXi5vPnc
for regret could not be forgiven;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxfgaanYPW
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where Good was done,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgi701GRRQ
where Good could happen,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxqMRSnXDS
where a Soul could be saved;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEBPXf7b5t
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to regret would be to forget,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRubhE2zdZS
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;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73pQyCriHw
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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 images;158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNXovMgWd8
then, the memory of coming back.
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You can save them.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGg9gguSBT
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Lyn...158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3mZTdh7Vb
What do you think of yourself? Failure?158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ06YJv9fp2
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I failed as well.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpdD4FngtR
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I couldn’t finish my lessons.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOh0F9qm73
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So did you.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdZqGdEpV9
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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.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjc7QR0dvjo
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?!158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoSTha5HoK
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.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpE5MvlbbGL
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...158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9pZ6rvQfr
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.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPraU7OlyxU
But I...-158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyr5jS4toO8
Yssi, your eyes have been able to see for a while now. Have you not noticed?158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7NABCbamk
... I can see... I can see!? I’ve been using my eyes!? My real, actual eyes!?158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQeN1sXqap
Hahahahah! What does the world of the living look like? Focus, Yssi. Pay attention.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgwgaERE5J
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.”158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xCBtK1l5f
Yssi ‘Here, and Now’
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Thus ends Chapter One
of
The Book of Death
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Author's Note:158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxNdDE8SrL
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!158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnlSR5FKIo
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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+!158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hel2l26LC
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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!
