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Date: 7/14/00 12:06:11 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: HyruleKokiri13
To: HyruleKokiri13

Death of a Reader

-by Kokiri 7656

I wish I had a good Bible quote to open this, just like Post Rapture, but I don't.

Author's note: I am not suicidal. By no means is this meant to disrespect Post Rapture. He is my favorite author and began my love for the Kokiri, especially Saria. In fact, this is inspired by "Death of a Writer". Like Post did in "Death of a Writer", I'm just expressing some of the things I hate about myself right now. The thing I hate most about myself right now is my impatience.

Return of the Deku Key

Come this way

I have a gift for you

It was given to one

But it wasn't done

Until it gave a new view

For all that wish to see

Come this way

To receive a prize

That will open their eyes

Into the world of those like me

It is the precious Deku Key

It will unlock your mind

And allow you to find

The various works of most

Which include Doom, Ides, and especially Post

You shall have this key

And use this key

So as to unlock and reveal

A world you wish were real

But you know can never be

This is the Deku Key

You can use it to escape

You will wonder and think

See creatures of all size and shape

And fly just like Link

Just open the lock

And you will see an enormous page

You can imagine my awe and shock

When I read the story of the Forest Sage

But who wrote of this young missy

Her youth and innocence captured

Who wrote of the one Link called Sissy

It was the one and only Post Rapture

So for those who write and cannot see

Here is the gift of the Deku Key

A Cold April Shower

It was a cold April shower

When I hit a random site

When I was struck by an impact and power

And an emotional might

I read of a Kokiri girl

Who risked her life

To step into a new world

Of pain and strife

Hyrule was the place

A land that was ever so vast

But with the disease of the Kokiri race

She knew she couldn't last

She went to find the hero

To help her friends

But her efforts led to zero

When her suffering ends

But it wasn't all a failure and bother

For Saria found the love of the Almighty Father

I was a normal person the day before

My life was normal to the core

But when I read this, I felt like a pawn

For I found myself reading at the crack of dawn

I saw the antics of the Kokiri kids

The bickering of the Kokiri kids

The innocence of the Kokiri kids

The peace of the Kokiri kids

And it could be seen

That I fell in love with the kids in green

When I saw Mido, Miso, Sofa, Somi, Fala, Rala, Ralo, Fala, Domi, Dila, Sodo, and Dore

I soon found myself asking for more

But I never forgot reading of Saria, the delicate flower

On that one cold April shower

The Thirst for More

I cried tears of joy

When I saw the ending with Saria and her "mother"

I was a content young boy

But I admit I needed another

Then my imagination had set all sails

When I saw a story called "Kokiri Tales"

The Shimmering Emerald was all alone

To life the rest of her days

Guarding the Forest Temple zone

The life of a Sage, it's bad in so many ways

She gave herself to help her Link

And to be stuck alone must really stink

But suddenly she heard a sound she swore was a ghost

But 'twas no phantom, just a man called Post

Saria had craved so much for a friend

She wanted her loneliness to come to an end

The man Post, for her he felt sorry

He decided he would listen when she told him a story

A story in which Saria couldn't believe what she was seeing

It was something that would surely flip a lid

It was a sentient being

A red creature called a Skull Kid

And she recalled of her friends, which to her was a family

And cried over how she was forced to part unhappily

The last I saw of the Shimmering Emerald, she was crying

These were not tears of joy in the rain

No, there was no denying

That Saria was crying tears of pain

I thought that I would see Post

Do what Saria desired the most

And find out if the village was still breathing

But what I saw had me seething

What I and she wanted, we did not get

For Kokiri Tales 4 was not done yet

Death of a Reader

I should have stayed out of the site

I should have never began

The pain of not knowing does bite

It was not part of my plan

But what's done is done

And it's too late

I was the one

Who chose Kokiri Tales on that date

I wish Saria were not sad

But it is something not to be had

I was saddened and could not keep my chin up

For it appeared that Post Rapture had given up

He believes his audience is gone, but wait

That is not true

Not now or at any rate

I will always stick by him like glue

I will always keep reading

I just hope his mind and talent can keep feeding

Conclusion of 3

It was then that I had the full grasp of who Saria really was

(Oh God, how sad)

Simply a lonely little girl, rejected by the elements and hidden from the populous

(Does she really have to suffer like this?)

And in all of such weakness, she was a broken elder

(I wish she knew what happened to her friends)

A veteran of pain, and a wise relic of agony

(I hope Sodo is still breathing)

A lonely soul, Saria was, who had long missed the beautiful warmth of youth

(::cries:: I can't stand it)

Facing only the sunset, she longed for the past

(I wish she had it back)

The time when, all that ever mattered was the nonsensical light

(An innocent like her shouldn't suffer like that)

The fiery rays of a bright and rising dawn

(Maybe part 4 will bring her happi…wait…there is no part 4)

Silence

……………..NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT CAN'T END LIKE THAT!

THE FREAKIN' STORY NEEDS ANOTHER CHAPTER!

WHY DOES POST RAPTURE FEEL THIS WAY?!

HAS HE NO FAITH IN HIS TALENT?!

WHY DOES HE FEEL THAT NO ONE CARES?!

OK, WHO CARES IF SARIA LIVES ALONE THE REST OF HER LIFE?!

WHO CARES WHAT HAPPENED IN HER PAST?!

WHO CARES WHETHER THE KOKIRI VILLAGE WAS EXTERMINATED OR NOT?!

I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I CARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'VE CARED EVER SINCE I FIRST READ THE FIRST STORY!

THIS STUPID DEKU KEY!

IT IS TO BLAME!

I NEVER WOULD'VE CARED THIS MUCH!

IF WASN'T FOR THIS STUPID DEKU KEY!

Was that me?

Did

I

Just

Blow

Up

Like

That?

Is

It

The

Real

Kokiri7656?

Is

It

The

Frustration

Of

Months

Of

Wait?

Or

Is

It

That

I've

Been

Up

All

Night

Writing

This?

I

Am

Sorry

For

What

I

Am.

I'm

Just

A

Reader.

An

Impatient

Reader

End

Maybe I was meant to see

The story of the Shimmering Emerald

For it has impacted my life

In ways you will never know

But without an ending to see

What use is there for a Deku Key?

I must know what happens to Saria

I must read and see her

So that I may not fear

The Death of a Reader