"Evil? Evil is 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoI0Wumg4TT
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PJMNuxsoG
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQ7GUbGBxv
Captain Rourke, trying 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaL0DwZXjK
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNI1HDvWKLp
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHAicUwQvH
his crewmembers.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqhmLJWDTO
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Seconds, minutes, days, 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJiUxDSCPO
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmbi0Bp7dG
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2m7zAUO64f
thousand of tick tocks.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUJyP1QqZI
Finally David turned 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FbSyeLq8D
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtFiVuWFEr
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMJHf1JO4W
what else could be the end, but that?519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7xWBBl96u
Jester himself had 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57h4y7fKUX
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs53IjWOYzZ
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkFtz9ggbl
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8L3CfueDEF
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaYXi2mWI7
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZQvZh45XY
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJmwXRn1zW
David didn't reply. He 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UOlgmIeaT
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWJ6XLrDZA
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPv2xUlSWU
"I don't believe in 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWM0PFSd9nx
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiWWcEGbq6
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsqpudNDgN
Jester chuckled. "Just because you don't believe it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. We're all just pawns in a bigger game."519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoucZIsSPj
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJsuyWF7ar
"And I'm a pawn of 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeh4pmHb33M
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sO1DEp2gi
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lRk0oQ9M2
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmASGyVW675
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QX7LTkkuO
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUst7pus3e
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uJiDofC3U
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfG2NqbHLr9
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GXhjzNOhC
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNjmPfBrzY
"I've been dead for a 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWHOuqSMLo
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduIldBEYJF
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrrtczDuZK
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9sG2TNOds
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSI1nn008S
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyj1mBRYiq
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8aWjadCJO
just luck."519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzLOza20VV
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLRgKY9ltI
Jester laughed. "Such a 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNG0BaVP8Zn
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd26nnNfRhq
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiByk2RNHqK
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTodLMPzMp
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgVx8ToYfX
Do you understand now?"519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWijdnH4cft
"All I understand is 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfzfqDUEmG
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWXL2sHie7
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xignACs6V
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxr3PuLKwk
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwp6zDVDbCA
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotjWshCLaR
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHOnF7IAEf
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz30f0iEk7x
will...Might also do some other things aswell."519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFhN3NA5Kk
"Why not get it 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSHX8LZkpp
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu63BSZTwyB
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIFy8DdWTk
"I've no physical body, 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfJh7cGTHM
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOnfb8rEVl
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCK7KNRxa2n
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kMkn3zJAI
David shook his head, so519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHu5UAQMex6
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJQZrVOHKa
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UH4QwEMQA
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpznJQ4HArI
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rACceCaHv
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5lfZVsDhf
Jester moved away from 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvUTGuGy1l
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNIvAL105z
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rE8cmzt86
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBe8OpET0o
helped."519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu80QAd6blA
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrC80VHc1Yk
"I'll create a 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6f3ua8e23
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMB1xbTmEMD
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDNYAmFXxO
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJ2g6JZLss
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOILnc2Xe0
David awoke, everything 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOovvNsfjz3
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5gt1rklQf
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwMPzo0zua
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFxeWM3SsK
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlaG6LMbgb
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmkBLEJE4D
Looking around David 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwhcCQX85k
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJQOxU076r
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5rgvB8sOj
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2DylqMehq
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gtOVDacYC
David could hear the 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AJ1N30PW1
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ThvdTTUHv
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UAGN4jp1A
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBtsTyRvp8
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrNVg9RKrL
Atleast he was alive, 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIlCEwaLXq
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76jdWPreqV
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2A1UWLSyxg
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFAshNDcO3
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vBDsn3i9A
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEArRd5WSR
grunt of effort David was finally free.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7exyehMEMB
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMF4cIpwH94
David recognized Gobs 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWxV8gh9x1
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fANSAh5zE
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVSuSO7TOp
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDvjo7cEaI
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7n7jA5Luc
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcZNDougyb
of his cell.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiv7gS24H7
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRJC3opGuM
"Did they tell you what 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXx5lmDQtNC
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYgFSniPzr
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2NfClpbTf
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRM6OkVNk4
Gob nodded and together 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPn1e7aa22H
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4zxjiTMvY
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJ7Yq4RqqF
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXet80nNpGD
barely so.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2Vb28I9zD
They moved a short 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXjiKIpvtF
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUmI9byXSD
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXL0zSEWe7
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVM9c5R8Zz
Surprisingly there were 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TGAHuMluT
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAvQTCytdJ
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6Lsk1QmBj
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbaceSKdt9x
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsOuWbkmE9
the doors.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleF7mhlAnI
Luckily they managed to 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQBknbUSsD
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc79xfRjlGb
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Hh2q7avM5
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcidJICvQl
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJh7lj6TMe
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJ47e3q7XF
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKuqtw5E3S
The guards were as 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiE1yx3hgfm
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhcuI5t4Wy
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvYRAvwOS7
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf620L45IxW
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPYZufO4Jq
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6zHEoF1la
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOb7L9cypF
causing him to stagger.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7BmvcD6H9
That seemed to be the 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulJfBf7RbI
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5MFqc3uVd
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWpB8ek2sz
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5MJeZMMys
All of that only lasted 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHbeUKxSbo
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWas8zzSVU2
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWt9QA8YbyE
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzggKTfLWF1
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmq5tGpkmk
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAiglfpkAO
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqDEVRroNj
left, fell down and bled out slowly.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1f4Yg2ty3c
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9ETqdigEJ
"Thanks." Gob said 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9ZwN9DfB1
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZpxzNf5pX
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQH5NczwaI
piercing his neck.519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpRVfy1MYL
"That's one promise 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgj17iyUTa4
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DfHfspDOr
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvwzh0cm7E
After the hulking man 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddZylCpauc
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw89kyD5g2C
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6l7f75Bnt
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJg3vJSI0m
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYtpNUuaas
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
519Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLsMKoI1Us
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