"Evil? Evil is 646Please respect copyright.PENANAR4kBoonAEx
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to646Please respect copyright.PENANAzoXd4YEtWX
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"646Please respect copyright.PENANAGPIYXzTCR0
Captain Rourke, trying 646Please respect copyright.PENANA7wVvkwYYiz
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who646Please respect copyright.PENANASox9x4c5pM
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 646Please respect copyright.PENANAxHln1vmcAh
his crewmembers.646Please respect copyright.PENANAwSDWMVWSRq
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Seconds, minutes, days, 646Please respect copyright.PENANAi1Vq4BtVQi
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 646Please respect copyright.PENANAoleszii5Dl
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a646Please respect copyright.PENANA6ow62cZcET
thousand of tick tocks.646Please respect copyright.PENANAamPKy26VEh
Finally David turned 646Please respect copyright.PENANASreXgOAx1m
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester646Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7sLmu9dlE
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for646Please respect copyright.PENANA4orrtYDaGX
what else could be the end, but that?646Please respect copyright.PENANA76v3Ztgel2
Jester himself had 646Please respect copyright.PENANAXEYKqATK52
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 646Please respect copyright.PENANAnygP0gKz8A
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 646Please respect copyright.PENANA8tufIrGWKE
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of646Please respect copyright.PENANAmdGLpQar5s
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.646Please respect copyright.PENANAEsJDShzI6Q
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.646Please respect copyright.PENANAxmN6h2cAJK
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.646Please respect copyright.PENANA922phfr4uR
David didn't reply. He 646Please respect copyright.PENANAHTd1xdYswC
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth646Please respect copyright.PENANATRH5Etx7WD
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."646Please respect copyright.PENANAx11DdM9cWV
"I don't believe in 646Please respect copyright.PENANAIQjtHUaFcC
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 646Please respect copyright.PENANAA66Ord1nc3
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.646Please respect copyright.PENANAdCLGHS6fpW
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."646Please respect copyright.PENANAoh4IYbJP1o
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.646Please respect copyright.PENANASVmPyHqBBz
"And I'm a pawn of 646Please respect copyright.PENANADTnTijrHxX
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and646Please respect copyright.PENANAwEsMrUFWlY
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 646Please respect copyright.PENANAKx0b1YbPTm
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 646Please respect copyright.PENANAM196P215q4
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 646Please respect copyright.PENANAPf26mNNEIv
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 646Please respect copyright.PENANARehiCiuPR1
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"646Please respect copyright.PENANAgHQKsre8UG
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"646Please respect copyright.PENANAWcbStZKJ74
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 646Please respect copyright.PENANAp9js9gl7Te
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 646Please respect copyright.PENANAtZeQiPxWKU
"I've been dead for a 646Please respect copyright.PENANANwyIBf0iA8
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 646Please respect copyright.PENANAg4xlpUIDYT
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 646Please respect copyright.PENANAN90m5bk6BE
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,646Please respect copyright.PENANAcr8l42ayo2
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 646Please respect copyright.PENANAmTdqm7QSIP
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 646Please respect copyright.PENANAaG80DUhVGM
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was646Please respect copyright.PENANAhEv4YFWWnn
just luck."646Please respect copyright.PENANAaqlZnclYBv
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"646Please respect copyright.PENANA114PXcBiVc
Jester laughed. "Such a 646Please respect copyright.PENANAsGDvTwHmef
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 646Please respect copyright.PENANAR1CWPjl0rF
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 646Please respect copyright.PENANAfEEHRpgZhX
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 646Please respect copyright.PENANA0Cz15cz6gJ
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 646Please respect copyright.PENANAdqiuclQ9i6
Do you understand now?"646Please respect copyright.PENANAk4zWRI1hM7
"All I understand is 646Please respect copyright.PENANAcf4QqUkKZ8
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about646Please respect copyright.PENANACyiIKIswts
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 646Please respect copyright.PENANAd3e5KvYAdU
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.646Please respect copyright.PENANANiThfIF9qV
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"646Please respect copyright.PENANA8xqdhCib76
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 646Please respect copyright.PENANAOlkLLusS6l
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries646Please respect copyright.PENANA40Oxz8rV86
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 646Please respect copyright.PENANA7c9Skyzyau
will...Might also do some other things aswell."646Please respect copyright.PENANA5hYJjWFAlh
"Why not get it 646Please respect copyright.PENANABz05RsqANK
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and646Please respect copyright.PENANAxUCfQGFq1z
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"646Please respect copyright.PENANACjASIebUF6
"I've no physical body, 646Please respect copyright.PENANAbXqgNz5FyI
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 646Please respect copyright.PENANABQfoinH1Br
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 646Please respect copyright.PENANAfM7ow6e761
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."646Please respect copyright.PENANAIzgFvhlFxk
David shook his head, so646Please respect copyright.PENANAXIsk2HhnMj
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 646Please respect copyright.PENANArhxVfDqRxo
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 646Please respect copyright.PENANAupGHmZKiqg
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 646Please respect copyright.PENANArcCfcAc8MD
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.646Please respect copyright.PENANAq3x7gPu53j
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"646Please respect copyright.PENANADIiiyn2OaR
Jester moved away from 646Please respect copyright.PENANA71nWYPuDAg
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision646Please respect copyright.PENANABd9AQlp4P4
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 646Please respect copyright.PENANAjdxLWQfOhJ
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 646Please respect copyright.PENANAKvko4G374c
helped."646Please respect copyright.PENANAshgoK0uMPK
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.646Please respect copyright.PENANA8tVaEJAS9e
"I'll create a 646Please respect copyright.PENANA0FMBkFBumx
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 646Please respect copyright.PENANAk1DKo7YZrS
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 646Please respect copyright.PENANApka9diWjg0
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time646Please respect copyright.PENANADlqNfTOkL6
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."646Please respect copyright.PENANAO4ujbC11ah
David awoke, everything 646Please respect copyright.PENANAtYviY0qjN7
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 646Please respect copyright.PENANAno2Tldkmn5
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue646Please respect copyright.PENANARxrf3fmnFF
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 646Please respect copyright.PENANAKZSV5suqhO
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 646Please respect copyright.PENANAEjcZnRsR6f
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.646Please respect copyright.PENANAqDwPSuNsai
Looking around David 646Please respect copyright.PENANAKCV93hdhmW
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 646Please respect copyright.PENANAwPLdvD7IIT
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 646Please respect copyright.PENANAWns2bEb1xS
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 646Please respect copyright.PENANAczUH2yBeEV
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.646Please respect copyright.PENANAHjMizKwd2m
David could hear the 646Please respect copyright.PENANAX8g9tF1dB7
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 646Please respect copyright.PENANAPdW48bpEUf
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the646Please respect copyright.PENANAahoSFxJiKO
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell646Please respect copyright.PENANA9GNMfpxFOA
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 646Please respect copyright.PENANAJAoaO0MXvh
Atleast he was alive, 646Please respect copyright.PENANAEkcvdNaFcU
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 646Please respect copyright.PENANAqakVNUNylp
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so646Please respect copyright.PENANA9ye2Opquwd
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 646Please respect copyright.PENANAjtQRVsHMse
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 646Please respect copyright.PENANAWWVrBE8ktM
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a646Please respect copyright.PENANAKoNmdiwLKJ
grunt of effort David was finally free.646Please respect copyright.PENANAyvKQB6HL3E
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"646Please respect copyright.PENANAV8uEl8plBa
David recognized Gobs 646Please respect copyright.PENANAcLgLV8HPcV
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the646Please respect copyright.PENANA0PKQICICyT
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 646Please respect copyright.PENANAGR9otScNQw
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping646Please respect copyright.PENANA0vpg6NKIgI
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 646Please respect copyright.PENANAr9EEMHxRje
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out646Please respect copyright.PENANASL73TGy7yr
of his cell.646Please respect copyright.PENANA1pZ9OISZ1Q
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.646Please respect copyright.PENANAoLCfeaPhAS
"Did they tell you what 646Please respect copyright.PENANAHxtGrFcxcQ
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 646Please respect copyright.PENANAN8OFogsxDn
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.646Please respect copyright.PENANAYDDXB8IXDD
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.646Please respect copyright.PENANALknS16ZoOX
Gob nodded and together 646Please respect copyright.PENANAbNnucTtPT5
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 646Please respect copyright.PENANANyu41ZOuTK
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 646Please respect copyright.PENANAFmbGzDi7tZ
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or646Please respect copyright.PENANAtdCyk2w7hJ
barely so.646Please respect copyright.PENANAxBoaZVdwB4
They moved a short 646Please respect copyright.PENANA7iOb9tJ7jp
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 646Please respect copyright.PENANAQaFmuh0A84
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 646Please respect copyright.PENANAIbNM2CyH2N
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.646Please respect copyright.PENANAxTY6reVEWU
Surprisingly there were 646Please respect copyright.PENANAsPTOffAhyp
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 646Please respect copyright.PENANAhMQfwsuBv9
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 646Please respect copyright.PENANA3SrYdfYezq
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 646Please respect copyright.PENANAOQfSPLNbrA
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for646Please respect copyright.PENANAjnQEJp28a4
the doors.646Please respect copyright.PENANAcxPVcZDTPU
Luckily they managed to 646Please respect copyright.PENANAQEoNkVmCuR
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 646Please respect copyright.PENANAmRz5kqOR8O
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire646Please respect copyright.PENANACWAMk4TUKS
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 646Please respect copyright.PENANAPOF8ztBRAS
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.646Please respect copyright.PENANAPnPaq74CJI
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.646Please respect copyright.PENANAPmIjTJpmwu
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.646Please respect copyright.PENANAZUyJXmn6zj
The guards were as 646Please respect copyright.PENANAaL33VXalPt
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword646Please respect copyright.PENANAfmLBNkyLqU
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 646Please respect copyright.PENANAvZvKvUewaH
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 646Please respect copyright.PENANAH54uZguSgc
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 646Please respect copyright.PENANAa9V66HmbUu
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 646Please respect copyright.PENANAEO9uui8tE7
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 646Please respect copyright.PENANAcEahLdL8p2
causing him to stagger.646Please respect copyright.PENANACc3QmRspiv
That seemed to be the 646Please respect copyright.PENANAfyejEH1iRZ
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 646Please respect copyright.PENANAZotHNmcZcX
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 646Please respect copyright.PENANATad3rYt5F4
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.646Please respect copyright.PENANA2kKHvUio7S
All of that only lasted 646Please respect copyright.PENANAH4IW8Wx08j
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 646Please respect copyright.PENANAoPkfPAOqzC
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 646Please respect copyright.PENANAkjx55kWKb8
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 646Please respect copyright.PENANAeCarfJuom3
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon646Please respect copyright.PENANAb2B7ZF6rni
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 646Please respect copyright.PENANAqhXLxU0P4U
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 646Please respect copyright.PENANAqVdRzwrhuY
left, fell down and bled out slowly.646Please respect copyright.PENANAMgM7wehWd0
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.646Please respect copyright.PENANAO9dEYwllT8
"Thanks." Gob said 646Please respect copyright.PENANA4Knrxw0OaU
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 646Please respect copyright.PENANAEHWJ0frCM9
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 646Please respect copyright.PENANAkIEA2Xngfz
piercing his neck.646Please respect copyright.PENANA7uxZ7J1ZnB
"That's one promise 646Please respect copyright.PENANAZYimhwTczt
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 646Please respect copyright.PENANAut4M9oTook
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 646Please respect copyright.PENANAFjuZRjrtuE
After the hulking man 646Please respect copyright.PENANADMjKz11tIp
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 646Please respect copyright.PENANAPb1AdmMmnf
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 646Please respect copyright.PENANA1IgnzVHbzt
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 646Please respect copyright.PENANAXTUXPTskGs
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 646Please respect copyright.PENANAOingzS3iIt
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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