"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
_________________________________________________________________________646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqBgOFgQxe
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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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