"Evil? Evil is 645Please respect copyright.PENANAA3GQmF6cyc
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to645Please respect copyright.PENANAiCO0AODKh5
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"645Please respect copyright.PENANAFlzUmbXLpg
Captain Rourke, trying 645Please respect copyright.PENANAmYwosh6mBc
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who645Please respect copyright.PENANAplP3HasUj0
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 645Please respect copyright.PENANAfhf2Fi2kLf
his crewmembers.645Please respect copyright.PENANA3FZ3fW1Hm0
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Seconds, minutes, days, 645Please respect copyright.PENANAYnXIyH6BuJ
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 645Please respect copyright.PENANAvEKbYTtG74
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a645Please respect copyright.PENANA84VMlbuh6A
thousand of tick tocks.645Please respect copyright.PENANA2ATkZwmp2i
Finally David turned 645Please respect copyright.PENANAqpxkRhXA4R
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester645Please respect copyright.PENANAPht59o9p0d
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for645Please respect copyright.PENANAYeo0ebY1LI
what else could be the end, but that?645Please respect copyright.PENANA58cssAM894
Jester himself had 645Please respect copyright.PENANAB0F4k843W0
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 645Please respect copyright.PENANAUuk3N1Llxr
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 645Please respect copyright.PENANAGEiP6j0vfr
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of645Please respect copyright.PENANA5biIRqYVSw
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.645Please respect copyright.PENANAzqLLF1FTSM
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.645Please respect copyright.PENANAm7tlv3KvzO
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.645Please respect copyright.PENANAU5UrtI6s9p
David didn't reply. He 645Please respect copyright.PENANAEogdXIbO0d
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth645Please respect copyright.PENANAnncdsQBjle
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."645Please respect copyright.PENANAHSwKgeKr71
"I don't believe in 645Please respect copyright.PENANAVSTUkgtHGx
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 645Please respect copyright.PENANAUXMpqS0f5z
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.645Please respect copyright.PENANAAGUTGvsoTU
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."645Please respect copyright.PENANAxzCblCT7u3
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.645Please respect copyright.PENANAk6xITMcAw5
"And I'm a pawn of 645Please respect copyright.PENANAoKmWfwf7M5
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and645Please respect copyright.PENANAxW9Rv73itP
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 645Please respect copyright.PENANAAy59m8CWrH
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 645Please respect copyright.PENANA3XGF2KjCPZ
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 645Please respect copyright.PENANAOhb9dwpCsR
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 645Please respect copyright.PENANA17iB3KgRIb
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"645Please respect copyright.PENANARk0Vani9tj
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"645Please respect copyright.PENANAjJZSeHxFhV
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 645Please respect copyright.PENANAONc3x4E6gB
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 645Please respect copyright.PENANAVrq7gztOui
"I've been dead for a 645Please respect copyright.PENANADNPFx6mY40
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 645Please respect copyright.PENANAKwMywqbpQc
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 645Please respect copyright.PENANAdPTRhPjjj4
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,645Please respect copyright.PENANALe2h8L0nmX
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 645Please respect copyright.PENANAvug8usMSTF
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 645Please respect copyright.PENANADZTH5ojBip
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was645Please respect copyright.PENANAVnVI0KOIzA
just luck."645Please respect copyright.PENANAPKxUQTQ1FD
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"645Please respect copyright.PENANAC5J3zHZ7RB
Jester laughed. "Such a 645Please respect copyright.PENANA9jWqpxaQQN
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 645Please respect copyright.PENANAgbTvIcCM78
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 645Please respect copyright.PENANArlRHLnCHKd
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 645Please respect copyright.PENANAo1Cu1HMqQO
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 645Please respect copyright.PENANAz5BmTclZ58
Do you understand now?"645Please respect copyright.PENANAOA2wcqGjAn
"All I understand is 645Please respect copyright.PENANAtsD8RjIs0C
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about645Please respect copyright.PENANApZ3S4KF8xP
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 645Please respect copyright.PENANAzu0AMOGeh3
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.645Please respect copyright.PENANAXCxOyl2d8l
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"645Please respect copyright.PENANAnJ4PM9XXog
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 645Please respect copyright.PENANA5tAEklf7ZJ
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries645Please respect copyright.PENANAy17QnaLRnA
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 645Please respect copyright.PENANAjg6Aemaxy2
will...Might also do some other things aswell."645Please respect copyright.PENANAkRlKqukA5O
"Why not get it 645Please respect copyright.PENANAnUMkPWu6v7
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and645Please respect copyright.PENANA3r8Sz8i6Yq
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"645Please respect copyright.PENANAv0punZeHkV
"I've no physical body, 645Please respect copyright.PENANAvDnYAKzWUZ
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 645Please respect copyright.PENANA0jJQkv5H1E
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 645Please respect copyright.PENANAEcb6EBGVfm
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."645Please respect copyright.PENANAEB8FD1CBcW
David shook his head, so645Please respect copyright.PENANAdoqdPoWm2L
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 645Please respect copyright.PENANA2xp4KoASod
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 645Please respect copyright.PENANAwxciCHwGmZ
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 645Please respect copyright.PENANA0QWRh4aKZp
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.645Please respect copyright.PENANAiANBwRp0dr
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"645Please respect copyright.PENANANX350f4C9T
Jester moved away from 645Please respect copyright.PENANA0u3QcyFTfA
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision645Please respect copyright.PENANABshf8uM7Y1
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 645Please respect copyright.PENANAtpos38kaDn
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 645Please respect copyright.PENANAtFtFNgliuy
helped."645Please respect copyright.PENANAxzUVOK1WeK
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.645Please respect copyright.PENANAocbLoFujpc
"I'll create a 645Please respect copyright.PENANAb5N5eMwkEB
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 645Please respect copyright.PENANAJh2aXZfYbQ
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 645Please respect copyright.PENANAJVmx3NDsdc
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time645Please respect copyright.PENANApeUMqoCXPl
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."645Please respect copyright.PENANAhNesqhEMLG
David awoke, everything 645Please respect copyright.PENANAqaowElo18s
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 645Please respect copyright.PENANAcFh0USW5Qn
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue645Please respect copyright.PENANAI2x3FRmblT
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 645Please respect copyright.PENANAwvR7xsLdB1
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 645Please respect copyright.PENANA4na5VDfIr5
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.645Please respect copyright.PENANAZZVvy30DL3
Looking around David 645Please respect copyright.PENANAenWu56g9Ox
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 645Please respect copyright.PENANAkE5wDfgmuX
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 645Please respect copyright.PENANAGH0VqWKK34
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 645Please respect copyright.PENANA77718yYpDw
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.645Please respect copyright.PENANAY1iXvae6Kb
David could hear the 645Please respect copyright.PENANATDePQyWSVb
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 645Please respect copyright.PENANAJzbqQ21pmf
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the645Please respect copyright.PENANAIeoePrqmnJ
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell645Please respect copyright.PENANAGYGo5oFg6y
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 645Please respect copyright.PENANAp5rfjF8XPw
Atleast he was alive, 645Please respect copyright.PENANAiqn3y6qQQX
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 645Please respect copyright.PENANAOrri1k3esr
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so645Please respect copyright.PENANA2Z5290Y8IQ
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 645Please respect copyright.PENANAmrvnKk9Hs5
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 645Please respect copyright.PENANAetkBOzbCF3
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a645Please respect copyright.PENANAS7lV0xYVLI
grunt of effort David was finally free.645Please respect copyright.PENANAv40RFXLWAu
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"645Please respect copyright.PENANADpoCeYEpty
David recognized Gobs 645Please respect copyright.PENANAFjO8oHPk2M
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the645Please respect copyright.PENANA2qtQlfu8zx
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 645Please respect copyright.PENANAI4GBZWM5HG
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping645Please respect copyright.PENANATAO8RcFDZR
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 645Please respect copyright.PENANARmQi6c8LLT
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out645Please respect copyright.PENANAOSeEaYpHiY
of his cell.645Please respect copyright.PENANAmbbaqe3ikm
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.645Please respect copyright.PENANAbVGcq5TWGi
"Did they tell you what 645Please respect copyright.PENANAjeqUVIoX4S
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 645Please respect copyright.PENANAd5H7pfz4pi
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.645Please respect copyright.PENANAiFv9yM7oIE
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.645Please respect copyright.PENANA0DabtofJqz
Gob nodded and together 645Please respect copyright.PENANAkciiV0JyxC
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 645Please respect copyright.PENANAGlV9UTLQRE
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 645Please respect copyright.PENANAU0CtjWobHL
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or645Please respect copyright.PENANADZbRd9zD6A
barely so.645Please respect copyright.PENANAgdfsiwoFXs
They moved a short 645Please respect copyright.PENANAZIzj96DOLV
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 645Please respect copyright.PENANAz5XFBakwYo
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 645Please respect copyright.PENANAxzLB7p6eFC
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.645Please respect copyright.PENANA8zMTHaJrwa
Surprisingly there were 645Please respect copyright.PENANAPxF6w5li3U
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 645Please respect copyright.PENANA3p2I3lBL2G
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 645Please respect copyright.PENANATlMRhCD8rS
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 645Please respect copyright.PENANA9rSBgbZUOZ
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for645Please respect copyright.PENANA5cWSxgSojN
the doors.645Please respect copyright.PENANAmgXTptl641
Luckily they managed to 645Please respect copyright.PENANA0hGExDB7Qz
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 645Please respect copyright.PENANA1KSlFf54Hn
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire645Please respect copyright.PENANACRjlNNuT0T
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 645Please respect copyright.PENANAEezZpWQJRQ
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.645Please respect copyright.PENANAZlyIdzE99w
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.645Please respect copyright.PENANA8mDItsshad
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.645Please respect copyright.PENANAarLH5JcbvV
The guards were as 645Please respect copyright.PENANAyCkXFHBkza
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword645Please respect copyright.PENANAD0wine2gnI
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 645Please respect copyright.PENANAjQHelO0TIO
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 645Please respect copyright.PENANATCz6rrP66B
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 645Please respect copyright.PENANAmTHG4Rmj7B
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 645Please respect copyright.PENANATy58P3bWb2
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 645Please respect copyright.PENANARXBcWNCQ2w
causing him to stagger.645Please respect copyright.PENANAhCbFHBdf9t
That seemed to be the 645Please respect copyright.PENANAnugcsDEBVj
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 645Please respect copyright.PENANA70GYAxz2MG
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 645Please respect copyright.PENANACdQE2m0PNQ
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.645Please respect copyright.PENANAxEeDgIT870
All of that only lasted 645Please respect copyright.PENANAzmoJwJgg4S
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 645Please respect copyright.PENANACwVy23yObm
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 645Please respect copyright.PENANAHiyM0UOP2F
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 645Please respect copyright.PENANAPXBbwfbNn8
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon645Please respect copyright.PENANAUcKw8DZr9Q
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 645Please respect copyright.PENANADVuh65ck36
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 645Please respect copyright.PENANAakSVYigG60
left, fell down and bled out slowly.645Please respect copyright.PENANA4093Cmnn6Y
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.645Please respect copyright.PENANAZsMGOw3Sdf
"Thanks." Gob said 645Please respect copyright.PENANAOAbZMhlXre
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 645Please respect copyright.PENANABfoK8cGUMp
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 645Please respect copyright.PENANAT92iR9aSzT
piercing his neck.645Please respect copyright.PENANAft0pppfaUb
"That's one promise 645Please respect copyright.PENANAlxniyUfuh1
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 645Please respect copyright.PENANAkdZTnThmDN
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 645Please respect copyright.PENANAhsTh5dzbk4
After the hulking man 645Please respect copyright.PENANAKll0DK0DpB
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 645Please respect copyright.PENANAzjLFTEQe0S
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 645Please respect copyright.PENANAa99DCaXUtt
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 645Please respect copyright.PENANAmPESES0PIO
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 645Please respect copyright.PENANA669R3p3pjR
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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