"Evil? Evil is 651Please respect copyright.PENANAetbhnKcIeQ
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to651Please respect copyright.PENANAuqNskEZrv6
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"651Please respect copyright.PENANAUUXnQ1TXXV
Captain Rourke, trying 651Please respect copyright.PENANA5i5y0jfydt
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who651Please respect copyright.PENANAHbwsrl4yMz
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 651Please respect copyright.PENANAFgyGgOKdFx
his crewmembers.651Please respect copyright.PENANAavPVdpOP7z
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Seconds, minutes, days, 651Please respect copyright.PENANAGWT87OA7Oo
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 651Please respect copyright.PENANA4Q2FVspWiZ
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a651Please respect copyright.PENANAUgQWsRId6w
thousand of tick tocks.651Please respect copyright.PENANAWqVog7OfTP
Finally David turned 651Please respect copyright.PENANAvm6yJYHUW1
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester651Please respect copyright.PENANAUDD1jCoGT5
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for651Please respect copyright.PENANADm4Xo6iSb8
what else could be the end, but that?651Please respect copyright.PENANAeaBysYvi2A
Jester himself had 651Please respect copyright.PENANAEZC6j7DlHk
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 651Please respect copyright.PENANAjav9jTm3Y7
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 651Please respect copyright.PENANAQPQ2uhryUf
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of651Please respect copyright.PENANAl6t5xp31qu
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.651Please respect copyright.PENANAtgvAvgaw8f
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.651Please respect copyright.PENANAR4mx7FGVfa
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.651Please respect copyright.PENANAzRDadWuMkQ
David didn't reply. He 651Please respect copyright.PENANAqzZ3CKDDXa
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth651Please respect copyright.PENANA6AoAGcpQ8b
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."651Please respect copyright.PENANACC17Pq8zCW
"I don't believe in 651Please respect copyright.PENANAZjHz5stZAB
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 651Please respect copyright.PENANAUXLOyYbJBa
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.651Please respect copyright.PENANAyTaLRbs36S
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."651Please respect copyright.PENANABTAzf0oi1x
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.651Please respect copyright.PENANApmNioxll5s
"And I'm a pawn of 651Please respect copyright.PENANAiHQeOXmz25
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and651Please respect copyright.PENANAKImRRhwyPo
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 651Please respect copyright.PENANAg14utUYREZ
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 651Please respect copyright.PENANAo78UXSVLRi
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 651Please respect copyright.PENANACGbjeTfHlJ
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 651Please respect copyright.PENANATGRzXFZKWl
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"651Please respect copyright.PENANAsRI8xD2VSK
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"651Please respect copyright.PENANAcl0OQ2WRRB
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 651Please respect copyright.PENANApFdzI1ERMv
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 651Please respect copyright.PENANAKmrT8QHkF6
"I've been dead for a 651Please respect copyright.PENANABaiSshoqaR
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 651Please respect copyright.PENANAB1BIKDwKdJ
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 651Please respect copyright.PENANAr2f49sWCiX
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,651Please respect copyright.PENANAUjnuHXQEFF
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 651Please respect copyright.PENANA4zTBWXfXrJ
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 651Please respect copyright.PENANAl4EcJGwUp8
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was651Please respect copyright.PENANAcYpNYR93tx
just luck."651Please respect copyright.PENANA7gEeBTzxnj
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"651Please respect copyright.PENANAstOdM3xf6G
Jester laughed. "Such a 651Please respect copyright.PENANAuCX9OWYc77
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 651Please respect copyright.PENANAPAcdSzsU3c
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 651Please respect copyright.PENANAKsPtXAMSjU
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 651Please respect copyright.PENANAunO1vSe4qY
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 651Please respect copyright.PENANANAi9JyCmGw
Do you understand now?"651Please respect copyright.PENANA1kSJPResr1
"All I understand is 651Please respect copyright.PENANA9DgPxq7AmW
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about651Please respect copyright.PENANAcXjJVL9CWM
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 651Please respect copyright.PENANA4ts4VreuEH
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.651Please respect copyright.PENANALxnh8NOpLF
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"651Please respect copyright.PENANAX9L85WkID6
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 651Please respect copyright.PENANAvfMx0FnkXe
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries651Please respect copyright.PENANAfnLYjH5WSw
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 651Please respect copyright.PENANALRScBJlPJc
will...Might also do some other things aswell."651Please respect copyright.PENANAYRAhxK1ETj
"Why not get it 651Please respect copyright.PENANAcBmPukbfV3
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and651Please respect copyright.PENANAtedm10ZPcc
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"651Please respect copyright.PENANAMrnveiIv2d
"I've no physical body, 651Please respect copyright.PENANA5a2L8DGpTm
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 651Please respect copyright.PENANAAR7XQzpKin
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 651Please respect copyright.PENANAuH0BtCgzWD
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."651Please respect copyright.PENANAtn80IYMhA4
David shook his head, so651Please respect copyright.PENANAVr4lf52tA1
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 651Please respect copyright.PENANAq0EwQ43dkG
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 651Please respect copyright.PENANAwTQcdV3YjY
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 651Please respect copyright.PENANAqFDOtoiTO5
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.651Please respect copyright.PENANAbyE41IhIIv
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"651Please respect copyright.PENANAAYdrKb3TAm
Jester moved away from 651Please respect copyright.PENANAqmoToADaHX
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision651Please respect copyright.PENANAfP9C7rGWdu
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 651Please respect copyright.PENANANkBvdS38XO
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 651Please respect copyright.PENANAQWLTQHVbQv
helped."651Please respect copyright.PENANA1rYvt6qss0
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.651Please respect copyright.PENANA9pKPBRCKuy
"I'll create a 651Please respect copyright.PENANArqGvfshkUt
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 651Please respect copyright.PENANAyoEWGvJKF9
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 651Please respect copyright.PENANACGGTqjfp8x
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time651Please respect copyright.PENANAv1HPXZakC9
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."651Please respect copyright.PENANAtDIyFj2Gjd
David awoke, everything 651Please respect copyright.PENANAiDFuyUtmAN
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 651Please respect copyright.PENANABRkuv53Fo6
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue651Please respect copyright.PENANA9TAuAlEiVp
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 651Please respect copyright.PENANAqt2EEizxQ7
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 651Please respect copyright.PENANAoTB0ZXu7gM
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.651Please respect copyright.PENANAfZZIEZThnQ
Looking around David 651Please respect copyright.PENANAkc9S4UqTkG
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 651Please respect copyright.PENANAFfhFvmZDSs
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 651Please respect copyright.PENANA38jLljXosG
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 651Please respect copyright.PENANAY0CwmsOhVS
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.651Please respect copyright.PENANAs1QWYkipg8
David could hear the 651Please respect copyright.PENANA4Yr1mkqaWn
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 651Please respect copyright.PENANA7GrLXHPqR8
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the651Please respect copyright.PENANAsXSHEIVxQr
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell651Please respect copyright.PENANADVIwCTIAD2
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 651Please respect copyright.PENANAqI0XzDMygH
Atleast he was alive, 651Please respect copyright.PENANAOuHyTBPnL9
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 651Please respect copyright.PENANA7tDwjo759z
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so651Please respect copyright.PENANAbVGQwlMU2N
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 651Please respect copyright.PENANAAtT5iMHKtm
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 651Please respect copyright.PENANAb6Jv8z2G6W
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a651Please respect copyright.PENANAZEEAkviXOO
grunt of effort David was finally free.651Please respect copyright.PENANATcZ2EWDKJA
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"651Please respect copyright.PENANAH0CwoadqI2
David recognized Gobs 651Please respect copyright.PENANA4DLu7kimR2
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the651Please respect copyright.PENANAmzNKDS3BwT
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 651Please respect copyright.PENANAGOr3UAwFE9
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping651Please respect copyright.PENANAkDZOxiXHwR
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 651Please respect copyright.PENANAG5OrtwGEtX
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out651Please respect copyright.PENANAUKcBcFdfib
of his cell.651Please respect copyright.PENANAQ596QzuzXH
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.651Please respect copyright.PENANAvEap3LBYma
"Did they tell you what 651Please respect copyright.PENANAoUZNhCggCD
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 651Please respect copyright.PENANACYZ9D4g4Wy
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.651Please respect copyright.PENANAMNtE5MerTR
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.651Please respect copyright.PENANAx2iyJUDYgW
Gob nodded and together 651Please respect copyright.PENANAxMOqPkcjsQ
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 651Please respect copyright.PENANA0yiawvOtxg
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 651Please respect copyright.PENANAFZm7360uVS
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or651Please respect copyright.PENANAZVCTNYRPFU
barely so.651Please respect copyright.PENANArY6OFjatsf
They moved a short 651Please respect copyright.PENANAyqCYtbN40f
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 651Please respect copyright.PENANAMD9AXVz4DF
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 651Please respect copyright.PENANAG8Qh2MzcCD
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.651Please respect copyright.PENANAOywSaOlMhH
Surprisingly there were 651Please respect copyright.PENANACE0fm3P1fv
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 651Please respect copyright.PENANA3WvGx7V8eZ
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 651Please respect copyright.PENANAR6Uutq9nL8
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 651Please respect copyright.PENANAvbuK3osuE8
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for651Please respect copyright.PENANAoDNw08Ay3F
the doors.651Please respect copyright.PENANA2uadfRAY1x
Luckily they managed to 651Please respect copyright.PENANACoMPFRD8dQ
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 651Please respect copyright.PENANAb51Hqfwm1m
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire651Please respect copyright.PENANADUPGg2jQUR
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 651Please respect copyright.PENANAq5y412nTUD
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.651Please respect copyright.PENANASL17n6VINQ
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.651Please respect copyright.PENANAfFuGELtAGG
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.651Please respect copyright.PENANARZhJjWeTWl
The guards were as 651Please respect copyright.PENANAInno1rx8Yi
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword651Please respect copyright.PENANAM5T20rIjPZ
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 651Please respect copyright.PENANAVRoWuITRaJ
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 651Please respect copyright.PENANAcyTeFeQzrq
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 651Please respect copyright.PENANAKwarUIMISF
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 651Please respect copyright.PENANAh1DcHgulz1
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 651Please respect copyright.PENANAXmIJgWhTH1
causing him to stagger.651Please respect copyright.PENANAPme3cio2rN
That seemed to be the 651Please respect copyright.PENANAfva0Bzq2RU
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 651Please respect copyright.PENANA0GDFBVsuhr
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 651Please respect copyright.PENANAKuwl1eowL8
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.651Please respect copyright.PENANAd1r7ROUIkk
All of that only lasted 651Please respect copyright.PENANA4H7Tz7QtQe
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 651Please respect copyright.PENANAGGoZC1ApxV
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 651Please respect copyright.PENANAI0CQR4X6it
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 651Please respect copyright.PENANAmVd6EULXTt
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon651Please respect copyright.PENANAXQekpyjIFb
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 651Please respect copyright.PENANANWp7tpjwc1
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 651Please respect copyright.PENANAUmv24UpkvL
left, fell down and bled out slowly.651Please respect copyright.PENANAajStvqLJL0
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.651Please respect copyright.PENANACGYmggnbMI
"Thanks." Gob said 651Please respect copyright.PENANAnK8YEbcccG
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 651Please respect copyright.PENANAmDBplrsycE
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 651Please respect copyright.PENANABc5FiylLzg
piercing his neck.651Please respect copyright.PENANAgLb8TSbiBI
"That's one promise 651Please respect copyright.PENANAOjWqq3wpj2
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 651Please respect copyright.PENANA3QqaAPHyQp
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 651Please respect copyright.PENANAjAwPBihGKn
After the hulking man 651Please respect copyright.PENANAox9UE8glPT
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 651Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4f73YFAyp
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 651Please respect copyright.PENANAiv63lvFNb3
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 651Please respect copyright.PENANAnOpLMzEpaV
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 651Please respect copyright.PENANA5RD7PCTCTT
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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