"Evil? Evil is 652Please respect copyright.PENANAyo0xlqUNf2
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to652Please respect copyright.PENANAdIA4zSTVYn
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"652Please respect copyright.PENANAW1N2MHeYhD
Captain Rourke, trying 652Please respect copyright.PENANAuwy2uQbJIm
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who652Please respect copyright.PENANAdZ9H71emUi
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 652Please respect copyright.PENANAqiM2joW28p
his crewmembers.652Please respect copyright.PENANAhF2707s59r
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Seconds, minutes, days, 652Please respect copyright.PENANAtDcqpNGGer
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 652Please respect copyright.PENANA8y85cGNOjd
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a652Please respect copyright.PENANA5gjlpH0TTL
thousand of tick tocks.652Please respect copyright.PENANAjBxRnlc1QJ
Finally David turned 652Please respect copyright.PENANABD258ab4Vn
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester652Please respect copyright.PENANAshPfY7WiHC
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for652Please respect copyright.PENANAScqiQqoKhA
what else could be the end, but that?652Please respect copyright.PENANAmjnCQrjcPJ
Jester himself had 652Please respect copyright.PENANARDHS4PRtVX
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 652Please respect copyright.PENANAM1ProNxw7X
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 652Please respect copyright.PENANANGSXz4tZpt
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of652Please respect copyright.PENANARzWAFXnZ88
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.652Please respect copyright.PENANA24eW1XL5Tm
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.652Please respect copyright.PENANAOG15GGRlPJ
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.652Please respect copyright.PENANAaxBYdSrXON
David didn't reply. He 652Please respect copyright.PENANAle1EFBgHyX
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth652Please respect copyright.PENANAe1NkGObQOu
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."652Please respect copyright.PENANA9Rdbxei6JE
"I don't believe in 652Please respect copyright.PENANADh6SDGOxj4
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 652Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZMdWh03Cx
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.652Please respect copyright.PENANAUAlXmkZvhf
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."652Please respect copyright.PENANApPUnsPSvSU
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.652Please respect copyright.PENANAAtRPL65L7Z
"And I'm a pawn of 652Please respect copyright.PENANAAUrKIJt4Ez
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and652Please respect copyright.PENANAJp3sNFjtlg
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 652Please respect copyright.PENANAEUKAvMczV9
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 652Please respect copyright.PENANAf1zr7X3Cph
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 652Please respect copyright.PENANAtGogcVpzUR
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 652Please respect copyright.PENANAf3303850fi
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"652Please respect copyright.PENANA2rBpmyXdL9
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"652Please respect copyright.PENANAFkyS1M5n2S
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 652Please respect copyright.PENANAZVrxUvvyRI
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 652Please respect copyright.PENANA7a6WqWUHow
"I've been dead for a 652Please respect copyright.PENANAfhg3NAThcE
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 652Please respect copyright.PENANAhSF1SGMEBp
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 652Please respect copyright.PENANAbFCdXan3tz
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,652Please respect copyright.PENANA9ItwATQGXE
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 652Please respect copyright.PENANAm7fJe484nw
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 652Please respect copyright.PENANAVkeHJAN04x
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was652Please respect copyright.PENANAzTDhKi9bhh
just luck."652Please respect copyright.PENANAHsg0tQU6kH
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"652Please respect copyright.PENANAVr5dVT663Y
Jester laughed. "Such a 652Please respect copyright.PENANADBsk1INLFa
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 652Please respect copyright.PENANAV2sCDQxaaO
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 652Please respect copyright.PENANAHv5UYpkltn
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 652Please respect copyright.PENANAPUgOl99Mjk
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 652Please respect copyright.PENANA8LbBDWO0nZ
Do you understand now?"652Please respect copyright.PENANAuLhubAkLo3
"All I understand is 652Please respect copyright.PENANAFwMLCKVrPw
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about652Please respect copyright.PENANABnH3F3TAis
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 652Please respect copyright.PENANABklSO6lv9R
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.652Please respect copyright.PENANAjAgeacrc7U
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"652Please respect copyright.PENANAczce5Zdu13
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 652Please respect copyright.PENANAYpuZHEj9MA
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries652Please respect copyright.PENANAS6mb3SY6O8
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 652Please respect copyright.PENANAr93SXXxo08
will...Might also do some other things aswell."652Please respect copyright.PENANACBrnrlcH6s
"Why not get it 652Please respect copyright.PENANALlG5ZQGS20
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and652Please respect copyright.PENANAetJIoh2B5B
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"652Please respect copyright.PENANAE9Vtahs6VV
"I've no physical body, 652Please respect copyright.PENANAZ24OaPEeSJ
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 652Please respect copyright.PENANA9eGuhqtlVt
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 652Please respect copyright.PENANAfHQMlnR35L
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."652Please respect copyright.PENANAsInlgK7yNC
David shook his head, so652Please respect copyright.PENANAJuK93Hp692
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 652Please respect copyright.PENANAfTnya7DPIi
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 652Please respect copyright.PENANAAXBNAP8hoc
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 652Please respect copyright.PENANAvAOFOL1KA4
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.652Please respect copyright.PENANANJgGECJ5oR
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"652Please respect copyright.PENANAsiTar7HgRP
Jester moved away from 652Please respect copyright.PENANAh3iYLIC4x6
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision652Please respect copyright.PENANAqIkJr7OT6K
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 652Please respect copyright.PENANAtc75akRkIu
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 652Please respect copyright.PENANAAonPUB0wpI
helped."652Please respect copyright.PENANASrXvErTO8s
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.652Please respect copyright.PENANAYQ3By0yYVn
"I'll create a 652Please respect copyright.PENANAOQBR76LnRw
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 652Please respect copyright.PENANAVBNGf2RJh9
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 652Please respect copyright.PENANAlnOHY7jKMi
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time652Please respect copyright.PENANAi981tkVA5T
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."652Please respect copyright.PENANA5oAhoIHnWO
David awoke, everything 652Please respect copyright.PENANAln6mmqhPeE
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 652Please respect copyright.PENANAFg1mebvw4k
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue652Please respect copyright.PENANAJaFLdblk32
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 652Please respect copyright.PENANAEIEXuud61h
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 652Please respect copyright.PENANAs2WjhR72y4
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.652Please respect copyright.PENANAevhG2DTtCH
Looking around David 652Please respect copyright.PENANAitsY11dU3V
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 652Please respect copyright.PENANA39SWh6PZ1E
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 652Please respect copyright.PENANAa8xFamOe1V
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 652Please respect copyright.PENANA1MvosoxQ51
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.652Please respect copyright.PENANA8Wzf0ty2eb
David could hear the 652Please respect copyright.PENANAWMwl3xxmIN
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 652Please respect copyright.PENANAPcx0v3DinV
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the652Please respect copyright.PENANAIPHdUAe70N
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell652Please respect copyright.PENANAoX6w54ZqjU
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 652Please respect copyright.PENANABRgN34iOw9
Atleast he was alive, 652Please respect copyright.PENANAj8jvgdw9of
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 652Please respect copyright.PENANAJGuaYJeqeI
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so652Please respect copyright.PENANAZFjzUk9Aur
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 652Please respect copyright.PENANAoIEAWsVGcC
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 652Please respect copyright.PENANAGxaezCZyC4
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a652Please respect copyright.PENANAUbDgnG6K0H
grunt of effort David was finally free.652Please respect copyright.PENANATmZUOmRN42
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"652Please respect copyright.PENANAQGRGcrDQ93
David recognized Gobs 652Please respect copyright.PENANASbZA9APZN7
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the652Please respect copyright.PENANAKhVvRv07nc
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 652Please respect copyright.PENANAEdwceELhKc
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping652Please respect copyright.PENANAIgzIhhH0NB
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 652Please respect copyright.PENANAO0e6dlEFQC
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out652Please respect copyright.PENANA5x4g12p5kK
of his cell.652Please respect copyright.PENANAokqvlFCfkq
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.652Please respect copyright.PENANA0FPHveJfFi
"Did they tell you what 652Please respect copyright.PENANADh1qGqZxhu
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 652Please respect copyright.PENANAj8qwfHxPHT
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.652Please respect copyright.PENANAlxc6vbhd8e
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.652Please respect copyright.PENANA654qDZOYWq
Gob nodded and together 652Please respect copyright.PENANAdbxgOmvKOe
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 652Please respect copyright.PENANAlSsiDmRmiC
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 652Please respect copyright.PENANAYZpMpqUl9g
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or652Please respect copyright.PENANAzm6JkJ0U56
barely so.652Please respect copyright.PENANA5qnEmsIGom
They moved a short 652Please respect copyright.PENANAJcDUuIW34k
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 652Please respect copyright.PENANAqYbnM2lmAZ
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 652Please respect copyright.PENANAyAwpLx7BNK
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.652Please respect copyright.PENANALzkNj94Xhg
Surprisingly there were 652Please respect copyright.PENANAjo5xjWIaTp
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 652Please respect copyright.PENANAKribXiK4KZ
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 652Please respect copyright.PENANA1wrKtA4s3v
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 652Please respect copyright.PENANAsPSeQCCka8
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for652Please respect copyright.PENANAi8qejf6eIi
the doors.652Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4Z0o5Q96b
Luckily they managed to 652Please respect copyright.PENANA4gxFBQDSBq
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 652Please respect copyright.PENANAq565bLyXsA
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire652Please respect copyright.PENANAgLEGQsRnWO
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 652Please respect copyright.PENANA80HiQDulac
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.652Please respect copyright.PENANA6Yd0h9VK3o
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.652Please respect copyright.PENANAviiPwnAeTU
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.652Please respect copyright.PENANAbmefSUCyvA
The guards were as 652Please respect copyright.PENANAcoc9hX3Gxf
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword652Please respect copyright.PENANAgvqmgVRJYj
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 652Please respect copyright.PENANA9xV9f3ufNW
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 652Please respect copyright.PENANAOnUfImeYvf
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 652Please respect copyright.PENANAgUjjbKyfTC
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 652Please respect copyright.PENANAZabQY1Fi7D
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 652Please respect copyright.PENANARqiUpT4vQ6
causing him to stagger.652Please respect copyright.PENANAiOfe4bi7d3
That seemed to be the 652Please respect copyright.PENANAmFuFJnE02w
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 652Please respect copyright.PENANAxdrWKKmfuO
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 652Please respect copyright.PENANAReo9thAf6n
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.652Please respect copyright.PENANAUjCASmO36G
All of that only lasted 652Please respect copyright.PENANAV6NzDp6tX6
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 652Please respect copyright.PENANAwgpLUv1JZP
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 652Please respect copyright.PENANAyayLLohe2n
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 652Please respect copyright.PENANAsMJAJINmNn
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon652Please respect copyright.PENANA4SrxRqMcvA
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 652Please respect copyright.PENANAje2dqNTqu8
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 652Please respect copyright.PENANARKc9wq6LTX
left, fell down and bled out slowly.652Please respect copyright.PENANAyjkODrtTqG
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.652Please respect copyright.PENANAaNM5NtHd19
"Thanks." Gob said 652Please respect copyright.PENANARhc6k0vzMM
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 652Please respect copyright.PENANA3tl9E1RbI6
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 652Please respect copyright.PENANA7AcDy7UJ5l
piercing his neck.652Please respect copyright.PENANAR2jR1VPpjD
"That's one promise 652Please respect copyright.PENANAdg8N5kxGz1
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 652Please respect copyright.PENANAnF9dCPVzYf
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 652Please respect copyright.PENANAXey3idSfDE
After the hulking man 652Please respect copyright.PENANAtTrx1nDfcU
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 652Please respect copyright.PENANADLjcCbBrbJ
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 652Please respect copyright.PENANAKuOxvs4V0u
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 652Please respect copyright.PENANAfs4FNqfvUW
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 652Please respect copyright.PENANAzt8kgy4zcd
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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