"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
_________________________________________________________________________652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuOwxm7xl9
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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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652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnNcuKP9d6
