"Evil? Evil is 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUJxhB73vJ
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Pw2VuPieJ
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqO1MJi5JlV
Captain Rourke, trying 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2j1gGQJvT6
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0cryZmvLl
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TtqMHSunV
his crewmembers.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NcZM6g2uH
_________________________________________________________________________648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBi890VNaiR
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Seconds, minutes, days, 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOv61SlRwnL
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW58EJ1dUH6
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWW53uYTSPz
thousand of tick tocks.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMJGNYs19L
Finally David turned 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPg5jDaVb2M
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCOkG5mwbC
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8MR5NyVqr
what else could be the end, but that?648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5SdwNbehm
Jester himself had 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJSkGfTTb4
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NPRLQLNvx
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKffJ80WDa
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6l4AcpyYD
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGS84hoHPmV
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0HKOeSQo0
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EtLM9nK4t
David didn't reply. He 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jHc4qqDnY
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFx5lXAfB1
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQRzkWhuN5
"I don't believe in 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkw4ijR2Gxm
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGE7CEtM3Kb
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYqJ7RUaXD
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."648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69tJuQNkiz
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0911Vc74AM
"And I'm a pawn of 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mRRPhmLIH
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegwXYO0t6i
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBteUeIz61
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8WwA0Nm5K
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcELSXtpb9U
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdh5VWBYzgV
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8STpt0UDma
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWzZggKfkw
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmjELR8bOV
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpKvotpdIi
"I've been dead for a 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8xD46v9sj
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Xl7CUDuFr
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCCqRB1uiS
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9s0aYnhJu8
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvDEIrr6NI
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCAWrZ1jVD
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxQDmWVQAp
just luck."648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzTy1qtud5
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAzq2Hfqi1
Jester laughed. "Such a 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmu8hEfoW4g
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVL3NT9QSie
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Fjz1rPcAi
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWvlMB8zya
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CWpIr263a
Do you understand now?"648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGINFsKMGff
"All I understand is 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmV0iLeR4yo
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR55YcSVput
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6wZofWLSV
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7n65tEB4l
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsq7g7wYob
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBfIQbRyRq
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk15hWImdB4
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMPS0EWajK
will...Might also do some other things aswell."648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iHyPModj8
"Why not get it 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHc5wwduL2V
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwh1EJ2e7ig
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqT2DWbzF5
"I've no physical body, 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxGefFJeQk
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI63xW13qY4
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbf1yJo1VJ
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsXJ3sHtHX
David shook his head, so648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJxLjvqvYp
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXTJjevNkP
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1V6r33wfnl
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKufJHZxQNf
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkCVPnLgAi
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgl4xKBXfT
Jester moved away from 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LhkVK4a8H
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuo2aetlmC
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnzDlzvpLw
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ElHoqVQ6E
helped."648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkYG10DMrB
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxZbRlAcAT
"I'll create a 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7nkQoMTp6
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3TSnEDfl2
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCibmdnBBS
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6j3BoSaxR9
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16LpEOTItS
David awoke, everything 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzylqpBKS0
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLeeWqQuTH
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvRVg5cqdX
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrysGLoArb
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxB5CEnNu5
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PGTUbTYHS
Looking around David 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhakBeUpbf
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExH11H2zQn
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoe9KxgXRU
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdOzbqM4em
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1aGQWLUdu
David could hear the 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6egtzPekh6
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsaT0lpUhZ
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIl5VFpkVH
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnd7OuTK2Ge
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGACyS4iL1
Atleast he was alive, 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OZADS0Cl9
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsxkuDxk5L
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zqtSWOBSp
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38tCV1d929
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTizbmmxRSq
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9FEOpjxr7
grunt of effort David was finally free.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ71xI4VZtS
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggAtoNGxBb
David recognized Gobs 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXq1my5mEC
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRqZLlF5TJ
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozZ04bJdqU
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kjR1galSr
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGeVwzFFpi
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnHRb0vE7D
of his cell.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHiuqI0iML
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOEDkBnIgf
"Did they tell you what 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CJyjGffIO
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQwN0nbpnB
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsjdXGxr6d
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ziBdda4G4
Gob nodded and together 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQ5q9AebXi
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeUYQ2IQRA
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDH8CZDcwX
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpEA5wvSnK
barely so.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdtLGN7bb5
They moved a short 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJ3Dr47Yfm
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5ndDurbXS
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTdJnCDMvP
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSfHLidvjf
Surprisingly there were 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RVQGl7Jik
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ01aTqzbXv
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYogZnD2Qz
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRk646NDs77
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSS7JBPiTJO
the doors.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqlVLt2a2P
Luckily they managed to 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ja7IARIoJ
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FArLZPR9u
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdDyZVDeLs
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdiQ53piMs
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvHcTIfyt5
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSRDZMUfpO
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdMYw3lEGG
The guards were as 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlNJEL7Dqv
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyHQ0qcO5T
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZ2j7yZeWM
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgJw2fMU2N
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1iWvPftX2
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxuNzKHLWE
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjm2HvJxhln
causing him to stagger.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBS7paECEv
That seemed to be the 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPKHcCcjyG
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvADeRe5OAf
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxK9G3Pv17i
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUliNjaYjE
All of that only lasted 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyOHJaDamm
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJP8N1aZlEX
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpS1fx0eGd
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjx2WYmzzv5
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxpHIaRVbH
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaOvPM82Pl
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqBT4QTXKi
left, fell down and bled out slowly.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoesGPNBIwE
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sQJpNEHWB
"Thanks." Gob said 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6l5QLjnFb
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNaASL7U5j
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OAyiZlpWk
piercing his neck.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09bFqsjfFL
"That's one promise 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP77BGnVeCG
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvf8xiGEesJ
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhRtTXtNIm
After the hulking man 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Fk7tXeZM6
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBJQhPuEUK
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoCFZ6hGYr
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTa0SzqgJUI
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CK5VTlRSr
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHsizsaBfr
648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywb5EWP3uE
