"Evil? Evil is 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNfppE7jpO
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9xLLAiaw5
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYzMUmI94p
Captain Rourke, trying 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZCP6q5fnf
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAU4u4iiKOu
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMb1gqj2oF
his crewmembers.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsTJ4m5Ddr
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Seconds, minutes, days, 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJyb32bCTD
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJI0NhYTjj
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bDWaArwxb
thousand of tick tocks.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctxmgeTgrX
Finally David turned 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4j6t0ItLA
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCY16BeQznv
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpV3JaRI0Wu
what else could be the end, but that?515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmr4OTK7Xv9
Jester himself had 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuROKebFCDf
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LnMNVwVSF
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCJekfhDG6
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBdMN4bBUd
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgno8Exvnz
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGhtmokaRX
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgN9NavvH9
David didn't reply. He 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOTAgqTdXs
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRTmoL9GeB
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSa5nJQQhpn
"I don't believe in 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOjpFbJt41
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZergLA0AC
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QkdN7haL4
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."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzHhUOe1k3
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJMBqnys3x
"And I'm a pawn of 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaFepEvF6r
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7aRADdS6b
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazWWjRiVfr
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwdDyRRgTu
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUG2scmv5e
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlSF4ddaH9
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe35TQ2d8Of
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjvYhVksTP
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRJFZB9LUT
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXHc6pILZG
"I've been dead for a 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdrohadQug
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhAt3t0ozg
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPK2DfBTdU
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkVe4IGXqd
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWCMOC2F0s
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNutiu7uC7
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77FzdLM1tn
just luck."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6HZRdmZpl
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RMv6VmPfu
Jester laughed. "Such a 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxTQKPEKaX
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5TTFp7Rs3
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywjb2mGwgD
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYt1IYGMgnL
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWvryXYiTR
Do you understand now?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktnyUlDTx1
"All I understand is 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcB3lC1Y4P
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLzx3vMllW
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqBD6e4uho
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCsbNii7q1
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORHHeklhsa
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbJOUYefXe
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjJPhhorAo
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0TOyswfFc
will...Might also do some other things aswell."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9d6iRMhiI
"Why not get it 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDDZEdBYGO
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpf3gBmSkK8
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnbJ9oQ6Yd
"I've no physical body, 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlV8dgmmS1
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCui5KWGMm
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzjc76dInA
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2PrZorfmK
David shook his head, so515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiVIPXX1hj
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5i5kq8hY1
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIpUSROnIF
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnZRZn5iHz
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdtsf4CTJa
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHoVIwqB80
Jester moved away from 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccBSrEYCmN
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24JupIeKRk
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNBsVOwh4D
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBESToTDJ1d
helped."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzAW86XF52
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIC4VljlnPt
"I'll create a 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEq8VcRXWC
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzSTyjxlTX
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5ETVc1Xup
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiVytktWGd
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHeCik6fj4
David awoke, everything 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAd7ap6q16h
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssDLsbTAjB
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenFkTeFWlX
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQPbJkSMHy
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGR09kvyNK
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkduQpvbiBc
Looking around David 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXyoSg19ka
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vBU1j4DKR
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7xoFTT1lI
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3JBDdVJec
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WJW1N0EDB
David could hear the 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJgz9yQOJu
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXVjynz9p9
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmK2s7IQNP
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrVhGP7aO7
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWY3RRPXfS
Atleast he was alive, 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQ2nBFLVHe
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5L7jDOd1rv
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISzLm0MeKe
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGguBSSE6C2
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvVHqPTD1e
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD93Lj2VVIx
grunt of effort David was finally free.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpFdTDBlI0
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDvL1Y0ZKO
David recognized Gobs 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryKjBxUM0w
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2PmLvwVqt
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0J96X5xJJJ
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJcycsBsLH
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yoKezHfYg
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bGatDNYj7
of his cell.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6tDmrJm8h
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqB7RN7LQMM
"Did they tell you what 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoU9IQa5pN
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShDtmEhrFw
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDk3Amc3R1c
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVfJOiQqWF
Gob nodded and together 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAsbhCtW1C
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSOdGFMZ1T
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01FVjzhSZP
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWdpasmn0S
barely so.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Mozb9dS9W
They moved a short 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAEE9s8A2H
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgGDRLerHX
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNis8JT1kr
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyntHUmOgb7
Surprisingly there were 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLInH904UgL
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKGQNl6XhL
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IjpSVbdKR
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHlRqZyMyJ
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6ULQjbeOS
the doors.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvuLDteLY4
Luckily they managed to 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEJW0BueFf
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWjizYHdZr
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVj4AQRoO2
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZF3p2Gkpim
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1AqZZEQBI
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bSHO6GTf5
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Hy6w36iZj
The guards were as 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZ0Nhn5JEI
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdstk16Rama
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeT3ayZqEhL
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrN1bhZ8Tno
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOaZ8PluLN
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIQMHjT5Sh
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJh1J6yn7SL
causing him to stagger.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcf4XFKJB6
That seemed to be the 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IwQ4ktIAx
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27Mk4iRDdH
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xdtaq2Ah5
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYE4qHkdDIB
All of that only lasted 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqI0c3Gvw1
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlWxAL88SB
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOMi4wSgLp
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmSMkXnHWT
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHHw1JU5Ko
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqphTRoywa6
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSjYaOuqTH
left, fell down and bled out slowly.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmo635osTv
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHWY3tf3HS
"Thanks." Gob said 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMg3fGVOGnf
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwM1WINVkn
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkh4rFwJMI
piercing his neck.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzbMWqntgJ
"That's one promise 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHXZgVWgDs
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHnX0hKX30
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6tzv7DigR
After the hulking man 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqYxPoTtLa
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVF4eyTyHQb
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYIS3jtrYL
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDX63ltOgvu
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvL4bJLqzT
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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