"Evil? Evil is 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoPpEylVxx
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lIzju76p0
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhogNRHP6nQ
Captain Rourke, trying 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LS1chNSAV
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIffG9hGvKw
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvuwQHT6br
his crewmembers.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiU7FN6fdYE
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Seconds, minutes, days, 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyu4SNdBCo
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBLwnAuGnb
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHIQm13mYB
thousand of tick tocks.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oILD8dnBA
Finally David turned 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMT7QdSzO2z
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZis4zYcXv
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XBNlBy2Ch
what else could be the end, but that?543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlIYzt62Az
Jester himself had 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tx8DUzGV1
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8G0E9k45y
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinVgs3HzIp
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNbMhLolCD
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbNP92R2lQ
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfg2mAfzpT
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpizUdCsncC
David didn't reply. He 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ59KgDf9uw
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5l6BTxVpjx
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamjq4lCPq3
"I don't believe in 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fBV6geoVu
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWusDavptXp
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxbouPfF2Z
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."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1QVxt4Sfn
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QbXrFRBmT
"And I'm a pawn of 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHvQbsQK6G
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCvUsKrVEZ
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciP9l58NuU
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Qim0K0lWf
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLEB5UB7x9
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6FbU3hRHu
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9V3lFvyjU
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkH1LSz1V6S
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVD6tTvmu6E
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSZNRGTLBW
"I've been dead for a 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHqzQCJPML
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPsRII5wNv
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkrv5HdDcu
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwJ31RFIh3
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxbGi8FcVa
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKQJNZYS98
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYIyGrkbKd
just luck."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkHdfNuYDd
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uk3quO9HU
Jester laughed. "Such a 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMs25JByWgo
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHlAtxIkad
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCxwSZTShV
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7LOUy2zAZ
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCrMi6LRBh
Do you understand now?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlBFAnzNw7
"All I understand is 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQshPLI0P9A
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53mKgRS5XF
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSI2K9UjZRX
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqWxb6IdNE
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60B1HsXcGy
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuN2dCmcHo
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3FWVZcpVK
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7RJeeZ6Cs
will...Might also do some other things aswell."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYf1mAt2wl
"Why not get it 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDk4vjMvyYv
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKfRUm5du1
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDA30wtKQUW
"I've no physical body, 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZN1er0mx9
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlc7Qcwzi8
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQL89IIQKd
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCfZqTL1JK
David shook his head, so543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV52lu1A9Nt
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh50gYjChWP
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67f5R1V6l6
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ORrwKPOEp
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgp9CKi2w4F
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZdpoQTU3O
Jester moved away from 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5hN1aodek
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhxiY0DdQ8
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXRKGtJwhF
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMO8Uow3D7g
helped."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJial74GAI
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEIZflJ2XA
"I'll create a 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixFMuBUEIK
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCwPXGMEVB
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2rAC2Txj2
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mSPrOictE
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRnUv7Abg2
David awoke, everything 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yBr6hjHlU
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3k2L394Ek3
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyWS4BivYg
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5tg45t5VZ
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3cdSqDxnt
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlRbist7Cm
Looking around David 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW88Zgq9Q1y
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eb0PgHgzc
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnipSW58KC
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLSJu9C3UW
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeNIVLeNYz
David could hear the 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKAfp24iOG
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XLCKBvfkX
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGjucG02Zk
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ayIfLCUqT
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqaRfgZ03m
Atleast he was alive, 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFQIqoNpZ4
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXb8kojQbb
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgomabjECbN
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYphda4efLd
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVq9zGCkVD2
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtw51ThwAqI
grunt of effort David was finally free.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ864pKihV2B
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLae8ZZCsJ
David recognized Gobs 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSRV3ofyPY
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiHqg2T0rs
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6oMlhWPed
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkfeNByxhT
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDMs9anTQw
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzV1mKEadv
of his cell.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRj3isfMkJB
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwJxp4bFf0
"Did they tell you what 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWz3JvQvsF
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYXbz51sjT
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXImm35DM1z
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJerMolBBo
Gob nodded and together 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iTYt3GG0F
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76qZgBxGSm
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjpTyL3cJq
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtqbrs7TYx
barely so.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRCkQkzq57
They moved a short 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6l7v1t1uA
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvv6RdXYgs
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40yEbX30mT
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uTQGveRgO
Surprisingly there were 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudaCYEg0Ha
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRPrXDRE08
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1AbQMSozu
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtihCUHUNkn
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCR5HHzJ67
the doors.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KoKOvIqrr
Luckily they managed to 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssGfuJunSE
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvg6f1j6d7B
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWa3BU6cr1
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7d0tNqOdFN
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQa1YeMAKh
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3QUr2nhfM
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzySmkLYnq
The guards were as 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBlikDecKm
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8HP72l4eE
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxSVgwxLTX
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyX5sXo3Rk
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgvb4c6vr5
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevkBBrlnTl
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOOpYhDNCu
causing him to stagger.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkMsQ9QANv
That seemed to be the 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVfaWRWwkt
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeDcjOUZ5u
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3iQtRmtqi
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0KoWHvGDo
All of that only lasted 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtS0QvM0lPe
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4KmgA890L
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6Vu53UKEv
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EqPho6E1p
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvgcheGTsj
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHmL9zsxDP
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuncvGWKPq4
left, fell down and bled out slowly.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYnwi84tWP
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuM1PkTM0z0
"Thanks." Gob said 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcQJFTZKZ2
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZK9qohxbP
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ngvRQCHA3
piercing his neck.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4DPLm85eb
"That's one promise 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsc6vbBg7RZ
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MyS5YThYv
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8j7gecKOx
After the hulking man 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAn5BVm3AyO
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYVYFBZ2KS
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWsNrmEdWW
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5k0LcmvrOU
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgPJziWV5N
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeX0YxlmeA
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