"Evil? Evil is 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvmY7qfz5q
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSKcqulgfy
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQruUYyJQMn
Captain Rourke, trying 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjftrgjzZ4b
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnCE6HAHk2
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dafBKT7jK
his crewmembers.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN49FlrZqvK
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Seconds, minutes, days, 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHow7nuaEB2
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1MSEK5SDs
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj22GYV0CmR
thousand of tick tocks.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tyvm8Hef5
Finally David turned 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3QO3WCRm0
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZ2D9fvsPb
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oAQB7eAKC
what else could be the end, but that?649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZJStEDONR
Jester himself had 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0htcATp4I9
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1ycJ5qYHL
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaROy9kp4yO
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxYM2Cd9qk
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5oWO2aLxM
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJnxrkjhLn
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnrqlBh8iJ
David didn't reply. He 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HEt3Jzs4l
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWa2lxqWOdz
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5zQCgU09v
"I don't believe in 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBudSNUiZqe
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHrYTFjSMn
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTszz9bIy1
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."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BwjglTNA6
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57nbRduHeD
"And I'm a pawn of 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLnK56xS5d
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RYL8KFgfN
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOibbrkBtIW
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0z6ymxIzSc
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeQbkWdZsr
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaF5qK0U1lI
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sne1F2wQH
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClJSakg5Cr
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnr2ILERhP
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOU79XUPMY
"I've been dead for a 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOyNltuQIm
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw80P0fOtc0
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieAxK6Y7gt
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjaBpIoyVf
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OF3QncjYz
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUllrPGo8z
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVY5ms8eto
just luck."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZWYUqBKOk
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCIJjiWLop
Jester laughed. "Such a 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MISveYBxw
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhujzcqc5E
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4gNtX3CTs
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3HUf7PrP2
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GnRpFEGyE
Do you understand now?"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51FRUWhjCr
"All I understand is 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfewddZZRQY
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EoV6o0S3m
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3kl4514JU
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RpUmrb5Q4
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJfRaC5kEJ
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6PRq5c49U
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeKLgBusug
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUNoH0zDgy
will...Might also do some other things aswell."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItD3NbV7MM
"Why not get it 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8RIYFqgAF
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeOVq6l3Ct
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZ9ZUH9p2w
"I've no physical body, 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcBsSq6eVs
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQIzzyJ8T7
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUSjvYV27u
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyMTRO1lxk
David shook his head, so649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEqBak7QsK
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzM55GW9uW
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddqfEjtYcD
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOnu4NVd2I
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jJRJawTjG
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBxAc0d1RH
Jester moved away from 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHmIGGn4Jz
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyH5i1cKwRa
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6yGUXHOy0
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhA5MeNz43
helped."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpytnq9yuS
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCuO9BxgGx
"I'll create a 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡus3vv7Mlmv
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZJGVjGxZJ
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmWIn1N96I
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNzuvpwSpK
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdH6VtDNw2
David awoke, everything 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUP29oLPsg
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wz27WIX9a
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJuebW1FfL
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEapQWJaHua
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIZlEBCDX2
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXnYAPyLon
Looking around David 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjiyMdyoWG
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpCOwcClJO
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9p5g3cKq1c
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaEynVhNt5
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgoD3JwFze
David could hear the 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexwDKkJV7a
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPK9DZjLkWt
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwE8fUfEDB6
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsgHqjBYy9
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UlaGRB1kC
Atleast he was alive, 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Gyoq64ggh
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxNkBGEHkf
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9O5u4B2RI
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1njEhPZKm
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR81AjYJiXe
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvvP7u3FpI
grunt of effort David was finally free.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInDjSMrDrd
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUe5eClECZc
David recognized Gobs 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQITnE3E20
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkquUsjtDYe
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAb3hzpFHQk
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiQgzySwyG
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGHTjeTHnu
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7Aqb0yUcv
of his cell.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vAYe5r43i
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5buMWBSKB
"Did they tell you what 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNUtR7KDs3
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZtQkRtfdG
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItCLmIdcIw
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp90oRaXeK5
Gob nodded and together 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjW6aAPoNXp
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLgAVLtdIu
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnVk0qRWth
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFI1NfxqfP
barely so.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZWFZnJO75
They moved a short 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtprAKOiXT
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7buwDINZ7w
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvuJQbL48V
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zrNIqPaHY
Surprisingly there were 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNte3y6RKx
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZzdi357Io
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOSQJkCBKR
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfWA9dWVz8
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4YDCDrjat
the doors.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhL7aYby1WG
Luckily they managed to 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WqmOMq6cx
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZ6BcCXEsV
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH52QLRZ9Cn
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5FyiCbE7g
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiq0YTIsBHH
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeDb5OdR4D
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9bH3TObWS
The guards were as 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhZHIp3wJE
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADMa5Jztfa
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxSDUahB9N
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHKpTlEfS5
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAv3O0362x
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlRljykHDC
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85EPphpkvc
causing him to stagger.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTg7gfpra3f
That seemed to be the 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1n3cic71cs
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgrVuFo6eY
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRmEllGzPC
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWHDFdGwfn
All of that only lasted 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQ6zme0UAx
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIO0og88S7
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVn4U1KROth
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlWZ0zBUVq
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ve1j2IXwm
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkbTqdtVjl
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpR9ir8NTxY
left, fell down and bled out slowly.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3ZWhINi8G
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHoOOofIZF
"Thanks." Gob said 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt64s3bKrpQ
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtn4c9ppLF4
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyqkA0WXG3
piercing his neck.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaROjSMuiP
"That's one promise 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCIPljNMZA
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5j1jJ9VGRe
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMFHLuU4VK
After the hulking man 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuromlN5fX
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxgmlXiWGL
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZI2fFyVEe
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjEqD9AI7y
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VFUdOfLfV
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mjudNSUhk
649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVMyvVVrfw
