"Evil? Evil is 652Please respect copyright.PENANAVVyXK7R6rM
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to652Please respect copyright.PENANAm7FfTor2JU
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"652Please respect copyright.PENANAsKb59WQst1
Captain Rourke, trying 652Please respect copyright.PENANAM6UCRrOcbV
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who652Please respect copyright.PENANAqw7BXqKzIk
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 652Please respect copyright.PENANArNLuoojx29
his crewmembers.652Please respect copyright.PENANA41GYzpxGtZ
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Seconds, minutes, days, 652Please respect copyright.PENANAmdGZrPmQ8I
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 652Please respect copyright.PENANASkxByQsYcE
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a652Please respect copyright.PENANA4v57sEGHMN
thousand of tick tocks.652Please respect copyright.PENANAvKNBk3qIuA
Finally David turned 652Please respect copyright.PENANAnggae1PKZc
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester652Please respect copyright.PENANAbTuYw2jMaj
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for652Please respect copyright.PENANA82aWQcXMul
what else could be the end, but that?652Please respect copyright.PENANA5lxh1BeZz9
Jester himself had 652Please respect copyright.PENANABTk5UMPLxL
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 652Please respect copyright.PENANAcOrpZT5eBc
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 652Please respect copyright.PENANAGvjZPe4iSv
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of652Please respect copyright.PENANApSwsFTGzus
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.652Please respect copyright.PENANAahUKqrTmHW
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.652Please respect copyright.PENANApLPyvSJfbk
"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.PENANAIAG1rK0Lzw
David didn't reply. He 652Please respect copyright.PENANAzSXJWIp4a3
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth652Please respect copyright.PENANAOyhfAZIHvS
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."652Please respect copyright.PENANABymQ1ZtWBb
"I don't believe in 652Please respect copyright.PENANAKGD8eOjyHU
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 652Please respect copyright.PENANATPVsUqLTff
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.652Please respect copyright.PENANAecBnNBU4XJ
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.PENANA0C6bGElTap
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.652Please respect copyright.PENANASbmD30bxnG
"And I'm a pawn of 652Please respect copyright.PENANAX5odBHLtNV
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and652Please respect copyright.PENANAPjpA2WDMPP
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 652Please respect copyright.PENANAKpyRTLrwFz
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 652Please respect copyright.PENANAPiBShwq71L
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 652Please respect copyright.PENANAgwNCAnsIE0
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 652Please respect copyright.PENANAbrcLRc910t
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"652Please respect copyright.PENANATYqVo44jRf
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"652Please respect copyright.PENANAAvXSGd6Ec6
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 652Please respect copyright.PENANA5mBX6orE7Y
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 652Please respect copyright.PENANAI5A685TEko
"I've been dead for a 652Please respect copyright.PENANAxEKxa1qpfp
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 652Please respect copyright.PENANAQx3JFsHJ5A
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 652Please respect copyright.PENANA9A2wZTxyN7
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,652Please respect copyright.PENANA7FrzvKYJWf
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 652Please respect copyright.PENANA5AEvyGyvHg
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 652Please respect copyright.PENANAuHP3oFZmCy
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was652Please respect copyright.PENANAsEo8dckRly
just luck."652Please respect copyright.PENANAQPa3C6pPa9
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"652Please respect copyright.PENANA37dZ9RZbut
Jester laughed. "Such a 652Please respect copyright.PENANA4AVP7TDKmL
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 652Please respect copyright.PENANAoRZ9agPmbJ
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 652Please respect copyright.PENANAXoPlgxclcE
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 652Please respect copyright.PENANAnnVdoEDf0p
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 652Please respect copyright.PENANAbmXCRGifuV
Do you understand now?"652Please respect copyright.PENANAm8yzj8IYWy
"All I understand is 652Please respect copyright.PENANAsEmBTQsMt6
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about652Please respect copyright.PENANASxc3Q8wGu9
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 652Please respect copyright.PENANAhkAwab5E4M
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.652Please respect copyright.PENANAtAOeHxcRMb
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"652Please respect copyright.PENANAGZQ0qC9pIa
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 652Please respect copyright.PENANAuq5HuD4PSp
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries652Please respect copyright.PENANAVzAnyLTHpg
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 652Please respect copyright.PENANAtfgTamQ0gg
will...Might also do some other things aswell."652Please respect copyright.PENANADPahCDVP4w
"Why not get it 652Please respect copyright.PENANAqIff36lyhx
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and652Please respect copyright.PENANAZYvNZezIO2
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"652Please respect copyright.PENANAPP1a6oRWdX
"I've no physical body, 652Please respect copyright.PENANAjUtWqVaP7N
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 652Please respect copyright.PENANAvqAv1vWplr
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 652Please respect copyright.PENANAw4oB58m0Nq
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."652Please respect copyright.PENANAVEiNexUt8Q
David shook his head, so652Please respect copyright.PENANAYspIrAsWKe
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 652Please respect copyright.PENANAGAYbI3x5Fj
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 652Please respect copyright.PENANAHZb3QnxSUM
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 652Please respect copyright.PENANAMaw5qhraTO
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.652Please respect copyright.PENANAAXNRQboupZ
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"652Please respect copyright.PENANA2mTbZPgT4F
Jester moved away from 652Please respect copyright.PENANAnfMRK8fwBi
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision652Please respect copyright.PENANAvTTgGEVamH
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 652Please respect copyright.PENANA8LB1eOQP0Z
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 652Please respect copyright.PENANAiK3IGbyCW4
helped."652Please respect copyright.PENANASJPGRiqg6u
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.652Please respect copyright.PENANAlUDyQvliVS
"I'll create a 652Please respect copyright.PENANAij4aKAmEvx
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 652Please respect copyright.PENANAbQ93IyA84W
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 652Please respect copyright.PENANAG4QLnJQLNA
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time652Please respect copyright.PENANA482snxaexl
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."652Please respect copyright.PENANA3PbR4m6igf
David awoke, everything 652Please respect copyright.PENANA17bG1Xu3a9
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 652Please respect copyright.PENANAgkEwe8b4HZ
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue652Please respect copyright.PENANA0BKJL99SRL
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 652Please respect copyright.PENANAfilHchu2P0
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 652Please respect copyright.PENANArmV9hCND2v
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.652Please respect copyright.PENANAKVOEPMq6nY
Looking around David 652Please respect copyright.PENANAHlxOKVr3Dq
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 652Please respect copyright.PENANAVM0sPR2Kgd
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 652Please respect copyright.PENANAdFb2nVBINv
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 652Please respect copyright.PENANAUknd062TWw
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.652Please respect copyright.PENANAvuymgh5JP7
David could hear the 652Please respect copyright.PENANA40OkZTVutc
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 652Please respect copyright.PENANAQQrPuwekqh
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the652Please respect copyright.PENANAXxxXzqYvLJ
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell652Please respect copyright.PENANAxtQLdQjG7C
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 652Please respect copyright.PENANA31B50fqmdC
Atleast he was alive, 652Please respect copyright.PENANAPFCrpKrhSA
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 652Please respect copyright.PENANAOvnSJ9OpzU
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so652Please respect copyright.PENANASt9Qag36v9
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 652Please respect copyright.PENANAHOWhJLHJnr
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 652Please respect copyright.PENANALXEsWY6Wgd
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a652Please respect copyright.PENANAGn4Hw1lBBC
grunt of effort David was finally free.652Please respect copyright.PENANA2hGv1FUwUK
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.PENANA0Ghc1hKQ5C
David recognized Gobs 652Please respect copyright.PENANAGU7HbOa2fj
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the652Please respect copyright.PENANAF5OFi1Zj2f
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 652Please respect copyright.PENANAEhOCT7yfmg
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping652Please respect copyright.PENANA5atNQh7zeO
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 652Please respect copyright.PENANAic8ehvtZwz
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out652Please respect copyright.PENANAjBx44mOAdV
of his cell.652Please respect copyright.PENANAmU0QlbmIkp
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.652Please respect copyright.PENANAQYtPAbAztf
"Did they tell you what 652Please respect copyright.PENANAvUZSjtShf6
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 652Please respect copyright.PENANAT6x1wVtnwM
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.652Please respect copyright.PENANA7j3eVejmqG
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.652Please respect copyright.PENANANabpcjkrB4
Gob nodded and together 652Please respect copyright.PENANAAv4p0scLTC
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 652Please respect copyright.PENANA7pLIArIJTI
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 652Please respect copyright.PENANAS8bPRZ1Uyy
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or652Please respect copyright.PENANAQFqz06VBWj
barely so.652Please respect copyright.PENANAKdQpp4z2pI
They moved a short 652Please respect copyright.PENANAmz8Jt39zIh
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 652Please respect copyright.PENANA3Vl3zy7fCM
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 652Please respect copyright.PENANAWltTZnI8JB
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.652Please respect copyright.PENANATNaQj42VOX
Surprisingly there were 652Please respect copyright.PENANAVP8vMtZy08
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 652Please respect copyright.PENANAH48z9wYT8G
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 652Please respect copyright.PENANAzok3HNXlv8
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 652Please respect copyright.PENANALF1ZXo8HWU
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for652Please respect copyright.PENANAEuPmh255n0
the doors.652Please respect copyright.PENANAqutNUQZw7n
Luckily they managed to 652Please respect copyright.PENANAQfyDAp64YU
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 652Please respect copyright.PENANAUMxFx23ffz
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire652Please respect copyright.PENANAXp13aTESM7
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 652Please respect copyright.PENANAaM1QdE3IWQ
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.652Please respect copyright.PENANA8gvPJUGWqi
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.652Please respect copyright.PENANAxio3fCJiNA
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.652Please respect copyright.PENANAy3nBmh04iI
The guards were as 652Please respect copyright.PENANAHv8GkT9CFy
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword652Please respect copyright.PENANAqva8y0birM
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 652Please respect copyright.PENANAlMhuyWjZd9
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 652Please respect copyright.PENANALXfBy8EHek
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 652Please respect copyright.PENANABxMvzlK3uG
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 652Please respect copyright.PENANAn0KGiecuqA
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 652Please respect copyright.PENANA3r1Lc7BAIQ
causing him to stagger.652Please respect copyright.PENANAlfcsGLv27u
That seemed to be the 652Please respect copyright.PENANAj8BLbKnRqu
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 652Please respect copyright.PENANA1oNoHwUQsy
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 652Please respect copyright.PENANAGp3qYiM3kw
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.652Please respect copyright.PENANA2HBWKua65T
All of that only lasted 652Please respect copyright.PENANAGiHH8J1as7
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 652Please respect copyright.PENANAIsi65PD78j
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 652Please respect copyright.PENANA6QAIR0ij5s
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 652Please respect copyright.PENANAyzjaCFZ9hm
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon652Please respect copyright.PENANALyYOhrL9dz
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 652Please respect copyright.PENANA7SZlCtSYyR
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 652Please respect copyright.PENANA2kjkJLyQEu
left, fell down and bled out slowly.652Please respect copyright.PENANAVTOM86Wgl1
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.652Please respect copyright.PENANAkF4EUcKfv2
"Thanks." Gob said 652Please respect copyright.PENANAWwr4J9nI3k
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 652Please respect copyright.PENANApLhVUG9JCI
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 652Please respect copyright.PENANA20yiwyoAZD
piercing his neck.652Please respect copyright.PENANAAIHtLBnUfr
"That's one promise 652Please respect copyright.PENANAwi18II1xwd
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 652Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ptiue7xZT
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 652Please respect copyright.PENANAvC21mmWar7
After the hulking man 652Please respect copyright.PENANALpsIClWE6B
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 652Please respect copyright.PENANARGBtCZFbzg
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 652Please respect copyright.PENANA5Q2BwDY5ez
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 652Please respect copyright.PENANAQKOglPxKqN
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 652Please respect copyright.PENANAFarkWC5BCG
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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