"Evil? Evil is 656Please respect copyright.PENANApr3WaIlwsL
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to656Please respect copyright.PENANAQtkFknJ46k
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"656Please respect copyright.PENANAG0KH2XE74Q
Captain Rourke, trying 656Please respect copyright.PENANAkckmO6U29B
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who656Please respect copyright.PENANAIH9kJnxeq4
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 656Please respect copyright.PENANA38fTBoFxY0
his crewmembers.656Please respect copyright.PENANA2pSCs58Xhs
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Seconds, minutes, days, 656Please respect copyright.PENANAJJYopI42Jf
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 656Please respect copyright.PENANAdMk9U5Qxdm
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a656Please respect copyright.PENANADkuFeol5Vg
thousand of tick tocks.656Please respect copyright.PENANA0s5TGj3aAZ
Finally David turned 656Please respect copyright.PENANAXqq2w31HX9
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester656Please respect copyright.PENANA0o4PzgrLgA
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for656Please respect copyright.PENANAsrrZiNkBg5
what else could be the end, but that?656Please respect copyright.PENANAwSmype9TlR
Jester himself had 656Please respect copyright.PENANAElmzOkuXDj
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAKdDZgXW6hJ
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 656Please respect copyright.PENANAq7pyrAKxsO
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of656Please respect copyright.PENANAio1KyaD6JG
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.656Please respect copyright.PENANArmwpAxY8WL
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.656Please respect copyright.PENANAGP11yWirRe
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.656Please respect copyright.PENANANtWOtaTZTV
David didn't reply. He 656Please respect copyright.PENANAAVsz29QICw
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth656Please respect copyright.PENANA8M7FbsSYBF
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."656Please respect copyright.PENANA0kzcnysaFM
"I don't believe in 656Please respect copyright.PENANAJftJCKqj1j
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 656Please respect copyright.PENANAMdbf5LVTRt
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.656Please respect copyright.PENANA6vMRnihguK
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."656Please respect copyright.PENANASVjKKM0zvs
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.656Please respect copyright.PENANAHDepsMnhY5
"And I'm a pawn of 656Please respect copyright.PENANAcD3fbh3Sau
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and656Please respect copyright.PENANA6CznR4aHGX
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 656Please respect copyright.PENANAn3H6Fsof22
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 656Please respect copyright.PENANAfcoqQy05BK
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 656Please respect copyright.PENANALbBvF5trBq
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 656Please respect copyright.PENANAQKAmaRPk7F
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"656Please respect copyright.PENANAmA2xJcPhRy
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"656Please respect copyright.PENANAfCnHrOwwvT
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAlE6xB1TXhd
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 656Please respect copyright.PENANADwoyC1vgGe
"I've been dead for a 656Please respect copyright.PENANAtSFLDZk10q
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 656Please respect copyright.PENANAayc7XUWWVl
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 656Please respect copyright.PENANAze5dtkW5pg
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,656Please respect copyright.PENANAGOUuTZEjDV
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 656Please respect copyright.PENANAkRh6OdG13d
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 656Please respect copyright.PENANAk0FbTIUp2J
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was656Please respect copyright.PENANABqsYhE710b
just luck."656Please respect copyright.PENANALXeDM5QpbV
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"656Please respect copyright.PENANAiVEJPBagXU
Jester laughed. "Such a 656Please respect copyright.PENANAHXADvKfZ3h
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 656Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZYFKYcHtt
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 656Please respect copyright.PENANAKH7P5xZPqq
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 656Please respect copyright.PENANAH4QN80D8c3
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAHAEAcyNLRq
Do you understand now?"656Please respect copyright.PENANAbLnHCIKEmg
"All I understand is 656Please respect copyright.PENANArlQARKRaDC
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about656Please respect copyright.PENANA04IOqrmzOS
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAglbwdBPsbB
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.656Please respect copyright.PENANAveFz1xy726
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"656Please respect copyright.PENANAvdnhqPioXV
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 656Please respect copyright.PENANAr2OWJrj2io
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries656Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZfTxs4hkd
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 656Please respect copyright.PENANAf0fDkeuZXJ
will...Might also do some other things aswell."656Please respect copyright.PENANAT1XvekOON4
"Why not get it 656Please respect copyright.PENANAMUIV8tvHIJ
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and656Please respect copyright.PENANASEceZntPDX
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"656Please respect copyright.PENANArAoUzmZWhB
"I've no physical body, 656Please respect copyright.PENANA5QMlilbmt5
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 656Please respect copyright.PENANA7tE6IV19Ms
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 656Please respect copyright.PENANAlGyVKVaVBL
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."656Please respect copyright.PENANANcbGLxrpLL
David shook his head, so656Please respect copyright.PENANAf0xTop8mQ9
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 656Please respect copyright.PENANAtTrBjZz3cG
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 656Please respect copyright.PENANAibrItqytly
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 656Please respect copyright.PENANAp740Js6KaT
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.656Please respect copyright.PENANAXJg8tnxep2
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"656Please respect copyright.PENANA8eEPpKS6vb
Jester moved away from 656Please respect copyright.PENANAqIOEeTlfFe
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision656Please respect copyright.PENANANWkyvYEjZj
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAxIHqFRBzsT
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 656Please respect copyright.PENANA3UMLXEFRED
helped."656Please respect copyright.PENANAM32Fopm9PT
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.656Please respect copyright.PENANAiboxIbiZ7j
"I'll create a 656Please respect copyright.PENANABl09MYrYHJ
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 656Please respect copyright.PENANAgv4MxkztM6
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 656Please respect copyright.PENANAqhQN5k1hq1
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time656Please respect copyright.PENANAPgYK8kKBRZ
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."656Please respect copyright.PENANAQtytANx7Oc
David awoke, everything 656Please respect copyright.PENANAzvkWOqZGev
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 656Please respect copyright.PENANALrDYhE1Rkl
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue656Please respect copyright.PENANA1kH58dkRHl
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 656Please respect copyright.PENANAfwFtgOtGgZ
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 656Please respect copyright.PENANAJNcLRtcQAl
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.656Please respect copyright.PENANAG8auI4zOvh
Looking around David 656Please respect copyright.PENANAqZTNUjkYbA
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 656Please respect copyright.PENANALHb5xNKQp3
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 656Please respect copyright.PENANARVJ68gdYoe
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 656Please respect copyright.PENANAu0qJKKR3NG
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.656Please respect copyright.PENANAFyYuFEdAZI
David could hear the 656Please respect copyright.PENANAGeZn1HpzON
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 656Please respect copyright.PENANAL1ZtgNIN4y
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the656Please respect copyright.PENANArzrquuimZ3
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell656Please respect copyright.PENANA9Vbtn38GK2
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 656Please respect copyright.PENANA9nGatexi6i
Atleast he was alive, 656Please respect copyright.PENANA0NRKCvRDRe
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 656Please respect copyright.PENANAuyXBaI1mCY
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so656Please respect copyright.PENANA2oxP5g1Las
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 656Please respect copyright.PENANAfSHeHg5QPk
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 656Please respect copyright.PENANADCrjecPVcs
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a656Please respect copyright.PENANADvuAUps5fn
grunt of effort David was finally free.656Please respect copyright.PENANAdv6S652znl
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"656Please respect copyright.PENANAUUgSA9ii6W
David recognized Gobs 656Please respect copyright.PENANAZiN5HDPd9m
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the656Please respect copyright.PENANA9xw5Ayxz8y
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 656Please respect copyright.PENANAEl0BVXMJmf
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping656Please respect copyright.PENANAMjmuwUgU47
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 656Please respect copyright.PENANAEzdKyDZHn2
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out656Please respect copyright.PENANAQmukcLd8wK
of his cell.656Please respect copyright.PENANA6XLR4MuGCk
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.656Please respect copyright.PENANAz91fIWrq0C
"Did they tell you what 656Please respect copyright.PENANAI7ll9KQ3DO
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 656Please respect copyright.PENANAGoFm235ppk
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.656Please respect copyright.PENANA6Qm1Lp5L8e
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.656Please respect copyright.PENANAOVn1ZNwtYS
Gob nodded and together 656Please respect copyright.PENANAiF5Z65Y3DP
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 656Please respect copyright.PENANAEI5j1QimK9
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 656Please respect copyright.PENANAlMOusOSAcR
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or656Please respect copyright.PENANA8emPYPzq5e
barely so.656Please respect copyright.PENANAosoMkalW47
They moved a short 656Please respect copyright.PENANAE4GL6jVTtp
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 656Please respect copyright.PENANALkyJ9FU4ld
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 656Please respect copyright.PENANAtLHEjFhFDy
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.656Please respect copyright.PENANAcZW6f88XQT
Surprisingly there were 656Please respect copyright.PENANAtD6ACn8YeR
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 656Please respect copyright.PENANAY7o8fMiWMf
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 656Please respect copyright.PENANAlvHoKXF7my
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 656Please respect copyright.PENANAyFfsYD8hgO
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for656Please respect copyright.PENANAcBs8zIC6xw
the doors.656Please respect copyright.PENANAIjdRIgwvOS
Luckily they managed to 656Please respect copyright.PENANAKgyUAcW3F3
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 656Please respect copyright.PENANA2aQfnebnFZ
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire656Please respect copyright.PENANAlq56QJ9rpm
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 656Please respect copyright.PENANApKoJ9gy8Zt
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.656Please respect copyright.PENANAexFaym9tAu
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.656Please respect copyright.PENANAcbRhjhTB52
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.656Please respect copyright.PENANAjAMovIFvGG
The guards were as 656Please respect copyright.PENANAizZfIFQ4qV
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword656Please respect copyright.PENANAOCwzpvb8OC
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 656Please respect copyright.PENANAwiWgTAj3ZA
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 656Please respect copyright.PENANAcOwiRbgCFW
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 656Please respect copyright.PENANAyFBdXZApXU
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 656Please respect copyright.PENANArUjTMd9t9r
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 656Please respect copyright.PENANAnzMoF9InAb
causing him to stagger.656Please respect copyright.PENANAbdy7DNw94y
That seemed to be the 656Please respect copyright.PENANA1PuYelZ2Si
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 656Please respect copyright.PENANA4q2ymhvmeX
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 656Please respect copyright.PENANAl5MzWKZgsb
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.656Please respect copyright.PENANAWW000iGREc
All of that only lasted 656Please respect copyright.PENANAwRGctsgbwE
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 656Please respect copyright.PENANA17M8iAyxiS
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 656Please respect copyright.PENANAuWl0sIaioF
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 656Please respect copyright.PENANASal3BCBtk0
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon656Please respect copyright.PENANANgbOYUZHfy
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 656Please respect copyright.PENANAR50CemBIfA
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 656Please respect copyright.PENANAwZPHFrbCwJ
left, fell down and bled out slowly.656Please respect copyright.PENANAi3RJjoOoqm
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.656Please respect copyright.PENANAnWtrWjsNo0
"Thanks." Gob said 656Please respect copyright.PENANAtfHpmdL6Jk
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 656Please respect copyright.PENANAody9dq1BLw
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 656Please respect copyright.PENANAAEOlAlhzGN
piercing his neck.656Please respect copyright.PENANAErVsAQopv0
"That's one promise 656Please respect copyright.PENANA5tUytDAWmE
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 656Please respect copyright.PENANAwywPRLqVj8
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAhsu2XfqRg9
After the hulking man 656Please respect copyright.PENANAq4CBj8rclp
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 656Please respect copyright.PENANAPWwR5nEvpz
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 656Please respect copyright.PENANA9Lg4Uxx2MU
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 656Please respect copyright.PENANAU9kWmLeXZu
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAIu1MpL2lkY
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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