"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
_________________________________________________________________________652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIO2GcsBSPY
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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.
652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTRSfLiVvx
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