"Evil? Evil is 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbiJWku32k
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6z43jNGbqH
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwZL1xBiSz
Captain Rourke, trying 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2i0wB0r2p
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ999O8fjQ8g
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYYB1yMzlv
his crewmembers.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBpGfmFIVt
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Seconds, minutes, days, 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOl8O3WyONJ
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWGJqgqNjI
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdRUOL4ps4
thousand of tick tocks.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFW5qtInLVf
Finally David turned 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43HIVVHT39
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuxgE05eH4
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHLhovWl70
what else could be the end, but that?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgw9MevJFy
Jester himself had 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBf8IMpA2NS
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1f3YvfCZ7v
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKOKKmrUdo
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJfN3D8bx6
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWI17c7RpTo
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoaI4B1fFK
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhlJ70stvY
David didn't reply. He 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3hejbaYYf
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbrFsTMe2d
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftsnkBEOvB
"I don't believe in 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzu5hhiJem
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZ1eErRYFP
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfXlk8NwFB
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."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJlBAeGKp6
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HZgv3gmYs
"And I'm a pawn of 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAe2Wdg5fjN
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Iqa8LEw2A
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvWCN3Mt6s
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfOILItTm1
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgFXJgqdNh
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3zRbyqF9v
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdpocB80Ca
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaT5DPwK0ku
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzomm0mXqy
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJdZCgmuKp
"I've been dead for a 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYzXp0hwhg
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbddn2CO0O
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXDyqiEljP
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEK3fI7ofq
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDukIuELw75
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGioThnkEX
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX11tyOmqhF
just luck."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirLRyuTXu7
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KQnbAWrTH
Jester laughed. "Such a 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zz5x6dtQC
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSrTI8Yj5m
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yJNT3HxLe
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgmkbHJmMz
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6U9OaQ39QK
Do you understand now?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7W08B1PYn9
"All I understand is 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7DgaXcZYB
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZi3NN3Mtb
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GAq4irwdH
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dm3yUXDdw
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsePiMxlLQ
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Fruo891KH
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9ZjBn0cAK
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBwdDS0beR
will...Might also do some other things aswell."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9CIUxCD5p
"Why not get it 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGq1Lxye6V
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdZI424fqK
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGcyOePPkL
"I've no physical body, 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5f6r6vmwgA
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xUMLtrAOM
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4Uc0KO8fQ
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIHO58EJYE
David shook his head, so568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrdqIq1vvc
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrGSeuB3vH
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpYPaMgrgn
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFsQwlMihP
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUnGQLoBeX
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAWDoWtb85
Jester moved away from 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPv3QJ4oNu
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVLo4C5Rco
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlTgC2bCaE
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeJGSyYRE6
helped."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CMyeOE89Q
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQ4v6b0eRZ
"I'll create a 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1hwer1bus
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLQhMD0o0I
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SrlAH9B9e
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqnFq1Dhsv
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsE0CB2GWN
David awoke, everything 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHrRt3U6aa
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlToR4vFrDE
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgndZNQyqK
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ywGuhZ7f9
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FTl1fO4Wt
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTLcFoarGA
Looking around David 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRfvLWjnUg
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoxPQvspRf
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCXkdrSx9G
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVzrbIQly0
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUEuEsQCoU
David could hear the 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKtC3Umreh
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6TITvSTop
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcVfnZDG7S
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvzp7AVU06
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdq3advR22
Atleast he was alive, 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUTlQoqVm2
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGsFPEydMl
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ryb85UHnN
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5hufxOCxH
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbG1B4TeLB
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkKvtGbRIt
grunt of effort David was finally free.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsz26bvh3Az
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7euutyDbP
David recognized Gobs 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoA5hUpUhX
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQ1kJnl84O
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14fWnRxmWb
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7rHWtAYpF
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRC2iQWR9Lw
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqUqmJuX7r
of his cell.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PCooAFL6c
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqgiYkLhe2
"Did they tell you what 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAE0HCjSvKy
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFrYpzxxQ1
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3HSQdEqBs
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBniJrNrTsj
Gob nodded and together 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWQA4J5tEj
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61u2woy0gJ
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGaTkcNV9V
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TDwEPxSOe
barely so.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpM1jqzqsmk
They moved a short 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGcmckIWTv
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8h3MoK1Czk
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLAU1tAsiz
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjTt7ar3KX
Surprisingly there were 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjtokzXKA4
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0ZwIQzgDR
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIqjrtNb92
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMTdbi24Rf
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmiLEWMGz0
the doors.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxiTmeGEIIz
Luckily they managed to 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGJcjB4aIa
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3J3YMVmRh
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdW7kB0pPFa
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXz1u1foocl
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqau2q0b4M
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGk076wSbA
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsiyd41OKB
The guards were as 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtyK3m8sGS
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80HT6ZwThm
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHf3c8FBRM
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JCWzjwIgm
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7O5DlQsFJ1
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCKM01BBKj
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNRXydyYA4
causing him to stagger.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtNxdC16yr
That seemed to be the 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5eou7I1zR
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJx82SXvElI
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bdQG4cols
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7DYxm7167
All of that only lasted 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMKRBdz9tj
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFn8ZjqKrY
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrA35YC4e8L
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpyQE1c9JB
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJK6MYtWimy
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlBo52klpf
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXenddoFSEP
left, fell down and bled out slowly.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBam9z9SiD
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSErsMKqdV
"Thanks." Gob said 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsc0FGj65S
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRm9DWkn41
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhmJtpO6FS
piercing his neck.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJeBBE7fOt
"That's one promise 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsT37eEM0GA
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡut5DgoyL0b
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdXEJFvLyn
After the hulking man 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzXnGQvYLn
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EmdnvL0bd
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSQMKttWuS
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwCj35Zj0d
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vVf35JLap
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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