"Evil? Evil is 941Please respect copyright.PENANA1gkYFoitht
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to941Please respect copyright.PENANA3PUQQGC07J
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"941Please respect copyright.PENANAXkfdNDJ62R
Captain Rourke, trying 941Please respect copyright.PENANAGd8P3IgR1A
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who941Please respect copyright.PENANAkeWMHFxjR9
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 941Please respect copyright.PENANAeapEd3P8ZK
his crewmembers.941Please respect copyright.PENANAyeIDrUeLYb
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Seconds, minutes, days, 941Please respect copyright.PENANAgMkiaFfOi0
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 941Please respect copyright.PENANATibo8nZmo5
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a941Please respect copyright.PENANA8r92YrsKad
thousand of tick tocks.941Please respect copyright.PENANA4xEWJCAWBS
Finally David turned 941Please respect copyright.PENANAZAMs5x3ayT
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester941Please respect copyright.PENANAEOozeBMdcQ
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for941Please respect copyright.PENANAqMs6rMhWVu
what else could be the end, but that?941Please respect copyright.PENANATihvFMpIjL
Jester himself had 941Please respect copyright.PENANAZyUisG7dPR
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 941Please respect copyright.PENANAUKyyAOkd0W
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 941Please respect copyright.PENANA6EQzGqBKCx
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of941Please respect copyright.PENANAaOAjjWLJLc
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.941Please respect copyright.PENANA8FnFBSFqs0
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.941Please respect copyright.PENANAFlai2uMbTO
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.941Please respect copyright.PENANAFipvgUrWpo
David didn't reply. He 941Please respect copyright.PENANAt3KuuJmoZW
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth941Please respect copyright.PENANATqHomw95ne
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."941Please respect copyright.PENANANeB7Vjghu5
"I don't believe in 941Please respect copyright.PENANAYnA4KoP3Ke
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 941Please respect copyright.PENANAFpaoDKLgs5
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.941Please respect copyright.PENANAsmTz9tQrmk
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."941Please respect copyright.PENANA54BiM6toj5
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.941Please respect copyright.PENANATg4WS7teiL
"And I'm a pawn of 941Please respect copyright.PENANAiIlxJ74Nd0
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and941Please respect copyright.PENANAlE9Z739o3n
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 941Please respect copyright.PENANAQiU2I3uKjV
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 941Please respect copyright.PENANATCI0YUGEw6
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 941Please respect copyright.PENANANs4vcKzQDO
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 941Please respect copyright.PENANAEprnDm8sF5
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"941Please respect copyright.PENANAYpsZwny5oD
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"941Please respect copyright.PENANAirdLJIIBZe
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 941Please respect copyright.PENANAQXIMfLx88L
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 941Please respect copyright.PENANAtQMZRWPBld
"I've been dead for a 941Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9w8bX1h9N
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 941Please respect copyright.PENANAbfXAR8oTsz
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 941Please respect copyright.PENANAOIzdPwiqSV
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,941Please respect copyright.PENANAAapjeXSIHb
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 941Please respect copyright.PENANAdy2dZX58ct
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 941Please respect copyright.PENANAwjl5XDvMEs
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was941Please respect copyright.PENANAPMSw95RNge
just luck."941Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZYekJxR47
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"941Please respect copyright.PENANAxm0MgziRmJ
Jester laughed. "Such a 941Please respect copyright.PENANA2yOFQscLEk
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 941Please respect copyright.PENANAffMgoVODP2
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 941Please respect copyright.PENANA16RHkAy2Jw
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 941Please respect copyright.PENANAxBZaH8fg1E
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 941Please respect copyright.PENANAN9SnzQRaq8
Do you understand now?"941Please respect copyright.PENANAIyY2LvjmdZ
"All I understand is 941Please respect copyright.PENANAdnFtTjw69K
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about941Please respect copyright.PENANAI2Xaw02pbw
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 941Please respect copyright.PENANAJb62Gn5aFG
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.941Please respect copyright.PENANAdjy4opmeOl
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"941Please respect copyright.PENANA4sIOGbR7xB
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 941Please respect copyright.PENANAfrxQcHCzWC
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries941Please respect copyright.PENANAcUmZixvmDC
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 941Please respect copyright.PENANAHanKpHI2Ph
will...Might also do some other things aswell."941Please respect copyright.PENANAX6OTdS187b
"Why not get it 941Please respect copyright.PENANA0w0CgCN4Jt
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and941Please respect copyright.PENANAxy7BbI3YPz
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"941Please respect copyright.PENANAFTM6ZJUUIa
"I've no physical body, 941Please respect copyright.PENANAnsgELb4S8a
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 941Please respect copyright.PENANAz6k2DnRl60
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 941Please respect copyright.PENANA5W2q1FMXbb
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."941Please respect copyright.PENANAL9nNtacc84
David shook his head, so941Please respect copyright.PENANAtEIHFQLao0
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 941Please respect copyright.PENANA1Qg68tRWSJ
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 941Please respect copyright.PENANAwFYBCbeGYz
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 941Please respect copyright.PENANAINFDjxVeWK
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.941Please respect copyright.PENANACg00FThMBU
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"941Please respect copyright.PENANAJn1aDCrXXG
Jester moved away from 941Please respect copyright.PENANARt8jQYiNjv
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision941Please respect copyright.PENANAANBlPRUgUR
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 941Please respect copyright.PENANAJen5XC9uHJ
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 941Please respect copyright.PENANAiQaRxex6CD
helped."941Please respect copyright.PENANAzJaEdTVGHR
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.941Please respect copyright.PENANAKBg51hekTm
"I'll create a 941Please respect copyright.PENANARtpkdA2UDs
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 941Please respect copyright.PENANAtxiIuwQgV3
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 941Please respect copyright.PENANArquVcOqqcz
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time941Please respect copyright.PENANApsA1DnEeL7
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."941Please respect copyright.PENANAeHql65dc4h
David awoke, everything 941Please respect copyright.PENANAWofji7KBcv
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 941Please respect copyright.PENANAvDzuzvSoZU
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue941Please respect copyright.PENANAS1CYJDVRDf
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 941Please respect copyright.PENANAbz8neQldQ5
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 941Please respect copyright.PENANAafO108G39J
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.941Please respect copyright.PENANA89ySs5pPPe
Looking around David 941Please respect copyright.PENANAXapWFouXQr
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 941Please respect copyright.PENANAQkph4Sy2Nt
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 941Please respect copyright.PENANApfuvnHluaR
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 941Please respect copyright.PENANAdGrbUDog32
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.941Please respect copyright.PENANAvb7VMfEng2
David could hear the 941Please respect copyright.PENANA0Q5Nr6AexN
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 941Please respect copyright.PENANAXzCDhfvyFz
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the941Please respect copyright.PENANAG9T1DfRGAT
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell941Please respect copyright.PENANAkT4xQ6eqGJ
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 941Please respect copyright.PENANAndw0xMvs9T
Atleast he was alive, 941Please respect copyright.PENANArXkMsg0l3A
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 941Please respect copyright.PENANA4GEsFUai7R
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so941Please respect copyright.PENANAjweKhhuEEw
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 941Please respect copyright.PENANAq8spYpBK0a
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 941Please respect copyright.PENANAd7nLx5GK8M
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a941Please respect copyright.PENANAIAbVnmJMeR
grunt of effort David was finally free.941Please respect copyright.PENANAHYpKQksvrE
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"941Please respect copyright.PENANA21zqqGgHqI
David recognized Gobs 941Please respect copyright.PENANAf5eFeAZTHu
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the941Please respect copyright.PENANAWh5JgskO1Y
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 941Please respect copyright.PENANAystIci9p6S
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping941Please respect copyright.PENANAcjxQm3dLQe
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 941Please respect copyright.PENANABJ6uyoskIS
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out941Please respect copyright.PENANAFOpAMKZGB1
of his cell.941Please respect copyright.PENANA32UePE8gJG
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.941Please respect copyright.PENANAn6J0Ps4ZWy
"Did they tell you what 941Please respect copyright.PENANAhIpthQZ3Co
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 941Please respect copyright.PENANAhCRIvwou0f
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.941Please respect copyright.PENANAEu9iF9tYI2
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.941Please respect copyright.PENANAOVZZQXe3JE
Gob nodded and together 941Please respect copyright.PENANAtu0btTrqt9
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 941Please respect copyright.PENANA0tjMsFncug
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 941Please respect copyright.PENANACSAagEYh4H
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or941Please respect copyright.PENANAnrVxMFlsLE
barely so.941Please respect copyright.PENANAPPjhk1ams5
They moved a short 941Please respect copyright.PENANA3EeVir1Fqf
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 941Please respect copyright.PENANAeMlIuiFb2V
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 941Please respect copyright.PENANApIWwtzkz5c
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.941Please respect copyright.PENANATQNQF87tOD
Surprisingly there were 941Please respect copyright.PENANAbiDzZjk49E
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 941Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZvCWjSbbc
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 941Please respect copyright.PENANATXMUXACFY7
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 941Please respect copyright.PENANAyYPLtLJex9
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for941Please respect copyright.PENANAjhvUhVEMi8
the doors.941Please respect copyright.PENANAjjh1GhcmXR
Luckily they managed to 941Please respect copyright.PENANAMJihZS5NBv
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 941Please respect copyright.PENANAqdxKP33jHU
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire941Please respect copyright.PENANA9eVnBJJlvE
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 941Please respect copyright.PENANAuX4Gs5Bf9p
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.941Please respect copyright.PENANAV7cKT9gSIG
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.941Please respect copyright.PENANAABRM4NbQco
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.941Please respect copyright.PENANAe7OWueWphN
The guards were as 941Please respect copyright.PENANAvVOazUjaJX
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword941Please respect copyright.PENANAioT8qJC5Se
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 941Please respect copyright.PENANA9WSp8dVbPI
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 941Please respect copyright.PENANAepYEqu4my7
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 941Please respect copyright.PENANAeyient04Mj
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 941Please respect copyright.PENANApTaz9OVJMb
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 941Please respect copyright.PENANAbOZEGv838W
causing him to stagger.941Please respect copyright.PENANAWxdrC82BMA
That seemed to be the 941Please respect copyright.PENANA4CNhORWdWN
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 941Please respect copyright.PENANAz0990AHc1q
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 941Please respect copyright.PENANA15W6pNwQrx
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.941Please respect copyright.PENANALgUOtxfKTL
All of that only lasted 941Please respect copyright.PENANA7mhTHsZcxr
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 941Please respect copyright.PENANAtbGAtFoNLM
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 941Please respect copyright.PENANAL3MhHREM96
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 941Please respect copyright.PENANA7f9AB9mLWC
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon941Please respect copyright.PENANAsllCUioqDg
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 941Please respect copyright.PENANAyb1UkbgrmV
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 941Please respect copyright.PENANAEX6n1Wuhxh
left, fell down and bled out slowly.941Please respect copyright.PENANACUZ0NZdXuu
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.941Please respect copyright.PENANAlqQ7baIIzu
"Thanks." Gob said 941Please respect copyright.PENANAzxVutLMHQI
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 941Please respect copyright.PENANAcCbdify0SB
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 941Please respect copyright.PENANAWNAB6FbyLR
piercing his neck.941Please respect copyright.PENANA5hzhLCwQkF
"That's one promise 941Please respect copyright.PENANAVhFTvvYC9c
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 941Please respect copyright.PENANAgIGVBhWNNP
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 941Please respect copyright.PENANAxbiqQTL4vX
After the hulking man 941Please respect copyright.PENANAMVUkrHfRyl
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 941Please respect copyright.PENANAxL95UXeZMy
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 941Please respect copyright.PENANAC31gBhMRTc
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 941Please respect copyright.PENANAkFQExhRErz
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 941Please respect copyright.PENANAJ22lecJNzZ
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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