"Evil? Evil is 882Please respect copyright.PENANAw9tXZhUIu7
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to882Please respect copyright.PENANApwz4Xg8HAn
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"882Please respect copyright.PENANACxwMboAVVz
Captain Rourke, trying 882Please respect copyright.PENANAdxLYVXS3UB
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who882Please respect copyright.PENANAM0jfX8I1kC
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 882Please respect copyright.PENANAlAQkkVTUh4
his crewmembers.882Please respect copyright.PENANArI3sETnLrM
_________________________________________________________________________882Please respect copyright.PENANAQngpsp2nB2
882Please respect copyright.PENANAE2piUC6i2F
Seconds, minutes, days, 882Please respect copyright.PENANAniStic6WIp
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 882Please respect copyright.PENANAP8sXrqjFG3
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a882Please respect copyright.PENANAbn3hse7Zjy
thousand of tick tocks.882Please respect copyright.PENANAx9BSQKkIAS
Finally David turned 882Please respect copyright.PENANAF9w7isUkfT
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester882Please respect copyright.PENANAe74bywhEas
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for882Please respect copyright.PENANAtqtyo9uqp0
what else could be the end, but that?882Please respect copyright.PENANA7AkLllzGHj
Jester himself had 882Please respect copyright.PENANAuhwAceyRDc
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 882Please respect copyright.PENANAlHSeCBTVPD
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 882Please respect copyright.PENANABzxHVNPhe5
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of882Please respect copyright.PENANAGZPEGO2NEO
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.882Please respect copyright.PENANAPFlVNwkJOE
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.882Please respect copyright.PENANAMmJDOTMpcS
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.882Please respect copyright.PENANAkzgflAPcZa
David didn't reply. He 882Please respect copyright.PENANA7aNGb5Wr2g
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth882Please respect copyright.PENANAHxJYultI3A
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."882Please respect copyright.PENANA0L5Aslfjr4
"I don't believe in 882Please respect copyright.PENANA7wdK0iNJPe
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 882Please respect copyright.PENANAiFxAE9AQaX
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.882Please respect copyright.PENANAhyS0xulXC3
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."882Please respect copyright.PENANAloM5ZWkIOO
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.882Please respect copyright.PENANA3G2xgNG7qI
"And I'm a pawn of 882Please respect copyright.PENANAw9YSfdwSrO
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and882Please respect copyright.PENANA32NSWXT7o8
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 882Please respect copyright.PENANAWkCMzFPWtY
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 882Please respect copyright.PENANAL2QcAj9GDn
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 882Please respect copyright.PENANAsd6uKT3rjE
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 882Please respect copyright.PENANAtbbW1nq5zP
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"882Please respect copyright.PENANA6ULLGS5qBA
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"882Please respect copyright.PENANAKwAN5tYsoo
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 882Please respect copyright.PENANAv6qax4oaSp
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 882Please respect copyright.PENANAiQdLZBv8Ul
"I've been dead for a 882Please respect copyright.PENANARx06ZGJ9NF
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 882Please respect copyright.PENANAxRSNRfPEJu
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 882Please respect copyright.PENANALEucQvsN1a
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,882Please respect copyright.PENANAhL2B1TvUbo
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 882Please respect copyright.PENANAJPsM6D9HG4
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 882Please respect copyright.PENANAyjwnVCQBx8
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was882Please respect copyright.PENANAKMyKgzlqP7
just luck."882Please respect copyright.PENANAMhr1XP8sjU
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"882Please respect copyright.PENANA5huwmnQD7m
Jester laughed. "Such a 882Please respect copyright.PENANA3gir70c82M
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 882Please respect copyright.PENANAy9E20fGP88
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 882Please respect copyright.PENANAXAouVSaQ5D
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 882Please respect copyright.PENANApD2du4gk2p
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 882Please respect copyright.PENANAyuh4XK8Usx
Do you understand now?"882Please respect copyright.PENANA6uSPYEdItY
"All I understand is 882Please respect copyright.PENANAAMKyvWwFIc
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about882Please respect copyright.PENANANleUVv65pb
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 882Please respect copyright.PENANA2A83QUfbjk
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.882Please respect copyright.PENANABRWqnNfH0O
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"882Please respect copyright.PENANANngNv9KrGX
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 882Please respect copyright.PENANAFSm7hYWXP7
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries882Please respect copyright.PENANA5FF5gE1HuU
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 882Please respect copyright.PENANAeJPfSpNIVS
will...Might also do some other things aswell."882Please respect copyright.PENANA1AvymM01PP
"Why not get it 882Please respect copyright.PENANAa3lnuDIsPS
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and882Please respect copyright.PENANATiDeNKjaVM
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"882Please respect copyright.PENANAx3R1nyfhPr
"I've no physical body, 882Please respect copyright.PENANAyDFIKmM76Y
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 882Please respect copyright.PENANAOIistx68NB
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 882Please respect copyright.PENANAQxbsa7qjxT
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."882Please respect copyright.PENANAsfPQUicqIl
David shook his head, so882Please respect copyright.PENANAVJFH9PZBJD
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 882Please respect copyright.PENANAAZZi2qbTv6
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 882Please respect copyright.PENANAG2fZdC9TRI
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 882Please respect copyright.PENANAp2y8x4yhGA
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.882Please respect copyright.PENANAeUrwZAqPs8
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"882Please respect copyright.PENANAE6tUDjlWo3
Jester moved away from 882Please respect copyright.PENANAff5SDCLUzA
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision882Please respect copyright.PENANAfHdQ4YRvR3
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 882Please respect copyright.PENANAzBMsMNjWrt
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 882Please respect copyright.PENANA44nBuEKsP9
helped."882Please respect copyright.PENANAjU3oSYOe0R
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.882Please respect copyright.PENANAQo0sOwXkyL
"I'll create a 882Please respect copyright.PENANAX7jJgGfJbz
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 882Please respect copyright.PENANArVc0oXiVNU
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 882Please respect copyright.PENANAbigPL1N9KD
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time882Please respect copyright.PENANAjBZu82FWLo
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."882Please respect copyright.PENANA119X5Yv3Y4
David awoke, everything 882Please respect copyright.PENANAmnWX3j02LW
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 882Please respect copyright.PENANAgLBXSTHT51
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue882Please respect copyright.PENANA8xLobs2GIF
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 882Please respect copyright.PENANASXHO5fdO9a
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 882Please respect copyright.PENANAh3yGjMexWn
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.882Please respect copyright.PENANA1qOsLbjPcg
Looking around David 882Please respect copyright.PENANAys7tyHrxNk
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 882Please respect copyright.PENANAunQ88RBtFo
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 882Please respect copyright.PENANAOG05WDwtL6
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 882Please respect copyright.PENANAniRaSUxzvL
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.882Please respect copyright.PENANAVAQ3tFniUJ
David could hear the 882Please respect copyright.PENANAHLDR9CJiDJ
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 882Please respect copyright.PENANAQP7021NFzM
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the882Please respect copyright.PENANAXfpKzelDbP
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell882Please respect copyright.PENANArx48XKCcdj
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 882Please respect copyright.PENANA23S1eRPYWz
Atleast he was alive, 882Please respect copyright.PENANAwJ9QXBWfUU
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 882Please respect copyright.PENANAEjQ2FsIuUm
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so882Please respect copyright.PENANAHS4drKDeKa
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 882Please respect copyright.PENANA1EKndNZOWz
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 882Please respect copyright.PENANA39WmeYB49c
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a882Please respect copyright.PENANAqMt1rcspuw
grunt of effort David was finally free.882Please respect copyright.PENANAk7PTiRRhX2
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"882Please respect copyright.PENANARejTbJ9nRe
David recognized Gobs 882Please respect copyright.PENANAd4xYjguxVB
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the882Please respect copyright.PENANA4zb8dMW4ML
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 882Please respect copyright.PENANAAGimg5AOkd
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping882Please respect copyright.PENANAxyCRnwqbFB
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 882Please respect copyright.PENANAvkHUSgZkE7
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out882Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ht2wuPCP6
of his cell.882Please respect copyright.PENANALyO2smNaAW
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.882Please respect copyright.PENANA6rzztmdzts
"Did they tell you what 882Please respect copyright.PENANAw7Bvrz3jng
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 882Please respect copyright.PENANA22YvDpeTWP
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.882Please respect copyright.PENANAWAN0GDADSc
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.882Please respect copyright.PENANAQRfoMwL90t
Gob nodded and together 882Please respect copyright.PENANA9cgzsQRItO
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 882Please respect copyright.PENANAeQWsgI8AWP
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 882Please respect copyright.PENANAdfcAQcpa7E
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or882Please respect copyright.PENANAqXFyy3rZUk
barely so.882Please respect copyright.PENANAxIR79nauok
They moved a short 882Please respect copyright.PENANATuA6V2WUWl
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 882Please respect copyright.PENANA7mneGNEnzX
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 882Please respect copyright.PENANAXphoejuCZi
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.882Please respect copyright.PENANA11KcB9d1kl
Surprisingly there were 882Please respect copyright.PENANAXd4Grn94kX
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 882Please respect copyright.PENANAHnjEsO6P8M
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 882Please respect copyright.PENANAxKwnOwLX84
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 882Please respect copyright.PENANA0OfrvuxFJC
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for882Please respect copyright.PENANAESHj2Nx5VX
the doors.882Please respect copyright.PENANAb10MZiF55O
Luckily they managed to 882Please respect copyright.PENANA65Off6rFy2
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 882Please respect copyright.PENANAg9y89U5VjC
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire882Please respect copyright.PENANAP2FMY453QN
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 882Please respect copyright.PENANA0ORNgZcNHj
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.882Please respect copyright.PENANATFqi8VnSWA
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.882Please respect copyright.PENANAcJEp87pfRP
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.882Please respect copyright.PENANAbfqGog4nYw
The guards were as 882Please respect copyright.PENANAs8AKAkb0lr
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword882Please respect copyright.PENANA7xZmq0ElAp
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 882Please respect copyright.PENANAZFebLMH6db
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 882Please respect copyright.PENANAOQFrKDo6kz
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 882Please respect copyright.PENANANbscf7jyqW
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 882Please respect copyright.PENANAidukpAwt6t
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 882Please respect copyright.PENANA6DE7zmVLY4
causing him to stagger.882Please respect copyright.PENANAiNJSGlLzv3
That seemed to be the 882Please respect copyright.PENANAVUxnMu0MJz
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 882Please respect copyright.PENANAcjckZJNVnn
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 882Please respect copyright.PENANA8kgUtKYGrr
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.882Please respect copyright.PENANAiSipDCJujz
All of that only lasted 882Please respect copyright.PENANA3neFqtXY0M
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 882Please respect copyright.PENANAozvCEKaCNx
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 882Please respect copyright.PENANAfiOhNrQydY
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 882Please respect copyright.PENANADfQr1JsHkr
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon882Please respect copyright.PENANA60a1uEHD9h
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 882Please respect copyright.PENANAhCh1zxA1sq
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 882Please respect copyright.PENANAAAjH6M6g8c
left, fell down and bled out slowly.882Please respect copyright.PENANAABHI4HNYWt
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.882Please respect copyright.PENANA7y5y6DRAeK
"Thanks." Gob said 882Please respect copyright.PENANAIDCZ8uMp4r
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 882Please respect copyright.PENANAk3baJvLsru
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 882Please respect copyright.PENANAC5xBjvLzo9
piercing his neck.882Please respect copyright.PENANA6LOnXPbj2P
"That's one promise 882Please respect copyright.PENANAQo9rSqPeeH
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 882Please respect copyright.PENANAFT53klNWmI
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 882Please respect copyright.PENANAlt885GS5ZY
After the hulking man 882Please respect copyright.PENANASzqqr8z0lk
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 882Please respect copyright.PENANAK1uRrQ6cZE
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 882Please respect copyright.PENANAWTAg18r9Ah
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 882Please respect copyright.PENANAd9Vib0NGxn
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 882Please respect copyright.PENANAfCRabuyDFa
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAMZfSATZyUG
882Please respect copyright.PENANAdKuX6uQ1HJ


