"Evil? Evil is 668Please respect copyright.PENANAh4fyhL7eES
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to668Please respect copyright.PENANAe0S98yir8W
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAZTaYRddYWm
Captain Rourke, trying 668Please respect copyright.PENANAVQ3gc8RJfd
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who668Please respect copyright.PENANAlpHK03dcJR
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 668Please respect copyright.PENANAdMvgluVo2F
his crewmembers.668Please respect copyright.PENANAt5n1CCFj2i
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Seconds, minutes, days, 668Please respect copyright.PENANAfT2O2KuElD
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 668Please respect copyright.PENANA4orSrSeGJO
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a668Please respect copyright.PENANAk4DYbdEV5Z
thousand of tick tocks.668Please respect copyright.PENANAXnU2VbrcAh
Finally David turned 668Please respect copyright.PENANAaX5pa8sFLc
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester668Please respect copyright.PENANAOtqEBlJk1F
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for668Please respect copyright.PENANAFpUKSvRLTe
what else could be the end, but that?668Please respect copyright.PENANAWQIdZMtXT5
Jester himself had 668Please respect copyright.PENANA3uHxiMmERu
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 668Please respect copyright.PENANARjxBOKwFK9
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 668Please respect copyright.PENANAFxmRpRLeFQ
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of668Please respect copyright.PENANAoc38Ebg8QK
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.668Please respect copyright.PENANAvKOgId8p0C
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.668Please respect copyright.PENANA8KlevdBrzh
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.668Please respect copyright.PENANAGvRZXFjAv0
David didn't reply. He 668Please respect copyright.PENANAgYrROAh5AB
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth668Please respect copyright.PENANAxbG8bR2agH
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."668Please respect copyright.PENANACdKoe84FyP
"I don't believe in 668Please respect copyright.PENANAtLmHVhtk3e
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 668Please respect copyright.PENANADLiWyq7RSt
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.668Please respect copyright.PENANAGq145zhL31
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."668Please respect copyright.PENANAaPwhe1jHD7
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.668Please respect copyright.PENANA4MGsQCfKAL
"And I'm a pawn of 668Please respect copyright.PENANACwTIPmxcOC
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and668Please respect copyright.PENANA2mcHUF7Dgn
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 668Please respect copyright.PENANADpMJoQv62R
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 668Please respect copyright.PENANAP6ry06eiIP
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 668Please respect copyright.PENANAB22jeIGUP4
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 668Please respect copyright.PENANAvGaygwKY32
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"668Please respect copyright.PENANARjtTI4K73M
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"668Please respect copyright.PENANAhg4x09FkOK
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 668Please respect copyright.PENANAQIPpq6m28a
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 668Please respect copyright.PENANAix04FcDhwh
"I've been dead for a 668Please respect copyright.PENANA8uVdFOWkYE
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 668Please respect copyright.PENANAyMz1vl6bz7
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 668Please respect copyright.PENANAPfco9zVImR
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,668Please respect copyright.PENANApkt4lWZ6dJ
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 668Please respect copyright.PENANARqG4Apwoyx
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 668Please respect copyright.PENANA60cEuDI0GA
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was668Please respect copyright.PENANA3wugHwifIv
just luck."668Please respect copyright.PENANAZlQxT8OBSQ
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAzdsIDF2RkH
Jester laughed. "Such a 668Please respect copyright.PENANAnASJIe1s7J
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 668Please respect copyright.PENANAESGU7U2S0T
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 668Please respect copyright.PENANAXKaLb0qOTQ
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 668Please respect copyright.PENANAjsP3g4pS4l
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 668Please respect copyright.PENANAvsY7gzXmNd
Do you understand now?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAIr5wmPxKF0
"All I understand is 668Please respect copyright.PENANA9dCOXptGPe
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about668Please respect copyright.PENANABdmk3gXupG
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 668Please respect copyright.PENANANMJGWuXoEU
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.668Please respect copyright.PENANAhgmiQsOlYp
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"668Please respect copyright.PENANA3IiZzymsdK
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 668Please respect copyright.PENANA9xuCrKdR4n
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries668Please respect copyright.PENANAidfiIj6oJu
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 668Please respect copyright.PENANAyDhSIyKcCe
will...Might also do some other things aswell."668Please respect copyright.PENANAeBWXxL2KbB
"Why not get it 668Please respect copyright.PENANAIv8QtB2yqo
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and668Please respect copyright.PENANAG1L4kPy3zc
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"668Please respect copyright.PENANA3jwJGHCe18
"I've no physical body, 668Please respect copyright.PENANAWxITvhl6wK
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 668Please respect copyright.PENANAsm1QxCZvnp
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 668Please respect copyright.PENANAo105CFzgxJ
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."668Please respect copyright.PENANAP8xVJPDjRh
David shook his head, so668Please respect copyright.PENANAGGZe07GsIS
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 668Please respect copyright.PENANAQtsSZFYOPK
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 668Please respect copyright.PENANAmXbFOUBdoX
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 668Please respect copyright.PENANAG5bwQ1XvAi
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.668Please respect copyright.PENANAVh5kGcOGge
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"668Please respect copyright.PENANAdmo4k0aFP1
Jester moved away from 668Please respect copyright.PENANA4uINGNBMYI
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision668Please respect copyright.PENANAoI5cwE3HoX
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 668Please respect copyright.PENANA999XED4w6A
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 668Please respect copyright.PENANAzBdBSbi9HB
helped."668Please respect copyright.PENANAjJEbGfHfwB
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.668Please respect copyright.PENANAxrLtVzUbIN
"I'll create a 668Please respect copyright.PENANAz8XQohCWyy
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 668Please respect copyright.PENANAVvZGsT6Jfc
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 668Please respect copyright.PENANAOEyZxLmYBL
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time668Please respect copyright.PENANAoNFxHyMhSK
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."668Please respect copyright.PENANAuS2VeBzMkj
David awoke, everything 668Please respect copyright.PENANAc7BO0lvAZO
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 668Please respect copyright.PENANAdvvw1vv2Ke
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue668Please respect copyright.PENANAYMdmpwKb9y
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 668Please respect copyright.PENANANJbGr8v7KA
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 668Please respect copyright.PENANAZQtHGn1rjd
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.668Please respect copyright.PENANAwHdRME34rL
Looking around David 668Please respect copyright.PENANASvCDrgMIo1
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 668Please respect copyright.PENANAFYKwlhOnK1
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 668Please respect copyright.PENANAgwCXoDjoQj
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 668Please respect copyright.PENANA2REhblJPZX
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.668Please respect copyright.PENANAuiJh2XofMm
David could hear the 668Please respect copyright.PENANAQGPKerrGUN
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 668Please respect copyright.PENANA8W4kks3pxz
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the668Please respect copyright.PENANATjkWiOpXKs
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell668Please respect copyright.PENANA7TgUNP0JCB
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 668Please respect copyright.PENANABNpvGstRKe
Atleast he was alive, 668Please respect copyright.PENANAJTzuiD3XMT
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 668Please respect copyright.PENANArd3gYK3KBX
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so668Please respect copyright.PENANAsXrLbTqkis
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 668Please respect copyright.PENANA8LRS79Up7O
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 668Please respect copyright.PENANAPQ5jKc99oi
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a668Please respect copyright.PENANAcacDy6qH8E
grunt of effort David was finally free.668Please respect copyright.PENANA64nxBuqXOe
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"668Please respect copyright.PENANABP622X25yz
David recognized Gobs 668Please respect copyright.PENANAmM2kJSPXhy
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the668Please respect copyright.PENANAHweqiD4NvC
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 668Please respect copyright.PENANA5MOp863FeW
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping668Please respect copyright.PENANAaRTBGg1fts
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 668Please respect copyright.PENANAerCCoUvwD9
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out668Please respect copyright.PENANAevLrJoiIc1
of his cell.668Please respect copyright.PENANA3jzEVYjBPC
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.668Please respect copyright.PENANAL3GoH5tFUt
"Did they tell you what 668Please respect copyright.PENANAlmwGfj7cZN
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 668Please respect copyright.PENANAZrMGQ2uo6G
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.668Please respect copyright.PENANAd85838fHBn
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.668Please respect copyright.PENANAqvxU9hc7QN
Gob nodded and together 668Please respect copyright.PENANAq5P7ivffE9
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 668Please respect copyright.PENANAneQnwI3RJ9
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 668Please respect copyright.PENANABzpgFLD9at
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or668Please respect copyright.PENANArmpPD2DxfK
barely so.668Please respect copyright.PENANAuAJ20bvO7n
They moved a short 668Please respect copyright.PENANADy00FURNtb
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 668Please respect copyright.PENANAeDb6oKEUgc
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 668Please respect copyright.PENANAW1O8VGnYwJ
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.668Please respect copyright.PENANAUig3oEYTnL
Surprisingly there were 668Please respect copyright.PENANAMQM11P3Wsb
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 668Please respect copyright.PENANAVdjRyMEUC4
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 668Please respect copyright.PENANAHZCdGRL2PW
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 668Please respect copyright.PENANAYcgNrIg1SU
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for668Please respect copyright.PENANAWlVs6rRNew
the doors.668Please respect copyright.PENANAQk8RszMWUD
Luckily they managed to 668Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZnElqpAZM
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 668Please respect copyright.PENANAYMBy3j2QpI
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire668Please respect copyright.PENANA00bMZGNPp8
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 668Please respect copyright.PENANA1PlvwxOOY6
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.668Please respect copyright.PENANAG90Ix5EOyr
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.668Please respect copyright.PENANA7UBmWbHrQd
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.668Please respect copyright.PENANAnGFmAevbwR
The guards were as 668Please respect copyright.PENANA1M52cNwWRB
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword668Please respect copyright.PENANA6EOsZJHxTC
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 668Please respect copyright.PENANADPzNfxSuuv
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 668Please respect copyright.PENANA2aXHteqnUN
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 668Please respect copyright.PENANAkP3iRDBdLB
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 668Please respect copyright.PENANApzaAVUgsXG
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 668Please respect copyright.PENANA3xjI8sZF2Y
causing him to stagger.668Please respect copyright.PENANAO2GQYYEujI
That seemed to be the 668Please respect copyright.PENANANtCatoIRfk
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 668Please respect copyright.PENANAZkQsiMT2C7
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 668Please respect copyright.PENANAmndQuoNqFZ
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.668Please respect copyright.PENANAn5XPWzIfHq
All of that only lasted 668Please respect copyright.PENANAsUWTeEeEAr
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 668Please respect copyright.PENANAd29FyFb8a2
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 668Please respect copyright.PENANANXpV6mXN62
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 668Please respect copyright.PENANANdloMYcDHv
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon668Please respect copyright.PENANAuOsKiIhY6c
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 668Please respect copyright.PENANAB260pu18Ml
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 668Please respect copyright.PENANAmbwcPXS8HA
left, fell down and bled out slowly.668Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZeBZ67RF8
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.668Please respect copyright.PENANAb8yFnzLnoH
"Thanks." Gob said 668Please respect copyright.PENANA6SgTR797TZ
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 668Please respect copyright.PENANAMV2IM2UpKi
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 668Please respect copyright.PENANAOPxoc47xyI
piercing his neck.668Please respect copyright.PENANAbZPEILaGpV
"That's one promise 668Please respect copyright.PENANAukPkabNZlk
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 668Please respect copyright.PENANAqrDoZjZi5H
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 668Please respect copyright.PENANArXZfHrb4Uh
After the hulking man 668Please respect copyright.PENANAdQd6jm4S60
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 668Please respect copyright.PENANA0MW5G02mU3
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 668Please respect copyright.PENANA4zWxvAAyTv
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 668Please respect copyright.PENANAFpKDTVMMoo
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 668Please respect copyright.PENANAyJFPur3XAW
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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