"Evil? Evil is 678Please respect copyright.PENANApokkMCb4Ed
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to678Please respect copyright.PENANAHsUTNqLjdk
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"678Please respect copyright.PENANATqWsDSZzev
Captain Rourke, trying 678Please respect copyright.PENANAua2Sw7kfY1
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who678Please respect copyright.PENANAcGWkJZ1CMt
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 678Please respect copyright.PENANA5Xiakm44cE
his crewmembers.678Please respect copyright.PENANAX92ZkwuGQm
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Seconds, minutes, days, 678Please respect copyright.PENANA6dGCiwJw5z
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 678Please respect copyright.PENANAzy6j1IkY8H
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a678Please respect copyright.PENANAyemOhz1pNR
thousand of tick tocks.678Please respect copyright.PENANAce34mnaVMx
Finally David turned 678Please respect copyright.PENANANo2HBfXNYK
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester678Please respect copyright.PENANA7RErEwAkXB
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for678Please respect copyright.PENANAniOHA7MrwM
what else could be the end, but that?678Please respect copyright.PENANA4oweY4qMpr
Jester himself had 678Please respect copyright.PENANAQqUyxSrCVK
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 678Please respect copyright.PENANACmrevZEG4L
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 678Please respect copyright.PENANA13EETGz8RT
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of678Please respect copyright.PENANAmwq1QDiKRY
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.678Please respect copyright.PENANA8VOhRW5Epo
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.678Please respect copyright.PENANADAf5ZdVLLT
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.678Please respect copyright.PENANAU1Tx04r6lg
David didn't reply. He 678Please respect copyright.PENANAIEgUWWuYdu
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth678Please respect copyright.PENANAPlcv6RJCZG
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."678Please respect copyright.PENANAr4PeS3VTqa
"I don't believe in 678Please respect copyright.PENANA8thm3c745c
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 678Please respect copyright.PENANAmrtIR9OXvu
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.678Please respect copyright.PENANAfPrD3FjEe4
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."678Please respect copyright.PENANAOI486pGtZY
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.678Please respect copyright.PENANA1yvyFziXXA
"And I'm a pawn of 678Please respect copyright.PENANAJSVpLNa79g
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and678Please respect copyright.PENANA8RzfJy3JCM
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 678Please respect copyright.PENANAy4jMhAkQtw
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 678Please respect copyright.PENANAO7yx13tY0U
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 678Please respect copyright.PENANAP8Ov4iTflt
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 678Please respect copyright.PENANAW8ng6wQKBh
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"678Please respect copyright.PENANAe2tYyQtW2s
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"678Please respect copyright.PENANALV0Kg17yDF
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 678Please respect copyright.PENANAs9agRyCc8r
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 678Please respect copyright.PENANA0jRXWLZe6S
"I've been dead for a 678Please respect copyright.PENANAfoDSePqTMO
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 678Please respect copyright.PENANAsRcr994KqR
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 678Please respect copyright.PENANA4LcLaWBjie
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,678Please respect copyright.PENANAZSWWrBvxHH
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 678Please respect copyright.PENANApTzxw98gV7
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 678Please respect copyright.PENANAEgqWhftCxp
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was678Please respect copyright.PENANAT32WwGO6E5
just luck."678Please respect copyright.PENANAeG6cCeXZ4X
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"678Please respect copyright.PENANAqOLbxFBRm8
Jester laughed. "Such a 678Please respect copyright.PENANAwaoeTKfOBP
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 678Please respect copyright.PENANAkRM77B6JGv
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 678Please respect copyright.PENANAM0sWIXxCwk
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 678Please respect copyright.PENANADeHox4wN8P
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 678Please respect copyright.PENANAizzPIU1nI4
Do you understand now?"678Please respect copyright.PENANAD7tW7m6UXL
"All I understand is 678Please respect copyright.PENANAi1PSH6JTn2
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about678Please respect copyright.PENANAHDB03xyFv0
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 678Please respect copyright.PENANA8PR3DYpqhU
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.678Please respect copyright.PENANAUnWO6LMuCP
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"678Please respect copyright.PENANA28PFNQxK1T
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 678Please respect copyright.PENANAzr6toFZ0Ql
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries678Please respect copyright.PENANAthbdjOYinC
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 678Please respect copyright.PENANA5F5Bnt0zTm
will...Might also do some other things aswell."678Please respect copyright.PENANADVoFmZRvCa
"Why not get it 678Please respect copyright.PENANAf2aRNBDvP3
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and678Please respect copyright.PENANAZSEuRZ65SR
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"678Please respect copyright.PENANA6Borm8LISs
"I've no physical body, 678Please respect copyright.PENANAabOy97yocG
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 678Please respect copyright.PENANA4BlWYnoKRc
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 678Please respect copyright.PENANAh5XVeWTFGO
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."678Please respect copyright.PENANA8oek0PY21P
David shook his head, so678Please respect copyright.PENANAfmkOfwzxvo
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 678Please respect copyright.PENANA0j5IfAY8cA
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 678Please respect copyright.PENANAChjaVLnrgA
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 678Please respect copyright.PENANAqnm8aLbMPg
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.678Please respect copyright.PENANAIylAnirDQz
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"678Please respect copyright.PENANAqnK7wcP8U3
Jester moved away from 678Please respect copyright.PENANA4nV0Ss0Tej
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision678Please respect copyright.PENANAEXL3v9kYVP
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 678Please respect copyright.PENANA5npiy2HrWF
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 678Please respect copyright.PENANAn32TkFRXjb
helped."678Please respect copyright.PENANAQcCGCX6oe7
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.678Please respect copyright.PENANALawB7b43e9
"I'll create a 678Please respect copyright.PENANAw1040Hx9wQ
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 678Please respect copyright.PENANAp6ck5Lr2ux
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 678Please respect copyright.PENANAqkZj8H86YM
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time678Please respect copyright.PENANASkOOwbAIPp
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."678Please respect copyright.PENANAi7m0DsgGuM
David awoke, everything 678Please respect copyright.PENANApywupLM84a
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 678Please respect copyright.PENANAQSrS1JPstj
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue678Please respect copyright.PENANAWdFpc1iiy7
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 678Please respect copyright.PENANAF7gbjMqmg5
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 678Please respect copyright.PENANALOVeu5kuE8
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.678Please respect copyright.PENANAgCxwfSJ7d8
Looking around David 678Please respect copyright.PENANAPCMwi7Rt5v
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 678Please respect copyright.PENANAej0hkwBs1v
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 678Please respect copyright.PENANA5NojGKFE5J
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 678Please respect copyright.PENANAze46xwOz20
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.678Please respect copyright.PENANA7Uphbv82AM
David could hear the 678Please respect copyright.PENANA0GV3YlBQMe
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 678Please respect copyright.PENANArNxMRmbPwA
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the678Please respect copyright.PENANAJjVnlF7XCw
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell678Please respect copyright.PENANATAHaJvmPLT
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 678Please respect copyright.PENANAyKMtBmrnYs
Atleast he was alive, 678Please respect copyright.PENANAnTlFZlx2RI
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 678Please respect copyright.PENANACY1OdHvhQu
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so678Please respect copyright.PENANAwPOT6FBY9r
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 678Please respect copyright.PENANAlO5lj1TuId
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 678Please respect copyright.PENANA7tmNU0hpSv
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a678Please respect copyright.PENANAVVvSbRYtTr
grunt of effort David was finally free.678Please respect copyright.PENANAnlMwB4wrog
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"678Please respect copyright.PENANASBRhH5CaNb
David recognized Gobs 678Please respect copyright.PENANA2eJ6wsbrhO
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the678Please respect copyright.PENANAIRW9Bs2xcD
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 678Please respect copyright.PENANAMw80DgQLg3
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping678Please respect copyright.PENANAs5HHdPyBOF
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 678Please respect copyright.PENANAxSBCQqiplw
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out678Please respect copyright.PENANAF2Hl9Oroeq
of his cell.678Please respect copyright.PENANAxRJD3ZDXDk
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.678Please respect copyright.PENANAGS76jW9TSz
"Did they tell you what 678Please respect copyright.PENANACD9EUpNk7R
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 678Please respect copyright.PENANAhpT9ioZJmF
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.678Please respect copyright.PENANAXv8MleSUH0
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.678Please respect copyright.PENANA2W3Fdfu8S9
Gob nodded and together 678Please respect copyright.PENANAqkST8xCsqW
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 678Please respect copyright.PENANAnfVbg0sSn6
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 678Please respect copyright.PENANAmvO6cxz3oN
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or678Please respect copyright.PENANAxgZWvuLSvq
barely so.678Please respect copyright.PENANAUTzMxHAfNY
They moved a short 678Please respect copyright.PENANAuWoeKZMl4W
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 678Please respect copyright.PENANAmODDr5kONO
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 678Please respect copyright.PENANAQtVdIGx2dY
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.678Please respect copyright.PENANAaTUhjjnTVB
Surprisingly there were 678Please respect copyright.PENANAuf78NWNAeY
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 678Please respect copyright.PENANAE2SQ6iZZtb
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 678Please respect copyright.PENANAzx0IJrOkgB
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 678Please respect copyright.PENANAmKqgeANuQD
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for678Please respect copyright.PENANAYTVKCHIs1k
the doors.678Please respect copyright.PENANAhJJHQBwoUu
Luckily they managed to 678Please respect copyright.PENANAULMk4H24lD
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 678Please respect copyright.PENANAijrwFVGCy2
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire678Please respect copyright.PENANALaKUfvJRxl
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 678Please respect copyright.PENANATq0vVgXJ8m
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.678Please respect copyright.PENANAfzd7LHTfGx
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.678Please respect copyright.PENANATJ97Cn50Oj
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.678Please respect copyright.PENANAaanOtLzFs0
The guards were as 678Please respect copyright.PENANAzFgHX3xmuy
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword678Please respect copyright.PENANAKM7mzuG4e6
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 678Please respect copyright.PENANAw6fifhUw3p
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 678Please respect copyright.PENANAB2jYwnWXlv
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 678Please respect copyright.PENANAwtDNePtrAI
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 678Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5TU1stqEK
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 678Please respect copyright.PENANAiy2hRUBDzr
causing him to stagger.678Please respect copyright.PENANAdND58ZnnTl
That seemed to be the 678Please respect copyright.PENANAogSysdTD71
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 678Please respect copyright.PENANAcQtJMuxPML
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 678Please respect copyright.PENANAzQsBVvqaC7
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.678Please respect copyright.PENANAThxUS4EFjS
All of that only lasted 678Please respect copyright.PENANANbZ4OsONSF
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 678Please respect copyright.PENANAyvZbYV7sKa
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 678Please respect copyright.PENANALXwptUSigH
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 678Please respect copyright.PENANAmik6lduHxr
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon678Please respect copyright.PENANA40YRUpZ97a
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 678Please respect copyright.PENANA8WgponfYxc
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 678Please respect copyright.PENANAElOZJxCWMO
left, fell down and bled out slowly.678Please respect copyright.PENANAKFkU6XQlWB
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.678Please respect copyright.PENANAOk6XLPjyjx
"Thanks." Gob said 678Please respect copyright.PENANAjsSziGxPg5
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 678Please respect copyright.PENANAuSQTdpCfXt
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 678Please respect copyright.PENANAMNVBhUOboj
piercing his neck.678Please respect copyright.PENANARiPkk1jeGc
"That's one promise 678Please respect copyright.PENANArWHVBvG4F4
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 678Please respect copyright.PENANAjAdaFgQSej
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 678Please respect copyright.PENANAeVQOzCEQkk
After the hulking man 678Please respect copyright.PENANApcknYrPWyc
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 678Please respect copyright.PENANAVU6kcqWJBT
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 678Please respect copyright.PENANAcdfz4muyrZ
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 678Please respect copyright.PENANAHRN22cAcgS
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 678Please respect copyright.PENANABlU8u13Gdc
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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