"Evil? Evil is 594Please respect copyright.PENANAGEOhcOF02E
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to594Please respect copyright.PENANABAyz3Fdf5m
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"594Please respect copyright.PENANASRLrUnPocq
Captain Rourke, trying 594Please respect copyright.PENANA1zxnu2xQ7w
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who594Please respect copyright.PENANApkOEETWxSX
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 594Please respect copyright.PENANAALHOIretzp
his crewmembers.594Please respect copyright.PENANAE7Od1hOeB5
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Seconds, minutes, days, 594Please respect copyright.PENANA4IVX8G95YV
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 594Please respect copyright.PENANA7ciPEfoKpP
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a594Please respect copyright.PENANAmfkVM7OwDm
thousand of tick tocks.594Please respect copyright.PENANAi8e6WUs6qP
Finally David turned 594Please respect copyright.PENANA01nuW3k4Ni
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester594Please respect copyright.PENANAwFavr3ZrdI
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for594Please respect copyright.PENANAxRYviX8L0t
what else could be the end, but that?594Please respect copyright.PENANAzBYtnZTP4V
Jester himself had 594Please respect copyright.PENANA12ySEyIpiD
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 594Please respect copyright.PENANAmWviA4C0vn
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 594Please respect copyright.PENANAZCB8TwyKE9
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of594Please respect copyright.PENANAkMkIPTBPPV
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.594Please respect copyright.PENANAXuAxjs9kGw
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.594Please respect copyright.PENANA6vpwq9f02R
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.594Please respect copyright.PENANA7VswXklXew
David didn't reply. He 594Please respect copyright.PENANAuYheeebOmH
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth594Please respect copyright.PENANADFD9ujKWyj
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."594Please respect copyright.PENANACKtrAoqMih
"I don't believe in 594Please respect copyright.PENANA2GWCli2Y1I
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 594Please respect copyright.PENANANVIHjRNjVz
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.594Please respect copyright.PENANAo9sK1ADHE4
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."594Please respect copyright.PENANAGX8u3Zxbn7
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.594Please respect copyright.PENANAfNUmTulJQe
"And I'm a pawn of 594Please respect copyright.PENANA0FAW3vwVrM
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and594Please respect copyright.PENANA7tNcZdh6wb
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 594Please respect copyright.PENANAP8QJY3unDs
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 594Please respect copyright.PENANAOzpqNik3wL
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 594Please respect copyright.PENANAUSqORqGzkq
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 594Please respect copyright.PENANAMzrh9DIAhC
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAW6Hcv1w41W
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"594Please respect copyright.PENANA9e0peRD9nZ
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 594Please respect copyright.PENANAaLKQxacVjJ
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 594Please respect copyright.PENANAxiJnL4KPXx
"I've been dead for a 594Please respect copyright.PENANASDHf3u4CgP
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 594Please respect copyright.PENANAhkcg4RWKsh
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 594Please respect copyright.PENANA8kRWiXtseY
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,594Please respect copyright.PENANAtvFRkkX4IV
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 594Please respect copyright.PENANARKouvsjlIH
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 594Please respect copyright.PENANAGmgQlVlrJh
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was594Please respect copyright.PENANAXWKxtXZqhZ
just luck."594Please respect copyright.PENANAUW1d8DpJU5
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"594Please respect copyright.PENANA8zPc1gJeY4
Jester laughed. "Such a 594Please respect copyright.PENANAXAUssAnI1H
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 594Please respect copyright.PENANADvSW3rsTtv
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 594Please respect copyright.PENANATTcGVlUYA3
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 594Please respect copyright.PENANA9Z1UZ1isXE
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 594Please respect copyright.PENANAbx4hSznNIE
Do you understand now?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAzXSUe9fue5
"All I understand is 594Please respect copyright.PENANAW4V85yDl2c
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about594Please respect copyright.PENANA0SbeFWrE8K
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 594Please respect copyright.PENANAx4g8fZZWmD
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.594Please respect copyright.PENANADvlicp1Aaj
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"594Please respect copyright.PENANArI4a6MDnFo
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 594Please respect copyright.PENANA2PTMJ640ja
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries594Please respect copyright.PENANAdXUVy5u58c
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 594Please respect copyright.PENANAzBQesJXRjt
will...Might also do some other things aswell."594Please respect copyright.PENANA7aQ8bOBZrw
"Why not get it 594Please respect copyright.PENANAKtcjeInPeo
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and594Please respect copyright.PENANAUioZroGg6b
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAzurK2zIswW
"I've no physical body, 594Please respect copyright.PENANAfOzfe3IwbS
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 594Please respect copyright.PENANAcr3LVqApw3
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 594Please respect copyright.PENANAujFZAXTmeq
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."594Please respect copyright.PENANAZOJhcMd8wW
David shook his head, so594Please respect copyright.PENANA4fvxc406U7
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 594Please respect copyright.PENANAkRCAKGAAEb
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 594Please respect copyright.PENANAjVbiLvkBTa
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 594Please respect copyright.PENANA067kiFADwt
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.594Please respect copyright.PENANANHVWf8vZQd
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAHY2fTrJBvL
Jester moved away from 594Please respect copyright.PENANAQjhmBh3omO
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision594Please respect copyright.PENANA4YnjxHgkdK
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 594Please respect copyright.PENANAq11wP0Z4nu
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 594Please respect copyright.PENANAEUbN05fO1m
helped."594Please respect copyright.PENANAsigmubTvDB
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.594Please respect copyright.PENANASd2Dx3UyEA
"I'll create a 594Please respect copyright.PENANAYSaXtkiFzu
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 594Please respect copyright.PENANAwTYLOInnqO
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 594Please respect copyright.PENANA4VdMVDFEVz
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time594Please respect copyright.PENANAaJdkADHDuc
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."594Please respect copyright.PENANAflvlvBibiV
David awoke, everything 594Please respect copyright.PENANAFHZYsNj9vL
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 594Please respect copyright.PENANAkEfxRpRkMx
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue594Please respect copyright.PENANAaJFu9QGBpD
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 594Please respect copyright.PENANAdhKNW7I18N
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 594Please respect copyright.PENANAQkG27vvVW2
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.594Please respect copyright.PENANAo4DWklOjmC
Looking around David 594Please respect copyright.PENANAxYP5AWQT65
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 594Please respect copyright.PENANAGeQNTJb9vH
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 594Please respect copyright.PENANAy45VXpeKMj
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 594Please respect copyright.PENANAuliEvd63e3
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.594Please respect copyright.PENANAG1HR0KENIH
David could hear the 594Please respect copyright.PENANAyYbJrqzc7p
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 594Please respect copyright.PENANAIga1TWJNUX
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the594Please respect copyright.PENANAuvUyNBz1np
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell594Please respect copyright.PENANAkmrclWMzFm
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 594Please respect copyright.PENANAcPXDoFMpIv
Atleast he was alive, 594Please respect copyright.PENANAp2yTcpkEJx
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 594Please respect copyright.PENANACaW9yOm8uY
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so594Please respect copyright.PENANAGXg14oAvfR
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 594Please respect copyright.PENANAGLnvECRblO
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 594Please respect copyright.PENANAvHEBoGe7vE
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a594Please respect copyright.PENANAjpVYqgnH6n
grunt of effort David was finally free.594Please respect copyright.PENANAhmrHSwjQSs
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAgizG0xXE9m
David recognized Gobs 594Please respect copyright.PENANAY2rb7BjczK
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the594Please respect copyright.PENANAgo3ROQSF4Z
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 594Please respect copyright.PENANAI3yPMvDQ9D
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping594Please respect copyright.PENANAerVegJU0Ye
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 594Please respect copyright.PENANALwxNuoxfON
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out594Please respect copyright.PENANAalnzEcVcWD
of his cell.594Please respect copyright.PENANAaOoZ1hZqc8
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.594Please respect copyright.PENANAKIi4TKwGjH
"Did they tell you what 594Please respect copyright.PENANAHfeCHkMyNS
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 594Please respect copyright.PENANA2E40NnuNIU
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.594Please respect copyright.PENANAhtGQMLuEjB
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.594Please respect copyright.PENANAudT9iFfJ14
Gob nodded and together 594Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8vIPMG3t6
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 594Please respect copyright.PENANAfUeIjm5SMh
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 594Please respect copyright.PENANAsgMLjTvnf6
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or594Please respect copyright.PENANAnWWmTznZ7l
barely so.594Please respect copyright.PENANAaVGaddLD9q
They moved a short 594Please respect copyright.PENANAQ93TdtNVTx
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 594Please respect copyright.PENANARxxPAbIeiV
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 594Please respect copyright.PENANApsa2hdaxe5
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.594Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZrIbMeJlo
Surprisingly there were 594Please respect copyright.PENANAyKe8KILye0
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 594Please respect copyright.PENANAq4Scmt2iX4
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 594Please respect copyright.PENANAPwwyIgRrUS
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 594Please respect copyright.PENANAdNs0jF6j0h
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for594Please respect copyright.PENANAdyxWHtylzE
the doors.594Please respect copyright.PENANAUq6MWsIQpp
Luckily they managed to 594Please respect copyright.PENANAY5aLhfHYG9
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 594Please respect copyright.PENANAEl8vVtnddF
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire594Please respect copyright.PENANAAAnaIhHV7H
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 594Please respect copyright.PENANAOJH0x5qOQv
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.594Please respect copyright.PENANA9394lZ4sAb
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.594Please respect copyright.PENANAYPLhxdkZgt
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.594Please respect copyright.PENANAmCSMVINkOB
The guards were as 594Please respect copyright.PENANAkOXXxkzHAl
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword594Please respect copyright.PENANAfKKtMu3pbl
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 594Please respect copyright.PENANAVnYy5zSAVe
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 594Please respect copyright.PENANAJqfz5Qect8
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 594Please respect copyright.PENANAeal1wIpoI9
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 594Please respect copyright.PENANAqc61ZDRQQP
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 594Please respect copyright.PENANA9TbTvwB2im
causing him to stagger.594Please respect copyright.PENANA5Uyq7rbDVQ
That seemed to be the 594Please respect copyright.PENANApkMb15Wh9F
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 594Please respect copyright.PENANABnTl6C3YxA
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 594Please respect copyright.PENANA8P0Ffvk618
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.594Please respect copyright.PENANAFzp0skdPjq
All of that only lasted 594Please respect copyright.PENANAjs78J2oMqT
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 594Please respect copyright.PENANAQm99KtxEKZ
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 594Please respect copyright.PENANA7WEgtsFcPI
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 594Please respect copyright.PENANAOjcWexhKVP
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon594Please respect copyright.PENANA2f8VX9pn9K
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 594Please respect copyright.PENANAFq57akeqC1
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 594Please respect copyright.PENANAgl4p3Qxilc
left, fell down and bled out slowly.594Please respect copyright.PENANAB3R2lFdWMw
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.594Please respect copyright.PENANAPWfSkiMMHJ
"Thanks." Gob said 594Please respect copyright.PENANAgR6LgWiKQO
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 594Please respect copyright.PENANANwXGLtBv91
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 594Please respect copyright.PENANAaqjiFehHKr
piercing his neck.594Please respect copyright.PENANAmGzMjBR3GK
"That's one promise 594Please respect copyright.PENANAtgNrjiyX46
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 594Please respect copyright.PENANAeKWVNsj4ud
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 594Please respect copyright.PENANA8fa048Wpr9
After the hulking man 594Please respect copyright.PENANA8I6nOWFsgW
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 594Please respect copyright.PENANAbdd1LXqbDX
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 594Please respect copyright.PENANAwjiXC6bYRJ
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 594Please respect copyright.PENANAvjCvvSdvIO
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 594Please respect copyright.PENANA3K0rHhtwTs
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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