"Evil? Evil is 318Please respect copyright.PENANA1wfUksLYfW
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to318Please respect copyright.PENANAkjnmsuT1dr
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"318Please respect copyright.PENANA9CBY4qUwNF
Captain Rourke, trying 318Please respect copyright.PENANAo9HUgALMOC
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who318Please respect copyright.PENANAmgjhjfvGix
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 318Please respect copyright.PENANA2IkmSNVWoX
his crewmembers.318Please respect copyright.PENANAmuAkviBBNq
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Seconds, minutes, days, 318Please respect copyright.PENANAUNAIvc6Uyg
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 318Please respect copyright.PENANAx3669DzAsD
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a318Please respect copyright.PENANA4FFqiTWfPT
thousand of tick tocks.318Please respect copyright.PENANAoQYst4YK8w
Finally David turned 318Please respect copyright.PENANAKM81Vj4aim
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester318Please respect copyright.PENANA1rSoRSIhq6
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for318Please respect copyright.PENANApFj15GQrHx
what else could be the end, but that?318Please respect copyright.PENANARssuWZ1c4j
Jester himself had 318Please respect copyright.PENANAgRj2ADid0c
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 318Please respect copyright.PENANAEESBGyseeY
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 318Please respect copyright.PENANAaxiAydPflA
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of318Please respect copyright.PENANAdiCMOPVACg
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.318Please respect copyright.PENANANz3ueegDzP
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.318Please respect copyright.PENANAZQX0Q9QbLd
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.318Please respect copyright.PENANAuJ4NeGf6st
David didn't reply. He 318Please respect copyright.PENANAYEoueow0TH
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth318Please respect copyright.PENANA5wsOzu9ydu
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."318Please respect copyright.PENANA6dAZdIzORd
"I don't believe in 318Please respect copyright.PENANAMuuOlUwRZj
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 318Please respect copyright.PENANAR8sNLxKu1h
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.318Please respect copyright.PENANAi9K82CDZKz
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."318Please respect copyright.PENANA5FMWSOlj1X
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.318Please respect copyright.PENANAyyu4XPmPQR
"And I'm a pawn of 318Please respect copyright.PENANAuLP0NrnzOB
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and318Please respect copyright.PENANAzcDHKZN1PR
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 318Please respect copyright.PENANALfWftQ0lqZ
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 318Please respect copyright.PENANAqpUzYKfdkU
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 318Please respect copyright.PENANA26l9y3LnBP
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 318Please respect copyright.PENANAm6MtsTOkBa
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"318Please respect copyright.PENANAiklJbA4okD
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"318Please respect copyright.PENANAgg9wPxxPi6
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 318Please respect copyright.PENANAQetNjXIazO
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 318Please respect copyright.PENANAfQUQilj1Wh
"I've been dead for a 318Please respect copyright.PENANA64vApwS2jd
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 318Please respect copyright.PENANApIwJY3XOiP
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 318Please respect copyright.PENANApbopTe7gye
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,318Please respect copyright.PENANAuou3GBF20E
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 318Please respect copyright.PENANAMuYTbtkxrq
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 318Please respect copyright.PENANAMOvUPglXHV
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was318Please respect copyright.PENANA2Sr5Yv9PNI
just luck."318Please respect copyright.PENANAtBBWPfyM05
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"318Please respect copyright.PENANANFk7IWqSXN
Jester laughed. "Such a 318Please respect copyright.PENANAl9pY04P1Qm
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 318Please respect copyright.PENANA5suzvaqITG
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 318Please respect copyright.PENANAEPQHzwbO9A
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 318Please respect copyright.PENANArrgvDK8Ioi
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 318Please respect copyright.PENANAmRVFWkQPXx
Do you understand now?"318Please respect copyright.PENANAGrNF7w1iq2
"All I understand is 318Please respect copyright.PENANA3NsB9msd3h
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about318Please respect copyright.PENANAY3yRlNuUPd
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 318Please respect copyright.PENANAQQ1CLQLWLE
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.318Please respect copyright.PENANAayKAfzUFQk
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"318Please respect copyright.PENANAi8pEh1w7Mz
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 318Please respect copyright.PENANAApDqByjmrI
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries318Please respect copyright.PENANAhXvMjC57Ow
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 318Please respect copyright.PENANAVnc6GiObVL
will...Might also do some other things aswell."318Please respect copyright.PENANAkrUx4Vw9wt
"Why not get it 318Please respect copyright.PENANAPU3zkNSVar
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and318Please respect copyright.PENANAiOhENWNubd
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"318Please respect copyright.PENANAWMgfQMXm4b
"I've no physical body, 318Please respect copyright.PENANADEIELlLwuq
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 318Please respect copyright.PENANAUCuwL0apG1
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 318Please respect copyright.PENANAaxtBAZYBJK
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."318Please respect copyright.PENANAU7fQqyuHWO
David shook his head, so318Please respect copyright.PENANADO8rCRIN6y
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 318Please respect copyright.PENANAojFU5GW2jB
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 318Please respect copyright.PENANAnTTOFsQoQp
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 318Please respect copyright.PENANABpiRDDyyC6
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.318Please respect copyright.PENANAFTqjySbS4N
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"318Please respect copyright.PENANA3kp36M1aPS
Jester moved away from 318Please respect copyright.PENANAt9mscuEbrR
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision318Please respect copyright.PENANAjY83bolphl
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 318Please respect copyright.PENANAkqnnHdnxII
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 318Please respect copyright.PENANAOF1WAfzlF6
helped."318Please respect copyright.PENANAuDFsPNODXm
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.318Please respect copyright.PENANA5wRDqXZ9Cn
"I'll create a 318Please respect copyright.PENANA2FRreLMfuX
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 318Please respect copyright.PENANAxksWzDChrT
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 318Please respect copyright.PENANAJOXwx2JHfC
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time318Please respect copyright.PENANA6QXgbfgnTB
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."318Please respect copyright.PENANA7wCUyRaodD
David awoke, everything 318Please respect copyright.PENANAWCzzn7r5Qe
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 318Please respect copyright.PENANAygLhpXupRZ
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue318Please respect copyright.PENANAie1Ckt8qkD
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 318Please respect copyright.PENANAeNOHMHvLSi
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 318Please respect copyright.PENANAo1i7UYVhed
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.318Please respect copyright.PENANAmOxlIxRTen
Looking around David 318Please respect copyright.PENANAh7yLXsQFdw
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 318Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5o596HMrJ
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 318Please respect copyright.PENANA14sB899RrL
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 318Please respect copyright.PENANAE7gqd41Kho
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.318Please respect copyright.PENANAE9RTm612JQ
David could hear the 318Please respect copyright.PENANAOK9mob91GW
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 318Please respect copyright.PENANAwamma9Kc9e
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the318Please respect copyright.PENANAMoKHmL2yXD
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell318Please respect copyright.PENANA93KCBbTDUB
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 318Please respect copyright.PENANA3MU5Tn82js
Atleast he was alive, 318Please respect copyright.PENANAw5rMv9EpmJ
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 318Please respect copyright.PENANAy8xVCiBZ3m
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so318Please respect copyright.PENANAiOzfjDdNOK
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 318Please respect copyright.PENANAT0uEaJWuNI
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 318Please respect copyright.PENANAifOzPUEOAy
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a318Please respect copyright.PENANACV9AGZBZpv
grunt of effort David was finally free.318Please respect copyright.PENANAM9sV8sArmR
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"318Please respect copyright.PENANAcaAGddtciK
David recognized Gobs 318Please respect copyright.PENANAErQqyYftkx
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the318Please respect copyright.PENANAOuVxHfLC16
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 318Please respect copyright.PENANAYOZ140Sdrm
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping318Please respect copyright.PENANAw42AnRJlrq
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 318Please respect copyright.PENANA70xYuOMTI3
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out318Please respect copyright.PENANAnOVlXpanGp
of his cell.318Please respect copyright.PENANA7GJqmmrf9o
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.318Please respect copyright.PENANAMZF1MzhrZS
"Did they tell you what 318Please respect copyright.PENANA9mfz5qMr6v
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 318Please respect copyright.PENANAFgSf9i2CZh
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.318Please respect copyright.PENANAWi2Y9avWxb
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.318Please respect copyright.PENANACXeR9oewiN
Gob nodded and together 318Please respect copyright.PENANAYNCJojE7o1
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 318Please respect copyright.PENANAywJyb8JSkB
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 318Please respect copyright.PENANAM9axMDHHnE
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or318Please respect copyright.PENANAGPSnL4gJiR
barely so.318Please respect copyright.PENANAOMdFCP2C61
They moved a short 318Please respect copyright.PENANAKw0DlzRZ0z
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 318Please respect copyright.PENANAoTsDhAtggi
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 318Please respect copyright.PENANAGSB7hqWQbt
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.318Please respect copyright.PENANAYrLKVVVhMs
Surprisingly there were 318Please respect copyright.PENANAGwBglXYy3i
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 318Please respect copyright.PENANAn5HWKS5oUK
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 318Please respect copyright.PENANAUY0saySuTE
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 318Please respect copyright.PENANABqi4f8elAo
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for318Please respect copyright.PENANAUnPLH7UNDA
the doors.318Please respect copyright.PENANANbgViEvwpx
Luckily they managed to 318Please respect copyright.PENANA7LlFMp6FL7
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 318Please respect copyright.PENANAuelxRD6UpB
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire318Please respect copyright.PENANAKTXUDKBPHa
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 318Please respect copyright.PENANAmjVhBjLLOS
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.318Please respect copyright.PENANA1OXXArYR5Q
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.318Please respect copyright.PENANAxCfabIKhZs
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.318Please respect copyright.PENANANVOUSJ7PZ6
The guards were as 318Please respect copyright.PENANAYclqOxnYkG
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword318Please respect copyright.PENANADsZX0TFpZb
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 318Please respect copyright.PENANA3HrgfPIXQG
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 318Please respect copyright.PENANA5N7Bw7joUS
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 318Please respect copyright.PENANAXE6sjFjJ8t
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 318Please respect copyright.PENANAqsVR6n3dOx
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 318Please respect copyright.PENANAAdlD4snG2L
causing him to stagger.318Please respect copyright.PENANAHqij7j6xw4
That seemed to be the 318Please respect copyright.PENANAGFu907FFJh
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 318Please respect copyright.PENANA6at1LWWmOm
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 318Please respect copyright.PENANAyLCvncuAgI
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.318Please respect copyright.PENANApcPaRQhSYI
All of that only lasted 318Please respect copyright.PENANAUvQd0G0c0j
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 318Please respect copyright.PENANApR1Sc3jriD
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 318Please respect copyright.PENANAuUm0PgNjB1
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 318Please respect copyright.PENANApKgw7CRZ3S
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon318Please respect copyright.PENANALjhvidgEUd
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 318Please respect copyright.PENANAwPRMsJLzJO
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 318Please respect copyright.PENANAm0niE2lBCb
left, fell down and bled out slowly.318Please respect copyright.PENANAUJc9OMbTLB
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.318Please respect copyright.PENANAlnvBwBVcri
"Thanks." Gob said 318Please respect copyright.PENANArRd8FBuYwE
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 318Please respect copyright.PENANAYoxRw16XQZ
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 318Please respect copyright.PENANA6xHwtuzkrF
piercing his neck.318Please respect copyright.PENANAOxdYSW9Al7
"That's one promise 318Please respect copyright.PENANAYYiqJcvNqH
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 318Please respect copyright.PENANA3gnLHLwPXd
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 318Please respect copyright.PENANA3V79XRjb7a
After the hulking man 318Please respect copyright.PENANA2qrmNhsdRn
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 318Please respect copyright.PENANARK9gObEEpx
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 318Please respect copyright.PENANApLV07DBkZZ
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 318Please respect copyright.PENANA2wrWSRZtnP
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 318Please respect copyright.PENANARMX45za1E4
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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