"Evil? Evil is 931Please respect copyright.PENANANoLbI2MMqa
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to931Please respect copyright.PENANA56z1ZZR3HB
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"931Please respect copyright.PENANAbKh5MqeBIQ
Captain Rourke, trying 931Please respect copyright.PENANA1MzOC4wSUD
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who931Please respect copyright.PENANACY0qcG7L7N
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 931Please respect copyright.PENANAIMdDibjRHU
his crewmembers.931Please respect copyright.PENANAzINIW9Zu7t
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Seconds, minutes, days, 931Please respect copyright.PENANAIl5XKs5Vfr
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 931Please respect copyright.PENANAOYenCvP9x3
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a931Please respect copyright.PENANAfWXrbvOYoR
thousand of tick tocks.931Please respect copyright.PENANABLEv66rm9o
Finally David turned 931Please respect copyright.PENANAPw6FxwRmkz
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester931Please respect copyright.PENANA1v1Y5J2YlI
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for931Please respect copyright.PENANACT7sS4nHqk
what else could be the end, but that?931Please respect copyright.PENANAVDoTnGqKkz
Jester himself had 931Please respect copyright.PENANAUZKzqWz2R3
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 931Please respect copyright.PENANAyVfxIG6yfs
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 931Please respect copyright.PENANAFmdsKehtDV
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of931Please respect copyright.PENANATEZQphP74g
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.931Please respect copyright.PENANAl7Lg3eP1BU
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.931Please respect copyright.PENANA9N0ADnjtfQ
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.931Please respect copyright.PENANALjtNnFPyYh
David didn't reply. He 931Please respect copyright.PENANAUSF78SqSf8
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth931Please respect copyright.PENANAA8DZd1DPue
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."931Please respect copyright.PENANAzrZK5LNUW7
"I don't believe in 931Please respect copyright.PENANA7nWS3itXro
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 931Please respect copyright.PENANAKFnoWQM1ds
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.931Please respect copyright.PENANANQoBEA5uxu
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."931Please respect copyright.PENANAf6bx4dMk0k
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.931Please respect copyright.PENANAbvqS5ntBEf
"And I'm a pawn of 931Please respect copyright.PENANAccHOT6FTtC
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and931Please respect copyright.PENANAtR1YBjsJLR
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 931Please respect copyright.PENANABJBHambyax
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 931Please respect copyright.PENANABruL8kODBG
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 931Please respect copyright.PENANARG9usT9nn6
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 931Please respect copyright.PENANAPgqdtsibou
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"931Please respect copyright.PENANAXfzTYtK4MD
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"931Please respect copyright.PENANAf9krowVayw
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 931Please respect copyright.PENANAb0hYwVXds1
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 931Please respect copyright.PENANAeUa7h5PPab
"I've been dead for a 931Please respect copyright.PENANA0K9xDiczty
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 931Please respect copyright.PENANAvmMIctSl2L
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 931Please respect copyright.PENANA1RtUFk8Rmn
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,931Please respect copyright.PENANAPAvyszAyWA
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 931Please respect copyright.PENANAFsSMtBp12D
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 931Please respect copyright.PENANAb6NuCvYyCe
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was931Please respect copyright.PENANAhtZrDHmZb8
just luck."931Please respect copyright.PENANAU4mmNnnN6U
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"931Please respect copyright.PENANAGKkRo7rWIV
Jester laughed. "Such a 931Please respect copyright.PENANAx2mGJweRW6
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 931Please respect copyright.PENANAzyHBC7BkeM
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 931Please respect copyright.PENANAMcSMf1poXh
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 931Please respect copyright.PENANAlY1yb4ucjA
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 931Please respect copyright.PENANAtod1UvMIwz
Do you understand now?"931Please respect copyright.PENANA217D5rDYlB
"All I understand is 931Please respect copyright.PENANAzsyXSCnm0r
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about931Please respect copyright.PENANAd2ZeOq4OXO
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 931Please respect copyright.PENANALdT4boLdL4
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.931Please respect copyright.PENANAkmAmjS109x
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"931Please respect copyright.PENANAI5GQYD4nNa
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 931Please respect copyright.PENANAhZ2y8efF8V
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries931Please respect copyright.PENANACP2NueL0De
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 931Please respect copyright.PENANAkzjACj1qOQ
will...Might also do some other things aswell."931Please respect copyright.PENANAGVS192CBnx
"Why not get it 931Please respect copyright.PENANAHGuYcKo8Yx
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and931Please respect copyright.PENANADOuPUyExuV
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"931Please respect copyright.PENANAK7MXIJr6vi
"I've no physical body, 931Please respect copyright.PENANAMbuxR4Q048
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 931Please respect copyright.PENANAYQIBXwvyiN
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 931Please respect copyright.PENANATDCqJlfgnP
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."931Please respect copyright.PENANARsp14MgdvH
David shook his head, so931Please respect copyright.PENANAbr0dXAOOSV
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 931Please respect copyright.PENANAKpw3mPYvR8
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 931Please respect copyright.PENANAG1eYRYtaFu
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 931Please respect copyright.PENANAeaCf3EO0My
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.931Please respect copyright.PENANAyhp4vlojuH
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"931Please respect copyright.PENANAB5nlWmBVJX
Jester moved away from 931Please respect copyright.PENANAVg82SAOMl0
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision931Please respect copyright.PENANA8fipMikUYx
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 931Please respect copyright.PENANAPUkpWihMUo
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 931Please respect copyright.PENANACDKmbK8XZO
helped."931Please respect copyright.PENANAgHjJyxqsEw
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.931Please respect copyright.PENANA4fTP6PLzKJ
"I'll create a 931Please respect copyright.PENANAY4mEevXfz4
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 931Please respect copyright.PENANAlCRqrlXZy1
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 931Please respect copyright.PENANA1RWwieqcx4
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time931Please respect copyright.PENANA1Gpm1bPiRE
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."931Please respect copyright.PENANAI46zvBf81W
David awoke, everything 931Please respect copyright.PENANAmLtLzZOKdP
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 931Please respect copyright.PENANAGeLvTzM6iN
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue931Please respect copyright.PENANAPOaS6X2Geh
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 931Please respect copyright.PENANA9ydhrTPTri
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 931Please respect copyright.PENANA15kAvrQbB3
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.931Please respect copyright.PENANAl0qpipsPbI
Looking around David 931Please respect copyright.PENANALeYMiSZVBP
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 931Please respect copyright.PENANAqMEIxPWOP1
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 931Please respect copyright.PENANA8hKXQL2rTM
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 931Please respect copyright.PENANAYyWjdxeBWW
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.931Please respect copyright.PENANAcrPPy06sjj
David could hear the 931Please respect copyright.PENANAwAB7yjd2CJ
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 931Please respect copyright.PENANAbaK6ag7ywn
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the931Please respect copyright.PENANAbwqXlqv2ik
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell931Please respect copyright.PENANAz5mCRmKHjW
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 931Please respect copyright.PENANA8jgaXWvfSv
Atleast he was alive, 931Please respect copyright.PENANA2EP3IJRy8F
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 931Please respect copyright.PENANAnSyelo3KZj
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so931Please respect copyright.PENANAE654XBiUxw
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 931Please respect copyright.PENANAWrsSI8M36i
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 931Please respect copyright.PENANA4mHv4cf3VM
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a931Please respect copyright.PENANAG2LalcI5ig
grunt of effort David was finally free.931Please respect copyright.PENANA7B9oypKdWo
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"931Please respect copyright.PENANAEd8icGbchr
David recognized Gobs 931Please respect copyright.PENANADXkkOEUppJ
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the931Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZIi76MW4F
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 931Please respect copyright.PENANANrHAwyLQDV
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping931Please respect copyright.PENANAo2RFEVJoSL
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 931Please respect copyright.PENANAyrPoe8o5E3
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out931Please respect copyright.PENANA4BR4rloQGi
of his cell.931Please respect copyright.PENANAfKeYWUNUEX
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.931Please respect copyright.PENANA9Pao8DzUkw
"Did they tell you what 931Please respect copyright.PENANAiJEr8nHUqH
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 931Please respect copyright.PENANAlAiY74W5XB
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.931Please respect copyright.PENANATo5swBTCcB
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.931Please respect copyright.PENANAF4uHpDzPeg
Gob nodded and together 931Please respect copyright.PENANAjxAZAknG3j
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 931Please respect copyright.PENANAMKfjVDmMVv
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 931Please respect copyright.PENANAblhfL3EJgq
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or931Please respect copyright.PENANA0R3PWI0Kw4
barely so.931Please respect copyright.PENANAxzcADC3Pvw
They moved a short 931Please respect copyright.PENANAKeOsM55PKa
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 931Please respect copyright.PENANACDTnB19reZ
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 931Please respect copyright.PENANAJvY6r2mTka
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.931Please respect copyright.PENANAxy1jF0xSvl
Surprisingly there were 931Please respect copyright.PENANAGumM89R5NK
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 931Please respect copyright.PENANAjhE00oYZXA
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 931Please respect copyright.PENANAZIx9Kat5W2
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 931Please respect copyright.PENANAxbJKjKtP9A
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for931Please respect copyright.PENANAPD0fTm6h42
the doors.931Please respect copyright.PENANAWkPhG1CF8Y
Luckily they managed to 931Please respect copyright.PENANAHDNwN4RnMs
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 931Please respect copyright.PENANAxYrLeQCqBg
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire931Please respect copyright.PENANAoiFRbDexFo
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 931Please respect copyright.PENANAbt5v7ihSz0
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.931Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ce11ZllmA
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.931Please respect copyright.PENANAD5etywg9TZ
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.931Please respect copyright.PENANAVGO5alqCpX
The guards were as 931Please respect copyright.PENANApEiAcis131
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword931Please respect copyright.PENANA9bg0RHgtyc
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 931Please respect copyright.PENANAAuAUPO7Lnn
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 931Please respect copyright.PENANAq9o3CAv5WI
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 931Please respect copyright.PENANA1O5hk70WuO
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 931Please respect copyright.PENANAlSbZzKhlI8
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 931Please respect copyright.PENANASHwnkc93eK
causing him to stagger.931Please respect copyright.PENANAJi7Hl2fdOC
That seemed to be the 931Please respect copyright.PENANAyRPxOWHRy4
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 931Please respect copyright.PENANAu9h1ORhdcN
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 931Please respect copyright.PENANA4TDZ4TUxTD
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.931Please respect copyright.PENANAahXlFD81z0
All of that only lasted 931Please respect copyright.PENANApGnbaMdILZ
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 931Please respect copyright.PENANAl8N9vpSzcw
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 931Please respect copyright.PENANAA4OMcxKixv
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 931Please respect copyright.PENANAWx5mGSQvEp
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon931Please respect copyright.PENANA2LNK89nfYP
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 931Please respect copyright.PENANAm20cr0nlHF
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 931Please respect copyright.PENANAVb7KHXTBrY
left, fell down and bled out slowly.931Please respect copyright.PENANAaM6CT6WjtL
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.931Please respect copyright.PENANA8PfgXEba1m
"Thanks." Gob said 931Please respect copyright.PENANA8sF68rujij
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 931Please respect copyright.PENANAOiep6lWkBp
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 931Please respect copyright.PENANAlWXa7JaUWS
piercing his neck.931Please respect copyright.PENANAAlyr7mBKFV
"That's one promise 931Please respect copyright.PENANAOSIrY3UVW2
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 931Please respect copyright.PENANA67CvuIGaOS
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 931Please respect copyright.PENANAfrSOpz7ijI
After the hulking man 931Please respect copyright.PENANAFTq2mFkb4t
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 931Please respect copyright.PENANA2IH92vdf6l
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 931Please respect copyright.PENANAWZAhF9BUod
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 931Please respect copyright.PENANAisrnJF6t6g
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 931Please respect copyright.PENANAUbDGwxiMez
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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