"Evil? Evil is 679Please respect copyright.PENANAW1nVTLnrgg
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to679Please respect copyright.PENANA4j7JYiUtTL
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"679Please respect copyright.PENANACqmyoS39gK
Captain Rourke, trying 679Please respect copyright.PENANAr37hn947Zk
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who679Please respect copyright.PENANAMTV4LGL73F
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 679Please respect copyright.PENANALcnaYmxRaz
his crewmembers.679Please respect copyright.PENANAKRytX0uRsE
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Seconds, minutes, days, 679Please respect copyright.PENANAN21L3Qx93K
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 679Please respect copyright.PENANAY5o1z8bQ0z
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a679Please respect copyright.PENANABL08yuboSY
thousand of tick tocks.679Please respect copyright.PENANAyFhTNpKVXN
Finally David turned 679Please respect copyright.PENANAhncls2LVs7
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester679Please respect copyright.PENANAu9DuAQfWZo
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for679Please respect copyright.PENANA16NNva2qWN
what else could be the end, but that?679Please respect copyright.PENANAwe84m1hAn7
Jester himself had 679Please respect copyright.PENANA8ooL6IL58s
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 679Please respect copyright.PENANAE5vrrfD0MA
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 679Please respect copyright.PENANAk9uvnbjXAz
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of679Please respect copyright.PENANA7BSxzxduFm
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.679Please respect copyright.PENANABf8JcAmSt9
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.679Please respect copyright.PENANAMW19pOYecb
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.679Please respect copyright.PENANAK1HBH6Y31h
David didn't reply. He 679Please respect copyright.PENANAi3yIZjK40S
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth679Please respect copyright.PENANAf2TK4qfkgc
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."679Please respect copyright.PENANAphVHmLI5LT
"I don't believe in 679Please respect copyright.PENANAco8pNpQLpl
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 679Please respect copyright.PENANAFYXCDrcRtJ
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.679Please respect copyright.PENANA3enBqOhMYZ
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."679Please respect copyright.PENANAt7MpJ9xjuD
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.679Please respect copyright.PENANAAB4a7WKrbf
"And I'm a pawn of 679Please respect copyright.PENANAoFRPeBa0sh
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and679Please respect copyright.PENANAPBDNG01AEC
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 679Please respect copyright.PENANA8NisxHMsoX
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 679Please respect copyright.PENANAImZgQvFFlu
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 679Please respect copyright.PENANA6tAQEP4Ved
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 679Please respect copyright.PENANA7xiZLo65oH
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"679Please respect copyright.PENANAnDRjjdI0B4
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"679Please respect copyright.PENANAwdKAsjBGlH
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 679Please respect copyright.PENANAPgUj6fok8F
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 679Please respect copyright.PENANA4HvC2f387B
"I've been dead for a 679Please respect copyright.PENANA3EtgXA5Dnv
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 679Please respect copyright.PENANAUcSrZKwHhU
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 679Please respect copyright.PENANAlrQtuEy4yq
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,679Please respect copyright.PENANAmGFtFHVCRn
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 679Please respect copyright.PENANAKd7XwW3mdO
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 679Please respect copyright.PENANALkRUStut96
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was679Please respect copyright.PENANAC149VFdRQp
just luck."679Please respect copyright.PENANAv1xZcVyQns
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"679Please respect copyright.PENANABVPoA1tWMf
Jester laughed. "Such a 679Please respect copyright.PENANAzL03Qouph2
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 679Please respect copyright.PENANAqe7MWayCYw
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 679Please respect copyright.PENANApVrVd8xC0s
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 679Please respect copyright.PENANAF6so7Y1bUT
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 679Please respect copyright.PENANA3RXc1iKVEQ
Do you understand now?"679Please respect copyright.PENANALWfNVD9hjB
"All I understand is 679Please respect copyright.PENANAhc3bjWDdqT
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about679Please respect copyright.PENANAJMeRXQozd2
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 679Please respect copyright.PENANADKyENTdImk
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.679Please respect copyright.PENANAmjHVyK4BSS
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"679Please respect copyright.PENANAo7w3vZ6eOV
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 679Please respect copyright.PENANACY2uRE8wf2
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries679Please respect copyright.PENANAligfN7CJxJ
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 679Please respect copyright.PENANAq3oAHPgDt0
will...Might also do some other things aswell."679Please respect copyright.PENANA9XRWtvp0ua
"Why not get it 679Please respect copyright.PENANAlEmZEfyyoU
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and679Please respect copyright.PENANAR8pCi0asWn
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"679Please respect copyright.PENANA3lyT08FWyI
"I've no physical body, 679Please respect copyright.PENANAwWcMIvB1NV
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 679Please respect copyright.PENANARoAoa5RMvO
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 679Please respect copyright.PENANAITNEAWyy7n
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."679Please respect copyright.PENANAqedy5Cb3zY
David shook his head, so679Please respect copyright.PENANAPANeO9PBeL
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 679Please respect copyright.PENANADkXeCLUk83
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 679Please respect copyright.PENANADxnFPcEv9z
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 679Please respect copyright.PENANAkMb4fouwVd
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.679Please respect copyright.PENANALMnsP97BMN
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"679Please respect copyright.PENANACmGE2RYhUg
Jester moved away from 679Please respect copyright.PENANAYHzoLIreoH
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision679Please respect copyright.PENANAIleKBQDtwD
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 679Please respect copyright.PENANAVUAh0I0CrN
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 679Please respect copyright.PENANAwwDAaAJRo4
helped."679Please respect copyright.PENANAmdkjlNTfys
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.679Please respect copyright.PENANAWVd36xDyGt
"I'll create a 679Please respect copyright.PENANAJUVahBTMfm
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 679Please respect copyright.PENANAZH2owewl9i
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 679Please respect copyright.PENANA7Shzh9agNt
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time679Please respect copyright.PENANAaG4LzP8ogl
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."679Please respect copyright.PENANAUGaQvh26Zq
David awoke, everything 679Please respect copyright.PENANAWaMrLY6LEp
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 679Please respect copyright.PENANAPphgFs5WGZ
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue679Please respect copyright.PENANAKqY9fRcilp
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 679Please respect copyright.PENANAV1lwHfh5m7
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 679Please respect copyright.PENANAIDzgmPNuDx
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.679Please respect copyright.PENANATdI1GrFn8P
Looking around David 679Please respect copyright.PENANAGeU45ZiIJS
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 679Please respect copyright.PENANA1m16HE0SKE
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 679Please respect copyright.PENANAmGKUP6xt1Z
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 679Please respect copyright.PENANA3MCPEDyxys
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.679Please respect copyright.PENANAJRG6fERP44
David could hear the 679Please respect copyright.PENANA2o4vvYY0Aq
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 679Please respect copyright.PENANAlE43JXNEmD
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the679Please respect copyright.PENANAAXpQQVSSQu
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell679Please respect copyright.PENANAlP3NuEiukB
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 679Please respect copyright.PENANA9pYsPFwTIc
Atleast he was alive, 679Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3AdbEeNvf
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 679Please respect copyright.PENANACzGkF7Koup
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so679Please respect copyright.PENANAUAe0hH66JF
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 679Please respect copyright.PENANAJkFPeU4Gwn
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 679Please respect copyright.PENANA4Nk5TLoyr4
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a679Please respect copyright.PENANAsFeLAC4EPa
grunt of effort David was finally free.679Please respect copyright.PENANASMSKN75wSq
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"679Please respect copyright.PENANApmEsKxkPDy
David recognized Gobs 679Please respect copyright.PENANAayFyFwVQSo
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the679Please respect copyright.PENANACXtx2Dx4BB
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 679Please respect copyright.PENANAfrZJ6KRX9N
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping679Please respect copyright.PENANAqL410tw8OF
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 679Please respect copyright.PENANA1GKLa5Jtg7
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out679Please respect copyright.PENANAB9oDnVpUc2
of his cell.679Please respect copyright.PENANAQyBeHXJetx
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.679Please respect copyright.PENANA7YKaNKUOA0
"Did they tell you what 679Please respect copyright.PENANAA2FYkYPmI4
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 679Please respect copyright.PENANAYmCwbgEEHj
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.679Please respect copyright.PENANAZEVTXbaJ12
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.679Please respect copyright.PENANA5uL5VjmgWM
Gob nodded and together 679Please respect copyright.PENANAXuwAmgOlZL
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 679Please respect copyright.PENANA7nFauCYKtB
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 679Please respect copyright.PENANANoKZww7njV
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or679Please respect copyright.PENANAXsbaEtZEP8
barely so.679Please respect copyright.PENANAA1Z1W5zBlH
They moved a short 679Please respect copyright.PENANAnJex63gL8y
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 679Please respect copyright.PENANAtfQqkMQqFd
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 679Please respect copyright.PENANAXzrUc5vctQ
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.679Please respect copyright.PENANAEMZp6ZY9qt
Surprisingly there were 679Please respect copyright.PENANA9eLDYQmQNI
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 679Please respect copyright.PENANAale7Hy7Z4t
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 679Please respect copyright.PENANA46LQQctyMW
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 679Please respect copyright.PENANAapyCgSiWxd
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for679Please respect copyright.PENANAwTVdXmvLE0
the doors.679Please respect copyright.PENANAB14RjvMMnj
Luckily they managed to 679Please respect copyright.PENANAuDMePzoz5o
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 679Please respect copyright.PENANACon8OaINGQ
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire679Please respect copyright.PENANArBZlFzQRTU
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 679Please respect copyright.PENANAcldlj9Nj1J
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.679Please respect copyright.PENANAgovS3NnFn6
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.679Please respect copyright.PENANARsJvBWK111
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.679Please respect copyright.PENANAGcrl0vLLoI
The guards were as 679Please respect copyright.PENANAnII5tuk9op
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword679Please respect copyright.PENANAuWDIly0NG9
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 679Please respect copyright.PENANAJgd8vYEJgy
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 679Please respect copyright.PENANA7KZKdRVD0M
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 679Please respect copyright.PENANA7fF0a74vOk
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 679Please respect copyright.PENANAMAwXnxlahb
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 679Please respect copyright.PENANANjlfkuaBAg
causing him to stagger.679Please respect copyright.PENANATscTZxA531
That seemed to be the 679Please respect copyright.PENANAGrmdKVOS0V
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 679Please respect copyright.PENANAvhMG61lxWc
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 679Please respect copyright.PENANAQfMq6MVLLp
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.679Please respect copyright.PENANAacFgua7TVc
All of that only lasted 679Please respect copyright.PENANA6y8It2N6CZ
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 679Please respect copyright.PENANAHt6nAAOZs1
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 679Please respect copyright.PENANA6hqNfHHALL
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 679Please respect copyright.PENANA5FSHSPPt2E
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon679Please respect copyright.PENANAttbVrE1L4T
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 679Please respect copyright.PENANAjlVOeegnv3
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 679Please respect copyright.PENANAyrsAljH04p
left, fell down and bled out slowly.679Please respect copyright.PENANAyvuLgfrjcG
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.679Please respect copyright.PENANAZfqnLrBtms
"Thanks." Gob said 679Please respect copyright.PENANAmXDuxTaokf
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 679Please respect copyright.PENANAa6qoEtzNfa
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 679Please respect copyright.PENANAor0TwrSKUV
piercing his neck.679Please respect copyright.PENANA342oZhTAOR
"That's one promise 679Please respect copyright.PENANANGBdfyOBgw
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 679Please respect copyright.PENANAgNpQ9iShME
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 679Please respect copyright.PENANA3xt3FsgfIc
After the hulking man 679Please respect copyright.PENANAXdGzD15c1X
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 679Please respect copyright.PENANAZrQRMH6OZU
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 679Please respect copyright.PENANAVuwaeM9XXe
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 679Please respect copyright.PENANA2cQpOiOZOY
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 679Please respect copyright.PENANATbR3Zu02x9
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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