"Evil? Evil is 532Please respect copyright.PENANAVx8lL385Og
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to532Please respect copyright.PENANAm8YH7mDwjT
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"532Please respect copyright.PENANAYkRuwg8KXH
Captain Rourke, trying 532Please respect copyright.PENANAyTri6rOddq
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who532Please respect copyright.PENANAAEKjgsF6xJ
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 532Please respect copyright.PENANAqufUSnCN7g
his crewmembers.532Please respect copyright.PENANAFbN03DAeV1
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Seconds, minutes, days, 532Please respect copyright.PENANA1V1XjPX6Pz
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 532Please respect copyright.PENANApxIgPAv6qm
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a532Please respect copyright.PENANAzAcVUWXBdk
thousand of tick tocks.532Please respect copyright.PENANA0L7eidusQP
Finally David turned 532Please respect copyright.PENANAOKAhx37ARM
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester532Please respect copyright.PENANAj5Irpon6tB
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for532Please respect copyright.PENANAnd5U3Vbgky
what else could be the end, but that?532Please respect copyright.PENANAVN0clJDMr5
Jester himself had 532Please respect copyright.PENANA781h1LBGOR
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 532Please respect copyright.PENANAYuJOTGlQ63
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 532Please respect copyright.PENANA1SiIOq73oB
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of532Please respect copyright.PENANAwU1HcItiv2
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.532Please respect copyright.PENANA2Yx9DyTKSi
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.532Please respect copyright.PENANAtANxpZfTEn
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.532Please respect copyright.PENANA6sgzg6YkEs
David didn't reply. He 532Please respect copyright.PENANAVoWU8zb3uD
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth532Please respect copyright.PENANAEobAMijrGl
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."532Please respect copyright.PENANARvpALyOwyJ
"I don't believe in 532Please respect copyright.PENANAvEjhHcnc6b
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 532Please respect copyright.PENANAFbNYaGMcTv
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.532Please respect copyright.PENANA47ECPon9eF
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."532Please respect copyright.PENANAE5p8VfhsTK
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.532Please respect copyright.PENANAtOIl9bOpX7
"And I'm a pawn of 532Please respect copyright.PENANA42qfvA05sE
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and532Please respect copyright.PENANAnPJ9nKgKdV
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 532Please respect copyright.PENANAajM1DX5EkG
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 532Please respect copyright.PENANAWsWsfq6iZc
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 532Please respect copyright.PENANA0jXbztNNfp
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 532Please respect copyright.PENANAFi5UCuX2ua
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"532Please respect copyright.PENANAT6YKl7HPmK
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"532Please respect copyright.PENANA2Ml6BmGmF2
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 532Please respect copyright.PENANAT2Ddrx9Fa4
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 532Please respect copyright.PENANAOlMvmKQ3mM
"I've been dead for a 532Please respect copyright.PENANAxADLziqbkf
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 532Please respect copyright.PENANArvCOB5YUVw
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 532Please respect copyright.PENANAnYobmruypP
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,532Please respect copyright.PENANAnxhD5kJWa4
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 532Please respect copyright.PENANALv1xyf6geu
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 532Please respect copyright.PENANAnk9DvlTjRA
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was532Please respect copyright.PENANAiMp2Kjzzyv
just luck."532Please respect copyright.PENANArBxPxIYDCy
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"532Please respect copyright.PENANAX6WCJwInAe
Jester laughed. "Such a 532Please respect copyright.PENANARdRxBHSg9Y
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 532Please respect copyright.PENANAiGE4rqgkGr
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 532Please respect copyright.PENANArVpw0YM3Ce
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 532Please respect copyright.PENANA772gApBaC3
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 532Please respect copyright.PENANAb7zlVfltTx
Do you understand now?"532Please respect copyright.PENANALSzdI2A9DO
"All I understand is 532Please respect copyright.PENANAIWNdVBYcnY
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about532Please respect copyright.PENANAKMMcZNFeh3
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 532Please respect copyright.PENANAJzCUcdilLD
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.532Please respect copyright.PENANAX6SYkk8yas
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"532Please respect copyright.PENANAoG2PBR6Y01
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 532Please respect copyright.PENANAwSoMFExskc
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries532Please respect copyright.PENANA0yDmneKwwy
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 532Please respect copyright.PENANAImpfE1C9Zm
will...Might also do some other things aswell."532Please respect copyright.PENANAxI3cGvQuvP
"Why not get it 532Please respect copyright.PENANAdUl91YDvxK
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and532Please respect copyright.PENANAYtpOLfOGOq
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"532Please respect copyright.PENANANuOaCZlnjb
"I've no physical body, 532Please respect copyright.PENANA1NbkZRFZTj
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 532Please respect copyright.PENANA9bqj8qKS00
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 532Please respect copyright.PENANAuuipB4bDml
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."532Please respect copyright.PENANAvJvP4S47hN
David shook his head, so532Please respect copyright.PENANAFkbEym4t9S
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 532Please respect copyright.PENANAB1cEkhClZ1
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 532Please respect copyright.PENANAjPaAzTPIOu
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 532Please respect copyright.PENANAIjXANVCjBU
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.532Please respect copyright.PENANAo3cRt5raDN
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"532Please respect copyright.PENANAhh46dlIn1s
Jester moved away from 532Please respect copyright.PENANAFUq0Q3LqAI
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision532Please respect copyright.PENANAxjV1AvGeRc
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 532Please respect copyright.PENANArwZQUarOrV
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 532Please respect copyright.PENANAA461qLMg1a
helped."532Please respect copyright.PENANAeJ128AXUhB
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.532Please respect copyright.PENANAg3m6JsmXsS
"I'll create a 532Please respect copyright.PENANACHJMxXb4gP
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 532Please respect copyright.PENANAhUoFZEZhSs
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 532Please respect copyright.PENANAk5l75FRNqD
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time532Please respect copyright.PENANAeJRmOIbCcG
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."532Please respect copyright.PENANA3lhCqiJMhW
David awoke, everything 532Please respect copyright.PENANAhFgHUvNAYs
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 532Please respect copyright.PENANA390kvwDlJh
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue532Please respect copyright.PENANAHWSgvnT1qd
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 532Please respect copyright.PENANAfjX5HJxvT7
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 532Please respect copyright.PENANANaJzJHiI2l
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.532Please respect copyright.PENANAbfsfplTY9b
Looking around David 532Please respect copyright.PENANAH4z2ZTOVW8
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 532Please respect copyright.PENANAnA5AaYO3zI
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 532Please respect copyright.PENANAs2Hnee3tpz
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 532Please respect copyright.PENANAGHD5a4YOH7
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.532Please respect copyright.PENANAurFj34jARq
David could hear the 532Please respect copyright.PENANAKqOU8m1ft0
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 532Please respect copyright.PENANANNeGiXRBC5
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the532Please respect copyright.PENANAZdiirL0TbT
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell532Please respect copyright.PENANAQiPTEdCBCs
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 532Please respect copyright.PENANAp6KCFZmu2u
Atleast he was alive, 532Please respect copyright.PENANANdYyzRabvl
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 532Please respect copyright.PENANAwUmjNVG9bF
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so532Please respect copyright.PENANAh4A8QPLaZU
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 532Please respect copyright.PENANA3iJoPXcIub
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 532Please respect copyright.PENANAcOGJlhLo11
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a532Please respect copyright.PENANAyz7OEAnnH4
grunt of effort David was finally free.532Please respect copyright.PENANAEpRApCdJuw
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"532Please respect copyright.PENANAw71uSk7bUn
David recognized Gobs 532Please respect copyright.PENANAQXPM1CwWFm
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the532Please respect copyright.PENANAtPsblIHJiX
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 532Please respect copyright.PENANAwpvi5zakfu
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping532Please respect copyright.PENANADmNP1gREn5
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 532Please respect copyright.PENANAAo2dMjeX3U
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out532Please respect copyright.PENANAaBTdOtZNOG
of his cell.532Please respect copyright.PENANAPk1CDCCXo6
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.532Please respect copyright.PENANAyfduHxnv3h
"Did they tell you what 532Please respect copyright.PENANAW5TgFu3IJn
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 532Please respect copyright.PENANAgnCSAJpfiM
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.532Please respect copyright.PENANAObhF3ixKQM
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.532Please respect copyright.PENANA3EIuzCMW1T
Gob nodded and together 532Please respect copyright.PENANA4vpjV5F1zG
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 532Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0z5aIR0YA
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 532Please respect copyright.PENANAGKdRlbMPM9
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or532Please respect copyright.PENANAAgeZv6Wh6A
barely so.532Please respect copyright.PENANATqQoLZjUrA
They moved a short 532Please respect copyright.PENANAadCkJgvr9X
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 532Please respect copyright.PENANAmLc5Lv4ss2
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 532Please respect copyright.PENANAad9AQ38m3v
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.532Please respect copyright.PENANATyGeS4zLLo
Surprisingly there were 532Please respect copyright.PENANAeY6Upv2H03
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 532Please respect copyright.PENANAp1HliebfNF
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 532Please respect copyright.PENANAlz8NTT7zFU
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 532Please respect copyright.PENANAt7QljjmKXn
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for532Please respect copyright.PENANAgI2d8pKhph
the doors.532Please respect copyright.PENANAK6eFADsWbQ
Luckily they managed to 532Please respect copyright.PENANASw06EKsHQ1
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 532Please respect copyright.PENANAMoQ83pBtik
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire532Please respect copyright.PENANANcE3yn7Hhh
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 532Please respect copyright.PENANABUBpDHGmCz
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.532Please respect copyright.PENANA8mqR0WZE9t
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.532Please respect copyright.PENANAsVEUAmAIHR
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.532Please respect copyright.PENANAjDR5MyboRj
The guards were as 532Please respect copyright.PENANACZ38ysB2zd
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword532Please respect copyright.PENANAYmKPkZL8jH
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 532Please respect copyright.PENANAbc94Cs5WyD
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 532Please respect copyright.PENANAARNQfukAPW
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 532Please respect copyright.PENANAei2BioGVjZ
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 532Please respect copyright.PENANAr5DCQP0nf4
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 532Please respect copyright.PENANAYC0YH8Ojb2
causing him to stagger.532Please respect copyright.PENANAA8OkFiajmI
That seemed to be the 532Please respect copyright.PENANAKbz9ritEs9
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 532Please respect copyright.PENANAsqIyQzjsDU
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 532Please respect copyright.PENANAJoMl2QvyOp
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.532Please respect copyright.PENANA6lYxWHoAl1
All of that only lasted 532Please respect copyright.PENANA2OjbdCayrX
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 532Please respect copyright.PENANA1Qitbio3Qy
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 532Please respect copyright.PENANAs4xxLdfC0U
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 532Please respect copyright.PENANAyX1qoANIY0
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon532Please respect copyright.PENANAcLswGp5GNw
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 532Please respect copyright.PENANA0WHoRikV6p
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 532Please respect copyright.PENANAQidhoeK4SE
left, fell down and bled out slowly.532Please respect copyright.PENANA4XUvLHsZis
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.532Please respect copyright.PENANAiKspNR6yPj
"Thanks." Gob said 532Please respect copyright.PENANAfsTEX9xLVg
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 532Please respect copyright.PENANAt0W9URKOE8
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 532Please respect copyright.PENANAyCZWTMBnMg
piercing his neck.532Please respect copyright.PENANAFf5uBoWMpL
"That's one promise 532Please respect copyright.PENANA1Wz5tcZfHr
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 532Please respect copyright.PENANAjQxaAFWbyx
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 532Please respect copyright.PENANAzqpUeVrwbb
After the hulking man 532Please respect copyright.PENANARRRMEFgmFA
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 532Please respect copyright.PENANAP1hmRuonnE
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 532Please respect copyright.PENANA6rafU61v4q
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 532Please respect copyright.PENANAqmlzTJUWeI
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 532Please respect copyright.PENANAj0KK75fPis
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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