"Evil? Evil is 544Please respect copyright.PENANAm55itpY1TH
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to544Please respect copyright.PENANAfihVv7rQZE
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAg1CcEC1vWo
Captain Rourke, trying 544Please respect copyright.PENANADdND0grHhV
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who544Please respect copyright.PENANA1OyKj496wk
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 544Please respect copyright.PENANA7B69sV8ZSI
his crewmembers.544Please respect copyright.PENANAy6Q9AdTOTb
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Seconds, minutes, days, 544Please respect copyright.PENANAlZ3ioTWjzy
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 544Please respect copyright.PENANAjV2iDxvOyr
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a544Please respect copyright.PENANAFfiIaSMv6N
thousand of tick tocks.544Please respect copyright.PENANAFibFVZDOnr
Finally David turned 544Please respect copyright.PENANACf21XM5Vr9
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester544Please respect copyright.PENANAfWhz48M3TI
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for544Please respect copyright.PENANADLhDr84g8Z
what else could be the end, but that?544Please respect copyright.PENANAOh1HhNlPBT
Jester himself had 544Please respect copyright.PENANAIegVCz0M6o
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAhiY5EYGUUx
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 544Please respect copyright.PENANAtisnPulfsg
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of544Please respect copyright.PENANATnABMklbOH
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.544Please respect copyright.PENANA45V3mbiVfn
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.544Please respect copyright.PENANAiColRKYd9a
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.544Please respect copyright.PENANAvSOYB3ZmPb
David didn't reply. He 544Please respect copyright.PENANAAh73v6Rd1N
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth544Please respect copyright.PENANA51HUays12q
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."544Please respect copyright.PENANAXuAibXai4H
"I don't believe in 544Please respect copyright.PENANAsfrLRUX1CD
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 544Please respect copyright.PENANA8kXADDfobV
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.544Please respect copyright.PENANAqAbdOgnxWU
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."544Please respect copyright.PENANAxd61JJxqLB
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.544Please respect copyright.PENANA9h1Q5v4KbP
"And I'm a pawn of 544Please respect copyright.PENANAstVFTplYbV
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and544Please respect copyright.PENANAi9Yt31AIl0
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 544Please respect copyright.PENANAM5zLNptKEV
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 544Please respect copyright.PENANAUbuL2KJWt3
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 544Please respect copyright.PENANAFKVYmcGk4H
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 544Please respect copyright.PENANAGX4UenC4nF
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAkRjupJl4EB
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"544Please respect copyright.PENANAz1dkRvGZ95
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAtGaoTlxe8J
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 544Please respect copyright.PENANAmI6HtUnWVW
"I've been dead for a 544Please respect copyright.PENANAyib6FGO9V9
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 544Please respect copyright.PENANA1zfn66bjnK
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 544Please respect copyright.PENANAePL13cQojJ
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,544Please respect copyright.PENANAhNPt50oZzX
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 544Please respect copyright.PENANAnGawGCEyMA
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 544Please respect copyright.PENANAfstC7yhbNI
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was544Please respect copyright.PENANAq2ARJ85xl6
just luck."544Please respect copyright.PENANAO99omGlSWS
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAXzm9dnIfRL
Jester laughed. "Such a 544Please respect copyright.PENANA5O4V9jBlRR
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 544Please respect copyright.PENANAEfOWNHhBdR
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 544Please respect copyright.PENANA1fA2xHKHjc
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 544Please respect copyright.PENANAVozK4clnGv
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAFjvcGeZRXW
Do you understand now?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAFlMm3iuODq
"All I understand is 544Please respect copyright.PENANAWfhty5USfT
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about544Please respect copyright.PENANA0hl4wmC0Ru
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 544Please respect copyright.PENANA6XvWrjKCfD
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.544Please respect copyright.PENANAjx9oYxSfS9
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAqob7Aju72R
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 544Please respect copyright.PENANAQGnGpwJMg8
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries544Please respect copyright.PENANAKPmcqR4m4m
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 544Please respect copyright.PENANAanYW2SyTo2
will...Might also do some other things aswell."544Please respect copyright.PENANAw1kldEA91A
"Why not get it 544Please respect copyright.PENANAZazgKdbZSH
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and544Please respect copyright.PENANAdOD4npcE7E
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAn60thmVIue
"I've no physical body, 544Please respect copyright.PENANAsulL3CZkRD
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 544Please respect copyright.PENANABy185oeJiR
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 544Please respect copyright.PENANA2yATJ83sKq
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."544Please respect copyright.PENANA7dahtD7jP6
David shook his head, so544Please respect copyright.PENANAoMb7GSy72C
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 544Please respect copyright.PENANAtgh2InhbQh
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 544Please respect copyright.PENANABvpFKtXAOp
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 544Please respect copyright.PENANA1SqMEJAWRr
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.544Please respect copyright.PENANAeSdTHcsdoi
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAW8nlzppFOw
Jester moved away from 544Please respect copyright.PENANAFfY8b7HabJ
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision544Please respect copyright.PENANAkWxBggFDG5
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 544Please respect copyright.PENANA3a5DCglLHG
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 544Please respect copyright.PENANApBlOSQwu2n
helped."544Please respect copyright.PENANAcJSght91Cb
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.544Please respect copyright.PENANAknuT3fF1D7
"I'll create a 544Please respect copyright.PENANAWAYxGKpdWe
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 544Please respect copyright.PENANABFxS2ytWti
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 544Please respect copyright.PENANAELsPRPqU7V
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time544Please respect copyright.PENANAb4Zg65NiXt
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."544Please respect copyright.PENANA7LP97loOEh
David awoke, everything 544Please respect copyright.PENANAc3c9tfKPv8
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 544Please respect copyright.PENANArgF884kiZk
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue544Please respect copyright.PENANA17mlkZBVmH
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 544Please respect copyright.PENANAKWN0Rmqj5y
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 544Please respect copyright.PENANA4qis6NTWFj
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.544Please respect copyright.PENANAU7Sm8Md1fs
Looking around David 544Please respect copyright.PENANABhdqfjyeIa
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 544Please respect copyright.PENANA968OOdqJNZ
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 544Please respect copyright.PENANAFoEqzBxWYz
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 544Please respect copyright.PENANAr3ss2ETqCp
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.544Please respect copyright.PENANAG46K02xL1G
David could hear the 544Please respect copyright.PENANAwJxLvNVhpw
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 544Please respect copyright.PENANA0Vp5MRrLVI
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the544Please respect copyright.PENANAGrHVJE8Vp1
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell544Please respect copyright.PENANAZumZdgtOeO
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAbzRAv1y5zS
Atleast he was alive, 544Please respect copyright.PENANAYcuKEt1b3A
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 544Please respect copyright.PENANAc3ZMxBkHJq
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so544Please respect copyright.PENANA8N3scGbm7F
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 544Please respect copyright.PENANAdh4x4ANG9y
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 544Please respect copyright.PENANAm1LqaQFTrI
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a544Please respect copyright.PENANAWQQJlTLEsK
grunt of effort David was finally free.544Please respect copyright.PENANAxYequqDRWR
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"544Please respect copyright.PENANAbWyTloK922
David recognized Gobs 544Please respect copyright.PENANAdFznDMvDqB
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the544Please respect copyright.PENANADsSsFL47RS
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 544Please respect copyright.PENANALf8PJCyRcM
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping544Please respect copyright.PENANAdZ6fYSO7DS
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 544Please respect copyright.PENANAInDqFh9zwa
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out544Please respect copyright.PENANAroHCClR30m
of his cell.544Please respect copyright.PENANAKg4OPQwTCH
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.544Please respect copyright.PENANAjshHNlLzPF
"Did they tell you what 544Please respect copyright.PENANASX8oRpD1RL
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 544Please respect copyright.PENANAUNVpvuHAIE
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.544Please respect copyright.PENANAUHnBLydU3M
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.544Please respect copyright.PENANAPfiisxik0b
Gob nodded and together 544Please respect copyright.PENANAUl3QkYGPYm
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 544Please respect copyright.PENANADAsPRhkL3S
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 544Please respect copyright.PENANAO8EodeJkPM
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or544Please respect copyright.PENANAgfoJhFT2To
barely so.544Please respect copyright.PENANAKZvpiSPTmR
They moved a short 544Please respect copyright.PENANAYQ4aACYLMR
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 544Please respect copyright.PENANAbDZHbu4V1K
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 544Please respect copyright.PENANAm5wvYnSOau
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.544Please respect copyright.PENANAIXZ1ZLGbp5
Surprisingly there were 544Please respect copyright.PENANAxWYdu0T7Bz
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 544Please respect copyright.PENANAbOxETCkFVp
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 544Please respect copyright.PENANA8cYN377orL
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 544Please respect copyright.PENANAmzKwl79qsT
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for544Please respect copyright.PENANAEXN0KIaMdY
the doors.544Please respect copyright.PENANApuyVDUfekm
Luckily they managed to 544Please respect copyright.PENANAcoKy3OlveG
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 544Please respect copyright.PENANADBdoFwvGlR
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire544Please respect copyright.PENANA1h8wedqdt4
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 544Please respect copyright.PENANAQJyXrgbx29
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.544Please respect copyright.PENANAdzlayhc1IW
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.544Please respect copyright.PENANAo3iZc2qdGi
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.544Please respect copyright.PENANAZylQ4LTUrQ
The guards were as 544Please respect copyright.PENANAB8OQapCC8P
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword544Please respect copyright.PENANAw7FbLR5LYA
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 544Please respect copyright.PENANAbHsOz5pe8n
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 544Please respect copyright.PENANAqdvY2zWSkm
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 544Please respect copyright.PENANA6KyONsfPny
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 544Please respect copyright.PENANAyfiZ8RbFbK
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 544Please respect copyright.PENANAwC67z4xkie
causing him to stagger.544Please respect copyright.PENANAySuQrCwxEP
That seemed to be the 544Please respect copyright.PENANA8eWQVBt4VB
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 544Please respect copyright.PENANAn5a5qZE79E
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 544Please respect copyright.PENANAUHYTtXXxwD
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.544Please respect copyright.PENANAdeLLeyb6Ea
All of that only lasted 544Please respect copyright.PENANAJPK0VEyr0q
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 544Please respect copyright.PENANAXp0A745gRJ
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 544Please respect copyright.PENANAsP2YhUAjfs
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 544Please respect copyright.PENANAtTVhRjBqTh
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon544Please respect copyright.PENANAOIiawRTZBi
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 544Please respect copyright.PENANAOUGyoqFpJT
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 544Please respect copyright.PENANA3zHsTLlopy
left, fell down and bled out slowly.544Please respect copyright.PENANApL4t7ofByE
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.544Please respect copyright.PENANAoRv7JMWLop
"Thanks." Gob said 544Please respect copyright.PENANAwmtaFXbYsG
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 544Please respect copyright.PENANAqA2cV987Xz
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 544Please respect copyright.PENANAPse1u0zM95
piercing his neck.544Please respect copyright.PENANAgqNfOPBrop
"That's one promise 544Please respect copyright.PENANAeNO2Kh175J
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 544Please respect copyright.PENANAaZi6rso8rT
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 544Please respect copyright.PENANADYOsfuKcLl
After the hulking man 544Please respect copyright.PENANAOWppBUbIa4
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 544Please respect copyright.PENANAGMewbrdq61
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 544Please respect copyright.PENANAezNisFmtij
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 544Please respect copyright.PENANAhKO7dKXXA6
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 544Please respect copyright.PENANA3PkhMyp0Dv
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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