"Evil? Evil is 679Please respect copyright.PENANAQi5r4oVfd5
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to679Please respect copyright.PENANA6wiS6L9KNB
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"679Please respect copyright.PENANAXVziQ3VIrv
Captain Rourke, trying 679Please respect copyright.PENANAyiu3Ueu13I
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who679Please respect copyright.PENANAT1qLUvSOF8
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 679Please respect copyright.PENANAHIz9LMToL2
his crewmembers.679Please respect copyright.PENANAXISknTJqCv
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Seconds, minutes, days, 679Please respect copyright.PENANA7pUVF1LLtv
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 679Please respect copyright.PENANAFEjfGw5LtI
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a679Please respect copyright.PENANAiOmIwi1Mw1
thousand of tick tocks.679Please respect copyright.PENANA2LIhKw8WWI
Finally David turned 679Please respect copyright.PENANApalBNFCE9z
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester679Please respect copyright.PENANAcTY67DLJME
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for679Please respect copyright.PENANAdUR8spmvyN
what else could be the end, but that?679Please respect copyright.PENANAODC53AfwKV
Jester himself had 679Please respect copyright.PENANAgxkr2ZRAmo
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 679Please respect copyright.PENANAke48TiWR5T
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 679Please respect copyright.PENANAKj6OeNc9lh
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of679Please respect copyright.PENANAIInWwG1DM5
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.679Please respect copyright.PENANAMlyOgbEhqY
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.679Please respect copyright.PENANA34NzRGH3J1
"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.PENANAUpUTzfrgaJ
David didn't reply. He 679Please respect copyright.PENANA3Kvqw6HXlw
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth679Please respect copyright.PENANAmyma7wq2n0
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."679Please respect copyright.PENANAbq19OiTurU
"I don't believe in 679Please respect copyright.PENANAZWP3QUpWtE
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 679Please respect copyright.PENANAdq5m4XS1vz
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.679Please respect copyright.PENANAFxFTZC8Mld
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.PENANA99RWkodRzK
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.679Please respect copyright.PENANAhgQBbPlB1W
"And I'm a pawn of 679Please respect copyright.PENANAuMRRxtQcuC
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and679Please respect copyright.PENANALYeT6mfQA6
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 679Please respect copyright.PENANA7RyxdZZBUO
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 679Please respect copyright.PENANAjQ6DDx3ejC
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 679Please respect copyright.PENANA9SvroXViDf
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 679Please respect copyright.PENANAKd2djKk5b4
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"679Please respect copyright.PENANAYornP0J82M
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"679Please respect copyright.PENANAtUsse4aaYb
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 679Please respect copyright.PENANAhTJZAvbhcw
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 679Please respect copyright.PENANA0jNAvN0vVk
"I've been dead for a 679Please respect copyright.PENANAnDE7V8ruxd
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 679Please respect copyright.PENANAG2IJREzdL5
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 679Please respect copyright.PENANA7ObLnRD0V9
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,679Please respect copyright.PENANARy5ty7JlmD
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 679Please respect copyright.PENANALpJshK4TXW
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 679Please respect copyright.PENANAeQKqR0hFbl
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was679Please respect copyright.PENANAZQIXjgXWrB
just luck."679Please respect copyright.PENANAYbVZtPvMy9
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"679Please respect copyright.PENANAjNKbMK1hWO
Jester laughed. "Such a 679Please respect copyright.PENANADvJbCOKVkz
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 679Please respect copyright.PENANARzrkOSrVeu
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 679Please respect copyright.PENANAJO8HiOpEeZ
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 679Please respect copyright.PENANA7wKR3KvEwG
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 679Please respect copyright.PENANAwCQuAC08nn
Do you understand now?"679Please respect copyright.PENANAsDcrqxz7x6
"All I understand is 679Please respect copyright.PENANAifjCTmDzru
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about679Please respect copyright.PENANA5hVt89e16Z
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 679Please respect copyright.PENANAKGL2IY6GJe
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.679Please respect copyright.PENANA3CM5H1NW2v
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"679Please respect copyright.PENANAq9POQI5WYX
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 679Please respect copyright.PENANA3KmeaeGND0
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries679Please respect copyright.PENANATUhMN2sUTF
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 679Please respect copyright.PENANAeczU815HpN
will...Might also do some other things aswell."679Please respect copyright.PENANAytIdqNuitk
"Why not get it 679Please respect copyright.PENANALah1TFcdv9
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and679Please respect copyright.PENANAg7N6oyPPZc
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"679Please respect copyright.PENANA81R4DfV3aT
"I've no physical body, 679Please respect copyright.PENANAv93lyEKA3A
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 679Please respect copyright.PENANAK8DfcO3wSc
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 679Please respect copyright.PENANAN3ShEaMufQ
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."679Please respect copyright.PENANAZXYQ90oGLu
David shook his head, so679Please respect copyright.PENANAHDR48cmMub
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 679Please respect copyright.PENANA81uL1X70BW
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 679Please respect copyright.PENANAnjAL9f6kjV
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 679Please respect copyright.PENANAySik3bNKZI
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.679Please respect copyright.PENANA25Vycah9bi
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"679Please respect copyright.PENANA7YGN1TcNEw
Jester moved away from 679Please respect copyright.PENANA27QUlgnxgH
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision679Please respect copyright.PENANAlvd1DSGAj8
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 679Please respect copyright.PENANArFYZ7cMGYj
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 679Please respect copyright.PENANAawr7hDbUMj
helped."679Please respect copyright.PENANAdDV3QOgNVF
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.679Please respect copyright.PENANAJsWNsKaFXM
"I'll create a 679Please respect copyright.PENANAVhHLO5cPcW
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 679Please respect copyright.PENANAzuqxv9vx8r
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 679Please respect copyright.PENANADvmkD9XHzq
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time679Please respect copyright.PENANAK9dF7mxg4g
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."679Please respect copyright.PENANAPDabkwd2FS
David awoke, everything 679Please respect copyright.PENANAAs4I9wgSLQ
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 679Please respect copyright.PENANAn7DmZH43pk
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue679Please respect copyright.PENANAUrhkCGqWzg
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 679Please respect copyright.PENANASAHCaanrp4
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 679Please respect copyright.PENANAoDkqve4sUX
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.679Please respect copyright.PENANAlswF3XdY2s
Looking around David 679Please respect copyright.PENANAEWNjdC3AOk
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 679Please respect copyright.PENANAO49fvEqnJw
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 679Please respect copyright.PENANAvPDWHwCkEL
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 679Please respect copyright.PENANAfVbsHMDlLF
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.679Please respect copyright.PENANADAd8TsuSDY
David could hear the 679Please respect copyright.PENANAqTsF1wiJ0n
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 679Please respect copyright.PENANAT95veKA8EA
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the679Please respect copyright.PENANADfN2vtHOKn
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell679Please respect copyright.PENANAHlcnJvZLrJ
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 679Please respect copyright.PENANA9o9pBYlk7D
Atleast he was alive, 679Please respect copyright.PENANAsntD8rgOTK
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 679Please respect copyright.PENANAp5jpUhHTSg
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so679Please respect copyright.PENANACsTM7qqPLF
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 679Please respect copyright.PENANAAsgiNSaDoE
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 679Please respect copyright.PENANAyrnM2ljZlL
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a679Please respect copyright.PENANAuCPygwj0UC
grunt of effort David was finally free.679Please respect copyright.PENANA3DdiwbU9Lw
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.PENANA475uoBm1BH
David recognized Gobs 679Please respect copyright.PENANAdl03Cw2CGP
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the679Please respect copyright.PENANARrIRsd9Hbr
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 679Please respect copyright.PENANAR8pCMPOobu
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping679Please respect copyright.PENANAsw5ck0Glxv
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 679Please respect copyright.PENANAAygi5GtYsx
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out679Please respect copyright.PENANAILpiXSCXYJ
of his cell.679Please respect copyright.PENANAHPrzN86L3n
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.679Please respect copyright.PENANAYElGp1P8rP
"Did they tell you what 679Please respect copyright.PENANA0TOuwLF00z
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 679Please respect copyright.PENANAVtJQP7vVmc
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.679Please respect copyright.PENANAosdPKQgAEY
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.679Please respect copyright.PENANAWyk3PJYLUL
Gob nodded and together 679Please respect copyright.PENANATJ6al4qHwh
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 679Please respect copyright.PENANA2nMANU0fRl
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 679Please respect copyright.PENANAy3VhnOOyZE
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or679Please respect copyright.PENANAGvzebKshC5
barely so.679Please respect copyright.PENANAEJFarZMuH5
They moved a short 679Please respect copyright.PENANAVTAW6EtI9G
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 679Please respect copyright.PENANAxW4Ibbakav
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 679Please respect copyright.PENANA4k7P55xIjT
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.679Please respect copyright.PENANA3nN7TQED9c
Surprisingly there were 679Please respect copyright.PENANAEwI7w5gaKX
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 679Please respect copyright.PENANAWDrwyte3te
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 679Please respect copyright.PENANAl2mLoYK1Vg
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 679Please respect copyright.PENANAwamEkUwLvs
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for679Please respect copyright.PENANAPBOKEDg4M4
the doors.679Please respect copyright.PENANALB0TSHDjKH
Luckily they managed to 679Please respect copyright.PENANA6dHTph9G2v
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 679Please respect copyright.PENANAiWuBCfbvSB
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire679Please respect copyright.PENANAmXEU9VkvKD
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 679Please respect copyright.PENANA9nJrAIEWvF
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.679Please respect copyright.PENANAimayTReHF9
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.679Please respect copyright.PENANArSpYY0TpBY
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.679Please respect copyright.PENANAeAiEqQwqqp
The guards were as 679Please respect copyright.PENANA8TxQ0aiHSE
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword679Please respect copyright.PENANAKjgXk7jkOg
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 679Please respect copyright.PENANA7Xg0KwfPUb
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 679Please respect copyright.PENANAP4jwSuThng
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 679Please respect copyright.PENANARiL1Fk2sMS
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 679Please respect copyright.PENANAiTf6aUYzcI
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 679Please respect copyright.PENANAQn7ayksoxV
causing him to stagger.679Please respect copyright.PENANAzQldBEeanf
That seemed to be the 679Please respect copyright.PENANA3EkJYYbkK8
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 679Please respect copyright.PENANAk2FSYONgdz
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 679Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2ko23gdtX
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.679Please respect copyright.PENANAIL6VsSjwUK
All of that only lasted 679Please respect copyright.PENANAPg6aom20Jb
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 679Please respect copyright.PENANAF3Gc31exiE
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 679Please respect copyright.PENANArppyc2p1Uz
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 679Please respect copyright.PENANAod8BykMLTV
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon679Please respect copyright.PENANA8W8vUJQmga
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 679Please respect copyright.PENANALoxK4XZIwb
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 679Please respect copyright.PENANAHjQjYQr7br
left, fell down and bled out slowly.679Please respect copyright.PENANAM2qNpkWXFY
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.679Please respect copyright.PENANAIXXjUGouKK
"Thanks." Gob said 679Please respect copyright.PENANAzYDud8hrx2
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 679Please respect copyright.PENANAZieJTeUpbT
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 679Please respect copyright.PENANAHu3sVRtHHR
piercing his neck.679Please respect copyright.PENANAFgJYhtlaTP
"That's one promise 679Please respect copyright.PENANACTyti0w86i
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 679Please respect copyright.PENANApDP9xdLqzd
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 679Please respect copyright.PENANA3RKLSEZaIN
After the hulking man 679Please respect copyright.PENANA328qFksDEz
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 679Please respect copyright.PENANAiuPvVrb33q
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 679Please respect copyright.PENANAvrdguYA7av
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 679Please respect copyright.PENANAE58TgVMqEE
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 679Please respect copyright.PENANAMZHuvIArQK
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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