"Evil? Evil is 679Please respect copyright.PENANAhBkz1AAQLs
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to679Please respect copyright.PENANArtH8rzcact
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"679Please respect copyright.PENANAGP9q2NrdQR
Captain Rourke, trying 679Please respect copyright.PENANAFLR26OsodV
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who679Please respect copyright.PENANACqsyMciZHJ
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 679Please respect copyright.PENANAf0iFKDMddE
his crewmembers.679Please respect copyright.PENANAGrdfO1mTXr
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Seconds, minutes, days, 679Please respect copyright.PENANAfRDWXVgE8o
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 679Please respect copyright.PENANAgkQtxf5IBi
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a679Please respect copyright.PENANAI8jNZJMYJn
thousand of tick tocks.679Please respect copyright.PENANAvdiwAYYrXM
Finally David turned 679Please respect copyright.PENANADB5VV4dE0A
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester679Please respect copyright.PENANAolrkxxiEd1
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for679Please respect copyright.PENANAA7ip6csPP1
what else could be the end, but that?679Please respect copyright.PENANAaZrm8ekvuU
Jester himself had 679Please respect copyright.PENANAEqkhfsu4eB
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 679Please respect copyright.PENANABySSGIddgs
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 679Please respect copyright.PENANAvF9sBv7DMn
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of679Please respect copyright.PENANARoCzUKp4R5
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.679Please respect copyright.PENANAVjI4eDj4Wh
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.679Please respect copyright.PENANALkHrTsBRBP
"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.PENANAcekFlDLyd2
David didn't reply. He 679Please respect copyright.PENANAT7VsqXirs4
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth679Please respect copyright.PENANA1S5KZlK7Wk
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."679Please respect copyright.PENANAufLUsz2IEF
"I don't believe in 679Please respect copyright.PENANAJUwsVDfxmC
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 679Please respect copyright.PENANA7LYouODNPa
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.679Please respect copyright.PENANAXGQs9coYzC
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.PENANAyMluOMdtqo
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.679Please respect copyright.PENANA2XjMyQjiDd
"And I'm a pawn of 679Please respect copyright.PENANAKNmeUhL8Fn
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and679Please respect copyright.PENANAw4IPwoTPT6
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 679Please respect copyright.PENANACKR8P4NYAQ
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 679Please respect copyright.PENANAjQ8ecei83K
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 679Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5snirOVoz
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 679Please respect copyright.PENANAEV7KVCJfGz
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"679Please respect copyright.PENANAbWaxGfkxee
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"679Please respect copyright.PENANAFgUXQXfg26
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 679Please respect copyright.PENANAeA3i5RaPz3
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 679Please respect copyright.PENANA4XUBqhrv3M
"I've been dead for a 679Please respect copyright.PENANAg96mrG3xrC
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 679Please respect copyright.PENANAI088S3TxeZ
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 679Please respect copyright.PENANAYLA2C9HssS
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,679Please respect copyright.PENANAZghlWkq6Np
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 679Please respect copyright.PENANA8xxhcrJhsy
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 679Please respect copyright.PENANAyzvXcrwIQH
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was679Please respect copyright.PENANAuWipQzaV4S
just luck."679Please respect copyright.PENANA0EGSXH5Rzr
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"679Please respect copyright.PENANAWymNw9h3lP
Jester laughed. "Such a 679Please respect copyright.PENANAtBQmcrz8l8
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 679Please respect copyright.PENANAYqcD1Zrpvg
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 679Please respect copyright.PENANAGQwinWd4Wv
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 679Please respect copyright.PENANAHDmkE2UXjj
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 679Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8iDtDSJAL
Do you understand now?"679Please respect copyright.PENANAkw6jF8V8z0
"All I understand is 679Please respect copyright.PENANA0MFohHp33x
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about679Please respect copyright.PENANANnIaOYF30R
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 679Please respect copyright.PENANAlTibhEmAxz
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.679Please respect copyright.PENANA0mo2h7c6s9
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"679Please respect copyright.PENANAj2fEho4fjB
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 679Please respect copyright.PENANAT6Mwm9p1gO
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries679Please respect copyright.PENANAEwEg7OZ6Wq
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 679Please respect copyright.PENANAUicU9Ziqc1
will...Might also do some other things aswell."679Please respect copyright.PENANAqB9Yh4ag9L
"Why not get it 679Please respect copyright.PENANA3BPVA91ACw
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and679Please respect copyright.PENANAh3zlQXd6D1
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"679Please respect copyright.PENANA8HEcaXJyAL
"I've no physical body, 679Please respect copyright.PENANAnRjkPnS7Cm
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 679Please respect copyright.PENANATs1XHlk0NE
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 679Please respect copyright.PENANA2LRGrZoCei
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."679Please respect copyright.PENANATAcUv0Ljmx
David shook his head, so679Please respect copyright.PENANAnNaSlSX7ng
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 679Please respect copyright.PENANApvlPqRlYkG
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 679Please respect copyright.PENANAGg3OAjm9RM
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 679Please respect copyright.PENANAXZt97QJ6Gj
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.679Please respect copyright.PENANACPHQsdbcKQ
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"679Please respect copyright.PENANAPcnHPeM3Dh
Jester moved away from 679Please respect copyright.PENANAtqaO8DgEmP
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision679Please respect copyright.PENANA8bf6lxOp5v
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 679Please respect copyright.PENANANtNKhJm3Re
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 679Please respect copyright.PENANAofyIbxFpP4
helped."679Please respect copyright.PENANAG67euYbWLZ
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.679Please respect copyright.PENANAf23YrV93Ga
"I'll create a 679Please respect copyright.PENANAEXidMRslZ1
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 679Please respect copyright.PENANAmvUH1E5fCk
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 679Please respect copyright.PENANAkbjfMPKfwt
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time679Please respect copyright.PENANACnt9slwP5s
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."679Please respect copyright.PENANA6vneCZNhaJ
David awoke, everything 679Please respect copyright.PENANA7entEPJFUR
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 679Please respect copyright.PENANA5LhGZsNC4O
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue679Please respect copyright.PENANAjik5H5CAUA
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 679Please respect copyright.PENANAKosTvSpyUF
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 679Please respect copyright.PENANAJNfqmdkQQr
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.679Please respect copyright.PENANA71HXbLXXBt
Looking around David 679Please respect copyright.PENANAVNpjyDDalU
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 679Please respect copyright.PENANAypesxCxEEd
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 679Please respect copyright.PENANAqe3KvH2pw6
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 679Please respect copyright.PENANAMe8jAmouwM
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.679Please respect copyright.PENANA7FZdfBsjMU
David could hear the 679Please respect copyright.PENANAMTCLzI8F0S
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 679Please respect copyright.PENANAwopBFJhluZ
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the679Please respect copyright.PENANAWLR4wPh48t
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell679Please respect copyright.PENANAdVpib1nvBF
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 679Please respect copyright.PENANAfSmGVykHeC
Atleast he was alive, 679Please respect copyright.PENANANpz0piWFGk
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 679Please respect copyright.PENANAoy30xZVEdn
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so679Please respect copyright.PENANA9yWXDtoUmD
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 679Please respect copyright.PENANAOq4zCImGkj
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 679Please respect copyright.PENANA9r0jl9gACY
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a679Please respect copyright.PENANADoS63JFjPM
grunt of effort David was finally free.679Please respect copyright.PENANAjgzHDyqeKf
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.PENANAuFSboAm7Cj
David recognized Gobs 679Please respect copyright.PENANAXnSlnNJXK7
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the679Please respect copyright.PENANA4q6v68xSjg
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 679Please respect copyright.PENANAt4mZHKIapj
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping679Please respect copyright.PENANAYyv4kMbaKM
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 679Please respect copyright.PENANAACEo1Zz1zC
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out679Please respect copyright.PENANAET0Dj2V4TU
of his cell.679Please respect copyright.PENANAAMdBGOyne2
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.679Please respect copyright.PENANAxTvWOsQDCV
"Did they tell you what 679Please respect copyright.PENANAtmEahy00NX
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 679Please respect copyright.PENANALvFbTNo9DU
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.679Please respect copyright.PENANASQJpC3c5ex
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.679Please respect copyright.PENANAKBXfe7Gngp
Gob nodded and together 679Please respect copyright.PENANAo1r2p91bzV
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 679Please respect copyright.PENANAzjSbXrGNGy
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 679Please respect copyright.PENANAwDK5ABC3LK
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or679Please respect copyright.PENANA60wKsTvfs9
barely so.679Please respect copyright.PENANAx5iOb0xmjl
They moved a short 679Please respect copyright.PENANATKyQZ1OH2U
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 679Please respect copyright.PENANAINGHq7xe9M
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 679Please respect copyright.PENANAP8Nqtmh9ol
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.679Please respect copyright.PENANAiOdTQN0guV
Surprisingly there were 679Please respect copyright.PENANADyiaLEPCTf
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 679Please respect copyright.PENANAgjB4CH9M2v
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 679Please respect copyright.PENANAB3oYdUYVoX
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 679Please respect copyright.PENANA8qNOZvkOUh
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for679Please respect copyright.PENANAU0V5JvmofT
the doors.679Please respect copyright.PENANAP0awZn4h6s
Luckily they managed to 679Please respect copyright.PENANAui5XMjDX3x
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 679Please respect copyright.PENANAzvVs1Glthq
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire679Please respect copyright.PENANASqeC1tu4p0
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 679Please respect copyright.PENANAMWcK8khczt
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.679Please respect copyright.PENANAFCYKxUvCfs
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.679Please respect copyright.PENANA2LsEfoBQXS
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.679Please respect copyright.PENANAXwr3S2pbKi
The guards were as 679Please respect copyright.PENANAmIoApPuTzS
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword679Please respect copyright.PENANA5DODfPLPPP
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 679Please respect copyright.PENANAzsVUL4X4Uv
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 679Please respect copyright.PENANAz1iHPbtJl8
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 679Please respect copyright.PENANAxmHhDVZkPo
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 679Please respect copyright.PENANAPv5CVp3wbs
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 679Please respect copyright.PENANAWBq4xG47uQ
causing him to stagger.679Please respect copyright.PENANApzKUZRtFbj
That seemed to be the 679Please respect copyright.PENANAQoExTUpBSf
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 679Please respect copyright.PENANA2IcKJEP7Lv
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 679Please respect copyright.PENANAPvdX2wlXcA
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.679Please respect copyright.PENANATD1XLKQfrG
All of that only lasted 679Please respect copyright.PENANAXL7JeWyZF7
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 679Please respect copyright.PENANA53F8bHIZpY
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 679Please respect copyright.PENANAjp5xsERicI
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 679Please respect copyright.PENANAsyTKf9IkXO
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon679Please respect copyright.PENANAvmNQqyyHze
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 679Please respect copyright.PENANADlEPxp8JFc
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 679Please respect copyright.PENANA2JSSrwLoy9
left, fell down and bled out slowly.679Please respect copyright.PENANAmxm9zcxnDm
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.679Please respect copyright.PENANAKbNP8PLkGq
"Thanks." Gob said 679Please respect copyright.PENANAUrfve5slX3
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 679Please respect copyright.PENANAIKyZk6IOBf
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 679Please respect copyright.PENANAgmWNkLyuvF
piercing his neck.679Please respect copyright.PENANAhcy6zz1yEU
"That's one promise 679Please respect copyright.PENANAtjfWauE8V1
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 679Please respect copyright.PENANA61SFDJD8qZ
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 679Please respect copyright.PENANA8h2PLWrTK1
After the hulking man 679Please respect copyright.PENANAoBls166IPf
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 679Please respect copyright.PENANADIt1HjVSVk
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 679Please respect copyright.PENANA60bAK27toj
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 679Please respect copyright.PENANAWMX9lrIS7q
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 679Please respect copyright.PENANA9iLmlsVUCP
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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