"Evil? Evil is 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RGJy7Hfdb
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5h1CmunZj
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXC2ak5FUL
Captain Rourke, trying 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqwDV8jlw9
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdu2FZnhmZ
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wi2hJAos7
his crewmembers.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPECK4XVfsO
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Seconds, minutes, days, 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfduVuEWZPl
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImXK7Upb7Z
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0jX79OZr7
thousand of tick tocks.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGJhet2BWq
Finally David turned 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEZkBXwBr3
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeduqRNI0C
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjGf8cFSu3
what else could be the end, but that?449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7M747R4ks
Jester himself had 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyXeaOeHPK
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XMMbHlQud
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbzjdtN0ym
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQlGOUJbFB
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EQvvU4fgU
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dvqoS9ih0
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHLjzryhAQ
David didn't reply. He 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDQ8cLgCUc
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEDpReBb1X
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTFy2wcbt1
"I don't believe in 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRFBkgfEu5
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVCfAqIbAQ
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBxfV1KVp4
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."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoXaBdTxHB
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqA41JeUdv
"And I'm a pawn of 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIL6NWGuTjg
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedHWOTyL8M
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0TOSxC3XL
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtxlBvQ9NW
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYK57cs7Rwa
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFTIihJD6Y
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTydPzyUtk
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2mqLqzwaN
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG06dawlcQi
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uTnLd3Vnl
"I've been dead for a 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmj2axdxSzp
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGspZVv4x1c
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZqEPuOU1J
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNMtjdaSzU
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4Q3RUjVnV
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXuswUGujn
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfI3bZfPOW
just luck."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡco0MCwz5an
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHfZDF7GJL
Jester laughed. "Such a 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANAVgnBlU1
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYrQvoHAXn
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmkmrEkpzU
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpcuRYYZ8i
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKS8CFpaoij
Do you understand now?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykyT9adFwB
"All I understand is 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1e373vrMxF
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0RT2hR1KM
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUfKHawlG9
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3ecyhC2vO
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIioTrtGr2
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLWd3V1SHN
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4p121SPkwY
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4z821TUEsh
will...Might also do some other things aswell."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPA4AQ3OaiF
"Why not get it 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbR74LSbRuP
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BclEGo9uq
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtbAjEmtjj
"I've no physical body, 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSfEVQbqnd
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYS4IZHT7kM
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2vOCVV3Rr
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1YXCuDEIc
David shook his head, so449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZacHf9MP2y
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0BrBKXxtk
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCJTpcLzvp
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjhlE2edAn
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDX8Fxdgdb6
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxtH5XcQWL
Jester moved away from 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDVFzlPbbN
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTUD6AJ3gc
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dEzKuQOnz
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsh6nxtrQke
helped."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY09PvdeN1H
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDoNmOSuuo
"I'll create a 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9l9jGQLnTZ
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRPYcvNaM0
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhhlF7kjOy
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARX87q01K2
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbCdNMJ7lj
David awoke, everything 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimVULC5DGK
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWkhOStNG6
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsT7x9YYvX
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3c8bYlzPQ
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8y9dMM0ZrP
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgOrDvdpU4
Looking around David 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPU7wnIsHHP
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5kRu25ZVt
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaSytY6C7S
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡec9MMK0Ppn
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30yG5HyWw3
David could hear the 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNihAxNrMM
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqPcsHxOUO
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8CRiyTDH5
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8sP3hl3jp
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgzjxYFSqo
Atleast he was alive, 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXmC9ryObG
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvENzFzNOn
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQkch4vVvb
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PfA44y0go
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznp9YVzH3V
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFls77g574
grunt of effort David was finally free.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7669Km6VP
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgItcXIJVl
David recognized Gobs 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Srtzkc5Bg
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYq3uXK62R4
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXynwh6wDz
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIsr8ZGaTa
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWObyUfsmt
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYnVTDpNjE
of his cell.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLqK3CjCYb
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6iOuntpbv
"Did they tell you what 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenV01e0qim
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchvsJJ4dOP
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxDwGyAbMs
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsQwROEHYF
Gob nodded and together 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnZz9sZg7K
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLG7je7Rwi
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5pnZelrwi
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gUPDoA6qM
barely so.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYwjHklvEm
They moved a short 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KiNUf5YQD
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUjRClb5gz
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRTOdT0GGo
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFboUhVVYHs
Surprisingly there were 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuyY4IBkO9
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4JlmKsIxs
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FVYr6Kiri
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwyfcZf3cs
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFv7P0Ui08
the doors.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBCwNgJA8C
Luckily they managed to 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUe5jYiWAm
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxg0Vzc8Tw
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEcw8l0Xkv
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7gfDKl0Ib
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsbymLrtIB
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuPr24947B
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5SUf2lJvA
The guards were as 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKMrOa84qD
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRjsqjhgV3
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXMgjTYyjE
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33UQ5ThGuh
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7j3zkAErU7
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSJSxRyf41
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14Z8ohowfv
causing him to stagger.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8bED53rww
That seemed to be the 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifV1vq2GIx
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Lkb8RPVs1
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BA1P17104
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqDpUAUQmv
All of that only lasted 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGTDxmkzjz
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZdVI8zWoI
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCLBp87ltB
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpaGrqEDDwQ
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PAGwl65ro
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwDCNmfAP7
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TSSZdseCW
left, fell down and bled out slowly.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGscHzAp7Q
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmachK1Ss8
"Thanks." Gob said 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbR2Dfoz55A
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBc7Hr58DL
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLSPVNfLdi
piercing his neck.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlNmCsDp6c
"That's one promise 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwn4OZSHgA
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCO4UF9HuUg
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNY2Ezib2iP
After the hulking man 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdsNvNto2C
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoq3LLVHyvp
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvEuO6ODym
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUt0js6Xys2
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAfTj6nObs
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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