"Evil? Evil is 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NjFwhUngL
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfI7iQdDWdd
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAiIN5zWSj
Captain Rourke, trying 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5qSPILuyR
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGRb7MMfp7
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtnzTdNVee
his crewmembers.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRW13ZnFOG2
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Seconds, minutes, days, 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU75vV0MMvw
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyNpYbdbzJ
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKrncas50K
thousand of tick tocks.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKD0luWl8T
Finally David turned 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEB7HGHmxD
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uKralk7CA
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrjIQbtJh2
what else could be the end, but that?530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFh4oYcz6mt
Jester himself had 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KYNQ6fmSI
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2Iku3pXbU
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTw1hl40Ih
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoCNfBhy4x
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzAAy3Fwpa
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFehxtYbdpS
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrJgDjgm0q
David didn't reply. He 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdY0xZ15ni
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TWV49kb2q
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ658WWC9fKo
"I don't believe in 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqxq5t4o92
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1VUpGAzen
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHZZjEmy9R
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."530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfabz03bYrr
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQ3eojoDBA
"And I'm a pawn of 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sOKaAlxf3
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUI2TOR1Fu7
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcFqxLljT7
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LXOfY084q
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EfsecyyLL
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMmRyojS70
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJpEcuInAe
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkDs7bBDP4
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF02eBbFEgf
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUwwMhylVM
"I've been dead for a 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡep5ZXJzkm8
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLvPJTTIzE
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtrVhyd3Tz
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqkaPNXM6o
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgC04PjjIjM
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEunUaS56s
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2HCDC5oLz
just luck."530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvVOmT3n7B
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLt1GPQvgX
Jester laughed. "Such a 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnIjvk6Xhd
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSz0dJj5g5M
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCMOdLTJM2
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpctxp16Vco
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wjqt9Zp8e
Do you understand now?"530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0QUwDqMw0
"All I understand is 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeMg8lpShG
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNftyVW0gsC
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGAUcYz3II
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Sfma1S222
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEncBWt44DJ
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFeSZ8rwFe
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVPMttHXcE
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EeFhaS7Bx
will...Might also do some other things aswell."530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDegi81Bh5
"Why not get it 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZughMwQlyF
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFcMWY0d2p
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzYyiHWRXX
"I've no physical body, 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaRW0ZgwtL
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJCdbpwvF4
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuolVWxrVBc
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHvSXtBF3z
David shook his head, so530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnFAl4aH7Y
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWdong9AfJ
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0mHZFAPmO
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdq3NFt7scs
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJ4yTNki26
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEw0u1doyB
Jester moved away from 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDEeYmqnhr
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAcTKoIJUN
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrg3LzFNel
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULYyTtWZdv
helped."530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPnEzaBGHY
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQmGBPrI8Y
"I'll create a 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59xHvBOy7i
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqz6EAQObO
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdo2CCsa6q
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLJdeq6YYe
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyjkMnrste
David awoke, everything 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcVp1heQZl
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwW4bttKYJc
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4taUb4rzs
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7muvGkAOKw
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2f05i7zUM5
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlpcZz2Bsx
Looking around David 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NScByuoeL
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxqKOWsXMV
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Jad4mQUyn
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RDidtvTga
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5jBT0SCec
David could hear the 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLGpm0Fbdf
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCIrR7swTo
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeltruMldsm
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPGOUT7W7z
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJxjZnZddi
Atleast he was alive, 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzcqKh7xZx
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpK2fiNHKQN
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8LoEnQgbo
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4i8r9NM6l
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaxDb5SaS1
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKV5xY9eNWX
grunt of effort David was finally free.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PO2y1XBpZ
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhxKaJ3a8w
David recognized Gobs 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6HB1iMlRU
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHddEHXpJc8
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzb6a89we3
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWVeXuiXm9
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYIMGl8Oop
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rjalj6Pf1
of his cell.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztqiDPz3J7
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjrPBbtEMQ
"Did they tell you what 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGhLVakb2L
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIk9XDhv9j
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTb2lQIQICH
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKXbZ53hic
Gob nodded and together 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xcuwDElPg
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcsG5DlzOk
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWnlDj9Fqs
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXUPPKivuO
barely so.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnH7WYFvm13
They moved a short 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieuZTvsWQO
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovHa9obQWr
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNd0GMMPeI
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmY8cPS5rE
Surprisingly there were 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQJ5j1eBAp
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbpacDbuhU
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHwD1w1hpv
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEX72LP9M4U
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkjNumXfHo
the doors.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfrGtAsyBM
Luckily they managed to 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbT4QzkFwM
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqyDUhCxqZ
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdhSs0FH8C
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFStpk5Kiy
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsAxOXwuUx
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIF8aWLoDWZ
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywG4Km5XRq
The guards were as 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NM8T1w0xZ
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LQykt5fCX
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWwXMMLUaH
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmedHGwLg3
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PH1aKh3FC
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hryozCdb8
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VYymqoW2b
causing him to stagger.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDHQTihE9W
That seemed to be the 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ePRuY7QDq
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFgkUQD9VF
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYqyWBKYUD
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1WwsyQKsa
All of that only lasted 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonPYd8HX0u
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡks3xhYZzGe
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡws7Wwsw2EG
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeWAgBBCrz
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QTuuJ9qDT
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYhQck8Kf7
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPt9DH4Ddlj
left, fell down and bled out slowly.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfRn32HHOI
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYF1MQ56Nu
"Thanks." Gob said 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaONEmiXCKf
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9ndUwfIIx
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7crzr71P5
piercing his neck.530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJQ1u310tf
"That's one promise 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfimT121ndH
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDO2zkWyVp
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFCUCdseBX
After the hulking man 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RpD9qRWyk
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hicwaXWoA
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4vKaUqFXz
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9HGrrUcVE
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 530Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecVRx62Ebn
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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