"Evil? Evil is 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgosZj1mb8
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG17xHHQC8B
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXK8DMN8ymE
Captain Rourke, trying 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2VVr9zJqk
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQDhwqNBtC
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgAljTaL7E
his crewmembers.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2gVZe6KWl
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Seconds, minutes, days, 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWm6jgl7jv
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijd34jTBNG
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JzwumbDQH
thousand of tick tocks.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteYGFkorar
Finally David turned 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSrDjuhrHN
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYoj0PY85C
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3uaYPmuiY
what else could be the end, but that?428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWJjioZUwQ
Jester himself had 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLOss2yo1L
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70oSuSxEKu
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzSeQCWz2w
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRyBzKJh2w
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrXsZR7RAL
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiw3SiUvPsu
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvsWVk9Ubh
David didn't reply. He 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaKC22S3de
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2a2rwGZtll
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwaV0s9YF6
"I don't believe in 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkFEWLDAbd
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhQp8dHnA4
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwhe5jPYPT
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."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqBIT4pSG3
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnfyJ8l7WV
"And I'm a pawn of 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsIp9qO7iD
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLA1vgZ4vD
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiRcqbePz9
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7gBdelA6J
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2P1OWM4nnz
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAJ0pNGkQq
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwH3BkNI5v
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAEFxkolZJ
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLO2QYRtypn
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVaL6QYgYm
"I've been dead for a 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3eJmdSv5F
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5svGnTFCVb
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72kdCnJetK
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBbcHaUioH
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzrCeh55MZ
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgvtwklWtP
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwSBwKBTDD
just luck."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1INvWTmNS
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTetlW700KV
Jester laughed. "Such a 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ig3L4Ccbj
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnofNurLqD
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQTbRRD3fN
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmmdHEDpBG
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1yDlUUqRW
Do you understand now?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvunsUXygm
"All I understand is 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAl4Em8N077
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMOykKTDWc
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzG55cziqsB
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy50dJ49ng7
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91UsAcB54v
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiOaytYZpk
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAe5213auZ
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYug7fFjpn
will...Might also do some other things aswell."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFLYiZUJ2A
"Why not get it 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNYAhLQska
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZraAl3Lox
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJV7Zhl2um6
"I've no physical body, 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjSRUrJFWS
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6K97uB5O9
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4O52a7H8V
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQDEgcaWoE
David shook his head, so428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCu2c5rOrA9
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0f8eY0ifdS
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5mq7RVE5O
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZBhP4cNYw
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIQ5muaW5i
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYy7AROzaZ
Jester moved away from 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ279mFMxVCW
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Sp7Zvf4vT
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RHCiWNxbO
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRFajd40EC
helped."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tc8AAfLDq
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxzMaw1tY3
"I'll create a 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJiiqdbW4a
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKmtDq3PZz
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVM5F1zF51U
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsl7auTjaif
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Zfzl05is1
David awoke, everything 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Cc3TY2UEv
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CGdOeiNiy
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxT0aCKbI2
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48IsrS3Pah
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5Wz4OZnRO
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVpIxO8SyD
Looking around David 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZ9EBG1aPH
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6nbKsRzey
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWigAc0Lju
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWV2XrDkHsh
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DTQulyOK0
David could hear the 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlrLbcOlEb
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktU6gcF6ww
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ppbgb5iJp
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LK2ajpA5H
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKSdghB6M2
Atleast he was alive, 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hgXmENnI0
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQ830EmH9k
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTp3goI1q2
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCKqMkbXxn
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskNFSlYoko
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGDup26QlN
grunt of effort David was finally free.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIlXuHJ1nT
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZza7BQUxNg
David recognized Gobs 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaW7aW6ekZl
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzub7jfy4U7
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7y3fmSPxAo
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQV2576UIjb
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvF4pBlogh
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27QsaOcdjK
of his cell.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTmyWo5l7W
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHH77s8FqnM
"Did they tell you what 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2t73tZ6Ma
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjz3X1W06Fj
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRSNmEZSSP
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewhGgMoziC
Gob nodded and together 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafB5Lxu5EC
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrhkePEpKi
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYpAojGl0J
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dTC5fv5j2
barely so.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHA0d7bnIzO
They moved a short 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUGWYfFcus
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI47kmtYS2z
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHZawYUHvJ
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTNXQ7xSYt
Surprisingly there were 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbP9Qux52sO
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdMvHo4FgQ
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17Km4HBrbj
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmqbykM4Yj
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTD9UznTFO
the doors.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2KyvEZzW6
Luckily they managed to 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2XRRzYHN2
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8IkdgGkkg
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9HZVRSqo4
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekHHl8fPJq
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTv7TJOKoqJ
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JoybrTDAb
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCVZKxMQIW
The guards were as 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxgcFeFkmq
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBUhWIW1nz
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ13BatvmJh
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdZ7sxw5Py
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxh73LuRS7
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdlTI6XSZV
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOEzYiBEGi
causing him to stagger.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGmNptCtEw
That seemed to be the 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9523SdITsa
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKpUfVkQZ1
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc03vw58onU
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Rc3wkLW4q
All of that only lasted 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwR69hDo4oc
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yXc5D6Ky8
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEogpvuLrY
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxcpadS8dy
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkwD82TElo
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOkpsEpWeN
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwNZsprvKG
left, fell down and bled out slowly.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjtgaDgCGY
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93vosCOycN
"Thanks." Gob said 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUO0dWCXUQ9
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfWyUWrow1
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2nnCd3S4N
piercing his neck.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFqF9crMW4
"That's one promise 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRBAhDu5a5
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQf3Se4Zn0J
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6YjQymWhF
After the hulking man 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshtysNZQRV
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUZEWaVCIe
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8by19nZmCj
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeqMyVXSAO
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXlPW3XWsG
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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