"Evil? Evil is 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVWqnwCjLq
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWRKcI75pj
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QkNTj3vvY
Captain Rourke, trying 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWu5pLELCP3
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCR0jhuoqyO
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oCaOB2vLA
his crewmembers.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHXUTOUNfJ
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Seconds, minutes, days, 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYucSw1UlJ2
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6xbMy1qlc
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZiGu7UYN7
thousand of tick tocks.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fs8VpVdH6
Finally David turned 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNAahGhSR8
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKLIvFT43i
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7mI2vpbNk
what else could be the end, but that?443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeACkbzpIgl
Jester himself had 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcKCpkqMIP
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSUIHRJqpi
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcdM5AOTzb
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBux49u75I0
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmREEll3Mv
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtTIhhqhlR
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEuA9bW5vB
David didn't reply. He 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4XJSG6xYr
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwALBIsTQG
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEf0Wye2VCS
"I don't believe in 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6PkXZairi
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqARLzX64b
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPtOsRHJaW
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."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBODCL4j3fU
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeW5rFcmMSh
"And I'm a pawn of 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXGsnJ3ykk
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqL0vXO3J9q
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBg5oVLOkHf
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjwcpgiW2G
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Y56Ri5npr
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7nGh5lFR5
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5yy3mWcht
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhtWiByIkz
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGru62KYBk
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBxTKa5boj
"I've been dead for a 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjwzUcIG3C
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmEguoMz1R
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorDzs10wDe
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnC9c4eZv4t
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVQ1UAB800
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNWRyDVNm8
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QyY14ERBw
just luck."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KtnkxQUfD
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcq17Gv3kS
Jester laughed. "Such a 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZrrCDR7cD
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyiRCAQIsh
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFrqVvlH7S
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoypDaqylsq
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINMYhe1Fwq
Do you understand now?"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPKftEC8H4
"All I understand is 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fBctCKohY
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdj7Zs1bEdp
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7lqRhCKOv
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEO716BUIe3
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstMetv9JvR
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkHiHaZ2CQ
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZoUAbCDue
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBc6eajzKnB
will...Might also do some other things aswell."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbTmxxVob7
"Why not get it 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYH2MEm3o7r
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPcyAYOzU5
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrui2Adrmc1
"I've no physical body, 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Y60U7t581
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpQsfcBxwj
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzaIdEOUY3
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk32LX1EErm
David shook his head, so443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCTJL2oFeQ
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8xtD554Nw
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sCW1hf0Z2
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHrwJ7Q2R8
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRu99dbKZqz
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00xImXSJqL
Jester moved away from 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJceie2iNap
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRuRpBUyPk
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59pMf1APK0
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0ZT58LQd1
helped."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrdtdaUHol
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTU31vT6Yvx
"I'll create a 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oNOM3Rt8w
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCLOZJl4g5
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpYIH8gefR
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnZpTCsZTt
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2Qln6W1ug
David awoke, everything 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAepNzGTxzd
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtfsXXbog4
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzt8pmjRr3
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZwkTChxqU
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3M5WdRblMe
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UR9FLTxM5
Looking around David 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFCQjcBtUN
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡez3FQUS44b
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwt7aHtUiC
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNp7DSvUhm
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7WrG5jXSZ
David could hear the 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7kV9P6Sjt
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUH8yCxkvv
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwvNPUb5uy
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZ9cIoBkaC
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCST1xS0VE
Atleast he was alive, 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lfClG8hss
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0U3u719Klr
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZqbEUTTFh
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOrOFO7YF0
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyl7VAml4K
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpnsgs5Vlv
grunt of effort David was finally free.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyeLjBCTNZ
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTF4G7qtyVW
David recognized Gobs 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDnNPUoQem
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLn3Z6AIMIL
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFoJ0KTSWN
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzObR3dl2Vt
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCixN4Y437g
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuWHKJVEGk
of his cell.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4JHPWKTcs
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3ldDKGNji
"Did they tell you what 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2SgwotRUt
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCjy6PDrmT
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3p2iiwXKS
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEafxXCfmz
Gob nodded and together 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsusonPtfP
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2fZCqe9NN
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtprjJl93R
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvADjdffLZs
barely so.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyppEzxqq0
They moved a short 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rMH9Htl6s
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpDcJ5uD0d
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmeQ4ooWxc
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdL6LhHFmNO
Surprisingly there were 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Cygc0Naqn
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPIkmmHdra
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpyr4cEyLw
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPzYisLQUj
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUIJOstuXq
the doors.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGj4CDi2VT
Luckily they managed to 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CWYUG1sUu
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjNHVsmpWV
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmqS8EeGjJ
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSRhSR0I7A
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDc5iUZajO7
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2W5VHZcaL
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmaSbWURl6
The guards were as 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYp1hWz6mz0
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhe3eplA9wO
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmu8aDb58ql
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OuxWWj3mE
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2OTsqBxg9
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwAn68KFPg
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡym7ECDIZmF
causing him to stagger.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVY5e2xM7S
That seemed to be the 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRHAK3lwpk
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgiHWzXEqP
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdh8fFimc2
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeCS1WUecx
All of that only lasted 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyECXbsbQ7i
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrmIXEZN2d
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0Uz9O81gr
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1pdp9yNcW
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPuvXIWZN3
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIN7UHzMsGk
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8eV6NDo4m
left, fell down and bled out slowly.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vDBxxbD5Q
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkqueBNaGr
"Thanks." Gob said 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeg9xq8ovo
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5m1nKaW53r
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaGvyW6cw9
piercing his neck.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguAFtZBpCa
"That's one promise 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqBovRZTma
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9y2kZaYZkE
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzS5MZ1ET3A
After the hulking man 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDueFy1sJh
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBp25hDMlh6
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRxknpzX5Q
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5a5toItzo
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVPtXdgUtg
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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