"Evil? Evil is 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTM8DjOWcM
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAAa3SqyKT
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUC5w9D8ktE
Captain Rourke, trying 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQq22L8ywJ
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZfFIdoGQw
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9t7p0pCOcE
his crewmembers.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡds4qJ05zJv
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Seconds, minutes, days, 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08MqKCfJy5
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMyzQanJ5g
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAA5JGCaKu4
thousand of tick tocks.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAIT9YKNat
Finally David turned 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvZt6qH1H2
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISrxaYIk2S
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvJKmVlP4f
what else could be the end, but that?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uA4LWm27K
Jester himself had 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSpDoBhvCd
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyck4hCX3PT
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtO609my53
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uzF5sTZso
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQTjrivT52
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloADO8S2Ki
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfJU3GfWZM
David didn't reply. He 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGP5RrtFeeo
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhVdxPoVSo
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwxmMhszKN
"I don't believe in 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBvLRuAfHz
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7m5MYedFx8
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzNXQHpMFK
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."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5G64mwd1A
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3k54010HOf
"And I'm a pawn of 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyfgFDV1Hz
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBlXMiyqla
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hDTuMKNmH
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4dAkUh3hP
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMS9tUp81z
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nZmc7Tu25
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoJd19j0nU
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKIcQyAQcP
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWi6pqHkKI
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lLlBt0ZiR
"I've been dead for a 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcHyy6pwDf
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCReIMb6vXQ
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISScSTg6Bc
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwnApreWrB
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0dPWbPjzS
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡet9YepQHol
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrPJX7S7Cp
just luck."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6qT7zlU05
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWxFfImo37
Jester laughed. "Such a 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmMacEAkmo
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrF5pGDcszZ
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl76AZuwVtp
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3d4oEPGbd0
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jYOkq6hBZ
Do you understand now?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXQr57Jowa
"All I understand is 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtm2DcKJl5S
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWk5468vyz
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OfJGx3mLs
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYwF8Iz5Pm
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgnL4nN3ZT
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3gfEWuLHd
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcD5INoRqq
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLl8dtXcJt
will...Might also do some other things aswell."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUZv8CRXk0
"Why not get it 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeICH1dgznZ
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07S2Gic1XH
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEwE6xplFz
"I've no physical body, 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JMTfD5SSS
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHa6mMf1HX
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ900hb8NxCt
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbzIlzI1T2
David shook his head, so555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77ISJlkuqx
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkeFUSsUq9
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6vilHHwp2
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJ7jkjiBsI
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg52pRmsfK6
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs5ueDjbE3
Jester moved away from 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsj53HARt7
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mQkXEyoXC
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrM5rPYQGK
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHHWIB9FWl
helped."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwA5WDMqir
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSthCBBEQ8
"I'll create a 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XZ5nn8N1M
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2qaFEPi1k
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2e7P0yZGIS
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX28l6UUtOj
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2kJ6oozmE
David awoke, everything 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43g2dpGqNj
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrpx1Ga1Ia
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQuvHQz0Ul
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehVGiXpF0b
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XI8CrgcW3
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yevn51ieA
Looking around David 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDJuXzhoB3
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPPVi927Nu
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5NLbsbrFH
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgmK4NifGs
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkMZ5HX4Dg
David could hear the 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OssoOtIVG
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gatZU0vJi
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDVgd2OzHi
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzfFBHaQp3
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLSzVyWpJP
Atleast he was alive, 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHYuryU5jc
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5hbwxRI8G
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡey1n4phH5t
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNY83C3Lby
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXlwlVzlQU
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHP7NOFZx5
grunt of effort David was finally free.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQgTUW2IqQ
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzZXygg1IK
David recognized Gobs 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGqPStP4aY
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItrT2SZJ1X
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykfjooqxQL
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnQGZxRlH7
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjlBLwAyWc
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVMqmD19Xo
of his cell.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFTwvlZ8QL
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirwHIFcRyn
"Did they tell you what 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4ycr18IFt
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UMUu9oM7B
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYb8jca9rZ
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQwM4xUP4M
Gob nodded and together 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡil1KQGuFxK
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLJBiP5vsR
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBC235julaC
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEG8z8gP5S
barely so.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQTiS8ZWSh
They moved a short 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSISIrY6WI
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqMKkMsMFk
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwRWSoEInI
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtTM0nJ92s
Surprisingly there were 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMemeJMH0Y
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyI5FLzWmQ7
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjh3QnvQWP
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgxSxNK2ih
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3Ug5cTDFf
the doors.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaHQDc0PAm
Luckily they managed to 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1btimcBFD
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡry8EskaUlU
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7EGmTOMad
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBfFREO6W9
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3v6nxuuS7
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtEukMG7iZ
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tWuqfP4Ao
The guards were as 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡct9Qh1Fjpc
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyMSVi9Fnz
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsncOh7al2H
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIq4sY546i
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQhLgI7tTs
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsVfytLoj0
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQtnAkcjSy
causing him to stagger.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1RFnkBNUL
That seemed to be the 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9j3N8h1VTc
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCvSI3z68C
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcCIMv50xD
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8nqitqZvw
All of that only lasted 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6hMEAedOL
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0nPVuPwc0
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ve9Rsqzb7
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05vqiyifW2
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsi6LqDjVO
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinQdXmd1FM
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjC0jsObRMb
left, fell down and bled out slowly.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzA8RSG06Ot
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDuP7EPMJO
"Thanks." Gob said 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJz31N6i71x
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsoDsKYCju
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOQwl2S7Fq
piercing his neck.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZpt1bESRP
"That's one promise 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3GyZfmzFz
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EmkdkUWE6
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1emovSKYY
After the hulking man 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWebUnFO5y3
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡug2e6UilVZ
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7uD4GWNjZ
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFILKsG1Uz
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiP3vcJhJrU
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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