"Evil? Evil is 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHL0bzhKW5U
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FqdDfPeO1
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPx4lv9dmd
Captain Rourke, trying 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCB0JXXfHd8
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡld1631tQPv
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW75jP6h0bV
his crewmembers.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2PoST5E4i
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Seconds, minutes, days, 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmSZKqFYvY
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrklBKsXC1
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6il8jhPIK0
thousand of tick tocks.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUYGF0zf2s
Finally David turned 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIGrenYFDi
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAehruuFe4P
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PeL3GrWWY
what else could be the end, but that?526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG68g9XArzC
Jester himself had 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOKTPNNG3L
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sOhTMtKqb
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1BqD1pfWI
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKZCE5h8YQ
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFqQ0ZZq4K
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXr7YCSQ9I
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdSkhcEwVS
David didn't reply. He 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtT8zmoxzIG
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUt3FzQSymP
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzC1ctPsY9
"I don't believe in 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpKlyNXjOI
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerTrr5lsQ4
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cgbbdBkf0
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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNJQNRoCp3
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTYBwUskc5
"And I'm a pawn of 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0FwYBxPqh
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMHS709VQI
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLQWwkggUd
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98ULhUFUfj
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xtcq5VHol
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIz5oHWVsdQ
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8DuusHyMu
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjhPALaKs3
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡps4Lss2yJw
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDpkz0j4E9
"I've been dead for a 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvChqCNe5Wp
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZUSyOsBAr
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2fnwdULj9
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYyzvKg3Ff
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEERQDdgIaO
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGbcYCvBm8
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAgVfmKexc
just luck."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuN4XxNePi
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEsIIiQnfo
Jester laughed. "Such a 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVl5RPNmhFU
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzgY85LRBR
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2QQnVRMNQ
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSiTWhXF2V
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9qGoJQERP
Do you understand now?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhXcE2SuQA
"All I understand is 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFe7sVWzEVu
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhy6Ymme6wh
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Lppq7ol2M
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiqfIvZcHE
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoBzK9x18B
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEKJxVpjCc
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIRiS6odbC
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2FFHB656Y
will...Might also do some other things aswell."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUWnSTyZua
"Why not get it 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwfHHBvVYq
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvYrzsYWXN
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyt4ehWN22w
"I've no physical body, 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpJi5H3V5z
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcvLaWifHy
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIFrN7bQgt
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuMXUjnz8p
David shook his head, so526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrMrbhwqJJ
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOWFSMteMM
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8GeZAllfk
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGyHRJY97k
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgEH3KVYRl
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFfPu7DmNq
Jester moved away from 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtL6JDVxLvy
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxkN062Ao4
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIDu3dDpC0
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5DHAKx43l
helped."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSiaUxnJhV
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4auaJrv9NO
"I'll create a 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjzqEeXd8a
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeprzLTnssq
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvXXNEcqiZ
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0QfGODZFT
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9IguACQNq
David awoke, everything 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTp57VyrmSo
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLFtKXwfoF
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3yfyTBI8x
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDPe6d43Wc
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1NtrgrCCk
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9htTfxy7Ts
Looking around David 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGfPHyZAso
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjLrpUACQO
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5spb9Ee7Ze
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvwi0U4dDJ
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2IgHSZXmW
David could hear the 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXjCAjFKOB
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiFzs6ZryA
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9l2ZnukMLU
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9J9f9bmi8j
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZI4goXU9vF
Atleast he was alive, 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlfIRmUoMo
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzuOMXTkXZ
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwWyG4foLv
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitgK76kHnC
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ICJVGqp4V
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1jKZ1t2QM
grunt of effort David was finally free.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRa7kF5TFNl
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9rDycVkSZ
David recognized Gobs 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZWx7fO2To
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKS69pNZNx
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpT211j7c0
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixPlBeQtdu
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRGKHnOpjI
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9mJYsh04Y
of his cell.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhChQ6TVnJR
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7w5r4qyuD
"Did they tell you what 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXiUovCL2n
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8yLSlqYbP
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9J1yoQNEQ
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8slUbVDIf
Gob nodded and together 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKFXYKjXDG
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn21ARoUu66
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7d0cYjBoio
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAfrrjHNDU
barely so.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf88RJSoga0
They moved a short 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGujUNvanZ
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumOdvHtBdU
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EIJJ36A8V
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7v9P3VZPne
Surprisingly there were 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJs8pizELn8
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhfcektIAL
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLQJE4Zij9
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6uILbHxSJ
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgCW8d0qxk
the doors.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3HefzP632
Luckily they managed to 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYv41Ogks7t
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOSl7roN5T
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMoqLDn4II
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyCjyGbMTl
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡus3mi4ckaJ
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSsaeO48vT
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLVlfEgGuH
The guards were as 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWWICuHgHO
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTi8KIENgX
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLqMZMig9A
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2qQd23NuI
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRE05YAcudf
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIaYwoy8Xt
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLZnOGXpYg
causing him to stagger.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2O95ojBneC
That seemed to be the 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxQUrP5X4S
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQmLlCT4BC
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEIkAbiAZS
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4h2jtGBLIo
All of that only lasted 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYylBnh1bOA
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2c6ucNUAzw
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwtCalbsn8
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyAW5SuqYm
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2hSVAjg0m
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkft0h4Aaj
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaylvvX2sG
left, fell down and bled out slowly.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIMv6Oy6bp
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklwIBWD6E0
"Thanks." Gob said 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfke0IYjUb
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4tXKhMVC6
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSAh8kh6KO
piercing his neck.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPheOXbjTvU
"That's one promise 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0ux5SM0nO
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3gvSvmnoi
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSuk3KQdcR
After the hulking man 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yOcZSsDce
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBraz3VUGC
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPREpiQoBhK
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0faEJys1n3
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqddUsMvJO
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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