"Evil? Evil is 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLty8IFh9I
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwdW12Nlos
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCICnSn1esp
Captain Rourke, trying 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITXg83fl8v
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeEM5s0xAo
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaI6HstJuQL
his crewmembers.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOvKTvZlHR
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Seconds, minutes, days, 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpHLR9T2Hk
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQhQenCkp2
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwY7rqVjrwu
thousand of tick tocks.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWvDh9c7Ko
Finally David turned 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRhKIiWPop
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhP6VwbRTc8
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRl0M2ZtCcI
what else could be the end, but that?525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvKGnJkQbd
Jester himself had 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC03QMO4geW
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03BvkRF1QJ
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACp0PCq4bO
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx28Dba2xmP
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9szgnPhZKv
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUiLhRH49y
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jgWj5zZYs
David didn't reply. He 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTgQK5XSST
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHppJugiTD
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYyi2S7xwi
"I don't believe in 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmH6Iz4nqv
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWhvfxVyL4
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpJ1I6XN1F
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."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGejjaUhNq
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYmHJ5rYnG
"And I'm a pawn of 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaab3NuFQV
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMgFQJ4RH8
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeS9Lmj2R5t
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ390AV7KQD3
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpPXdLBg8z
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ffcNhWDSU
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9M75McjLgD
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEaU8jCXdl
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5gPSIdabD
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuvPaAVVFr
"I've been dead for a 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eKln3chFw
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqq72KOYP1
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz97OxsJogH
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8XLu3dI4x
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN791WP3sKK
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68rlL6FvB4
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDE7VvlxbxU
just luck."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcYUsWjRuB
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8575YMILSH
Jester laughed. "Such a 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChoA1wv0Pp
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQ8DGrAY2D
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSChInxCgJB
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqFJumhXFq
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGqWAFrHQj
Do you understand now?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRFNWR04Dl
"All I understand is 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquHPCPb84y
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ507TLhKBHF
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNn5XhsGCcB
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraU3Oiq3d2
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3M0ki8Fk8G
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShIHTNTdMN
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYHl3SJYIM
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipp8JgVJTw
will...Might also do some other things aswell."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3M9wTmfl3M
"Why not get it 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCgNTd8e05
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tpySZlrFk
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlL3UlwgKW
"I've no physical body, 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSqidGbX44
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvytgCktwqP
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHopXLVF5IP
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJukvpwTo3b
David shook his head, so525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbGvgsFtff
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kneVq8qmL
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Cpp9owih1
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMtgZT4gbm
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWW8xZsRN4
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQ6SDXIpXm
Jester moved away from 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgEkrd7Gkv
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23uyS4pms1
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMqFezcFJ0
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjTYGNPkY6
helped."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7usguwxVMf
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeMywtWkGJ
"I'll create a 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRv5REnK93q
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMTyxF9T2O
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbXIk9hyM2
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKa2JGtmUB
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKlkZSKI61
David awoke, everything 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMY4a6V1LE
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKjPEoX5wH
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzALgovxYi
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAHjL95gqD
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKnW7hYGpf
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoih2GN2PN
Looking around David 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVqWBAYBrW
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKV0DArGnQu
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fzYAJ2HIh
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19yrHzv6i2
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPchuE9xp8l
David could hear the 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9R38w6C6x
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BRwws7Zdc
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdREBQ11Js6
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsmLp7WAkO
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjdB5d5hMg
Atleast he was alive, 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5yN0JROs6
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCX34Y1RwUd
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbhaJghuaY
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6HsMA1e05
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVrJGSDHv7
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTuTb3gA3h
grunt of effort David was finally free.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHA49opiui
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTAerqIWlD
David recognized Gobs 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszv5yjaYB3
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KOy3zjU3n
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfI7PuxKb8
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BTnvlPQNR
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXjB91YKFB
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3Z7vgR6dg
of his cell.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqseTo8yvBA
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwxSBf3xbt
"Did they tell you what 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkXrdWGPwR
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzBjJ9RAhi
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsX5KGDWAW
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0l0mBA1bY
Gob nodded and together 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeDRvyjYwy
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSpVSJmieq
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyXEvH2pdg
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh20yTRFDwA
barely so.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWokFb4AMls
They moved a short 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8m7VR4lrwX
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01CwUsWUN8
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSk4XmvqGf
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwUzN9vfnj
Surprisingly there were 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjwKpCOLEJ
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYLQZn27Wp
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmw1CDrlnU
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBYKUrS2a4
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2k3bXW6Hw
the doors.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSEZ7lL7hG
Luckily they managed to 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvd83g5yCeJ
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYT8KmbK4UX
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuTrwQjQAs
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMLuZNxVNI
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw86ICZJMzU
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQpoUacWIN
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdn8ta5fx6
The guards were as 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3I7CqneITz
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnrVVuI9J7
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kyaCi2XGx
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEg6hH9uVG
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVCew11qGj
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtalfsFp067
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVd57mqHBx
causing him to stagger.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCX2lWin0EI
That seemed to be the 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbIoJSR5zY
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxBGaDc5a0
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXenaas7h5
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ92FoJpH1v
All of that only lasted 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PSIyNeOgn
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mEtUUO5g8
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZy1FP8Xvw
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VWXDaSibx
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPI10vZqyl
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyWcMofVho
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHl5OmCXtY
left, fell down and bled out slowly.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctAYoMe4ej
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuItMNI5wQC
"Thanks." Gob said 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjo06q0Viv
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JZspy1u0h
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhC9Frogyr7
piercing his neck.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfeo6IDcnq
"That's one promise 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJPK9g0Tvk
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUZNbA4ULq
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYJyzSFRIx
After the hulking man 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaonmLKhzg
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAmEEWTKZ2
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGB6ugKMMt
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dAPKczSIW
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTqTL6ZGsX
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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