"Evil? Evil is 327Please respect copyright.PENANAoJsGi1uu9D
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to327Please respect copyright.PENANATU6zfooz76
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"327Please respect copyright.PENANA2Oz4tajZrB
Captain Rourke, trying 327Please respect copyright.PENANAlzTk0LHOVG
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who327Please respect copyright.PENANAM2G1WkssnR
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 327Please respect copyright.PENANAnOXCdkmJ2d
his crewmembers.327Please respect copyright.PENANAy0ybX4eaSm
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Seconds, minutes, days, 327Please respect copyright.PENANAedh0nDK02a
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 327Please respect copyright.PENANA5Xg5phNqqb
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a327Please respect copyright.PENANAxfJH0F1lEW
thousand of tick tocks.327Please respect copyright.PENANAWR5kWmMkVP
Finally David turned 327Please respect copyright.PENANAY5RnqaRZpX
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester327Please respect copyright.PENANAqhZyTdTrwD
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for327Please respect copyright.PENANACGC4VkKE87
what else could be the end, but that?327Please respect copyright.PENANAggaifGkANB
Jester himself had 327Please respect copyright.PENANAt0GaCMUGQf
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 327Please respect copyright.PENANAcT6W6fdNp0
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 327Please respect copyright.PENANAPsv8I8fwXl
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of327Please respect copyright.PENANAeRTvWieUCJ
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.327Please respect copyright.PENANAG9WndVeDdY
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.327Please respect copyright.PENANAN7PSZdHT7b
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.327Please respect copyright.PENANA9YEPbRaeYp
David didn't reply. He 327Please respect copyright.PENANAC2TTWNapOi
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth327Please respect copyright.PENANArZIlrrPhY5
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."327Please respect copyright.PENANAqTDKzgRB4L
"I don't believe in 327Please respect copyright.PENANArrasyiq1FV
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 327Please respect copyright.PENANAUj3dwUg7wW
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.327Please respect copyright.PENANAPiUKDsHuR3
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."327Please respect copyright.PENANAt04U5Vu4Lm
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.327Please respect copyright.PENANAZzXY9j4bIf
"And I'm a pawn of 327Please respect copyright.PENANAThgMtdShZi
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and327Please respect copyright.PENANAqbPYNaFX0o
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 327Please respect copyright.PENANAXGC9fshRwe
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 327Please respect copyright.PENANAUyKqW1kRkE
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 327Please respect copyright.PENANAPte7qnLKZj
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 327Please respect copyright.PENANA6J89TwmHmz
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"327Please respect copyright.PENANAjLtYD6F5pm
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"327Please respect copyright.PENANA6hFtLMm4TY
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 327Please respect copyright.PENANA1xXQnhr4o3
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 327Please respect copyright.PENANAuR4G8vxQSr
"I've been dead for a 327Please respect copyright.PENANAk0SiWUyOpf
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 327Please respect copyright.PENANA9fTOsRjIFz
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 327Please respect copyright.PENANAayFNpaBft8
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,327Please respect copyright.PENANAu0qG1USBni
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 327Please respect copyright.PENANAGlDY2xgkrm
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 327Please respect copyright.PENANAWXuh0iQSmr
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was327Please respect copyright.PENANA4Dahs9WInu
just luck."327Please respect copyright.PENANAxvSba1EwTO
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"327Please respect copyright.PENANAOwfMqQgpJK
Jester laughed. "Such a 327Please respect copyright.PENANAmsuvWWuJho
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 327Please respect copyright.PENANAMUAYLcSlu6
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 327Please respect copyright.PENANACMllCorkKJ
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 327Please respect copyright.PENANAuWDNv5CA0e
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 327Please respect copyright.PENANAwkxgnBGDKc
Do you understand now?"327Please respect copyright.PENANAxqKGXDSFiZ
"All I understand is 327Please respect copyright.PENANAH6L9lCyJRD
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about327Please respect copyright.PENANANdpLCKfUjN
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 327Please respect copyright.PENANAoQnxuy7Cdj
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.327Please respect copyright.PENANAs7ndYJwP7t
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"327Please respect copyright.PENANAJuPDoPHQ9U
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 327Please respect copyright.PENANASaRvmPKBPN
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries327Please respect copyright.PENANA6FPFQ07rOE
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 327Please respect copyright.PENANAptfRiDx4v2
will...Might also do some other things aswell."327Please respect copyright.PENANAowdl10kfpp
"Why not get it 327Please respect copyright.PENANAEtT6UUFzXX
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and327Please respect copyright.PENANAIlfLsPdR93
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"327Please respect copyright.PENANAvG0M3Ay71u
"I've no physical body, 327Please respect copyright.PENANAOhJ2TfSwBw
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 327Please respect copyright.PENANA02eKq5I8KY
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 327Please respect copyright.PENANAakqAAfaHDa
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."327Please respect copyright.PENANA8UX7OMmZS4
David shook his head, so327Please respect copyright.PENANA30wmI517T9
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 327Please respect copyright.PENANApyYPjrVvKx
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 327Please respect copyright.PENANAtBiMxW2qYM
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 327Please respect copyright.PENANAVb9dSIRcTf
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.327Please respect copyright.PENANANaxYhBrzJz
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"327Please respect copyright.PENANABwzRghp1ng
Jester moved away from 327Please respect copyright.PENANA3JE1GF1KNf
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision327Please respect copyright.PENANAJc2Tc5uZiI
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 327Please respect copyright.PENANAaQEKfJtkMF
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 327Please respect copyright.PENANAF8Ebe1QXh6
helped."327Please respect copyright.PENANA8oFiCEPV4W
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.327Please respect copyright.PENANA6xCIkyX7yR
"I'll create a 327Please respect copyright.PENANAgVjbSyc3vj
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 327Please respect copyright.PENANA5jlfwLqstm
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 327Please respect copyright.PENANAQnqnTMx96U
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time327Please respect copyright.PENANAcjFF8zPrZL
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."327Please respect copyright.PENANAqgqwkeTdTh
David awoke, everything 327Please respect copyright.PENANABm56zxHGPG
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 327Please respect copyright.PENANA8Kc5meGb0I
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue327Please respect copyright.PENANAavukOkGaXc
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 327Please respect copyright.PENANAUyWwqf6YwS
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 327Please respect copyright.PENANA7fTnmuaJmz
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.327Please respect copyright.PENANAkMzKiy3hJ1
Looking around David 327Please respect copyright.PENANAXQY4gSR0o4
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 327Please respect copyright.PENANA5BXjVx6Ai2
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 327Please respect copyright.PENANAYvabitQXcO
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 327Please respect copyright.PENANAkFucJhBCSR
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.327Please respect copyright.PENANAfGfwn6xZ3R
David could hear the 327Please respect copyright.PENANA71YjJPPVOo
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 327Please respect copyright.PENANAT1tzzTn0yR
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the327Please respect copyright.PENANA6JnN1I2GwI
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell327Please respect copyright.PENANAUcKjmGAj42
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 327Please respect copyright.PENANAnbHqk1TW0F
Atleast he was alive, 327Please respect copyright.PENANAGaRByJCzDs
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 327Please respect copyright.PENANAGmMBMGBNN9
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so327Please respect copyright.PENANA8uTiHRkLys
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 327Please respect copyright.PENANAmaElOT2H5C
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 327Please respect copyright.PENANAZUAXqv8FTg
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a327Please respect copyright.PENANAyi2OfjTZLU
grunt of effort David was finally free.327Please respect copyright.PENANATbiTeHKlAr
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"327Please respect copyright.PENANA89QUoAUQEK
David recognized Gobs 327Please respect copyright.PENANA4hIHEfJXwD
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the327Please respect copyright.PENANAibLkr8F17M
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 327Please respect copyright.PENANAbOuvTXAmez
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping327Please respect copyright.PENANAKHD0vOM4mr
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 327Please respect copyright.PENANAffudPJodnt
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out327Please respect copyright.PENANAf6LnFadm0H
of his cell.327Please respect copyright.PENANAd7UA1NjfJG
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.327Please respect copyright.PENANAu8firBBXHn
"Did they tell you what 327Please respect copyright.PENANAVUd8VrRpar
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 327Please respect copyright.PENANACjP42dQk0X
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.327Please respect copyright.PENANAWDP6FwHOfo
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.327Please respect copyright.PENANA0mKzeOe5w8
Gob nodded and together 327Please respect copyright.PENANA0h9UhVK6Js
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 327Please respect copyright.PENANAVGdaGQjmyg
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 327Please respect copyright.PENANAfoVqXFSics
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or327Please respect copyright.PENANA7596AhpD4H
barely so.327Please respect copyright.PENANAhlPoXdXsEr
They moved a short 327Please respect copyright.PENANAYrv7b2l0ra
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 327Please respect copyright.PENANAdbdA8qMgP6
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 327Please respect copyright.PENANAeNnFqa9x1H
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.327Please respect copyright.PENANAcSgSVdlUGh
Surprisingly there were 327Please respect copyright.PENANAkUKGQX2Xxs
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 327Please respect copyright.PENANALGlbGJzwrM
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 327Please respect copyright.PENANA1hkG68FUDE
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 327Please respect copyright.PENANAV8Twjxvlek
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for327Please respect copyright.PENANAMjWqta9gQZ
the doors.327Please respect copyright.PENANAzVVolmI30c
Luckily they managed to 327Please respect copyright.PENANAYy93HN0lfQ
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 327Please respect copyright.PENANANIl6QuMJhw
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire327Please respect copyright.PENANAvRUuHn3zAv
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 327Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZHC7OPyYi
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.327Please respect copyright.PENANAsYyT78V15i
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.327Please respect copyright.PENANAgrdwBxOJ2B
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.327Please respect copyright.PENANAtaeBWAnwCP
The guards were as 327Please respect copyright.PENANAsHtQeZ4DWX
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword327Please respect copyright.PENANAVrrVmoyxdY
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 327Please respect copyright.PENANAjJ0jKSIML0
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 327Please respect copyright.PENANAIo2LbUJxld
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 327Please respect copyright.PENANAj1VpZk9QDH
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 327Please respect copyright.PENANAyB6ONGgEU9
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 327Please respect copyright.PENANA5GoXD61Hwl
causing him to stagger.327Please respect copyright.PENANA62EBVl9XPv
That seemed to be the 327Please respect copyright.PENANAUNjbk0rPy2
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 327Please respect copyright.PENANAN50GpMXlAj
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 327Please respect copyright.PENANAck5HU6rJRS
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.327Please respect copyright.PENANASyzci6EfXi
All of that only lasted 327Please respect copyright.PENANAr6mivd2Qff
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 327Please respect copyright.PENANAao01uQMJtB
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 327Please respect copyright.PENANA5lvnbaflXU
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 327Please respect copyright.PENANAZT43Tcf1WG
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon327Please respect copyright.PENANAgQ34oBl4xv
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 327Please respect copyright.PENANAMkAtsoXRPx
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 327Please respect copyright.PENANA2pDBsoQyug
left, fell down and bled out slowly.327Please respect copyright.PENANAdALaadF2PB
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.327Please respect copyright.PENANANHgb1KJI3N
"Thanks." Gob said 327Please respect copyright.PENANAT3ynLD3cdf
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 327Please respect copyright.PENANABAhtdcj0Uq
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 327Please respect copyright.PENANAFsiP9Wu4uF
piercing his neck.327Please respect copyright.PENANAvpKrgIkbdS
"That's one promise 327Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2yksNGQKR
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 327Please respect copyright.PENANAwJpUwBEvWR
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 327Please respect copyright.PENANAfBMdtekX3h
After the hulking man 327Please respect copyright.PENANAYo3NVrSacs
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 327Please respect copyright.PENANAucQcxggKCr
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 327Please respect copyright.PENANAXUSyv1eocq
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 327Please respect copyright.PENANAn3aZiysHfF
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 327Please respect copyright.PENANAikRl4w2GyP
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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