"Evil? Evil is 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oXPPIT7OB
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hJ9sLr9ht
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQdPBX4r51
Captain Rourke, trying 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFI1MDSoOF
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzaACGFXKA
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6veIFh45L
his crewmembers.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HVnuAL2t8
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Seconds, minutes, days, 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3PITwMVPm
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbJ2XjVKAr
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcBvUPHtfX
thousand of tick tocks.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssbRoFFpaR
Finally David turned 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtH7U2tuEn
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFRIqVSivF
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdgns5tHDz
what else could be the end, but that?563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBl2ipgzDI4
Jester himself had 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJuMs8awqD
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ptijqmZIo
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUmRUnDTrc
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3tAOnIo2E
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVxxAb2dAH
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3QVPASSU4
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjH4NVmhFvd
David didn't reply. He 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfJOSl0PJ8
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTgR7AaUW4
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjvguRGyPP
"I don't believe in 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMSB64BWHf
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5in9KhXfa
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKghkWp5pL
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."563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfPHZ23GuB
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFZuFBAIV1
"And I'm a pawn of 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCaYTfctWG
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf32ajc9mtd
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiciNwmr1Ub
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfKYnmPuvD
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8dXRKM5YW
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxC0hlpzvGC
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrINmJfrRHq
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuq9qEnN28
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIMWLay243
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xhqt1tB54
"I've been dead for a 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlerO0T7n6k
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYHLjP909T
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNmIC5mE6h
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9shG1a9b7
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJ54NhQafB
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEwLjVyR6p
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVWm0kWN0O
just luck."563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6y5445Wk4
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5w7XtlagA
Jester laughed. "Such a 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwMGNJHpPp
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaRt9nDFjm
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5of1dbzuU
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9b2iWqGqHM
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrje7B3Z8Ds
Do you understand now?"563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc08UolQw0H
"All I understand is 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXH0y7CzxZ
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOU6Vpfefn
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbW7OKfajV
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CJG1qjYRU
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7plqkV1orT
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBSeQ5t8iJ
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrLPc1kPZ3
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivKrFtRoBV
will...Might also do some other things aswell."563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8520QoLvoJ
"Why not get it 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyQHsYrHWG
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fJnGnEWP0
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVSMQ5UQt2
"I've no physical body, 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8KbfVsxft
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquUmCyuned
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrWOEIQYLz
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgrkUg4foj
David shook his head, so563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf46WQz2I8B
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96nouwJuJc
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAPd62It0W
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DSe5K3sMS
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdDWFcUKMD
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYRhxTD0CT
Jester moved away from 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRtGRwhdhe
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCrrbxZnzU
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQdCs6w0Vg
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6EZnIu6dB
helped."563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluWDtJFQU0
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVYheQKaK8
"I'll create a 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlgU8bciWv
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vlTYC1z0L
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdVLerZLx2
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7y5QsKJh9
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHt75Iq6Rt
David awoke, everything 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEYiYpzjnH
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoWRuiQ73A
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDmwAC9BSz
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uVATSCvAN
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LsVifr0hi
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFdYuY4OGX
Looking around David 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwyuDg2h40
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tYXhljbnh
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0Sz9yrgvv
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AAph1IfqX
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIX2zHWr17
David could hear the 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwMqSlGYyw
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsGoa8GPYD
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHkqNT5kBX
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoT6b6XKJFQ
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8qu99rwCq
Atleast he was alive, 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyqYka7RUY
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwyQJyiJJu
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZaRZVARQb
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA66dhDxWPu
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnaZUFBuUM
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkujFT2sYf
grunt of effort David was finally free.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBkUQTRTP9
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvi77hZWUC
David recognized Gobs 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVuQZ83ReS
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhZTjPeWFW
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eNDJQucNA
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCYIwwxP90
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmRBAp610g
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmNmfYMKO2
of his cell.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZkmz64hTV
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAV4z3thLh
"Did they tell you what 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vsJkPDynp
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JsjuZiaui
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDK48QuKOn
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnW9LDT79X
Gob nodded and together 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEFqVTnt8s
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiYBr0Eyiu
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukZIEAvJCt
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0yN4v90Rl
barely so.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCi6iUbqrD
They moved a short 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyUicYzaym
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3apY8jiU1
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBRFrvyCqf
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxW7pQk5kz
Surprisingly there were 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57LfkoGzG9
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtDpfBrV2x
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVacNU4fAw
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdInDTbVE5O
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jwL4J9Dca
the doors.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRIsIdV7Kn
Luckily they managed to 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoao74f0A6P
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweeI4I04Ks
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwevU775Tr
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0krJh5Y2YE
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXdNzFVdB5
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCifBXOre4
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7f9WxgvvVz
The guards were as 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7rYETmmeb
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9MMFxi49s
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNVKm8PtTl
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfF0pU055gU
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNicklMMg5k
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTzX14bbBu
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71XsOWYRM2
causing him to stagger.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcl8KcaptO7
That seemed to be the 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7FrhSXIzI
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGY0Sf6GCVH
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPaB159Xl2
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFq8oj21QDX
All of that only lasted 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WYFZTTx4z
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhZjEu4GCs
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbccoKilHN0
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvmMYiIXYX
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTXsFBHuqH
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yUrRbmkif
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYg7W2uZDX
left, fell down and bled out slowly.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQ4cexOlaU
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCggiVDQrDz
"Thanks." Gob said 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡso1BKESo85
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpurl40z0eQ
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcLfSOtpsb
piercing his neck.563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOIeQaKd9p
"That's one promise 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQLSGPoUNQ
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkr1QyF2Gp8
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZITj27Ebbg
After the hulking man 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzDEqE67Tu
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkKx6qIo11
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0c3om68Ls
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKx9YWJl5mj
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 563Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3SfJNEnfV
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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