"Evil? Evil is 309Please respect copyright.PENANAzDoZMVkIsE
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to309Please respect copyright.PENANAU9uiMadJqj
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"309Please respect copyright.PENANAO4mO1XQmx6
Captain Rourke, trying 309Please respect copyright.PENANA1e9xOzDb6o
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who309Please respect copyright.PENANAkhDrGbEzeE
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 309Please respect copyright.PENANAI4aBSDFsmZ
his crewmembers.309Please respect copyright.PENANAlgiJmFKntY
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Seconds, minutes, days, 309Please respect copyright.PENANAg5l50VEF19
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 309Please respect copyright.PENANA9S11pZxKaf
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a309Please respect copyright.PENANAMEJVn8Ci0v
thousand of tick tocks.309Please respect copyright.PENANAPPpa1vSaN9
Finally David turned 309Please respect copyright.PENANAFDCOTdG9Hs
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester309Please respect copyright.PENANAdfeu8wVfZQ
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for309Please respect copyright.PENANAjFnbkbYA7F
what else could be the end, but that?309Please respect copyright.PENANAXR45JegBlz
Jester himself had 309Please respect copyright.PENANARo7X3CPjEC
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 309Please respect copyright.PENANAmEaZOG3BSz
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 309Please respect copyright.PENANAW6KWFTIr8J
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of309Please respect copyright.PENANAtQJUPj52K8
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.309Please respect copyright.PENANAndILQhWzrN
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.309Please respect copyright.PENANAe3GjjHRD9a
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.309Please respect copyright.PENANAQtpbdbaiK0
David didn't reply. He 309Please respect copyright.PENANAbKdxrGwuWp
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth309Please respect copyright.PENANAShun5WGate
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."309Please respect copyright.PENANAZjcCXdtTzT
"I don't believe in 309Please respect copyright.PENANAQGMv36wmnd
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 309Please respect copyright.PENANAq89XECWSIg
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.309Please respect copyright.PENANAd4AuyqAPw8
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."309Please respect copyright.PENANAQYgWrWRNOD
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.309Please respect copyright.PENANAuGsxy7pQvE
"And I'm a pawn of 309Please respect copyright.PENANASz1rPnLJw3
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and309Please respect copyright.PENANAj6h0BsShic
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 309Please respect copyright.PENANAqZMLupqKvu
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 309Please respect copyright.PENANAM8DDzZ5TU7
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 309Please respect copyright.PENANA9arYm8rNdY
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 309Please respect copyright.PENANAmP4V9RCutX
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"309Please respect copyright.PENANAVCIZPyCbax
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"309Please respect copyright.PENANAhrYl4kBCaE
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 309Please respect copyright.PENANAPCEtURA740
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 309Please respect copyright.PENANA7zeGOWPtbU
"I've been dead for a 309Please respect copyright.PENANAVd0YE2WfLF
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 309Please respect copyright.PENANAAHrqT3f7ax
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 309Please respect copyright.PENANAFJLqwxPaKp
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,309Please respect copyright.PENANAmrErNp4NQ1
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 309Please respect copyright.PENANATPiNNnsEOH
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 309Please respect copyright.PENANAzd4IYrKgJO
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was309Please respect copyright.PENANAVWy189Fc8N
just luck."309Please respect copyright.PENANAsDFph0O9uN
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"309Please respect copyright.PENANA1eqoCIHizm
Jester laughed. "Such a 309Please respect copyright.PENANA31JO3dAdNJ
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 309Please respect copyright.PENANAHfynkRk9rK
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 309Please respect copyright.PENANAkOfbO54UPC
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 309Please respect copyright.PENANAQRfPZ2XbCF
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 309Please respect copyright.PENANAIkn8FkeCE7
Do you understand now?"309Please respect copyright.PENANAVXDnqIPH1p
"All I understand is 309Please respect copyright.PENANAyIczeQcX5X
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about309Please respect copyright.PENANAdoGEP3RWIh
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 309Please respect copyright.PENANAcpp11kCzVI
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.309Please respect copyright.PENANAIpzuKbqjn2
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"309Please respect copyright.PENANALAOYXjegnp
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 309Please respect copyright.PENANAw31cDZI9y5
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries309Please respect copyright.PENANAdNHrrcpr1u
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 309Please respect copyright.PENANAHvIrydJtR6
will...Might also do some other things aswell."309Please respect copyright.PENANAS4Uyl1Gn6F
"Why not get it 309Please respect copyright.PENANAp4vJzgolOt
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and309Please respect copyright.PENANAEADF2eROvL
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"309Please respect copyright.PENANASie95poQ59
"I've no physical body, 309Please respect copyright.PENANAbAG5a7q7Pv
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 309Please respect copyright.PENANAKUX5nx5hUy
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 309Please respect copyright.PENANAg8AxsQ9jDE
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."309Please respect copyright.PENANAqHtIsns8Hl
David shook his head, so309Please respect copyright.PENANAhghCWye5AZ
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 309Please respect copyright.PENANAbIBxcKahEG
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 309Please respect copyright.PENANAAiPXyJ3sA6
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 309Please respect copyright.PENANAfyz2rE649M
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.309Please respect copyright.PENANAWzx2dARD6R
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"309Please respect copyright.PENANAymqpVLgtBK
Jester moved away from 309Please respect copyright.PENANA271zDBjJsw
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision309Please respect copyright.PENANAduPOiPUSX6
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 309Please respect copyright.PENANAVE6ceuxMVl
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 309Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZCraRZTP8
helped."309Please respect copyright.PENANAyOvvlUnrxn
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.309Please respect copyright.PENANA6EG5zZYtCQ
"I'll create a 309Please respect copyright.PENANAyCP6HlcOFB
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 309Please respect copyright.PENANAWkzzCwVc0N
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 309Please respect copyright.PENANA1ouZKluVgg
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time309Please respect copyright.PENANAa0UJ1djP23
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."309Please respect copyright.PENANAxcdTThDdPc
David awoke, everything 309Please respect copyright.PENANAak4r439n6q
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 309Please respect copyright.PENANA4wNvwTUFks
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue309Please respect copyright.PENANAsCfR09zLVN
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 309Please respect copyright.PENANAuz4hsydqBm
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 309Please respect copyright.PENANA8xDbexTTsl
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.309Please respect copyright.PENANAsAy56wQwZO
Looking around David 309Please respect copyright.PENANAo1T2EmeDp5
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 309Please respect copyright.PENANAWZPzVFtfMH
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 309Please respect copyright.PENANAqie1JbZnxZ
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 309Please respect copyright.PENANADYRAIVE9TP
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.309Please respect copyright.PENANAZPJYg6tfNV
David could hear the 309Please respect copyright.PENANA91wqaSaB2u
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 309Please respect copyright.PENANA94sJMexSdB
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the309Please respect copyright.PENANAloPrCtOUJL
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell309Please respect copyright.PENANADFA1i2Ee9O
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 309Please respect copyright.PENANA4uVxJ72efx
Atleast he was alive, 309Please respect copyright.PENANARoyv7oYD36
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 309Please respect copyright.PENANAdVELRKh2JG
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so309Please respect copyright.PENANAKyrxfSKtzK
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 309Please respect copyright.PENANAlcLa02Pbn4
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 309Please respect copyright.PENANA2bXx6jMvng
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a309Please respect copyright.PENANAXZLVylfzvz
grunt of effort David was finally free.309Please respect copyright.PENANAQc7i97b4cB
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"309Please respect copyright.PENANASPx54z3w4r
David recognized Gobs 309Please respect copyright.PENANARR8Oto3rVW
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the309Please respect copyright.PENANAxfLMZ23IFV
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 309Please respect copyright.PENANAa6ijSnL0RU
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping309Please respect copyright.PENANAFwtF2eQbM2
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 309Please respect copyright.PENANAaSkT1IpZVn
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out309Please respect copyright.PENANAS8Cr118jXG
of his cell.309Please respect copyright.PENANAbxb2HW1uI2
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.309Please respect copyright.PENANA6LyWkzTBSg
"Did they tell you what 309Please respect copyright.PENANAoegUoEwfMY
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 309Please respect copyright.PENANAe36r6xquUS
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.309Please respect copyright.PENANAokFQBIwiNx
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.309Please respect copyright.PENANAB8CMcmAFw5
Gob nodded and together 309Please respect copyright.PENANAn0sZKAsfGe
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 309Please respect copyright.PENANA3gz5A0NDw3
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 309Please respect copyright.PENANAaqOrIIAKO8
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or309Please respect copyright.PENANAKWklhfqWyy
barely so.309Please respect copyright.PENANAjCAgaYeKZt
They moved a short 309Please respect copyright.PENANAcClpmD2CYt
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 309Please respect copyright.PENANANgINwFRg4p
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 309Please respect copyright.PENANAJXLjSOaBof
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.309Please respect copyright.PENANAtll5bl8msp
Surprisingly there were 309Please respect copyright.PENANAJrfZiE5poa
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 309Please respect copyright.PENANAdZkSrRr7lQ
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 309Please respect copyright.PENANAbUxohQ3Siz
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 309Please respect copyright.PENANAn1Z1feM9dc
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for309Please respect copyright.PENANAFIXyvXmi9P
the doors.309Please respect copyright.PENANA4gFqUCw5Zq
Luckily they managed to 309Please respect copyright.PENANATDmSWut5je
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 309Please respect copyright.PENANAqimnfLoBSe
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire309Please respect copyright.PENANAIIJiQVHphu
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 309Please respect copyright.PENANAGbYZr1LdAu
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.309Please respect copyright.PENANAY0luhSxWyO
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.309Please respect copyright.PENANAr8NT1B4OZ2
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.309Please respect copyright.PENANAGdGjtA3mUg
The guards were as 309Please respect copyright.PENANAVpk74ygNup
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword309Please respect copyright.PENANAXlWcv2ulxV
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 309Please respect copyright.PENANAcOGUq35tnu
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 309Please respect copyright.PENANA9EWP3i2fP9
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 309Please respect copyright.PENANAHtpHdrhHhi
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 309Please respect copyright.PENANARokjSy92WZ
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 309Please respect copyright.PENANAl08MeJLcaE
causing him to stagger.309Please respect copyright.PENANAbys2CWVoNT
That seemed to be the 309Please respect copyright.PENANAtKFQDS8n2S
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 309Please respect copyright.PENANAjDuVI0iGZS
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 309Please respect copyright.PENANADvpseufOCN
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.309Please respect copyright.PENANAZKpb8WhgyJ
All of that only lasted 309Please respect copyright.PENANAPaUc0gVoxT
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 309Please respect copyright.PENANAKNnhEmUcbE
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 309Please respect copyright.PENANAYL1klvNzSz
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 309Please respect copyright.PENANA9sIccRxIqv
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon309Please respect copyright.PENANADSLs5NvTKm
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 309Please respect copyright.PENANAurDj9gCVXs
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 309Please respect copyright.PENANASC2SPoFYua
left, fell down and bled out slowly.309Please respect copyright.PENANAc4TRUJ6zbS
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.309Please respect copyright.PENANA9Uw0xi8FH2
"Thanks." Gob said 309Please respect copyright.PENANAh6kzCXlbrL
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 309Please respect copyright.PENANAge9tfPnpxa
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 309Please respect copyright.PENANAYazSRLhio3
piercing his neck.309Please respect copyright.PENANAY9c8mN6gqQ
"That's one promise 309Please respect copyright.PENANA2Idt6Tftt8
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 309Please respect copyright.PENANArJT6042cKA
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 309Please respect copyright.PENANA5MaIbuhrOE
After the hulking man 309Please respect copyright.PENANAjABXkqtogr
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 309Please respect copyright.PENANAlegdia7FCy
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 309Please respect copyright.PENANAsOb7zOmQ5x
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 309Please respect copyright.PENANAn6FgGg8khn
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 309Please respect copyright.PENANAOvPhLfDiYH
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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