"Evil? Evil is 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1FWMRLFos
subjective, my good man. What is evil to us might be perfectly normal to678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9sNk63Jjl
them. Who are we to judge what is evil or what is good?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIwBn87Lfa
Captain Rourke, trying 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxFe0IjO0q
to prevent a massacre on Rourke isle. His crew stumbled upon natives who678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKnQghzH1V
were sacrificing their own young. The quote was written down by one of 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJFwaxG5d8
his crewmembers.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6Y1kGvP2Y
_________________________________________________________________________678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3udvo9mPV
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Seconds, minutes, days, 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8FGYYhJS9
months. Time passed. David could hear the sound of a lock, tick..tock, 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3QHmdmjpJ
silently going inside his own head. A 100 ticks, 500 tocks, more than a678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgn39UurhMr
thousand of tick tocks.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEQjMP9suB
Finally David turned 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqYqkuX8qP
away from his own reflection and the Darkness shattered revealing Jester678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgKT19Ngbi
and the grey sky, littered with various paths leading to damnation, for678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJosqJg3oo
what else could be the end, but that?678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7Oucjv5sK
Jester himself had 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EC9u8HMC0
changed as well, at first David couldn't place him but then he knew. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmAE6icX0K
Jester looked like David. With eyes full of life and hope, no scars 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZF4JHyd7r
riddling that body, to David it seemed like a parody of him, but also of678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZOIWiQY72
what he could've been if his life didn't turn the way it had.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBSURObC47
"That last vision. What was it?" David finally asked, looking away from Jester.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQm0cN24Xg
"A vision of what could've been and a test." Jester walked to stand beside David, who still refused to look at him.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHyhuRTEfg
David didn't reply. He 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOGGUs7pUd
waited for Jester to continue by himself. "All you've seen was the truth678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuzWwgJvSP
and at the end I wanted to show you what destiny took away from you."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjpohHP3P8
"I don't believe in 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbYOYkHWTX
destiny." Davids attention wandered as he saw two shadows, one big and 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvYX2CVZMW
one small flickering in the sky until fully disappearing.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxQomIQqUs
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."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYjeASWUTS
"The only pawn was me, letting you manipulate me." Surprisingly David didn't feel any anger towards the fact.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOL6gFnyBG
"And I'm a pawn of 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCO3xDiGqzA
someone else, and that...someone is yet another pawn. And so it goes and678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0N54wRUCTu
goes." Jester appeared in front of David and grabbed his shoulders, 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqek5cQ5p7
holding him in refusal to turn away from the truth. "I manipulated you 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeR7sxjYJY
so you can rise above being a pawn, above being a king or a player. I 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiEsVOJZM7
want you to rise above the game and destroy it, together with everyone 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xvCxuPDjj
on the board. You want that aswell don't you?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Fdky5MTxz
Broken bottles, tears, a happy family flashed in Davids mind for a second and then it passed. "..Yes"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VLScMXuL1
Jester gave a sigh of relief. "Perfect, then..." Before Jester could proceed David interrupted him. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPP6fXjgSh
"No, first tell me why. Why do you want to die? Why were you there when I was born? Why...me?" 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq19azTujwL
"I've been dead for a 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZayUZEvemx
while now, this is just an echo of me. A fade ghost, whatever you want 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRq9LxIrYRL
to call me, my life is not my own..." Before Jester could continue his 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4TiRoGPip
form faded but then flickered back to life. "No...that's enough for now,678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTr489Q9Mb
can't reveal everything. To answer your second question it was just 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcEr2FGDKt
luck, I was close by in the fade when you died and I attached myself to 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcfsrHrBw2
you. I guess that answers your last question as well, doesn't it? It was678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KKIcbXjRh
just luck."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23yToFmrFE
"If destiny exists, then it wasn't luck was it?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4tinEYSm5
Jester laughed. "Such a 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGpB8X0KJq
narrow view, it'll change in time." He paused. "Destiny is not a narrow 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFo0tsmSor
path. Destiny is a wide road, a road that leads us to where it wants to 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTNnh8hg1d
go, yet on that road we can move. We can take a side path, we can 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1xwGer97a
stumble or stop and on that wide road there's definitely room for luck. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneFq0lKiFp
Do you understand now?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ksKWA3ipV
"All I understand is 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hvzd5yNDs
that you've no idea what you're talking about." First Jester talks about678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04F3E8xY3D
destiny as a player in a board game and now he defines it as a road. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHqrtD2aAx
Can't he keep it to one metaphor.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvD6F3Xi3h
David sighted, this is pointless to get stuck on. "I'm guessing the artifact somehow helps with that?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rlZ9NThkb
Jester nodded. "Yes, it 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2POBg7mRC5
will unite your material and ether body. Most of your scars and injuries678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXU24S0vNI
will heal and you'll be able to travel between the realms at 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuNmP0XyrT
will...Might also do some other things aswell."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSJcyCLism
"Why not get it 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HrTGER01t
yourself? If it lets you travel between" David waved his arms. "This and678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiiC8uP9eY
the real world, I'm sure it'd be useful to you too?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRDxT1eza3
"I've no physical body, 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkUt9gTU11
the artifact might have effect on me but it might not. My interactions 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWcymrEx5k
with the physical realm is limited anyway, even if it does resonate in 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YLQ7h3ESW
the ether I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it up."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1NlqLkhvM
David shook his head, so678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hSY6eG2we
many things he didn't understand, so many questions he still wanted to 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAiV1EsWJg
ask. He took a good look at his own image standing in front of him and 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwYavaFv3x
knew he couldn't trust Jester, after all, turns out, he never could 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJFJnvEKII
trust himself. But he knew his path and knew where it would lead him.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtdELOk6fv
"How do I find it then? What even is it?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzw9lKxx2oz
Jester moved away from 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOaM5P0QSt
David and snapped his fingers. David was plunged to his knee as a vision678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDVycRinfA
swam in his head. An isle, a cavern, a glowing dagger on an altar. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhaEMUNtoS
"You know where it is now. But so do the other chosen. Couldn't be 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLlJI0XV1M
helped."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9TFCGtm2v
David shrugged getting up from the ground, it would make it harder but he'd find a way, he always did.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdTzDcPkx4
"I'll create a 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcF1RcTFmR
distraction, use it to escape. I should be able to get the keys close 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbnZKJEXRZ
enough for you to take them." Jester paused and looked at a distance 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6lvLpgOan
where there were different lights flashing. "It's probably the last time678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiUXQ0TXxD
we'll speak like this. Good luck, David. Kill us all."678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUR55mIO80E
David awoke, everything 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCQNxAF1xh
hitting him at once. All the pain moving across his body, scars and 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAHAblDP8c
wounds burning as if they were just made. David barely managed to subdue678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1DJIJA6Oo
his scream. A scream of pain, but also of happiness, he finally had an 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaP6UFiIrw9
objective, a purpose and he would accomplish it. That purpose gave him 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLExfgaWp4
the power and will to overcome the pain as he stood up.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMbUWE0tzZ
Looking around David 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtRIDueCBK
could see new, still wet, blood stains on the floor, in and right 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlS1DJwZAA2
outside of the cell. He imagined those were his. David tried grabbing 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbXLhxTVw5
the cell door with both of his hands, to steady himself, but only 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSI8vCHvx7
managed with one as his left stump just brushed off the bars.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQ5EkGkHe0
David could hear the 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeWZo9lkDP
jailer walking across and stopped in front of David's cell. He began 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOpBiLtTTU
saying something but his voice was drowned out as an explosion shook the678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XxtOZx63H
whole hallway. David stumbled, his grip slipping from the bars and fell678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxujMDIfnXg
on the floor, barely staying conscious as the pain renewed. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDzJdxzCgH
Atleast he was alive, 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2f7RqHFfn
which was more than he could say for the jailer, a puddle of blood 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIX9vrXDcb
forming around his head. David grabbed the jailers body and pulled it so678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrXSLT5J9E
he could reach the keychain around the waist. It took some effort with 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DYst3BAwW
one hand but David managed to finally reach it. Finding the correct key 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZTSKmo3pS
and opening the door with body infront of it was even harder, but with a678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2kRedtaIZ
grunt of effort David was finally free.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwA3YhgggL
David heard a cough from the neighbor cell and could see a body covered in bruises and blood stirring. "Still alive, huh?"678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSx6GKdXjrT
David recognized Gobs 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKLtNYZF8b
voice if not the man himself. David thought about leaving him inside the678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyvyqn1w2h
cell, but after barely making a step he knew he'd need all the help he 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5A9FAOyLp
could get. He limped to Gobs cell and opened the door. David was hoping678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwqcWKX5Nl
Gob would limp aswell, or atleast have trouble getting up, but the 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFpTZIwwSI
infuriating man stood up as if nothing happened to him and swaggered out678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYFRy4MzoZ
of his cell.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXa1jumhFd1
"Well let's get to it." Gob said as he started searching the jailer, finding a pistol and a short sword.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3PSzGws3V
"Did they tell you what 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdjVeqnXyZ
happened to Angela?" Gob asked, carefully heading down the hallway and 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZ13eBFyUN
leaning out of the only door leading into the ship proper.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKQ529YCmq
"She's dead. At least that's what they implied." David answered, slowly following Gob.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJ4tfGq6c1
Gob nodded and together 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6FgkVh1qf
with David left the brig. The ship itself reminded David of the flying 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWq96FX4Wy
fish, as fire and steam was raging all over the ship and some 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXzMHGhIce
crewmembers caught unaware were lying on the floor either unconscious or678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xmoQgGiRU
barely so.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1W4RiG4kW
They moved a short 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPmPtZ2IXJ
distance ignoring the crew who didn't get in their way but still being 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvucPeVgwB8
careful slipping from shadow to shadow. Or at least David try to slip, 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFNh1K5X7U
with the wounds he was much less graceful than he wanted to be.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpoNOJSvUt
Surprisingly there were 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBg23MLFVba
only a few soldiers who were out and about, and most were too busy 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcw45mA8Lb
trying to control the damage, so Gob and David managed to successfully 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwqspvnFQY
avoid any fights while looking for a way out and by that they meant any 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZpDMuZHda
hole big enough to lead them outside as they couldn't leisurely look for678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5dFv80ASu
the doors.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEhXTYdIng
Luckily they managed to 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQ57O6IVom
find an opening, most likely created by an explosion as it was 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbJ2qegmJX
surrounded by fire, that didn't dissuade Gob who jumped through the fire678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKcX2eGOnZ
into the outside. David, taking a deep breathe, followed him. Luckily 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡey7vTAFwnQ
he only got a bit singed as the sunlight hit his skin.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXRmgTHxuu
"Hey! Who're you!" A shout came from David's side.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLKK9qzCC3
"Demon Spawn." Gob muttered and rushed the three soldiers with his pistol and shortsword.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSafjU7Sb2n
The guards were as 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18cdx2CzFK
surprised as David and didn't manage to react until Gob rammed his sword678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvU8B0R07K
into the middle one's chest. Before the body even hit the floor Gob 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWySyXO6jf
span around and shot the guard on the left with his pistol, as the man 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutZVoJN5IV
was just taking out his own weapon. However Gob didn't manage to stop 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAKVvSv3td
the last guard from stabbing him in the back. As the sword was taken 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJV6M7YdoU
out, though, Gob quickly moved his waist and backhanded the soldier, 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡek9om9iR3A
causing him to stagger.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTmmP78lE6
That seemed to be the 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0F0K5IpHDi
last of his energy reserves as Gob finally fell on the ground. His 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjBUS6iSKM
opponent, while still reeling from the blow took advantage and kicked 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FGd1E6DPq
Gob in the face, and kept kicking.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2JgoFQ7Xd
All of that only lasted 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4B1EBZkyTk
seconds. David finally noticed his moment to act, as the soldier was 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVCU5ZqybC
paying attention to only Gob. Thus he sneaked behind the soldier, while 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltZ7JaLJuS
picking up one of the discarded swords, and stabbed him in the neck, 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6g0bRucPxG
just like he stabbed his mother, at first the kicking continued but soon678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7X3Ruw4Fyd
enough the man noticed blood coming out of his mouth and neck. David 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzfuTNbAM2
pulled out the sword and pushed the guard back, who, having no strength 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ayYnZBELs
left, fell down and bled out slowly.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIBFSt7JRI
David looked down at Gob and offered him his hand. Gob refused it, instead deciding to pull himself up.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcrHrXX3a8
"Thanks." Gob said 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYYAt1NifY
gruffly, obviously unaccustomed to the word. "Now that we're outghg..." 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83Ss9GWYJf
But his last words were drowned out by blood as he found a sword 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MYhjzBLba
piercing his neck.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYVGsOZ4Hb
"That's one promise 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuH4A8ohSG
kept." David said as he pulled out his sword, watching Gob falling, his 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYhQ7XYzOw
eyes slowly draining of all radiance. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFN3OmRYttW
After the hulking man 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUCw41w8v2
fell David quickly collected more weapons and bullets. While the 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUb4Ca3w0N
fighting didn't make too much noise, he didn't see a point in staying 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5HSFebofV
near an enemy ship. Thus everything, he could carry, collected, he 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTluF2F3Zbb
quickly proceeded to walk away from the ship, into the nearby forest. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dYccmfE8L
His objective clear in his head and his will stronger than ever.
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