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"Mummy, look!" 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡur2OZ0dpCm
Tap, tap. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nbQlrr8qf
"Mummy I will make you proud!" 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqsX47jO0Q
Tap, tap.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrRAcD9sUT
"Mummy, save me."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttt9NT1B0R
Tap, tap.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvgrSQ9DeF
"Alright you better shut671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iumx1U5r6
it with the falling tapping!" David shouted as he opened his eyes and 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVCcLjlz1U
got up. Waking from his dream, for what else could it have been? 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPyeHfIwuj
David was about to 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡze6TMVv7k1
complain more but then he remembered what happened, how he fell from the671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0AsEFyIg0
ship, to his apparent death. But right now he was in the middle a city 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8OMorHWUW
or at least a shallow imitation of one. With the buildings and the 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cZyQHPWf8
people just being shadowy reflections of the real world, but still 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZamSDsKMFy
eerily lifelike.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4anaHiJatf
Then it clicked, the 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbqBeJoIMG
ramshackle buildings, the crooked streets, dark alleyways guarded only 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmsotQzQaf
by footpads and thieves. Shadowy humans begging and fighting. Stumbling 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuwHLOdsx4
around drunk. David was back in the Havenport slums, his home. A home he671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktc4ChFtzH
left around 20 years ago when he boarded his first ship. Why was he 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3BLxu45vn
back? Was he dead after all? 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwReMyRVd4
All of those thoughts, 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqNjth6dah
and more, were racing through Davids mind. As he was trying to gather 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIlj9Qn0bk
his wits, he heard laughter from...not behind exactly but everywhere.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dDpPt4QnJ
"Ah! Perfect you finally awoke!" David tried turning towards the voice but couldn't quite pinpoint where it was coming from.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbabyEDshH
"Ah, apologies. The ether world makes everything quite fuzzy." 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fEUB5rv2F
David fell backwards out of fear as a figure appeared out of thin air in front of him. "Spirit! G..ghost! Demon!"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNiiev0fqa
"There, there. Get it 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpNvN4VUvm
all out." The being said in an amused voice. Was it even amused? David, 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSTCgfCHW9
again, could not pinpoint the exact tone of voice. It sounded as if it 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvLJQwFQW5
was echoing both in his mind and in this city. Hitting the walls making 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUWeAZOOt8
the voice both louder and yet quieter. The voice had both male and 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDRL31CHKh
female aspects to it as some parts sounded quite high pitched while 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9vqlRyb72
others sounded low pitched. Both happy and sad, amused and disappointed.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnZmF8qNHB
It was quite disconcerting. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2OIJUFUFp
"All done now?" The 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGu86MZ7A2
apparition asked, smiling. Or was it smiling? As David got back up he 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRTekt9y0O
got a better look at his new friend. Or at least at the parts that he 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHabSCzRL19
could see. Its face was covered in... something that looked like mist. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67BW6jZ7lB
David was unable to properly distinguish the features. Whether it was 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkmCzSpKQL
smiling or crying David would never be able to tell.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6uyXczBfd
Its clothes were quite 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsMOddZZI2
weird as well. Wearing a top hat which seemed both as tall as the person671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKr4w1qHRP6
wearing it and as short as Davids own pinky. Its body was covered in a 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7mXb1WAUn
dark shroud going from the shoulders to feet and every time it moved it 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecyeCfuXaa
changed both color and shape.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNBRUPqwRa
The figure tilted its 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKFFB5xLgY
head and moved his hands as the tapping noise continued. Concentrating 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1FahdcSeU
on the lower part of the body David could see a thin shape of an object 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJsa35fxsc
that looked like a stick. A cane? A walking stick? Who knew?671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXC87VUdrJ
"The tapping, was that you?" David said as the tapping noise surrounded them again echoing as if they were in a cave.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AXy37ZXrY
"Indeed" 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5eYZCr604
Tap, tap, tap.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOo7YU4XZvb
David flinched at the 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZNesxip84
sound. He wanted to shout at the ghost to stop the tapping. To answer 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOSiLaxae6
where he was and what was happening. But there was a power dynamic here,671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8NWgUZrO0
as in everything else in life. During the years he learned that there 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHkoDo3oVC
are three types of people: Leaders, followers and parasites (a handy 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53zJ5AM8Oe
word he learned from a scholar, turned pirate, in his earlier forays 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVfqurdIbJ
into piracy)671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuC5YUUOQof
Leaders and followers 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4FyqM1Jwk
were self-explanatory. David, meanwhile, considered himself a parasite. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkcaV90Vvf
Parasites attached themselves to either a leader or a follower. Making 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNawDe1Sjhu
them believe you were on their side, that you were one of them. And then671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaJuAS6SlK
when that person gives you everything you need you leave and attach 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq60LKSTPUR
yourself to someone else.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEjxNDxVFT
This was not so 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ViVqd26DH
different, David was the parasite and the person in front of him was the671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXvB0xGez1
leader. He was in charge of the situation so David had to attach 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ193CxFhOqm
himself to him or her. Had to make them believe he was on their side or 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYmWxcspKh
harmless or whatever the situation called for. After all no one is 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXUFcX0aJ3
immune to flattery, be it gods or ghosts.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBSkNmCY1c
"I'm sure I'd have the pleasure of your acquaintance, if I knew your name?" He ventured slightly bobbing his head.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVRtGaQWe3
The figure gave a 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqB20ns1INV
chuckle, which sounded as if glass shattering. "Ah yes, you will suck up671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeD1avrt1Hw
to me trying to win me over and then hopefully gain an advantage. I've 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0yGrUdfJh
been watching you, David Oxtorne, lying and never revealing your true 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZFaA6eDTf
self. Being a friend to some, an arrogant bastard to others whatever 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPyXbTGHJp
would get them to like or accept you." A pause and the figure looked to 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXt2OPAS1Dv
the side. "I've no time for your games; otherwise I would've loved for 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHmwRQfOjL
you to grovel and try to win favor. For now call me...Jester." Jester 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmnkydSVZe
laughed, as if saying a grand joke that David wasn't part of.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyjjCrYPsj
David looked at him 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6NugJD0jr
puzzled adding his own awkward laugh to Jesters. This...Jester certainly671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bw5dktR8m
liked to laugh a lot, although David was failing to find any funny 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpZRVPqhX4
jokes. "Nice to meet you Jester." David was about to say more but he was671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurG5Xzqrgi
interrupted by a raised hand.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwWS62stFb
"Yes, yes you're a slow 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aDBc7lTDs
learner aren't you? We will need to change that. You want to ask where 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3A0D4KyAi
you are and whatnot. So let me answer that for you. You're in the ether 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuQ0SxRT4c
world. You're not dead because I saved you. Your body is laying asleep 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKv6DK21Vf
so you're here only in your consciousness. Not a lot of giftless can do 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI71nLcwu3z
that, you should feel dead honored"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvxU7Qxq0d
David was having trouble671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7918G8IaF1
following jester. But one thing he understood was that you didn't save 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuNPJCVDTo
someone's life unless you got something out of it."wha..."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsXE5Xnba7
But David didn't get to 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqzbtJDyRB
finish as jester continued." Not done yet was I? Your next question is, 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKzOiyvNJc
probably: 'what do you want in return for saving my life?' Which 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iuqno02rv
honestly David hurts, just hurts. Don't you think I'm a generous soul?"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59Tt4zFHHn
A pause, David was 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmavS25OgJL
unsure what to do and begun to answer but the figure kept on talking." 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUmL74iyxh
Of course I'm not. Suffice to say I will need you to find something. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwP6fNIkzfk
Can't tell you what yet but others will be hunting for it too" 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFm8BBT3mIy
Jester made a clock 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDntGx4RZHd
appear in front and nodded...probably." Well that's all from me. We'll 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItnYzhSete
meet again once you've met the other chosen ones. I'll explain more 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIQtLTxDAV
then, hopefully you'll be better company by then. Or else I've chosen 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHj2UDoeFw
quite wrong, quite wrong indeed."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIqPuds9Q3
David was about to ask 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0PV3jOLuD
more questions but then he heard a whisper. He looked at jester first 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6CIlqKnCQ
but as far as David could tell it wasn't his doing, which didn't 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVyMEgKZUc
convince David at all.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtNDnwEHd7
"Hey I...body..." a voice echoed. Sounding human. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe03gE0ADdT
And then his world shook, all the shadows dissipating, as if swept away by the wind.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7g5gCtZUP
"I am watching, my chosen. Make it interesting for me." Jesters voice resounded within Davids head as darkness fell again.
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