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"Mummy, look!" 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXb5jlFmnQU
Tap, tap. 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uBCsEtvCE
"Mummy I will make you proud!" 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyeYirdaGG
Tap, tap.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWE9zIR7uPz
"Mummy, save me."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoq08ZpEI3w
Tap, tap.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubL9tjvmLy
"Alright you better shut631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQhGtJ1rYx
it with the falling tapping!" David shouted as he opened his eyes and 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVqJErhb4j
got up. Waking from his dream, for what else could it have been? 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ600bGwI4yi
David was about to 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26e8QOl1vh
complain more but then he remembered what happened, how he fell from the631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSbcNsx7i9
ship, to his apparent death. But right now he was in the middle a city 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFe1ltbS8u8
or at least a shallow imitation of one. With the buildings and the 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGoXcUuMdN
people just being shadowy reflections of the real world, but still 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VxBJYSztv
eerily lifelike.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIK7lFZiUfi
Then it clicked, the 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIX6ZG1zjoS
ramshackle buildings, the crooked streets, dark alleyways guarded only 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKi0XYKwH5
by footpads and thieves. Shadowy humans begging and fighting. Stumbling 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjrk23PN8a
around drunk. David was back in the Havenport slums, his home. A home he631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHpvWapNLi
left around 20 years ago when he boarded his first ship. Why was he 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqXeW0ri7U
back? Was he dead after all? 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Eu8tLodAI
All of those thoughts, 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihc5BJHpWU
and more, were racing through Davids mind. As he was trying to gather 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LQ6sfHcmz
his wits, he heard laughter from...not behind exactly but everywhere.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHURuPPP2O
"Ah! Perfect you finally awoke!" David tried turning towards the voice but couldn't quite pinpoint where it was coming from.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJqty0n7Qq
"Ah, apologies. The ether world makes everything quite fuzzy." 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTHY3vHvp7
David fell backwards out of fear as a figure appeared out of thin air in front of him. "Spirit! G..ghost! Demon!"631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrFHo19Jz4
"There, there. Get it 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFmcKdPxgR
all out." The being said in an amused voice. Was it even amused? David, 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQqhwd5VHE
again, could not pinpoint the exact tone of voice. It sounded as if it 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1UVki2xn1
was echoing both in his mind and in this city. Hitting the walls making 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GXcEDojdj
the voice both louder and yet quieter. The voice had both male and 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmbRuV4n0D
female aspects to it as some parts sounded quite high pitched while 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTgIAOMplu
others sounded low pitched. Both happy and sad, amused and disappointed.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwLpHTyLZ7
It was quite disconcerting. 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9HvbP6NdP
"All done now?" The 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Z9sjj1a2u
apparition asked, smiling. Or was it smiling? As David got back up he 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TertzGCu7
got a better look at his new friend. Or at least at the parts that he 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Gr74I6Pig
could see. Its face was covered in... something that looked like mist. 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlXLYNLp6c
David was unable to properly distinguish the features. Whether it was 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOg0PkkMCg
smiling or crying David would never be able to tell.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNMpyBUfvt
Its clothes were quite 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvm57UpEe9E
weird as well. Wearing a top hat which seemed both as tall as the person631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXzBAKqtSN
wearing it and as short as Davids own pinky. Its body was covered in a 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmepuEct76
dark shroud going from the shoulders to feet and every time it moved it 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeg6zwlBXOB
changed both color and shape.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOoTdneWSG
The figure tilted its 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTn45kObKIO
head and moved his hands as the tapping noise continued. Concentrating 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcbtJp50aj
on the lower part of the body David could see a thin shape of an object 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qbDwxJTCQ
that looked like a stick. A cane? A walking stick? Who knew?631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeYlja4mQw
"The tapping, was that you?" David said as the tapping noise surrounded them again echoing as if they were in a cave.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbImojrGO1
"Indeed" 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlF6xYm9jp
Tap, tap, tap.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn761AyBKNx
David flinched at the 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJE0s490Srw
sound. He wanted to shout at the ghost to stop the tapping. To answer 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2yygcSuYX
where he was and what was happening. But there was a power dynamic here,631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiofutyirFc
as in everything else in life. During the years he learned that there 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKeOO4YFz7
are three types of people: Leaders, followers and parasites (a handy 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSXmkwuREV
word he learned from a scholar, turned pirate, in his earlier forays 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBSJeHxbSU
into piracy)631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjKQUcTLNj
Leaders and followers 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sFMGGFvgq
were self-explanatory. David, meanwhile, considered himself a parasite. 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxIgT1HG0Y
Parasites attached themselves to either a leader or a follower. Making 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKb5Y95FOrq
them believe you were on their side, that you were one of them. And then631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX55PycKu85
when that person gives you everything you need you leave and attach 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81r4lcQz2e
yourself to someone else.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4audJFTbv
This was not so 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvy9xejLoe
different, David was the parasite and the person in front of him was the631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ498QK2M7gv
leader. He was in charge of the situation so David had to attach 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpoasb7i2u
himself to him or her. Had to make them believe he was on their side or 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5atFcHzdKz
harmless or whatever the situation called for. After all no one is 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAYkOfI7Hd
immune to flattery, be it gods or ghosts.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKIB38VdI6
"I'm sure I'd have the pleasure of your acquaintance, if I knew your name?" He ventured slightly bobbing his head.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWQRGW8v7w
The figure gave a 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw007qQHZnS
chuckle, which sounded as if glass shattering. "Ah yes, you will suck up631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuhXe4eRCC
to me trying to win me over and then hopefully gain an advantage. I've 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpgjMdxvJF
been watching you, David Oxtorne, lying and never revealing your true 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmb8KwxdrLc
self. Being a friend to some, an arrogant bastard to others whatever 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6B0IYwAIGj
would get them to like or accept you." A pause and the figure looked to 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4a4TUfmHUr
the side. "I've no time for your games; otherwise I would've loved for 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyOEp9i5Rs
you to grovel and try to win favor. For now call me...Jester." Jester 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZTRujSMo0
laughed, as if saying a grand joke that David wasn't part of.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVvAr2M0M6
David looked at him 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUkWcDtzWO
puzzled adding his own awkward laugh to Jesters. This...Jester certainly631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwibCPmM5Ib
liked to laugh a lot, although David was failing to find any funny 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5rLEzRbmz
jokes. "Nice to meet you Jester." David was about to say more but he was631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZzXkUWbwE
interrupted by a raised hand.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2hrVmjcna
"Yes, yes you're a slow 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuOqZJvZFy
learner aren't you? We will need to change that. You want to ask where 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lpIEYL8cm
you are and whatnot. So let me answer that for you. You're in the ether 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZkdW7ioNY
world. You're not dead because I saved you. Your body is laying asleep 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM90s2G15w1
so you're here only in your consciousness. Not a lot of giftless can do 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJBjcDJbzv
that, you should feel dead honored"631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLQyvaOb1c
David was having trouble631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qfyBVaB4L
following jester. But one thing he understood was that you didn't save 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcox0nTkjK
someone's life unless you got something out of it."wha..."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72trewW24V
But David didn't get to 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfK6vMb7Fw
finish as jester continued." Not done yet was I? Your next question is, 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0BZAASsc4
probably: 'what do you want in return for saving my life?' Which 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFbZQVh3Mu
honestly David hurts, just hurts. Don't you think I'm a generous soul?"631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zBnU1HIGf
A pause, David was 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRG9JvVKz6R
unsure what to do and begun to answer but the figure kept on talking." 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcCt3Wx9jT
Of course I'm not. Suffice to say I will need you to find something. 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7irGmpPIb
Can't tell you what yet but others will be hunting for it too" 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaxMzS96XP
Jester made a clock 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXvtr2Xj06
appear in front and nodded...probably." Well that's all from me. We'll 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCL7tIPK4yt
meet again once you've met the other chosen ones. I'll explain more 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LwVl6IDeL
then, hopefully you'll be better company by then. Or else I've chosen 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjZy4zsiAz
quite wrong, quite wrong indeed."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5c5hjq5FCt
David was about to ask 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5bckjgX10
more questions but then he heard a whisper. He looked at jester first 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzlNiVlopx
but as far as David could tell it wasn't his doing, which didn't 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOI2jYF3Ej
convince David at all.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbykyx91J9Q
"Hey I...body..." a voice echoed. Sounding human. 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUamyQl2P0d
And then his world shook, all the shadows dissipating, as if swept away by the wind.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWjs7E7E0d
"I am watching, my chosen. Make it interesting for me." Jesters voice resounded within Davids head as darkness fell again.
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