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"Mummy, look!" 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYAV9NidNK
Tap, tap. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjVeid8xxx
"Mummy I will make you proud!" 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTU7qV2Hbx
Tap, tap.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTefPaWwk00
"Mummy, save me."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOKQLUhlH2
Tap, tap.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqJjhg5siT
"Alright you better shut960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNF4cJpypK
it with the falling tapping!" David shouted as he opened his eyes and 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM668b9FF6B
got up. Waking from his dream, for what else could it have been? 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWycQtYfqTM
David was about to 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQr9AuzbhpI
complain more but then he remembered what happened, how he fell from the960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8rudUasy5
ship, to his apparent death. But right now he was in the middle a city 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKPIG1RTCD
or at least a shallow imitation of one. With the buildings and the 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIphWPDPfrM
people just being shadowy reflections of the real world, but still 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqKEJCNrwp
eerily lifelike.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuvVm73zfe
Then it clicked, the 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6oJQQRm9J
ramshackle buildings, the crooked streets, dark alleyways guarded only 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nz1uk3W3l
by footpads and thieves. Shadowy humans begging and fighting. Stumbling 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3cJgMTZoP
around drunk. David was back in the Havenport slums, his home. A home he960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGvuTIWuin
left around 20 years ago when he boarded his first ship. Why was he 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTYoSOaiNx
back? Was he dead after all? 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmb5pK47lZ
All of those thoughts, 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0i1c5osiKS
and more, were racing through Davids mind. As he was trying to gather 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCRP76saoy
his wits, he heard laughter from...not behind exactly but everywhere.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnZO8TMnyk
"Ah! Perfect you finally awoke!" David tried turning towards the voice but couldn't quite pinpoint where it was coming from.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscnVZQ9Apk
"Ah, apologies. The ether world makes everything quite fuzzy." 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiLxziNloM
David fell backwards out of fear as a figure appeared out of thin air in front of him. "Spirit! G..ghost! Demon!"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWsaARdqDo
"There, there. Get it 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqELr8Tw64
all out." The being said in an amused voice. Was it even amused? David, 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNSF6WRjUL
again, could not pinpoint the exact tone of voice. It sounded as if it 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCGHtnNZ1g
was echoing both in his mind and in this city. Hitting the walls making 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHcDtQE5en
the voice both louder and yet quieter. The voice had both male and 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPH6GH8wlN
female aspects to it as some parts sounded quite high pitched while 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEHBhgPYhZ
others sounded low pitched. Both happy and sad, amused and disappointed.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOscbKQ3Pux
It was quite disconcerting. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWszk40fyS6
"All done now?" The 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjgFKyZyYH
apparition asked, smiling. Or was it smiling? As David got back up he 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbrt8djfEe
got a better look at his new friend. Or at least at the parts that he 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpfhgVJ6nK
could see. Its face was covered in... something that looked like mist. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDuR2fxgkr
David was unable to properly distinguish the features. Whether it was 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKZKRuaRrm
smiling or crying David would never be able to tell.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFN0yiR8fse
Its clothes were quite 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPT2VtER3ED
weird as well. Wearing a top hat which seemed both as tall as the person960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgfGhb65ID
wearing it and as short as Davids own pinky. Its body was covered in a 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYKyDzHo28
dark shroud going from the shoulders to feet and every time it moved it 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LtIqyDx6d
changed both color and shape.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN10KePWNss
The figure tilted its 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwT55CgUDc
head and moved his hands as the tapping noise continued. Concentrating 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCWUmsYm4P
on the lower part of the body David could see a thin shape of an object 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWArKTXVkR
that looked like a stick. A cane? A walking stick? Who knew?960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDayMNBIUL
"The tapping, was that you?" David said as the tapping noise surrounded them again echoing as if they were in a cave.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Tn53SY9jH
"Indeed" 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1cgnyjn3Y
Tap, tap, tap.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGPZrU5RDa
David flinched at the 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnE2eJRGCjX
sound. He wanted to shout at the ghost to stop the tapping. To answer 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKBpJCwpxy
where he was and what was happening. But there was a power dynamic here,960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmntyq5g2Y9
as in everything else in life. During the years he learned that there 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoTrHJOE2T
are three types of people: Leaders, followers and parasites (a handy 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaUAvN6GDA
word he learned from a scholar, turned pirate, in his earlier forays 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiHPU4BKHN
into piracy)960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGY93f7FYPT
Leaders and followers 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiC4jmsFcnw
were self-explanatory. David, meanwhile, considered himself a parasite. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8X8J45hrR
Parasites attached themselves to either a leader or a follower. Making 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHocFjYo7q
them believe you were on their side, that you were one of them. And then960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgv5dIQ4e57
when that person gives you everything you need you leave and attach 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bQQ94rHED
yourself to someone else.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MWjt6mEMV
This was not so 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIp51ErGh4W
different, David was the parasite and the person in front of him was the960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqf2un4bwWG
leader. He was in charge of the situation so David had to attach 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmoHdTUgoh
himself to him or her. Had to make them believe he was on their side or 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOIfq7lusG
harmless or whatever the situation called for. After all no one is 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPh401BNGi
immune to flattery, be it gods or ghosts.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9pQiwAIXZ
"I'm sure I'd have the pleasure of your acquaintance, if I knew your name?" He ventured slightly bobbing his head.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5YUP894PM
The figure gave a 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TgcpdJq35
chuckle, which sounded as if glass shattering. "Ah yes, you will suck up960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsWyetDhPh
to me trying to win me over and then hopefully gain an advantage. I've 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTZlhItiHS
been watching you, David Oxtorne, lying and never revealing your true 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IRmaSNsLX
self. Being a friend to some, an arrogant bastard to others whatever 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMTpEbtIsb
would get them to like or accept you." A pause and the figure looked to 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGaQ6SmOtx
the side. "I've no time for your games; otherwise I would've loved for 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwdoZjZqeU
you to grovel and try to win favor. For now call me...Jester." Jester 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhkPVemzMa
laughed, as if saying a grand joke that David wasn't part of.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqir9vkpxol
David looked at him 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrxCFhqVhM
puzzled adding his own awkward laugh to Jesters. This...Jester certainly960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebvCt1kLV6
liked to laugh a lot, although David was failing to find any funny 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2fimLFn4F
jokes. "Nice to meet you Jester." David was about to say more but he was960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEt9D35TYIk
interrupted by a raised hand.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIgnukCH9n
"Yes, yes you're a slow 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXyWZmcMmH
learner aren't you? We will need to change that. You want to ask where 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbH1zFrl76
you are and whatnot. So let me answer that for you. You're in the ether 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25EmkevTP6
world. You're not dead because I saved you. Your body is laying asleep 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSP0ycyPiwx
so you're here only in your consciousness. Not a lot of giftless can do 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcI4IL5TaHV
that, you should feel dead honored"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnU0lY62P52
David was having trouble960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YdOinpf2o
following jester. But one thing he understood was that you didn't save 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHtVlWsEol
someone's life unless you got something out of it."wha..."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTccjRLR9ta
But David didn't get to 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8JCJw4oft
finish as jester continued." Not done yet was I? Your next question is, 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPe3wLj9tqq
probably: 'what do you want in return for saving my life?' Which 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMWoA8NC3F
honestly David hurts, just hurts. Don't you think I'm a generous soul?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHuTG2UkMX
A pause, David was 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Gd4qRDxk1
unsure what to do and begun to answer but the figure kept on talking." 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAojekWZZH
Of course I'm not. Suffice to say I will need you to find something. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNbpKBQzm0
Can't tell you what yet but others will be hunting for it too" 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pJUC1PNQx
Jester made a clock 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKRcnZ9Ao5
appear in front and nodded...probably." Well that's all from me. We'll 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCg2JqheDx
meet again once you've met the other chosen ones. I'll explain more 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jKtl1vkO5
then, hopefully you'll be better company by then. Or else I've chosen 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJzQBbXWhT
quite wrong, quite wrong indeed."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86j0pp4lBr
David was about to ask 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpK4IKCfYO
more questions but then he heard a whisper. He looked at jester first 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv324OSka0b
but as far as David could tell it wasn't his doing, which didn't 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNAhss2qp3
convince David at all.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOoYDDDcgJ
"Hey I...body..." a voice echoed. Sounding human. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasEi8AIrwN
And then his world shook, all the shadows dissipating, as if swept away by the wind.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cGd81Bueu
"I am watching, my chosen. Make it interesting for me." Jesters voice resounded within Davids head as darkness fell again.
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and then Add to home screen.