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"Mummy, look!" 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡED3FTprigs
Tap, tap. 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkp9aqoK1JA
"Mummy I will make you proud!" 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqh13SKmYCN
Tap, tap.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKrdCUbzvr
"Mummy, save me."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyngaTaUTjo
Tap, tap.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zC6a7TwLw
"Alright you better shut605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxUCYkWsSS
it with the falling tapping!" David shouted as he opened his eyes and 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hvjlx4Mbs
got up. Waking from his dream, for what else could it have been? 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbu65pLBgH
David was about to 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSLVHgDt4V
complain more but then he remembered what happened, how he fell from the605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkBFn8bUWC
ship, to his apparent death. But right now he was in the middle a city 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnkwArw2zW
or at least a shallow imitation of one. With the buildings and the 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1czipN8Lt
people just being shadowy reflections of the real world, but still 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2898bI5Aru
eerily lifelike.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSB9kgiOHT4
Then it clicked, the 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajPGdH0yQf
ramshackle buildings, the crooked streets, dark alleyways guarded only 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKE7l5w9n7i
by footpads and thieves. Shadowy humans begging and fighting. Stumbling 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJE68ElvLht
around drunk. David was back in the Havenport slums, his home. A home he605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Gy4tuZp0u
left around 20 years ago when he boarded his first ship. Why was he 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxXpiE2Vko
back? Was he dead after all? 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtc8qkNijKL
All of those thoughts, 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcxM0epnkQ
and more, were racing through Davids mind. As he was trying to gather 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpi0BbgVRBn
his wits, he heard laughter from...not behind exactly but everywhere.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6KvEfaopn
"Ah! Perfect you finally awoke!" David tried turning towards the voice but couldn't quite pinpoint where it was coming from.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FwXXjp7M2
"Ah, apologies. The ether world makes everything quite fuzzy." 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1oUFKYg74
David fell backwards out of fear as a figure appeared out of thin air in front of him. "Spirit! G..ghost! Demon!"605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0BNhiPvw6
"There, there. Get it 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbXLEw0prZ
all out." The being said in an amused voice. Was it even amused? David, 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWR4PtgxrN
again, could not pinpoint the exact tone of voice. It sounded as if it 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfO0tgDfAOe
was echoing both in his mind and in this city. Hitting the walls making 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyXS9BoqNe
the voice both louder and yet quieter. The voice had both male and 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSROZlvhfW
female aspects to it as some parts sounded quite high pitched while 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaflqnaKi0F
others sounded low pitched. Both happy and sad, amused and disappointed.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HI7Vqs8pC
It was quite disconcerting. 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHB8WkeuoYX
"All done now?" The 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGxrYI7zFT
apparition asked, smiling. Or was it smiling? As David got back up he 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYV1TtBP4jE
got a better look at his new friend. Or at least at the parts that he 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfcTiepDwq
could see. Its face was covered in... something that looked like mist. 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjOPHEceXe
David was unable to properly distinguish the features. Whether it was 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmL8q8dm3jp
smiling or crying David would never be able to tell.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbCRad9QQ0
Its clothes were quite 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyMIjOo3vI
weird as well. Wearing a top hat which seemed both as tall as the person605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIzHy6YCTU
wearing it and as short as Davids own pinky. Its body was covered in a 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeK6i5k0Wpm
dark shroud going from the shoulders to feet and every time it moved it 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGP3ck5Pzfg
changed both color and shape.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnLJGyCRH1
The figure tilted its 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpd4Jn1owB
head and moved his hands as the tapping noise continued. Concentrating 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6asVophJNc
on the lower part of the body David could see a thin shape of an object 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTgpjqNcBm
that looked like a stick. A cane? A walking stick? Who knew?605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60i3LJ8FXX
"The tapping, was that you?" David said as the tapping noise surrounded them again echoing as if they were in a cave.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4S2aTTwHc7
"Indeed" 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjGn0Gl9iM
Tap, tap, tap.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcxWvJOtyL
David flinched at the 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5acJQklxsF
sound. He wanted to shout at the ghost to stop the tapping. To answer 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzzK7kcEDw
where he was and what was happening. But there was a power dynamic here,605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2GSE9n9Pm
as in everything else in life. During the years he learned that there 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJGoCHfGr5
are three types of people: Leaders, followers and parasites (a handy 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8N7w3cmnt
word he learned from a scholar, turned pirate, in his earlier forays 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGm4xOMY5Z
into piracy)605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuf2CQ3EhFi
Leaders and followers 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOD9vi3k6bi
were self-explanatory. David, meanwhile, considered himself a parasite. 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsUmcTcMIT
Parasites attached themselves to either a leader or a follower. Making 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNFEseAgj6
them believe you were on their side, that you were one of them. And then605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gg001b6J6
when that person gives you everything you need you leave and attach 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltdnKOgfX4
yourself to someone else.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluspYNsbVW
This was not so 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWO0UcoIVQK
different, David was the parasite and the person in front of him was the605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPz5V90lC3F
leader. He was in charge of the situation so David had to attach 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8Ok0JqxGa
himself to him or her. Had to make them believe he was on their side or 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hDlKpX0CG
harmless or whatever the situation called for. After all no one is 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFqshfvCQA
immune to flattery, be it gods or ghosts.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshRokfWynE
"I'm sure I'd have the pleasure of your acquaintance, if I knew your name?" He ventured slightly bobbing his head.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmAJDXYp08
The figure gave a 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6r2KtLfuuk
chuckle, which sounded as if glass shattering. "Ah yes, you will suck up605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdp3f7yH06O
to me trying to win me over and then hopefully gain an advantage. I've 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7s5UkfiSV
been watching you, David Oxtorne, lying and never revealing your true 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV13cQ5jTQ5
self. Being a friend to some, an arrogant bastard to others whatever 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1pqy2U3vd
would get them to like or accept you." A pause and the figure looked to 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GUyveAHLv
the side. "I've no time for your games; otherwise I would've loved for 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzU8WfpmIa
you to grovel and try to win favor. For now call me...Jester." Jester 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaD7UBVLhxV
laughed, as if saying a grand joke that David wasn't part of.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RLz36IpCn
David looked at him 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpoHnlzmP7
puzzled adding his own awkward laugh to Jesters. This...Jester certainly605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk56uRRufAc
liked to laugh a lot, although David was failing to find any funny 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjgYWEqo3A
jokes. "Nice to meet you Jester." David was about to say more but he was605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcS8isONiKL
interrupted by a raised hand.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4fFSerDz9
"Yes, yes you're a slow 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsII9iEiD8
learner aren't you? We will need to change that. You want to ask where 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIkgamPZo0
you are and whatnot. So let me answer that for you. You're in the ether 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnw2lVEeuBS
world. You're not dead because I saved you. Your body is laying asleep 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhd2WHypIzh
so you're here only in your consciousness. Not a lot of giftless can do 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Brh1VJDjQ
that, you should feel dead honored"605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMTPt1Fhqk
David was having trouble605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgAxexh7vq
following jester. But one thing he understood was that you didn't save 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPSUuQAjAw
someone's life unless you got something out of it."wha..."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7F49ao4NK
But David didn't get to 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPPW56UABE
finish as jester continued." Not done yet was I? Your next question is, 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqpG215ecK
probably: 'what do you want in return for saving my life?' Which 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPz8Sh0mgg
honestly David hurts, just hurts. Don't you think I'm a generous soul?"605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rLg2e59Uo
A pause, David was 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyZAUPqJKK
unsure what to do and begun to answer but the figure kept on talking." 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAdvrSZ914
Of course I'm not. Suffice to say I will need you to find something. 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHDiYv6TYi
Can't tell you what yet but others will be hunting for it too" 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfXeBDcAjm
Jester made a clock 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfGrqzokfS
appear in front and nodded...probably." Well that's all from me. We'll 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyqcgWPIB1
meet again once you've met the other chosen ones. I'll explain more 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPJYX1nyOL
then, hopefully you'll be better company by then. Or else I've chosen 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCy1wfSoNyL
quite wrong, quite wrong indeed."605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlQP7B4ips
David was about to ask 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRQiM98tNO
more questions but then he heard a whisper. He looked at jester first 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3Hrpi5xri
but as far as David could tell it wasn't his doing, which didn't 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbs26SAbBrL
convince David at all.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarlmWV7Y3d
"Hey I...body..." a voice echoed. Sounding human. 605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSQ5hHFX0r
And then his world shook, all the shadows dissipating, as if swept away by the wind.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhJA5gKwbO
"I am watching, my chosen. Make it interesting for me." Jesters voice resounded within Davids head as darkness fell again.
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