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"Mummy, look!" 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hl4BsYBNH
Tap, tap. 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5GJ4ez11g
"Mummy I will make you proud!" 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpTmxllXmX
Tap, tap.650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1p7aJeJ7V
"Mummy, save me."650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgfObVCVBJ
Tap, tap.650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OiUi0Rryb
"Alright you better shut650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmMak1oIwV
it with the falling tapping!" David shouted as he opened his eyes and 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxfhqXyEAr
got up. Waking from his dream, for what else could it have been? 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9uQZC88J4
David was about to 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhVWWDvG5F
complain more but then he remembered what happened, how he fell from the650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eqbkhuIQ5
ship, to his apparent death. But right now he was in the middle a city 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ86vv1kDQh
or at least a shallow imitation of one. With the buildings and the 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHURQO5AHr
people just being shadowy reflections of the real world, but still 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahPvl8HvCu
eerily lifelike.650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZy8xxojesE
Then it clicked, the 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WYv9qyaae
ramshackle buildings, the crooked streets, dark alleyways guarded only 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MDZWHjzKi
by footpads and thieves. Shadowy humans begging and fighting. Stumbling 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4IUWk97U0
around drunk. David was back in the Havenport slums, his home. A home he650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR10vOyorNY
left around 20 years ago when he boarded his first ship. Why was he 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKRc1t5QuB
back? Was he dead after all? 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrABh3W4zg9
All of those thoughts, 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRNDTahTEp
and more, were racing through Davids mind. As he was trying to gather 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmN68bMhpwj
his wits, he heard laughter from...not behind exactly but everywhere.650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBuuQrccxM
"Ah! Perfect you finally awoke!" David tried turning towards the voice but couldn't quite pinpoint where it was coming from.650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFUwplyAvO
"Ah, apologies. The ether world makes everything quite fuzzy." 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eTHkAcyAM
David fell backwards out of fear as a figure appeared out of thin air in front of him. "Spirit! G..ghost! Demon!"650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnjvCPGUp2
"There, there. Get it 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNXCypzT8x
all out." The being said in an amused voice. Was it even amused? David, 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhuOYMT04s
again, could not pinpoint the exact tone of voice. It sounded as if it 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sW7Vbrrq4
was echoing both in his mind and in this city. Hitting the walls making 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiht0OhKGpE
the voice both louder and yet quieter. The voice had both male and 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVh0AUAcr9
female aspects to it as some parts sounded quite high pitched while 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGwM0kl9AI
others sounded low pitched. Both happy and sad, amused and disappointed.650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtX6TXGDaii
It was quite disconcerting. 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0UCmYq9iV
"All done now?" The 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0msEcR4U7G
apparition asked, smiling. Or was it smiling? As David got back up he 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgMfghyztj
got a better look at his new friend. Or at least at the parts that he 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSi0Pieaof
could see. Its face was covered in... something that looked like mist. 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosBW5GQuBn
David was unable to properly distinguish the features. Whether it was 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1qe58jVr8
smiling or crying David would never be able to tell.650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzNgzBduFK
Its clothes were quite 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdofjJXn0la
weird as well. Wearing a top hat which seemed both as tall as the person650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xBsgwAxjK
wearing it and as short as Davids own pinky. Its body was covered in a 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXkmUl4PwD
dark shroud going from the shoulders to feet and every time it moved it 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGNgpFhRbp
changed both color and shape.650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpPK9rPuKR
The figure tilted its 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Bz8kbvE4e
head and moved his hands as the tapping noise continued. Concentrating 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgPizeSBho
on the lower part of the body David could see a thin shape of an object 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrohxgvhD2M
that looked like a stick. A cane? A walking stick? Who knew?650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBeDsCZPPq
"The tapping, was that you?" David said as the tapping noise surrounded them again echoing as if they were in a cave.650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt75souRtpp
"Indeed" 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0J2A6v0PK
Tap, tap, tap.650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5bHjoauKo
David flinched at the 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2DCaHVHt9
sound. He wanted to shout at the ghost to stop the tapping. To answer 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4gJmE50Lg
where he was and what was happening. But there was a power dynamic here,650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahYzRemiHX
as in everything else in life. During the years he learned that there 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyx5MjaC3fx
are three types of people: Leaders, followers and parasites (a handy 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrxpsafXfO
word he learned from a scholar, turned pirate, in his earlier forays 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs91Ln2JJd7
into piracy)650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DOPG85sfF
Leaders and followers 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZH0yN9QG0J
were self-explanatory. David, meanwhile, considered himself a parasite. 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzbJcpQOba
Parasites attached themselves to either a leader or a follower. Making 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXtqFVIqhQ
them believe you were on their side, that you were one of them. And then650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsgCgntXjX
when that person gives you everything you need you leave and attach 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIaxb2wn6D
yourself to someone else.650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVdgffVnzN
This was not so 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EfpPfoCnc
different, David was the parasite and the person in front of him was the650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XsaO4rnkZ
leader. He was in charge of the situation so David had to attach 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn77sGHLGcq
himself to him or her. Had to make them believe he was on their side or 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJkfjt7X7k
harmless or whatever the situation called for. After all no one is 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbDraEkUCG
immune to flattery, be it gods or ghosts.650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOYmW36Y8a
"I'm sure I'd have the pleasure of your acquaintance, if I knew your name?" He ventured slightly bobbing his head.650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqU9LrD35ta
The figure gave a 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmCBGFlSSD
chuckle, which sounded as if glass shattering. "Ah yes, you will suck up650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFtuTtFFU8
to me trying to win me over and then hopefully gain an advantage. I've 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0njdkOkgSi
been watching you, David Oxtorne, lying and never revealing your true 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ281Dt19Zls
self. Being a friend to some, an arrogant bastard to others whatever 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIv1oADNmjc
would get them to like or accept you." A pause and the figure looked to 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGScNt8ZlP
the side. "I've no time for your games; otherwise I would've loved for 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwA7v3YCqQ8
you to grovel and try to win favor. For now call me...Jester." Jester 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPcZYwrJAt
laughed, as if saying a grand joke that David wasn't part of.650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq13TOXktH4
David looked at him 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3kagINOhF
puzzled adding his own awkward laugh to Jesters. This...Jester certainly650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvQaRGIWVH
liked to laugh a lot, although David was failing to find any funny 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcj6roNnbMG
jokes. "Nice to meet you Jester." David was about to say more but he was650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMj04pilM6m
interrupted by a raised hand.650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YY4iyqakH
"Yes, yes you're a slow 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZ9GmY7Btx
learner aren't you? We will need to change that. You want to ask where 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy65xwxrCNN
you are and whatnot. So let me answer that for you. You're in the ether 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZzONVQq4r
world. You're not dead because I saved you. Your body is laying asleep 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBCrUzyivX
so you're here only in your consciousness. Not a lot of giftless can do 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtp1TOvrHp2
that, you should feel dead honored"650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0gb23RMmG
David was having trouble650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHSdCeKiCm
following jester. But one thing he understood was that you didn't save 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NDVPQl9rR
someone's life unless you got something out of it."wha..."650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw175pFgeOg
But David didn't get to 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBse80jzvhd
finish as jester continued." Not done yet was I? Your next question is, 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdk0AziaHMV
probably: 'what do you want in return for saving my life?' Which 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0JB6sXfvr
honestly David hurts, just hurts. Don't you think I'm a generous soul?"650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkvTVS00Bv
A pause, David was 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0jH5Pb3I3
unsure what to do and begun to answer but the figure kept on talking." 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoazc2MhAiy
Of course I'm not. Suffice to say I will need you to find something. 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMY1dqZtM5y
Can't tell you what yet but others will be hunting for it too" 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7zXzbKcYU
Jester made a clock 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gNF0ahxTb
appear in front and nodded...probably." Well that's all from me. We'll 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMAzMJscXm
meet again once you've met the other chosen ones. I'll explain more 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzzWTllnJz
then, hopefully you'll be better company by then. Or else I've chosen 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fhGZ76XAH
quite wrong, quite wrong indeed."650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlggdJ60kXt
David was about to ask 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupWK0kKtQq
more questions but then he heard a whisper. He looked at jester first 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsyrQFQLyh
but as far as David could tell it wasn't his doing, which didn't 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNi2TOvvjT
convince David at all.650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8owrh4E7Lz
"Hey I...body..." a voice echoed. Sounding human. 650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOr5hEfYOn
And then his world shook, all the shadows dissipating, as if swept away by the wind.650Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDT73q5ioAc
"I am watching, my chosen. Make it interesting for me." Jesters voice resounded within Davids head as darkness fell again.
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