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"Mummy, look!" 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFFHMrFsqg
Tap, tap. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPcxUuynHB
"Mummy I will make you proud!" 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37MJWh4sV6
Tap, tap.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORCyblIFYm
"Mummy, save me."661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4sCJ5BM6X
Tap, tap.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Z5cejQcqr
"Alright you better shut661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgZcBaqIxj
it with the falling tapping!" David shouted as he opened his eyes and 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Hlhxfx0go
got up. Waking from his dream, for what else could it have been? 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjn2p5ObsY
David was about to 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMPGFzurth
complain more but then he remembered what happened, how he fell from the661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RymUdcpVS
ship, to his apparent death. But right now he was in the middle a city 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGvyjIFED4
or at least a shallow imitation of one. With the buildings and the 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiG0FTQMpL
people just being shadowy reflections of the real world, but still 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57ZW2yKpHy
eerily lifelike.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7aW1aZaN7
Then it clicked, the 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QxL5k8NgO
ramshackle buildings, the crooked streets, dark alleyways guarded only 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpqU5MYCLe
by footpads and thieves. Shadowy humans begging and fighting. Stumbling 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZtMLd9I6J
around drunk. David was back in the Havenport slums, his home. A home he661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3wEENNXOZ
left around 20 years ago when he boarded his first ship. Why was he 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTypGkSBvk
back? Was he dead after all? 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5f8sXvTXu
All of those thoughts, 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4irtcMIRxO
and more, were racing through Davids mind. As he was trying to gather 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqWC1Igock
his wits, he heard laughter from...not behind exactly but everywhere.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm14tzVI4xr
"Ah! Perfect you finally awoke!" David tried turning towards the voice but couldn't quite pinpoint where it was coming from.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1xgmtyESV
"Ah, apologies. The ether world makes everything quite fuzzy." 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CbhdbHyjU
David fell backwards out of fear as a figure appeared out of thin air in front of him. "Spirit! G..ghost! Demon!"661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZWeWkMWJW
"There, there. Get it 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3MZxGrq7Y
all out." The being said in an amused voice. Was it even amused? David, 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiKQ3PQbB2
again, could not pinpoint the exact tone of voice. It sounded as if it 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoC8PFunhZp
was echoing both in his mind and in this city. Hitting the walls making 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡub8R27RNs8
the voice both louder and yet quieter. The voice had both male and 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmhqTZ0g8J
female aspects to it as some parts sounded quite high pitched while 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZySS0JcAIT
others sounded low pitched. Both happy and sad, amused and disappointed.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6PWWpd89x
It was quite disconcerting. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16zt54uHdu
"All done now?" The 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQkzDK55Ub
apparition asked, smiling. Or was it smiling? As David got back up he 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hIRPyQNel
got a better look at his new friend. Or at least at the parts that he 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCq8ErzrSZo
could see. Its face was covered in... something that looked like mist. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46TWdT6bPm
David was unable to properly distinguish the features. Whether it was 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJcxlB18ud
smiling or crying David would never be able to tell.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8aR79TcjF
Its clothes were quite 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OahsM1pBL
weird as well. Wearing a top hat which seemed both as tall as the person661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpObazXzg68
wearing it and as short as Davids own pinky. Its body was covered in a 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LibwhmMtH
dark shroud going from the shoulders to feet and every time it moved it 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbMBdZeq8v
changed both color and shape.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGVazOP26m
The figure tilted its 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCQHpst2bf
head and moved his hands as the tapping noise continued. Concentrating 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RbB2dGZeZ
on the lower part of the body David could see a thin shape of an object 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5xkoa4DIc
that looked like a stick. A cane? A walking stick? Who knew?661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwtppm4pvz
"The tapping, was that you?" David said as the tapping noise surrounded them again echoing as if they were in a cave.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaKAJY6xt8
"Indeed" 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyG4y3eK2j
Tap, tap, tap.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMa5sZfo4Zs
David flinched at the 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQPDQ379l6
sound. He wanted to shout at the ghost to stop the tapping. To answer 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrGFPMdWXN
where he was and what was happening. But there was a power dynamic here,661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBj7MQPQrPj
as in everything else in life. During the years he learned that there 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTP3YiBgrTN
are three types of people: Leaders, followers and parasites (a handy 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnPRKv1l7V
word he learned from a scholar, turned pirate, in his earlier forays 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDLb525icw
into piracy)661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRr6WWT1wUZ
Leaders and followers 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCopNWM5iF
were self-explanatory. David, meanwhile, considered himself a parasite. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnR4s3ynfHB
Parasites attached themselves to either a leader or a follower. Making 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcIGMXJuZ1
them believe you were on their side, that you were one of them. And then661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ760D9BwKiJ
when that person gives you everything you need you leave and attach 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwffgsxNWML
yourself to someone else.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5mQD3wC67
This was not so 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVzIhKj62r
different, David was the parasite and the person in front of him was the661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqhLqWy80w
leader. He was in charge of the situation so David had to attach 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszd04lPZxC
himself to him or her. Had to make them believe he was on their side or 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSF0RZU2Ps
harmless or whatever the situation called for. After all no one is 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2d1PlcWh9S
immune to flattery, be it gods or ghosts.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgGAvi8Lti
"I'm sure I'd have the pleasure of your acquaintance, if I knew your name?" He ventured slightly bobbing his head.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFklvu969B
The figure gave a 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GeaPgCKjz
chuckle, which sounded as if glass shattering. "Ah yes, you will suck up661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5fVL2g2ip
to me trying to win me over and then hopefully gain an advantage. I've 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjabuzgzzIO
been watching you, David Oxtorne, lying and never revealing your true 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CUKa92yd4
self. Being a friend to some, an arrogant bastard to others whatever 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevmRe6EBBH
would get them to like or accept you." A pause and the figure looked to 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqkx2lbJzH
the side. "I've no time for your games; otherwise I would've loved for 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZ463Q7zTI
you to grovel and try to win favor. For now call me...Jester." Jester 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MNj5DffT7
laughed, as if saying a grand joke that David wasn't part of.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8h5MIj8eqm
David looked at him 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLmg1YpAUV
puzzled adding his own awkward laugh to Jesters. This...Jester certainly661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSt1Gom1Jy
liked to laugh a lot, although David was failing to find any funny 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BrFR41TJc
jokes. "Nice to meet you Jester." David was about to say more but he was661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxJGaRPRz5
interrupted by a raised hand.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbC4E22h7Sp
"Yes, yes you're a slow 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6IEZtjOW5
learner aren't you? We will need to change that. You want to ask where 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQt0KAJqcvo
you are and whatnot. So let me answer that for you. You're in the ether 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTmvvmjZKH
world. You're not dead because I saved you. Your body is laying asleep 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYfNXbFWxj
so you're here only in your consciousness. Not a lot of giftless can do 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RxmJBS4zo
that, you should feel dead honored"661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfqX41REfD
David was having trouble661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHu13HYlMsr
following jester. But one thing he understood was that you didn't save 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWMOn7deDi
someone's life unless you got something out of it."wha..."661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEimVUHSii
But David didn't get to 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFL35wJl4u
finish as jester continued." Not done yet was I? Your next question is, 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RSpMdGNs8
probably: 'what do you want in return for saving my life?' Which 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWuprJick5
honestly David hurts, just hurts. Don't you think I'm a generous soul?"661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIHqJAMWhJ
A pause, David was 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NuVMnGLZY
unsure what to do and begun to answer but the figure kept on talking." 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dRzDwRJrj
Of course I'm not. Suffice to say I will need you to find something. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdkoi26Xgv
Can't tell you what yet but others will be hunting for it too" 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKxDemhC55
Jester made a clock 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe799eqkXuP
appear in front and nodded...probably." Well that's all from me. We'll 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoM0TdAYp24
meet again once you've met the other chosen ones. I'll explain more 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbICCFQGHeX
then, hopefully you'll be better company by then. Or else I've chosen 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8dlkOp9oE
quite wrong, quite wrong indeed."661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUh6a8qavV
David was about to ask 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BZHwnbaLQ
more questions but then he heard a whisper. He looked at jester first 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DLIOUinAA
but as far as David could tell it wasn't his doing, which didn't 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0btpQ9kkA
convince David at all.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6Hc3eYsN0
"Hey I...body..." a voice echoed. Sounding human. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ml8RJ1ppW
And then his world shook, all the shadows dissipating, as if swept away by the wind.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQgWOKM0nq
"I am watching, my chosen. Make it interesting for me." Jesters voice resounded within Davids head as darkness fell again.
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