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"Mummy, look!" 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fQvChjJLU
Tap, tap. 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICFeqkWXjA
"Mummy I will make you proud!" 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hizzJF0Fh
Tap, tap.691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNuMC8AIDH
"Mummy, save me."691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmMM1WQTUM
Tap, tap.691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATUF3k74eg
"Alright you better shut691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtV84NBGKgZ
it with the falling tapping!" David shouted as he opened his eyes and 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QN2630xTH
got up. Waking from his dream, for what else could it have been? 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiaxXvzwpX
David was about to 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZBlWI3xeI
complain more but then he remembered what happened, how he fell from the691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkB6AWsuZ2Q
ship, to his apparent death. But right now he was in the middle a city 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCE5cCN3v5
or at least a shallow imitation of one. With the buildings and the 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNHh88fjrw
people just being shadowy reflections of the real world, but still 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxU0qPie8sq
eerily lifelike.691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsFesWRic2
Then it clicked, the 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCqWJ3QdnR
ramshackle buildings, the crooked streets, dark alleyways guarded only 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9Ph9yNZGc
by footpads and thieves. Shadowy humans begging and fighting. Stumbling 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWs26gEiYls
around drunk. David was back in the Havenport slums, his home. A home he691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqUcsJliGH
left around 20 years ago when he boarded his first ship. Why was he 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNNto2JYsQ
back? Was he dead after all? 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2wOhzyIrV
All of those thoughts, 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsRxmLoOCa
and more, were racing through Davids mind. As he was trying to gather 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCqIIjjzpX
his wits, he heard laughter from...not behind exactly but everywhere.691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZdTwkr2uU
"Ah! Perfect you finally awoke!" David tried turning towards the voice but couldn't quite pinpoint where it was coming from.691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxCKszLKar
"Ah, apologies. The ether world makes everything quite fuzzy." 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ458Bw6lpo2
David fell backwards out of fear as a figure appeared out of thin air in front of him. "Spirit! G..ghost! Demon!"691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnk3dNM1nN
"There, there. Get it 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHuuO25Q0e
all out." The being said in an amused voice. Was it even amused? David, 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzloNAFX1I
again, could not pinpoint the exact tone of voice. It sounded as if it 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipZQWKFRaf
was echoing both in his mind and in this city. Hitting the walls making 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84VChXCYQk
the voice both louder and yet quieter. The voice had both male and 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJiiNmSgpT
female aspects to it as some parts sounded quite high pitched while 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9p7aRHTNV
others sounded low pitched. Both happy and sad, amused and disappointed.691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6hkHjWAx9
It was quite disconcerting. 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59QSKMOl4u
"All done now?" The 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPm5RfkzqjR
apparition asked, smiling. Or was it smiling? As David got back up he 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXn9EGyZPX8
got a better look at his new friend. Or at least at the parts that he 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwU2SdtXzeq
could see. Its face was covered in... something that looked like mist. 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqwPSJZ9XI
David was unable to properly distinguish the features. Whether it was 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEL93LyWie
smiling or crying David would never be able to tell.691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmj2u38T04Y
Its clothes were quite 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaVnXqso3q
weird as well. Wearing a top hat which seemed both as tall as the person691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xj0e4eYhJ
wearing it and as short as Davids own pinky. Its body was covered in a 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWX1ZxPu4a
dark shroud going from the shoulders to feet and every time it moved it 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXutn8Vldr
changed both color and shape.691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ECFOHsT3z
The figure tilted its 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaXFSV1qkz
head and moved his hands as the tapping noise continued. Concentrating 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAflY12pGa
on the lower part of the body David could see a thin shape of an object 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9PJvm5QRB
that looked like a stick. A cane? A walking stick? Who knew?691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vVJGUC2qA
"The tapping, was that you?" David said as the tapping noise surrounded them again echoing as if they were in a cave.691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3MB8XBzXX
"Indeed" 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1596Mr4a0h
Tap, tap, tap.691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSSTFdVgXw
David flinched at the 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1m2QCTmGE
sound. He wanted to shout at the ghost to stop the tapping. To answer 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Trk7JAYVE
where he was and what was happening. But there was a power dynamic here,691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7N6k0YOBZ
as in everything else in life. During the years he learned that there 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLLSJ8ijMr
are three types of people: Leaders, followers and parasites (a handy 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNtLHYQxTy
word he learned from a scholar, turned pirate, in his earlier forays 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRU1jlAFccg
into piracy)691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjG2jZxDxW
Leaders and followers 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrc28jW23Bh
were self-explanatory. David, meanwhile, considered himself a parasite. 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrf1D3d4RMf
Parasites attached themselves to either a leader or a follower. Making 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5tKZPRQWW
them believe you were on their side, that you were one of them. And then691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iCZBdHdrt
when that person gives you everything you need you leave and attach 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEz5XfgXLv1
yourself to someone else.691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyhhoWweLp
This was not so 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4d6ocbw2q
different, David was the parasite and the person in front of him was the691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWraDKVq8T4
leader. He was in charge of the situation so David had to attach 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UwYopKJXb
himself to him or her. Had to make them believe he was on their side or 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Np50SCMoz
harmless or whatever the situation called for. After all no one is 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopbJz7bPp3
immune to flattery, be it gods or ghosts.691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRpb5VZBq1
"I'm sure I'd have the pleasure of your acquaintance, if I knew your name?" He ventured slightly bobbing his head.691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTeygkYaTE
The figure gave a 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjfer6a39n
chuckle, which sounded as if glass shattering. "Ah yes, you will suck up691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5wC6KpuzF
to me trying to win me over and then hopefully gain an advantage. I've 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLwUH2zOv0
been watching you, David Oxtorne, lying and never revealing your true 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytUeQPXrE9
self. Being a friend to some, an arrogant bastard to others whatever 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BuRjBNOv4
would get them to like or accept you." A pause and the figure looked to 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhByQlT57D5
the side. "I've no time for your games; otherwise I would've loved for 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuAuv2hNT7
you to grovel and try to win favor. For now call me...Jester." Jester 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcApJX57w2Q
laughed, as if saying a grand joke that David wasn't part of.691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMZEpHTp3o
David looked at him 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI89utEIDzl
puzzled adding his own awkward laugh to Jesters. This...Jester certainly691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwE5hBqgDMi
liked to laugh a lot, although David was failing to find any funny 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnahErcAdaz
jokes. "Nice to meet you Jester." David was about to say more but he was691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadGZAKKohK
interrupted by a raised hand.691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGHDRqSOB0
"Yes, yes you're a slow 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOvAbcEaoY
learner aren't you? We will need to change that. You want to ask where 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrzfVTaZlm
you are and whatnot. So let me answer that for you. You're in the ether 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiSVlATefy
world. You're not dead because I saved you. Your body is laying asleep 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQprYft1lsa
so you're here only in your consciousness. Not a lot of giftless can do 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0tohpKOgz
that, you should feel dead honored"691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ePDWV2u6r
David was having trouble691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLfgOzVebi
following jester. But one thing he understood was that you didn't save 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuJGY8dWW1
someone's life unless you got something out of it."wha..."691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfd5AzSAjf
But David didn't get to 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzX0Rqgo38
finish as jester continued." Not done yet was I? Your next question is, 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2vYXPW4ES
probably: 'what do you want in return for saving my life?' Which 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MIS8ye8oZ
honestly David hurts, just hurts. Don't you think I'm a generous soul?"691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnQIdX3QOE
A pause, David was 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwo2qb5PsfU
unsure what to do and begun to answer but the figure kept on talking." 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIq0HgN1vB
Of course I'm not. Suffice to say I will need you to find something. 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJD0zS8MIi9
Can't tell you what yet but others will be hunting for it too" 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfd1J41A39
Jester made a clock 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjSDaUpXiK
appear in front and nodded...probably." Well that's all from me. We'll 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCJnlovApt
meet again once you've met the other chosen ones. I'll explain more 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1jxIoIlMq
then, hopefully you'll be better company by then. Or else I've chosen 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01pc3PqJh0
quite wrong, quite wrong indeed."691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWj6S7MqjL
David was about to ask 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEFiFogUe8
more questions but then he heard a whisper. He looked at jester first 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzE0PUaExV
but as far as David could tell it wasn't his doing, which didn't 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDqEyrZIkN
convince David at all.691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQndIGrT8HD
"Hey I...body..." a voice echoed. Sounding human. 691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxS36KKgBBZ
And then his world shook, all the shadows dissipating, as if swept away by the wind.691Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYgZicULzV
"I am watching, my chosen. Make it interesting for me." Jesters voice resounded within Davids head as darkness fell again.
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