643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfJphlCZ9R
643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qcmnqoRFw
"Mummy, look!" 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8BUGm19KU
Tap, tap. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxjWhBtUb2
"Mummy I will make you proud!" 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtxrVtQ9HT
Tap, tap.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvYQJ6yJDq
"Mummy, save me."643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyXiK1Z8sx
Tap, tap.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7UY3kAHqA
"Alright you better shut643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6ZnWiDWMo
it with the falling tapping!" David shouted as he opened his eyes and 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWluoIKjVd
got up. Waking from his dream, for what else could it have been? 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQD0VTaQcq
David was about to 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLud4MrAsB9
complain more but then he remembered what happened, how he fell from the643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZr1XNf3N2B
ship, to his apparent death. But right now he was in the middle a city 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJd7skEAx9
or at least a shallow imitation of one. With the buildings and the 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt81QURNyXs
people just being shadowy reflections of the real world, but still 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFYEY7N9xC
eerily lifelike.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4wvsgSFA7
Then it clicked, the 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XGAZcdlJS
ramshackle buildings, the crooked streets, dark alleyways guarded only 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYl1KamSW6t
by footpads and thieves. Shadowy humans begging and fighting. Stumbling 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncTfFMbORd
around drunk. David was back in the Havenport slums, his home. A home he643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8Y8F2b1Je
left around 20 years ago when he boarded his first ship. Why was he 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfcmRwURps
back? Was he dead after all? 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2l8J01qeV
All of those thoughts, 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8w67T297k
and more, were racing through Davids mind. As he was trying to gather 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPj4WRyoKaH
his wits, he heard laughter from...not behind exactly but everywhere.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ54Cb1Y0xw
"Ah! Perfect you finally awoke!" David tried turning towards the voice but couldn't quite pinpoint where it was coming from.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzkFlIAvHY
"Ah, apologies. The ether world makes everything quite fuzzy." 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvdsNqUwz2
David fell backwards out of fear as a figure appeared out of thin air in front of him. "Spirit! G..ghost! Demon!"643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0EdI1LlON
"There, there. Get it 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbXs4kYbnp
all out." The being said in an amused voice. Was it even amused? David, 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiLoNTECnr
again, could not pinpoint the exact tone of voice. It sounded as if it 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9f9yaDQh4
was echoing both in his mind and in this city. Hitting the walls making 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQB2ia3CwVq
the voice both louder and yet quieter. The voice had both male and 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaRjWm2zpU
female aspects to it as some parts sounded quite high pitched while 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU16bTNgHoF
others sounded low pitched. Both happy and sad, amused and disappointed.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvFsse25oY
It was quite disconcerting. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQB9tEIVTo
"All done now?" The 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEv6mG2hT1
apparition asked, smiling. Or was it smiling? As David got back up he 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcUi4n4De1
got a better look at his new friend. Or at least at the parts that he 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9g0sFl9ZHU
could see. Its face was covered in... something that looked like mist. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVM3pWZxnN
David was unable to properly distinguish the features. Whether it was 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZszcwixhG
smiling or crying David would never be able to tell.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQykmrt8k6M
Its clothes were quite 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTWC0wsG1c
weird as well. Wearing a top hat which seemed both as tall as the person643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQu0cxPiOld
wearing it and as short as Davids own pinky. Its body was covered in a 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwP4a1FXBTa
dark shroud going from the shoulders to feet and every time it moved it 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGTb68rNFX
changed both color and shape.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQKVXLlsD2
The figure tilted its 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRl8qtvFpw
head and moved his hands as the tapping noise continued. Concentrating 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBA43lURe2X
on the lower part of the body David could see a thin shape of an object 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPl1TVOl0Si
that looked like a stick. A cane? A walking stick? Who knew?643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUf1IT5Rej
"The tapping, was that you?" David said as the tapping noise surrounded them again echoing as if they were in a cave.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNckXXbQzo
"Indeed" 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYARYWsXSR0
Tap, tap, tap.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRQ5PS6N5v
David flinched at the 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjfI05x1Yo
sound. He wanted to shout at the ghost to stop the tapping. To answer 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64eH3LSXeO
where he was and what was happening. But there was a power dynamic here,643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycjjt88BCg
as in everything else in life. During the years he learned that there 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDsckj6rPo
are three types of people: Leaders, followers and parasites (a handy 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyzcXQn74X
word he learned from a scholar, turned pirate, in his earlier forays 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CXTYlsD2M
into piracy)643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDcmeajZeK
Leaders and followers 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrBhYaTfzQ
were self-explanatory. David, meanwhile, considered himself a parasite. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPKsdKx625
Parasites attached themselves to either a leader or a follower. Making 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMWxwtsyOZ
them believe you were on their side, that you were one of them. And then643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRyppudaX3
when that person gives you everything you need you leave and attach 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZG3dloVbx
yourself to someone else.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuK8snUTSk
This was not so 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTW76fgVcZU
different, David was the parasite and the person in front of him was the643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwv2tCRWMS5
leader. He was in charge of the situation so David had to attach 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWjuLxHvRt
himself to him or her. Had to make them believe he was on their side or 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsVSi3fEZL
harmless or whatever the situation called for. After all no one is 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSowjuyV8ox
immune to flattery, be it gods or ghosts.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjmJ0oaJL6
"I'm sure I'd have the pleasure of your acquaintance, if I knew your name?" He ventured slightly bobbing his head.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv81byTLthq
The figure gave a 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyKQiErZtO
chuckle, which sounded as if glass shattering. "Ah yes, you will suck up643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXMU7KGx6l
to me trying to win me over and then hopefully gain an advantage. I've 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwq9h3Wedfe
been watching you, David Oxtorne, lying and never revealing your true 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkfePdV3FP
self. Being a friend to some, an arrogant bastard to others whatever 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWcqd1pjEM
would get them to like or accept you." A pause and the figure looked to 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRWgN24Bsh
the side. "I've no time for your games; otherwise I would've loved for 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuNcSk15ra
you to grovel and try to win favor. For now call me...Jester." Jester 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuTKkcsQHB
laughed, as if saying a grand joke that David wasn't part of.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZwROBp1jX
David looked at him 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2c2JovpPU
puzzled adding his own awkward laugh to Jesters. This...Jester certainly643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9VBWOGTYi
liked to laugh a lot, although David was failing to find any funny 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LvQl0sfYR
jokes. "Nice to meet you Jester." David was about to say more but he was643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94VdYOVucd
interrupted by a raised hand.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iDAZ3Uuxl
"Yes, yes you're a slow 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UjpeYJTrU
learner aren't you? We will need to change that. You want to ask where 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeRAjMzuP3
you are and whatnot. So let me answer that for you. You're in the ether 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1bBQKwbbV
world. You're not dead because I saved you. Your body is laying asleep 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfp8u35vGx
so you're here only in your consciousness. Not a lot of giftless can do 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mZxxWxqoi
that, you should feel dead honored"643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiQt9dcK4T
David was having trouble643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJJb3aPVnv
following jester. But one thing he understood was that you didn't save 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23S8b3tUKc
someone's life unless you got something out of it."wha..."643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuVpDBKeXA
But David didn't get to 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjuzoogvMw
finish as jester continued." Not done yet was I? Your next question is, 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHY2Odbeo3
probably: 'what do you want in return for saving my life?' Which 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg81ubw2qe4
honestly David hurts, just hurts. Don't you think I'm a generous soul?"643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFeKqPCnC5
A pause, David was 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllIThvyl9z
unsure what to do and begun to answer but the figure kept on talking." 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyvTuJ0778
Of course I'm not. Suffice to say I will need you to find something. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGBtJ2nOhH
Can't tell you what yet but others will be hunting for it too" 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FxOMqgd5C
Jester made a clock 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIboY44DXCL
appear in front and nodded...probably." Well that's all from me. We'll 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXLoROCv82
meet again once you've met the other chosen ones. I'll explain more 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHdNkNTMlb
then, hopefully you'll be better company by then. Or else I've chosen 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uT71k98fS
quite wrong, quite wrong indeed."643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSGApzdKbc
David was about to ask 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsgtF3j8L0
more questions but then he heard a whisper. He looked at jester first 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uloLRQM3E
but as far as David could tell it wasn't his doing, which didn't 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqh0zrx8Df
convince David at all.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZs7JcQZJc
"Hey I...body..." a voice echoed. Sounding human. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEkIrU3zn3
And then his world shook, all the shadows dissipating, as if swept away by the wind.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeA6UIhII7m
"I am watching, my chosen. Make it interesting for me." Jesters voice resounded within Davids head as darkness fell again.
ns216.73.216.50da2
