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"Mummy, look!" 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBHdOzDe7F
Tap, tap. 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmHczKFuEV
"Mummy I will make you proud!" 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZDwqFNJnw
Tap, tap.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NdODbzQOF
"Mummy, save me."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxLI4r8yDa
Tap, tap.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQGStYiTC9
"Alright you better shut616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpAJktlrm7
it with the falling tapping!" David shouted as he opened his eyes and 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8f8zWMMlb
got up. Waking from his dream, for what else could it have been? 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDRcUuo1EG
David was about to 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuIRgLFJdK
complain more but then he remembered what happened, how he fell from the616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0k5HT3Lyce
ship, to his apparent death. But right now he was in the middle a city 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvjPq6pNVn
or at least a shallow imitation of one. With the buildings and the 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdgALauzGd
people just being shadowy reflections of the real world, but still 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54kuaLBCFE
eerily lifelike.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPJpGVqmFL
Then it clicked, the 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTUjvF4i6Q
ramshackle buildings, the crooked streets, dark alleyways guarded only 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3qKd4i8ff
by footpads and thieves. Shadowy humans begging and fighting. Stumbling 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1cdeoapk5
around drunk. David was back in the Havenport slums, his home. A home he616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6Dnfk4uAt
left around 20 years ago when he boarded his first ship. Why was he 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IOwcbfCZl
back? Was he dead after all? 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjx35wbP8dS
All of those thoughts, 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6RbYbpN58
and more, were racing through Davids mind. As he was trying to gather 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtOXwQum5O
his wits, he heard laughter from...not behind exactly but everywhere.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSUemf6kNy
"Ah! Perfect you finally awoke!" David tried turning towards the voice but couldn't quite pinpoint where it was coming from.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9dIB7JQYN
"Ah, apologies. The ether world makes everything quite fuzzy." 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZb5ZwbtLvX
David fell backwards out of fear as a figure appeared out of thin air in front of him. "Spirit! G..ghost! Demon!"616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1KxHnjA8W
"There, there. Get it 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGtvuidG9k
all out." The being said in an amused voice. Was it even amused? David, 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwwhdbEk1M
again, could not pinpoint the exact tone of voice. It sounded as if it 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZfdwsiSZz
was echoing both in his mind and in this city. Hitting the walls making 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsem22GJxQ
the voice both louder and yet quieter. The voice had both male and 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnnliz8vMO
female aspects to it as some parts sounded quite high pitched while 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVjDP317tN
others sounded low pitched. Both happy and sad, amused and disappointed.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwCQnmXFYj
It was quite disconcerting. 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiko9JLYdc5
"All done now?" The 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8ZnSacVfU
apparition asked, smiling. Or was it smiling? As David got back up he 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BI6EtnwKA
got a better look at his new friend. Or at least at the parts that he 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjVv4msRZJ
could see. Its face was covered in... something that looked like mist. 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFDkG43PFp
David was unable to properly distinguish the features. Whether it was 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJqW2Ap22p
smiling or crying David would never be able to tell.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8biFVQkLYH
Its clothes were quite 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQ2eDkwq8b
weird as well. Wearing a top hat which seemed both as tall as the person616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIY9GtOq18
wearing it and as short as Davids own pinky. Its body was covered in a 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fOjeYLHCy
dark shroud going from the shoulders to feet and every time it moved it 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFks57vAMT
changed both color and shape.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hwIZr6gut
The figure tilted its 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9fUCMLlYx
head and moved his hands as the tapping noise continued. Concentrating 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8wdIBZM39
on the lower part of the body David could see a thin shape of an object 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrQkNg8VkB
that looked like a stick. A cane? A walking stick? Who knew?616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMhH3y5QEf
"The tapping, was that you?" David said as the tapping noise surrounded them again echoing as if they were in a cave.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxzKX0Paaa
"Indeed" 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4u8SDqtLJc
Tap, tap, tap.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIMp8XOb8T
David flinched at the 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3quIPRlQ74
sound. He wanted to shout at the ghost to stop the tapping. To answer 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkFp8KveQG
where he was and what was happening. But there was a power dynamic here,616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ht8n8KvHB
as in everything else in life. During the years he learned that there 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKOve9bW7w
are three types of people: Leaders, followers and parasites (a handy 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmTCjYfTGJ
word he learned from a scholar, turned pirate, in his earlier forays 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpu1dseHup
into piracy)616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvOJ507ilt
Leaders and followers 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDQsJtKRNo
were self-explanatory. David, meanwhile, considered himself a parasite. 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyoZgJEsrv
Parasites attached themselves to either a leader or a follower. Making 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpu88lKqwWA
them believe you were on their side, that you were one of them. And then616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kC64pTrXa
when that person gives you everything you need you leave and attach 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡferh3YDqg4
yourself to someone else.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSJpTB0Lic
This was not so 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJoOS6E2rv
different, David was the parasite and the person in front of him was the616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3Iy1DPcfs
leader. He was in charge of the situation so David had to attach 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFkODq8Tor
himself to him or her. Had to make them believe he was on their side or 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VwvD8wqlJ
harmless or whatever the situation called for. After all no one is 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRtCv6z5gx
immune to flattery, be it gods or ghosts.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaciUuJ9YxM
"I'm sure I'd have the pleasure of your acquaintance, if I knew your name?" He ventured slightly bobbing his head.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYXPEhllGu
The figure gave a 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ayp3qQQAb
chuckle, which sounded as if glass shattering. "Ah yes, you will suck up616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFqzK8X0nl
to me trying to win me over and then hopefully gain an advantage. I've 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwME3cCvlgC
been watching you, David Oxtorne, lying and never revealing your true 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcDE2Wbki6
self. Being a friend to some, an arrogant bastard to others whatever 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfjpbVQiul
would get them to like or accept you." A pause and the figure looked to 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiVPOkKiVl
the side. "I've no time for your games; otherwise I would've loved for 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyorKg1oOi
you to grovel and try to win favor. For now call me...Jester." Jester 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg03KzaRqVb
laughed, as if saying a grand joke that David wasn't part of.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUa9UsrvVap
David looked at him 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkHDduhnif
puzzled adding his own awkward laugh to Jesters. This...Jester certainly616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGi2Qhm2C1v
liked to laugh a lot, although David was failing to find any funny 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eETJyZteL
jokes. "Nice to meet you Jester." David was about to say more but he was616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡichu8SOnjE
interrupted by a raised hand.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnst9ZhPel2
"Yes, yes you're a slow 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUATGBxUQj2
learner aren't you? We will need to change that. You want to ask where 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO62lnzDJu1
you are and whatnot. So let me answer that for you. You're in the ether 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJ27KpAVHO
world. You're not dead because I saved you. Your body is laying asleep 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmw52bj9Cu
so you're here only in your consciousness. Not a lot of giftless can do 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEeduPO8st
that, you should feel dead honored"616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbWQPWhtix
David was having trouble616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7iZfz6jXq
following jester. But one thing he understood was that you didn't save 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtb1Q4scDU9
someone's life unless you got something out of it."wha..."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynlJtrUVDy
But David didn't get to 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEZ7Iz7d5M
finish as jester continued." Not done yet was I? Your next question is, 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4Q6OFqyvT
probably: 'what do you want in return for saving my life?' Which 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7b5fh1BlwE
honestly David hurts, just hurts. Don't you think I'm a generous soul?"616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9NaZ396mq
A pause, David was 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2oyu7cS3w7
unsure what to do and begun to answer but the figure kept on talking." 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9zIbSVgSg
Of course I'm not. Suffice to say I will need you to find something. 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMLMT8ZNLs
Can't tell you what yet but others will be hunting for it too" 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6adVC8Yze
Jester made a clock 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEoGAYbHiE
appear in front and nodded...probably." Well that's all from me. We'll 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxntKNcfnG
meet again once you've met the other chosen ones. I'll explain more 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGWig4tmui
then, hopefully you'll be better company by then. Or else I've chosen 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡba6Lhh21Yx
quite wrong, quite wrong indeed."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsby5HYsT2a
David was about to ask 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdVnnhJVmi
more questions but then he heard a whisper. He looked at jester first 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3Ju0xPmI1
but as far as David could tell it wasn't his doing, which didn't 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVBQgDHB8M
convince David at all.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEEtIhSxWW
"Hey I...body..." a voice echoed. Sounding human. 616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqofMwLr3kr
And then his world shook, all the shadows dissipating, as if swept away by the wind.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzBBJAjNRs
"I am watching, my chosen. Make it interesting for me." Jesters voice resounded within Davids head as darkness fell again.
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