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"Mummy, look!" 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhBiVG2w80
Tap, tap. 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19cQK48mQl
"Mummy I will make you proud!" 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Cw6ZkVigt
Tap, tap.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaifEgiBSdx
"Mummy, save me."723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3TAlVKzgG
Tap, tap.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoctLEsJYy8
"Alright you better shut723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35lnXuowv6
it with the falling tapping!" David shouted as he opened his eyes and 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kkJb6xSkn
got up. Waking from his dream, for what else could it have been? 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdmLlc3yxP
David was about to 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNFixM3Hhs
complain more but then he remembered what happened, how he fell from the723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU92XY7grvP
ship, to his apparent death. But right now he was in the middle a city 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZnUsiKlyV
or at least a shallow imitation of one. With the buildings and the 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrkYb07MfJ
people just being shadowy reflections of the real world, but still 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZm4Z1vBXC
eerily lifelike.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDrCqPHUbu
Then it clicked, the 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNrwTvrzKK
ramshackle buildings, the crooked streets, dark alleyways guarded only 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8baAl4VJJI
by footpads and thieves. Shadowy humans begging and fighting. Stumbling 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eMVylv0Aw
around drunk. David was back in the Havenport slums, his home. A home he723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqH65eBBuN
left around 20 years ago when he boarded his first ship. Why was he 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lRXS5pr0z
back? Was he dead after all? 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDO75ruQ3W
All of those thoughts, 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoaAe0SMA8
and more, were racing through Davids mind. As he was trying to gather 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnPdyhFcfZ
his wits, he heard laughter from...not behind exactly but everywhere.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrR6cWwIIAW
"Ah! Perfect you finally awoke!" David tried turning towards the voice but couldn't quite pinpoint where it was coming from.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9rdB5fKRb
"Ah, apologies. The ether world makes everything quite fuzzy." 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJWNoV47mc
David fell backwards out of fear as a figure appeared out of thin air in front of him. "Spirit! G..ghost! Demon!"723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8TrWzCa1Y
"There, there. Get it 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWC9ECYmPV7
all out." The being said in an amused voice. Was it even amused? David, 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96Cng5cOe6
again, could not pinpoint the exact tone of voice. It sounded as if it 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBhSZ09DDa
was echoing both in his mind and in this city. Hitting the walls making 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YnoUVEMGe
the voice both louder and yet quieter. The voice had both male and 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpn9gPFtlKz
female aspects to it as some parts sounded quite high pitched while 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTiSZmnTUI
others sounded low pitched. Both happy and sad, amused and disappointed.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFb26lr9hi
It was quite disconcerting. 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0KsEx3XiZ
"All done now?" The 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmtj1BBZWC
apparition asked, smiling. Or was it smiling? As David got back up he 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxLlLnEKjk
got a better look at his new friend. Or at least at the parts that he 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmAjw0sq4E
could see. Its face was covered in... something that looked like mist. 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KbiQxJQmJ
David was unable to properly distinguish the features. Whether it was 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4Ydofnu4S
smiling or crying David would never be able to tell.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlW2SxmirZ
Its clothes were quite 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcZOAu3bhu
weird as well. Wearing a top hat which seemed both as tall as the person723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciRpGSpY5a
wearing it and as short as Davids own pinky. Its body was covered in a 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Y8Fn26AQw
dark shroud going from the shoulders to feet and every time it moved it 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrmjotGhui
changed both color and shape.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqzEzvfizz
The figure tilted its 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAq0H3YS9V
head and moved his hands as the tapping noise continued. Concentrating 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYR3W87C2F
on the lower part of the body David could see a thin shape of an object 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDfObqoSxw
that looked like a stick. A cane? A walking stick? Who knew?723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVlZ1Y9PL5
"The tapping, was that you?" David said as the tapping noise surrounded them again echoing as if they were in a cave.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqs8pvFcLU
"Indeed" 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkktBBojXQ
Tap, tap, tap.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvSVnrWCIp
David flinched at the 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2ct91msHM
sound. He wanted to shout at the ghost to stop the tapping. To answer 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbwjwzJ8Wf
where he was and what was happening. But there was a power dynamic here,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNw7LYOyiR
as in everything else in life. During the years he learned that there 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNk0yRlBMZ
are three types of people: Leaders, followers and parasites (a handy 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSalTPoORu
word he learned from a scholar, turned pirate, in his earlier forays 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiknx2Nwtwg
into piracy)723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWWUJrIOaO
Leaders and followers 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ruiGljxXX
were self-explanatory. David, meanwhile, considered himself a parasite. 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1w4qeWuCR
Parasites attached themselves to either a leader or a follower. Making 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFj5IJnniX
them believe you were on their side, that you were one of them. And then723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW91JRamzoE
when that person gives you everything you need you leave and attach 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDSyhpObPV
yourself to someone else.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYuQRdqFLo
This was not so 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwr4S84FBxR
different, David was the parasite and the person in front of him was the723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5HdRC2bfS
leader. He was in charge of the situation so David had to attach 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIH8QmJbm6N
himself to him or her. Had to make them believe he was on their side or 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQg87dc9Kq
harmless or whatever the situation called for. After all no one is 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8K0jHxR08Q
immune to flattery, be it gods or ghosts.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2HxUeQuPY
"I'm sure I'd have the pleasure of your acquaintance, if I knew your name?" He ventured slightly bobbing his head.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxG1LKQzUz3
The figure gave a 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkRiQ1HGl6
chuckle, which sounded as if glass shattering. "Ah yes, you will suck up723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZ79BGXz1r
to me trying to win me over and then hopefully gain an advantage. I've 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvXSWjv8TB
been watching you, David Oxtorne, lying and never revealing your true 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrMBM6yz6r
self. Being a friend to some, an arrogant bastard to others whatever 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHac5OiVhRJ
would get them to like or accept you." A pause and the figure looked to 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9abOw8NpXe
the side. "I've no time for your games; otherwise I would've loved for 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQctLpkHZd
you to grovel and try to win favor. For now call me...Jester." Jester 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBgJ1L8XSB
laughed, as if saying a grand joke that David wasn't part of.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKza3wxfN2
David looked at him 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnRNwS6u7y
puzzled adding his own awkward laugh to Jesters. This...Jester certainly723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7QltvHbL3
liked to laugh a lot, although David was failing to find any funny 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4PyhQFGGS
jokes. "Nice to meet you Jester." David was about to say more but he was723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEEfazpeEA
interrupted by a raised hand.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAGkaeB5jE
"Yes, yes you're a slow 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCJ6EasJgu
learner aren't you? We will need to change that. You want to ask where 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2fw63IYDX
you are and whatnot. So let me answer that for you. You're in the ether 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbYRnwLiph
world. You're not dead because I saved you. Your body is laying asleep 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfufIilTIWV
so you're here only in your consciousness. Not a lot of giftless can do 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8M1l5BMdhY
that, you should feel dead honored"723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ORoECwmgx
David was having trouble723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmW9OmshCFk
following jester. But one thing he understood was that you didn't save 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84ba4XdGrH
someone's life unless you got something out of it."wha..."723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUy5BuwEp9O
But David didn't get to 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡin0T64dkZY
finish as jester continued." Not done yet was I? Your next question is, 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vZlkB6ojG
probably: 'what do you want in return for saving my life?' Which 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOgwJGrdM0
honestly David hurts, just hurts. Don't you think I'm a generous soul?"723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yQI7XXSA4
A pause, David was 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJDkr0UBjl
unsure what to do and begun to answer but the figure kept on talking." 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPR3Hnaigk
Of course I'm not. Suffice to say I will need you to find something. 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZEdO2ERdx
Can't tell you what yet but others will be hunting for it too" 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uFcBwCE5b
Jester made a clock 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsCMCDPgvh
appear in front and nodded...probably." Well that's all from me. We'll 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIBSE9NZqH
meet again once you've met the other chosen ones. I'll explain more 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32GhgmkLg7
then, hopefully you'll be better company by then. Or else I've chosen 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRdo2xsZJo
quite wrong, quite wrong indeed."723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJpMdGQ59E
David was about to ask 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGdQC1ShOz
more questions but then he heard a whisper. He looked at jester first 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVQJJzc5Bt
but as far as David could tell it wasn't his doing, which didn't 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvLqU0FAui
convince David at all.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqYYDsx0On
"Hey I...body..." a voice echoed. Sounding human. 723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcvOztY2yt
And then his world shook, all the shadows dissipating, as if swept away by the wind.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCX5lJq3ef8
"I am watching, my chosen. Make it interesting for me." Jesters voice resounded within Davids head as darkness fell again.
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and then Add to home screen.