The Soul Labyrinth

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"Um…" Hinata started, then stopped. She hadn't been expecting that, that was for sure. She wasn't entirely sure what happened, if she was being honest with herself.

Cassius turned to Hinata and Tolkalee.
“If it hasn’t hit you yet, that was The Prince… just not in his finest form just yet…” Cassius sighed.
“He’s a friendly person, just don’t try him” he warned with a slight hint of laughter in his voice.

"Okay. That makes sense." She smiled, glad to have cleared that up.

“If you heard the announcement, he’ll be joining the Christmas party with The Master as well. He’ll be at the Graduation Ceremony as well, I think…” Cassius started to run his train of thought.

"Yes, I heard. I'm glad I was invited to come to both." She smiled, leaning against the wall.

Cassius gave Hinata a faint smile.
“You’re an idol to a lot of people here believe it or not… it’ll be a crime if we didn’t invite you to them” he claimed. The cuts on his face looked worse than when the shadows blocked some parts of it. His whole face looked messed up.

"I- an idol? I'm not really sure that's called for…" She sighed, rubbing her neck. She looked up at him, noting how his face looked.

“Apparently you are an idol here” Cassius smirked.

"I don't think I'm the kind of person people should idolize." Actually, she knew she wasn't.

Cassius shrugged.
“That’s probably just self view”

Tolkalee sighed and sat down. "Should we pull Seth in here to freak him out?" He grinned at Hinata.

"If you say so." Hinata smiled.
"And I'm down for that."

“He’ll be confused seeing me, that’s for sure” Cassius claimed with a soft laugh.

With that, Hinata stepped over to the fishing device.
"This is gonna be fun!"

"He'll be confused in general," Tolkalee chuckled. It was the first time he'd ever laughed with Hinata and Cassius around.

With a flourish, Hinata located Seth and swung the device at him. She jerked back, pulling him into the room.

Seth jumped and spun in a circle. "What, when, who, where, why?" He asked in succession.

Hinata laughed for a moment.
"We thought it would be nice to talk, so we-" she motioned around the group, "pulled you here. Where? Well, you're currently in my mind." Hinata tapped her temple.

Cassius shot Seth a threatening glance, trying to scare him in some way. But… that probably wouldn’t work.

Seth looked at Cassius, a confused look crossed his face. "Did I do something I shouldn't have? Also hello again."

Cassius bursted into laughter. He facepalmed himself.
“No no no no, no you didn’t do anything wrong I was just…” he laughed again as Seth response reminded him of someone.

Seth looked around at everyone in utter confusion. "What am I missing here?"
Tolkalee was on the ground laughing. "Your face is priceless," he managed while laughing.

“Indeed it was” Cassius wiped the tears off his face while still laughing.

"I don't understand what's going on…" Seth looked to Tolkalee hoping for some kind of answer.

Cassius walked to stand beside Hinata.
“You’ve got my message correct…?” He whispered, making sure to not make himself look suspicious to Tolkalee and Seth.

"Yes." She smiled at Seth.

Cassius nodded.
“As mentioned, the pieces are in place for you… the only thing left is to put them together…” with that whispered to Hinata, his body faded out of Hinata’s mind.

Cassius’ spirit appeared again in the room Hinata was in. He was still on the stool he sat on earlier and was positioned to look outside the window. By then, he noticed that someone was walking right outside Julian’s house. Due to the poor lighting, it’s impossible to tell who it was…

Hinata sighed as Cassius left.
"Well Seth, perhaps I could try to explain."

Seth sighed and looked around. He looked like he was starting to get a hold on the situation. Tolkalee was getting a hold of his laughter. He walked over and put his hand on Seth's shoulder. "Just keeping you prepared for anything," he said. "She would have been disappointed."
"And she not here anymore so we don't need to bring her up," Seth obviously didn't want her in the conversation. Whoever she was. Seth didn't look to angry at Tolk though. He actually had a smile on his face by this point, accepting the fact that he'd been duped.

Cassius’ spirit sensed some sort of tainted energy from the figure outside the house, problem being that he can’t be in his physical form unless he’s within ten meters of his host’s (currently Hinata’s) body. He cursed under his breath before deciding jump out and face the figure.
Six meters down, he landed softly and looked at the figure, trying to figure out who it was.