forum The Soul Labyrinth

Started April 14, 2019 by @CasiCasino group

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Hinata nodded at what Aisen said, then turned to Fleura.
"Yes, I have," she responded. "He wanted me to get his scythe for him."

“Ah…” Fleura tapped his chin.
“If you are going to get his scythe at the gallery, would you mind stopping by the vault to get my suitcase of jewelry as well?” He asked.
(Seventh Ending and Eighth Ending)

"I suppose I wouldn't hurt," Hinata said. There seemed to be a trend here, of the Mythical Warriors of this place asking her to do things for them.

(Gasp How did you know the trend…? XD)

Fleura nodded softly.
“If you could that would be great, the Labyrinth could use a reset once in a while” he stated casually as he pet the small deer beside him.

"Reset?" Hinata asked, curious. It seemed to not be a big deal, but her experience with resets usually ended with everyone dying. Like her parents.

“To revive the dead Knights and kill everyone of the corrupted beings, though including old Knights who have been corrupted” he explained, petting deer as it smiled and rested on its front legs.
(Seventh Ending)
“There are actually people who can revive everyone of the dead Knights and purify everyone of the corrupted beings but to get them… is horrendous to say the last” he added.
(Eighth Ending, also associated with the Tenth Ending)

"I see…" Hinata said.
"Seems reasonable. I guess."

Fleura closed his eyes and breathed out once. That small hint of air made flowers bloom around him.
“It’s only a matter of time before the Mythical Warriors would return to the Labyrinth… together, and now, seems to be the best time” he brought up as roses, lavenders, tulips, lilies, cherry blossoms, sunflowers, and marigolds started to bloom at incredible speeds around Hinata.

"Oo-kay then," Hinata said, not exactly sure about what was going on right at that moment.

The flowers soon disintegrated into colorful powder like substances. The substances floated to Fleura and surrounded him. They them aimed in on him.
Standing up, Fleura would now be wearing a green and yellow mage robe with red, light pink and purple lapels.
“There is one thing you should know though… Cronos is not as unreasonable as you may think, try giving him a chance”

"Um, I guess it wouldn't be too terrible to do that." Hinata, of course, was slightly worried that her next encounter with Cronos might be a repeat of the last one.

(Gotta gooo)

Fleura nodded.
“That was a request from the fourth Mythical Warrior, Cronos’ friend per say” he explained as he turned to the waterfall.
“It’s unbelievable really… to see someone like you enjoy a place like the Soul Labyrinth, one of the worst places in the multiverse because of how unstable it is” he brought up, looking at his reflection.
“Though I guess you’ll have to take your days off somewhere away from the norm, right?”

Hinata wasn't surprised the request came from a Mythical Warrior.
"Well, every world has redeeming qualities. Besides, I'm sure if I hadn't ended up here it would have been somewhere else. No rest for the wicked, I suppose."

Loki had been restored after eating a traditional Korean meal that reminded her of home even if she was Japanese

Hinata wasn't surprised the request came from a Mythical Warrior.
"Well, every world has redeeming qualities. Besides, I'm sure if I hadn't ended up here it would have been somewhere else. No rest for the wicked, I suppose."

Fleura sighed lightly.
“What if were to tell you that a lot of the Knights here are going against the multiverse’s set of laws? Including the doctor you care for so much…” he asked coldly, somehow, his eyes were both warm from his gentleness and cold from his emotionless question.

"I realize that this is true. Still, from my personal experience," she said, seemingly unfazed by Fleura's coldness, "is that when the multiverse's laws a broken, the multiverse is always able to find balance itself. My job is to simply make sure that the multiverse does not have to take drastic measures to find balance, as it was forced to with my world." She herself took on a cold edge.
"Sometimes I wonder if those in "power" realize this when they try to tell me how to do my job. Of course, I'm sure that's not the case here."

Fleura broke a small grin.
“As you may know, down here in the Labyrinth, even though we are connected to the multiverse, are indeed a singular unit of entities. So we don’t much knowledge of anything other than life, death, and magic…” he stretched a little.
“Anyways, it was nice talking to you, come visit again if you want to talk or when you decided that maybe the Labyrinth needs a reset” he snapped his finger and Hinata would appear again beside the fountain.

(Where to go next?)
(End of the Hall) [Sixth Ending]
(Joshua’s Hallway) [Third Ending]
(Kristin’s Hallway) [Second Ending]
(The Gallery) [Seventh, Tenth Ending]
(The Vault) [Seventh Ending]
(Examine the Fountain) [???]

Hinata, when she found herself by the fountain again, put her hands in her pockets with a low whistle. Eventually, she turned with the intent to go to the Gallery. She knew she had turned down Narok's request to retrieve his scythe, she might as well go and see what exactly was going on.

The Gallery was deep inside the Research Building, the building beside the Royal Building where Hinata was in.
Going into the Gallery, she would come across the pictures of the Zodiac Uniforms. Heading deeper inside, a Dark Candle was lit inside the small room alongside an array of weaponry.
(Foreshadowing my first short novel)

Loki had been wandering aimlessly and whispered to herself "well now what to do?"

Hinata walked along, glancing at the pictures as she continued on. Entering the room with the candle and the weapons, she stopped for a moment, looking for a scythe.

(Oh yeah, @PrettyLittlePyro , Adara can still be inserted into the story right…here. And don’t worry about it not making sense, if you do decide to insert her back in)

(I might later.)

(Sorry, had a lot of things going on last night)

The room was mildly dark, only a few of the items were actually visible. The candle can be picked up though, so maybe the darker parts of the room could be lit up.

(You're perfectly fine!)
Hinata sighed likely at the darkness. She didn't really have much energy, so she settled for using the candle to explore in the darkest parts of the room.

Deeper into the room, Hinata would find five pedestals, all of which were labeled and were showcasing an item alongside a humanoid statue.

Syzen Celser, a handheld telescope
Narok Killain, a black scythe and a silver scythe
Fleura Chord, a suitcase of jewelry on a flower bed
Martin Park, a camera with an hourglass symbol on its lens
Asawin Nirankarn & Ratri Nirankarn, a silver sword, and an azure and golden staff

After a moment of thinking, she turned to retrieve Fleura's suitcase first. She didn't really reach out yet, though. Something felt off. Why had Narok said he couldn't retrieve his scythe- make that scythes? Plus, they were called the Mythical warriors; you don't exactly leave the possessions of people like that out in the open for anyone to grab.

(Ahhhhh!! No!!! You’ve read my mind!! ;-; I was going to give you a surprise fight XD)

As Hinata’s hand got close to the suitcase, it disintegrated piece by piece and as she retracted her hand, it reformed. Apparently what was on the pedestals alongside the statues were just mere illusions of the items.
Looking pass the statue though, a door was locked with seven colored tabs and pictures of weapons, specifically four… there should be a pattern here, maybe on something Hinata had on her?