Chapter 4: Barajas Arcana

At the guest room, a man named Dopey opens the door for Jayson and helped with his things, "Alrighty then, welcome to our humble abode, it may be dusty but I hope you like your room" he said and handed over Jayson's room key, he thanked him and said, "Thanks for letting me stay, I appreciate the kind gesture, but I hope I'm not a bother and I could've just looked for an apartment so I wouldn't be a bother". Dopey looks at him and pats him in the shoulder "Oh please, apartments here aren't so great, besides if you look for one, your budget might not handle it cause every year rents have been going up, which is totally ridiculous, so it's better if you stay here with us... Where your safe" he turned and whispered the last part, but Jayson didn't hear what he said. Anyhow, they all went to their rooms and finished unpacking their bags and luggage, while at Sodelle's room, she takes off her jacket and bonnet and walks towards parcel on her desk, "Hey guys!? Who sent this parcel?" She yelled, but no one seems to have heard her, she couldn't wait any longer, so she ripped the parcel open carefully and wondered what's inside and who could have sent it. And after a few minutes, she opens the box and sees the Tarot box called "The Sasuraibito Tarot" which was a tarot deck with a guide book.

She was mesmerized by what she's looking at, then starts to have a flash of a memory, she suddenly hears noises, everything was blurry that her head is starting to ache, she slowly sits on the floor and covers her ears groaning in slight pain, and for a split second she hears a soft laugh of a woman, Sodelle couldn't recognize her because it was still blurry, she tried so hard to look at her but it's still no use, it was still the same until she hears the mysterious woman's voice talking and saying "My little Ace, the Fortune of my life, my..." she almost heard the last part, but everything vanished and Doc who was just passing by just knocks on the door, she quickly stands up and fixes herself up as she rushes and opens the door, Doc noticed her face looked pale and tired, he wondered and asked "Kid are you okay? why do you look so pale and awful?" he checked if she had a fever or something, although she thought if she told him the truth about what happened earlier he might make it a big deal and fuss over it, she doesn't want to worry them again like last time, so she tried to lie and thinks of an excuse and said "Yeah kind of... I feel kinda dizzy or something, it must be jet lag" she made sure that Doc doesn't notice anything suspicious which she is good at, of course, he fell for it and didn't know what really happened.

They both went down to the living room and Doc lets her sit on the couch and insists on giving her some medicine and water for her headache and while he's at it, Sodelle takes off her shoes and elevates her legs to relax and finally lies down, Bashful on the other hand sneaks up on her and surprisingly pinches her nose, "what are you doing with my little nose you rascal?" she asked with a funny tone, he finally lets it goes and chuckles while he sits with her "enjoying the view, especially now that you're back home... to us" He dramatically looks at her and bursts out laughing and chatting, after a few minutes, Doc came back as promised with water and the medicine for her headache, she took the medicine and drank water, she finally feels fine until she asked a favor "Oh yeah, can we go somewhere before we eat lunch?" she asked and just in time, Jayson and Dopey came in the living room, "where are you going? Do you need to go somewhere? alone?" Dopey asked while Jayson wondered the same thing, "You're going somewhere? Do you want me to come along with you?" he sits down with Sodelle and carries his camera. "Actually, I was wondering if one of you wants to come with me, it's kinda far... I guess" she didn't say where or why she's going out after a long trip, Bashful couldn't go because he also has to go somewhere else, same goes for Doc, and that leaves Dopey and Jayson to go along with her.

The three took their wallet and bags and went to the garage, Dopey's garage, which surprisingly an unexpected person got there first, "And where do you think you're going? especially at this hour... hmmm?" Grumpy asked, and dopey wearing a smug look on his face and asks him back and says "You just wanna tag along don't you brother dear?" he wheezes and bursts out laughing and ticks his brother off, but sadly true, he admits he wanted to tag along after all. While grumpy prepares and fixes up his Audi, Dopey reaches out another car key and gives it to Sodelle, she wondered why he gave it to her, Dopey points out when the garage door opens and sees a yellow Austin Mini Cooper S 1976 car that she always wanted, it was supposed to be a gift on her sixteenth birthday that was secretly parked at the party two years ago. Finally, she got the first ride of her favorite car while Grumpy follows, letting her enjoy her sweet ride.

Sodelle takes out a little piece of paper, an address was written on it and types it on her phone, and after an hour she found the place she's been looking for, a vintage-looking shop, she parked her car on the side of the shop and went inside. A silent beautiful place, wind chimes and gemstones hanging in the ceiling, interior filled with classic and vintage displays with large crystals and rare flowers, she soon realized it is a flower shop. And then suddenly, a woman comes out from the other side of the door and saw Sodelle standing in the middle, the sun rays inside the shop from her window, it is as if she brought the light inside, the woman sees an aura on Sodelle, everything went slow, Sodelle sees the woman standing in front of her and both eyes locked on to each other, the woman looks at her closely and finally realizes she looked somewhat familiar, something she recognized about Sodelle, the woman walked up to her with joy on her face and softly said "Finally, could you be? You're finally here, my dear" she says as she caresses her face.

"Returning home again is clean water to my parched mouth; it is air, rich in oxygen, to my lungs as I gasp for breath."