The Hollowed Grounds, on the opposite side of the continent from Torchline, was not a place the mermanta had much reason to visit yet. Still, with last season's Blood Moon still fresh in his mind, he attended the Festival of Lights with all due caution for what strangeness might occur in the once-cursed land. The gods worked in mysterious ways, however, and the chance to see his loved ones one last time was worth the risk.
He Aquaported to the outer islands before swimming to the Black Lake where others had already gathered. The way was lit by floating lanterns - a touch he noted with quiet fascination - and when he reached the main gathering he loosed his own. The glass buoys floated, the glowing plankton in the Arclight water that half-filled them pulsing brighter with every bob upon the waves. Red glass with a manta ray in simple brushstrokes recalled the gentle hands and joyful good humor of his grandfather, while the blue lantern with its graceful seal glowed with the memory of his younger brother, both gone twenty years or more.
With the lanterns lit he moved towards the shore, nodding to those he recognized, and to Flora and Melita in particular.
Hadama made lanterns for his grandfather and brother in {SE} Passacaglia in sea minor
He Aquaported to the outer islands before swimming to the Black Lake where others had already gathered. The way was lit by floating lanterns - a touch he noted with quiet fascination - and when he reached the main gathering he loosed his own. The glass buoys floated, the glowing plankton in the Arclight water that half-filled them pulsing brighter with every bob upon the waves. Red glass with a manta ray in simple brushstrokes recalled the gentle hands and joyful good humor of his grandfather, while the blue lantern with its graceful seal glowed with the memory of his younger brother, both gone twenty years or more.
With the lanterns lit he moved towards the shore, nodding to those he recognized, and to Flora and Melita in particular.
Hadama made lanterns for his grandfather and brother in {SE} Passacaglia in sea minor
