[God Quest] When All Other Lights Go Out

"It is plenty," Ludo assured the fox as he went about arranging the components before them. It took a moment to coo over Isuma before finally leaving her to her bonded and surging up, hovering over the items Jigano had brought and seeming, in that strange way it had, to smile. With a mere effort of will, the objects would rise up from the ground to hover before Ludo, before beginning to circle in the air, as if it were a juggler. "You remember, yes? The song I gave to you. If this works, the melody will call a lost soul out, and the lantern will entice it, keep it within until you can bring it to these woods." Faster and faster the objects spun, until they were mere blurs before god and fox. Then all at once, with a spark that illuminated the forest all around, before them hovered a single lantern. The same size and shape as the one which had held the spark bird's feather, this lantern was fashioned out of the winding, twisting branch of a Wicker Woman, the wood petrified into keeping its shape and behaving. Within, set upon a curved plate of golden scales, a pure flame burned and flickered. The fire was as white as Ludo's mask, and instantly the orb-like creatures that had accompanied it began to move towards it. "There," it said. "It looks like it is already doing its job." LUDO Braved the forests, braved the stone Braved the icy winds and fire Braved and beat them on my own