[SWE] Festival of Lights - 317 PC

"The best tricks," Ludo assures Melita, its head bobbing almost comically with the force of it. And though Mel won't be able to see it behind the mask, she will get the sensation of a very wide smile indeed in response to her acceptance. "Come and see me very soon, and we will talk," it whispers to her, trickster to trickster. "But now I have to choose my best lantern." Patting her sleeve, Ludo will appear to completely dissipate into a swathe of writhing smoke, a darkness that appears to flood the proceedings, dimming all lanterns in the vicinity... All except one. A lantern dressed in golds and ivory. Perhaps the newly minted Bastion has sprinkled some extra luck into it as the dark haired Penumbra admires the lantern crafted for her by her daughter. Her sapphire eyes are only for her Harpy as she arrives, though seeing as she’s surrounded by so many of those Rexanna had loved, perhaps seeing her arrive might settle some worries about where she’d ended up after everything happened for everyone else watching the reveal. All she can offer to start with is a soft little “I know, sweetheart,” when it comes to the young woman’s internal commentary that @Kiada’s held close to her chest. The Harpy had finally understood that it wasn’t a lack of Rexanna’s caring, but that priorities change, and for a renewed life in Caido, mixed with those memories of another time in Helovia, Rexanna had tried to do her best. “I have and always will love you, my darling girl. I’m sorry it took so long.” She says, tucking a lock of her dark hair behind her ear before she embraces her daughter tightly against her lithe frame, to stay there however long she can. Melita has accepted Ludo's offer of demigodhood, and Kiada's lantern for Rexanna has been chosen for this year's festival! LUDO Braved the forests, braved the stone Braved the icy winds and fire Braved and beat them on my own