In the lowering dark and from the distance he had chosen it was hard to see many people clearly. Some seemed to know each other, gathering in pairs, while others like himself stood alone, wary or perhaps just uncertain. A few bold individuals approached the cathedral directly, but the floating mass of rags and eerie mask ignored them all until suddenly-
It was gone.
But the child's voice carried somehow directly to him, even where he stood at the edge of things, and Kellan shivered. A game? With that dark spirit? It seemed impossible that it could end well for them, but others were already fanning out, seeking in the most unlikely places, many with playful laughter on their lips.
Deeply unsettled but not wanting to earn the ire of the local... spirits? Ghosts? Gods? Kellan looked around and used his bow to shift aside the leaves of the jungle's verge, peering under them as he saw others doing with shells and waves and holes in the ground, making an attempt at participation even if he felt more lost and confused by the minute.
It was gone.
But the child's voice carried somehow directly to him, even where he stood at the edge of things, and Kellan shivered. A game? With that dark spirit? It seemed impossible that it could end well for them, but others were already fanning out, seeking in the most unlikely places, many with playful laughter on their lips.
Deeply unsettled but not wanting to earn the ire of the local... spirits? Ghosts? Gods? Kellan looked around and used his bow to shift aside the leaves of the jungle's verge, peering under them as he saw others doing with shells and waves and holes in the ground, making an attempt at participation even if he felt more lost and confused by the minute.
