Night of Lanterns

Today was my first time being around for The Orb of Night Festival, I had been reborn into a Scarfox only about 8 months ago. So I never knew exactly what this day was, and Noir had never actually told me about it until today. She said she wasn’t too keen on it because she never believed these spirits called “yste souls” actually came here, until she saw one possess her only friend back then..Lies she thought. Well, that experience turned that thought around quickly. Noir still despises this day, but since I had become a Hollow recently, she thought it would be best if I knew about them. So I could be careful, and hopefully not become possessed myself, I am all she has left, I can’t lose myself to one of these. So All day she said we could go collect some jars and Moon Water, then we can hang them up, they’re supposed to keep the souls away apparently. I’ve seen them around the city on other Foxes' homes, they look really nice, and even glow in the night. First we went to get the Moon Water, at this lake in the middle of a cave, there was a skylight above that was in the exact spot for the moonlight to hit the water. Funny, I thought. I didn't think it would be that easy to get, like some type of trials we would have to go through. Well after getting the water we finally went to the shops to buy some jars to put the water in, Noir had somehow managed to levitate the water itself with one of her runes, it was floating next to us as we walked. She’s gotten pretty good with her abilities lately, I've never seen any sort of magic like this. Though she does have her face stuck in a book a lot of the time, I’m glad it’s me who gets to live with her, I couldn’t ask for a better guardian. Well, we arrived at the store and bought a ton of jars, and immediately put the water in them. Soon they started to glow, I smiled because of how nicely they lit up the land around us even though there was already some light around. I caught a glimpse of Noir, she was smiling and looking in my direction. It’s good to see her happy, we don’t get to go out often, and especially not much after I became hollow. I had run away because I thought I would have been a disgrace in her eyes, but I don’t know what happened to have become this way and I didn’t think she would accept me.The same thing happened to a good friend, Grand Endeavor, suddenly he had gained the status of being a hollow as well, he didn’t know why. Anyway after we bought the jars, we headed home. We talked about what to have for dinner on the way home. I suggested having a nice soup, I dunno why but I always liked having a soup when it got cold here, something I used to do before I became a scarfox. Cold weather and soup just goes well, you know? But before that I asked Noir if we could give a few of the Jars to Endeavor, since of course, he was a hollow too. Besides the whole reason we were gathering the jars was to keep the Yste Souls away from me. The effects of the souls are temporary on Standards, but on us Hollows and Mythics..well, they’re permanent. What happened to Noir’s friend who got possessed, they were just a Mystic but after getting possessed..they became unstable, these types of foxes are frowned upon around here for some reason. Noir hasn’t told me just yet. But she doesn’t want the same thing to happen to me, therefore we gathered the Jars. Well I didn’t want the same thing to happen to Endeavor so I wanted to give him some as well, thankfully she agreed and understood. Plus it wasn’t night time just yet, only evening. So we gathered four Jars and left the rest at home. We traveled the usual route to his mountain. After a while of walking through the forest, we found ourselves at the foot of the mountain. I could see a faint light being emitted at the top. Good, I sighed, he’s alive and well. Both me and Noir called for him, and eventually he peeked his head out to listen. He is blind of of course he couldn’t exactly see us, but he could recognize our voices. Suddenly he leaped out and landed a few feet in front of us. After catching his balance, he stood up straight and looked down. He’s abnormally tall, about 9 feet, the usual cap for Scarfoxes is around 8 feet. His empty yellow eyes had a faint glow to them, he also had eyes on his arms, just like Noir. Except hers usually followed her actual eye’s gaze, Endeavors sort of wondered, constantly moving. I wonder if he could actually see with them. I haven’t bothered to ask. He smiled, happy to see us again, he had asked in his soothing voice, what brought us here. He often paused between sentences, but that’s just how he is. We explained everything about the Yste souls and the Jars. He already knew about these souls, but he couldn't ever get the Moon water or Jars himself, so he would just wait out this time in the mountain. But this time he could be safe, and be sure of it, we gave him the Jars and said he could hang them around his home. Endeavor seemed genuinely grateful for these jars, he said no one has ever cared for him this much to get these for him. Then I offered to help hang the jars, and he agreed, Noir thought it was a good idea as well, Endeavor climbed back up to his place in the mountain, and Noir used a levitation spell to lift us up, and there we were. In Endeavors home. It was actually very nicely set up, there were a few candles in lanterns on the wall, his bed by a window. And a few shelves with books and trinkets. There was a big space in the middle of the room with a soft rug on it, and that's where I sat down. Then immediately got back up, I was excited to hang these up with my two favorite Foxes, Noir and Grand Endeavor. The rest of the night we spent hanging the Jars and talking, Noir teleported her ingredients for a soup over here and started to cook it for us, and from then on we all spent the night together, protected from the Yste Souls, without a worry in the world.