The festival of the fire god was less ceremonial than the festival of the earth goddess. When Julian and Rowena left the inn to have some fun and arrived at the city's center, they saw numerous kids still running across the streets and chasing after one another.
"Boo!" A kid suddenly stopped in front of Julian and Rowena. Like the others, the young boy wore a dark mask. It depicted a form of a scary creature and almost blended into the darkness except for the boy's eyes.
"Boo?" Julian chuckled. "I'm a lot more intimidating than some kid with a mask."
"Now, now Julian." Rowena laughed and looked at the much shorter kid. "I think I remembered the legend that Tel told us. The darkness was chased away by the powerful fire god, and it seems like we've been trapped."
"Yes!" The boy agreed with Rowena, caught himself, and then pointed fiercely at Julian. "You have been consumed by the darkness and gone mad! There is no god around here to save you."
