LUCI: Chapter 5 - The Monument Game: Player

An Observation made within Sam Spratt's "IX. The Monument Game" - The celebrants danced around the bonfire, their bare feet coated in mud. Anointing their faces with blood, bodies were stacked and tossed into the flames as offerings to Luci. Chanting ancient words as the crackling fire roared, its sparks drifting up to the night sky. Shadows flickered around their faces, cast by the roaring pyre. The crowd watched reverently, believing the ritual would summon Luci to dance forth another year of light and life for their people.