The Floating Ribbons last for days!

First they get waterlogged, and eventually they sink.

We'll never see it because the Gumigumis are determined to ruin things.

Help bring light back to the Festival of Light?

I wasn't there, of course, but I hear the Gumigumis swim up to a Sinking Ribbon and just tow it away.

When Lady Ariel told those first Elyos to go and find lanterns and lights, they were in shock.

Their lives had changed. Their families had been torn asunder. Aion's great Tower had been split in twain.

But still, they managed.

I see you've been out among the people. Are you enjoying the Festival?

Oh, thank you, your character.

These still have a bit of life left in them, enough to last out the remainder.

You've saved us, just like Lady Ariel saved the Tower of Light from further desecration.

I'm not as trusting as you seem to think.

Maybe you think, "Oh, that Ardos. He's so interested in pre-Cataclysm history that he ignores reality."

You can just belay that thought and come back with the Sinking Ribbons stolen by the Gumigumis.

1. Liberate Sinking Ribbons and bring them to Ardos.

   [Event] Sinking Ribbon x20

Liberate the Sinking Ribbons from their Gumigumi captors, then take them to Ardos.

Ardos was looking at the waters and saw that the Sinking Ribbons had been stolen! How ever would the Festival of Light go on?

You reacquired the Ribbons from the thieving Gumigumis, much to Ardos' pleasure.