Orchid slumped onto the ground, fairly tired and exhausted. That was a bit too much panicking so shortly after he dropped his rage. For brief moments he can be as furious as a storm, but afterwards he wouldn't even be able to make a single breeze. Still he didn't just lay there on the floor, or at least he shouldn't do that here. Instead he picked up his things and left the sallyport, to return to his spot near the bonfire. Once he arrived Orchid had all these plans to make use of this hide, to take out his tools and really start getting it treated so he could use it on his shield. But he was far too tired to accomplish such a delicate task right now, and instead just fell back onto the floor, tired. In the distance he could hear some old man giving a story, but from such a distance and with so much being said Orchid didn't know what he was talking about, and honestly didn't really care. He was tired.

Orchid didn't sleep persay, but he did begin to day dream. His thoughts drifted from what happened today to things of the past. Sweet memories of his upbringing and training, about how and why he left home in the first place...

(The any dialog in the following flashback is implied to have been spoken entirely in elvish, translated into common for your convenience.)

A small, scrawny child sat underneath a tree in the rain. For all the help that did, as he was still being pelted by rain drops. He had his knees raised up to his face, trying to keep warm and hide his feelings, even though he was alone. The pattering of the rain hide the quiet sobbing of the child, who could only mumble a proverb to himself. [color=a2d39c]"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain..."[/color] At this point the child's eyes were puffy, but no longer crying. It would seem that he had shed all the tears he'd have for today. It was cold, but he felt numb. It wasn't until a rather... Strange looking elf approached him. She was almost like a nymph, as her garb was made of fibers and leaves woven together in such a way that it looked natural. She was easy on the eyes and her figure would easily entice mortal men. She was, of course, no nature spirit. Merely an elf who had the fortune of a fine body. Yet despite her presence, the child did not notice her.

She knelt down to the child, offering him a handful of edible nuts. [b]"Hello, child of the green. In honor of your dedication, I bring you a bounty from nature!"[/b] The child just looked at the elf, somewhat concerned, but mostly apathetic. He did not seem to react beyond looking at her, and continued to sulk in silence. Shaking the nuts the elf spoke again. [b]"Well?"[/b] The child sighed, looking at the nuts but not reaching out or changing his position. [color=a2d39c]"I dunno you. I dunno what a child of green is."[/color] The elf proceeded to dump the handful of nuts into the child's lap, and while he had no interest initially he was able to gather most of them up before they hit the ground. [b]"Perhaps you didn’t notice, but I am a Elf. We are never wrong. Our infinite wisdom proved it over a thousand years ago."
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[color=a2d39c]"Look, I'm telling you I- Wait. You're that elf from before, aren't you? The one I met a couple days ago? Didn't the bridge collapse on you?"[/color] It was then that the elf started bobbing up and down, allowing the small child to see that the elf had no feet, and instead had a ghostly tail, and only a humanoid body from the waist up. [b]"I am incorporeal."[/b] The child nodded his head before shaking it as he realized something. [color=a2d39c]"But that bridge had to be magical, it was made from a single tree branch."[/color] Sighing, the child just looked back down into the nuts in his hands, realizing that this was a pointless conversation. [color=a2d39c]"Why are you here? Why are you looking for me?"[/color]

The ghost suddenly opened her arms and looked into the sky. For a moment the child though she was about to cast a spell. [b]"Because I'm bored! I am a guardian spirit with nothing to [i]guardian[/i]! I risk becoming nothing more than a common poltergeist wallowing in regrets and introspection and other terrible things. Thus, I have sought out an experienced adventurer who can regale me with his tales of actual competence and slow my descent into all-consuming ghost-insanity."[/b] The child sighed again, dropping the nuts onto the floor and clutching his knees to his body once more. [color=a2d39c]"Then you, really, really, really got the wrong person. I'm just a kid. Not an adventurer..."[/color]

For a long while there was nothing but the sound of rainfall between the child and the elf ghost. Eventually the elf broke that silence with questions. [b]"So, you are in the rain! Most people don’t sit out in the rain. What show of untold badassery drives you to do it?"[/b] Almost immediately the child responded. [color=a2d39c]"I'm waiting for the day to end."[/color] The elf smiled as if she understood and perked up. [b]"Yeah, using spell-like abilities are a pain like that. One time I tried to do my magic sanctuary thing twice in the same day and [i]it broke my legs[/i]. What’s recharging for you?" [/b]The child looked up at the elf with a mixture of confusion and concern. [color=a2d39c]"I'm not recharging anything, I'm just..."[/color] Sighing once more, the child hugged his legs closely and started to speak.

[color=a2d39c]"I don’t know what to do anymore. When I first came here to be a hunter, I was on a quest, I believed in myself, and I thought I knew what I needed to do. I had this friend who kept telling me I could do anything I put my mind to, and I felt good because I really believed him. But after I got here, everything just went wrong. I couldn’t make make any traps, I couldn’t forage for any supplies from nature, and I would have gotten myself drowned trying if a witch didn’t save me because she wanted to my hair. But the whole time I just kept myself together by telling myself it was just a couple of accidents and everything was going to be okay once I found the Hunter's Clan and started learning how to hunt like I always wanted. And I was so stupid that blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah that I didn’t even realize that they were using me and blah blah robbed me and threw me out in the forest naked. I blah blah blah but when even that didn’t work, I felt terrible, but blah blah blah blah blah feelings blah but it didn’t help any. Then blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah even though yesterday she seemed like blah blah blah blah blah I didn’t blah blah blah blah blah feelings feelings blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah use me to blah blah blah blah blah blah. Everything I do is bad so now I guess I’m just waiting for my friends to show up again so I can go back home and I can at least trying something else, even though blah blah blah blah feelings introspection blah blah blah words words words.”[/color]