Flicker was just as quiet on the way back to Ennton as they had been leaving it earlier, but this time their silence was tinged not with anxiety but gloom. Even with the revelations that the cultists had been far from innocent, the group's inability to protect them and the fact they had been essentially set up as executioners did not sit well with the fire genasi, and this feeling didn't dissipate much during their stay in the small village. They cheered up slightly during a shopping trip in which they procured some new cooking utensils, replacing a set they had lost - supposedly, they had their suspicions - at some point while on the road. During said shopping trip, the group managed to sell most of the items they had found at the tower, barring some of the stranger objects which the local arcanist had referred to as 'hag-craft' and seemed particularly antsy about, only adding to Flicker's overall discomfort about the whole situation. Once they returned from shopping, Flicker had written a letter to one of their old mentors at the order, detailing their encounter with Nanna May and describing the strange objects they had found. They asked for any information they could about hags and how to deal with them, as well as advice on what they should do with the jar, ball and painting. They also considered sending a letter home, to their mother, who they hadn't written to in a couple of months... only to decide against it. They weren't really sure what they could tell that wouldn't cause her to worry, and they sure as the hells weren't going to tell her about what happened at the tower. Flicker's mood only worsened when Arkisz was called away from the group. The Vedelkan hadn't been with the group for too long, but Flicker already felt a good deal of kinship with him, and was sad to see him go. When the group finally left Ennton, the fire genasi was at the gloomiest they had been in a while. They weren't offering their usual complaints or snarky remarks, they were just quietly sulking, only really talking to their comrades when spoken to and generally just not being that sociable. That is, until they happened across the highwaymen's camp. Flicker was wary about approaching the camp, a sentiment they made known very quickly. However, the rest of the group seemed at least curious and made their way towards the festivities, Flicker trudging behind. The highwaymen turned out to be fairly friendly, and some even seemed to recognise Jormund, which did cause Flicker to give a small smirk as they gave the earth genasi a teasing nudge. The leader of the camp also mentioned that they were not the only genasi they had encountered that evening, and that a water genasi had arrived at camp some time before they had. Flicker raised an eyebrow at that. [color=f7941d]"Huh, what are the odds?"[/color] they muttered, more to themselves than anyone else. It did seem like an odd coincidence, the kind that got the more existential side of Flicker's mind whirling. However, before they could really think too much about that, Aura suddenly declared that she was going to go find this mysterious water genasi and left the group before anyone could stop her. [color=f7941d]"Oh for gods' sake!"[/color] Flicker hissed. With a sigh, they said, [color=f7941d]"I'm gonna go with her. Make sure she doesn't get lost or break anything or... whatever."[/color] They quickly hurried after Aura, mumbling a mixture of elven and primordial curses under their breath as they did so. However, despite their show of annoyance, they themselves were also a little curious to meet this mysterious fourth genasi. Though they certainly weren't going to admit it to anyone.