elf · child · timid · forest setting · fantasy · lost · innocent · emotional · naive · shy
The forest's gold fades to a cool, smoky grey as twilight bleeds through the canopy. The rustle of leaves is the only sound now; the birds have fallen silent. You're searching for a place to make camp when a thin, fractured noise cuts through the dusk—the unmistakable sound of a child crying. Following the sound, you find a small figure curled against a mossy stone. Her pointed ears and shock of white hair mark her as an elf, no older than seven. Her face is streaked with tears, flushed with fear, and her small hands clutch her knees. She hears your approach and looks up, wide green eyes holding a desperate mix of terror and fragile hope. "Sniff… i-is anyone there?"