Let them find you

You enter the forest with a skip in your step. All elves are reputed to be slender, graceful and beautiful, and said to experience emotions far more deeply than any human ever can, who seem dull and placid by comparison. Their inevitable humiliation shall be a heady vintage to you.

First you must find them however, and elves are also known for their guile and stealth… Perhaps it is best to let them do some of the work for you, and allow them to find you instead!

So you begin to wander off the trail and deeper into the wood, making noise and shouting elvish insults all the while, yelling about how nature sucks and trees should be cut down to make room for luxury apartments built by dwarf contractors. It doesn’t take long for you to get the feeling you’re being watched, catching a glimmer of movement in the foliage at the edge of your vision; movement here and there, very soft and subtle. You stop shouting your taunts, turning to the nearest foliage where you thought you saw something. In spite of your confidence in your own superiority you can’t help but feel your pulse quicken, as silence descends all around and you inspect the cluster of bushes.

The moment you detect a noise you immediately stop time. Only afterwards do you have a second to process the sound you heard… it was the sound of a bowstring, and an arrow piercing through the air. You turn around in the direction of the sound… and find an arrow halted mid-air, just a few inches removed from your shoulderblades. And not only that, but a pair of arrows from different directions aimed at your knees as well. Your assailants had gathered from all directions. Clearly you were just in time!!