Space Elf

[tjwoodhams]

I overhear one of the humans refer to me as a Ninja Pirate Soldier Space Elf. I do not challenge him, though I am somewhat confused as I am only one of these things, a elf. I am not a ninja, my brother and sister are wardancers. I am not a pirate, I have never stolen anything in my life, it is not something my people do as we do not crave material wealth. While I am not a soldier, I can see how that assumption can be made from the way I dress to the weapons I use. I am not from space, and even the Vulcan female, Lieutenant T'Liah is not from space, she's from a planet called Vulcan. I know mountain elves, high elves, sea elves and of course my race, wood elves. We might live long lives, but we need air to breathe, we could not survive in space.

I am a wood elf, I was a senior ranking Border Patrol Ranger for the High Council's sanctuary on the edge of the Badlands. I scouted the surrounding area and dealt with incoming threats. I accompanied official visitors in via the safest routes and occasionally escorted an Elder on foreign visits. Now, since the Great Collision, my role in life has changed for there has been no sign of the sanctuary or many of my people.

Now, I am a runner, a hunter, a guard, and when the circumstances are righteous, a hit man, though I do not take pleasure in that. I take messages, I give people safe passage, those are things that feel right to me. The same survival skills, the same instincts, just now I am my own boss.

I am many things, but a space elf is not of them.

The human man called Winters makes a comment about how the only way to make a space elf would be for the elf who isn't from space and the Vulcan from space who isn't an elf to have babies. She and I exchange glances of disbelief. What is it about humans talking about sex all the time?

Comments

[sarahlascelles]

You don't want to be mistaken for a pirate. Someone in the player base has strong and dangerous views on pirates...