Amur
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Vicondor is a remote planet, but it does have it's own goverment that is rather determined it doesn't need to be loyalty to either aide. Launch a false flag attack on them, frame the Galatic Alliance, and make them reconsider their position.
Vicondor
20:08 local time
Nearby just 30 miles from one of the major population hubs of the planet Vicondor is a rather sedate little town. This part of the planet was a rather open temperate zone where it was easy for someone to within 20 minutes of venturing out of any city's outskirts to end up in the middle of nature. Most of the movement tended to be from one city to another along prepared land routes. They were quite striking displays as they weaved through the natural hills and terrain with views of large hills and traveling in the middle of valleys. You could even see sections of the earth that were carved out to make way for the new transportation lifelines.
This town was like many a branching off point from one of these highways. In fact from some of the hills you could down at the Highway as the town was placed on one of the surrounding hills. It was simple and rustic as that was the lifestyle adopted by it's inhabitants. It saw many faces but few stayed with most just focused on reaching the next destination. This town was just a pit stop. A place to rest, buy some new supplies for the road and forget about once you left. That was fine with the locals, farmers that toiled away in their own worlds bringing crops to market, Shopkeeps who ran inns, taverns and stores to cater to both the influx of travelers and the residing populace, and other people who enjoyed a nice quiet life where one could live out their transcendentalist desires in peace.
Something unusual would happen though on a cool autumn night that was for all intents and purposes just like any other autumn night. As the labor of the day petered off, the already quiet town becoming dead quiet as only idle orange lights lit it up. Inside the town bar were many patrons and travelers who mingled together. The sweet elixir of alcohol was flowing around, as stories of the days events, encounters with wildlife and the tales of distant worlds were passed around. Suddenly though the normal habits and routines would be interrupted by a figure bursting into the establishment.
It was a woman wearing a brown hooded cloak. The cloak was tattered and torn up with the discerning eye able to make out points where the robe was cut into and the woman received deep cuts. She was breathing heavily and visibly distraught as she made for the nearest corner of the bar which was to her right. She ran for it and then huddled in a upright fetal position, shivering and quivering her face hidden from all the patrons. A deep uncomfortable silence now falling upon the room as everyone looked at the girl, wanting to know the nature of her problems but at the same time paralyzed hoping that someone else would break the silence.
No one dared to move though except for one. The Town Sheriff a simple humble man of the people, felt obliged to get up from his stool at the bar and approach the woman. Getting within a meter of her trying to check up on her condition, and state.
"Hey. Are you ok? What's the matter?" He asked in a calm tenderly voice like a father comforting his son after a bad nightmare. Though sadly the woman seemed unresponsive as she rocked backed and forth mumbling softly to herself. It was so quiet that to the Sheriff it seemed like something that the girl was likely unaware she was even doing.
The Sheriff then very slowly reached his hand out towards the hood that obscured the face of this woman. Before his fingers could touch the hood the figure shifted and leaned away.
"n-n-nn-no d-don't look at me. I- I- I- I- I'm a monster. Th- They'll just get me anyways." The woman's voice sounded distant even when responding to the Sheriff. Like she was trapped inside her own world haunted and tormented by the visions and voices that destroyed her inner being.
"Hey, listen to me. Your safe now. No one here is out to hurt you. Now I want to help you. OK we got a doctor, and, and if you need a safe space our little part of the world would be willing to provide. But you got to help me help you. I need to know if your ok and what's going on. You got a name? " The words seemed to resonate with the girl as she slowed and seemed to stabilize a tiny bit.
"Ok... My my name is Skyler." The girl slowly looked up to the Sheriff very slowly. While the shadow caused by the hood obscured her face a bit it was immediately clear to the sheriff what he saw. He saw a face marred by burn scars that shot up the right side of her face. The Sheriff's face remained unmoved though it was clear in his eye movements that he flinched a little internally. The most distinctive feature though was the right eye of the girl. It was a sickly yellow all the way to the pupil which alternated from normal pitch black to dark red.
Present day
In the days that proceeded Skyler explained that she was running from some people that wanted her dead for a reason she didn't understand. She lived a few hundred kilometers away in a rural part of land. Her injuries were sustained from a house fire in the middle of winter that killed her parents and nearly killed her. She was saved by a hunter who investigated the fire. She had that yellow eye ever since. She lived with him in a cabin until recently when a mysterious man and woman arrived. Skyler and the hunter initially served dinner with a lot of intrusive questions about the eye. Eventually though tried to grab her and killed her adopted father in the process. They declared her a cancer that had to be wiped out.
The people of the village suddenly when faced with this dilemma sheltered the girl. The doctor gave her a free check up astonished she managed to survive severe wounds she sustained in her past. The Sheriff had offered a guest room in his house for her to stay in. The community came together to help this random innocent girl.
Skyler would peer out at the forest. Morning sunlight shining beautiful bright rays onto the village. Skyler was enjoying some tea a small smile was on her face as she looked over to the slowly awakening Sheriff.
"Thank you. I... don't know what I would do If I didn't come across you." She said with a sweet smile upon her face.
"Don't mention it" The Sheriff said before breaking out in a long yawn.
This is going just perfectly Amur thought to herself, as her cover story and identity was happily eaten up by these villagers. They had no idea for what was really in store for them.
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