People with a grudge

Posted on Wed Aug 1st, 2018 @ 7:44am by Lieutenant Commander Sarah Dufrai
Edited on on Mon Sep 3rd, 2018 @ 3:40pm

834 words; about a 4 minute read

Mission: Mission 1: The Return to Faltan
Location: Vrayvale City - Marketplace
Timeline: MD02 - 1742

It took about a good hour to arrive at the Vrayvale City, a good 75 miles from Faltan Station and about 50 miles from the capital. But Sarah wanted to arrive at one of the cities and begin her investigation there. There was so much to explore on this desert world. The best place to start was not the capital, but the surrounding cities. Vrayvale City was the closeby and it was the second busy trading district on Faltan. Even if the night was coming, it was still quite crowded and a lot of people were walking through the cities as traders try to gain their attention.

Placing her bike and trailer in an empty spot as she stepped off her bike. She started to set up her trailer to market stand and notice she got attention from bystanders. Good, the crowd was interested in her supplies, even her neighborhood traders sometimes looked at her direction. Until a man walked towards her from a stand at her right "Good day, you seem new" He said as Sarah looked at the direction of the man "Yes, I am a local trader here in the Raeya sector. I travel from Union, Raeya and now also towards Faltan. I got exotic goods from the Federation, Raeya and Union to give" The mention of the Federation made some bystanders frown 'So the reports were correct, the Federation is not popular here...mmm'. She continued "Name is "Salvatory, Ilse Salvatory"

"Welcome towards the Mill Passage, the most important trade street of Vrayvale City" The man smiled "It is a pleasure to meet you Miss Salvatory, my name is Bacchis Pacuvius, I trade in local fish from the seaport here at Vrayvale City" Bacchis stepped a bit closer towards Sarah "But I would advise you to keep it down in regards of your Federation mentioning, they are not popular here or any place on Faltan" He carefully said with a look around to see if someone noticed him saying it.

"Is that so?" Sarah said with a smile "Well I do hope I can sell my supplies then here, the Raeya sector is getting difficult these days. Even though my fruit and vegetables are quite tasty" Giving off a shrug, she looked troubled at the box of carrots that she placed on the wood plank "Why are they not popular here, what did they do now again?" She grins a bit trying to be a bit teasing about the topic. But it was her method to gain more intelligence about the region she was working in.

Bacchis shrugs and leans a bit backward as he started to count with his fingers "Well, they try to interfere with the political system of our government, they seek to state that their idealism is the best way and try to enforce their will upon our system. Dragging innocent into conflicts that is unwanted" He scratches the back of his head and looks at Sarah "We are still neutral with them, but the tension is high between the Faltans and the Federation"

That did sound like a way to interpret the ways of the Federation. Sarah resists the urge not to roll with her eyes if the diplomatic corp actually did their job correctly. It would not end towards this kind of misunderstandings. Trying to hold her posture, Sarah nodded towards Bacchis placing another box of carrots on the plank "But does that not make things worse now that they are back on the planet?" Sarah asked bluntly as she placed the credit tags on the right spots and reached out to place them.

Shaking his head, Bacchis looked at the crowd that was passing their stands "Not really, the return of them only brings misery towards the planet in both economic stand and morale. Trust me when they were not here, things actually looked to brighten up" He pointed out "But I guess we shall see what these people do..." Suddenly a younger voice came over "Dad, can you help me here!" Bacchis looked at his daughter that was trying to help all the customers "Yes dear..sorry!" He apologized and looked at Sarah "Well Miss Salvatory, welcome again" He stated and walked back towards his stand.

Looking at her side towards Bacchis helping the customers 'There is a lot of work for Captain Refelian here, but my predictions and preluded information was spot on' Looking back into the crowd while folding some plastic 'The people hold a grudge towards the Federation, whatever happened towards the previous administration was used to calm the needs of the population. I wonder if Refelian will keep my warning in mind' She thought as she smiled and holds out a bag of carrots "Carrots, delicious and healthy carrots here! They will go well with your dinner and even as a snack!" She used her convincing skills as Sarah smiled at the crowd getting their attention as some people started to approach her stand.

 

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