Aurora Allice

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"*I just want to be liked…*"
—Aurora Allice

## Personality

Throughout her life, she has been rather curious of the unknown. Does not give up easily. Below average intellect due to only being taught by her father. Very caring of others and enjoys being around people. She absolutely adores small, cute things, especially fluffy ones. Loves the outdoors and nature, mostly snow and cold places, and often goes hunting as well as picking flowers. She is rather unnerved around magic users, more so with ice magic users, but she does not let that get in the way of any friendship. Doesn't like to be alone.

## Skills

* **Marksman:** She is above average skill with using a bow and arrow.
* **Naturalist:** Through all her days away from home, she has come to know about a moderate amount of herbs and plants as well as how to survive in the wilderness.

## History

### In the Village

Aurora was born in a small village in the northern mountains. The village consisted of a clan of arctic foxes that held a deep connection with the environment around them, but more importantly with "The Rays of the Northern Sky". Everyone there were born with some form of light, ice, or crystal magic as it was considered to be a blessing from the lights. Which brings it to Aurora.

Aurora was not born with any magical powers which led to her being looked down upon by most of the clan because she was seen as being corrupt. For years she was shunned and scorned for this. She tried hard to be accepted, but nothing came of it. Her father, Borris Allice, could see potential in her and would help her find a way to be accepted somehow.

One day, when she was 12, her father took her with him when he went hunting. He would use his crystal magic to form a bow and arrow to hunt with. Aurora was amazed by this and she desperately wanted to learn about using a bow. For two years, she practiced with her father after every time he went to hunt and soon became very skilled. Her father was very proud of her. Maybe this could help her to be accepted.

### Joining the Red Scarves

However, this made no difference to the rest. The ridicule continued and even became worse and worse to the point where she couldn't take anymore and ran far away. A month or so later, she came across the Red Scarves.

She had a nagging feeling that this wasn't a good idea, but since it had many runaways as members, she decided she would join anyway. She wasn't about to go back to village. Even the thought of going back made her shudder. Maybe she could manage to actually fit in here.

When she entered, she was astounded by all the different kinds of animals that were there. Big and little creatures, hairy and even feathery. *I shouldn't let myself get distracted*, Aurora thought, *I need to find out what I need to do to join first.*  She walked up to a large panda. "Excuse me, sir. Could you tell me where I need to sign up at?" she asked.

The bear looked at her, snorted, and tilted his head in the direction of the "Skill Test".

Aurora thanked him and sped off. She was ready to do whatever she needed to join.

As she was exiting the test area, she almost ran into a tall red fox. "I watched your performance, you were pretty good." she said, "You'd be a great asset in the field."

"Thank you!" Aurora said happily. Maybe she finally was being accepted. "What do you do as a 'Red Scarf'?" she asked.

"Well, as a Scarf, you'll be assigned to a team and be given missions to be done. These missions range from simple thievery to assassinations." the fox explained.

Aurora was shocked when "assassination" was mentioned. "A-assassinations?" she stammered. "You mean I may have to… kill someone?"

The red fox chuckled a bit. "It'll be easy, trust me." She looks at Aurora's bow. "I take it you hunt, with having that interesting bow and all."

"Yes." Aurora replies. "I do hunt for my food."

The red fox smirked and turned. "Think of it like you're hunting then. Instead of meat, you'll be getting cash. There will also be times where the mission will require you to kill in order to complete it. It'll get easier with every kill, trust me." Then she walked away, giving a wave of her hand and saying, "See ya. And good luck."

Aurora just stood there, frozen at the thought of killing another person. *I couldn't do that,* she thought. "*I couldn't kill someone. Maybe this was a bad idea. Maybe I should… No. I'm not going back there. Never. I can make this work. I can do this!*

Aurora was assigned to a team with two other members. The first was a small, twitchy feline with large amount of energy and the ability to go rather fast. The other was an abrasive tigress who always took the role as the team lead. Not only did she have a fiery attitude, but she also possessed fire magic. Together, they did many missions and tasks assigned to them.

There were a few times where Aurora was expected to injure or even kill someone due to them endangering the mission. She would find ways to stop them without hurting them, though it wouldn't always work. The tigress wasn't pleased with this.

"Look here, Snowball, you're being too soft. You're the one that needs to stealthily take out anyone endangering the mission. We need you to shoot the arrows *at* them, got it?"

Aurora nodded her head quickly, "G-got it…".

### A Line Crossed

Then a few missions later, they were sent to acquire an artifact from the Museum of Shang Tu. "This is an important mission," The tigress explained, "so we can't afford to screw up, understand?" she glares at Aurora as she says this.

The feline nodded his head very quickly. "U-understood." Aurora adds.

The tigress took a deep breathe and exhaled. "Alright. So, here's the plan. You," pointing at Aurora, "and me are to take out the guards so Jitters here can get the artifact and make a break for it. He'll likely run past any guards we didn't get so we'll have to knock out or kill them before they can get to the alarm. We've done this enough times so this should go smoothly. Now let's get this over and done with."

The team enters the museum through a window on the roof. Aurora begins by blinding all of the security cameras. The feline grabs the attention of each guard then the tigress knocks them out. They make their way to the artifact. The feline grabs the artifact and bolts out of the museum. The tigress and Aurora make their way to the exit with the tigress taking out any guards along the way and Aurora blinding the security cameras.

As they reach the entrance, they hear someone yell, “Help! Intruders!”. Aurora and the tigress turn around to see a guard start running towards an alarm. The tigress chases after him, but knows she will not be able to reach him in time. “Snowball, you need to take him out before he reaches the alarm!”

Aurora prepares and draws back an arrow. She begins to tremble. “I-I-I… I can’t!” Aurora stammers.

“SNOWBALL! NOW!” the tigress yells. Aurora shuts her eyes tightly and lets the arrow fly. After a moment that felt much longer, Aurora hears a *thonk* followed by a short, agonized scream which fades into a muffled gurgling. She slowly opens her eyes to the sight of the guard lying on the ground with her arrow through his neck and blood starting to spread in a pool around it.

Aurora is mortified by this and collapses to the ground without remembering how she got there, tears streaming down her face. *What… what have I done?!* she could be heard muttering to herself, over and over.

The tigress bails out of the museum, tossing the limp Aurora over her shoulder on the way out.

### Aftermath

The team arrives back at the Hideout. Aurora is still in complete shock, a look of terror frozen on her face.

A familiar fox walks up to her. "I just heard that you achieved your first kill. I told you you could do it. Soon you'll feel the rush through your body as you eliminate your victims," purrs the fox.

Aurora just stood there, eyes glued to the ground in front of her.

The fox only chuckles at Aurora's still-shellshocked demeanor. "Don't worry, you'll get used to the sight." Then she gives Aurora a dismissive pat on the shoulder and walks away.

"*This?! This is what I'd have to do to be accepted here?! KILL!?*" she silently fumes. "*No. No, it's not worth it. I can't keep doing this. I'm leaving this nightmare tonight!*"

That night, she successfully sneaks out of the Scarves base. She disappears into the woods for a week, unable to be located by the Scarves dispatched to find her. They mark her as a deserter and call off the hunt, but the damage is done: Aurora is now marked for life as a disgrace to the Scarves.

### A New Life

For a week after she left, Aurora tried to survive by herself. The surviving part wasn't too hard, but the loneliness she felt was strong. She did still feel afraid to be around others in fear of experiencing the same hatred she has lived with most of her life now.

"*I am fearful,*" she thought to herself, "*but I am much more determined to be liked and have a friend.*" She decided to take it slowly by wandering and slowly began observing the outside world along with the people that inhabit it from a distance. She started by just watching while still being hidden, but soon began to walk along the paths with the other people.

Still a bit weary, she would avoid talking and would disappear when she was close to even small towns for a while. After doing this for a couple weeks, and even was walking around town, she noticed that multiple conversations brought up a "rather interesting and amazing" cafe. Aurora remembered seeing this cafe before while walking and had felt a strong feeling that she should try going there.

Today she mustered enough courage and determination to enter the building called "The Crystal Cafe".