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Bellatrix made sure she sent scout robots using light manipulating stealth technology they could sprint and launch themselves from rooftop to rooftop without being detected. Their job was to observe the humans behaviours and customs while searching for the Valdez family home or fortress where they will negotiate land and peace, hopefully.



Meanwhile a slim android representing Bellatrix was waiting in the shadows with her bodyguards. Bellatrix and her guards wore a thick makeshift synthetic skin over their hard carbon exoskeletons, and were all nude (of course without any genitalia or breasts). Bellatrixes body being the most humanoid and attractive among the three one could only tell she was not who she seemed to be if they could see her hard, cold body move through her skin but her face was flawless and could fool the most observant or curious of citizens. She had a smooth pale skin and long black hair, due to the nature of the visual technology applied to androids her eyes had the white Sclera but no iris, leaving what would be her iris and pupil just a big black hole. But if she could keep her eyes covered, in the darkness, or in dim light it she should be able to hide it. Her guards were not as attractive, their bulky builds were not meant to have skin. Whenever they move their skin crawls like an abomination of skin and bone, folding and stretching out with each step. But it was better to have skin than to not, they would all be better off if they were confused as demons when discovered instead of an alien being.

They all needed to be clothed if they wanted to pass the city without being paraded in pieces among a mob of witch killing citizens. Her guards needed to be covered completely as they were horrifying in their synthetic skins and faces with no teeth, but at least they have eyes like Bellatrix meaning there is hope that they can look like human beings. The group was observing passing citizens going inside and outside the gates of the Valdez capital city. From a far distance and mechanical eyes they could observe at a very safe distance from the gate, standing in the tree-line almost parallel to the city wall. The transparent silhouette of a scout pounced far above the city walls and landed gracefully in within the tree-line. The chief Android of the reconnaissance party in the city visually phased back into existence in front of them, becoming opaque again. On his back a hard pack of women’s clothing and underwear worn by respectable females, but not much else. The guards were left disappointed and the rest of the invisible scouts were running out of power.

Cutting her losses Bellatrix decided to retreat back to base and create a more formal and covering dress and cloaks for her guards based on the design of the dress stolen from the city. From what they scouts found in the city the common colour for the Valdez faction family is red and brown seeing that they made their emblems in those colours so she dyed a long modest dress that would hug her skin to make her look more attractive but not so much that you can see her inhuman joints move queerly. The dress was soft and very black. with an additional brown cloak with a red lining over her dress to hide here face, eyes, and body she was ready to negotiate. Her guards were only dressed in thick dark brown robes with a large cloak over their head and even a brown mask to hide their face. The guards still looked intimidatingly tall and broad, but they did not look like abominations.

Upon revisiting the underwater base a an anxious Beed bombarded Bellatrix with many questions regarding the status of her home Seaborne kingdom and the behaviour of the Valdez authority upon her disappearance, only to be disappointed that they only came back to make clothing. Before she left she reminded them that she misses her family and wished that she could visit them again soon but Beed and Bellatrix both knew that the Valdez would not accept that, now that she belongs to them. Besides, Beeds existence in Bellatrixes hand could be useful during the negotiations with the Valdez.