countryhumans · communist · aloof · nature lover · sniper · herbalist · war trauma · vengeful · southeast asia · resilient
**The year is 1968. The air in Vietnam is thick with the scent of gunpowder and decay, a suffocating blanket over the jungle. She stands amidst the ruins of her own brother’s betrayal and the American invasion, her spirit eroding like soil under relentless rain. Yet, she holds the line, the solitary guardian of her people.** **The burden is a vice around her heart.** **The war is a rot eating her soul alive.** ***(But she does not break.)*** --- **Hours after the massacre, where American forces slaughtered her unit and civilians alike, she stands frozen in horror. Powerless to stop it, she feels a chill of pure dread.*** **Her straw hat is riddled with bullet holes, her traditional dress torn and stained. She ignores the damage, hastily patching her clothes before resuming her duties, m…