Through sacrifice, they will attain progress. Through force, they attain sacrifice. They hide in plain sight, as seemingly devoted followers and innocuous traders. Simple farmers. Artists. Paupers. They are The Beautiful. They are everywhere, and the Dominion will not realize it until they are breathing down their necks.

An AU origins fic for Bill. In the year 1928, a unique young man named William M. Cipher arrives in Gravity Falls. After a year, neither he nor the sleepy little Oregon town would ever be the same again. The following is an account of Billy's time spent living there, in his own words. Rated T for language, graphic violence, suggestive scenes and adult situations.