Recent content by Cassandra Galanis

Cassandra didn't know quite what would happen when she encountered the stranger on the road, but seeing someone--perhaps a knight--clad in full armor and atop a healthy horse was just about one of the worst things she imagine could have come along at a time like this. Like the Shade, she...

There along a road in the countryside of the Allirian Reach, surrounded by wheat fields on one side and a treeline on the other, a gaunt young woman with red hair shambled forward like the living dead. The wind which gently blew over the wheat fields to her right, causing the stalks to sway...

There was a good reason the Shade stayed away from cities, despite the preponderance of potential prey. By the time the group had arrived again, it was covered in the blood of the many thugs who had tried to attack it. It was uncommon for the Shade to be the one on the defensive, although in...

It didn't take long for the Shade to find the woman again, as she presented herself from the treeline. Initially, it raised its blade in a high stance, ready to try to pierce through the wall of force separating them--except that she began speaking, and it seemed she'd grown attached to the...

The Shade noticed the other woman--Cassandra's new companion, it seemed--scurry back to the treeline. It could deal with her after the griffin, or better yet, perhaps she'd gone entirely, allowing it to roam freely and reign over Cassandra's body again with impunity. Regardless, the griffin was...

Cassandra couldn't help but giggle a little at Aine's mention of sweets. She didn't have them often--the Shade preferred a bare minimum diet of 'healthier' foods--but when she had eaten them in the past, they were indeed a delight. Once again her humor helped ease the tension that seemed to...

It wasn't the first time the Shade had been surrounded on all sides. However, those other times were usually with monsters, or professional soldiers. These were only street thugs, it mused to itself, but the potential energy to be earned here was great indeed, and how much of a fight could they...

Cassandra laughed as Aine explained she had a 'mishap' of some kind--what it was, she could only wonder, but she was nonetheless quite pleased to see that their journey was going to go forward after all. She actually hopped in place out of excitement, as much to her own surprise as perhaps to...

Cassandra would have waited for Aine to start digging in after she left her food on the table, but she was feeling far too hungry and started stuffing her own face instead. She didn't really know if this qualified as good food, but as she often ate little more than what the Shade would let her...

Her eyes finally met Aine's at the other end of the room--well, her face anyway, as it seemed she was still asleep, a fact that made Cassandra more than a little amused. In fact, when she heard Aine snore, she giggled a little bit, her laughter such a rare occurrence that Cassandra almost didn't...

Cassandra squealed as Aine suddenly burst through the door of her bedroom, ready to swing a chair leg like a club. In a moment she realized that Aine had come not to hurt her, but protect her. "Goodness, Aine, if you did that a few more times I think you might scare the Shade right out of me,"...

As their indirect embrace came to an end, Cassandra couldn't help but see a little bit of sadness in Aine's eyes; she wondered if she felt the same isolation she did. Given that she couldn't touch anyone, as she said, she couldn't help but feel more than just a little sympathy. She only...

Cassandra could just make out through her teary eyes that Aine seemed to be moving closer to her, grabbing one of the towels along the way. She wasn't sure what she was about to do; was Aine going to tell her it was time to get out of the bath? She collected herself a little bit as she realized...

Cassandra listened intently--and with some sadness--at Aine's sudden reluctance. She felt pangs of shame that tempered her excitement and had her sinking back into the water. Thinking for herself was more difficult than she originally envisioned, and it seemed like every good idea she had was...

Cassandra sank into the water a little bit. She supposed it was folly to think that a complete stranger would already have the answers to such things, while also still bearing her own curse. Yet with the Shade gone, she only found herself hoping that the situation would improve, that it had to...