Cassandra Salvatore
Seen You Before.
When you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes back
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Post by Cassandra Salvatore on Sept 6, 2007 11:15:06 GMT -5
Just East of London, along the shoreline in a small cove, a wood slat door covered what could be described as dank hole in the cliff-face. Not exactly glamorous, but it was for certain where Mulciber had relayed to Delilah that Lady Enyo could be found, if Gabriella did indeed decide to pursue wanting a friendly chat with her old friend. Though the message did come with a dire warning, arrive alone...or leave alone
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Post by Gabriella Lestrange on Sept 6, 2007 11:33:59 GMT -5
It hadn't been hard to hide a secret so large from her family, especially with everyone so caught up with protecting the twins. The thought made her seeth in anger, all they had sacrificed was being thrown away by Alli's stupid infatuation with a man that was older than her parents and to top it off, a murderer. The salt tinged wind whipped her dark hair around her, stinging her skin harshly though she barely flinched. Pulling the black coat tighter around her, the dark haired woman knocked briskly on the door. It was the most logical thing to do, and she had been given no other information except where to meet Cassandra.
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Cassandra Salvatore
Seen You Before.
When you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes back
Posts: 87
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Post by Cassandra Salvatore on Sept 6, 2007 11:41:29 GMT -5
The door would fly open of its own accord, the rush of cold dank air hitting Gabriella in the face. Inside only a single light bulb swayed above a low table which several wooden chairs were placed around
The light bulb was the only thing that really made this room a ‘room’ as opposed to a clammy cave, because caves generally don’t have electric lighting. But then again, rooms don’t normally have stalagmites and stalactites.
Back behind the table, a figure paced to and fro in the dingy gloom, her robes swishing about her like a particularly menacing mermaid’s tail. It was clear that she seemed frustrated, but there was nobody else here, just an endless supply of Lady Enyo.
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Post by Gabriella Lestrange on Sept 6, 2007 11:50:35 GMT -5
As the door flew open and the shock of cold hair hit her, she faltered slightly, but refused to step back for some reason she felt like it would show weakness if she did. Though there was a faint light, it took her black eyes a few seconds to adjust to the gloom. Stepping over the threshold, her eyes met the sight of a figure clothed in black robes. For a second she felt like she was a child again, looking at the last remnants of the Death Eaters.
Opening her mouth, she tried to force words out, but it was as if her voice had escaped her, or more likely what had once been Cassandra Salvatore. It was probably for the best, she had been about to call the woman by her birth name, and after what happened last time, she chose against it, though she couldn't bring herself to call her 'Lady Enyo.' Clearing her throat slightly she waited for the woman to speak.
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Cassandra Salvatore
Seen You Before.
When you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes back
Posts: 87
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Post by Cassandra Salvatore on Sept 6, 2007 11:56:39 GMT -5
Her eyes pierced through the darkness, and stood in stark contrast to her jet black hair as she the sound of her boots echoing in the cave feel silent, turning her head slightly to the side, she ackowledged Gabriella's presence
"You've come alone, correct?"
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Post by Gabriella Lestrange on Sept 6, 2007 12:04:10 GMT -5
"Correct," her posture was straight and rigid as she stood there, as if glued to the spot, her face half hidden behind her hair. To a stranger she might have looked as unnerving as Cassandra, with her dark hair, black, hooded eyes and sombre face. She had gotten the warning, though she had never intended on bringing anyone, she wouldn't put anyone else in danger, it was bad enough she had to carry her child here.
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Cassandra Salvatore
Seen You Before.
When you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes back
Posts: 87
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Post by Cassandra Salvatore on Sept 6, 2007 12:12:30 GMT -5
She made a grand sweeping motion, indicating a chair that had slid out as the wooden door slammed shut, leaving the two women to face each other in the dim light under the bulb
"Very well, it would be a terrible host then, to not offer a seat, come sit"
In inidcation, she sat down on the side nearest where she had been standing, her deathly pale skin bathed in shadows
"Welcome to my humble abode, so do tell, what was so important that you'd risk so much to come here?"
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Post by Gabriella Lestrange on Sept 6, 2007 12:22:07 GMT -5
Nodding slightly she took a seat, it hadn't even crossed her mind to reject the offer just to be annoying or something, Gabriella didn't want to make this meeting anymore awkward or create any ill feeling, even though she wasn't afraid of Cassandra, she wasn't stupid either.
Smoothing her skirt she met the unfamiliar yellow eyes unflinching, "Risk? Am I in any danger?"
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Cassandra Salvatore
Seen You Before.
When you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes back
Posts: 87
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Post by Cassandra Salvatore on Sept 6, 2007 12:27:54 GMT -5
"Oh not from me, if that's what your mind is imagining. There is somebody that I will see to it meets her end, that would surely do you in, or try to, that much is certain. Were she aware you had come that is....so hard to trust anybody these days after all" She pulled out her wand and set it on the table in front of her, but just out of reach of her fingertips. A gesture similair to one she had done in the past. It was her way of indicating her intentions
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Post by Gabriella Lestrange on Sept 6, 2007 12:38:23 GMT -5
A small furrow appeared in her normally flawless brow as the woman spoke. No doubt she was speaking of Bellatrix, it was no news to her that if her cousin ever found out this meeting had taken place, Gabby would be the needing protection. She just hoped it wouldn't get back to her, not because she was scared, but because she was afraid at how Corbin would react. "Are you saying I am untrustworthy?" It had been a minor part of the woman's speech but she noted it none the less. "You know myself and Bellatrix are hardly best friends, I assume it is why I'm not a target for any of your.. requiem?"
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Cassandra Salvatore
Seen You Before.
When you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes back
Posts: 87
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Post by Cassandra Salvatore on Sept 6, 2007 12:50:29 GMT -5
"Whether you or trustworthy or not is never more the matter. But thank for doing me a favor....you've exposed a traitor for me just now. You always were so nice to me Gabriella"
She grinned, and titled her head to the side
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Post by Gabriella Lestrange on Sept 6, 2007 12:58:23 GMT -5
The woman's words did not surprise her, she had fully expected it. "Leave my cousin out of this Cassandra, you owe me that at least, " her voice held no bitterness, nor the fondness she had usually used when speaking with her friend. If she was one thing, Gabby knew Cassandra was an honourable woman, ironic as it sounded.
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Cassandra Salvatore
Seen You Before.
When you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes back
Posts: 87
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Post by Cassandra Salvatore on Sept 6, 2007 13:12:04 GMT -5
"Leave her out of it, leave her brother out it, his wife, her sister, those kids...." Her forked tongue clicked against the roof of her mouth and she peered across the table at Gabriella
"You are brave....brave and foolish. I owe you for keeping me from being locked away forever, but what else are you expecting. It isn't as if I can stop this now. It's no longer in my hands"
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Post by Gabriella Lestrange on Sept 6, 2007 13:20:26 GMT -5
A mirthless smile curved her lips at the woman's words. "On contrare, you can have Bellatrix," folding her arms gracefully in her lap she met the woman's eyes, for some reason she felt no fear, but then again she never had around Cassandra, she just felt the woman had been misunderstood, though it surprised her that she had not been chastised for using her real name.
"I want an explaination Cassandra," she let the comment about her being foolish slide for now, as for whoevers hands it was in, she had heard all about the 'he' who had always been behind Cassandra's actions.
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Cassandra Salvatore
Seen You Before.
When you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes back
Posts: 87
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Post by Cassandra Salvatore on Sept 6, 2007 13:41:00 GMT -5
"I just wanted to say to everyone that I'm sorry. I'm sorry for making you hurt, I'm sorry for making you cry, I'm sorry for making you worry, and I'm sorry for even befriending you. I made you all go through things no person ever should. I've done hurtful things to people that I never should have done. I took a place in someone's heart that was never supposed to be filled. I took away a part of someone that was never supposed to be taken away. I have done a lot of horrible things , and nothing can truly be forgiven."
"But if I can be given a second chance, I'll show everybody that I can be someone worth loving. I'll show you that I can be someone worth talking to. And most of all, I'll show you that I can be trusted. And deserved. All this is being done for them Gabriella, for the chosen ones. I am creating a world for my masters"
"I love them. Both of them, they are precious to me"
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