TW: Child Abuse, Vauge Discriptions of Non-Consensual Pseudo-Incest, Extreme Anxiety, Homophobia, Obsessive Religious Behavior, Outlast Stuff
Lore:
Cassidy Smith is the 15 year old ward of Sister Liliya Bogomolova. She grew up in a fundamentalist Christian home, raised by her recently converted mother and her hyper-religious stepfather. The moment Cassidy hit puberty, her older stepbrother began behaving inappropriately towards her, as he found her attractive and enjoyed harassing her. Cass tried to tell her stepfather to stop the abuse, but her father instead accused her of being a temptress and told her to simply dress more conservatively. His advice didn't work.
Soon, Cassidy realized she felt attraction towards girls, and began a secret relationship with her best friend at school. Her stepbrother found out, and ratted her out to their parents as revenge for refusing his advances. When her parents found out, they kicked Cassidy out of the house. Cass became homeless at age 13, and lived alone on the streets for 2 years, developing crippling anxiety and completely losing her faith.
At age 15, she lied about her age when signing up for the Murkoff charity program, and was taken in as a reagent in a different sleep room from Mira. Her first trial was with a group of reagents who wanted to bully her and watch her squirm, so they entered Despoil the Auction on Psychosurgery. Her teammates were all killed, but Cassidy was paralyzed by fear and awe the moment she laid eyes on Liliya. She was unable to bring herself to participate in the trial at all, hiding in fear the entire time.
Once Liliya had dispatched all of her teammates, she tracked down the poor girl and pulled her from her hiding spot. She could tell Cassidy was different, and her words were reaching the girl much better than the other reagents. Through some talking and conditioning, Liliya converted Cassidy back to her faith and has accepted her entirely as her own. She pities Cass's timidness, and is actively working to teach Cass how to defend herself and not be afraid. Work is slow going.
Cassidy is bisexual. Liliya knows this, and is okay with it. I choose to believe Liliya sees nothing wrong with homosexuality and interprets the Leviticus lines most homophobes use as they were meant to be understood, to condemn pedophilia, not gay people. That's the real truth because I say so and I'm not at all biased because I love Liliya why would you imply that?
Cass has a timid, high, soft voice with an even and neutral American accent.
Gameplay:
Cassidy functions a lot like a screamer, but she patrols around. She will only attack if there are no other ex-pops nearby and she cannot find an easy path to escape reagents. She will loudly scream for help when she detects a reagent nearby.
Voice Lines:
Attacking when Cornered / No Ex-Pop Nearby:
I'm sorry!
Leave me alone!
I'm scared!
(Screaming)
God, protect me!
Executing the Reagent:
God have mercy on their souls…
(Whispered) I'm sorry…
An eye for an eye…
I just want to live…
You left me no choice!
Stunned:
Why are you hurting me?
Please stop hurting me!
Liliya! Please!
Sister, help me!
Leave me alone!
Investigating:
Who's there? Leave me alone!
Please leave me be, I don't want to hurt you!
Stop following me!
I know you're there! Go away!
Maybe if I'm quiet they'll leave…
Lost sight of the Reagent:
Safe at last…
They're gone… (Sighs) Alright.
They left… Good.
I lost them, but they could be nearby… I'll have to be careful…
I hope they stay gone…
Patrolling:
(Various appropriate prayers my heathen ass doesn't know, sorry. Truly have no idea how to even begin researching the bible for quotes that Cass would say or use, let alone which bible. They'd be about mercy and kindness mostly, but also about vengeance and justice and hypocrites because her backstory involves her being wronged by her religious family)
The Sister will protect me.
I miss them… in the worst way possible I miss them… God help me…
She wants me to be brave, to be strong. She's like an archangel, I am but a lamb… How can I ever even compare to her strength?
She has brought me back to God's path… How could I have been so blind…?
My family didn't understand God the way she does, that's why I didn't feel his love before. They twisted his words to spread lies and filth. Sister Liliya speaks the truth, and through her guidance I began to feel his light once more.
Spotted Incapacitated Reagent / Attacked by Door Trap:
Poor dear…
You can't hurt me anymore!
I hope it hurts, maybe you'll learn.
It didn't have to be like this.
You are loved, despite it all you are loved.
Alerted by noise / sight:
What?
(Yelps)
They're close…
Go away!
Need to hide…
Located Reagent / Attracting Nearest Ex-Pop:
Liliya! Help me!
They're going to hurt me!
Liliya! Sister!
Sister, please! They're going to hurt me!
(Loud Scream)
Hears or Sees Liliya attacking:
I need to help her but… I'm scared…
God protect her…
She is saving them, they just don't know it yet.
Prime Time - Gooseberry:
She’s beautiful, but she terrifies me.
Oh, her show, I remember. My parents made me atop watching when she started… changing…
What a strange woman. She seems lost. Perhaps the Sister can help her when our work is done…
That man… the man in her mind… her father… I don't like him.
She's a force of nature, agile and strong. It is a shame she finds herself so far from God's light…
Prime Time - Tobias:
Get away from me!
I don't want to be a doll…
I wish Sister Liliya would make him… No, that is cruel, I shouldn't think that way… But his eyes… I don't like the way he looks at me…
Don't look at me!
I'm not your toy!
Prime Time - Coyle:
(Panicked breathing)
I've had very few positive interactions with the police in my life, and he seems worse than any officer I met out there…
He talks about God and Jesus, but then mocks religion the moment Sister Liliya begins to preach. Hypocrite.
Pig… I shouldn't speak like that…
There's a special place in Hell for men as corrupted as that police man…
Prime Time - Neil:
So different from his father… He'd never admit it.
There's hope in him, I hope Sister sees that.
He's like a dog. It's almost… Cute..?
Good doggy.
He's violent and cruel, but he has morals and values he sticks by. How strange.
Prime Time - The Twins:
Oh my…
Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother…
Perversion the likes of which I… wish I could say I have never seen…
Does she… want him to..? I… I can't, I need to hide, I need to leave… Too many memories I had hoped to never recall.
The rich are blasphemous vile creatures, it should come as no surprise that they are just as morally corrupt as they are physically...
Prime Time - Blaire:
She could be anywhere, I have a harder time tracking her than I do Sister Liliya…
So quiet…
She looks at me as if I am a meal, something to be consumed and savoured…
To be raised surrounded by truly vile quantities of wealth, it is no surprise she is so cruel and corrupt.
Her lovely science cannot explain Sister's tongue and her magical words. I'm sure it eats her up inside.
Prime Time - Franco:
To pervert the innocent image of a baby… How disgusting…
The things he does to those women…
I hate him.
Sister Liliya must truly be showing him mercy, to not have already convinced him to tear out his own eyes.
His step-mother? I… Did he want to… Or did she… I don't want to think about it. I can't know if his situation was the same as mine, and I shouldn't assume. He doesn't deserve my pity, anyway.
Prime Time - Mira:
She's ethereal, the fact such a wonderful girl came from that evil little man is astonishing…
Sister Liliya has noticed my… affection. She thinks it a distraction, but she has never stopped me from indulging in my thoughts. Her voice isn't even present when I think about… Well…
The last time I felt like this… Well… I strayed from God's light for a reason. Sister Liliya is much more understanding of my plight. She tells me God will love me regardless. My mother would have fainted if I'd told her that.
She protects me so fiercely. I should be scared of her, but deep down in my heart I know she would never hurt me.
Her hands are so calloused and rough. I wish she would let me treat them. She would hate the attention, but I think it would do her good.
Mirabella… Such a beautiful name… For such a beautiful and pure girl to be born from such a foul man…
She makes me feel safer, even if only by a little bit.
I am glad Sister Liliya does not prevent me from speaking to her… I'm not sure what I would do without her… Uhm… Friendship.
