Editing Cassia Hyacinth Carter (section)

== Chronology ==
She lived in a school surrounded by woods inside a pocket [[realm]].<ref>“A school.  We knew of the outside world, but we didn’t venture into it often.  I did, sometimes, for supplies, information, things.”<br><br>“A pocket world?” Verona asked.<br><br>“I suppose.  A school surrounded by woodland.  With spooky things inside.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/12/06 Excerpt] from [[Hard Pass 22.1]]</ref> It was originally created by a [[Practitioner]] as a place without "bad influences" such as drugs, males or [[technology]],<ref>“A person, okay.  The one in charge?”<br><br>“Yes.  He said he used to live in this world.  But it frustrated him.  So he made a world himself.  One free of the bad influences.  One without the noise or drugs or screens or boys.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/12/06 Excerpt] from [[Hard Pass 22.1]]</ref> the man created most of the inhabitants though allowed a few girls from the outside world to filter in if they fit.<ref name=":3">“Made there.  Almost all of us.  One to four girls every school year would filter in.  Ones who didn’t belong in your world.  Runaways.  Girls who were mistreated.  The lost.”<br><br>“Necessary,” Verona said.  “Yep.  Feels more Alabaster than Aurum, so far.  Sanctuary for… you’re all gay, I take it?  The girls you take in are?”<br><br>“We’re pure.  All of us free of concerns about boys and men.”<br><br>“I feel like that could get so toxic, so fast, with an old conservative dude setting up that dynamic.  Making you, shaping you?  Running things?”<br><br>“I think you’re going out of your way to demonize something good.”<br><br>“Ah,” Verona made herself stop.  “Sorry.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/12/06 Excerpt] from [[Hard Pass 22.1]]</ref> As he grew older and less able other students took over and drove her out.<ref>“It was fine.  But he got old, and some of the others started taking control of the- every part of it.  Who was made, how it was run.”<br><br>Verona looked down at the seal on the floor, nodding.<br><br>“They drove me out when I questioned them.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/12/06 Excerpt] from [[Hard Pass 22.1]]</ref>

Attempting to return to a familiar environment at a [[Innocent]] school but stopped after [[Wikipedia:Child services|Child services]] were sent after her.<ref name=":1"/>

Cassia was drawn to [[Verona Hayward|Verona Hayward's]] call for people to replace the [[Aurum Coil]] but after learning all the role entailed she decided not to try for the position.<ref>“Like there’s less gaps.  [[Freeman Boyd|He’s got]] hopes, dreams, a conscience.  I could see him holding out, not falling into the role like Bloody Money might, not letting his old self corrupt the role like Tenmercy might.  Really wish I was more of an asshole, so we could’ve chosen the Turtle Queen or that girl, Cassia.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/12/10 Excerpt] from [[Hard Pass 22.2]]</ref> She went to observe the Sword moot.<ref>Cassia, on the shore, was asking about the boats.  Verona only caught the final word with the quizzical tone.  The boats the practitioners of the moot had ridden in on. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/12/06 Excerpt] from [[Hard Pass 22.1]]</ref>