<div class="floatleft">(https://i.redd.it/y08sered1s031.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: monotype corsiva;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Cassandra Pendragon</span></span>(https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=308599.msg15006244#msg15006244)<br/><strong>Age:</strong>21<br/><strong>Sexuality:</strong>Heterosexual<br/><strong>Hometown:</strong><br/><em>Birth / Childhood:</em>Limerick, Shannon Region, Ireland<br/><em>Current:</em>County Down, Northern Ireland / United Kingdom Region, Ireland<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>4 July 19 || Evening<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Backyard<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>See Picture (https://i.redd.it/y08sered1s031.jpg), this long necklace (https://www.blarney.com/contentfiles/images/SW6.jpg), this choker necklace (https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1rv8dMFXXXXagXpXXq6xXFXXXI/2016-Sale-90-s-Plain-Goth-Black-Velvet-Ribbon-Choker-Necklace-Gothic-Handmade-With-Charm-Gothic.jpg), this bracelet on her left wrist (http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/400792053886-0-1/s-l1000.jpg), and this black Claddagh ring (no wedding band) (https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Es4AAOSwo4pYIJS2/s-l300.jpg) on her right hand with the tip of the heart pointed<em>away</em>from her hand to symbolize being single<br/><strong>Coupled with:</strong>Let's Find Out!<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>| Everyone |<br/><hr/>It was finally the day, the one that everyone either seemed to be excited for or dread every time.  This one, however, was different.  It was the first time this group may ever have to kick one of their own out of the game.  That’s right!  It was the first Recoupling Day and Cassie was both dreading it and excited!  For her, she saw two guys she thought were going to try to choose her.  After stealing some time to sleep while the guys participated in their competition, Cassie had no clue who was going to be choosing in what order.  In her mind, it depended mostly on whether her current partner or the guy she’d been hitting it off with for the last few days got to choose first.  Of course, she had her preferences, but she also didn’t know the surprises this ceremony held in store.<br/><br/>As expected, when one of these came up, Cassandra sat next to the man she was currently coupled with, but she was one of the first ones up when Caroline gestured for the ladies to line up.  It was another of those times Cassie made certain to show confidence through the way she stood and the look on her face.  She didn’t feel like she could let anyone know how she was feeling.  As soon as the girls were all lined up, Caroline revealed exactly which of the guys she expected to choose her was up first.  She was happy for him for coming in first.  Still, it also seemed to mean a bit of a predicament for her.  Having not seen him hitting it off with anyone else, she assumed he would just choose to have another week with her.  Then he opened his mouth.<br/><br/>“I want to couple up with this girl because I think she seems to be going through a bit of a rough bit right now, and I think I could be empathic to that.”  He started with already making Cas wonder what he was talking about.  She couldn’t remember telling him anything about dealing with anything difficult.  In fact, she didn’t remember them getting any real conversations.  They just hadn’t seemed to have gotten there yet.<br/><br/>“She’s also very pretty, and I think she could probably push me a bit working out.”  Okay…Cassie worked out at least once a day but she had only worked out with Owen the morning of her date with JJ.  Was he coming up with things in his head because they hadn’t had much time to get to know each other?<br/><br/>“And she was kind enough to share some chocolate with me, and it’s hard not to appreciate a bit of a sweet tooth, even if I’m not supposed to indulge that much.”  Now she knew he wasn’t talking about her.  Cassie had cooked a few times while she’d been here, but she hadn’t gotten her hands on any chocolate.  Someone must be hiding it and if that was true—<br/><br/>“And the girl I choose is Elsa.”  ‘WHAT?!?!?’  Cassandra screamed, though luckily the scream barely left her lips.  Perhaps her eyes showed her surprise and anger for a moment but in the blink of an eye that look would have disappeared to be replaced by Cassie’s usual confident look while her mind condemned the blonde.  ‘That back-stabbing bint!’  She thought Elsa was a decent girl.  In fact, she thought they were becoming friends but obviously that was just the blonde playing games.  She had gotten Cassie to agree to letting each other know if they were interested in the guy someone else was a but the moment it came to her being interested in the guy someone else was with, she couldn’t follow through on her own agreement.  ‘Whatever,’ Cassandra decided, realizing that Elsa had won this battle.  Luckily, the war was still up for grabs and Cassie was going to make sure she won the best prize of this game.<br/><br/>Next up was Logan who seemed to choose Rhonda since she was the one who sat down next to him when he was done speaking.  That was good.  She would have less competition for the guys to come.  And if she and Logan were happy together, great!  Eventually they may split up but the longer they chose to stay together, the less of a chance they might win with someone else, right?  And couples were bound to break up at some point.<br/><br/>Then there was Devon, the guy Cassandra almost picked for her first partner.  They seemed to have cleared the air between them, but she didn’t think he had any interest in having anything to do with her at this point, especially not after the secrets game.  He had a very sad secret although nothing bad about him.  In fact, Cassandra hadn’t seen reason to believe he had a bad bone in his entire body.  She wanted to see him with someone wonderful enough to make him forget about the girl who cheated on him.  That’s what he honestly deserved.  She wasn’t that girl, however, and she knew he would never step forward for h—<br/><br/>"I choose Red."  At first, it didn’t register with her at all.  She stood there with the same smile on her face that she had when she first stood up in the line.  Her hands were about to come together to clap for whoever he had chosen like she had for all the couples before, even when begrudgingly, when he heard his next sentence plain as day, almost like someone had pushed a button to make things go in slow motion when he said her name.  "Oh, I mean, Cassandra."<br/><br/>Cassie felt her right foot move behind her to steady herself as her confident composure completely disappeared.  Her jaw dropped to the floor.  Her head started shaking as though she felt like she must not have heard him correctly.  Her eyes widened in shock and her hand moved up to her chest.  On the other hand, her cheeks blushed with a soft pink that showed easily on her pale skin and the edges of her lips as though she was happy to be chosen.  Looking over at Caroline, she noticed that people were waiting for her to move so she quickly pulled herself together and went to sit down next to her new couple partner.  She was happy that if she couldn’t be with JJ, she did get the chance she had almost opted for on the first day, even if Devon was only choosing her because she was the best of the “bad” choices in front of him.<br/><br/>“So…”  Cassandra said, leaning in to whisper to her new partner.  Her voice was low enough that while the mics around their necks were sure to pick up her words, the mics set up specifically for the recoupling ceremony wouldn’t.  Her tone was coming off as playful and maybe even slightly flirtatious.  “Am I really that horrible a person to couple up with?”<br/><br/>By the time she was paying attention again, James had chosen Gwen and Caroline was calling JJ forward.  Now this…this was the coupling Cassie worried about at this point.  Sure, she was coupled up already, but the way Devon had made it sound, he was going to send her packing the first chance he got.  That meant that she’d need to compete with whoever JJ chose this time.<br/><br/>"Thanks, Caroline.  This should be... interesting."  JJ said as Cassandra wished he would just skip ahead to the part everyone, or at least she, was waiting on.  "I want to couple up with this girl because she's the one I've formed the closest bond with here.  She's funny, genuine, warm... and an absolute smoke-show."<br/><br/>‘Wait a minute!’  Cassie’s mind screamed at her, her hands having to clutch tightly to the bench to keep her in her seat.  ‘You mean you wouldn’t have even chosen me if you could?!?  You j—’  She started, forcing herself to keep the emotions off her face as he looked in her direction.<br/><br/>"The girl I choose is Cassie."  This recoupling ceremony was really trying to do away with her sanity, wasn’t it?  First, Owen chose Elsa.  Then Devon chose her.  And now JJ’s trying to steal her.  Was that really allowed?<br/><br/>As Cassie turned to wait for an answer to her mental question, Caroline seemed to read her mind.  “So, Cassie. If you’d like to stay in a couple with Devon, please remain seated beside him. But, if you’d like to be in a couple with JJ, then please get up and sit beside him.”<br/><br/>Unfortunately for one of these two, the choice was too obvious for Cassandra.  That was the one who wanted nothing to do with her and only chose her because she was the “best” of the “bad” choices.  If he didn’t want to be with her, why would she choose to force him to?  Besides, he was right in one way.  Leaning over and putting a hand on Devon’s shoulder, she whispered into his ear for a moment before giving his cheek a peck.  “You’re too good for me.  You deserve much better.  I’m sorry.”<br/><br/>After saying what she felt she needed to say to the metal man, she stood up and strutted over to sit next to JJ, a smile spreading across her lips.  After all the craziness she’d been put through with this recoupling, she was sitting next to the only guy she’d really spent enough time with to know she saw something between them.  The rest of the recoupling didn’t really matter to her now.<br/><br/>