Cassandra O'Rourke

Cassandra O'Rourke, also known as Sandra, is a character from the Elsaverse who, so far, is only featured in the short story FM: Hope (2022). A talented painter from Sangrive, after being helped by Miranda Wright in her early steps she is now a world-famous artist. Cassandra has no powers known.

Character Overview
Nowadays, Cassandra O'Rourke is a well-known artist who is taking the art world by storm; however, only a couple of years ago, she was just a shy and insecure young woman who worked as a junior research assistant for a marketing firm in Sangrive, her homeplace. Still, she wanted to be a professional artist, and one evening she decided to attend a charity event hosted by the Entrepreneurs Society, hoping to meet an entrepreneur who could give her some tips on how to start and run her own art-focused business. That's how she met Miranda Wright, a successful businesswoman who had agreed to let the Society auction a dinner date with her: after running into each other in the restroom, and knowing that Miranda was second-guessing herself, Sandra saw that the bidding war between two creepy men was making Miranda feel too uncomfortable with the situation, and she decided to step in and save her by making an undisputed bid of a thousand dollars.

Miranda warmly thanked Sandra for her intervention, and they sit at the bar to talk a bit more. It soon became obvious to Miranda that, somehow, Sandra became an almost completely different person when talking about art: the nervous and insecure girl who had never let anyone see her artwork before and had trouble meeting her gaze, transformed herself into a confident and powerful woman who mentioned with sparkling eyes how her brain almost shut down when painting. This comment piqued Miranda's interest and she quickly agreed to help Sandra out when she offered to teach her how to paint in exchange for Miranda's tips on how to establish herself as an entrepreneur. Then, the youngest of the creepy bidders showed up at their table and, even though none of them was actually gay, Sandra instinctively kissed Miranda to let him know they weren't interested in his company. This reaction made the shy Sandra surface again, but Miranda reassured her. Once they got to Sandra's small apartment, Miranda quickly realized that Sandra was indeed a very talented artist and promised to make a few calls to start selling her artwork.

It was time for the grateful Sandra to keep her side of the deal, and she told Miranda about how everyone has two different people inside of them: the usually dominant Director and the Artist. This artist-side of Sandra was the one leading this interaction, and she taught Miranda how to channel her own inner Artist to start painting what she was actually seeing and feeling, and not what she was thinking. This let Miranda rest her brain a bit for the first time since she woke up from her coma, giving her hope to endure her sleep deprivation condition. And, as the mutual attraction and appreciation between Miranda and the Artist within Sandra were growing exponentially, both women ended up making love to each other's souls in this one-night stand that changed their lives forever.

Miscellaneous

 * The last picture in FM: Hope is a shot of the famous Cassandra O'Rourke on a magazine cover. Other articles supposedly included in that magazine are two easter-eggs created by Tora Productions' artist, Mortze: one is about Tora Productions' writer, Tlaero (Is Tlaero finally going to reveal more of herself?), while the other one asks if the rumors about Jessica Springfield and her friend SeraB hooking up are true.