[accidental visual | location: all over taxon | dated to morning]

[sourcebloodaughter]

Just like last week, Ashley's tablet starts recording while she's in the throws of a nightmare. It's far closer to morning this time, and unlike the last, she's fallen asleep with the light on. Her thrashing can clearly be seen as the tablet is up on a ledge with a clear shot at her.

In her mind, Ashley can still feel the tank of water around her, the feel of the medication as it flowed through her veins, the last of her resistance being pushed out. Her mind is being forced back, her will bent into a corner of her brain, and from the looks of her thrashing, whatever nightmare she's having is far worse than the last.

The tablet records for a few minutes before Ashley suddenly sits bolt upright in bed, her eyes snapping open. Those who have actually seen her and pay attention to these sorts of things will notice that her eyes aren't blue this morning. They're red, a deep, blood red. Source Blood red. Ashley pulls herself together and leaps from the loft, landing catlike on the floor below. Eventually, the tablet feed will time out and that is all it catches of Ashley for the next week or so.

The blonde girl is on a mission and no one is safe.


[ ooc: ashley's cabal glitch is go now! she can be found anywhere in taxon, absolutely anywhere (all week, in fact), and anyone is free to tag in, even if we haven't planned anything out! i am willing to have her be seriously injured multiple times (in fact this will be necessary to helping / stopping her), so don't hold back! (seriously, this is your chance to do all those crazy funky power things you never get to do because it's all crazy godmode stuff. go nuts. not even kidding.) if you have questions, feel free to ask me! ]

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[location: Sanctuary]

[no_rose_tint]

Scott works at the Sanctuary seven days a week. He teaches self defence and trains personal fitness and has been very vocal in Taxon about both his support of people with extraordinary abilities and his own clearly more than baseline human powers.

He's there a lot, because he is a workaholic is avoiding being home has a high commitment to his work, even in Taxon.

[location: Sanctuary]

[sourcebloodaughter]

At some point in the day, Ashley will teleport in, a flash of red particles realigning her energy make-up and a soft sucking noise being the only warnings before she appears. She starts on the fitness level, in the weightroom, talons and fangs exposed and eyes a bloodred color. As soon as she sees him, she hisses, a feral sound, and stalks closer, like a predator closing in for the kill.

Re: [location: Sanctuary]

[no_rose_tint]

In the big, open class room, Scott has a few Extras he's working with, carefully taking them through the basics of freeing themselves from being grabbed.

He looks up as she hisses, frowning slightly and raising a hand to his glasses. "Class, please step back and exit through the side door in an orderly fashion. You. Stop and back up and talk to me."

[location: Sanctuary]

[sourcebloodaughter]

She does stop, but not because he ordered her to. A predatory smirk crosses her face and she lifts one of her hands to show off her claws. A moment later, she teleports again, appearing just in front of Scott with a kick aimed for his stomach.

[angry_salad]

SOS?

Arthur's mildly concerned--but for all he knows, this is a Taxon thing. Better check anyway.

[sourcebloodaughter]

If he cares to trace the signal, he'll find her tablet on the floor of her apartment, but Ashley is nowhere in sight. She won't be replying to tablet comments - she has no presence of mind to, unfortunately, but he can easily find her via bracelet tracking. Or she may well find him.

[and location - wherever she is asdfg ]

[angry_salad]

Arthur brings his gun. Just in case, he tells himself, though it's technically not his and is a projection. The tablet isn't the one moving so Arthur sets to track the bracelet, which--yes. It's moving, and quickly, but Arthur's fairly certain he can intercept it.

Military training kicks in--dreamshare training kicks in--and he's already out the door without so much as a word, running as fast as his legs can carry him. They're not too far from each other, but that doesn't stop the fact that Arthur is worried.

He spots her--just in the distance--and doesn't hesitate to call her name.

[Location: @speares]

[azoftheoz]

Late at night Azkadellia found herself wandering the neighborhood around her home. She liked to think it was purely the years of being locked away in her own body and being unable to do what she wanted by her own will. The truth was though, she couldn't always stay in that apartment knowing that Glitch's brain was up a short flight of stairs where the witch had put it years ago.

Pausing to look up at the sky, she drew a slow, deep breath. She may be trapped in a new prison but her body was her own and that was enough. At least for now. Despite the things she knew of this place - the supernatural creatures and the way so many things could go wrong - she didn't seem concerned about a danger on the street. It wasn't her most brilliant idea.

[Location: @speares]

[sourcebloodaughter]

Ashley wasn't sure if this woman had abilities or not, but something about her was different. The blonde head appeared in the streets after a while, like a predator stalking her prey. Her talons were already extended and when she opened her mouth to hiss, inhuman fangs could be seen. She didn't attack right away, seeming to be just watching. She needed more information before she attacked a human.

[Location: @speares]

[azoftheoz]

Pausing to examine the art done on one wall, so many of the houses eclectic to say the least, and yet coming together in a neighborhood that she was already beginning to think of as her own. There wasn't much light and she seemed hesitant a moment before raising one hand.

A snap of her fingers and a moment later there was a glow of golden light around her hand, illuminating the bright colors of the art work and allowing her to visually explore some of the details. A small smile of delight curved her lips as she moved her hand closer to the wall, taking small steps as she moved along, taking it all in.

Raising her head, she looked around for a moment. Certainly she was used to others being around, finding the extras almost comforting despite all the years she had spent mostly locked away in the palace. Sometimes though it worried her, not used to so many others being around who weren't twisted in their path to look after her best interest.

[Location @Osten]

[genequeen]

Madelyne has taken to flying herself everywhere. She's been that way in any place where she's not likely to be shot down, captured or experimented on for doing so. So, she's on her way from the train station out toward the mansion. Scott's training Extras at the moment, you see, so she can go out there without being concerned about running into him.

[Location @Osten]

[sourcebloodaughter]

Flying. That definitely catches her attention. Ashley tracks the abnormal, watching the skies until a meeting point can be made. It's time for action.

[Location @Osten]

[genequeen]

Madelyne is making her way to the mansion. There are trees before the mansion - who knows might be able to back her up once she gets to the house. She's not especially high but she isn't exactly payin attention to her surroundings, either.

[tothelightshown]

"Ashley?"

The image - the vivid and rather frightening red of her eyes - would have attracted DG's attention at the best of times, but, in the light of her own glitch and their earlier conversation, she responded with an extra level of concern.

"What's going on?"

There was no reply, of course. And there was only one option left to DG. She set out into the city in search of Ashley.

[sourcebloodaughter]

No reply, but DG could eventually track Ashley's movements to the streets. The Cabal's soldier was walking at the current moment, her eyes open for any trace of movement, senses on high alert. She was searching for people, her mission clear, and anyone who got in her way would be taken down without reservation.

[tothelightshown]

"Ashley."

DG flexed her palm, feeling her magic sparking like a live electrical wire beneath the surface. She had spotted Ashley - moving like a hunter, targeting something that DG couldn't hope to see - in the distance and she wasn't afraid to use it if she had to. She wished that someone had been able to stop her.

"Ashley."

Attracting her attention seemed like a reasonable place to start. She'd make the rest up as they went along.

location: osten

[geniusforgotten]

She had known this would happen. He had hoped that it wouldn't. Now that it has, he needs to find her, preferably before she finds James.

Or before James finds him.

He's been through this once before, and he's well aware he won't be able to stop her on his own. Not that it will prevent him from trying. But he needs to know what he's up against before looking for...alternative methods of restoring her to the proper mental state.

location: osten

[sourcebloodaughter]

James is definitely one of Ashley's targets, but she hasn't found him yet. Tesla is also one of her priority targets and once she finds him, she'll be quite happy for a rematch. Making her way quickly through the streets, she lets her senses guide her, hoping to unearth someone she needs to destroy. She's already been injured a few times, but with the healing abilities the Cabal gave her, she's far from down or out just yet.

location: osten

[geniusforgotten]

When he initially catches sight of her, he stops, waiting. He's going to let her come to him.

"I thought we talked about manners."

[thornandmoss]

Briar jerks awake to the sound of movement and rustling, alert instantly but needing a moment to separate his own nightmare out from the sounds on the tablet. "Oh no," he mutters softly, catching a glimpse of the eyecolor. It wasn't that he doubted Ashley's evaluation of the situation, he'd just hoped she might be wrong.

The plant mage is in his workroom in under a minute. He leaves the staff where it sits, knowing it will do him no good against Ashley now. Instead, he grabs several thorn packets, checks the knives at his wrists. Briar refuses to kill Ashley, but he promised to do what he could short of that.

There is no real point looking for her. She'll find him eventually, and teleportation means that Briar couldn't keep up with Ashley if he tried. Instead, he gets outside and far enough from his garden that the plants stand half a chance of surviving. Briar scatters the contents of a couple seed packets around him and starts them growing, leaving them at just roots and seedlings for now. He settles down in the open area in the middle, waiting.

[sourcebloodaughter]

Eventually, she does find him, teleporting a quarter of a mile away to assess the situation before she jumps in. The sight of Briar waiting for her brings her a few steps closer before she teleports again, more within view of him and close enough to be a threat, but not close enough to strike without moving again.

Watching him with her dark eyes, Ashley lifts a hand, talons curling around the air like a cat, before she hisses at him, a clear warning that he's about to make her very angry. She knows he has magic, but she doesn't know what exactly it does. So she holds off on attacking, waiting to see what he'll do first before she makes her move.

[thornandmoss]

Briar frowns. He'd hoped to confront her at a slightly closer range, and he does not really want to give away the existence of the thorn vines until they stand a better chance of doing damage. Instead, he does something that will be far less of a threat, sending his magic into the trees and vines near her. The plants reach for Ashley, trying to wrap around her.

He holds magic ready to surge into the thorn vines as well just as soon as Ashley comes into range. He assumes she will eventually, though he may have to do more to lure her in.

[location: Osten]

[buffy_slayer]

Buffy happens to catch a glimpse of the red-eyed catgirl action -- this isn't good.

Time for some good ol' schoolyard calling-out.

She steps outside, stretching a bit, before heading out into the streets. She'd run the entire place if she had to, to find the craziness before the craziness found someone a little less capable of handling it.

Along the way, Buffy starts the shouting.

"Ashley! Heeeeey, Miss Crazypants! Come on out and play!"

[location: Osten]

[sourcebloodaughter]

Yelling out does the trick, Ashley turning as soon as her hearing catches it. A soft hiss is spared before she's off and rushing towards the sound. Buffy. Someone she'd asked to take her down if she had to be, someone who was capable of it as well.

Once Ashley rounded a street corner and spotted Buffy, she came to a stop. A predatory smirk crossed her lips and she clawed the air between them. This would be fun. A moment later, she started running, picking up momentum as she went, aiming straight for Buffy. At least this time, the Slayer knew her style of fighting a bit better than last time.

Re: [location: Osten]

[buffy_slayer]

Buffy quickly triggers her bracelet, doing a fast broadcast the moment she sees Ashley rounding the corner.

"Heeey guys, Ashley seems to have lost her mind here."

Backing up, backing up. Making sure she's not going to end up with her back up against a wall.

"And she's got her claws out. I'm pretty sure I can keep her busy for awhile, but I'm not really feeling the urge to die again. So, you know, c'mon and give a girl a hand, 'k?"

The broadcast stays open, and Buffy's in a fighting stance, waiting for the on-rush of claws.