taxonomites | [accidental visual | location: all over taxon

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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That sudden appearance, even for a practicioner of magic like Azkadellia, had been a shock. She cried out, stumbling backwards a step and nearly being unable to catch herself. Eventually she recovered, looking stunned as she backed up another step.

"Don't..." She shook her head, feeling the swell of magic within her. Not like before with the panic and fear, but the knowledge that she could kill and had done so - even if it hadn't actually been her but her magic used by another.

Azkadellia drew herself up, eyes narrowing slightly. "I don't want to hurt you. Please, don't make me."

If this were Ashley in her own mind, she would take that warning to heart. Normally, she would never force someone to do something like this, but right now, she didn't have control of what she was doing. Her body was acting without her consent and so she hissed again and reached up, aiming her very large and sharp talons across Azkadellia's body.

With her short time in Taxon, having encountered none of the glitches and such, she hadn't expected this, nor to have to face her own fears. Not of an attack, but of herself.
Azkadellia jumped back but not nearly quick enough. Claws tore at her shirt, cutting through to skin beneath and she cried out in pain and fear. Yet even as she did, her hand came up, in defense... and attack.
Channeling energy through her fingers and into the attacker, feeling the power that had come through her body at the witch's bidding, and fairly hurling it at the girl. She didn't even know what could stop this, would stop her, and the magic was intended as best she might to shove her back and allow Azkadellia to run. If she could run, her other arm curling protectively over her torso, having no idea how great the damage might be.

The attack landed, shoving Ashley back and sending her soaring. She hit the ground hard a good distance away, but it wasn't enough to keep her down and any damage that should have been visible wasn't. It was as though she had only been poked instead of tossed like a doll.

Getting back up, Ashley turned towards the witch with another hiss before she started running forward. A chase. Just what she wanted.

Something was wet on Azkadellia's arm but she wasn't going to slow down and stop. If she wanted a chance to live, she had to keep running. Angling down towards lights, hoping she might find other people though if they were the sort without bracelets it might do her no good.

"HELP!"

She hollered loudly, not knowing if anyone would hear her, and if they did, if they would do anything to help her.

Even sane Ashley liked a good chase scene and it would take a lot to convince her to stop this one. Not an impossible feat, but a difficult one. She didn't feel like stopping any time soon, willing to see what her target decided to do next.

The down side was, that the wounds made running difficult. Something in her, a small voice that reminded her that she was royalty, had no need to run. She stopped, spinning to face her attacker.

Drawing a deep breath, she moved her hand sharply to one side, using every bit of her magic to try and pick her up and throw her.

She really should have started to expect this sort of treatment. It was becoming commonplace to get thrown around. And yet, Ashley was again caught off-guard. Picked up and tossed like a rag doll, Ashley flailed in the air. Managing to right herself before she got speared on something, she only hit the ground hard, rolling over a couple of times. It takes her a little time to get back up. Hopefully Azkadellia can at least get into a building to hide.

And Azkadellia didn't take a chance. Despite the pain, feeling her heart pounding in her ears, she ran. Ducking into the nearest building and slamming a door behind her before sliding into another room.

She closed the door quieter, casting onto the door to do her best to keep it closed not just physically as well as magically as braced herself back against the door, straining to quiet her breathing, to not make a sound.

She was lucky Ashley's earlier encounter with someone else had made her less inclined to fight someone who could telekinetically throw her around like she weighed nothing. Ashley was almost certain her teleportation could help her if she could get the woman back into an open space, but it was hardly worth it to chase someone into a building she knew nothing about.

So, with another hiss - this time in anger and frustration - Ashley teleported away, deciding to leave this one alone for the time being. She would deal with her later.

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

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