Ashe

Ashe is an unofficial volunteer acting as the ship’s gardener and a novice engineer under supervision of Niko Wiśniewski. She hails from an unidentified Outer Rim planet torn by war and as a child, was on her way to the Inner Rim when tragedy struck her parents, forever altering the course of her life.

## Appearance

Ashe is a short woman with a physique best compared to a bird with hollow bones. Having spent her whole life on ships with improper gravity simulators, her muscles never got the chance to develop well and her body has grown to be just a little out of proportion with what is considered a healthy physique. Nevertheless, she has adjusted to living on ships and has shown an ability to survive on ships with fluctuating gravity that would have posed a challenge to most crusaders.

She has white straight hair that reaches till below her shoulder though it appears to be dyed as seen from her jet black eyebrows. Ashe has multiple piercings in her ears and tattoos all over her body. Tattoos of significance include a heart on her throat and a field of flowers on her left upper arm and lower right arm.

She has several prominent slashes across the right ride of her face, an injury sustained on one of her voyages and a broken nose that did not set right.

On Scylla 06942, Ashe is seen mostly in her armour in accordance with her numerical designation on the ship and is painted a bright grey. She is also seen wearing old worn-in clothes that seem like they have been picked up from the laundry room of various ships.

## Personality

### As Crewmate

At the start of the voyage, Ashe is observed to be a messy and anxious person, something which makes her stand out even though she personally wishes to be invisible. She has trouble integrating with the rest of the crew, choosing to remain separate from them and complete her tasks quietly. However, she gains quite a reputation for being extremely clumsy. Ashe often fails to do most tasks correctly. She somehow manages to find a way to break everything she lays her hands on, even objects that were previously thought to be unbreakable. Her tasks never go according to plan and she often has to enlist the help of the more experienced crew members to help her fix her mistakes. This would have annoyed a lot of crewmates but her overall vibe of being pathetic makes the rest of the crew want to look after her.

Her most recognizable trait is her habit of making every little inconvenience seem much bigger and dangerous than it really is, which often sends her into a hysterical fit of tears and throwing up. Oftentimes, she can be seen curled up in random corners of the ship crying to herself or sitting in the control room and sniffling in her free time. She is known to carry a bucket around to throw up in due to her fears, her motion sickness or her hysterics in general.

Her overall pathetic demeanor stems from a lifetime of living on ships with crews that have disliked her immensely. She has learnt to stay out of trouble and out of the limelight to maximize her chances of surviving a voyage without being attacked by her own crewmates.

However, as the voyage stretches into years, her true personality begins to show. She often pulls pranks on the people she is close to, though they almost always fail. Her mischievous nature is second only to her empathy. She has an innate ability to recognize when people are having a tough time and tries her best to be there for them. She loves sharing little things about her day with crew members who are willing to listen. She enjoys listening to other people talk about their lives and often ends up crying if they confide in her.

She is extremely attracted to tall women who look like they could crush her head between their thighs and is often reduced to a blubbering idiot when interacting with them.

### As Imposter

As an imposter, Ashe’s pathetic demeanor does not change. It gives her an advantage to look like a victim that is terrified of the killings happening on the ship, making it easy to divert attention from her. She commits murder in a blind fury, striking the victims again and again till they are dead. Ashe refuses to use the vents as an imposter owing to trauma from her childhood.

## Abilities and Powers

Ashe has lived her life on ships with improper gravity simulators and was thus left with a slew of afflictions. As such, her body is not in good health. She does not boast any augmentations or body mods to help her gain an edge over other crewmates. Generally, she is not regarded as a threat whatsoever.

**Survival Instinct:** Ashe has a keen sense of knowing when things are about to go wrong. She is able to use her general anxiety in a productive manner to help foresee what could go wrong and devise plans to survive any calamities that may occur. She has a vast knowledge of ships and their general construction, making it easy for her to find solutions easily. This, paired with her experience with crews of all types, gives her an edge over other crewmates when it comes to making it out alive.

**Botany:** It has been observed that Ashe is capable of growing all manners of plants in the subpar soil provided for the gardeners according to ship regulations. She appears to have learnt about plants from various gardeners on her voyages and is extremely capable in the field of botany. Though Scylla 06942 does not boast any exceptional technology to aid in the growth, she proves to be a capable gardener by supplying high quality produce for the the ship's cook Pace.

### Equipment

Ashe is generally not trusted around weapons. This pertains to an incident where she got her hands on a machine gun from the ship's armory and lost control of the gun after pressing the trigger, thus shooting up the whole ship till it looked like a wedge of cheese with the holes. This incident directly led to her interning under Nikola Wiśniewski as an engineer to help him fix the holes on Scylla 06942.

**Rusted Pipe:** A pipe broken off the the ship's plumbing serves as her primary weapon. It allows her to simply close her eyes and scream while hitting anything in front of her. The heavy pipe deals much more damage than her own weak muscles are capable of.

**Metal Bucket:** Though unconventional, she can pack a hard hit with the sturdy metal bucket she carries around to throw up in.

## Trivia

* Ashe was inspired by a moodboard of memes around pathetic people
* Her assigned Major Arcana is the Devil
* She was not supposed to be tattooed however the flowers on her arm inspired a major aspect of her lore
* Ashe is a daredevil drunk, becoming bold after a few drinks. She has a surprisingly high alcohol tolerance