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[center][color=MediumSpringGreen]Well, on the bright side, we found the missing espers! On the not so bright side…[/color]

[color=888888]-Ashley Avenir[/color][/center]

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[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5656356]Ashley Avenir[/url]
Max MP: 50 Current MP: 39 - 6 = 33
Casting: [Projectile] 0 + [If Foe] 1 + [Powerful+ (Potency increased to SSS, Efficiency decreased to F)] 1 (Routine) + [Damage X] 4 (Routine+) = 6 mana

Gear: Clip Light (4) Taser (4 shots) Medical Supplies (4 uses) Flash Bang (4) Kevlar (Coverage 4)

Leveraging: N/A

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Ashley was just about to back out of the green-tinged chamber and into the yellow-tinged corridor, when the freelancer of the small rescue party stopped in front of her. The young woman informed her that she’d be staying behind with the others to help ensure that the slime queen didn’t follow after them. It was honestly a good strategy, and one the Knight of Tomorrow couldn’t really argue with. [color=MediumSpringGreen]“All right,”[/color] she acknowledged with a curt nod. [color=MediumSpringGreen]“Good luck,”[/color] she added, before exiting the chamber and heading down the corridor after Mika and Nina. No sooner had she done so, then she saw a very familiar face heading towards them.

[color=MediumSpringGreen]“Gale?!”[/color] Ashley exclaimed upon catching sight of the bluenette. 

It was certainly a stroke of luck that the blue-haired freelancer had apparently freed herself, but the young woman’s seemingly distracted nature was more than a little concerning. [color=MediumSpringGreen][i]Is she under some kind of mental manipulation?[/i][/color] the high-tech heroine wondered. However, there was no time to ruminate on such matters. Marrie promptly rounded a corner, which Ashley and the others soon discovered led into a blue-tinged chamber, one dominated by a giant [s]blue[/s] cyan slime cylinder containing well over a dozen captured espers and even a few presumably Maverick-allied monsters. It also quickly became apparent that the slime was more than simply a storage medium…

With an otherworldly groan, the giant slime generated a plethora of writhing slime tendrils, some even extending from the ceiling. To make matters worse, the entire ship seemed to violently tilt forward, causing Ashley to begin sliding towards the giant slime. [color=MediumSpringGreen][i]Shit! What’s going [b]on[/b] out there?![/i][/color] Leaping over to a small alcove on the side of the chamber, the Knight of Tomorrow braced herself against it, while firing an energy bolt at one of the nearby tendrils. Then, taking aim on the giant slime, she began charging up an exceptionally powerful blast. 

[color=MediumSpringGreen]“I’m gonna try and vaporize that giant slime,”[/color] she told the others. [color=MediumSpringGreen]“But I’m gonna need a little time to power up, so if you three could keep those slime tendrils off me, I’d really appreciate it!”[/color]