Editing Aisha Laborn (section)

==History==
===Background===
It's possible that her mother's drug use during pregnancy led to Aisha's problems with judgment, memory, impulse control and learning ability.<ref name="SB1"/>

When her parents divorced, she went to live with her mother while her brother went with their father. Her mother started abusing drugs and cycled through boyfriends which resulted in constantly changing disciplines and a chaotic upbringing for her. Even a broken arm.<ref>Of course, there was no way to avoid the countless reminders in everyday life that would remind her of Guy, or Bridge, or Darren, or Lonnie.  Thinking about a broken arm was one such reminder. [[Interlude 13.5 (Donation Bonus)]]</ref>

At least one of her mother's boyfriends started abusing her and it was implied that she was molested by him. She sent a text to her brother saying 'help me' and after he got to the house and saw that she had been crying, he beat the man nearly to death which caused his trigger event.

Aisha's custody was then passed over to her father. While he was better than her mother, Brian planned to get their parents' parental rights terminated and become her guardian after he turned eighteen. It was to get money to pay for the legal fees that her brother decided to become a villain. Her brother told her he had powers and she figured out his alias after studying pictures of various villains around town.

===Story Start===
Aisha is first mentioned in dialogue as Brian's reason for being a villain. She is later shown in person in Brian's apartment, bringing her social worker there early.
===Post-[[Battle against Leviathan|Leviathan]]===
Aisha triggered when she was out with her father, after being confronted by a group of armed men.<ref name="Cast2"/><ref name="I26 e1">But the entity can still see fallout effects.  There are parallels in memory storage.  Not many, but there may be glimmers where the subject is capable of perceiving the information stored in the shard as the connections are formed.<br><br>For good measure, the entity breaks up one shard cluster, tunes it, then codes the effect into each and every shard.  It studies the host species further, refines, attunes.<br><br>It takes time, but the entity forms a sufficient safeguard.  The host species will forget any significant details.<br><br>The broken shard is cast off, joining countless others.  It will bond to a host.  The entity looks forward, checking.<br><br>After the target planet has revolved thirty-three times around its star, this shard will connect to a host.<br><br>A male guards his offspring, a female, with his size and bulk.  A group of hostile bipeds cluster around them.  They call out, making unusual loud sounds, suggesting intoxication.  One of the hostile ones gestures, gripping its male parts, pulling them free of their coverings.  A sexual gesture follows, waving the organ left and right, thrusting it into the empty air.<br><br>Sounds of amusement, laced with hostility.<br><br>The male and his offspring retreat as far against the nearest construction as they are able.<br><br>The shard connects, attaching to the male.<br><br>No.  It is ineffective.  The female is clearly more distressed.<br><br>''Prey.''<br><br>There is a way to maximize exposure to conflict.<br><br>The entity taps into its understanding of the bipeds and how they operate, recognizes the signs of distress, the nuances such things can have.<br><br>It views the future again, with changes made in the code.<br><br>This time, the shard settles in the male, then immediately shifts to the more distressed female.<br><br>''Insinuation.''  The shard connects to the host’s neural network.<br><br>The bond is created.<br><br>The shard opens the connection as the stress peaks, and the host doubles over in pain, bewildered, stunned.  The shard then forms tendrils that contact each individual in the area.  It retains traces of the entity’s tampering, of the studies in psychology, awareness and memory, and is quick to adapt.  It finds a manner in which it can operate, then alters itself, solidifying into a particular state.  The remainder of the functions are discarded, the ones in the shard itself are rendered inert to conserve power, while the ones in the host fall away, are consumed by the shard.  The host’s neural network changes once more.<br><br>The female disappears from the awareness of the hostile ones that surround it.<br><br>The entity looks to the future, to see if this is sustainable, efficient. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/10/interlude-26/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26]]</ref> She eventually revealed her new powers to her brother. She was immediately inducted into the Undersiders for everyone's collective good. Was unsurprised when Taylor revealed she was enamored with her brother while trying to get back on the team.

Played a large part in getting the Undersiders into [[Protectorate ENE Headquarters]] and helping to steal the data.
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Would stay behind to spy on the [[truce]] meeting.

She would later take it upon herself to seek out the [[Slaughterhouse Nine]] and see if she could assassinate them<ref name="13.5 2">Everything went into a compact black handbag, along with her taser and knives.<br><br>Small things.  Nothing she couldn’t have bought in a well stocked convenience store, maybe.  But she would operate best if she was relaxed, and having some personal items made her feel better.<br><br>That only left the problem of finding them.<br><br>They’d attacked the Merchants, and observing her mom had given her the chance to find out where.  It was a starting point. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/interlude-13%C2%BD-donation-bonus/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 13.5 (Donation Bonus)]]</ref>, but failed, unconsciously influenced by one of their powers.<ref>A combination of what Jaki said ([[Imp]] gets nudged away by her shard, she gets a bad feeling as she prepares to attack, and if and when she does attack her attack is off-target, or she hesitates, creating a window), intuition on Jack's part (suspicion, a hyperawareness of odd details, the movement of air in the room, 'it's too quiet', etc., happening to move to another location just as Imp strikes out), and leverage of the broadcast... [[Crawler]] wakes to initial commotion, he uses his full senses with his shard happening to kick into full gear (a la Skitter and her varying range) and/or moves across room, forcing Imp to back up from Jack, [[Shatterbird]] lashes out in a blind attack that happens to connect.<br><br>On that last point, the Nine can be considered to be an [editing to add 'unconscious'] extension of Jack for all intents and purposes. To Imp, it's just a 'This feels like a bad idea, I'm going to do it anyway! Fuck, missed! Oh shit, ow! Well now I'm bleeding and, it's pretty damn serious. That must be why it felt like such a bad idea!'<br><br>[...]<br><br>Take note of Jack's discussion of keystones in his first appearance. He's getting help in identifying points to manipulate, and then those points are getting nudged further in the broadcast. Communication is a two-way street. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/20250752/ Coments by Wildbow, archived on Spacebattles]</ref>
===Post-[[Slaughterhouse Nine]]===
Aisha was willing to kill Skitter when she thought the woman had betrayed her brother and turned on the Undersiders again.<ref>“Did the doggie get you?” Imp growled the question.  “''Good''.  Turn off your ''fucking'' power.”<br><br>I had only a helpless noise to offer in response.<br><br>“I warned you.  Warned you what you were in for if you let my brother down.  So do I use the knife, make it quick?” she drew a knife.  Then she drew her taser with her other hand, “Or do I stick you with this until you stop using your power?  Then we can find some place where you don’t have your bugs, and take the slow option.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/monarch-16-12/ Excerpt] from [[Monarch 16.12]]</ref> She remained skeptical even after her brother was convinced that Skitter was innocent.<ref>“You’re not buying this, are you?” Imp asked.<br><br>“It wasn’t her.”<br><br>“She’s playing you.”<br><br>“It wasn’t her.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/monarch-16-12/ Excerpt] from [[Monarch 16.12]]</ref>

Was a massive help in the Echidna fight, and helped remove many inconvenient enemies.
===Post-[[Battle against Echidna|Echidna]]===
Helped Regent with territory cleaning.

Was amused by [[Skitter's Surrender]] more than anything.

Deployed to [[New Delhi]] and had to deal with the loss of Regent when he sacrificed himself to save her.
===Post-[[Timeskip]]===
After killing [[Heartbreaker]] with the aid of [[Citrine]],<ref>Wildbow The Citrine/Imp vs. Heartbreaker interlude I ended up canceling would've touched far more on that - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/27981940/ Exerpt] from conversation with Wildbow, archived on Spacebattles</ref> she became the leader of the [[Heartbroken]]. She welcomed Weaver back to Brockton Bay and had some fun messing with her former boss.

Participated in the extermination of [[The Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand]] personally disposing of a [[Nice Guy]].

After Brian died at the [[Oil-rig battle]], Aisha collaborated with Lisa to keep the truth from Taylor.

Was instrumental in the infiltration of [[Cauldron's Base]].
===[[Gold Morning]]===
When the [[Rise of Khepri|solution]] to the problem was being constructed Imp was looking after Taylor.

In the final moments of the event, she looked after Khepri as her old friend brought about the end to the abomination.<ref>I heard a voice, female, kind words, spoken haltingly, out of place in the midst of this.  I had trouble placing the memory.<br><br>[...]<br><br>Again, the voice interrupted.  Patient, almost like I was overhearing something being said.  It made for a kind of… what was the word?  A conflict between two ideas.  Dis- Dissonance.<br><br>[...]<br><br>I was preparing to go down with the clairvoyant, making sure we wouldn’t break contact even if we had a hard landing, when I heard that voice again, small and afraid.<br><br>I couldn’t place the recollection.<br><br>[...]<br><br>Again, that soft voice I couldn’t place, something to help me keep moving onward, a human sound when abstracts were becoming all too real.<br><br>[...]<br><br>I could hear the voice again.<br><br>Another person appeared twenty or so feet to my left, startling me.  My bugs moved, creating a barrier.<br><br>No.  She was a familiar face, so to speak.  A gray mask, horned, with mischievous eyes, a mouth hidden by a scarf or cowl  she’d piled around her shoulders.  She was the source of the voice.  She’d been with me, keeping me company.<br><br>Tears came unbidden to my eyes. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/speck-30-6/ Excerpt] from [[Speck 30.6]]</ref>
===Post-[[Gold Morning]]===
After the end, she began a mission to protect Taylor's legacy,<ref name="E.2 eLegacies" /> and educate herself in classic literature so she could become a high class educated villain as a way to honor and fill the gap left by Regent.

After recruiting and traveling with [[The Heartbroken]], Imp spotted [[Shadow Stalker]] hunting them from the rooftop of a nearby building. Imp confronted her, and Stalker, upon seeing Imp's badge honouring the Gold Morning, gets irritated by it by claiming the victory wasn't earned due to everyone being controlled and "used", as well as to deny that is was Taylor that did it all. Imp correctly guesses, however, that Stalker is irritated by the badge because she knows deep down, no matter how hard she tries, she will never make a bigger impact than or be remembered like Taylor. Imp comments that Stalker will be reminded of this every time she sees the badge on someone, and then leaves her to stew in her anger<ref name="T e.2"/>
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===Early [[Ward]]===
She was present during negotiations with [[Hollow Point]] villains and [[Mathers Compound Assault]].

===Post-[[Goddess' Takeover]]===
When [[March's Megacluster]] harassed the [[Undersiders]] out of [[New Brockton]], she had her arm swapped with [[Ixnay]]'s.<ref>Ixnay fixed his gloves, one looser-fitting than the other.[...]Then Ixnay, as alone as she was, though she could pretend he had a bit of company with the arm he had borrowed. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/02/09/interlude-12-z/ Excerpts] from [[Interlude 12.z II]]</ref>

She tried to recover intel that was passed to [[Victoria Dallon]] by [[Chicken Little]], trashed [[Ashley]]'s apartment and eventually was captured by [[Kenzie Martin]]. [[Breakthrough]] exchanged Imp for a guarantee of cooperation from the Undersiders.<ref>[[Blinding 11.3]]</ref> Imp did some spying on [[Citrine|mayor Wynn]].<ref>[[Blinding 11.4]]</ref>

She was shot by [[Colt]] while trying to distract [[Love Lost]]'s gang from the kids and, supposedly, hospitalized.<ref>[[Interlude 12.e II]]</ref> At the end of the same night, she followed [[Foil]] to [[March's Megacluster]], and killed [[Tori Heflin]].<ref>[[Heavens 12.x]]</ref> She and Foil then leave to get Imp's arm back.<ref name="II12.x eArmBack" />

===Post-[[Assault on the Time Bubbles|Time Bubble Pop]]===
Fought alongside [[Breakthrough]] during the second [[Wardens]]' assault on [[Teacher]]'s Compound.

She persuaded Breakthrough to make a detour to the local jail. While they were occupying [[The Custodian]], she freed [[Contessa]].<ref>[[Dying 15.6]]</ref>

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
Imp was alongside [[The Undersiders]] and [[Breakthrough]] during the oversight duty of [[Titan Oberon]] and [[Fume Hood|Eve]]. During the battle of titans she protected the rear group from Eve's maggots.<ref name="II18.5">[[Radiation 18.5]]</ref> Once capes had regrouped Imp was delivering explosives to titans.<ref name="II18.6">[[Radiation 18.6]]</ref>

Once [[Titans]] proved to be too dangerous and numerous for Imp and [[The Heartbroken]], they retreated to The Wardens' compound and stayed near [[The Chicken Tenders]]. Imp babysat both teams and had to deal with [[Lookout]]'s outburst following the death of [[Tristan Vera]].<ref name="II19.f">[[Infrared 19.f]]</ref> She met Breakthrough, when they were returning to the complex, and notified them about the situation.<ref name="II19.10">[[Infrared 19.10]]</ref>

Imp stayed in the Wardens' HQ and skipped the initial engagement with [[The Simurgh]] together with the majority of Undersiders.<ref name="II20.2">[[Last 20.2]]</ref>