Editing Damsel of Distress (section)

==Appearance==
Ashley has long, usually unkempt platinum blonde hair<ref name="SB2" /> and pale blue eyes.<ref name="I25" /> She is slightly taller than average<ref>Damsel is thin to the point of being emaciated, slightly taller than average, with long platinum blonde hair, somewhat unkempt.  She can throw on a jacket and baseball cap and attempt to pass in an unfamiliar city, but powers may spark periodically, outing her.  Her stare seems to focus on a point several feet beyond whoever she's looking at. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y9EM6krS6MfQy04IJYNkIKRri5jMpHaOTAvvSegpmgI/ Damsel of Distress Character Sheet APPEARANCE, CIVILIAN]</ref> at 5'6"<ref>'''Ashley'''<br>[...]<br>'''Ethnicity:''' Caucasian (Scandanavian) - white hair<br>'''Height:''' 5’6” / 167cm<br>'''Build:''' Skinny<br>'''Face shape:''' Triangular - Visual notes: Team Therapy</ref><!-- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xSnw3o_oKi9ZrTPrI4BupY6nYDhq0opWgFWaCJGFy2Y/edit --> as she will wear shoes that give her a bit of extra height.<ref name="Notes ePhysicalDetails">Ashley is 5’6”, 167cm, but will wear shoes that give her a bit of extra height.  Her physical frame is skinny, her chest is small (and she doesn’t care).  She’s Caucasian-Scandanavian with very straight, fine hair that’s pale blonde even before her power touches it.  Most of the time, however, it’s white. - Visual notes: Team Therapy</ref><!-- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xSnw3o_oKi9ZrTPrI4BupY6nYDhq0opWgFWaCJGFy2Y/edit --> Years of living on the streets with inconsistent nutrition<ref name="SB1" /> has left Ashley painfully thin to the point of looking emaciated.<ref name="DoD CS" /> This, combined with her small chest,<ref name="Notes ePhysicalDetails" /> leads some people to think she looks boyish.<ref name="I19.x e1" /> By throwing on some civilian clothes and a hat and keeping her head down, she could almost pass as a boy.

As Damsel of Distress, Ashley usually wore black gowns of varying quality with different combinations of masks and black lipstick,<ref name="DoD CS" /> Once she decorated her waist with twists of wire.<ref name="x.2 e2" /> This, combined with her pallor and gaunt appearance, made her both appealing and intimidating. Using her power commonly causes her eyes to turn white, occluding her pupils and irises but not affecting her sight.<ref name="x.2 e3" /> She collected rare fragments of material that survived the application of her power, using them as elements of her metal mask and pseudo-knives.<ref name="x.2 e2">Her mask was a twist of what had been part of an engine block.  She’d used her power on it, to erase it from existence, and all her power had done was to kick it around and warp it slightly.<br /><br />The leftovers were rare to show up, needing a good combination of condensing of already dense material and some time-warping to make them work, but she collected them every time she spotted one.  Many were so small she could close her hand around them, and now they littered the bottom of her bag.  Two more were like stakes or knives without edges.  A third find had been used and twisted around her mask to actually make it fit around her eyes, instead of leaving one eyebrow uncovered.  A triple-loop of wire served as a belt, with the two spikes dangling off of Ashley’s left hip. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/05/27/eclipse-x-2/ Excerpt] from [[Eclipse x.2]]</ref>

Following [[Bonesaw|Bonesaw's]] modifications to her forearms and hands, her arms are twice as long as before, with elongated partially-mechanical, blade-tipped fingers that allow her to have perfect control of her power, including compensating for recoil.<ref name="I19.x">[[Interlude 19.x]]</ref><ref name="Eclipse8">[[Ward]], [[Eclipse x.8]]</ref>