Editing Damsel of Distress (section)

==Abilities & Powers==
Ashley's power creates chaotic maelstroms of warped spacetime, manifesting as uncontrolled cone-shaped blasts that rip, tear, melt, or disintegrate anything within a range of four to fifteen feet.<ref name="16.y e1"/><ref name="SB1"/><ref name="list"/><ref name="R1"/><ref name="SB3"/><ref name="DoD CS"/> These 'shotgun' blasts are capable of destroying virtually any matter or construction,<ref name="Cast2">'''Damsel of Distress (Deceased)''' – Once a small time villainess, Damsel had space warping powers, capable of destroying any matter or construction, albeit with a minimum of control.  Was either forced or willingly joined the Nine, and was enhanced to gain more control, at the cost of monstrous implants in her forearms and hands. Was slain by Defiant. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/cast/ Cast (in depth)]</ref> and can even damage capes whose powers give them extreme durability, such as [[Alexandria]].<ref name="R1"/> The blasts also create a horrible earsplitting noise, announcing her wherever she goes, and produce a strange visual effect when seen full-on.<ref name="II5.10 e4">One hand still on her face, she pointed at him and blasted before his expression could change.<br/><br/>Darkness, shadow, distorted space and visual static ripped through armor, flesh, and armor again, tearing a hole clean through him.  The hole caved in on itself, metal creaking as it bent, blood fountaining out and splashing up on half the people nearby. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/27/shadow-5-10/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.10]]</ref> Under rare circumstances, her power can crush pieces of metal or other resilient material into highly-compressed fragments; Ashley has a habit of keeping these pieces as mementos or for their power-resistant utility.<ref>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> 

Her blasts generate a massive amount of recoil, causing her to be flung backwards each time she uses her power.<ref name="list">Damsel of Distress	'''High recoil 'shotgun' bursts of warped space, disintegration and gravity shearing destroy virtually anything, fling her back.  Can be used as mover power'''	Independent/Slaughterhouse 9	Mover Shaker - [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pgn9rgYutpBqJg1lSBP3NHnq9WK4ToLq9K4ys_I4cRc/edit#gid=0 Parahuman List]; bolded edit by [[Wildbow]]</ref><ref name="R1"/><ref name="SB1"/> Ashley eventually learned to use this effect to move at high speeds in ten- to fifteen-foot bursts, allowing her to avoid attacks<ref name="DoD CS"> - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y9EM6krS6MfQy04IJYNkIKRri5jMpHaOTAvvSegpmgI/ Damsel of Distress Character Sheet BACKGROUND]</ref> and giving her a [[Mover]] rating.<ref name="list"/> Her power is inherently unpredictable and difficult to control, but some gestures and movements generally produce the same result.<ref name="x.3 e8">Her power was unpredictable whenever she used it.  Using the blasts was easy when she could push out, the power would rip out, and it would kink and twist through the air, a mix of overlapping effects that worked very well together when it came to destroying whatever they touched.  They didn’t, however, work well with her.<br /><br />There were ways to shape the effect, but that was less easy.  Every movement of her fingers threatened to make her power erupt, and over time, she’d learned that many common movements would lead to an eruption of power, unless she was very careful.  Using her hands was slow, with any number of movements or variations of pressure threatening to make her power spill out.<br /><br />There had been a time, sitting in her apartment for days on end, that she had worked to try and figure out the patterns.  Before she’d fabricated a costumed identity for herself, she had fancied the idea of being a dark sorceress.  Through training, she would have control.<br /><br />The image had stayed, but the idea… no.  She could do the same thing twice, and the power wouldn’t express in the same way.<br /><br />Still.  There were nuances.  Open hand, moving while she blasted, the power would splash out.  More area, less range.  She could press her hands together and blast with both to increase concentration and consistency.<br /><br />Nuances. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/05/28/eclipse-x-3/ Excerpt] from [[Eclipse x.3]]</ref>

Ashley's power is extremely potent, of the same class as [[Scrub]] and close to [[Flechette]]'s.<ref name="R1"/> Yet she never had full control of it<ref name="SB1" />, being unable to prevent herself from producing minor flare-ups whenever she became stressed or anxious.<ref name="R1"/> Bonesaw's alterations gave Ashley the ability to control her power, along with added range,<ref name="SB3"/> at the cost of her becoming even more of a monster.<ref name="R1"/><ref name="SB1">Damsel [of Distress]'s power warps reality in a chaotic way. Rip, tear, punch through, twist, melt, whatever, everything in a cone-shaped blast, capable of punching through walls. Super high recoil, to the point that she has a minor mover power. She has power incontinence and can't control the minor flare-ups of her power 100%, leading to her destroying utensils and food - due to her twisted mentality and emotions, she generally responds by not eating to avoid the embarrassment of such failures. Her passenger drives her to be ambitious, fighting to be on top, and sabotages her more when she fails to be, perpetuating (along with the malnutrition) the strings of near-misses. She's pretty much driven to do the evil villain monologues, because it's a drug-like relief from the constant pressure the passenger puts on her to establish her superiority. Bonesaw gave her the ability to control the power, at the cost of her becoming even more of a monster. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15078112/ Comment by Wildbow on Spacebattles]</ref><ref name="SB2">One of them is a platinum blonde girl with power incontinence. She warps space and she destroys utensils and tools, and it gets worse when she's stressed. She's losing weight because eating is hard, and she has a peculiar stubbornness that has her just skip meals rather than deal with the embarassment[sic] of having a fork explode in her face. Your focus is fixing that power issue, with the secondary goal of working with that peculiar stubbornness - she's ambitious, and your psychiatrist directs her attention there, to long-term goals, to look toward the future rather than struggle with the present. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15025466/ Comment by Wildbow on Spacebattles]</ref>

Completely removing her forearms affects her ability to use her power.<ref>[[Eclipse x.8]]</ref>

===[[Manton Effect]]===
Thanks to the safeguards inherent in shards, Ashley is protected against her own power. However, it still has an effect on her hair; using her power for the first time turned her hair white,<ref name="x.1 e5">They would be frustrated, realizing that for all their vast resources, they had been trumped by a sixteen year old girl. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/05/26/eclipse-x-1/ Excerpt] from [[Eclipse x.1]]</ref> and repeated uses will remove hair dyes.<ref name="x.2 e3">She used her power, aiming at her own body.  The shirt, still in her hand, was destroyed in the curls and waves of energy.  As her power bucked and kicked, hurling her arm one way and the other, she was jerked into the sink.  She didn’t have much padding, so the impact was sharp.She hid the pain, which wasn’t hard, because she she was caught up in the moment.  Her power washed over her body, destroying everything that wasn’t her.  Sweat, dirt, lint, dust.<br/><br/>It washed over her face and her head, and she thought and saw ''white''.<br/><br/>The hair that fell across her face was no longer dyed.  The hair had been preserved, and the dye hadn’t. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/05/27/eclipse-x-2/ Excerpt] from [[Eclipse x.2]]</ref><ref name="II4.6 e1">“Dye it?” Sveta asked.<br/><br/>“Doesn’t work,” Ashley said.  “I have natural silver-blonde hair, but I use my power-”<br/><br/>She put her hand to the side of her head and used her power.  I stepped back, stumbled into Sveta, then reached out to help her catch her balance.<br/><br/>Ashley’s hair settled back into place.  Her pupils took a long few seconds to reappear.<br/>[...]<br/>“My eyes and hair lose their color,” Ashley said, in a non-sequitur for Tristan.<br/><br/>“You’d lose the dye,” I said.  “Probably.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/02/17/shade-4-6/ Excerpt] from [[Shade 4.6]]</ref>In this way, it can also be used as an impromptu hair-cleansing method.<ref name="x.2 e3"/>