Ashley

Ashley is a spy for the Scientists, and a queer in hiding with them. She is good at pretending to be a Believer because she did acting before the religious leaders took over and ruined everything. She is very easily angered and 95% of the time she has an undercurrent of rage no matter what. She is good at anylizing situations and things people say, and she is recourceful and creative. She doesn't take things at face value and usually has 50 tabs open in her head. She hates being underestimated because of her age, and will do almost anything to prove that she is not a child. This comes from inner turmoil from being a hopeful and optimistic child before the government became religious. She has very strong opinions on what is and isn't bullshit, and will defend them with lectures and rants for a very long time. She is extremely argumentative and sees backing down as letting the other person win. She hates hypocrisy. She often argues with herself in her mind to make sure none of her values are hypocritical.

After Samantha arrived at the abandoned factory, the Scientists realized they needed spies to go to the normal church and get information. They held a competition for who could be the most convincing Believer, and Ashley won. after she came out as lesbian to the Scientists of northwest Washington, Jason, who was also gay, was sent with her so that they could act like a couple in case anyone suspected them. When Jason was captured, it was two weeks from the monthly ship of Heathens. They got one of the Scientists to set up a new walkie-talkie channel for them, and Jason packed his walkie-talkie in his luggage to go behind the wall so that they could plan to bring down the government.