Ashley

Ashley is a girl somewhere in the middle of in her twenties. She has red hair, tied in a long low ponytail, and yellow eyes, protected behind a pair of glasses. Ashley's outfit changes depending on situation, but it is most likely to be made of simple clothes, that she could easily take from stores here and there without paying too much, or by stealing them.

Ashley was a normal human, during most of her life. A normal girl, who received a normal education, went to a normal school, made normal friends in a normal way, thinking her life was mostly normal. But everything collapsed, the day she met a demon. One day, after school, Ashley came back home with some friends. One thing they had in common, and over which they could bond, was their shared interest in occult rituals. Their curiosity fueled by all the stories they had read on the Internet before, Ashley and her friends thought they could summon a demon together. And so, during the night, they shared their knowledge to draw a magic circle on the floor of Ashley's room. They created an incantation, putting together pieces of what they had found on the net, and finally began to chant. No matter how ridiculous the situtation is, a demon was actually summoned this night. However, it wasn't the type of demon who liked to calmly chat with those who dared to summon it. To thank Ashley and her friends for waking them up during their deep slumber, the demon decided to eat. But they couldn't eat normal human food, the demon ate the "existence" of those who summoned it, before disappearing. That is the last thing Ashley remembers from her previous life. After that, every one of her friends who was there during the summoning of the demon was stripped of their "existence". Being stripped of one's existence simply means that no one can remember them, as if one didn't exist. And that is what happened to Ashley, who doesn't remember the friends she was with, during this fateful night, and who was never remembered by anyone else ever again. As if Ashley and her friends simply never existed, in this world. Since then, Ashley lives and travel around, hoping to find someone who can remove this curse from her and give her back her existence.

Ashley is cursed. Everyday, at precisely midnight (UTC+0), everyone forgets about her. No matter where they are, what they lived together during the last day, nor how strong was their bond. Ashley can't prevent that from happening, and it happened everyday since she met the demon, without a fail. This curse affects more than human memories. Ashley disappears from any photography or video one could take of her, and any information tied to Ashley, in any information system, would be wiped at precisely midnight from every computer or server of the planet, as if nothing had been ever saved about her. Even something carved on a rock, or written on a paper, simply disappear at midnight, as if it had never been written in the first place, making it impossible to even remember Ashley's name or any information about her, in any way imaginable. Any person who crossed Ashley's path would forget her at exactly midnight, even if she was in front of them. Their memories of the day would, however, not change much. They would remember having done the exact same things, but without Ashley. Everything would still make sense, somehow, but Ashley would not be a part of any memory.

In the past, Ashley was a nerd. She liked everything related to magic or occultic things, and she saw the beginnings of the Internet as a great way of knowing more about these subjects. So, she engaged in hours long sessions of research and discussion on various forums, to discuss everything about occultism and all kinds of magical systems. However, what was previously a very friendly person, changed a lot as time passed. Ashley started to get used to her curse and does everything she wants, wherever she wants, even if that could actually be problematic on the long run. She has absolutely no regard for public safety, or what other people could think of her, and she says everything she wants to say without any tact, because everyone will forget and "forgive" her by tomorrow. She does not think about the relationships she could build with anyone, because she knows they will amount to absolutely nothing at the end of the day. For the same reason, she doesn't care about anyone's opinion of her, since they will forget it too. But that way of thinking only comes from her fear. Since no one will remember her, she is afraid of actually connecting with other, and creating any meaningful relationship, because she knows she will ultimately get hurt at the end of the day, when anyone she met will forget her. So, she tries to keep everything on watch, and to only have superficial connections to anyone who would want to approach her. Since she can't actually get a job, given her curse, she learned to steal whatever she needed to survive. No one would be angry against her for too long, after all, so she doesn't feel like there is any downside to this new way of getting whatever she needs. From money and food to clothes and games, there is little to no thing she got without stealing. The only reasons for Ashley to use money is to travel from city to city, and to pay all kinds of people who think they are able to help her and give her back her existence. That is, by the way, the very thing she wishes for: finding someone who could help her. The first thing Ashley does, when she settles in a new city, is to find every person who's linked one way or another to magic, occultic rituals, or demons, in order to ask for their help after explaining her situation. However, until now, no one could actually help her, and she is actually starting to lose faith, little by little. That being said, she does not want to give up. She wants to that, one day or another, she will finally get rid of this curse. And so, as to force herself to continue to live and search, she forces herself to have a cheerful personality. She will make herself look playful, cocky, easygoing... All of that, to forget just how painful her situation is. Ashley also tried a lot of things, by herself, and made it an habit more than anything by now. Her favorite is to try to leave a big impression on everyone. She can do absolutely crazy things to catch attention, and see how people will try to remember her. From tightrope walking on a railing in a shopping center, to trying to change the life of random persons in meaningful ways, she will try to do anything, in the vain hope of leaving a mark in the world of tomorrow.