Script: In A World Of Madness, Follow The Inventor

Part 1

Ashley: Okay, I just finished talking to my agent and I’ve learned something very important!

Ashley: She’s very ticklish! And that makes her a lot of fun!

Ashley: I also learned she told the enemy very little. Nothing of significance, really.

Ashley: She did however find a piece of the machine. She knew she was going to be captured, so she gave it to another agent for safekeeping, until we can retrieve it.

Ashley: Not gonna lie, the agent she gave it to would not have been my first choice, but given how little time she had, she did the best she could.

Ashley: Also not gonna lie, the catgirl she gave it to… and yes, it’s a catgirl… well, she’s a bit different. And by different, I mean crazy.

Ashley: Her name is Ophelia and we don’t know much about her history. Rumour has it she was the result of a catgirl engineering experiment to create a genius-level agent. Results were a bit… mixed.

Ashley: She’s something of a mad scientist, with the emphasis on mad. We honestly can’t tell the difference between her being completely nuts and her being completely brilliant.

Ashley: Lucky for us, that’s put her on bad terms with the syndicate. They don’t like doing business with her and that means we don’t mind doing business with her. Sometimes I think they see her as an embarrassment.

Ashley: In any case, she has a piece of KITTY in her care. She sees herself as apolitical, the war below her intellect. She’ll be more interested in keeping the device to herself for study than handing it over to the enemy.

Ashley: She lives deep inside Nine Cats territory, in a Claymore Corporation employee residential district. It’s not easy territory to infiltrate, but I know you can do it.

Ashley: I shouldn’t have to tell you how important it is we recover this piece before the Nine Cats find it. Ophelia is good, but I won’t count on her being perfect. I’ll try to track your progress through the tracking unit Ada gave you, but coverage might be spotty in places. Claymore doesn’t like electronic surveillance and they’ve made some effort to thwart us.

Ashley: Oh, and one more thing, Agent. Don’t drink the tea.