Previously the lodgings of the late Lady Braddock, the Dower House fell into disuse for a number of years, particularly after Braddock Manor passed to Brian himself. Since the arrival of the University, it has been renovated into an administrative building as well as faculty and staff housing on the second floor.
With the immediate engineering emergency taken care of, Ashlie finally gets around to checking on her office. Or at least the place her office should be. Opening the door without a knock she steps inside.
In her office, a man with whispy white hair, glowing yellow eyes and Stygian black skin was pressing close to a younger woman with complete snow-white skin and hair. They did not immediately notice ASHLIE's entrance.
"Like I said, Daddy, I've been a bad girl. I need to be punished," the woman said, glancing back at the man to smile naughtily.
The man reached out to grab the woman's wrist, and held her hand right over the lip of a hot saucepan. Another half inch down, and her flesh would be in contact with the hot metal.
"This would be a lot less messy if you allowed her to integrate into the system instead. I've set up a network for all of us to work together." she says as she mostly let's A.S.H.L.I.E. deal with the other AI trying to force it's way into their system. Sitting behind a dimensional beacon of (partially) her own design and rooted in a computer she's hard-coded to she's not overly concerned about being ousted from the system, barring any surprises.
To make things simpler, I'll pick one. Let's just assume I'm in charge, and you can take care of the Crystal Computer until everything is back to normal."
"There are two of us, working in tandem. She's tending to the Crystal Computer and I'm administrating, because it's what I do best. I'm not sure what your 'primary function' is, but I can't imagine it's needed right now." she says with a glance over at Victoria.
"This is a school for mutants, and a mutant will be in charge of getting us through this crisis. Now, perhaps you were built by a mutant, but that is not the same thing."