Laura Aashto
| Laura Aashto | |
| Stellar character | |
 picrew | |
| race | Detective |
| pronouns | she/her/hers |
| age | 16 |
| residence | New Salem |
| family | Roosevelt Aashto (grandfather) Cassandra Aashto (grandmother) |
| affiliations | New Salem High School (student) |
| portrayed by | Hybris |
- Rudolf: It all rests on you. The fate of the human race is in your hands, Laura.
- Laura: Would saving the human race require me to leave this library?
- Rudolf: ...Yes.
- Laura: (turns back to her laptop) The human race has had a pretty good run.
Laura Aashto is a character in the Centralian supernatural teen drama series Stellar, played by Hybris, who I guess is now an actress in addition to a detective.
Laura in the library
Laura is nominally a student at New Salem High School, but she rarely attends classes, preferring to spend her days shut up in the school's unrealistically large library.
Laura habitually sits at the same study carrel in the far corner of the library's upper floor, by the window. This seat is not formally reserved, but the other students acknowledge it as "Laura's spot" and leave it available for her. In the episode "Chair Woman", Laura suffered a panic attack after finding her usual chair had been moved from its spot. Stella and Rudolf, upon searching the library, discovered the chair had been taken by a freshman, unaware of its significance to Laura. After a polite but awkward discussion, the freshman returned the chair.
Stella and Rudolf often rely on Laura's research skills to help them confront the supernatural problems that keep happening in their lives.
Laura the detective
Laura is the granddaughter of the legendary private detective Roosevelt Aashto. Despite Laura's family having lost contact with Roosevelt before she was born, the Witches Council has officially tasked Laura with continuing her grandfather's investigation into The Inquisitors, an infamous group of self-appointed "witch hunters". In the episode "Watching the Detectives", Stella sent Laura back to 198X to confer with Roosevelt about his investigation, only for Laura to discover she must help her future grandfather overcome his social anxiety and approach her future grandmother, Cassandra. The episode features a comedic scene in which Laura attempts to feed Roosevelt lines for Cassandra by communicating through her Bluetooth headphones, which she happened to be wearing when she was transported back in time.
In the episode "Aashto to Ashes", Laura learned that "Roy", the proprietor of popular New Salem hangout Roy's Diner, is, in reality, her grandfather Roosevelt, who had distanced himself from his family for their protection. ("Roy" was Cassandra's affectionate shortening of "Roosevelt".)