Chasm's Bio

Name: Chasm

Gender: Mech

Squad: Communications

Pre-War Occupation: Cybertronian tattoo artist

Alt-Mode: ’07 Mustang GT500 Shelby Cobra

Most common phrase: “I swear to Primus, it washes off!”

Personality: Chasm is a bit of an odd mech. Before Decepticons attacked his hometown, he was the resident body artist. Wanted something flashy and cool on your hood? Not a problem. Chasm had paint for almost every color known to Cybertron, and a few more not as well known. The downside to his talent for art was that he was a bit of a perfectionist with it. It would often take him mega-cycles to complete simple, one-color designs, but it would be worth it. The image would hold up almost forever, and look new for just as long. When the war broke out, Chasm was apprehensive about choosing a side. Instead, he stayed in his hometown, until the Decepticons attacked, and set fire to everything. Two new quirks emerged from the event. The first was slight processor damage. The building he’d been living in collapsed while he was inside, though he miraculously survived. His helm had been dented, and left him with a glitch that made him zone out and lose track of everything around him when he focused on a task for an extended period of time. The second was more subconscious. Everything he painted afterwards contained fire in some way, no matter how small. He doesn’t notice he’s adding the fire, and doesn’t mind afterwards, it’s always there.
Boredom is a dangerous thing for Chasm to have around the unsuspecting bot. Falling into stasis is asking to be painted on, and paint on the recharging bot Chasm will. Easily washable paint is always used, but some bots tend to forget, usually leading to Chasm being chased by said bot, shrieking “The paint washes off!”
Chasm is also easily spooked, spazzing as much as Red Alert, if not more, when freaked out. Responses run from simply running away(SNAFU), flailing and running(TARFU), and tearing away as fast as Cybertronianly possible in alt-mode(FUBAR).* Chasm is a bot who can successfully flail and transform into his alt-mode at the same time, commonly referred to as “flailing into alt-mode.”

Strengths: Chasm has a memory like an elephant, or at least a Cybertronian equivalent. He never forgets anything he’s seen or heard, down to the exact number of each color car he saw on patrol and where he saw each car(he has since learned that kind of information is, more likely than not, useless, and filters through it before making his report). Combining that with his artistic abilities, and he’ll be able to re-create anything he’s seen or heard, even if the description comes in pieces.
His door wings are used like satellite dishes, picking up communications and such in the air, allowing him to perform his duty as a communications bot.

Weaknesses: Chasm is not a fighter at all, and makes that obvious. By himself, he would flee at top speed were there to be a Decepticon attack. With people around, he would stay on the defensive, and call for back-up. With other Autobots, he’d help fend off Decepticons, but would not actually engage them. His favorite tactic in that kind of situation is to spray black paint over the optics, given the chance. He will also throw paint grenades.
His photo- and audiographic memory is also not only a strength, but a decent weakness. Because of all the information he recalls, it can cause a back-up with his processing, and slow down his thinking(like when a computer’s memory gets full and slows down, and its memory needs to be upped, or some things need to be deleted).
On the right side of Chasm's helm is a small, but deep, dent from where the building fell on him. The dent is sensitive, as when it happened some circuits were welded to his helm. This also means the dent cannot be fixed without causing more damage.
Lastly, his door wings. They are sensitive to noise, and to being touched. Pulling is very painful indeed.

History: As stated in the personality section, Chasm was an artist before he was an Autobot. He was carefree and easygoing, and so long as he earned enough to keep himself fueled, housed, and a constant stock of paint, he was happy.
When the war first started, he had many bots show up to have the Autobot insignia painted on them, which he would do without a problem. Many had asked him about joining the cause, but his response had always been “Nah. I’d be no good out there. What would I do, paint the ‘cons to death?”
With the war going on now, he hasn’t had the luxury of making ‘bots look stylish like he used to, and instead decorates himself with the washable paint whenever he’s off-duty. He’ll occasionally paint on canvases, but misses the challenge of painting alt-modes.

Appearance: Chasm’s height places him somewhere between a normal-sized mech and a mini-bot. His paint colors are dark purple with brilliant gold flames. The flames start at the front of the hood, and extend, at their longest, to the start of the windshield. His Autobot insignia is located on his hood in the center of the flames. His optics are a light blue-violet, and his helmet is a darker version of his optic color, with gold detailing. On his back is a pair of door wings, also painted with gold flames. Centered on his helmet, just over where his optics are, is a clear, plastic visor, usually decorated with painted color splotches. His wheels are located on his shoulders and the backs of his calves. In the index finger of both servos is a small airbrush, which can be hooked up to paint bottles in a port in the top of his servos. All the paint he uses, in addition to an uncounted number of paint grenades and a pistol, are kept sub-spaced until needed.

*I will not give the meanings of the acronyms, simply because of some slight language used in them. If you know what they mean, great. If you don’t, and would like to know, either search the web, of note me.