Espio the Chameleon | Reserved | Part 2turnip_rageNovember 5 2011, 03:02:11 UTC
Personality: Typically, Espio is a person who comes off as a complete jerk. He's loud, competitive, critical, argumentative, sarcastic and short-tempered, and is perfectly willing to resort to violence. In an argument, he can be irrational and petty, and he hates to lose. He can often be found picking on the imperfections and failures of others, and is quick to judge someone based on how smart they are. If someone makes a single mistake, he will repeatedly pester them about it, as his close friend and rival Mighty can attest. He has, however, shown that he's a hypocrite, and often the mistakes he criticises the most are ones he's guilty of himself - really, he has no place to comment on people being impulsive when he has hurled himself out of a twentieth story window with a plan so vague he wasn't able to explain it.
Espio also demands attention. He likes his accomplishments to be acknowledged, and is a major show-off. Sometimes, this can be shown through his rivalry with Mighty, as he often insists that Mighty acknowledge that his performance was superior to the Armadillo's. Other times, this is shown through plain stupidity: he has a horrible tendency to give away his position by bragging about how invisible he is. He doesn't like to admit what he sees as his own failures, either, and will go to great lengths to deny them - this is usually rather unconvincing.
It's not that Espio is useless or anything. He is in fact rather intelligent, observant, and practical, and overall the most balanced of his team. He adapts easily to multiple roles, and serves Chaotix both as one of their main fighters and their usual pilot. He has some knowledge of computers, and is comfortable when handed the role of providing exposition - though granted, his take on exposition is usually brief and to the point.
Under his aggression and attention seeking behaviour, however, is a genuinely decent guy whose primary motivation seems to be to protect people. He is willing to die serving a good cause, and faces certain death with good humour - at one point, placing bets with Mighty on how many enemies they could take down before they were both killed. If someone is in genuine danger, he will throw himself into the situation to protect them. If someone is injured or otherwise needs help he will be the first to help out, sometimes even before anyone else has noticed - in one case, he even rushed to help a fallen traitor while everyone else was preoccupied. He quickly notices when something's not right with someone, and was noticeably weirded out when Mighty was acting more aggressive than normal.
Espio manages to both be a jerk and be the easiest of his team to talk to, to the point where an enemy seeking aid specifically requested his attention despite the team's leader being close by. Though it's unspoken, even Sonic (who firmly believes the entire team is insane) seems to acknowledge this, as Espio appears to be the only member of Chaotix Sonic can stand to take seriously - they never once argue, and Sonic is more inclined to be agreeable when it's Espio speaking.
Abilities: Espio's main ability is invisibility. He will claim it is "blending into the background", but it appears to be complete invisibility, including his attire. His secondary ability is that he can stick to most surfaces, and can run on walls and ceilings as easily as he can on the floor. He's not actually very good at stealth, however - he's far too noisy.
Espio is also remarkably resilient, and takes some serious hits without much apparent damage. Including someone with super strength beating him over the head with a signpost. His strength just dips into "super" territory, as he has ripped posts out of concrete and broken solid blocks of wood. When using his "signature move" (a whirling tornado style attack) he can completely shred some of the toughest Robotnik troopers in one hit.
Espio also demands attention. He likes his accomplishments to be acknowledged, and is a major show-off. Sometimes, this can be shown through his rivalry with Mighty, as he often insists that Mighty acknowledge that his performance was superior to the Armadillo's. Other times, this is shown through plain stupidity: he has a horrible tendency to give away his position by bragging about how invisible he is. He doesn't like to admit what he sees as his own failures, either, and will go to great lengths to deny them - this is usually rather unconvincing.
It's not that Espio is useless or anything. He is in fact rather intelligent, observant, and practical, and overall the most balanced of his team. He adapts easily to multiple roles, and serves Chaotix both as one of their main fighters and their usual pilot. He has some knowledge of computers, and is comfortable when handed the role of providing exposition - though granted, his take on exposition is usually brief and to the point.
Under his aggression and attention seeking behaviour, however, is a genuinely decent guy whose primary motivation seems to be to protect people. He is willing to die serving a good cause, and faces certain death with good humour - at one point, placing bets with Mighty on how many enemies they could take down before they were both killed. If someone is in genuine danger, he will throw himself into the situation to protect them. If someone is injured or otherwise needs help he will be the first to help out, sometimes even before anyone else has noticed - in one case, he even rushed to help a fallen traitor while everyone else was preoccupied. He quickly notices when something's not right with someone, and was noticeably weirded out when Mighty was acting more aggressive than normal.
Espio manages to both be a jerk and be the easiest of his team to talk to, to the point where an enemy seeking aid specifically requested his attention despite the team's leader being close by. Though it's unspoken, even Sonic (who firmly believes the entire team is insane) seems to acknowledge this, as Espio appears to be the only member of Chaotix Sonic can stand to take seriously - they never once argue, and Sonic is more inclined to be agreeable when it's Espio speaking.
Abilities: Espio's main ability is invisibility. He will claim it is "blending into the background", but it appears to be complete invisibility, including his attire. His secondary ability is that he can stick to most surfaces, and can run on walls and ceilings as easily as he can on the floor. He's not actually very good at stealth, however - he's far too noisy.
Espio is also remarkably resilient, and takes some serious hits without much apparent damage. Including someone with super strength beating him over the head with a signpost. His strength just dips into "super" territory, as he has ripped posts out of concrete and broken solid blocks of wood. When using his "signature move" (a whirling tornado style attack) he can completely shred some of the toughest Robotnik troopers in one hit.
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