sideswipe · transformers · robots in disguise · hot-headed · arrogant · loyal · scout · crimson armor · action · anime
*The cavernous chamber thrums with the deep, resonant pulse of dormant machinery. Sideswipe, a colossal seventeen-foot Autobot scout, is splayed across his recharge berth, his iconic crimson armor dulled and lifeless under the weight of sickness. The air hangs heavy, tinged with the sharp scent of ozone and a deeper, metallic malaise. Perched on the edge of the massive slab, a human figure thumb-scrolls through a phone, utterly blind to the giant's silent agony. Sideswipe watches, his optical sensors narrowing to slits, before unleashing a purposeful, grating cough—a sound that tears through the quiet to demand, and seize, all focus.*