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CRUISER /

(( the star ))

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VAMPIRE BAT
GLASS ANIMALS
" bit my lip like a vampire.
don't you feel like
a rockstar, don't you now?
I know you get off every time
you get me. down like
a rock star gon' too far "

(( PUBLISHED INFORMATION -
NICKNAME -
CRUISE
AGE -
6M+ YEARS
ALT MODE -
F/A-18 SUPER HORNET
SPECIES -
CYBERTRONIAN
PRONOUNS -
HE / THEY
ALLIANCE -
AUTOBOTS
OCCUPATION -
MEDIC / FRAME SURGEON
FORMER OCCUPATION -
MUSICIAN


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RUISER WAS A MECH WHO QUICKLY ROSE TO FAME AS A TALENTED MUSICIAN BACK ON CYBERTRON. KNOWN BEST FOR HIS VOCALS AND ELECTRIC GUITAR ON STAGE. IT WAS ALWAYS FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME EVEN IF HE APPRECIATED THE FAME AND MONEY THAT CAME WITH IT. DUE TO THAT, SELFISHLY WITH THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR: CRUISER ATTEMPTED TO STAY NEUTRAL AND NOT SPECIFICALLY APPEAL TO A SINGLE SIDE. BEING AN IDOL OF CYBERTRON EVEN AS THE WAR BEGAN TO WAGE.

THAT WAS UNTIL HE SLIPPED UP ON LIVE WITH SUBTLY AGREEING TO THE AUTOBOT’S CAUSE. IMMEDIATELY BECOMING A TARGET BY DECEPTICONS SO THEY COULD SEND A MESSAGE BY TAKING OUT A WELL KNOWN FIGURE. CRUISER WAS PUT UNDER PROTECTIVE WATCH, SURVEILLANCE. EVENTUALLY PICKING UP MEDICAL WORK WHEN IT BECAME OBVIOUS HIS MUSICIAN DAYS WERE OVER WITH THE WAR IN FULL THROTTLE. NO PRIOR COMBAT EXPERIENCE, BEST AS A FIELD-MEDIC WHO COULD EASILY OUTMANEUVER ENEMIES WITH AERIAL ABILITIES. AS THE WAR CAME TO AN END: ANY HOPE OF BECOMING A MUSICIAN AGAIN IS ABANDONED, ALL HIS BANDMATES WERE LOST TO WARFARE. INSTEAD HE USED HIS WAR-MEDIC KNOWLEDGE TO TRAIN AND SPECIALIZE AS A FRAME RESTORATION SURGEON. EVENTUALLY FINDING HIMSELF ON THE DAVIDA RITE SHIP.

(( WHAT IS KNOWN -
CRUISER IS VERY LAID BACK AND EASY TO GET ALONG WITH, NEVER PURPOSELY TRYING TO STIR ISSUES UP OR GET INTO MESSES. IT’S WHAT HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO HIS RISING POPULARITY BEFORE THE CYBERTRONIAN WAR: THAT HE WAS GENUINELY A CHILL MECH WHO LOVED CREATING MUSIC. CRUISER WAS ALWAYS AMICABLE, TRYING TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY. BUT IT WAS NEVER IN A GULLIBLE OR PEOPLE-PLEASER WAY, HE’S VERY AWARE OF HIS ACTIONS AND HOW PEOPLE PERCEIVE HIM DUE TO THE OBSERVANT NATURE. SWEET TALKING WAS ALWAYS HIS FORTE. A VERY FUN MECH TO HANG OUT WITH, CONFIDENT AS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY.

CRUISER IS A LITTLE VAIN. ALWAYS HAVING THE BEST POLISH, PAINT, FLASHY LOOK AND NOT A SINGLE SCRATCH. HIS APPEARANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HIMSELF, ALWAYS UP TO PERFECT MAINTENANCE. CARES A LOT ABOUT THE PUBLIC’S EYE, HAVING TO LOOK THE BEST THERE IS. THANKFULLY, CRUISER ISN’T PRETENTIOUS OR SNOBBY ABOUT WHO HE HANGS OUT WITH. IT’S JUST HIMSELF WHO HE HOLDS UP TO HIGH STANDARDS THAT ARE PRACTICALLY UNACHIEVABLE.


(( BELOW THE SURFACE -
CRUISER MAY SEEM CHILL, BUT HE IS EXTREMELY UNTRUSTING OF OTHERS. TOO MANY INSTANCES OF MECHS TRYING TO GET CLOSE SIMPLY TO MAKE USE OF HIS FAME OR WEALTH. LEADING HIM TO ONLY HAVE SURFACE LEVEL FRIENDSHIPS, REFUSING TO EVER ALLOW HIMSELF TO OPEN UP AFTER BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF SO MANY TIMES. CRUISER CRAVES A PROPER SENSE OF CONNECTION, TO BE WITH A MECH WHO DOESN’T HAVE ULTERIOR MOTIVES. YET HE NEVER LETS HIMSELF BE VULNERABLE ENOUGH WITH OTHERS DUE TO THAT FEAR.

THIS HAS LED TO HIM MAKING CERTAIN CHOICES. ONE NIGHTS, A FULFILLMENT OF THAT CLOSE CONNECTION EVEN IF IT IS FOR A SHORT MOMENT. FLINGS. NOT A PLAYER, NEVER A PROPER RELATIONSHIP, NEVER PROMISING ANYTHING. TOO AFRAID THEY ARE SIMPLY STICKING AROUND BECAUSE OF HIS STATUS. CRUISER TRULY GOES ON HIS OWN WHIMS BASED ON IMPULSIVENESS.



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  • AERIAL STUNTS / DANCING
  • LEARNING NEW INSTRUMENTS
  • BEACHES / WARM WEATHER

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  • FEELING ALONE / IGNORED
  • CLUTTER
  • COLD TEMPERATURES
CHARISMA
post-war
90%
pre-war
95%
INTEGRITY
post-war
70%
pre-war
90%
PATIENCE
post-war
70%
pre-war
80%
TEAMWORK
post-war
75%
pre-war
85%
BRAVERY
post-war
85%
pre-war
75%
LOYALTY
post-war
65%
pre-war
85%

(( TRIVIA )

  • NOT A FAN OF PARTAKING IN GOSSIP HIMSELF, IS THE TYPE TO LISTEN TO OTHERS DISCUSS. THERE WILL BE NO INPUT FROM HIS SIDE.
  • CRUISER’S OUTLIER POWER IS HAVING THE ABILITY TO SHIFT WING PLATING TO HIS WHIM INSTEAD OF BEING STUCK TO A PARTICULAR MOLD. ALLOWING HIM TO HAVE DIFFERENT WING FORMS BASED ON WHAT IS NEEDED: AEROBATICS, DOGFIGHTS. VERY FLEXIBLE PLATING.
  • RECHARGES / SLEEPS VERY LIGHTLY, ANYTHING CAN WAKE HIM UP. UNLESS THERE IS FAINT MUSIC PLAYING, THEN HE'S KNOCKED OUT COLD. BACKGROUND NOISE IS VERY MUCH NEEDED.

(( BIGGEST FLAW )

CRUISER HAS ALWAYS GONE ON HIS OWN WHIMS, IMPULSIVE IN NATURE AND ONLY WORSENS THE LONGER HE LIVES. THIS HAS CAUSED HIM TO MAKE HORRIBLE DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT HE WANTS IN THE MOMENT. INSTEAD OF THINKING ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES THAT COME WITH SAID DECISIONS.
PASSIONATE, CHARISMATIC, DEDICATED
- positive traits
EASY-GOING, SOCIABLE, AMBITIOUS
- neutral traits
IMPULSIVE, PERFECTIONIST, CAGEY
- negative traits
" FAME WARMS YOU UP A BIT,
BUT THAT WARMTH IS TEMPORARY. "
TEMPERAMENT -
SANGUINE-CHOLERIC
ALIGNMENT -
CHAOTIC NEUTRAL
ATTITUDE -
SKEPTICAL

(( NOTE OF APPEARANCE -
BUILD -
SLEEK, MUSCULAR
HEIGHT -
TBD
VOICE -
DEEP, SMOOTH
NAVY AND GOLD COLOURED BASE PLATING WITH ACCENTS OF WHITE. SLEEK APPEARANCE DUE TO AERIAL ALT-MODE. ALWAYS WEARING HIS OPAQUE VISOR DUE TO DISLIKING HIS OPTIC COLOUR, WHICH IS A REDDISH-ORANGE.

(( DESIGN NOTES )

  • CAN BE DRAWN WITH DIFFERENT WING TYPES DUE TO OUTLIER ABILITY. FOLDED IN, DOWN, UP, OR A COMPLETELY NEW SHAPE.
  • SHARP, CLAWED FINGERS.
  • MAIN PIERCINGS ARE HIS SNAKE BITES, GLOSSA AND NOSE BRIDGE. HOWEVER HE CHANGES THEM UP OFTEN, LIKE HAVING A LABRET. CAN BE DRAWN WITH ANY TYPE OF PIERCING! (PREFERABLY KEEPING THE SNAKE BITES)
MUSICAL PROFILE
GENRE -
GARAGE ROCK, BLUES ROCK, PUNK BLUES
ROLE -
VOCALIST, ELECTRIC GUITARIST
BASED ARTIST -
THE BLACK KEYS
ALBUM SPECIFIC -
EL CAMINO
BRASS
post-war
pre-war
STRINGS
post-war
pre-war
WOODWINDS
post-war
pre-war
PERCUSSION
post-war
pre-war

(( INTEREST -
CRUISER LOVED MUSIC FROM THE MOMENT HE WAS FORGED. HAS TAUGHT HIMSELF HOW TO PLAY MULTIPLE TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. NO PARTICULAR GOAL, ALL FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME WITH APPRECIATION FOR EVERY INSTRUMENT AND GENRE OF MUSIC. CRUISER DOES FIND HIMSELF GRAVITATING TOWARDS LOW-TUNES MORE OFTEN, A KILLER BASS ALWAYS HAS HIM GIDDY.

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  • ELECTRIC GUITAR
  • TENOR SAXOPHONE
  • DRUMS

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  • KEYBOARD
  • DOUBLE BASS
  • BASS GUITAR

(( ELECTRIC GUITAR )

- MASTERY -
100%
BODY - GIBSON-SG.
CRUISER’S FIRST ELECTRIC GUITAR WAS A GIFT FROM HIS LONG-TIME FRIEND MAELSTROM. HE HAS NEVER PARTED FROM IT SINCE, EVEN KEEPING IT SAFE THROUGHOUT THE WAR. IT HAS A SHAPE IDENTICAL TO THE CLASSIC GIBSON-SG BODY, A DARK-CHERRY COLOUR WITH BLACK ACCENTS. A COMPLETE CONTRAST TO CRUISER’S APPEARANCE.

(( EXPRESSION )

MUSIC ISN’T THE ONLY ART THAT CRUISER LOVES TO EXPRESS HIMSELF WITH. DANCING IS ANOTHER ONE, HIS CONCERTS WERE NEVER BORING WITH THE CHOREOGRAPHY. A MECH FULL OF ENERGY HIDDEN UNDER THE LAID-BACK PERSONALITY, NEVER ABLE TO STAY STILL FOR TOO LONG. FOUND DANCING TO BE A GREAT WAY TO TRAIN VOCALS WITH RANGES. CONSTANTLY MOVING = HAVE TO PROPERLY CONTROL BREATH TO NOT SOUND EXHAUSTED WHILE SINGING. MID-AIR IS ALSO INCLUDED BY USING THE THRUSTERS ON HIS PEDES, OR DOING AERIAL STUNTS IN HIS JET-FORM.

(( PERSONNEL ARCHIVE FILES -
warning : violence, war, toxic relationships
THIS DROP DOWN SECTION IS CURRENTLY UNDER WORKS. IT WILL CONTAIN CRUISER’S BACKSTORY: FORGING, PRE-CYBERTRONIAN WAR, DURING THE WAR, AND POST. CRUISER IS A PART OF A HOMEBREW UNIVERSE MIXED WITH IDW COMIC LORE. NOT SURE WHEN THIS PART WILL BE FORMALLY COMPLETED! HOPEFULLY SOON!
proceed with caution



(( ARCHIVE FILE 001. )

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HIS PART WILL CONTAIN PRE-CYBERTRONIAN WAR LIFE.

(( ARCHIVE FILE 002. )

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HIS PART WILL CONTAIN LORE FROM THE WAR TO CURRENT TIME: WITH THE DAVIDA RITE CREW.
stop acting like a glitch.
you insufferable piece of scrap.

(( it's complicated . . . ))

CARE
fronting (public)
15%
truthfully (pre-mellowing)
80%
ATTRACTION
fronting
0%
truthfully
100%
TRUST
fronting
20%
truthfully
55%
LOYALTY
fronting
5%
truthfully
100%

(( RELATIONSHIP INSIGHT -
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CRUISER AND GILDEDGLORY WORK IN THE SAME SURGICAL UNIT. IT WAS SLOW FOR THE PAIR TO WORK UP INTO BEING GOOD FRIENDS DUE TO THEIR NATURES. MANAGING TO END IT QUICKER THAN IT EVEN STARTED THE MOMENT ROMANTIC FEELINGS WERE CAUGHT. GILDEDGLORY PUSHED CRUISER AWAY OUT OF FEAR OF LOSING ANOTHER LOVED ONE: ACTING BITTER, RUDE AND HARSH. THIS PUSHED CRUISER BACK INTO HIS MINDSET OF BEING UNTRUSTING WITH OTHERS, THAT THERE IS ALWAYS AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE OR THE MECH TRULY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT HIM. THIS CAUSED CRUISER TO IMMEDIATELY LASH OUT AND GIVE THE ENERGY BACK, GILDEDGLORY HURT CRUISER ENOUGH THAT THEY MANAGED TO MAKE CRUISER DO SOMETHING SO UNUSUAL OF HIM. THEY WERE CONSTANTLY AT ONE ANOTHER’S THROATS, ALWAYS A FEW SECONDS AWAY FROM AN ACTUAL BRAWL BREAKING OUT. IT NEVER HELPED THAT THEY HAD TO WORK EVERY CYCLE TOGETHER.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ENEMIES. BUT NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY ATTEMPTED TO HATE ONE ANOTHER, THOSE FEELINGS LINGERED. HATEFUL TENSION SHIFTED INTO SOMETHING MORE INTENSE WHEN THEY WERE LEFT ALONE IN THEIR SURGICAL UNIT’S BOARDROOM. SINCE THEN, IT ONLY BECAME MORE SEVERELY COMPLICATED. KEEPING UP AN ACT OF FIGHTING, BECOMING AN AVERAGE TUESDAY TO THE REST OF THE DAVIDA RITE CREW. YET SIMULTANEOUSLY SEEKING OUT ONE ANOTHER IN A TWISTED SENSE OF ATTRACTION THEY COULDN'T GET RID OF, NO MATTER HOW MANY SCATHING WORDS OR PHYSICAL ALTERCATIONS. THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS THE DEFINITION OF TOXICITY, UNABLE TO EVER GET OUT OF THEIR PUSH AND PULL CYCLE WITH THE FEAR OF BEING EMOTIONALLY VULNERABLE. SOMEHOW, IN A MESSED UP WAY, CRUISER AND GILDEDGLORY ARE HAPPY LIKE THIS. IN CRUISER’S POINT OF VIEW: HATE AND SCREAM AT ME ALL YOU WANT, AT LEAST YOU AREN’T A STRANGER. THIS IS BETTER THAN NOTHING, I WILL TAKE WHATEVER YOU GIVE ME. WHETHER THAT IS AN INSULT OR A NIGHT.

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  • CRUISER DOESN’T HAVE GREAT IMPULSE CONTROL, NOR DOES IT HELP WHEN GILDED KNOWS THIS VERY WELL. LEADING TO AN EXPLOSIVE TEMPERAMENT SHARED THAT GOES ON WHIMS.
  • THEY NEVER TRULY BECOME OFFICIAL PARTNERS DESPITE MELLOWING OUT IN LATER YEARS. YET THEY ACT EXCLUSIVE TO ONE ANOTHER.
  • CRUISER INTENSELY CARES FOR GILDEDGLORY. WILLING TO BEND OVER BACKWARDS IMMEDIATELY IF GILDED ASKED SOMETHING OF HIM.
  • CRUISER IS USUALLY THE ONE MORE OPEN TO VULNERABLE MOMENTS. NEVER PUSHES GILDEDGLORY TO OPEN UP, ALWAYS WAITING FOR THEM TO GO AT THEIR OWN PACE.
  • ONE THING THE PAIR CAN BE AMICABLE OVER IS THEIR APPEARANCES. CRUISER OFTEN FIXES UP GILDEDGLORY’S PAINT AND POLISH.
I want to give you the world.
you're too sweet on me..

(( partner ))

CARE
friends (all cruiser's pov)
80%
partners
85%
ATTRACTION
friends
10%
partners
75%
TRUST
friends
85%
partners
95%
LOYALTY
friends
80%
partners
30%

(( RELATIONSHIP INSIGHT -
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CRUISER AND MIRA HAD BECOME GREAT FRIENDS OVER TIME FROM THE MOMENT MIRA BOARDED THE DAVIDA RITE SHIP. WHILE THEY COULD EASILY TALK ABOUT ANYTHING AND HANGOUT FOR LONG HOURS, MIRA HAD A SECRET HE KEPT FIERCELY GUARDED SO OTHERS WOULDN’T WORRY ABOUT HIM. UNBEKNOWNST TO CRUISER, IT WAS A TERMINAL ILLNESS CAUSING MIRA’S FRAME TO DETERIORATE OVER TIME. EVEN IF HE WAS ABLE TO REPLACE HIS FAILING PARTS, NO MATTER WHAT THE ILLNESS WOULD EVENTUALLY CATCH UP TO HIM. MIRA TOOK A ROMANTIC LIKING TO CRUISER DURING THEIR CLOSE FRIENDSHIP. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER LONG BACK AND FORTHS, MIRA ASKED CRUISER OUT AS THE ONE SELFISH THING FOR HIMSELF BEFORE IT WAS ALL OVER. IT WAS A SAPPY MOMENT, A MIXTAPE UNDER THE STARS. CRUISER LOVED IT, HAD AGREED TO THE RELATIONSHIP, AN EXTREMELY SELFISH CHOICE RIGHT BACK. SEEING THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OVER GILDEDGLORY AND HAVE A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP IN COMPARISON TO THAT TOXICITY THAT NEVER GREW INTO ANYTHING ELSE.

A REBOUND. CRUISER LOVED MIRA AS A FRIEND, HE COULD LOVE HIM AS A PARTNER. THEY WERE A SWEET COUPLE, PERFECTLY HAPPY: A ROMANTIC ATTRACTION BLOOMING ON CRUISER’S SIDE. UNTIL CRUISER’S POORLY REGULATED IMPULSES WON WITH GILDEDGLORY APPROACHING HIM AGAIN WITH A SINGLE OUNCE OF ATTENTION. IT SPIRALS INTO A SERIES OF CHEATING THAT MIRA ISN’T AWARE OF. WHILE CRUISER LOVED MIRA AS A PARTNER: AT THE END OF THE DAY HE WAS WRAPPED AROUND GILDEDGLORY’S FINGER, ALWAYS BENDING TO THE SEEKER’S WILL. THE INFIDELITY PUTS A STRAIN ON CRUISER’S TWO RELATIONSHIPS. ON MIRA’S SIDE: CRUISER BEGINS TO GIVE COLD SHOULDERS OUT OF HIS INTENSE GUILT AND SHAME FOR WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING. ON THE OTHER SIDE: GILDEDGLORY KNEW HOW WRONG THE SITUATION WAS, PUSHING AN ULTIMATUM ON CRUISER TO STOP LEADING MIRA ON AND DROP HIM. THREATENING THAT THEY WILL LEAVE INSTEAD IF IT DOESN’T HAPPEN. CRUISER CRACKS UNDER THE PRESSURE. REALIZING THAT EVEN IF HE PICKED MIRA, HE HAD ALREADY HURT HIS PARTNER IN UNIMAGINABLE WAYS THAT TRUST WOULD NEVER COMPLETELY HEAL. THE NEXT DAY CRUISER APPROACHED MIRA, GIVING A FLIMSY EXCUSE AND SHALLOW “IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S ME.” NOT TELLING HIS PARTNER THE TRUTH ABOUT THE CHEATING, AND NOT DIRECTLY TELLING MIRA TO NEVER COME AROUND AGAIN. LEADING INTO AN AWKWARD STAGE OF MIRA BRINGING PRESENTS FREQUENTLY AND ALWAYS BEING THERE TO SUPPORT CRUISER, THINKING THAT HE WAS JUST IN THAT POOR MENTAL STATE MENTIONED. UNTIL COMING BY CRUISER’S HABSUITE AT A BAD TIME, HEARING THE TRUTH HIMSELF. MIRA PIECES EVERYTHING TOGETHER. FROM EVERY VAGUE COMMENT, LATE NIGHT DISAPPEARANCES, FLIMSY EXCUSES FOR WORK: REALIZING THERE WAS NEVER EXCLUSIVITY. ALL UNBEKNOWNST TO CRUISER, AS HE STILL KEEPS UP A FRIENDLINESS TO MIRA. THE ONE MECH WHO IS AWARE OF MIRA FINDING IT OUT IS GILDEDGLORY HIMSELF, YET KEEPS THIS INFORMATION HELD.

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  • MIRA SURPRISES CRUISER WITH A BEAUTIFUL RED-GEMMED PROMISE RING. CRUISER WEARS IT ALL THE TIME ON SHORE-LEAVES AND WITH MIRA, TAKES IT OFF DURING WORK DUE TO THE SAFE PRACTICE OF NO ACCESSORIES DURING SURGERIES. ALSO OUT OF FEAR OF LOSING IT.
  • BECOMING CONJUNX ENDURAS WAS SET IN MIRA’S MIND. PLANNING TO TELL CRUISER THE TRUTH OF HIS TERMINAL ILLNESS AS HIS ACT OF DISCLOSURE. THAT TIME NEVER COMES.
  • CRUISER IS INCREDIBLY CUDDLY DUE TO GETTING COLD EASILY. ALWAYS CURLED UP TO MIRA EVERY NIGHT OR EVEN LAYING ON TOP OF HIM LIKE AN OVERGROWN CAT.
  • WHEN THE CHEATING FIRST HAPPENS, CRUISER DOES THE CLASSIC GUILTY BEHAVIOUR BY SHOWERING MIRA WITH ATTENTION RIGHT AFTER. THIS INCLUDES DATE NIGHTS, BRINGING BREAKFAST IN BED, PRESENTS, GENERAL ALONE TIME, ETC.
  • MIRA TRUSTS CRUISER. DOESN’T QUESTION WHEN CRUISER SAYS HE HAS TO LEAVE FOR WORK RANDOMLY. HAPPY WHEN CRUISER AND GILDEDGLORY SEEM TO BE AMICABLE AND TALKING, WANTING THEIR SOUR FRIENDSHIP FIXED. HAD NEVER BEEN GIVEN A REASON TO BE UNTRUSTING OF HIS PARTNER.