Chauli is austistic? That is awesome! - an autistic girl
a good chunk of my trolls are!! im autistic myself so theyre all somewhere on the spectrum!! here lemme lay em all out bc i put an insane amount of care into what specific traits they display and how their autism affects them
nonverbal, which just makes her paintomime ‘vow of silence’ all the easier on her lol. “oh i have an excuse to never speak?? i can just sign or write?? sign me the fuck up???”
VERY stim happy. whenever shes not writing to communicate she signs wildly and flaps her hands at the slightest bit of excitement
super particular about textures. she has to feel soft clean and dry or she cant focus on anything. sweat, paint, etc, it squicks her the fUCK out. the only reason she can wear carnival paint is bc she shells out for fancy expensive make up that she went thru rigorous testing to find the perfect mix of brands
terrible at reading tone, almost always takes everything at face value bc why would ppl lie???
gestures wildly just like pietri. unlike pie she is very grabby and clingy with people
(as a side note, she doesnt do so often, she unfortunately was forced to “train out” most of her body language in order to fit the mold of th “perfect soldier”, but w people shes comfy around and trusts she can get p flappy)
hypersensitive to pressure/light/sound. that armor? set to adjust pressure to keep a heavy deep sea feel to her. her underarmor is a pressure suit too but not to that extreme and it doesnt adjust wherever she goes. her visor dims the world for her and those antennae ear pieces function as adjustable hearing aids.
speaking of her visor/hearing aids she will totally flip it to completely opaque n mute if shes overstimulated then just sit somewhere n chill in total silence/darkness til shes good
adores a good repetitive schedule and doing tasks over n over, which the military unfortunately takes advantage of
shes also a nervous teether, which is horrible with those chompers. no stim toy can survive her blender
real particular abt her food. if its got Bad Mouthfeel she immediately gags. luckily shes got easy access to her preferred diet
multiple support animals! the one in her lap is boris her snugglebug who helps calm her down and shes got a fungalback boarbeetle that helps her get around
gets terrible meltdowns, which tends to aggravate her psiionics
deadpan tone, what is inflection and what is its purpose. also tends to word things v bluntly/plainly.
terrible at reading tone as well but shes a lot more aware than pietri
special interests ahoy, she adores bioengineering and extensively studies the machinations of grubtech/psiion tendrils. her hive is full of experiments and research projects
v particular abt textures. she cant sleep in sopor slime bc she hates the feel of it so much she relys on splaysacks and sopor patches
shes also sensitive w fabric but unlike pietri she cant afford to shell out for good shit. she works around this by wearing the bare minimum of garments