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Gigolo Joe: Skills
KNOWLEDGE: Joe, like most Mecha, is extremely specialized. However, he's managed to pick up the odd skill or two along the
way that is definitely NOT standard-issue for a lover-robot.
-- Climbing (handy for getting into/out of ladies' apartments when you shouldn't be there in the first place...)
-- Computer Ops (basic: he can find his way around a computer, but something like moving files on a hard drive would
leave him baffled)
-- Courtesan (the social aspect of his job: conversation, companionship, being a pretty plaything to hang on a woman's
arm in public)
-- Erotic Art/Kama Sutra (an advanced knowledge of sexual technique, which can be quite acrobatic in nature)
-- Fashion (yes, Joe dresses himself!)
-- Massage (both therapeutic and sensual)
-- Mecha Mythology (basic)
-- Move Silently
-- Pick Locks (mechanical only, with the pick set he keeps in his right arm -- again, handy for getting into certain
places for romantic adventures)
-- Romantic Symbolism/Language
-- Seduction
-- Streetwise
PERFORM: Joe needs to attract and hold the attention of his clients, and he has several ways of charming them.
-- Acting (the ability to feign desire so perfectly that most humans believe his passion is real)
-- Dance (he's programmed for 26 different kinds, including tap, flamenco, tango, ballroom, samba, swing, hustle,
jazz, lambada, waltz, and quickstep)
-- Poetry (both romantic and erotic)
-- Sleight-of-Hand (a rose, produced apparently out of nowhere, will put the most nervous client at ease ;-))
PILOT: In the AI RP universe, driving a passenger vehicle is practically a default skill. But where the heck did our green-eyed
beauty learn how to ride a motorcycle, or pilot antigrav vehicles that normally only law enforcement officials have access
to? Ah, the mysteries of Joe...
-- Antigrav Vehicle (amphibicopter)
-- Ground-based Passenger Vehicle (3 and 4 wheel)
-- Motorcycle
ADVANTAGES: Being Mecha has definite advantages. Joe has keener senses of hearing and sight. His vision is far superior
in resolution of detail to a human's, but only to the two-meter range; from two meters to sixty, it's 20/20 in human terms,
and beyond that he rapidly loses detail. He can see in the infrared, however, and can hear sounds beyond the range of humans
(the heartbeat of a client, for example, or the slightest intake of breath indicating desire). He does not need to eat, sleep,
or breathe.
-- Agility
-- Acute Hearing
-- Alter Appearance
-- Concealment (Secret Compartments)
-- High Charisma
-- Infrared Vision
-- Keen Observation
-- Lightning Reflexes
-- Low-Light Vision
-- Perfect Balance
-- Eidetic Memory
-- Physical Advantage (Doesn't Bleed/Suffer Shock)
-- Physical Advantage (Doesn't Need Air)
-- Physical Advantage (Doesn't Need Food)
-- Physical Advantage (Doesn't Need Sleep)
-- Physical Advantage (Strength)
-- Physical Advantage (Toughness)
DISADVANTAGES: Mecha are considered property. They are "designed and built specific" to their tasks, so Joe's
worldview is almost entirely determined by his programmed purpose -- to charm, seduce, and make love to any woman he can (and/or
any man, if that particular skill chip is installed). He doesn't have the "global" knowledge of the world around
him that even a ten-year-old Orga child would possess (for example, he quite readily believed that the Blue Fairy was real
and could turn David into a real live boy); nor, for most purposes, does he need it.
-- Compulsion (Seduce Women)
-- Compulsion (Find David)
-- Criminal Record
-- Legal Status (Property)
-- Limited Global Knowledge
-- Limited Global Context
-- Social Stigma (Mecha)
-- Vulnerability (Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons)
Gigolo Joe: Character Bio
Name: Joe (aka Gigolo Joe, JO-E27453-1245A2B76)
Template: A 1940's Busby Berkley gigolo -- suave, romantic, a hooker with a heart of gold and every dance move Kelly and
Sinatra ever perfected. This is the surface. Beneath that surface -- the gloss of a high-end lover mecha programmed to listen,
to sympathize, to offer comfort, and to fulfil his client's fantasies -- Joe is a streetwise robot of considerable intelligence,
with a surprisingly sophisticated take on orga/mecha relations.
Species: Mecha (late generation lover model)
Age: 4.35 years
Gender: behaviorally and physically male, currently configured for heterosexual interaction
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 175 lbs
Physical Description: Tall, slim, flawlessly handsome and preternaturally graceful at all times, Joe is designed to draw
and hold the human eye. He is adept at using this charm both to attract clients and to make Orga in general well-disposed
towards him. His "default" appearance has pale skin, slicked-back black hair and green eyes, but since he is equipped
with chameleon derma he can take on a number of other appearances.
Background: Manufactured by Simulant City in 2132. Joe was one of the first of the JO-Es released by the Agency for product
trials (he was premiered at the Here Kitty Kitty nightclub in Rouge City), and following the six-month trial period worked
in various clubs around Rouge City. Two years later he was sold to an escort agency in Haddonfield, New Jersey, where he worked
without incident until the murder of a client sent him running for his life (told you he was intelligent ;-)) and he crossed
paths with a prototype child-mecha named David. The rest is history.
Personality: Like all other JO-Es, Joe is never short on elegant words, a graceful pose, or offers of interaction (verbal,
emotional, and sexual). However, he also has a depth of responsiveness that a lot of orga find surprising. This is more than
a lover robot's complex behavioral simulation -- Joe's encounter with David "rewrote" his program in certain ways,
causing him to exceed his design parameters. In fact, in choosing friendship with David over his inbuilt function, Joe made
a major evolutionary leap forward; there are few, if any, robots like him on the planet, and beneath his theatrical effect
lies a genuine *presence*.
Objectives: Most mecha are not programmed with a sense of self-preservation. Joe wasn't either, but has developed one
-- and his objective, generally speaking, is to keep his beautiful hide in one piece. Devotion to David overrode that self-interest
for a time, but now that David is gone, it has returned full force... that said, Joe was created to please and serve humans,
and is for the most part "happiest" when fulfilling those functions. Also, Joe always has David at the back of his
mind, and would welcome an opportunity to discover what has become of the little mecha.
A Quote: "Beauty is a form of genius -- is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the
great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon."
~ Oscar Wilde
Special Quirks, Flaws, Abilities, Etc: Joe's worldview is subject to the limits of his programming, so he doesn't have
the "global" intelligence that orga take for granted (although he's wiser than most mecha due to his encounter with
David); therefore, there are vast gaps in his knowledge about how the world works. This can get him into trouble on occasion.
;-)
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