Joseph Carlos Sandiego
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Joseph Carlos (Carlo) Sandiego von Gordo is a 39 year old man living near the Atlantic. Born August 14th 1967. He owns a genetically engineered slave dog named Inu, and has an estranged wife named Liz. He is confined to a wheelchair due to an ingrown toenail when he was 25 and appears to have lost the use of his legs. There is no medical reason why he shouldn't be able to walk as the toenail healed nicely within a week. It is presumed that the loss is psychosomatic, however it would be expected that his leg muscles would have atrophied through disuse.
The accident occurred near a traffic intersection, on his way to score strychnine, near the Suicide Slums; in heated argument with his wife Liz over money and her suspected affair with Big Tony.
Prior to the accident his life was a series of ups and downs; he married Liz aged 17; a happy but hard existence. They had a daughter Anna when Liz hardly turned 18. With a teenage wife and a daughter, and short of money he signed up and served a couple of stints in the military; they arranged sponsorship for his college education. He returned from the military a changed man. Moody and mean. Paranoid. He may have been a test case for experimental mind altering drugs; but rarely speaks of what happened. What is known though is in the two years leading up to the accident he was drinking heavily; he suspected his wife of affairs (unproven) with his friend Big Tony and almost every other man in their life.
Liz tried to stand by him, but his increasingly irrational behavior was getting hard to bear; even wheelchair-bound he'd become abusive; verbally and physically. She eventually left him for Big Benji, Carlo's partner, along with her daughter after confessing to a close friend who put her in touch with shelter organizations who support and protect those in abusive relationships. She filed for divorce not long after and disappeared from his life.
After recent setbacks, Carlo has slipped into a deep melancholy. He makes a concerted effort to hide his current state from his friends. To make matters worse he's been hitting the bottle and junk food hard lately, and religiously playing the up late game shows hosted by carnivorous unicorns.
He's a heavy smoker. Has been ever since he came back from the service. While he's made vain attempts to quit before, with a motto like "A pack a day, keeps the cancer at bay" it's unlikely he will be successful anytime soon.
Out of desperation, he recently installed an outdated Central Brainoid Computer. The computer enhances logic but is a little tricky. It manages a careful balance of neurotransmitters that must constantly be monitored. Fine tuning sessions leave him open to suggestion. He is addicted to sugar ever since.
The Brainoid Computer must be fine-tuned from time to time, a process that involves a genetically engineered slave dog, from which a vital lubricant is extracted from its saliva. The newer Brainoids have done away with this process, and consume far less lubricant.
Carlo is introduced all over the place. see Welcome.
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