OOC: Motoko's Profile
Name: Motoko Kusanagi
Fandom: Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex
Place of Origin: Niihama-shi (New Port City), Japan
Age: Unknown. Presumed 20's (physical body)
Birthday: Unknown
Sexuality: Bisexual. There is an attraction between herself and Batou. She even mentions that Kuze Hideo was her first love as a child. However, she has her female friends on the side. From the comics, cyborgs had to have homosexual relationships since relations with the opposite sex caused extereme pain. Motoko had a side business of pleasure since she had such an advanced body.
Talents: Motoko is very cunning and intelligent. She has a gift with using her looks against the opposite sex and getting them to submit. With her body she is able to openly hack computer systems and sync with the koubu, even without being in the cockpit. This enables her to also communicate with the pilots this way. She hears the voices and speaks with her mind, and these are transfered to the suit, like speaking over a com. Motoko can also create a physical environment in her mind when entering the net, treating it like she was in the real world. Her body gives heightened senses.
Koubu Color: Gray
Koubu Weapons: Pistol
Desired Troupe: Teikoku Kagekidan
Desired Troupe Position: Koubu pilot / trainer
Appearance: She is a tall women and built physically well. She has a curvy yet atheltic body. Motoko has purple hair which is cut in a reverse bob, and her eyes are a dark red. Her usual choice in clothing is rather revealing, just a white leotard and leather jacket. Lately she switched to wearing tight, metallic pants with a half leather jacket in a chinese style. She enjoys wearing a variety of clothing. She has ports in the back of her neck with enable her to connect to computers, however it is less convient that wirelessly hacking.
Personality: Motoko is sarcastic and quite spunky. In the heat of battle she can be cold and calculating, focusing on the mission. However she does have a gentle side and even a saddened way to her. However, most people would see her spunky side the most.
History (altered for the rp): At the age of six, Motoko was in a plane crash that nearly took her life. She was one of two survivors, though she was in a coma. For awhile it seemed that she would be okay and live her life confined to the bed and machines. The boy who she had sat next to had survived as well, though he had been paralyized, save for his left arm. He folded cranes everyday and prayed she would get better. However, it seemed her body was giving out and needed to be operated on. The hosptial used an experimental procedure to save her life. They transfered her brain into a new cybernetic body. Motoko lived through the procedure, though the boy had not been told of it. Two years later, she returned to see the boy, and showed him that she was okay. Because of her, the boy also got a new body. Kuze was the first person she had fallen for.
Adjusting to her body was tough, and the kids made fun of her. But Motoko overcame these things and eventually joined the military out of highschool. She advanced through the ranks fast and became the rank of major. There was been rumors and admiration of Motoko's skills in the Japanese Army. They even gave her a top of the line production body for her to use. Of course, Motoko had illegal options installed. Her cyberbrain have her advanced hacking ability, and she could freely enter the net in her mind. It was quite the thing. After returning from a small war in Asia, Motoko ran into the boy who had survived with her. Kuze was working with refugees, and they had gotten quite close. However, he disapeared after awhile. Motoko has been looking for him ever since.
The Imperial Capital Defense Program had been established when the demon attacks had occured. They were looking for people from the Japanese Army to join and help train new recruits. Motoko had been highly reccomended, and was tranfered into the program. It really wasn't her choice, and she was not too happy with her new position. Motoko finds training recruits and fighting with a robot to be quite boring. However, she discovered she could sync with the suits and enchance them. Still, she doesn't bother with it much.
Other:
Motoko can download multiple languages to her mind. However her main two are Japanese and English.