Frangelico
Dr. Claire McCall (a.k.a. Frangelico)
Written by: Null Kit
A smart shadowrunner told me: If you can only make one friend in this business, make it someone who can patch you up. A friend who can patch you up reliably and consistently? Pay them whatever they ask without question, they're rare and valuable as osmium. Allegedly a blood-relative of the Barkeep himself, Claire McCall's talents as a quasi-legal doctor, surgeon and cyberphysician have proven sufficiently critical to Raleigh's underground that the entire building around her almost-free clinic in the back of 7 Bones Gastro is considered neutral-ground to almost everyone in the know, with especially dire consequences to any who would break that neutrality. Some friendly advice: If you're legitimately strapped for cash, Frangelico, her AI assistant and their autodoc drones will patch you up for nothing (or next to nothing) and let you work the debt off under very negotiable and amicable conditions. Just be aware that customers who pay for her services in full (or in bribes of expensive clothes and fabrics) and members of the Cabinet are going to be prioritised over you unless you're about to breathe your last, chummer.Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Claire's condition appears to be physical of that of a human female in her late teens, and there is little I can elaborate on as Claire's 'medical records' on herself appear to be entirely written in memory.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
I'm not personally one to lend much credence to the stereotype of Savantism, but in the case of one Claire McCall I must defer to what appears to me a textbook case. Despite remaining nonverbal until the age of six, her interest in the medical arts apparently manifested at a far younger age, showing a fascination in any and all non-fictional media related to medicine and emulating the mannerisms and actions of doctoral staff on stuffed toys and household pets alike. It came to the surprise of few that Claire would eventually be introduced to true medical acadaemia at a shockingly young age under the Universal Omnitech Medical Academy, despite the social idiosyncrasies that came natural with a child on the Autistic Spectrum.
The Horizon newsnet articles made enough of a small splash to take people's attention away from a skillwire-malfunction that killed eight people, fun fact...Such idiosyncrasies also led to young McCall taking a peculiar interest and even friendship in the so-called Prometheus, a decomissioned mechanica teaching-curio from before the Awakening, once a novel centerpiece of the academy's lecture-hall but set to be mothballed for newer and more attention-grabbing articles. Nobody's quite sure how a girl of Claire's age managed to get such an old relic of gears and porcelein both working and up-to-date on medical-knowledge - I'd put five NuYen on bored peers humoring the girl's ideas for fun, myself - but in under a year since their 'introductions' to oneanother the Prometheus was speaking and interacting on a level of intelligence as the administrative anthroform-drones that decorated the academy, albeit in a slightly archaic dialect of German.
No doubt the lingual barriers helped hide the fact that the student-body had accidentally greeted an emergent-AI...Despite showing more and more promise as the years went on, Claire would defy the expectations of all her peers when at the cusp of her graduation and true legitimacy in the medical world, Claire simply stopped attending completely. Years of training and educating and potential seemingly dissapeared overnight, taking an antiquiated german-speaking novelty with it. The exact reasons for this sudden refusal to graduate, her complete removal from associated records and SiN, as well as the reasons for Claire's older sibling, the precursor to the man who would become the Barkeep, would arrange matters to have her work in a street-clinic on a more charitable basis than other such street-docs are a secret the McCall siblings simply will not part with, no matter my insistance. Whatever the case, Claire and her automaton, named Ron, have became a fiercely protected asset of The Cabinet a keystone to their alliance with The Pack and a small but earnest act of charity to those in Raleigh who cannot afford the prices and debts that come with 'legitimate' medical establishments.
Education
Elementary and High-School equivalent graduation, along with a partial attendance of the St Jonas Universal Omnitech Memorial Academy of Medicine.
Employment
Currently a full-time Street-doc
Accomplishments & Achievements
Frangelico's only public achievement is her early enrollment into medical-acadaemia and her reported participation in, quote, "restoring an antique medical computing-and-diagnosing-interface to function to a modern standard, and subsequently stealing it."
Morality & Philosophy
Despite the ambiguity of working in a quasi-legal manner, Frangelico's moral compass appears firmly set on the doctoral standard of unconditional benevolence. Or at least, unconditional to the naked eye.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Frangelico's motivation apears to be rooted in the Hippocratic Oath of seeing to the needs of the sick and injured without discrimination and putting her talents to benevolent use.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Far be it from me to 'gush' about the talents of another, but it simply cannot be understated: Frangelico's talents as a doctor and surgeon completely merit the label of 'prodigeous'. She has demonstrated time and again in her short career as a street-doc to be capable in dealing with nearly every medical challenge thrown at her, tapping into a number of years of knowledge disproportionate for someone her age. Consequently, the dedication and single-mindedness has left her skills in almost all other matters badly atrophied. I shudder to imagine what might happen if she didn't have a portion of Raleigh's entire criminal-underworld watching over her for signs of someone taking advantage of her nature.
Likes & Dislikes
Frangelico's interests in fashion and related textile arts show the same laser-guided dedication and singlemindedness as her interests in medicine, and consequently her disinterest in eating foods outside her narrow pallete are equally as passionate (or dispassionate, as the case might be).
Relationships
History
The AI's accomodation and support of Frangelico and her special needs is not to be undervalued, nor is her gratitude for such.
Wealth & Financial state
For all intents and purposes, Frangelico is considered to have the combined assets of the Barkeep, along with further favors owed by many a grateful patient.
Year of Birth
2061
19 Years old
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Pronouns
She/Her
Eyes
Light Brown
Hair
Dirty-blonde
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Pale white
Height
5'1
Weight
105 lbs
Aligned Organization
Other Affiliations
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