Joe Kicks

**Joe Kicks**is a famous singer and rapper and a friend of Daryl Ortega. He is the main love interest in his mini-series, and he is the second love interest in Daryl's route, and was mentioned by Daryl himself between Matt's route and his main story route when he plays most of his hip-hop songs within his parties at his villa or driving in his Lamborghini. He is the first African-American character to become a love interest and have his own story route. In Jake's route, Colin's route in season 2 and Ryan's route within the third and final season, he was a supporting character. In the third chapter of his mini-series, his real name was revealed to be **Joseph Walker** and his full name Joe Kicks is revealed as a stage name or a starring name.

## Appearance

Joe is a dark skinned African American man with short black hair in a military style haircut, a groomed facial beard and brown eyes. The player sometimes mistook his eyes being blue. Like Daryl Ortega who has a skull tattoo with roses on his left chest, Joe also has a tattoo of a lion's head on his left chest, a stud on his left ear and a scar on his left brow.

He wore three outfits within his portrait as his first outfit is his casual outfit; a blue jersey jacket with yellow linings with a white short sleeved undershirt, pale blue jeans with white tear marks in each sides and sneakers.

When he performs at Daryl's party, Joe wears a formal outfit in a darker shade of purple; a dark purple formal suit jacket with a matching purple collar, an indigo long sleeved button shirt which is partially opened to show the lion tattoo on his chest, black jeans and matching loafers. He also wears a two golden chain necklaces on his neck as one of them has a gold dog tag on the front.

His third outfit has him wearing a jacket that was worn by rap performers, a white leather open jacket with black designs with an extended collar which also shows his chest and abs, gray pants with a black belt around his waist and leather shoes. He also wears two gold chain necklaces along with a large silver necklace on his neck, a silver ring on his right finger and purple sports sunglasses on his eyes. He has a another tattoo on his right knuckle which it was not seen on his outfits.

* When he was in shirtless, Joe has a muscular build similar to Adrian Walker from Blue Swan and his lion tattoo on his left chest is now exposed. He also had a ram tattoo along with black inked tattoos that reaches through his left arm. Unlike most love interests who wore trousers or jeans, Joe wears only a pair of black boxers with a white trim on the waistline which also shows his bare thighs and legs. He is also accessorized with several gold necklaces along with a gold cross pendant and three gold bracelets on his left wrist.

## Personality

Joe is a loyal, friendly, optimistic and a nice person. He is also stressed out because of his music tour due to his occupation as a famous singer and rapper and it's time restraints in work. He seemingly enjoys seeing the Ortega brothers including the player have screw-ups, thinking it was an entertainment as well as being a moderator to the brothers when they had a massive fall out between them which leads him to get them inside of the villa to continue their argument. Joe is also willing to help the player whenever he can as she reveals to Daryl about her brother Jason's problems and he was the one to convince Daryl to help her out.

In Chapter 3, Joe also shows his thoughtfulness due to his interest to the player when he takes her home with his Cadillac or gives her his flash drive so that she can listen to his new songs he had recorded. But in Chapter 4, he is very observant to the player when Matt requests him to look after her when she works as a flag girl when Daryl participates in the illegal car race.

In Chapter 6, Joe didn't care much whenever he performs during his video shoot especially when the player was on his side. He seemingly accepts when the player suggested on changing the image of his current flyers. Despite his celebrity status, Joe is also involved in Daryl's dangerous sidelines where they tried to protect Jason during the car chase and assisting Daryl in the fight against Giorgio's men. In Chapter 7, it reveals his reason for helping Daryl on his dangerous sidelines because of his own personal interests and agenda to protect the player and Jason from Giorgio's men and like Matt who keeps warning the player about Daryl, Joe keeps insisting of asking the player to join in his team when they liked her suggestions of changing the images on his flyers which led the player into saying that she needs to think about it.

In Chapter 8, his interest to the player had led her to have a fight with Daryl who became extremely jealous which was seen after he trick the player into getting intimate together and displaying his temperament because of Joe had kissed her. Although, Joe nearly kisses her after he took her back to Carter Corp. This also happens in Chapter 9 when the player accepts his job offer to make the images for his promotional poster for his last song as Joe shows his aggressiveness towards her when he tried to get close and to the player's annoyance. In Chapter 10, this reveals their rivalry between him and Daryl which he uses the player to make Daryl jealous for revenge. According to Matt, he and Daryl are actually rivals in the past who were fighting for just one girl. However during this chapter, he also reveals his shady life to the player where he was raised solely by his mother Mrs. Kicks without her husband Mr. Kicks who was incarcerated and died inside the prison until she suffers from dementia and the reason he visits his mother at the hospice and he's having trouble with her due to her sickness is getting worse. In the final chapter of the story and the good ending, Joe maintains his friendly side to the player and he was the one will make a concert for Daryl's victory party especially on his limited summer extra love scene. He is also shows his comfort when he consoles the player when Daryl loses to Giorgio in the illegal car race at the bad ending.

In one of the extra love scenes, Joe can be compassionate and relaxed when he takes the player to the rooftop of his condominium. Although his affair with the player is brief when it was interrupted by his phone call due to his current work duties. Like other love interests who called the player's nicknames, he calls her as his *Bella*.

In Jake's story, Joe is revealed to have been friends with Jake Stewart prior to being employed by Ryan Carter at his company, where he handled his security during his concert tours. In Chapter 8 when both Jake and the player meet up with Lisa and Matt at Starlite, he reunites with Jake by giving a friendly hug while in Ryan's route within the third and final season, he is very supportive to his friends especially Thomas Gordon who is a big fan of his. He also displays both caring and compassionate side towards Lisa Parker despite she is already get engaged with Ethan. In Chapter 6, after learning that Ethan is cheating on her with Fiona after witnessing both are about to have sex, Joe personally confronts Ethan while displaying his confrontational and violent side and he has a self-restraint since Ethan's occupation being a bodyguard and he couldn't fight him equally.

In Colin's story within the second season, Joe maintains his behavior and is somewhat strict as a judge when Malaïka first auditioned into his condominium and seems to know more about any tones of others' voices. When she passes the audition due to the player's support, Joe happily gave her a contract to sign. He is also has a responsibility after Malaïka passes her college exams and also dislikes of sleeping in tents as he jokily wants to stay at the hotel.

In his main story, Joe maintains his personality in the previous routes and like Matt Ortega, he was also traumatized in the past events where he lives on his hometown of East Harlem, a neighborhood town of New York City. He is also shown to love of art and paintings and the reason why he bought the painting made up by the player to show his interests in her during the gala night that she had hosted. However, he abruptly ended his date with the player after learning she also lives in his hometown of East Harlem due to his past events with his family problems. Although, the player describes Joe for being intelligent due to him being a rap prodigy and being sincere during their date. In Chapter 2, Joe displays his romantic passion to the player after discovering his bedroom while showing his personality from his real identity as Joseph Walker. At the same time, Joe displays his confrontational side like he did in the third and final season of Ryan's route where he easily beats Ethan for cheating on Lisa from Fiona, Joe had started a brawl with Daryl by punching him to the face after the latter seduces his friend's girlfriend and the fight is on which continued in the beginning of Chapter 3. In Chapter 3, the player confirms that Joe suffers from oniomania and as a compulsive buyer because he mostly buys a lot of new stuff and was received gifts by his fans.

According to the team of 1492 studios, Joe is a rap prodigy and is very creative within his music videos as well as very eccentric towards social media. Joe also hides his painful past from everyone else regarding about the disputes of his wealthy family as well as his real identity as Joseph Walker which can be heard on one of the lyrics from his rap songs.

## Season 1 (Daryl's Route)

Joe Kicks is a famous singer and rapper and also a friend of Daryl Ortega. He appears to see the player unexpectedly enters Daryl's villa and became suspicious to see her. It was the first time someone like the player would remark him due to his casual appearance. Joe finally introduced himself to the player as she allows him to follow her inside Daryl's villa. As they arrived inside, he turns off the music until Daryl arrives to see them and remarks on the player of her enthusiasm about luxury cars.

After Daryl returns to the villa with the player, he saw them scolding her out as Matt arrives to see them. Joe and the player witnessed the quarrel between the two brothers as Daryl learns about the player's real occupation as an employee at Carter Corp and Matt's colleague. Both him and the player do their best to stop them from fighting. Afterwards, it was Joe who convinces Daryl to help the player from her brother's problems after she reveals it to them and her scamming acts towards him. Joe later meets up with the player again at Daryl's party at his villa which she compliments him on his formal outfit. By the time of both Daryl and the player's conversation, Joe sets a private concert for the party goers as his songs were impressed by the player which leads Daryl to get jealous of him. Joe is also the one who stopped the player from carjacking Daryl's Lamborghini following their romantic rendezvous with Daryl and the one she supposed to get distract by giving the people's performance. After the party, Joe is the one who takes the player home with his Cadillac Escalade.

In Chapter 3, Joe gives her his flash drive so that she can hear his new songs he had composed before she went inside the villa to see Daryl. Then in Chapter 4, Joe was the one being sent by Matt to look after the player who works as a flag girl in the illegal car race and knowingly that Daryl can beat his opponents including the Spyder and a Porsche. Despite the player who is oblivious and being suspicious, Joe actually gets interested to her and both him and Daryl begins to argue because of the player. In Chapter 5, the player leaves them because both men had made her angry since they treated her as a prize trophy. In Chapter 6, he had a video shoot at his condominium where Daryl takes the player to the terrace to see the shooting of his music video. Joe continues to look at the player, showing his interest in her. By the time both Daryl and the player are having fun for themselves, Joe calls them only for the director to call him because of his music video shoot. Joe calls Daryl again but was still interrupted. He then borrows the player to have her in his video shoot and the shooting caused Daryl to be extremely jealous. During the break, Daryl tells him about the player's brother Jason and they need a barn to keep Jason safe from Giorgio which he agreed and he likes the player to come with him to get the barn keys. Here, he requests the player to join at his team because of her suggestion and the player refused his offer. He continued to video shoot once Daryl and the player leave. Therefore, he joins with Daryl on his dangerous sidelines to rescue Jason but they were caught by the black SUVs being driven by Giorgio's men and was given a car chase. Once Daryl was beaten down by Giorgio's men when they pursued him first, Joe arrives to join the fray and Jason yells at his sister not to get involved in a fight.

In Chapter 7, Joe is able to bring back to his feet and takes down one of Giorgio's men. When they are about to hurt Jason by pulling off his handgun. His friends and staff who drove four cars manage to distract them, allowing Joe, Daryl, Jason and the player to escape as he put Daryl inside the Lamborghini while he takes Jason to his Cadillac while the player drives Daryl's Lamborghini and they moved away. Arriving at the barn, both Joe and Jason gets out of the car and the player did the same and both take the injured Daryl inside of his barn and put him inside the bedroom to treat his injuries. The player overhears about Joe talking to his friends and staff about the incident. He soon tells the player that he also grown up like both Matt and Daryl. If the brothers are in trouble, he too as well. He also had his reasons why he helped Daryl on his dangerous sidelines because of his personal interests and agenda in protecting the player and Jason. He even insisting the player into joining on his team because they liked her suggestions of changing the image from his flyers and going as far as he was willing to pay Jason's debts from Giorgio and his men once the player works for him and she will pay for his personal debt he owed causing the player to have conflicts between her current job in Carter Corp and his offer. She tells him that she needs to think about it.

Despite both Daryl and the player together, Joe was seemingly jealous especially he couldn't stop both Daryl and Jason from their heated arguments but became displeased for his cowardice and stupidity. Joe also converse with Daryl when he learns about his job proposal to the player as well as he tried not to let the player spill it out about what they spoke last night. The next day after they made love in the middle of the forest, Joe displays his jealousy towards both of them and for Daryl's decisions to let the player go back to New York. Daryl tells Joe to look after Jason which he allows his team to guard him and telling the player that his job offer to her still holds before leaving. As soon as the player stays at New York, reuniting with Lisa and Matt and she is about to go to Daryl's villa. Joe is able to contact her with his cellphone and they had a funny conversation. She asks him if Jason is all right which he replied that he is fine. He was soon mentioned by the player after she and Daryl are having a romantic home date in his villa while trying to forget everything and focusing more on her romance with Daryl at the pool.

In Chapter 8, it was revealed that Joe and his team manage to distract Giorgio's men while keeping Jason safe by hiding him in the bushes. He and Jason were found by both the player and Daryl and hugging them both as a reunion. Returning back to the barn, Joe displays his disgust on Jason's behavior as a homosexual after rescuing him from Giorgio's men and always asking the player about his proposal. Daryl informs them that they need to get back to his villa, which he accepts. Returning back to Daryl's villa, he continues to pester the player about his proposal. Before she could answer, Daryl intervenes and telling Joe to leave which he agreed as he ride off his Cadillac. He later contacts the player for the proposal he gave her and stating that she turns it down. The player tells him that she couldn't think about it following the incident but their conversations are overheard by Daryl who soon questions the player about the caller which is actually Joe. It was Joe who causes a fight between her and Daryl. Despite their current relationship, it was Joe who takes the player for lunch and taking her back to Carter Corp. He nearly kissed the player on the lips which she backs away and giving her a mischievous wink before leaving. Unaware, that both were caught in a glimpse by Daryl which led him to trick the player into meeting at his villa and getting intimate. Daryl also reveals that he saw Joe had kissed her which led them to argue because of Joe as the player stomps away angrily. In Chapter 9, Joe finally displays his aggressiveness when the player decided to take his job offer and to her annoyance. When most teenage fans are taking the viral video of Joe, the player stops them only for Joe to defend her when they harassed her. He threw their phones to make them leave and apologize to the player about it. As soon as both are about to eat dinner, they were spotted by Daryl.

In Chapter 10, Daryl finally reveals to the player of Joe's motives of revenge by using the player to make him jealous and seeing their rivalry for just one woman. The player was mad at him for using her and decided to leave them both only to Daryl to stop her and taking her home. While the player is in a drunken state, she spotted Joe going to the hospice and noticing the car being a Mercedes S65 AMG as Daryl believes is from one of Giorgio's friends who owns this car not knowing that this car is from Giorgio being driven by his driver. The next day, Joe got bumped into the player who apologizes and decided to leave. Due to the player's insistence of wanting to know about Joe going to the hospice, she asks him to have a coffee with her. Despite getting hesitant, he accepts. At the coffee shop, Joe finally apologizes to the player for losing her trust because of his revenge and the player accepts his apology. She soon asks him about why he was in the hospice. Joe finally reveals his current life towards the player where he was raised solely by his mother Mrs. Walker without a father as Mr. Walker who was incarcerated and died inside the prison. He often visits the hospice to see his mother Mrs. Walker who suffers dementia and he's having trouble with her when her sickness gets worse. The player was sorry for him after learning about his life and Joe states that he takes a singing career instead of being a convict or a drug courier because of his mother. Joe then takes the player back to Carter Corp and gives her a friendly hug, telling her to look after herself.

In the final chapter of the story, he alongside Matt visits the player at Daryl's villa after she learns that Daryl challenged Giorgio in an illegal car race. Joe is able to locate them which is at the airport as he let the player to come to his Cadillac. This is where Joe warns her about the shady life where Daryl lives a dangerous life. Although they serve as spectators to watch the race, Daryl reunites with the player. They later watch the race between Daryl and Giorgio using a tablet from one of Matt's friends. After Daryl beats Giorgio in the race and they celebrate, he and Matt proceeds to get back to Daryl's villa to throw a party for his victory.

In the bad ending, he was knowledgeable about Daryl's whereabouts after both Matt and the player visit to his condominium. They also went to the same airport as both Daryl and Giorgio battle in the illegal car race. However, Daryl loses to Giorgio in the race. As Giorgio drove away in satisfaction for his win, Daryl angrily gets inside his car and drive his Lamborghini away, as both his pride and dignity were hurt. Joe then consoles the player by giving her a friendly hug, saying that Daryl needs some time following his loss but the player vows she won't give up on Daryl, who wants him to change his ways whether he likes it or not.

## Season 1 (Jake's Route)

Joe was mentioned by Jake Stewart during Chapter 5 whom he had acquaintance with during his concert tours. He later reappears at Chapter 8 to see Jake at Starlite and brings the player and Lisa to the VIP lounge. They reunited as friends and Jake thanked him for using his barn for the player's safety and Joe tells him that there's no need to thank him until both Gabriel and Matt arrive in the scene. In Chapter 9, Joe contacts Jake about one of the mobsters from La Bratva led by Aleksei Votiakov whom he had beaten at his barn, thinking he was the player. He tells him to meet him at his barn to interrogate the man which Jake accepts and soon informs the player that his barn is no longer safe, much to her horrible shock.

## Season 3 (Ryan's Route)

In Ryan's route, it was revealed that Joe decided to run in politics and was supported by Matt who is now the Director of Communications. He was mentioned by Thomas Gordon when he and Matt are having a political debate regarding about his political run as a Mayor and Thomas is also shown to hear most of Joe's songs implying that he is one of his fans. In Chapter 4, he made his appearance along with Daryl Ortega where he performs his rap songs at his party in the villa. He was also surprised to see Thomas was happy and excited to see him in person and tries to make a striptease in a drunken state and takes selfies with him, all while being amused with his behavior. He and Daryl are also talking about his fight in the election and learning that Giorgio Maccini also participates in the elections. Daryl also showed an interest in Lisa Parker and seemed disappointed to learn that she had a boyfriend but was able to exchange numbers with her. He also tells Daryl that his current relationship won't last since the girl he's with only cares about money and fame and that he's sick of gold diggers which reminds the player of Ryan's past with women. Through the chapters he and Lisa develop a sweet friendship and Joe seems to be very into Lisa and is always comforting her or just talking about their shared interests. In chapter 6, Joe, Lisa and the player walked in on Lisa's fiancé, Ethan, cheating on Lisa by having sex with her friend Fiona. Joe was angry at Ethan and pushed him against a wall when Ethan tried to play the victim, and almost beat him up because he made Lisa upset. Joe comforted Lisa after the sad revelation and she was grateful for his support. He later aided the player, the Ortega brothers and Jake to infiltrate Giorgio's casino and he is the one who assisted the player to meet Giorgio on his office. He also revealed to have left when both Daryl and Giorgio's group had a deadly standoff which allows the player and Jake to escape. In both good and bad endings, Joe is revealed to be engaged with Lisa and was mentioned by her to meet her family after he is compassionate for her to meet his family.

## Season 2 (Colin's Route)

Joe makes an appearance in Chapter 4 within the second season of Colin's route and the timeline was in six months. Joe was invited in Daryl's party to scout out people with singing talents. He actually found Malaïka when the player introduced to her. Joe is going to held an audition on his condominium as he gave Malaïka his business card which she gladly accepts. During the audition, Joe likes Malaika's singing performance only he remarked her badly because her voice was off, much to her upset and decided to reject her. Joe was later convinced by the player to give her another chance which he accepts and letting both of them to perform on their respective composition. Joe later appears in Chapter 6 where he threw a talent scout party for everyone and letting both the player and Malaïka to perform. Their duet performance becomes jampacked, leading Malaïka to pass the audition and Joe decided to get her a contract to sign. In Chapter 10, He is later seen helping the player sort out her horrible problems towards her producer and later has a duet with Malaïka off-screen which was mentioned by Matt, and later in the final chapter where he made schedules for her for recording sessions.

In the bad ending, Malaïka decided to resign from Joe and returns to focus on her studies in her upcoming senior year in college at Oxford.

## Season 1

Joe's route takes place prior to Mark's story route.

Joseph Walker is the son of both Mr. and Mrs. Walker and lives into a wealthy family in New York City within East Harlem. Despite Joe's academic prestige throughout his life, his father Mr. Walker was once a famous businessman from his time had comitted suicide as his mother Mrs. Walker had witnessed his suicidal actions (Although Mr. Walker was killed during his incarceration at Daryl's route). Joseph is later befriended the Ortega brothers such as both Matt and Daryl by the time he plays basketball with his age and this is how he joined up to their illegal activities such as drag racing, betting and being fixers. As soon as his mother Mrs. Walker was fired from her job because of these incidents, they had a massive argument between her and Joseph, leading him spare her from getting punched by him out of respect. However, his mother had descended into madness while suffering from dementia. Joseph was scarred by his troubled past as a result of his family problems and the separation of his parents, he externalizes his wounds through music. His lyrics lead him to be spotted by his now agent, Joanne and transforms him into an international rap star, while changing his name to **Joe Kicks**. To match the higher standards, Joe carves out his new personality with a lavish lifestyle that he shares to excess on social media.

At Times Square, the city councilor which is the player, is the host of the 28th charity gala and it's bidding as well as promoting her charity about the "Youth Renewal Project" where most youths or minors are suffering from drug addiction and needs rehabilitation. She finally opens the gala and soon meet up with Mark Leviels who is one of the audiences of her opening remarks. However, his wife Grace Leviels who also helped the player's charity arrive after she shows the paintings in a bid. Her actions causes Mark to get disappointed (this leads to their legal separation on his main story route). However, the player hears a song being performed by **Joe Kicks**, a popular rapper and a celebrity and confronts him to tell him to tone it down. Joe response in a mocking smile and rudely remarks over her firm behavior before focusing on his contact on his phone. As the gala night is almost over, she receives a call from her older sister Rosa and the player wanted to know about her current dates. It reveals that Rosa is not compatible to Jennifer during their date, resulting into a disaster. Afterwards, she returns to the gala and to see Grace. She informs her about no. 14 being sold by the new bidder which is Joe himself and Joe is a rap star. The player remains rude and unfazed upon mentioning his name and learning that no. 14 was her painting made up by her. Joe arrives to see them and the player remains firm to him. Joe also mocks her painting to be displayed in his comfort room only for her to rebuff him and her painting has a meaning filled with emotions. Grace then ends the bidding after Joe pays the painting using checks and the player questions about his fame and how did he get her paintings instead of the others. Joe was then being pushed away by Grace who evilly glares at the player for her rudeness and became concerned if she was trying to know more about Joe. The player later amuses about the gala and auction night that she had hosted, Joe came to see her again and apologizes for his arrogance. The player joked at him and decided to forget about what they did before. They introduced themselves as Joe reveals that he is a singer and rapper as well as an art lover which is why he bought the player's painting at the auction. The player amusingly introduces herself as a city councilor, much to his shock and frowned after learning about her and mistook her as an event organizer. This is where Joe begins to have interest with the player by touching her cheek. He soon asks her for a date at Bar 75 which makes the player noticed his womanizing antics and Joe does this to know more about her. The player eventually accepts as Joe leaves the scene, making her more amused. After the gala night she had hosted is over, she changed her clothes and continues to roam around the streets in East Harlem and she found out three young men who were trading drugs. As she tried to shoo them away, one of them remains unfazed and they are not afraid of her and the other threatens her the next time she interrupts them before leaving. As soon as she returns back to her apartment, her older sister Rosa knows about Joe while making a misspelled about the short term of the Youth Renewal Project or YRP for short. After she reveals that she is dating a woman named Paula whom she had met at the dating app (possibly Tinder) and showing her dislike towards her ex-boyfriend Paolo, who is the father of her son, Matteo and knowing of his dislike for who she was as a lesbian. Upon talking about Joe, the player decided to walk away but Rosa didn't stop follow her to know more and she knew she had bought a CD consists of all of Joe's songs for her son Matteo.

The player tells Rosa on her room that Joe is asking her for dinner at Bar 75 and she refused his offer because of his womanizing antics. As she gets the ice cream on their fridge at the living room and Rosa also reveals that she was hanging out with the frontman of the Nightmareden band, Colin Spencer stating that celebrities like those two would like to have a date with a non-celebrity like her sister. Only to be interrupted when Rosa receives a text message from Paula, who became oblivious into liking to her and goes back to her room, singing. The player remains surprised when Rosa is no longer responded to her after receiving Paula's text message. The player returns to her room to take research about Joe out of curiosity and remembering about his invite her to Bar 75 as a date. But the player was blushed upon seeing his poster along with many women, noticing him for being a womanizer. When she researches about Joe's official website, she had listened his song lyrics until Rose intervene to inform her that she's going on a date with Paula because of her attraction to her sexy voice only to be turned down when she listened about Joe's lyrics of the song. The player realizes the lyrics he had sung was none other than his darker past and his real identity as Joseph Walker as well as his friends who were died and mourned by their parents. Rosa also noticed that Joe Kicks is in fact a stage or starring name and never revealed about his real identity to everyone else and the player also noted the differences between Joseph in the past and the Joseph in the present who became as Joe Kicks. The following day, the player visits her city council office building at the day-office in Broadway, New York where she handles her YRP project and was visited by Jason. Jason was once mauled and getting death threats by Giorgio Maccini's men (referring about his involvement in Daryl Ortega's route) and informs her to meet with Doris. The player arrives to see Doris who is concern over her friend Laurie after being rehabilitated from drugs and noticing her injuries. Doris also knew that she sold drugs instead of throwing them away and the reason she was mauled. The player also realizes what she had found about the three youngsters who were also dealing on drug trade within East Harlem. Before going to Bar 75, she was met and teased by Grace when she decided to meet up with Joe. As Grace leaves, she receives a call from Doris to meet her at the day office. Once she arrives, she saw Jason was brutally mauled by the same three youngsters who were revealed to be homophobic and informing her the details of what they had done to him after he and his boyfriend are making out. Because of this, she calls the authorities. Soon after, Detective Niño di Luca arrives to listen to Jason's information about the mauling which he allows him to get home. It was then, Niño informs the player to find the culprits behind the brutal mauling. The player also knows about the drug trading which had started again on her hometown in East Harlem and leaves her decision to make more police patrols. Niño is impressed over her actions as a city councilor and decided to give her his card to contact him and leave. Doris eventually teases the player about Niño which she refused to say about him and his handsome appearance. But Doris denies and went on defensive when the player had noted her interest towards metal rockers (referencing her interests in Colin in other story routes). Back at her apartment and informing Rosa about the brutal beating happened to Jason, she was angrily pissed and threatens if anyone wanted to beat them senselessly including hers and Paula. This is due to many people who are homophobic or others who were LGBTs being victims of discrimination. Initially the player refused to go to Joe at Bar 75 just to go to bed and leave as Rosa shrugs over her actions. However, the player changes her mind when she takes on her white revealing dress which is a sign to go to Joe at Bar 75 and soon booked a taxi to go there. She soon meets Joe at Bar 75 and he orders a lot of exquisite appetizers and the main course as well as two glasses of champagne. The player also reveals her work as the city councilor to help the youth while Joe also reveals his love of blues and soul but rapping is his favorite as well as being creative in both music and creativity. Just as she answers about herself living in East Harlem when Joe asking her where she and Rosa had lived, Joe abruptly ends their date and walking out immediately. The player soon helps the waitress after being bumped by Joe who abruptly left and noticing the food they have ordered are wasted when the waiters are about to clean the whole thing up and seeing that he pays their bill using his check. The player soon leaves to get a cab and knowing that their date was fine but ended abruptly and was received a threatening text message from an anonymous user who threatens her life after she called the authorities regarding about the mauling they did to Jason which also horrifies the player.

In Chapter 2, the player was revealed to be stressed out of her works in her day to day office especially, she can't forget about what Joe did to her when he abruptly ended their date. She was visited by both Jason and Doris and Doris informs her about the drug trade she had encountered much like the player did previously. She decided to put this as part of her work duties. Jason decided to stay with Doris for safety as she accepts but telling him that she is not a babysitter due to her performing at the Nightmareden Concert. The player decided to be added to watch the concert which Doris accepts to be written her name in the list so that she can pay them the tickets and wonders if she would like their music. The player also reveals that she had listened both heavy metal and jazz but became awry about Joe's. Doris replies that their music is a lot more better than Joe's. Jason also decided to go as well and tries to convince his boyfriend Jonathan to watch the show. Later, she visits at the Arasaka Tea Shop owned by Nao Arasaka (who made a guest appearance in the mini series outside of Mystery Spell) and it was revealed that Rosa currently works at his tea shop. Nao is revealed to be friends with Rosa and stating that his tea business goes booming. Rosa receives a call from her son, Matteo who became very concerned about him due to their separation. During break time, the player finally tells them of how Joe abruptly ended their date, believing that she tells something about her current life in East Harlem (Not knowing that Joe is also from East Harlem and why he decided not to visit his hometown due to his trauma). And also tells them about the threatening message sent to her. Nao suggests to call the authorities which the player had contacted Nino about the messages. She soon tells them that she decided to watch the Nightmareden concert, making both Nao and Rosa decided to go with her and watch the concert. During the Nightmareden concert, everyone is lively and all the while the player orders cocktails for both her older sister and Nao. They are pretty jampacked during their performance until the player encounters Matt Ortega. She soon tells both Nao and Rosa about Matt and his twin brother Daryl Ortega who were her high school friends in the past and Matt was actually her high school crush. Both men eventually humiliated the player and her friend Melody during the high school prom when they serve as escorts to dance with them but they switch together to kiss them both causing the player to leave abruptly from their pranks. After this, Daryl made a glimpse over her presence and telling Matt what he had seen and the player became dismayed to see them both causing her to run away from the emergency exit. Because of the prank they did to her, she couldn't forgive them but the Ortega brothers came to see her causing the player to slap them both across their faces for humiliating her in the past. Despite the setback, all three of them apologize for the past incident and the player wanted to know how are they doing in life. Matt reveals that he works as a Graphic Artist at Carter Corp while Daryl works in his own shady business due to him as an illegal car racer and pretending to have a buy and sell car business. After they sorted out since the brothers are about to buy them drinks, she tells Rosa about them. As soon as the concert to make an ending performance, she receives a call from Joe who mistook him as a stalker and hang up and continuing on having fun with Rosa and Nao. The next day while listening to Joe's music, Grace is looking for the center files which has been done by Doris before her time-off and was happy enough about her success. As Grace leaves, she receives a call from Joe once again and this time she angrily mistook him as a stalker. Joe also apologizes for the abruption leaving her during their date and wanted to make amends by inviting her to his condominium where he held a party at the terrace. The player also noticed that Joe had got her phone number due to his connections and was initially refused to go to his place after what he did to her in their first date. She informs him that she will go if she has no conflict schedules on her work duties before hanging up. After having a snack with Doris, it reveals that Doris also receives threatening messages as well when they arrive at the YRP office. The player immediately calls Niño regarding about the investigation he was working on and he replies that his investigation was in progress and tells her there is nothing to fear. He also stated to meet them at the Central Park in person which she accepts. At the Central Park, Jason, Doris and the player are at the chess board site (The same place where Gabriel Simons entraps his father Steven Simons at both endings from his main story route). Jason decided to stay guard since he can't stay at the office alone. When Doris decided to fight off those people who threatened her, Niño knows she couldn't do this because they are much dangerous. As both shows the threatening messages, Niño became frowned after learning of this. He asks her about Giorgio Maccini and the player recognizes him being the Italian mafia who owns the Queen Casino.

Niño warns the player about Giorgio due to his connection to the authorities as well as corrupted ones and he is leading the drug trafficking due to him being a drug lord. He soon tells her that Giorgio had made an establishment in their district and decided to enlist the player in cracking Giorgio's territory. Initially, both were disappointed because they're going to use the troubled kids for the infiltration as Niño first suggested since he is open to their suggestions until Doris had made up her mind to let them do for him. The player accepts Niño's first suggestion in order to crack down Giorgio's new business as Niño smiles at both and thanking them for helping him before he leaves. Back at the office, Jason remains anxious about Giorgio as he knew him at the past (Since he became the first victim on Giorgio from getting mauled by his men in Daryl's main story route). Matt and Daryl finally visit their office and they see Doris who currently works with the player and they are impressed about their office. Upon hearing about Giorgio, both Ortega brothers are in shock and Daryl soon reveals them about Giorgio (Since he is the main antagonist from his route) who had several casino businesses as well as shady networks. Matt also suggests about the player to let Doris and the other youngsters in how to deal with him which leads Daryl became reluctant to accept them. The player soon receives a text message from Joe regarding about the party he held on his condominium, causing Doris to tease her. The Ortega brothers are shocked when Doris knew about Joe. The player explains to them that Joe had met her at the gala and they had lunch earlier. Daryl also knew about Joe's womanizing antics while Matt also reveals that Joe is their childhood friend and learning about the party he had held. Daryl decided to contact Joe into joining to the party with her. Doris continues to tease the player because of Joe. During work duties, the player was stressed out and texting Joe that she couldn't go to his party as Joe also replies that there's no need stating that she can go anytime. Grace later arrives and she shows her work efforts about the city projects. Grace informs her that she has a trick to put a stop on the construction project on the abandoned building, much to her relief and decided to focus on her work after hearing about the good news. Back at the apartment, both the player and her older sister Rosa discussed about going to Joe's party especially for the clothes they had wear. Rosa happily wants her sister to wear something sexy rather than the basic clothing she keeps wearing. Since it is also revealed that the player is the one who sent her sister's divorce papers to sign for Paolo, Rosa decided to aid her sister since Paula is busy for tonight. On the way to Joe's condominium, they are encountered by both Matt and Daryl and the player warns Daryl that they are uninvited and at the same time Rosa defends her from Daryl's behavior only for the player tells her that they're changed and it is already in the past. It is revealed that the party they attended was in fact Joe's 31st birthday. Daryl immediately glares at the player who decided to investigate them both, it was stopped by Rosa. While Rosa talks to one of her friends which is Victoria whose conversation is about Nao being a hot guy. The player begins to investigate all over Joe's condominium. On the other room, this is where Joe keeps most of the gifts being given by his fans stating it is a Santa package. Upon reaching to his room, she found the painting she had been painted and it is in front of his bed. Suddenly, Joe came by and recognizing the player due to her presence. He soon apologizes to the player for his recent actions at Bar 75 and he reveals that it is referred to her current occupation as a city councilor and he couldn't understand much due to her being a non-showbiz person. The player angrily questions Joe for his womanizing ways after he gave her a silver bracelet with amber designs only for Joe to stop her sadly. It is revealed that Joe has more interests to the player than any other girls he had been dated with which is why he was romantically interested in her. The player now learns about Joe's real identity as Joseph whenever he stays at his own bedroom while concealing from others being his celebrity persona. Joe also explains about his celebrity life as well as the troubles he had in the past and the reason why he bought the player's painting in the first place because of his love of lavender flowers. The player also explains to him about the painting she made as a teenager that lavenders grew at the garden side of East Harlem until it becomes a drug den. The current mayor manages to make a new garden for those flowers. She tells him that her painting mixes with the tunes from his music which is why they bring the two of them together. Both Joe and the player begin their blossoming romance by hugging each other romantically as well as kissing each other for the first time. It was soon interrupted by a scuffle which was caused by Daryl, much to their surprise. The two then see Daryl had a fight with Zack, one of Joe's friends. It is revealed that Daryl is seducing Zack's own girlfriend causing the latter to get angrily jealous, thinking he cheats on her. Despite Matt couldn't stop his brother's horrible antics, Joe confronts him to defend his friend and knocks him out with a punch to the face. The player witnesses the ordeal and seeing Joe being violent and confrontational, displaying his real identity in a process.

In Chapter 3, Joe continues his personal confrontation with Daryl due to his selfish behavior and for seducing his friend's girlfriend. Matt tries to drag his brother's arm to avoid the fight but Joe continues to punch him to the face to knock him down and the player breaks the two of them up while trying to restrain Joe from attacking Daryl. She was later helped by Rosa to restrain Joe's arms which led him to stop fighting. Daryl eventually gives him an arrogant gleam at Joe causing him to get mad and wanted to fight him again but was stopped by the player, telling him that Daryl was his guest and he was the host of his birthday party and he was ruining it because of the physical brawl he had with him. Joe keeps up his cool and acting like the jerk towards Daryl and warns him never to do it again. Joe eventually stomps away because of his foul mood. Both the player and Rosa are known to see their confrontation, she decided to find him at the place where he keeps most of the gifts from his fans. Arriving there, it was revealed that Joe remains angry and upset and the player wants to know more about Daryl. Joe angrily tells her that both Matt and Daryl are uninvited guests and Daryl was a selfish prick and an asshole who cares so much of his own interests. Upon wanting to know more information, Joe shuts her up and tells her to leave him alone. The player decided to leave him be but before she can leave, she glances at Joe one last time and noticing his problems. Back at the apartment, Rosa gives her a tea made by Nao from his secret ingredients and they talked about the brawl incident in his party and to the player's discovery of Joe having many gifts at his room. Rosa reminds her of her ex-girlfriend Tiffany who also has a penchant of buying new stuff which led to their break up because she became a compulsive buyer. The player thinks about Joe becoming a compulsive buyer, confirming he was suffering from oniomania and remembering of how she and Joe had kissed. She soon tells Rosa about the kiss between them which sparks her interest while giving her a humorous laugh because her sister is dating with a celebrity. Rosa asked her if she felt something like butterflies on her stomach. The player answers that the kiss they made makes you feel high like wanting to have more. Because of this she can't forget Joe so much despite his brawling with Daryl. A few days later, the player arrives on time and to see a police mobile. As she enters the YRP offices, she meets up with Doris and Niño who informs her about the investigation in the drug trafficking. Most youngsters including Jason confirms his suspicions that Giorgio is pulling the strings when it comes to drug trafficking and the player also suspected this as well, leading her to gathered more patrol guards to prevent limited damage. After this, Niño informs them if they keep his calling card which they confirmed because he likes to visit them if he has a free time and showing his interest to the player, telling her to call him if he needs him before leaving. Doris noticed how Niño is interested in her which the player rebuffs her that it was his way of speaking professionally. But Doris corrects her that Nino has interests in her. The player soon tells Doris about the brawl incident between Daryl and Joe in his birthday only for her to laugh so hard. She does not know about Daryl but Matt tells her about his brother, a lot of people had got something from him. Before Doris could ask the player about her relationship with Joe, the player confirms about Daryl's main behavior and decided to leave to her office for work while complimenting her for getting the job done with the youngsters. The player takes lunch at the coffee shop and was received a call from Grace who informs her about the real estate papers which she answers. She later texted Joe an apologetic message as she hums his song. Not knowing Joe was there when they harmonize the song they had sang. Most girls are giving him autographs to sign and finally meets the player. He soon apologizes for his recent actions last night and now he wanted to take her elsewhere to make up for his mistakes. The player was hesitant at first but now accepts. Joe eventually takes her to Stephen's jazz club for a lunch date and encounters Malaïka who rehearses by singing her song. She meets up with both of them while introducing herself but became surprised since Joe had seen her performance (A call back to their roles in the second season of Colin's route). While Malaïka continues her singing performance, Joe orders a lot of food to satisfy his hunger but the player was full since she had eaten lunch at the coffee shop. Joe tells her that she will peck some of his food. Both eventually discussed and talk about their lives in East Harlem and the player asks about him his childhood since both are in the same neighborhood. Joe reveals about his wealthy life with his parents only to be shattered when his father Mr. Walker had comitted suicide (His father was killed inside the prison during his incarceration in Daryl's route) and was witnessed by his mother Mrs. Walker. He soon talked about how he had met Matt and Daryl and this is where he gets involved in illegal activities. It was interrupted by the bar manager to evacuate since a fire alarm had rung. While waiting to put out the fire, Joe continues to tell the player about how his mother Mrs. Walker was fired from her job and knowing it was not his fault for her firing. These problems led to their massive argument only for him to spare her from getting punched by him out of respect. Despite the conversation, the bar manager informs them to get inside since the fire was out. Both decided to get back as well. As Malaika continues her singing performance, Joe also continues to tell about how he was moved from East Harlem, New York to Los Angeles, California following his massive argument with his mother. He soon reveals his real name being **Joseph Walker** and his Joe Kicks being his stage name and how he was helped by his now manager Joanne after he had sang his composed song about his past. Joe also explains about his two roles between his old and new persona and the player remembers about his birthday party and this is how it was started and Joe also showing his dislike over Daryl's shady actions and for crashing his birthday party. He later paid the bill by Stephan and for taking out food to be donated in charities.

As they get out of the bar with bags of food, the player finally tells Joe about her past and her encounters with both Matt and Daryl as well as her miserable high school prom with her friend. Joe was angered after learning of this but the player tells him that both had apologized upon meeting each other a chance. She also reveals the reason of their neighborhood had chosen her to become the city councilor after giving more charities in her own organization. Joe was glad was given a chance for him to date the player as she kisses him, leading them to a brief make out until her phone vibrates. She receives an anonymous message stating that no more warnings and no more games. The player realizes that she was threatened by Giorgio and soon tells Joe about the drug trafficking caused by him. Joe gives her a cold look to her upon hearing about Giorgio and his drug trafficking, reminding him of his troubles in their home town. As soon as she gets the cab with bags of food with her, Joe gives her a quick peck on her after ignoring about the topic of drug trafficking and decided to parted ways with her.

## Allies

* The Main Character (Daryl)
* The Main Character (Jake)
* The Main Character (Ryan)
* The Main Character (Joe)
* Daryl Ortega
* Matt Ortega
* Jake Stewart
* Jason
* Lisa Parker
* Thomas Gordon
* Colin Spencer
* Malaïka
* Rosa

## Enemies

* Giorgio Maccini
* Fiona
* Ethan

## Trivia

* Joe's main appearance bears a striking resemblance to the famous singer and rapper Kanye West as he and Kanye West share their occupation between both a singer and rapper.
	+ All of Joe's outfits are based on Kanye West and his appearances in the music videos.
	+ When he sings his popular songs to the party goers, it is just like how Kanye West performed at various concerts.
	+ In his extra love scene with the player, the scene is a reminiscent of Kanye West's song, "Love Lockdown" where Joe shows the player about the rooftop of his condominium claiming it was his lair and some African antiques were displayed on his rooftop is also referencing the African warriors who played African drums during the music video.
* He was the third love interest to show an interest in music which is both singing and rapping. The first is Colin Spencer and the other being Peter Bartholy.
* Like Colin who's hometown was in Brownsville, New York City, Joe's hometown is in East Harlem, New York City and the main reason why Joe moves away from his hometown because of the trauma caused by his own family and the separation of his parents.
* Like Matt Ortega, Joe also became traumatized in the past with his case being involved in family matters.
* Upon his introduction, the player remarks him for being the celebrity Mr. T due to his rapper appearance.
* His promotional posters for his mini route, is a reminiscent to the real-life singer and songwriter, Usher.
	+ His shirtless appearance bears a resemblance to Usher in some of his music videos.
* The black inked tattoos on his left arm resembling WWE Superstar Kevin Owens' black inked tattoos which is connected to both wolf and bull tattoos on his right arm.
* When Daryl angrily threatens the player to choose either him or Joe, he calls Joe an afro due to his African-American appearance.
* His make love scene with the player in his extra love scene is the shorter than the other extra love scenes in the game due to it being interrupted by his phone call.
* His age was revealed to be 27 years old and he was two years older than the Ortega Brothers' age group. In the third and final season of Ryan's route and from his mini series, he is 30 years old when he takes concerts on Daryl's party at his villa in Chapter 4. In Chapter 2 within his mini-series, he became 31 and the first person to get aged throughout his route.
* In the third and final season of Ryan's route, Colin mentions one of Joe's rap songs that were being listened to by Thomas Gordon which is taken by the song in 1995 which makes a clear reference to the rap songs played by Will Smith in his solo album *Big Willie Style*.
* He was the fourth African-American character to appear in the Is it Love? franchise.
* There is a theory that he is Cassidy Sparke's secret fiancé in season 3 of Ryan's route.
	+ This theory was debunked as her fiancé was actually revealed to be Giorgio Maccini.
* Joe will possibly start a relationship with Lisa Parker by the end of Ryan's season 3.
	+ This theory turned out to be true as the two began to date and got engaged by the end of the season.
* Joe is probably much stronger and more dangerous than he seems, as he was able to push Ethan up against a wall with no trouble, which is impressive since Ethan is a fully trained bodyguard that should have been able to fight Joe off, but couldn't.
	+ In his mini series at the climax of Chapter 2, his feat is shown yet again when he violently knocks Daryl off with one knockout punch, leaving the latter getting angry and un-flinched as the player was horrified after she witnessed his actions.
* Joe is possibly right handed due to him wearing his watch on his left wrist.
* He is supposedly going to get his own mini-series one day.
	+ This theory has been confirmed and Joe will receive his on route soon.
* In Mark Leviels' story route, there is an error where the player refers to Lisa Parker as Mrs. Parker rather than Ms. Parker. However, if it's not an error and Lisa really does go by Mrs. Parker then that means she is married in Mark's route, and she's more than likely married to Joe, so that means that Joe is possibly married in Mark's story route.
* During the promotional poster and the secret image between him and Malaïka when they're having a duet in the concert. They made a reference of the duet collaboration of both Nelly and Kelly Rowland's Dilemma, both Chris Brown and Keri Hilson's Superhuman and both Kanye West and Estelle's American Boy.
	+ At the end of Chapter 10 within the second season of Colin's route, he and Malaïka were mentioned by both Matt and Colin who were having a duet in the festival.
* He is the only love interest to be currently engaged to another woman in a different story route.
	+ He (and Lisa) are the first on-screen side characters to get engaged to another on-screen side character during the duration of a story route and still currently be together. (Cassidy Sparke got engaged to Giorgio Maccini during a time skip between seasons 2 and 3, not during the story route).
* Joe's role as the main love interest in his mini series, is based on real-life African-American rapper, songwriter, businessman, record executive, and media proprietor, Shawn Corey Carter better known as Jay-Z.
	+ Joe's current relationship with the player, referencing the current relationship with Jay-Z and former front-woman of the girl group, Destiny's Child, Beyonce Knowles who later became his current wife.
* His route takes place prior to Mark's route and the very first mini series to have a crossover between Mystery Spell and Secret Palace.
* His real surname Walker is shared from the Walker siblings consist of Adrian and Neema in Blue Swan.
* His astrological sign is Leo.
	+ Which means his birthday is between July 23rd and August 22nd.
		- Joe being a Leo makes sense as Leo is Latin for lion, which Joe has a tattoo of on his chest, and the zodiac symbol for Leo is a lion.
* Joe loves sushi and soul music which is why he was amused over Malaika's performance with the player in the second season of Colin's route when she mixes both sushi and rock music