HarryValentino

|| Ghosts of a Future Past || The Key || Dirty Water - Part I || Dirty Water - Part II || || Harry Valentino || Bruce Lynch || Teejay Shakur || || Origin Story || Vision Board 1 || Meeting Harry || Vision Board 2 || The Church || || Water Crisis || Water Delivery || The Bathsheba Family ||

+1 for the ultra fiesta mango

idk I can't read but @Shwy can help

|| Defending the Bridge || Another day on Bridge Street || An explosive day || || The Setup || Generation Next || Runnin' to the store || || Cheddar for the trap || Warming up || Where you at? || || A fresh start || A Hunt || || Storming Bridge Street || || The bigger they are... they harder they fall || || Seeing poverty || Cooling off || DOC Speed Dating || || Who is the best crim in BSB? || Stock down bad (P1) || Tasking the Prospects (P2) || || Brainstorming || Eat the Rich || A time for change || || Ty Shipley - A long awaited return || The story of Opal Villain || The story of Koda Valentino || || Bruce "Big Steak" Hardings || Lexi Valentino - New beginnings (P1) || || Lexi Valentino - New beginnings (P2) || Kat Galaxy - Manic || Alvin Pappalia - The Renewal || || The Redemption of Christopher Bridge || || A meeting gone South || Self Assessment ||

While I completely understand how sensitive, and rightfully so, the terrible situation in Ukraine is right now due to the disgusting actions and war crimes of the Russian government irl, I do not agree that it should reach and punish an players on an RP server on a video game, especially when the faction ICly has made 0 references to the war in Ukraine. As Ty pointed out, racism and police brutality is a terrible, constant, prevalent issue irl yet I do not see it punishing PD icly. Sexism is a terrible, constant, prevalent issue irl yet I do not see the Lost MC being punished icly. Terrorism is a terrible, constant, prevalent issue yet I do not see Underground being punished for it icly, neither was Daichead Gadai punished for supplying the IRA, a group recognized by the UK and the USA governments as "a proscribed terrorist organisation". Russian war crimes were committed against innocent Syrians, frighteningly alike to the ones in Ukraine today. I did not see the Russian Mob being punished for it icly then. Instead, they were made an official faction. Terrible American and British war crimes were committed against Afghans and other middle eastern nations, yet I do not see a single American or British faction being punished for them icly, including my own faction. Where was the action then? Or is it only an issue if European lives are affected? Keep politics out of video games. +1.

The bigger they are... the harder they fall. “Get out of town now and don't contact anyone else until I say so. Lay low… they are everywhere, and they are watching” Harry placed his phone back on the table after hitting send, his eyes rising to meet those sitting across him. “My apologies” he murmured, his heart racing as he excused himself from the meeting, not caring whether BSB’s foreign business partners would be offended by his abruptness. 15 minutes ago he had received news that his friends, his family, everything he cared about in this world was being hunted down by LSPD’s “finest”, and he had spent every second since trying to reach out to whoever he could. Harry was painfully aware that there was no room for error, that larger organisations of the past had been brought to their knees by weaker RICO cases. His organisation needed him back yesterday, and so the BSB leader found his way on the next flight to Los Santos, tirelessly plotting the next steps of the Brotherhood. Every TV screen at Los Santos International Airport served as a painful reminder, but Harry had no time to mourn. After making sure everyone that could get out of town was out, he reached out to BSB’s suppliers, only to find every single line had gone dead. The Russians had disbanded, and other supply lines had gone…sour. With most of the core members of BSB being forced to leave the city, the remaining heads were vulnerable and on their own. Old enemies, coming out of hiding, took the opportunity to join the hunt alongside PD who had seized all BSB assets. As much as it hurt, Harry reluctantly gave the order. It was the only way to survive. “Hang up the masks for now. We’ll be back.” With all houses and stashes on Bridge Street seized, it was time to find a new temporary HQ. As he looked over the iconic street one last time, his mind was filled not with nostalgia, but with bitter memories of how the rich, the upper class, had discarded him and his family. They couldn’t accept that BSB had made it out of the hood to rival their bank accounts, couldn’t accept the presence of BSB in an affluent neighbourhood. Although he couldn’t prove it yet, he knew the rich organisations who hated BSB and were known to work with the government had a hand in the RICO case. Harry contemplated moving back to the hood, to reconnect with the streets but knew in his heart that they too would not accept BSB. It was time to find a new home, one far away from the busy roads and hunting eyes yet close enough to stay informed. After a few days of searching around [REDACTED], he had found the perfect location. Harry reached out to the remaining BSB members and gave them each a few different tasks, all designed to gain information about the corrupt organisations running rampant in Los Santos. There is honour amongst thieves, and working with PD was not something that would be tolerated. He waited patiently, looking over the calm water as his people approached him, one by one. “...they stripped him naked, Harry. They humiliated him. They cut and tried to make him eat his own hair. And then they made him jump into the ocean, shooting at him while he swam for his life. He barely made it. This is what they told him: “BSB IS DEAD! YOU THINK YOU’RE GONNA COME BACK ALL TOUGH AND STRONG? LETS F*CKING SEE IT. WE READY, PULL UP. WE’RE HERE.” “FUCK BSB, P**SY” “Others have also been disrespecting us, Harry… "Why the fuck are you hanging out with him, he’s ex BSB. F*ck BSB” “...THAT’S WHY BSB IS DEAD, SHUT THE F*CK UP” "I don't ever wanna see you working with green again, especially not a f*cking Valentino" The highlights they brought back filled Harry with a quiet fury. A vow was made that night. Not only was BSB going to carry on helping the poor, getting people out of poverty and giving them a place to belong but their mission had now expanded. Enough was enough. The rich and corrupt were going to be burned to the ground, one way or the other. And those who thought they were safe, safe enough to come crawling out of the shadows and disrespect BSB would be buried with them.