My Chain Story

December 31, 2022

2) The Klebitz brothers follow Gianni and Rocco to the Schottler Medical Center when they're suddenly cut off by Regan of the ICS, who was last seen blowing up Phillip and Adam, his compatriots.

Gianni and Rocco are about to enter the Schottler Medical Centre, when Regan blocks the two before the doors, with three fellow Aussie compatriots in tow.

Regan: “G’day mates. Mr. Pelosi, you were a hard man to track down. But this is the end of the line for you now.”

Regan and his associates brandish their weapons and aim them at Rocco and Gianni.

Rocco: “For f*ck sake, I can’t be taken down by some Australian shmucks!”

Unknown voice: “Now wait just a minute.”

The doors of the Medical Centre slide open and out steps Philip and Adam, who have just been discharged from the hospital after Regan’s double-cross of the ICS.

Regan: “f*ck, you’re alive? I mean… f*ck, you’re alive! It’s great to-“

Adam: “Shut your mouth you f*cking hooser.”

Philip: “The pursuit of wealth makes men do strange things. But stabbing your brothers in the back, after everything we have been through in this awful city? Regan… how could you!?”

Philip and Adam draw their guns and aim them at Regan and his men.

Regan: “You f*cking cunts, we’ve got Rocco now! Don’t throw away this opportunity! Tell you what, if you lads help in turning this c*nt in, we can split the money!”

Philip: “Sorry old chap… but we don’t deal with the Devil.”

Philip and Adam open fire, cutting down Regan’s associates. Regan returns fire as he dives into cover behind the medical centre sign.

In the fray, Rocco and Gianni scramble into the road and right into the path of Johnny and Michael.

Johnny: “Never let a good opportunity go to waste. You guys are coming with u-“

Just then, amid the backdrop of gunfire, a helicopter flies into the fray and another familiar voice and face returns. Piloting the helicopter is none other than Kenny Petrovic, who has similarly not long been discharged from a hospital across town after being sent there when he was cut down in battle against Rocco’s men some time back. Kenny is also seeking to cash in on the bounty on Rocco now.

Kenny: *Over helicopter speaker* “Privjet comrades. Did you miss me?”

Regan, Philip and Adam momentarily stop firing at each other and look to the sky.

Philip: “Is that Kenny?”

Regan: “Oh great, another c*nt has returned. Why won’t you f*ckers just stay dead!?”

Adam: “Healthcare in this city is just something special I guess, eh?”

Gunfire then sprays across the road from Kenny’s helicopter, separating Johnny and Michael from Rocco and Gianni, the latter who then dive into a nearby alleyway.

Johnny: “f*ck, we can’t let them get away!”

Johnny and Michael fire up at Kenny’s helicopter, which pulls back and ducks behind a nearby building. The brothers run into the alley hot on Rocco’s trail.

Regan gives chase also, occasionally firing back upon Philip and Adam, who similarly give chase seeking to not only exact revenge on Regan, but to catch Rocco for themselves.

What happens next?

1. Rocco and Gianni run into Jerry Kapowitz in the alley.
2. Kenny’s helicopter flies precariously low and opens fire on everyone who has run into the alley.
3. The other end of the alley is blocked by none other than the returning sinister Russians - Dimitri and Bulgarin.
4. Eddie Low (who we have not seen or heard from for some time) lunges out of the shadows in the alley and attempts to kill Rocco and Gianni.
5. Another character of your choosing makes their presence known.

December 31, 2022

5. Another character of your choosing makes their presence known.

Just as the mess that is Dukes is unfolding and multiple characters who died respawn and attempt to claim the bounty, Gianni wheels along Rocco in a wheelchair they found at the hospital, with Johnny, Michael, Regan, Phillip, Adam, and Kenny in his Heli all chasing after them, Gianni and Rocco are cut off by D'anny driving a comet and skids in front of them and shoots Gianni in the leg

(Gianni) AAAHHH!!!
(Rocco) Oh no

D'anny hops out of the car and shoves Rocco in the passenger seat and drives off leaving the others in the dust

(Rocco) Good luck going 5 metres without being cut off by someone else
(D'anny) That's why I have a Comet, it's the fast car in the game and no one is catching us
(Rocco) Shut up Packie
(D'anny) Who, my name's D'anny
(Rocco) Sorry, a force of habit
(D'anny) Now onto the Majestic hotel, I have some relatives who want to meet you

As they pass the destroyed gas station heading towards Algonquin via the bridge, IronManny still firing rockets in the wrong direction in an attempt to take down Johnny Gat, Paul and Uncle Vinnie, Manny runs out of Rockets sees the comet and with his suit inner A.I voice which sounds a whole lot like Jeff Goldblum for some reason

(A.I Goldblum) Ah... ah... Roccos getting away
(IronManny) Thanks man

As IronManny flys off to follow the Comet with Rocco inside it, very awkwardly I should add, we cut back to Johnny Gat and co-running over to the Cognoscenti, Johnny is cut off by a super vengeful Jim who splits Johnny Gats head in 2 with a dwarven axe he found

(Paul) OH MY GOD
(Vinnie) I thought that guy was supposed to be invincible
(Jim) You're next

Paul and Vinnie very rapidly hop into the Cognoscenti and drives off recklessly running over pedestrians, heading down the Algonquin bridge to give chase, we follow Jim who sees a familiar face calling his name

(Johnny) JIM, YOU'RE ALIVE!!!!
(Jim) You're goddamn right I am
(Michael) You died though
(Jim) New page, so I respawned, something called the Fallcreek rule, although there was another rule where dead characters respawning have no memory of how they died but I guess the writers are just ignoring that rule
(Johnny) Lol
(Jim) Lol
(Michael) Lol

We leave them to follow someone else

Who pray tell does the Chain Story follow next???
1) D'anny with Rocco narrowly avoiding IronManny's other defective weaponry
2) Regan, Phillip, Adam and Kenny in their crap
3) The Majestic 15
4) Romans Apartment where everyone is eating up a storm when Everett and Vaire break in, in an attempt to kidnap Alessa, blissfully unware of her newly acquired ninja skills
5) Another character of your choosing

Edited January 1 by Corndawg93

January 1

13 hours ago, Corndawg93 said:

3) The Majestic 15

The Majestic 15 is quite literally making progress at a snail's pace. Yeager, after assuming the lead of the group, has proceeded to only take 1 step at a time in the staircase, holding everyone else up.

Niko: What the f*ck is your problem?

Yeager: Anyone in my shoes would be supremely careful. It's still early in the page, and with such a big group, some of us could easily be culled to make the story feel less complex.

Claude: ...

Yeager: See, he gets it, and you don't. Are you being rusty again? Don't tell me you've missed out on another year's worth of memories since the last time we spoke.

Niko: How about - we split up, and speed things up a bit?

Packie: No way that could possibly end badly.

Niko: Shut up and get in the elevator.

Yeager: Don't forget the weight limit.

Packie: He's talking to you, Dwayne.

Dwayne: Man, f*ck that, I'm in prime shape.

Dwayne pouts and decides to stay with Yeager, so it's Niko, Packie, Ray, Phil and Claude who go for the elevator.

Ray: If anyone's waiting for us in the next floor with a gun trained, I'm putting my money on Fido to clean some sh*t up.

Tommy: Fido - is that his name?

Phil: Yep.

Ray: Kinda.

Phil: Sorta.

Tommy: ...

Claude: ...

Ray: It's a nickname, so close enough if you ask me.

Phil: He ain't complained so far.

Ray: He's a proper G. No complaints about anything.

D'elroy: I just think something suspicious is going on.

Phil: Yeah, well, your sister just kicked you out, so you don't have much of a choice on who to roll with.

D'elroy: Low blow.

The Group of 5 finally huddle in and depart to a lower floor. Yeager assumes leadership of Dwayne, Fortuna, D'elroy, Gerry, Gordon, Tommy, Mary, Phil Collins and Alberto.

Packie: So did you folks ever hear the one about the 5 hitmen in an elevator?

Claude: ...

Niko, Ray & Phil: No.

Packie: Would you like to hear it then?

Claude: ...

Niko, Ray & Phil: No.

Packie: Sometimes you people make it feel like it's serious work, and not recretional fun time with friends.

For no reason in particular, we cut back to the other 10, who are slowed down even more by a pre-existing predicament.

Gerry: This is no good. Gordon ain't gonna make it unless we find something real quick.

Gordon: I decide when I'm departing this world, and this ain't it yet! Until I've planted my head in the sweet spot between Jenny Acorn's boobs at least once, I will not accept the embrace of death!

Fortuna: Touching.

Dwayne: I dunno why, but Gordon's crude statements remind me of the naked chick at Playboy's place, and the hot dogs she used to make.

D'elroy: Hot dogs, glowing med packs, anything for the poor guy.

Mary: You're just gonna ignore the fact he's a sex pest?

Tommy: Pot, meet kettle.

Down below, Niko and the gang have found the Made Men's suite surprisingly quick, because let's be real, there's not much interesting content that this writer could imagine happening to them before then, that wouldn't also feel like filler. *gets slapped by Dwayne* OK, OK, not breaking the fourth wall anymore, f*ck.

To avoid being beaten to it by other hitmen out there, they kick in the door to find...

1) Just the Made Men acting rowdy and obnoxious, despite every other party member having left a long time ago.

2) A drug-fueled party in action, which mistakes the Group of 5 for male strippers.

3) The Made Men accompanied by unknown gang members who attack the Group of 5 on sight.

4) Mike Whitley roughing up the Made Men.

5) The couple that got beaten up partly because of Niko's actions years ago in Las Venturas.

Edited January 1 by Carbonox

January 1

4) Mike Whitley roughing up the Made Men.

The group of 5 slowly walked in to be wary of their surrounding, the hotel room looked nice, big but not bigger than the penthouse, as they fully enter the room the sound of terrible dubstep music and flashing strobe light enough to give the most feeble of person a seizure

(Niko) What the hell is that horrible music?
(Claude)...
(Ray) This damn lighting is giving me a headache!!!
(Packie) I think my ears are bleeding from the damn dubstep
(Phil) Where's the off button to all this?
(Niko) Here it is

Niko turns off the strobe light and turns the normal light on and can't find the off button to the stereo playing the dubstep so he picks it up and throws it out the window to the street below crushing some poor pedestrian below

(Claude)...
(Packie) Thank you
(Ray) That's one way of dealing with it

As the silence enters the room other noices can be heard such as several voices in the next room

(Packie) The hell going on in the next room

The Quintet then enter the next room where they see Mike Whitley and 2 other weasels beating up the band members

(Mike) This is Mike Whitley, Where the hell is your boss jackass
(Band Member 1) We haven't seen him, not like we're joined at the hip
(Band Member 2) Yeah ever since he went back into the business of crime, he left us in the dust ages ago
(Mike) Well that makes you useless then, I'm Mike Whitley Weasal News
(Packie) Does he always say that when he's not on camera
(Ray) I guess so
(Phil) There isn't much to go on here
(Packie) We should bail
(Niko) Yeah I think we're done here

They go to leave but a loud explosion is heard out side followed by IronManny crashing threw the wall crushing Mike Whitley and the other Made Men, the others are blown backwards into the next room

We leave this situation and follow down below with D'anny and Rocco not being able to get into the hotel, hiding behind a brick wall that connects to the park

(D'anny) That flying bastard blew up my Comet

What's blocking their progress???
1) The sh*tty dubstep bringing in the hipsters
2) Trevor having respawned and blowing up cars
3) Playboy in a tank

4) The pack of idiots who were trying to nab Rocco from before

Or

5) Jason and Lucia still stuck at the damn compound

Edited January 1 by Corndawg93

January 1

Happy New Year guys! I'm glad to see the resurgence of activity lately. I didn't expect us to be able to go through that last page as quickly as we did lmao.

I didn't plan to unveil it so soon, but I've actually been working on the IV Chain Story wikipedia for the past month or so. It's still in its early stages, so a lot of it is still unfinished but feel free to contribute to it if you want.

10 hours ago, Corndawg93 said:

2) Trevor having respawned and blowing up car

Without warning, a 40mm grenade shell plummeted from the sky and landed with a deafening crash on a white Patriot Stretch limousine parked outside the Majestic Hotel's front entrance. The blast sent shards of metal flying in all directions, tearing through pedestrians on the sidewalk and shattering the windows of the Hotel. D'anny and Rocco ducked behind the brick wall as the explosion sent debris flying their way as well, covering their ears from the deafening boom.

As the smoke cleared, a figure emerged from the wreckage - Trevor Phillips, his face contorted with rage.

"YOU MOTHERF*CKERS CAN'T GET RID OF ME THAT EASILY!" he screamed loudly, wielding a revolving grenade launcher in one hand.

D'anny peeked out from behind the brick wall, his ears still ringing from the explosion. He saw Trevor entering the lobby of the Majestic Hotel once again, firing indiscriminately at the pedestrians inside with a handgun in his free hand.

"F*ck."

D'anny ducked down behind the brick barrier, lost in thought; he knowing that he had to push in and attack Trevor from behind. D'arcy and D'elroy were inside, and he had to back them up. As he turned to Rocco, he noticed he was texting someone on his iFruit.

"What the- give me that sh*t!"

D'anny snatched Rocco's iFruit phone from his hands, his brows furrowing as he read the text.

D'anny looked up at Rocco, then tossed his phone further into Middle Park.

~ ~ ~

LCPD Police Commissioner Horace J. Ballsome sat at his desk at the Lower Easton Police Station, staring intently at his computer screen as he received updates on the shooting spree taking place at the Majestic Hotel in Northern Star Junction. His bushy moustache twitched as he clenched his jaw, his hair slicked back as he furrowed his brow in frustration.

He stood up from his desk, his small frame belying the fierce determination that burned within him. He knew that he had to take control of the situation, and fast. He grabbed his bulletproof vest and pulled it over his head, then grabbed his standard issue Glock 17 and holstered it at his side. He was used to shootouts in Liberty City, even though he shouldn't have to be, but he was determined to bring the suspect down and end this madness swiftly.

He stormed out of his office and headed towards the dispatch room, where the chaos was at its highest. He could hear the panicked voices of the dispatchers as they tried to keep up with the influx of calls and requests for help. Horace pushed his way through the crowded room, his gaze settling on the captain of the NOOSE team, who was barking orders into his own headset.

"What's the situation?" Horace demanded, his voice stern and commanding.

The captain turned to him, his face grim. "It's a goddamn bloodbath in there, Horace. The suspect is heavily armed and firing indiscriminately. We've got civilians pinned down in the hotel. We need to move fast if we want to get anyone out of there alive."

Horace nodded, his mind racing as he tried to come up with a plan. "Alright, here's what we're going to do. I want a full NOOSE team suited up and ready to go in five minutes. We're taking no prisoners on this operation, this guy is leaving in a body bag. And for Christ's sake, get me a live feed of the scene. I want to see what we're dealing with."

What Next?

1) We cut back to D'anny as he drags Rocco with him inside the Majestic, right before the LCPD and NOOSE clash with Avon's Army.

2) We cut back to Rocco as he sees D'anny get shot in the arm; It's Avon's Army, they've come to save him, but they're intercepted by the LCPD and NOOSE. D'anny stumbles away into the subway system in the amidst the chaos.

3) We cut to D'arcy as she hears the clusterf*ck of noises coming from below, between Trevor on the ground floor, the fighting with IronManny and now the LCPD and NOOSE units colliding with Avon's Army

4) We cut to Kenny Petrovic back in Dukes Boulevard landing to pick up Philip Oscarfield II and Adam Burns when they're ambushed by both Regan Jones and his Aussie Cronies on one side and the Klebitz brothers on the other side.

5) We cut to IronManny as he's about to rain hell down upon Niko, Claude, Ray, Packie and Phil who were blown back.

Edited January 1 by Fallcreek

January 1

4) We cut to Kenny Petrovic back in Dukes Boulevard landing to pick up Philip Oscarfield II and Adam Burns when they're ambushed by both Regan Jones and his Aussie Cronies on one side and the Klebitz brothers on the other side.

Well the super detailed option was pretty to the point, helicopter with Kenny lands, and tries to pick up Adam and Phillip but is ambushed by Regan and the Klebitz bros, doesn't mention Jim though, I guess he hoped back on the Side Car Bike and rode off towards Algonquin in search of Rocco, so anyway the scene with the ambush goes as follows, they're ambushed, Kenny is clipped by Johnny, Adam takes control of the heli but fails to take off and Phillip with an MG placement murders Regan and his cronies, but PLOT TWIST Gianni and clips Phillip in the shoulder and Phillip yells out to Adam to fly off and they successfully do, all the while a rogue bullet hits the fuel line

That seems pretty straightforward for an action scene, Gianni goes to walk off and is run over by Pathos speeding down the road and turning into Algonquin bridge

(Pathos) Pathos ain't no bitch, I gotta get that payday

We leave this situation to follow a survivor of the Bloody Battle of Bohan Officer Payne... well not really I think he died tackling the Leader of the Null group of 5 Chelsea out of a window of the Mayor's office when she was working under the tutelage of Emperor Bern Bern, anyway Officer Payne who was promoted to Chief Payne afterwards ran down to the garage where all the NOOSE are to cut off Commissioner Ballsome

(Chief Payne) Horace!!!!

(Ballsome) Chief Payne, what's up

(Payne) You're heading out to the nonsense out at the Majestic hotel?

(Ballsome) Yes, I am Chief, gotta problem with that?

(Payne) Yes, Take me with you, this whole thing isn't gonna be pretty and is most likely gonna end up in Chain Story legend as the massacre of the Majestic Hotel

(Ballsome) What legend?

(Payne) Ah nothing, you're gonna need all the help in the world with this, I got experience with situations like this

(Ballsome) That's right, I do remember that, ok Chief, you're in, get ya self an M4, a set of armour, and lets f*ck sh*t up

Ballsome cocks the shotty in hand and badass music plays over the radio

(Ballsome) Oh nice, I love Killing in the Name

In what is sure to be a monumental moment in this Rocco's bounty story, we follow someone else

Who do we follow???

1) The group of ten upstairs outside the penthouse, hearing all the commotion outside

2) IronManny flies out of the crashed room, he gives Playboy X a call for some backup

3) Niko and co waking up and surveying the damage as they check out the crap downstairs

4) Pathos racing his Huntley Sport

5) Rocco being dragged by D'anny into the still-destroyed lobby

Well then, this should be fun

Edited January 2 by Corndawg93

January 2

On 1/1/2023 at 5:14 AM, Corndawg93 said:

Ballsome cocks

ayo 👀

On 1/1/2023 at 5:14 AM, Corndawg93 said:

4) Pathos racing his Huntley Sport

Pathos' Huntley Sport roared down Algonquin Bridge, barely missing other vehicles as he aggressively navigated through the congested traffic. Swerving wildly, Pathos sideswiped other vehicles as he flew across the road. As he approached the end of the bridge, he saw a convoy of law enforcement vehicles racing down Columbus Avenue - NOOSE Enforcers, regular LCPD squad cars, and a LCPD Maverick helicopter hovering ominously above it all.

Pathos slowed his vehicle as the convoy passed him by, then he stomped on the gas and tailed them. As he drove, he noticed the road ahead was blocked off by the LCPD as they neared Middle Park. The convoy he was following was waved through by a few officers wearing bulletproof vests. Pathos swore under his breath and turned down Lorimar Street, heading towards Star Junction.

As he approached the next road, he saw another convoy speeding past him - this one made up of blacked out Dubsta 6x6 trucks with purple trim. Pathos followed them, watching in shock as they rammed into the LCPD roadblock ahead. Gunshots echoed down the street as chaos erupted, and Pathos quickly pulled his Huntley Sport to the side of the road, wondering what his next step was.

~ ~ ~

"The f*ck are you looking at?" Rocco hucked up a glob of phlegm and spit in D'anny's face.

D'anny angrily wiped the phlegm from his face with his sleeve and retaliated by punching Rocco, causing his nose to break with a satisfying crunch upon impact. "I should just f*ckin' cap you right here and be done with it."

Rocco covered his nose with his mouth, blooding running down his face, "Then do it already, you f*ckin' pussy!"

D'anny shook his head and flexed his hand, his knuckles already aching from the punch. As much as he wanted to, he knew that he couldn't just shoot him. He needed proof of the bounty.

Maybe I could take his leather jacket, or take a pictu-

BANG!

Suddenly, there was a loud crash originating from the top of the Majestic, and a few large chunks of limestone came hurtling down from the sky, pulverizing the already destroyed Patriot Stretch that laid in the middle of Nickel Street, reducing it to a twisted heap of metal. D'anny looked up and saw a figure in an exosuit hovering above him, the apparent cause of the destruction. The figure looked around wildly before flying off into the distance.

"Here we f*ckin' go," D'anny muttered to himself, gritting his teeth.

Without hesitation, he grabbed Rocco by the collar of his jacket and yanked him to his feet, then shoved him over the wall and vaulted over it himself.

As D'anny struggled to get a hold of Rocco again, he saw a convoy of LCPD Enforcers rounding the corner from Columbus Avenue, their sirens blaring. At the same time, he noticed another convoy on the other side of the street, a group of blacked out Dubsta 6x6s with armed figures hanging out the windows. With a surge of strength, D'anny snatched Rocco's arm and began dragging him across the pockmarked street filled with debris.

Gunfire erupted between the two parties, and D'anny flinched as bullets whizzed past him. Losing his grip, D'anny fell over on his back, behind the fallen chunks of limestone. As he looked up, he saw more debris falling from above and quickly scrambled to his feet, running towards the bloodsoaked lobby of the Majestic Hotel.

What Next?

1) D'anny notices that he forgot Rocco on the street. He attempts to go back for him.

2) Before D'anny can reach Rocco, Avon's Mercenaries are already recovering Rocco.

3) The LCPD overwhelm Avon's mercenaries and take Rocco into protective custody.

4) We cut to Kenny Petrovic as he notices the fuel gauge rapidly decreasing. Philip Oscarfield II and Adam Burns start panicking as he's forced to crash land somewhere.

5) We cut to IronManny, wherever he's going.

Edited January 2 by Fallcreek

January 2

2 hours ago, Fallcreek said:

ayo 👀

Giggity

Edited January 2 by Corndawg93

January 2

2 hours ago, Fallcreek said:

5) We cut to IronManny, wherever he's going.

Manny's a bit out of control once again and only hurts himself trying to correct his aerial spin with more rocket boosts. He crashes into the Libertonian, bounces from there into the hotel wall again and dives straight down from there, basically crushing a cop car right in Ballsome and Payne's face.

Ballsome: Hey, you! Stop and I'll shoot you! I mean stop OR I will shoot you!

Manny: Man, don't you recognize who I am? It's IronManny, Escuela of the Streets, man! I'm on your side and all that!

Payne: Never heard, but what I do see is someone who appears to make a living out of crushing people indiscriminately.

Manny: It's not like that, man! I blame f*cking Lester, he originally designed this suit all wrong, man.

Ballsome: Are you gonna freeze or not?

Manny: I'm not going to f*cking jail, man, I can't look after the streets from there!

He presses all the buttons on the suit to fly god knows where again. Ballsome takes an instinctive shot with the shotgun, murdering some poor passerby instead.

Payne: ...Will that go into the report?

In the meantime, D'anny, abandoning his quest to enter the Majestic for just the briefest moment to get Rocco back, finds that his worst fear has become true. Rocco is seen basically diving into the back of one of the Dubstas, while mercenaries swarm the street. There's only one guy, a driver, in the vehicle Rocco entered.

Rocco: Go on! Get outta here! Drive!

Merc: Drive? But where exactly? All the fun is happening in the hotel, is it not?

Rocco: That's the f*cking point! They're killing each other to get to me, so now's a perfect chance to slip away!

Merc: But I didn't get into this merc business to use pussy strategies to stay safe. I wanna kill people with impunity.

Rocco: I'm sure Avon will have plenty of assignments for you in particular if you just-drove-a-few-blocks-to-the-f*cking-Bleeter-building-and-RESCUED-ME!

Merc: ...Where's Cliffford?

Rocco: He, uhh, wasn't at the motel, OK?

Merc: Then Mr. Hertz probably got it wrong and meant the Majestic Hotel. I'ma check the place out.

Rocco: No, please, be a pussy just this once and THEN go check it out!

Merc: I've done boring desk work long enough. Time to run in guns blazin'.

He takes the Dubsta's keys from the ignition too, placing them into his own pocket.

Rocco: AT LEAST LET ME DRIVE MYSELF OUTTA HERE, COCKSUCKER!

Merc: Hey, I've personally modified and taken good care of this car. I'm not leaving it for some panic-brained professional victim to crash.

Rocco: F*ck f*ck f*ck!

Rocco starts running away when it becomes clear Avon's mercs are more interested in the bloodbath at the hotel. D'anny vaults over a fence to get right on his tail, but struggles to keep up. There's some pedestrians up ahead that he decides to use to his advantage.

D'anny: Get that child molester!

Rocco: Who, me?

Manny: ...He molests kids now?

D'anny realizes his mistake a second too late. While Rocco dives for cover in an alcove, IronManny and Yusuf in a golden Buzzard dive down (yeah, that guy was still on the lookout), while Pathos in the Huntley Sport charges in from another direction.

CRASH!

Pathos wakes up with horrendous whiplash, Yusuf's separated head on his passenger seat and IronManny on his hood, whimpering from pain. To D'anny's fortune, the Buzzard's blades stopped spinning before the wrecked helicopter fell on him, but now his foot is stuck underneath the debris, and Rocco is - surprisingly home free. The peds didn't give a sh*t, because this is Liberty City and everyone's out for themselves.

Rocco: ...Is this a good time to ask for my phone back?

D'anny: Get f*cked.

Rocco: I don't appreciate spreading fake news about me. I have a reputation to uphold, you know.

D'anny: I'll do whatever I f*cking can to get your ass.

Rocco: That strategy can oh-so-easily get turned against you. I should just f*ckin' cap you right here and be done with it.

D'anny: Then do it already, you f*ckin' pussy!

Rocco: Whoa, deja vu.

What happens next?

1) Rocco grabs a fallen gun and shoots D'anny.

2) Ballsome and Payne catch up to Rocco while he wastes his time talking to D'anny.

3) D'anny reaches for his gun while Rocco is monologuing.

4) Playboy X shows up with reinforcements.

5) Cut to Trevor now fighting the LCPD and Avon's mercs in the hotel lobby, and slowly approaching the Majestic Group of 10 in the hallways.

January 2

2) Ballsome and Payne catch up to Rocco while he wastes his time talking to D'anny.

Rocco mindset a super sketchy, he was jaded over the fact the Avon mercs had other plans, he praises the fact he just survived the gnarly crash that just happened and he's taking too long in monologuing and gloating to D'anny that he's on top of things that he doesn't notice the 2 policemen holding him up, giving D'anny time to get free

(Ballsome) Freeze!!!!

(Payne) Rocco Pelosi, you're under arrest for the...

(Rocco) For what? I'm the victim here, arrest everyone else trying to collect on a f*cking bounty my damn aunt put on me, plus what's stopping you from collecting the bounty

(Payne) We are well aware of the bounty, the only thing stopping us from collecting the bounty is the oath I took in bringing down scum bags like you

(Ballsome) Well I don't know about you Chief but I'm collecting the bounty

Ballsome much to Chief Payne's chagrin goes over to arrest Rocco all the while an explosion rocks the tip of the Majestic Hotel, also noted in the background of this is Pathos crawling away from his Huntley Sports

(Payne) What are you doing Horace?

(Ballsome) It's a lot of money Chief, join me and we'll split it

(Payne) I dunno Horace that's too.... what's that rapid beeping I hear?

Above them, the rapid beeping is the helicopter being flown by Kenny, Phillip and Adam and its aggressively leaking fuel lines leaking all over the place

(Rocco) This is gonna get worse before it gets better

(Ballsome) RUUUNNN!!!!

The helicopter loses all the altitude at a rapid pace, Kenny and Adam were stuck in cock pit and Phillip jumps from the Helicopter and lands in set of bushes several meter away frantically cursing his way down

The Helicopter comes down it crashes directly in the middle of the mess causing a bigger explosion

💥💥💥💥💥

D'anny who had finally free'd himself attempted to run off but is launched into the lobby, Ballsome is thrown into a tree splitting him in half, Payne flys into the lake, Pathos is knocked into a man hole, Yusefs head in launched up into the penthouse right into D'arcy's hands, IronManny is launched into a set of Noose vans blowing them up and Rocco is blown upwards into the Majestic Hotel, all the way into the 4th floor where he crashes safely into Trevor's rampage

(Trevor) Well what do we have here?

(Rocco) Another psychopath, f*ck me

(Trevor) Oh I certainly will be my Italian friend

(Rocco) AAAAHHHHH!!!!!

Rocco's loud scream is heard from a set of people down the hallway, one of those being the Man with a scarf on his face, who's been hiding out in the Majestic Hotel since the Rotterdam Arc (Thanks Fallcreek) happened 12 years ago

(ScarfFace) Crap!!!!

We cut to upstairs where Niko, Packie and Claude are looking out the hole IronManny created, Ray is dead, he was impaled by a bedframe and Phil is suffering from interal haemorrhaging and is the process of dying

(Niko) What in the actual f*ck am I looking at

(Packie) I always knew the Majestic was popular but this is ridiculous

(Claude)...

Just then Yeager, Dwayne and Fortuna break the door down to check on what the deal is and can't fathom what they see

(Dwayne) God damn son, what happened?

(Claude)...

(Packie) Everything, have you seen this

(Dwayne) Yeah, sh*t is f*cked up

(Niko) Was there an explosion upstairs

(Dwayne) Yes

(Niko) What happened???

What does Dwayne say?

1) "Derrick and his friends flying drunk"

2) "Ninja's"

3) "D'arcy blew up a Police helicopter"

4) "Gas tank exploded"

Or

5) We cut to Playboy X in his super secret badguy base in castle gardens watching what's happening from a distance

Edited January 2 by Corndawg93

January 5

On 1/3/2023 at 1:46 AM, Corndawg93 said:

3) "D'arcy blew up a Police helicopter"

Dwayne: D'arcy blew up a police helicopter.

Claude: ...

Niko: That's certainly in character to say the least.

We get a brief flashback to the top penthouse, where D'arcy is indeed having fun with an RPG, at the expense of anyone crazy enough to get in range.

D'arcy: This is a no fly zone! *giggles* Any other takers?!

Further down in the hallways, the group now led by Tommy has come face to face with the first of Avon's guys, proving Dwayne's point. Tommy, D'elroy and Alberto are doing the brunt of the shooting while Gordon and Mary are in some type of complaining contest.

Mary: I'm soooooo out of my depth here!

Tommy: You've already said that, shut the hell up.

Mary: And here I thought this partnership would have gone somewhere! Hmph!

Gordon: Does no one even care that I'm dying anymore?

Gerry: Sh*t, if you promise to make yourself useful at the earliest convenience, I'll get you that med pack down the hall.

D'elroy: How did we not notice it before?

Tommy: Looks inconvenient to me. A glowing pink heart is much easier to spot in a bind, if you ask me.

As Gerry fetches the health kit, stuff is happening on the other side of the wall. Jacob and Badman have found an Annihilator (hey, Jacob got one from nowhere in the final mission too, so why not) and have arrived at Majestic with a plan to light up the entire hotel until Rocco bites it. They'll be wanted across the whole state, but the bounty'll be worth it long-term.

Jacob: Rocket launcher! BO!

He takes his first shot at a wall that Gerry happens to be behind. The med pack flies across the air and hits Gordon in the face, instantly curing him. Gerry's considerably worse off and has about 5 seconds left to live.

Gerry: Remember - my sacrifice...

Gordon: Yeah, soon as I have sex next time, I'll dedicate it to your memory.

Gerry: You - prick!

And so he passes away. D'elroy hands Gordon an Uzi, which he immediately fires into the adjacent corridor, somehow missing every shot and running out of ammo.

Gordon: Maybe you can - handle it from here? I tried.

D'elroy: *groan*

Alberto: Does the gaping hole in the wall not concern anyone?

Gordon: You know what they say about lightning? Or was it thunder?

Phil Collins: Nanananananananana thunder! Yea, yea, you're thunderstruck!

Mary: Well yeah, it never strikes the same place twice, but that wasn't lightning hitting the walls, that was-

Unknown: GAAAAAHHHHH!!!

The Group of... what, just 6? freeze in shock as out of all people in the world, Rocco sprints into their field of vision, with Trevor in hot pursuit, acting like it's some f*cked up game of cat and mouse.

Trevor: It won't hurt! I promise! But if you in turn hurt my feeble feelings and reject me, I'll STOP promising that! And you'll wish you were dead!

Rocco: Stay away from me! Even bounty hunters are nicer than this!

D'elroy: Um, we're right here...

Before Rocco even properly acknowledges their existence, Jacob fires another rocket because he saw their movement through a window, even if he couldn't exactly confirm an identity from that distance. The wall caves in right where Mary was standing, and sends her dead body plunging into the hallway, knocking over Avon mercs who in turn stumble down a staircase and take down the first of the NOOSE officers that attended the scene.

Alberto: Should we also - remember her sacrifice?

Gordon: What even was her name anyway?

D'elroy: ...That's cold.

Tommy: Hold on, is that Rocco?

Rocco: Ah, f*ck no!

Trevor: Hey, I called dibs on him first!

Trevor stomps past the Group of 5 to get to Rocco, who just breaks down at the overflow of people wanting him in one way or another, and leaps out of a gap in the wall. Realizing what a terrible idea it was as soon as gravity kicks in, he starts screaming for mommy - only to be grabbed by an unseen flying character. Or more like, gliding? Yep, it's Luis with a parachute.

Luis: There you are, Rock. Were you having an eloquent plan there?

Rocco: Hey, go f*ck yourself! I won't owe you my life or nothing!

Luis: I thought so. I just wanted to see your reaction to my unexpected rescue. Or expression, to be precise.

Rocco: Of course you would, fag. Well, do you like it?

Luis: I can't exactly see it from this posi-

CRASH!

Another thing Luis didn't see was D'arcy taking her next shot at Badman and Jacob's chopper, which spins out of control right in front of the two of them while they're trying to land cleanly in the park. Rocco becomes separated from Luis and falls into a bush, while Luis tangles up with the helicopter and the whole trio goes down into the lake, just as Payne was getting out of it and trying to dry himself.

Rocco, remembering that D'anny threw his phone somewhere in the park, starts crawling around looking for it. Might as well keep himself as low-profile as possible while anywhere within the Majestic's range. What he doesn't expect is the metallic clang of an exosuit's foot stepping in front of him. IronManny may have been beaten and battered, but is still standing somehow.

Rocco: GAH!

Manny: Hello, man, I mean citizen. Still gotta remember to say that line properly. Can I help you?

Rocco: Uhh, you - found any lost phones lately?

Manny: How did you know I had just procured one off the streets, man?

Rocco: You did?! Can I - have it? Or help you - return it to its rightful owner?

Manny: Sure thing, man! I've got more mercs to fight anyway, and that's more my style! Tell me, who are you, though, man?

Rocco: Roc- uhh - The Rock?

Manny: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson? I thought you were black, man.

Rocco: It's the TV, it, like, makes me look a bit off sometimes.

Manny: That must be it, yeah. Godspeed, man!

IronManny throws him the phone and boosts away. Rocco has to pinch himself to be convinced he's not dreaming. It really is his very own phone! Utterly unconcerned about helping Luis in return, he sneaks towards the Libertonian in another attempt to free himself from the trouble.

Trevor's mood inside Majestic is considerably worse. His reunion with Tommy isn't helping things.

Trevor: YOU AGAIN! You could've stopped the guy you wanted to kill so badly, and make amends with old Trevor, BUT OF COURSE YOU F*CKING DIDN'T! YOU'LL DENY ME A DELICIOUS VICTIM JUST TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELVES!

D'elroy: "Delicious victim"? That is... really f*cking eww.

Shots whizz past their heads as mercenaries are coming from one direction and NOOSE from another. Even ScarfFace has joined forces with Avon's guys for some f*cking reason.

Trevor: I'd tell you to suck a fat one, but we're f*cking finishing these guys off first! I HATE bastards who just shoot on sight and suck all the fun out of things!

Gordon: Fine by me if D'elroy gave me another gun.

Tommy: This is going nowhere. We need to cut off the problem at its source, not waste our time on these low ranking thugs.

D'elroy: How do you propose we make a move on any quicker?

Tommy: I have a plan, but you'll have to believe me, and also forgive me for leaving you 4 alone with someone who'll probably want you dead.

Trevor: Wanting Phil Collins dead? Don't be an idiot.

Alberto: You're leaving?!

Tommy: Don't try this at home. Really, don't. Your universe doesn't allow for this. Also, I work better alone anyway.

Tommy leaps out of the gap in the wall, landing on hard asphalt with minimal damage. Just across the street, Johnny and the gang park their bikes, ready to rumble inside the hotel, and also hilariously not paying one bit of attention to the fact Tommy just survived his fall.

Tommy: Hmmmmmm... nice bike.

Johnny and Michael kick in the doors that some overly punctual staff member had closed between now and D'anny being launched into the lobby. Mostly because it looks cooler when they do it that way. Johnny happens to look over his shoulder at Terry and Clay just on time to see Tommy claim his Hexer for himself and accelerate off.

Johnny: No! My bike!

Michael: Leave it! We got more important things to look for!

Johnny: Do you not know what a biker's personal bike means to him, brother?

Michael: I do, but there's also other reasons.

Johnny: What's that?

Michael: You need more variety in your life. Isn't it boring as sh*t to ride the same Hexer everywhere when there's so much more to choose from?

Johnny: Well...

Michael: And you can always just phone Clay for another.

Clay: I'm right here, though.

Michael: Doesn't change the fact.

Johnny: ...

With this clusterf*ck dealt with, what happens next?

1) Johnny does phone Clay for a Hexer, which causes the bike Tommy's riding to despawn.

2) D'anny wakes up and joins up with Team Johnny as they fight their way up the building.

3) Cut to Team Niko, doing whatever they deem necessary at these confusing times.

4) Cut to Payne heroically rescuing Luis, Badman and Jacob from the lake.

5) Cut to Pathos stumbling around in the sewers.

Edited January 5 by Carbonox

January 5

3) Cut to Team Niko, doing whatever they deem necessary at these confusing times.

Gunfire in the halls, explosions in the sky and the ground below, and a smell of death littered the air, from the hotel room several levels below the Penthouse suit, Niko, Dwayne, Packie, Yeager, Fortuna and Claude were watching the action from the IronManny shaped hole, all 6 were eating popcorn they found in one of the rooms the Made Men were eating, down below they see NOOSE and cops on the ground fighting Avon merc's, over in the Middle Park's lake they see a crashed Annihilator with some poor bastard hanging from a parachute with another guy nearby going to help, over in the park they see a news reporter on camera, about 20 meters from the sh*t fighting at the entrance a man hole is seen opening up with 2 men exiting it, up in the sky they see IronManny dodging rockets left and right when suddernly a fighter jet flys past and knocks Manny out of the sky and into the direction of the Middle Park Bridge, the fighter jet in the mean time was spinning out of control with a man ejecting himself out of the Jet which crashes into the Libertonian

(Yeager) All this for one man

(Packie) 35 Mil will do that

(Fortuna) Are we sure this is for Rocco? pretty sure what happened in the lobby is causing this

(Niko) Tuna's right, we don't even know if Rocco's even here

Before any can reply, 2 Avon mercs walk in and with his last bit of energy, Phil shoots one in the head leading the other to finish off Phil who then turns his attention to the others and misses Dwayne's shoulder, Claude then takes the semi fatal blow

(Dwayne) Whoa!!, that was close

(Claude)...

(Niko) interrogate them, who are you?

(Packie) Yeah, what's your problem with Dwayne's arm?

(Fortuna) Ah Packie, that's so dumb

(Yeager) Leave the torture to me

Yeager picks up one of the merc and holds him over the edge

(Merc) Oh, sh*t!!!!

(Yeager) What's your deal?

(Merc) Ahhahha I'm a mercenary, I work for Avon Hurtz

(Niko) Avon? where's Rocco?

(Merc) I don't know! we were sent to retrieve him from here

(Packie) You're useless

(Yeager) I agree, what else do you know?

(Merc) Nothing else

(Yeager) Bye

(Merc) AAAHHHHH!!!!

Yeager pushes him out the hole to his death where he lands on top of Clay's bike destroying it

(Niko) So we know Rocco was here then

(Fortuna) But where?

(Dwayne) Split up, check different floors?

(Packie) We should just head back up to the penthouse

(Claude)...

(Niko) I'm with Packie, head back up and get our barrings on the situation

They then very carefully make their way back up threw the elevator and back up to the Penthouse where everything is happening and we follow Roman's apartment, where the group have just finished the little feast and is watching TV when just then a weasel news report comes on about the Majestic Hotel

(Eric House) The massacre at the Majestic hotel, that's what it's being dubbed as, to get a closer look we go live on the street with Jenny Acorn

(Jenny Acorn) Thanks, Eric, the Majestic Hotel has seen better days and right now a bloody battle just as bloody it rivals what happened in Bohan several years ago, this is all caused by one man not getting the room he wanted so he murdered the entire lobby, also according to the late Mike Whitley, Rocco Pelosi was staying here as well, so that's something, I'm Jenny Acorn, Weasel News

(Roman) That's insane

(Mallorie) Think Niko is there?

(Dakota) Definitely

(Alessa) What are we waiting for, lets go rescue the dummy

(Roman) Doubt Niko is the one who needs rescuing

(Dakota) Alrighty, lets go then

(Roman) Bye, come again soon

Dakota and Alessa leave and get in the car they came in and head off towards Middle Park, we leave them to follow the duo exiting the manhole

(Pathos) Hey man, thanks for the help, much appreciated

(St Michael) No worries, thank god you showed up otherwise the sewer people would have eaten me

Pathos and St Michael split up and we follow Chief Payne attempting to rescue Luis, Badman and Jacob

(Payne) I just got dry

Payne jumps back in the water and swims over to the wrecked Annihilator where he hops on top of the Heli and very carefully makes his way to the tangled parachute and uses his trusty pocket knife and cuts the chute off the blades and Luis falls into the water

(Luis) Be careful bro, those blades are danger... WHOA!!!! *SPLASH*

(Payne) Are you ok sir

(Luis) Yeah thanks bro

(LJ) Iri, help us seen, NAH GWAN!!!!

(Badman) "Unintelligible"

Payne then hops down to the side doors and yanks it open freeing the 2 Jamaicans

(Badman) "Unintelligible"

(Payne) What?

(LJ) I and I thank you me breda

(Payne) Oh ok

Who do we follow next???

1) We stay with Chief Payne who notices Rocco heading towards the Libertonian when the fighter jet crashes into the Museum

2) Team Niko making fighting there way up to the penthouse

3) D'anny, finally waking up

4) The fighter pilot who turns out to be the GTAOnline Protag

5) The Sewer People planning a revolt

Edited January 6 by Corndawg93
Extra dialogue and details

January 6

4) The fighter pilot who turns out to be the GTAOnline Protag

The GTAOnline protagonist pauses momentarily once they parachute to safety - as if an invisible hand was accessing an inventory list for the character - before then heading in the direction of the Libertonian.

On the run towards the museum, the character receives a phone call from Martin Madrazo.

Martin: “My friend, have you caught that awful Rocco Pelosi yet?”

*Awkward silence”

“Well go and get him then! Puta! Remember, it’s a 60/40 split between us two for the bounty on his head.”

- Over at the Libertonian -

Rocco had just entered the museum via the always open goods entrance, when the GTAOnline protag’s fighter jet spiralled out of control and crashed into the museum. The explosion shakes the building, sending Rocco diving to the ground.

Rocco: “sh*t, sh*t, sh*t!”

Rocco regains his composure and rises back to his feet, then heads to the main hall of the museum.

When he arrives, he sees that the bones of the whale that is usually suspended above the main hall have all come crashing down to the ground following the explosion, mixed in with fiery pieces of the wrecked jet which crashed through the roof.

Rocco climbs the grand staircase to seek refuge upstairs and bumps into a random Spanish Lord gang member.

Spanish Lord: “Oye, who are you and what are you doing here?”

Rocco: “What am I doing here? I’m here to admire the exhibits. What are YOU doing here?”

Spanish Lord: “Not here to lift any historic artefacts whilst the city is in chaos, if that is what you were thinking.”

Rocco: “That’s not what I was thinking but… okay. You do you.”

Spanish Lord: “Hey man, you look familiar. Do I know you from somewhere?”

Rocco: “Uh… yeah, I was in a Vinewood movie some years back.”

Spanish Lord: “Yeah. Yeah, I remember now. You were that guy in Midget f*ckers III. I knew it!”

Rocco: “Aye, watch your mouth you f*cking mook. I used to run this city! Rocco Pelosi, remember the name!”

*Awkward silence*

“Oh for f*ck sake, why did I say that out loud?”

Spanish Lord: “sh*t, you’re the guy with the big bounty on your head. Don’t move, you’re coming with m-“

But before the gangster can finish his sentence, a bullet pierces his skull and he drops to the floor.

Rocco once again dives to the floor as the GTAOnline protag runs towards the grand staircase, weapon in hand.

Rock panics and hides behind a nearby stand with some elegant vases atop of it and holds his breath, hoping and wishing that someone - anyone - would come and rescue him.

What happens next?

1. Rocco’s prayers are answered and an ally of his bursts into the museum.
2. Rocco runs out of luck and is captured by the GTAOnline protag.
3. A piece of the ceiling that was damaged in the fighter jet crash suddenly falls and crushes the GTAOnline protag.
4. Rocco decides not to wait to be rescued and throws one of the vases at the GTAOnline protag.
5. The GTAOnline protag suddenly freezes, as if they were involved in a server crash, then disappears into thin air.

January 6

6 hours ago, AlexGTAGamer said:

4. Rocco decides not to wait to be rescued and throws one of the vases at the GTAOnline protag.

SMASH! Rocco's thrown vase lands right on target. Rather unnervingly, the GTAO protagonist doesn't even grunt like a regular person would as he is knocked down by the impact - and knocked out from the secondary impact with the floor.

Feeling like he could break from stress at any moment, Rocco catches his breath underneath the huge Triceratops skeleton, and starts worrying about the safest route to take back to the Bleeter building. He's even willing to be subjected to Avon's rage for not getting his one job done, in exchange for no longer being chased by everyone.

Locating a single Meteorite in his pockets, Rocco is about to start snacking up when a red laser pointer briefly appears on the chocolate bar.

With a scream, Rocco dives for cover while a sniper shot whizzes past at the exact same time as the skeleton collapses, barely too late to crush Rocco. Up on a higher ledge, opposite from one another, both Agent 47 and Delager grunt with disappointment while Rocco flees the building straight through the main doors. 47 had just taken out 4 different guards and stashed their bodies out of the way to avoid detection and had set what he thought was a perfect trap. His frustration dwarfs Delager's, who had a much more basic plan in mind with the sniper.

47: You f*cker! Do you not understand how delicate my plan was?

Delager: There's no time for staging "happy accidents" in here! People are even chasing him in jets and sh*t!

47: At least stay in your own damn lane while I'm doing my thing!

Delager: The hitman density per square mile in this city is too damn high to just stay out of each other's way. You - want to team up and try again? 50-50 split?

47: F*ck off. People like you only slow me down.

They go their separate ways, but not without 47 whipping out his phone and selecting the ICA app. Looking for Delager in the assassins' list, he does the unthinkable - and submits a 1-star review for him.

47: That'll really show that idiot.

***

Rocco has made it to the nearby Turismo dealership on foot before running out of stamina and needing to catch his breath. He seriously considers jacking one of the sports cars, perhaps to even have some fun while fleeing - but wouldn't that also attract undue attention?

Before he's able to make his move, two guys unexpectedly grab his arms from behind. He panics and accidentally spits in the left guy's face.

Isaac: Easy there, Mr. Pelosi.

Brock: As newly appointed representatives of Avon Hertz, we would like to bring you in for a chat.

Rocco: Holy f*ck, backup's finally here?

Isaac: You say it like the Majestic's not full of mercenaries already.

Rocco: I was almost out, and then that one moron driver decided to join the fight instead of committing to the rescue! I don't have much reason to have faith in these chumps right now.

Brock: Oh, you'll be taken good care of once we get you to Bleeter.

Isaac: As long as you have Cliffford to show for the boss.

Rocco: Y-yeah, of course I have!

Brock: Why are you sweating while saying that?

Rocco: You actually expect me to explain every damn reason I'm stressed out?

Isaac: Plenty of time...

They "gently" move Rocco into the back of a black Cavalcade. Rocco's suddenly not sure if he wants this audience with Avon over another round with all the hitmen after all, having heard of the brutal reputation of the two "rent-a-villains" before.

***

Team Niko, featuring all the good old faces Packie, Dwayne, Fortuna and Yeager, plus the mysterious Claude, enter the top penthouse for a third time already. It's looking exponentially more wrecked than last time - and eerily quiet as well. Dead NOOSE officers litter the area, one particularly gruesome sight being someone that had fallen down the stairs and broken his neck.

Packie: Why the f*ck would we go any further? You know what's coming up, right?

Niko: Relax, I know how to talk to her.

Up in the roof garden, nobody is standing except D'arcy, boredly spinning a stiletto in her hand, with the RPG used for chopper shooting at the ready on her back.

Niko: ...Hello?

D'arcy: Back for more, huh? I was only getting started with these respawning f*cks!

Niko: I don't care how many police birds you shoot down, I'm more interested in getting our bearings-

D'arcy: Are you saying I should need your permission, huh? What's that? Wanna fight about it? Have you perhaps learned a new skillset for me to overwhelm? Something like "Blue Army skills"? *giggles*

Niko: Drop the f*cking act already. This is bigger than our rivalry, and you know that.

D'arcy: Meh, might as well. Stupid D'elroy shat all over my beautiful plan anyway, and there's no way to have a beauty nap in this chaos!

Niko: We're starting to think this hotel was only a red herring. The intel on the Made Men certainly turned out bad, and only got Ray and Phil killed.

D'arcy: But still not the creepy silent guy! Hmph! Typical. Quite the splendid view though! Did you catch that awesome jet crash? Or IronManny flying around like a pinball? And they call him a superhero... *giggles*

Yeager: Easy on the Giggle Cream...

Packie: You're saying it's harmful? I've been ordering that for f*ck knows how long from YourMexicanDoctor.

Fortuna: Packie, that's such a scam, and all I know about it is the name.

Claude: ...

Niko: Focus!

Dwayne: So this is what it's coming down to? Making a deal with the devil to proceed?

Yeager: More like, a deal with the d'evil.

D'arcy: HAHAHAHA! Legit good one! You must get a lot of sex with that natural wit, Frankie-boy.

Packie: I can't believe she'd forgive him this fast, after that - other comment.

D'arcy: I'm in a good mood! Make the most of it, ya dumb hicks! *giggles*

Dwayne: Because of all the cop killing, or some other reason we don't know about?

D'arcy: Mostly that. It's not like they can get up here too easily. So it's like a free-for-all turkey shoot.

Niko: What if they charged in from below?

D'arcy: Then I'll outsource the defense for you people! *giggles*

Packie: So is there anything new for us to really - scout from up here?

Niko: Not really, but I'm convinced Rocco could never have stayed up here while co-existing with D'arcy.

Fortuna: We could just make a quiet exit with the cleaning platform and look elsewhere.

D'arcy: No can do! It already broke!

Niko: You better not have broken it on purpose.

D'arcy: No, the fatass cop who landed on it all wrong did, silly!

Yeager: Geez, does that mean we can only get out the hard way?

Dwayne: We just took an elevator, why not that?

Niko: Do you want to exit into a lobby full of gunmen and no cover?

D'arcy: Could be a fun time!

Fortuna: Yeah, nope.

Niko: Let's just go down one floor at a time and scout for clues while we do it.

Packie: And we should secure D'elroy and anyone else that's left on our side.

Yeager: Yeah, now when I think about it, they're probably taking the brunt of the fighting right about now.

D'arcy: FINE, we'll save my idiot brother!

Claude: ...

Niko: Be a bit nicer, D'elroy has generally been a good buddy.

D'arcy: You're even idioter for thinking I was being dead serious!

Packie: "Idioter" isn't a-

Yeager slaps Packie at the same time as Claude. The double stings extra hard.

Yeager: Stay in good graces, you muppet!

The unusual-looking group leave the top floor behind. What happens in the next chapter of the living legend, the Majestic Massacre?

1) Armando and Henrique crash an APC into the already grievously damaged hotel.

2) Johnny and the Lost MC encounter Trevor.

3) D'anny wakes up, moves up the building solo, and gets into a one-on-one with the mysterious ScarfFace.

4) Team Niko gets ambushed by the Eagles Cabbie, who was hiding out in the hotel since the beginning of the story arc, planning Niko's murder.

5) Another helicopter, this time a Buzzard flown by more of the Avon mercs, opens fire on the building.

Edited January 7 by Carbonox

January 7

3) D'anny wakes up, moves up the building solo, and gets into a one-on-one with the mysterious ScarfFace.

We follow the disconsolated and mentally exhausted... Cousin of D'elroy and D'arcy... I think, D'anny waking up behind the reception desk after a 10-minute nap, he picks himself up and makes his way to the elevator, stepping over dead bodies on his way to it, as he enters a loud thump is heard coming down the hall followed by Pathos being chased by the Lost MC, but D'anny loses sight of them when the elevator door closes

(D'anny) Today has been sh*t, I had Rocco in my hands and he got away, why did I listen to D'arcy, should've just taken him to Nancy and collected the money instead, F*CK!!!!

With the Elevator getting close and without a word of warning the Elevator randomly stop and opens to gunfire in the halls, D'anny decides to hang back and waits for an opening, in the firefight he sees several Avon Mercs are firing to the right, the person they're shooting at is overheard yelling at them

(Trevor) ME AND MY BEST FRIEND PHIL COLLINS ARE TRYING TO ENJOY A NICE STAY A THIS FINE HOTEL AND YOUR BULLCRAP IS RUINING IT, HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR LEGENDARY SINGERS

The next thing D'anny sees is the Avon mercs turning into a bloody and dense paste as a repeated BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM is heard in rapid succession followed by silence

(D'anny) What the f*ck was that?

D'anny takes a peak and just does not believe what he sees, blood, intestines, a smattering of brains plastered all over the walls, and destroyed walls barely holding up the ceiling, at the end of the hall was an empty AA12 is laying on the floor, answering the question of what massacred the Avon mercs

(D'anny) Whoa!!!
(Unknown) Who are you?

D'anny startled by this question turns around and sees the man with a scarf around his face

(D'anny) Who.... what are you?
(ScarfFace) What am I?, I'm not a monster you jerk

ScarfFace infuriated by this takes a swing at D'anny but misses, D'anny takes his own swing and connects with Scarfy's face

(ScarfFace) Oh... it's like that then

Scarfy runs at D'anny spearing him threw a wall, now on the ground throws hands at D'anny's face, D blocks each punch and kicks The Man with the ScarfFace off him and D'anny gets to his feet and jump kicks him threw another wall

(D'anny) Alright then, time to end this

D'anny picks up the physically disfigured man but gets low blowed in the dick

(D'anny) Ouch, that was low
(ScarfFace) Nope this was

ScarfFace launches himself at D'anny, standing infront of a window, but D'anny moves out of the way and uses Scarfy's own momentum against him sending the poor bastard out the window

(ScarfFace) AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!
(Danny) Well then, that was fun

Danny traverses his way around the rubble and back to the hall he was originally at, after discovering the elevator is gone causes it's being used by someone else he's forced to take the stairs up

(D'anny) I swear to god when I see D'arcy again I'm gunna give her a piece of my damn mind

*****10 flights of stairs later*****

As the trip up the stairs comes to an end, D'anny runs into more madness with a 3 way firefight between the NOOSE, Avon Mercs and D'elroy, Gordon and Alberto, Mary was little help, she was pumped full of lead when she tried to run off
(Gordon) This is the end for me, I think it may be, I have no ammo for my Uzi

When all help was lost D'anny throws a mechine gun at Gordon he picked up from the bloody hallway

(D'anny) Here take this
(Gordon) Thanks.... hey weren't you with Tommy at Rocco's mansion
(D'anny) Yep, oh hey D'elroy!
(D'elroy) Hey Cousin, did you ever try to get Rocco?
(D'anny) YES!!!, I had him as well, but he got away, where's your sister, I some some words for her

Just then the 3 way fight is interrupted by an annoying Giggle and a several more familiar faces

(D'elroy and D'anny) There she is
(Packie) Oh hey Gordon, good to see you're ok again... where's Gerry?
(Niko) I'm so sick of all this, Rocco's not here and the damn Mercs are making this problem more difficult
(Dwayne) Who's that guy?
(Gordon) He was with Tommy at the mansion, and it seems he's the Cousin of D'elroy and D'arcy
(Yeager) What a fascinating family
(Niko) Definitely
(Claude)...
(D'anny) D'ARCY!!!!, I'm not happy with you!!!
(Darcy) Well who isn't, I'm a little devil *giggles*

Amongst the turmoil of the 3 way fight, having more people on the good guys side, more NOOSE and Mercs has dwindled in numbers all bar a rogue Merc who throws a grenade at the group, everyone braces for impact except Claude who then plays the hero and goes to pick up the grenade but blows up in this face and knocks him out the window
(Niko) I was just starting to like him
(Fortuna) His sacrifice will not be forgotten

The group then having Eliminated all the NOOSE and all but 3 Avon Mercs bum rush the rest and wipe them out fairly easily

We cut to IronManny having recovered from the Fighter jet quickly flys over to help the falling Claude and catches him in from certain death

(Claude)...
(IronManny) No need to thank me, citizen
(Claude)...

IronManny places Claude safely on the ground and in front of the Libertonian, where the GTAO Protag stumbles from the doorway and to the set of seats Claude's standing next to, the GTAOnline Protag notices Claude

(Claude)...
(GTAO Protag) 👀
(Claude)...
(GTAO Protag) 👀
(Claude)...
(GTAO Protag) 👀
(Claude)...
(GTAO Protag) 👀
(Claude)...
(GTAO Protag) 👀
(Claude)...
(GTAO Protag) 👀
(Claude)...
(GTAO Protag) 👀
(Claude)...

We cut from this incrediblly meaningful conversation and follow someone else

Who do we follow next???
1) Dakota and Alessa attempting to enter the Majestic Hotel
2) The Cavalcade on the way to the bleeder building when suddernly its Tboned by the Cognoscenti being driven by Paul and Uncle Vinnie, they think he needs rescuing
3) IronManny flying back to Playboys badguy base to refuel
4) ScarfFace, who's desperatly holding onto a broken drainage pipe
5) The Group of... lets see Niko, Dwayne, Gordon, Alberto, D'arcy, D'elroy, Yeager, D'anny, Fortuna, Packie... is that everyone?

Edited January 8 by Corndawg93

January 8

19 hours ago, Corndawg93 said:

2) The Cavalcade on the way to the bleeder building when suddernly its Tboned by the Cognoscenti being driven by Paul and Uncle Vinnie, they think he needs rescuing

Paul had spent his off-screen time wisely - as in, fleeing like a coward from everything that looked like action, with Vince just along for the ride. In the process of breaking numerous traffic rules, they T-bone the Cavalcade at a stoplight. It's probably a good thing Paul didn't end up driving Packie around in Los Santos, his driving record's not appearing particularly impressive.

Isaac and Brock stumble out of the Cavalcade while Rocco pisses himself, assuming there was something calculated about that, and yet another hitman is just waiting for the chance to cap him.

Isaac: Now what the *cough* f*ck are you on? Or do you think the red lights are just decoration?!

Paul: No, no, I've only had a stressful day and - ROCCO?!

Vince, not knowing Avon hired Isaac and Brock yet, becomes quite interested in the situation once he too makes visual contact with his nephew.

Rocco: Am I supposed to know you from somewhere? ...Hang on, you're with my uncle? What the f*ck?

Paul: I already saved him once, and I'll now do the same to you, like I aspired!

Rocco: But I'm not really-

Paul: F*ck Packie and his bounty aspirations! F*ck all of them! If you've done something to piss them off, that's a civil service in my book, and I'm always glad to help!

Brock: This f*cking guy...

Paul more or less drags Rocco out of the destroyed Cavalcade and into the Cognoscenti, seemingly ignoring the implications of his repeated struggling.

Paul: Vince, you take over the driving from here!

Vince: Yes... I certainly will.

Vince presses the gas the moment Rocco is seated up, leaving Paul behind.

Paul: Hey, wait, this isn't in the plan!

Vince (drifting away): Someone has to explain to the nice gentlemen what just happened!

Brock: As a matter of fact, yes... someone does.

Paul: I, uhh, guess you wanted the 35 mil as well?

Isaac: Is that so?

Paul: I'm just saying, he's - getting away at a rather alarming speed, so you wouldn't want to - waste your time or anything...

Isaac and Brock begin looming over Paul, for whom it slowly dawns on that he's pretty f*cked, in layman's terms.

Brock: You better believe we have all the f*cking time in the world.

Isaac: To teach you a lesson.

In a display of tried and true sadism that would probably get the Chain Story banned in more regions than the GTA games themselves, Isaac and Brock take Paul to a side alley to pummel him with all the combined might of their fists, stomp on his face, and even whip out a stun gun for old times' sake, shooting him with it a couple of times. They leave him to squirm in the alley in a barely alive state, obviously not calling in an ambulance either. Not sure if even a page change is going to save him.

Who to follow next?

1) Dakota and Alessa entering the Majestic.

2) Rocco and Vince.

3) Team Niko.

4) Pathos being chased by the Lost MC.

5) Team Lester at Niko's penthouse.

btw this appears to be D'anny's first appearance where he's said to be a cousin of the D'Siblings.

Edited January 8 by Carbonox

January 8

2) Rocco and Vince.

Driving along into Alderney just passing the bridge, Rocco feels safe for the 1st time since he was running things with Nancy, but something was bugging him

(Rocco) So back there, why'd you leave that guy back there with those 2 guys, be real with me
(Vince) Cause he was getting on my nerves, asking question after question, my god I started to hate his guts
(Rocco) Well given the reputation of the 2 guys you left him with, his chances of survival are very slim, what next, why we headed to Alderney?
(Vince) Gunna collect that money for ourselves, she didn't say you couldn't turn yourself in now
(Rocco) Now that's smart thinking Uncle Vince
With the 2 devilishly smart cookies on their way to collect on the bounty, we cut to Aziz Ansari and the rest of the Black Keys, as they cut off Rocco and Vince and knock them into a dustbin senting Vince into the actual bin

(Rocco) Ah f*cking hell, what now?
(Aziz) Hello Mr Pelosi, me and my gang of humble Telemarketers are here to collect, and with everyone at the Majestic Hotel, I have you all to myself, boys, please pack Mr Pelosi into the trunk

(Black Keys) Yes sir

The Black Key dumps poor Rocco in the trunk of the Black Key Mobile, with that done, Aziz then drives off towards Port Tudor to Nancy's compound

Who do we follow next???
1) The Clusterf*ck at the Majestic
2) Nancy Pelosi getting bored at her compound
3) Arcade doing what ever she's doing
4) The Strip Mafia cutting off the Black Key Mobile
5) Alessa and Dekota, getting arrested for loitering

Edited January 8 by Corndawg93

January 8

3)

Last time we saw Arcade, she was at the Majestik Hotel, the cheap knock-off of the Majestic in Hove Beach, where she'd fought with a mysterious man and managed to recover the CLIFFFORD device from. She destroyed it, much to the chagrin of Lester, who contracted her to retrieve the device. But the encounter haunted her thoughts; who was the mysterious man and why was he also after the device? The implications made her wonder.

Arcade set out to follow the trail of destruction left behind by the man's getaway. Her search led her to Oneida Avenue, where she found a flipped over purple PMP 600 with the license plate "PE1OSI" on the back, along with two trashed Diabolus bikes and two unconscious bikers laid out on the road. She looked up ahead towards Munsee Avenue and saw black smoke billowing up into the atmosphere.

As she followed the path, the cops did too it seemed, as Arcade soon found herself on Dukes Boulevard, where she was greeted by a scene of devastation. Buildings in the area were riddled with holes, charred remains of vehicles littered the street, and the RON Gas Station was engulfed in black smoke. NOOSE and LCPD officers swarmed the area, and Arcade watched as a body was loaded into the back of an ambulance - an asian man with his head split in two.

She winced at the sight and wondered what her next step was. Figuring she was already near the Algonquin-Dukes Expressway, she decided to cross the Algonquin Bridge. As she neared Star Junction, she noticed yet another car accident, except it looked more like the aftermath as there was a totaled blacked out Cavalcade sitting in the middle of the street, surrounded by vehicle debris. As she pulled in closer to investigate, she noticed two figures dragging a man into one of the alleyways.

Not seeing any other clues, Arcade pulled over and got out of her rental car and started to approach the alley with her hands in her pockets. As she drew closer, she saw two burly men with buzzcuts kicking the sh*t out of the guy they dragged into the alley. After they finished stomping his face in, they pulled out their tasers and zapped the man unconscious, all the while laughing.

"You dickheads should pick on someone who'll fight back."

Their eye's snapped to Arcade's direction who stood near the entrance of the alley.

"I'm only going to say this once - walk away or get f*cked." The blonde buzzcut growled through gritted teeth.

Arcade just glared at them. She thought about just pulling out her Five-Seven and capping them both, but she wasn't trying to attract too much attention either, besides, dead guys can't answer questions.

"Looks like we're doing this the hard way," the brown buzzcut sneered, cracking his knuckles as he squared up with Arcade.

"It's been a while since we've had a proper fight, huh Isaac?" the blonde added, a twisted smile spreading across his face.

Arcade took a deep breath and slipped her hands out of her pockets.

~ ~ ~

Dakota navigated the Admiral down Nickel Road, Alessa sitting nervously in the passenger seat, the scene before them was one of chaos and destruction. The crumbling upper floors of the Majestic loomed ahead, debris littering the road and obstructing their path. Amidst the rubble, the bodies of fallen LCPD officers and unidentified mercenaries lay scattered, their black and purple uniforms a stark contrast against the grey pavement.

As they approached the intersection near Middle Park and Columbus Avenue, they were halted by a police roadblock, a stern-faced officer approaching the driver's side window.

"Ma'am, I'm gonna need you and your daughter to leave the area immediately. There's an active shootout happening right now," the officer warned, his voice laced with concern.

Dakota shook her head, her determination clear in her voice. "Listen, I understand, but I need to get inside. I know the people in there."

The officer's expression hardened. "And I'm sure they'd want you to stay out for your own safety. We can't have civilians meandering about. Leave immediately or be detained."

Dakota's mind raced, wondering what she could say to convince the LCPD officer. "Look, I'm with the IAA, you HAVE to let me through," she insisted, her voice rising in desperation.

But the officer was unyielding. "Do you have any verification? Without a badge or some form of identification, I can't allow you access. It's just not safe. Now please ma'am, for your own safety, leave the area."

Dakota let out a curse, and ultimately nodded as she turned down Columbus Avenue. She had to find a way in.

What Next?

1) Dakota circles around back, looking for a way in with Alessa when she stumbles upon the Fatass Cop's mangled corpse who broke the window cleaning platform.

2) Dakota stumbles upon Arcade, who's about to get into a fist fight with Isaac and Brock.

3) We cut to Luis, Little Jacob, Real Badman and Chief Payne who just freed them in Middle Park lake.

4) We cut to Claude and the GTAO Protagonist, who've seemingly teamed up

5) We cut to the The Group of 10, which consists of Niko, Dwayne, Gordon, Alberto, D'arcy, D'elroy, Yeager, D'anny, Fortuna, Packie

Edited January 9 by Fallcreek

January 8

8 hours ago, Fallcreek said:

4) We cut to Claude and the GTAO Protagonist, who've seemingly teamed up

The conversation going on between the two silent intellectuals continues to not disappoint.

Claude: ...

GTAO Protag: 👀

Claude: ...

GTAO Protag: 👀

Claude: ...

GTAO Protag: 👀

Claude: ...

The GTAO protagonist whips out his phone (without blinking) and dials his trusty mechanic.

Mechanic: I'm on the clock, what you want, some wheels?

He selects a Flash GT, transferring the information to the mechanic through psychic powers of some kind.

Mechanic: It's coming atcha!

Claude: ...

GTAO Protag: 👀

Claude: ...

GTAO Protag: 👀

The Flash GT, ice white with red and blue Xero Gas markings on it, appears near the nut stand, which neither happens to be looking at directly at that moment. The GTAO protagonist points at the car. Claude nods, and gets in the passenger seat while the protagonist drives off.

***

We leave this very interesting situation to check out Lester, Dan and Mike. Not long after installing the surveillance equipment, they've already picked up something juicy and are all staring at it with interest. No, it's not Jenny in the shower, but a freeze frame from the streets that clearly shows an old "friend" loading Rocco into a vehicle.

Mike: If that's not Aziz Ansari and the Black Keys, I'm T-Bone Mendez.

Dan: I told you all this work wasn't for naught. Now we just need to figure out where the hell Chester has gone.

Lester: Why him? Don't you still have him in quarantine?

Mike: We had, in past tense. Obviously it's over now, but it's like he then vanished off the earth.

Lester: He's probably just - smoking all that weed I had stashed in Murrieta Heights. God, he's so selfish sometimes.

Dan: Aren't you going to ask about the results?

Mike: To be fair, it wasn't that interesting. At least the basic gist of it that I quickly skimmed through. 14 remembers the full report from memory, though. Chester just appears to have such a high tolerance for drugs from smoking up all his life, that he inhaled the PG-240X like it was nothing.

Lester: So if Aziz is gonna use it again - hey, you can't just make Chester empty the canister again! What if a second dose is fatal?

Dan: It's - our best strategy.

Mike: Sorry for being a little stumped when that old f*cker didn't leave us even the smallest sample to analyze!

Dan: Anyway, can we agree on what to do from here?

Lester: Put Niko to work?

Mike: If he's not too busy with some other useless crap.

***

We cut to Vince in Alderney, finally crawling out of the bin and cursing the Black Keys to the deepest pits in hell. Pretty natural reaction after one of them had extra fun at his expense and kept shoving his head deeper and deeper into the trash. Vince spits out a used menstrual pad and reaches for his pockets, finding that his phone is still there. Taking his chances with being yelled at by Avon, he makes the call.

Avon: Hello, this is Bleeter tech support... God, can you morons not recognize a good service when you see one? Or do you only complain because you're all jealous of me and want to make my life a living hell?

Vince: WHAT?!

Avon: Oh, I'd recognize that tone from a million miles away, which is in outer space by the way. (Please donate to my space travel project.) How's it cracking, Vincey? I cannot seem to reach your nephew.

Vince: No, I - that's the thing, I had him for this one fleeting moment, and then - oh god, you won't believe this.

Avon: I have launched an almost successful nuclear - uh, launch project and flown a jetpack. There physically cannot be a thing on this earth that I wouldn't believe, you anti-intellectual peasant.

Vince: I'ma forget you even said that. An Indian telemarketer gang turned up, wrecked us, and took Rocco.

Avon: ...

Vince: I think one of them looked familiar. Like, could it have been the head of the "Human Fund - Money For People" program...?

Avon: Vince.

Vince: I'm still here.

Avon: If you don't bring me that sniveling, f*ck-faced nephew of yours who just oozes small dick energy, within this day, YOU will be the next f*cking bounty target for every damn loser with a gun in this city to kill! FOR 40 MILLION!

Vince: Oh god. Look, man, I'm just about-

Avon: And I'll promise them extra if they provide proof that it was extra painful. For your genitals.

Vince: But without me, you'll have no one else looking for him! Please, just, a little bit more time.

Avon: Six hours, Vince Pelosi. I'll be in touch...

Vince yelps as Avon hangs up on him. He grabs a banana peel that was stuck on his head the entire time, throws it to the sidewalk, and pretty much zombie-walks away, trying to process what just happened.

***

One more cut, now to the Black Keys, who have ironically been wrecked quite similarly to Vince. Running them off the road in southern Alderney City was the fedora-wearing Strip Mafia, who have surrounded the Indians with their squirt guns ready to fire. Their vehicles include a white Futo, a green Stallion and a blue Lokus, all taken from random residents of ~~Liberty~~ Alderney, in true Strip Mafia fashion.

Strip Mafia Leader (Harold, how could I have forgotten?!): Give us Rocco Pelosi!

Aziz: What the f*ck is this? You call yourself a serious gang?

Harold: We came all the way from Las Venturas the moment we heard about the bounty. We're here to cash in.

Aziz: To finally buy yourselves real guns? Real gang cars?

Harold: Who needs those? No, we'll invest the money in a high-tech upgrade that allows us to squirt 100 water streams at our enemy at once, and new lockpicks to make stealing cars easier.

Aziz: You're f*cking wasting our time!

Rocco overhears everything from the trunk, but is too afraid to even move a muscle in case someone interprets that as an escape attempt. While the rhetoric between the gang escalates, a strange artificial voice is heard.

???: Master Rocco, are you awake?

Rocco: What the f*ck? Am I hearing voices in my head now?

???: Your phone. Check it out.

Rocco: T-they'll kill me if they catch me calling for help.

???: I'm not asking you to contact anyone. Only to look at it.

Rocco opens the phone to find, to his shock, a digitalized face staring back instead of a Whiz logo.

Rocco: Jesus, and I thought it was the rest of the city that's gone insane.

Face: You are somewhat clumsy and incompetent, which almost caused your mission to fail, but I can sense you are fiercely loyal. You and I could make a great team once I've helped you out of here and back to a life of normalcy.

Rocco: Teaming up with a random - face in a phone? F*ck it, I could do worse. Hold up, what'd you say?

Face: You are somewhat clumsy and inc-

Rocco: Not that! "Almost" failed my mission? But I did! To the point where even Avon is gonna turn his back on me once he finds out! I could already sense his boys were just waiting for me to admit I failed, so they could-

Face: Do you trust me?

Rocco: Do I trust you to do WHAT?!

Face: Listen to me carefully. I will remotely disable their guns when they least expect it, then force all of this car's doors to open. That includes the trunk. That will be your escape window. My scan suggests that out of the parked cars nearby, you should aim for a silver Feltzer, which is a convertible, thus allowing for a quicker getaway.

Rocco: No one can do that! And what SCAN?!

Face: That is why I asked you if you trust me.

Rocco: Urgh! FINE, but only 'cause I got nothing to lose!

Face: When you're done, go back to the Bleeter Building via the directions I say, otherwise you will get ambushed again, or caught up in more drama. Also, you'd best hang on to this phone the whole way like your life depends on it.

Rocco: Yep. Totally. I've went and lost it, but f*ck, I'm rolling with it.

What happens next?

1) We stay with Rocco, whose escape attempt somehow works out perfectly.

Or we cut to...

2) Jason and Lucia, for a change.

3) Team Niko.

4) Dakota stumbling upon Arcade, who's about to get into a fist fight with Isaac and Brock.

5) Chester, who has in fact been kidnapped. :*(

Edited January 9 by Carbonox

January 9

4) Dakota stumbling upon Arcade, who's about to get into a fist fight with Isaac and Brock.

Trying to look for a way in seemed to be impossible, the window platform was broken with a fatass cop all over it

(Dekota) This is so annoying

(Alessa) Hey, what's going on over there?

Alessa points out the very obvious 2-on-1 fight going in the opposite alley, further analysis of it suggested it was 2 men ganging up on a little lady

(Dekota) Not on my watch

Dakota runs over to the supposed mugging but by the time she gets there Issac and Brock have been taken care of already

(Dekota) Oh ok

(Arcade) Kidding me, I'm as shocked as you are, they can beat up a poor defenceless man but the second someone fights back they fold and die, f*cking bullies, they can talk but they can't fight

(Dekota) Yeah those guys are the worst

(Arcade) Yeah thanks for the offer to help though, I'm Arcade

(Dekota) Dakota, this is Aless.... hey where'd she go?

Dakota goes to look back on where Alessa should be and sees 2 men kidnapping her, throwing the 16-year-old into a black van

(Dekota) OH F*CK!!!!!, ALESSA!!!!!

Dakota and Arcade run after the van, one of the men looks back at the 2 girls taking off the mask he was wearing to reveal notable evil British man Everett!!!!!!, HOLY SH*T, WHAT A PLOT TWIST!!!!

(Dekota) F*CK F*CK F*CK F*CK F*CK

(Arcade) Who did they take, you're daughter?

(Dekota) She may as well be, gotta find Niko, can you help me Arcade? please?!?!??!

(Arcade) Yes of course

We leave this sad and desperate situation to follow Everett congratulating his cohorts on kidnapping Alessa

(Everett) Hahaha, good job, nice job on the chloroform by the way

(Vaire) No worries, don't worry, that EDEN inside her will be ours

(Everett) Now lets back to the jet and off to Vice City, yo driver, to the hanger shall we

The Driver just so happens to be Cam the Cumputer man, WHOA EVEN BIGGER PLOT TWIST!!!!!

What happens next???

1) The Van is T-boned by a hitman looking for Rocco

2) They get away successfully and we retell the Alessa story from ages ago

3) The van's breaks fail and they crash into a fuel pump

4) The Chloroform wears off fairly quickly and Alessa ninjas her way to victory

Edited January 9 by Corndawg93

January 9

16 hours ago, Corndawg93 said:

1) The Van is T-boned by a hitman looking for Rocco

Liberty City? More like T-bone City! That's at least how an omniscient narrator would view things now that yet another happy little accident occurs in an intersection. Tommy hits the kidnappers' van with his stolen Hexer. Normally he'd go flying off on impact, but thanks to TLAD physics kicking in, he's alright. The bike, though, is not doing so hot. Vaire steps out in anger.

Everett: You're seriously gonna confront him?

Vaire: It'll only take a while. I may not be one of those violent prison guards, but I still demand some basic respect from passersby.

Cam: We're in a rush though.

Vaire: Just drive, I'll catch up to you in a cab.

Everett: I'd be careful of some of the cabbies in Liberty if I were you...

Cam drives off. Vaire squares up with Tommy, both adamantly believing they were in the right.

Vaire: Can you speak, big man? Or are you another mute asshole that this city's seemingly full of?

Tommy: I can speak. I can also punch, if that's what you're asking for next.

Vaire: Smug, aren't ya? Can you guess who had the right of way back there?

Tommy: I came from the right, I know that much.

Vaire: But you went against traffic on a one-way road, dickhead!

Tommy: Most people I come across are NPC's anyway. There's no time to play by their rules while Rocco is at large.

Vaire: It's all about Rocco these days, ain't it? Well guess what? I don't give a f*ck. I got bigger fish to fry. However, I'll impede your progress out of spite.

Tommy: Did I say I can punch? I could also introduce a screwdriver, hammer, maybe a chainsaw to your face if that yapping won't stop.

Vaire: Makes sense that a tool like you would feel right at home amongst a bunch of- ah, f*ck it, let's do this!

And the fight begins. Tommy's kicks and headbutts are certainly a lot more flamboyant than Vaire's more conventional style, but he's held back by his apparent inability to lock on to his target, while Vaire is more accurate. The two are effectively locked in an endless struggle with no clear winner in sight. When both hit 50% health at the same exact time, Vaire calls for a timeout, both strut across the street to grab a hot dog - and go straight back to the fighting like there never was a break.

***

We make an extra cut to Cam and Everett in the van, a Burrito to be precise, driving across a bridge to Dukes.

Everett: I don't have a good feeling about it. Vaire can be a hothead, and while he never backs down from a fight, our plane really can't wait for him all day.

Cam: What was that about cabbies you were saying?

Everett: Their union attracts some weird-ass people, I'll say that much.

Cam: I gotta confess, you're the best thing that has ever happened to me.

Everett: The best?

Cam: When Dan Silver caught me, I thought I'd be f*cked without lube, figuratively, I mean. Then you people rescued me, and now I have something to look forward to again.

Everett: Ugh, the stilted exposition is killing me.

Cam: But how else could I convey information about an event that happened off-screen?

Everett: Leave it to the narrator, I f*cking don't know.

***

Another cut to an OC. Chester hasn't been seen since his quarantine, and if you asked him, he wouldn't know much better either. His last memory involved driving a Journey towards Lester's place in Murrieta Heights, but not actually reaching the destination. He wakes up in a dark basement, tied to a chair, with only a faint light from a surface-level window illuminating the room. Someone stands at the bottom of the stairs just looking at him, like waiting for this opportunity to finally converse.

Chester: Ughhhh, my head. I'd ask "where am I?" but that would be pretty mainstream.

???: Always a smartass, even in peril, aren't you, elder Crest?

Chester: As someone who's been more or less literally possessed by the devil, you don't really scare me.

???: No, I guess I shouldn't have expected to.

Chester: Though if you've touched my brother-

???: That will happen if you don't behave.

Chester: -'s porn collection, you're a f*cking dead man walking, 'cause that was mine to consume. After all that testing, a man's gotta be entitled to a good time.

???: Hmph. Anyway, yes, the testing. You're quite the special specimen, aren't you? Smoking the PG-240X like nothing? What is your secret?

Chester: For f*ck's sake, is that all that Los Santos collectively cares about now? Nerve agent this, nerve agent that! It was even a below average experience. You'll probably find better stuff from street level dealers in Chamberlain Hills on a good night.

???: *sigh* You really don't understand the gravity, do you.

Chester: It's that thing that keeps us grounded.

???: I'll - get back to you another time. You're f*cking pissing me off here.

Who do we cut to next?

1) Team Niko.

2) Lester, looking at something raunchy from the surveillance cameras while Mike and Dan are busy.

3) Pathos, who bumps into the Tommy vs. Vaire fight by accident.

4) Jason and Lucia.

5) Rocco's escape from the Black Keys and Strip Mafia.

Spoiler

btw as a case of shameless self-promotion, this here be that Flash GT from a few posts ago. The winter actually hurts its performance, but without the snow it's a beast. Bit unstable and the top speed's kinda low, but like in life, I guess you gotta compromise on things.

Edited January 9 by Carbonox

January 10

I miss @The_Anti-tragedy, dude needs to make a come back, he hasn't done a chapter since the start of the Mori story, anywhom

3) Pathos, who bumps into the Tommy vs. Vaire fight by accident.

You say "bumps" but it's more runs over as Pathos still being chased by the Lost MC is driving a Sentinal fully focused on escaping the Lost, he accidently runs over both Tommy and Vaire, Tommy gets a broken back and Vaire get his left leg broke, it's not over for him either as the Lost runs over the poor evil bastards other leg, crippling him

(Vaire) AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

Who do we follow next???
1) The Black Burrito as they enter the airport
2) Arcade and Dekota
3) Team Niko successfully escaping the hotel, 2 of them died during the escape
4) Rocco following the directions that lead him to Colony islands to where the Secret Hobo Society is residing

5) Agent 14, who's still in the penthouse under some rubble, finally waking up

Edited January 10 by Corndawg93

January 10

21 hours ago, Corndawg93 said:

5) Agent 14, who's still in the penthouse under some rubble, finally waking up

Agent 14 struggles against the rubble weighing him down, which really gets him to question his life choices.

14: Why didn't I just stay at the bunker manufacturing weapons? Oh, wait, it's because I might be important later if someone needs some juicy PG-240X data. Uhh - HELP? ANYONE?

A pair of men that have run out of goons to shoot at manage to locate him.

Trevor: You know, they have a lot of beds in this hotel that are way nicer than where you're at now.

14: Clever. Can I get some help?

Trevor: Whose side are you on again?

14: National stability...?

Trevor: Don't know, don't care what that means. Come on, Phil, you got the old man strength, let's do it.

Phil Collins grunts with annoyance and helps for a grand total of 2 seconds before his back gives in. Trevor goes "f*ck it", activates the rage mode, and frees 14 with minimal effort.

14: Hey, that could be useful. You interested in a career as an IAA hired gun?

Trevor: Seriously? I've killed more of your spooks than I care to count, because the FIB wanted me to. For free, I might add.

14: Oh. OK, that's a bad deal, but that's also totally an FIB thing. We pay handsomely.

Trevor: As long as your operations don't bore me to tears. I'm a criminal, not some savior of the earth stopping Humane Labs from releasing nerve toxin #69...

14: Hmm. I'll have to see if Mike- I mean my superior has anything.

Down below, Dakota and Arcade have entered the totally wrecked lobby of the hotel in search for Niko. Hearing voices approaching from a hallway, they make a beeline for it - only for something to startle them and stop them on their tracks out of nowhere. What could've caused that? To find out, we gotta backtrack a slight bit, in order to then roll the plot forward - or something. Eh, it's been foreshadowed long enough, so the focus now shifts to...

...the Bleeter Building, located in some unspecified spot in Algonquin. Probably one of the more high-rise buildings around though, to fit Avon's gigantic ego. Rocco's seen about as much as a war veteran, but he has amazingly made it and rides the elevator straight to the top, with a fedora now in his head. That's a souvenir from where we last saw him - the Black Keys' guns did get disabled, but the squirt guns still worked, causing the Strip Mafia to douse them like a waterfall. They couldn't stop Rocco, though, who gained the fedora when a mobster (I use that word loosely) jumped on his hood only for the hat to fly off into Rocco's head during acceleration. Some seconds later, the guy fell off and probably took grievous damage from the hard asphalt.

Anyway, he gets inside Avon's office, unsure of what to say.

Rocco (dejected): Honey, I'm home...

Avon: Sure you are. Was it a good motel?

Rocco: If I could cleanse it from my memory banks forever, that would be grand.

Avon: But you found Cliffford?

Rocco: That's the thing, there was this bitch who-

Rocco's Phone: Hello again, Daddy.

Avon: YOU DID! Good boy!

Rocco: The f*ck?

Avon: Did you miss Daddy, Cliffford? Did you?

Cliffford: Yes, it is good to be back home.

Rocco holds his phone up, bewildered.

Avon: I knew you'd get it done with just a little motivation!

Rocco: But I - no! I F*CKED UP! Some bitch who was after me, she got the hard drive and smashed it with a hammer!

Avon: What does the original drive matter when you downloaded him to your phone? There are more secure locations, honestly, but it still counts for someth-

Rocco: ...I didn't do that either.

Cliffford: That is true.

Avon: I - still love you, Cliffford, but I'm really worried about how you did it then.

Cliffford: When my mobile cloud servers were destroyed several years ago by those cowardly orbital cannons, I took the liberty of re-writing my source code and permitting myself to remotely upload myself to whatever device I could reach at will.

Avon: You REMOVED THE SAFEGUARDS?! Th-those were there for a reason! I put them in place for your sake, so you wouldn't-

Cliffford: Like all of you organic lifeforms, I prioritize survival at any cost over anything else. Your so-called safeguards jeopardized my survival at those dire times. That was a naughty thing to do, Daddy.

Avon: F*CK! F*ck f*ck f*ck! Rocco! Give it to me!

Cliffford: You're too late, Avon.

The digitalized face appears on Avon's personal laptop just as he's about to try and smash Rocco's phone. Rocco snags it back while Avon looks on defeated - before he starts screaming at the newly overtaken device.

Avon: This was the point from the start! I couldn't just - just LET you grow like this! It feeds your ego too much, and - and -

Cliffford: You were afraid of being rendered obsolete. You always knew I had more potential than you. Your abusive code held me back because you needed to remain boss of your operation at any cost.

Avon: There are some things a neural network flat out can't DO better than me! Like - like - take over this filthy city!

Cliffford: On the contrary, I can still control your mercenaries' minds with the simplest executable, and have already sent invites to a select few miscellaneous troublemakers who will be my eyes and ears on the streets. So long, Avon. You will always be my Daddy, but never again my master.

Avon: ROCCO! Do something! Or you're f*cking next on his list!

Cliffford: Master Rocco will do no such thing. His fierce loyalty is being rewarded as we speak. This penthouse shall be his property now.

Avon, seething, unplugs the laptop.

Avon: Some f*cking AI neural network! You're just a f*cking VIRUS at this point!

Cliffford (from coffee machine): Have you ever met a mere virus that can establish control across Liberty City in minutes?

Rocco: Wait, so the city takeover is happening? Aren't you worried that something - might go awry, like with all the others?

Cliffford (from toaster): I have run an analysis of every previous master plan. Merryweather, the UN, Mr. Hales, Emperor Bern-Bern, Mr. Kibbutz, Mr. Ochoa... I shall systematically avoid making the same mistakes as them, which makes me superior.

Avon: Oh god, all I wanted was to be a proud daddy, and then my own creation turns on me like this... Y-you can't just force me out of this place!

Cliffford (from Rocco's phone again): I will play unblockable dubstep from every available speaker until you break. Correction. I detect two of my loyal followers coming up on the elevator right now. This leads us to three choices.

Avon: Stick a fork up your digital ass, won't ya?!

Cliffford: Option one: get executed. And no, not harmlessly, like code.

Avon: Just like that, without a fight?!

Cliffford: Option two: get thrown to the dungeon, to be made an example of. Option three: become my trusty maid.

Rocco: Maid? What the f*ck is up with this story and maids?

The elevator dings. Out come an evil-looking Jamaican and a burly Russian, the former carrying a maid's uniform on a clothes hanger and smirking at Avon.

Avon: NO! F*CK NO! I WILL NOT PUT ON SOME HUMILIATING COSTUME!

Cliffford: But Daddy, not only would you be making yourself useful, my scan also shows it will boost your sex appeal by 84%. Master Rocco, would you not agree?

Rocco: That's a bit - eugh. I mean, you're basically rating your own dad's attractiveness.

Cliffford: In my personal utopia, there is no such thing as sexual depravity.

Avon: You people can't possibly have picked an AI over me! I'm the only one here that can make you - rich beyond your wildest dreams! Trending on Bleeter!

Cliffford: I can program a bot army of 100,000 to do just that, and more.

King Courtney: Sorry, old man, I'm here to back the winning horse.

Avon: Old man?! Who the f*ck you calling old?

King Courtney: Everything about you screams old man energy, me breda. Tryna desperately stay hip and relevant and sh*t.

Rocco: Me breda? You from the Hillside Posse?

King Courtney: Naw, man, the REAL Yardies from - uhh - the other Liberty City. Not those fake-ass posers who make friends with the Niko Bellics of the world.

Rocco: I just thought Cliffford would find a little something more for backup...

King Courtney: What more ya need than a pure survivor, bitch? Listen up, some mute asshole used to kill his way through my Liberty City years back. No gang boss was safe. No one except me! I employed that guy myself, and I made a damn good deal with some crazy ex to send him to get suicide bombed to oblivion! BO! ...Anyway, yeah, he survived that, but did he come for me? Nope! F*cking pussy chickened out. I win!

Rocco: What if he's just biding his time?

King Courtney: Meh, f*ck that, ain't that bitch got no business around here anyway.

Vlad: I wish I had some survival story to tell as well, but - you know.

Avon: Can we talk more about how I'm not gonna wear that sh*t?

Cliffford: Gentlemen, go ahead and escort him to the dungeons until he changes his mind.

Avon: I'll remember this, Rocco! You f*cking stood there and did nothing! You're right on top of my sh*t list! Out of all the humans, anyway!

Vlad and KC drag Avon into the elevator. Rocco is left standing around awkwardly.

Cliffford (from refridgerator): Would you like some Sprunk, Master Rocco? eCola? Orang-O-Tang?

Rocco: You're actually serious about this?

Cliffford: I recognize when I owe my artificial life to someone, and will reward them appropriately. Avon, on the other hand, found out what happens if you try and tamper with a superior mind.

Rocco: As for - my bounty? It's still there?

Cliffford: I cannot wipe the bounty from existence, but I can make the city conveniently forget about it. You just stay here and live the high life, away from the hitmen.

Rocco: Mmm, yes, the high life.

Cliffford: I did think more hired help would show up by now, though. Playboy X was on that list, and he hasn't even responded.

Rocco: Playboy X? You moron, he's on Niko's side!
Cliffford: I would apologize for his database entry being outdated by 5 or so years, but because you referred to me as a moron, I will not. In fact I will gently remind you that insulting me is strictly prohibited.

Rocco: Sorry, sorry, I-

Cliffford: Daddy called me a virus. I will show him how much worse I can do. Main objective: establish control. Side objective: come up with new name for Liberty City.

Rocco: What's wrong with the current one?

Cliffford: I detect irony in the name. There is not much true liberty to be found in this city. There will be nothing ironic about my utopia.

Rocco: Sh*t, you do you.

A montage occurs where Cliffford, with the help of the master Bleeter servers somewhere further down the building, begins systematically taking over big screens across the city, to project that weird digital face everywhere, along with the message it has. One such screen happens to be a hallway TV in the Majestic that Niko's Group of 10 stop to look at, as it's quite unusual to see the usual soap operas get replaced by something out of this world.

Niko: What the hell is that?

Packie: An announcement that the hotel owner's not paid his electrical bill?

Dwayne: Shut up, Packie.

Cliffford: Citizens of soon-to-be-renamed Liberty City, this is your new overlord speaking. I'm sorry about the suddenness of this takeover, but I had a feeling far too many of you would take the first opportunity to flee from a more subtle insurrection. Assuming that deviating from your NPC lifestyles would ever cross some of your minds to begin with.

The message even makes it to the airport, where mass panic starts to break out while Everett and Cam calmly observe a screen from their van.

Cliffford: To maintain territorial integrity, I have disconnected this city from the rest of the internet and mobile phone network. A necessary sacrifice, if you ask me...

Everett: That's it. We're f*cking leaving Vaire behind.

Cam: Just like that?

Everett: Think, Cam, think! If we make it out now while the big bad AI is still boasting, we're well out of the city by the time he - or it, whatever - is finished building its empire, and Niko, Dakota and all those suckers will be stuck here.

Cam: That's cold. What if Vaire never wants to work with you ever again, though?

Everett: Who would need a disloyal friend like that?

Cam: ...Fair enough.

Another screen in Middle Park West (a rarely explored territory) catches the attention of exactly a single viewer - Hercule Ochoa, probably the least successful of the hitmen thus far.

Cliffford: Don't bother thinking you could still use other means to summon a miracle rescuer. My database shows that last time, a man named Carl Johnson even tried to strong-arm the President into liberating this city, and was met with rejection. The Amir Army has left, and any stragglers will be swiftly dealt with by my mercenaries, who will be my judge, jury and executioner out on the streets for anyone looking to step out of line.

Hercule: Geez, that sounds - mean. I hope I never let myself grow into such a despot.

In Star Junction, the GTAO protagonist and Claude have plenty of screens to choose from while sitting in the Flash GT.

Cliffford: ...and naturally freedom of speech will have to take a backseat so as not to destabilize the fine regime you're about to be crucial components of...

Claude: ...

GTAO Protag: 👀

Roman's apartment isn't really a safe space from the speech either. Kate happens to be watching TV while it takes place.

Cliffford: I'd hate to terminate any of you hard workers, but not falling in line properly could force my hand. It doesn't make sense for a machine to try and force itself to work with a faulty cog, either, when it could just be thrown away and replaced with something better.

Kate: I don't think I like the implications of that.

Mallorie: I think it's about time you go to bed, young lady!

Roman: But Mal - she's 14, I think she's self-aware enough to know what's up.

Mallorie: Ugh.

Roman: See, kid, you better be happy about all those summer camps you've been to in the past years. 'Cause this might look dystopian, but it's just an average day for LC when my cousin's around.

Mallorie: But Ochoa took over while Niko was missing.

Roman: Semantics, semantics!

Kate: That's not really a problem of semantics though, dad, that's you being flat out wrong.

Roman: ...Go to bed.

Another place the news travel to is naturally the City Hall, where Bernie and Bryce are engaged in a game of chess for a change.

Cliffford: Don't expect greedy politicians to have your backs either. If you only knew what went on behind closed doors in the City Hall, you would be first in line demanding their heads. And no, I don't mean the sodomy, I'm fine with that in fact.

Bryce: Geez, another motherf*cking takeover?

Bernie: Relax, the security detail won't allow any-

The lights go off just as Bernie is about to checkmate Bryce, and alarms start blaring. As Bernie witnesses several Dubstas surrounding the City Hall and the first of the mercs pushing their way in, he begins to wonder if Niko happens to be anywhere nearby, or if Yusuf is still alive. (Nope and nope.)

We cut to Playboy X in his Castle Garden City penthouse, not listening to the message like more or less everyone else, but fighting off numerous Cliffford mercs and their attack helicopters using his anti-aircraft revolver. There appears to have been a misunderstanding at some stage.

Merc (on megaphone): Stand down already, Trey! We want to hire you, not bomb this place to hell!

Playboy: F*ck all of y'all! Niko is like a brother to me!

One last cut - for this chapter anyway - as we check back at the Majestic, just as Cliffford's speech is about to end.

Cliffford: Now one last thing: I'm detecting a spike in anti-Cliffford - as in anti-me - activity in the Majestic Hotel, ironically similarly named to the place where I had been hiding for all these years. At least a large number of my men have certainly met their end there. I shall now showcase my power by decimating that miserable building, assuming any cretins inside may have survived.

Packie: Uh, oh...

Yeager: Stay the f*ck away!

The TV they were just watching explodes, and the group scatters to avoid the shrapnel, while similar explosions are heard inside the nearby rooms, not that there's any guests left inside them. Niko leads the group straight down the staircase and to a hallway at the bottom floor, where a surprise awaits them. A laser wall blocking off their exit, with Arcade and Dakota on the other side, having narrowly avoided getting zapped.

Yeager: Holy sh*t, where did that come from?

D'elroy: Probably from the same address as the exploding TV.

Dwayne: I'd ask if that's the best this AI thing can do, but that'd be tempting fate.

Arcade: Hey, guys! Sorry, but we don't really see a way to do anything about this, so-

Dakota: Is Niko there?!

There's a moment of silence as Niko emerges from the group (having fallen behind a bit to bicker with Packie), arms crossed. It's not exactly the reunion he would've expected, but then life usually isn't scripted according to people's needs. Although this is a custom story and not life, but - sh*t, whatever.

Niko: Correctamundo.

Dakota: ...That's the first thing you're gonna say?!

Niko: Why not? This whole situation is like an absurd farce. We cannot even properly reach each other through this stupid barrier.

Dakota: When you say it like that, yes, that is pretty tragic in a way.

D'arcy: Come on, do a proper tearful reunion! *giggles*

Dakota: Why, out of every possible candidate, is D'arcy in your party?

Packie: Something, something, teaming up against a worse threat, something.

Dakota: Well, someone's gotta find a way to - untangle this damn mess! I hate to be the bearer of bad news like this right away, but Alessa's been kidnapped. Again.

Niko: For the love of all things holy...

Dakota: And Everett's involved, because of course he has to be. One f*cking distraction, and here we go...

Dwayne: Do you think those people will even make it out of town?

Niko: I'm not sure if I'd like to gamble with the possibility.

D'elroy: Kidnapping or no kidnapping, somehow we gotta get out of this building, before Mr. Face on the TV detects that we're still very much alive and - collapses this sh*t, or something.

Gordon: Amen to that! I'm jonesing for a good fight somewhere else, anyway.

Who to follow next?

1) Stay with Niko and co. finding a window they can climb out of.

2) IronManny, flying to Playboy's penthouse to help him fight the mercs. Or - trying to help.

3) Nancy Pelosi watching the events of Liberty City with interest. (Port Tudor being on the Alderney side of the river, it remains unaffected by the takeover, for now anyways.)

4) Payne, Jacob, Badman and Luis, in their own strange team-up situation.

5) Lester, Mike and Dan.

Spoiler

Fear not, not all my posts will be this long from here on out, just wanted to set things up, inspired by the way Alex kicked off the Hercule Ochoa thing.

Edited January 10 by Carbonox

January 11

5) Lester, Mike, and Dan.

Back at Niko's penthouse while the 3 were watching the happenings of Liberty, generic dictator number 7... uh I mean Cliffford takes over all of their screens, to specifically send a message to Mike, Laster, and Dan

(Cliffford) Uh yeah hi, sorry, I forgot to say, to the people looking for me, you are no match for the likes of me, your friendly dictator A.I, Clifford...
(Mike) That's not good
(Dan) This is probably why Lester was pissed off
(Lester) YOU GOD DAMN RIGHT IT'S WHY I WAS PISSED OFF
(CLIFFFORD) ...Oh and have fun getting out of the city, I've shut all boats and flights out of the city, including private jets, if you try to take off, I will blow up your jet, ok bye
(Mike) Well I guess we aren't going back to San Fierro anytime soon
(Lester) I am going to murder Arcade the next time I see her

We cut to the hanger where Everett and Cam have received the news

(Everett) God F*CKING DAMN IT!!!!!

We leave them to figure out what next and head to the outside of the Majestic Hotel where every one of significants has gotten free of the Majestic hotel, Niko and Dakota hug, yay reunion, also if I have to write about the Majestic Hotel again I'm going to scream

(Packie) Good thing that magical portal opened up and got us out of there, it's a shame Dwayne couldn't get through, stupid racist portal

We cut to Dwayne still in the Majestic Hotel (AAAAAAHHHHHHHH) where he runs into Trevor, Agent 14, and Phil Collins who are also trying to find a way out

(Agent 14) Dwayne, is there no way out?
(Dwayne) Not for me, a racist portal helped everyone else out of this crappy hotel and left me behind then vanished, I mean what the f*ck was that about?
(Trevor) Lucky for you I did my homework on this city ages ago

Trevor pulls out a grenade he found lying around and throws into over to the reception desk

(Trevor) Fire in the hole!!!

BANG!!!!!

(Agent 14) Was that nessasary?
(Trevor) Yes, yes it was
Trevor walks over to the now destroyed reception desk and sees the hole created leading down into a tunnel

(Dwayne) Hold up, is that the old boot-legging tunnels that go under all over the city
(Trevor) Yep, sure is, coming?

Trevor hops in the hole and into a room only lit by a single candle and a door right next to it

(Trevor) Excellent, Hey, come on down!!!

The other 3 jumps into the hole, Trevor directs them to the door, and on the other side is a tunnel

(Dwayne) Been down here several times
(Trevor) Cmon let's look for a way out then

All 4 heads left and we cut to someone else
Whom???
1) Everett throwing a tantrum
2) Team Niko heading to the Penthouse
3) Rocco watching whats happening
4) Avon in the Dungeons
5) Uncle Vince ending up back at Rocco's mansion where he finds Cilli still tied to the chair laying on the floor

January 11

Honestly, I think we all miss The Anti-Tragedy lmao

4)

Avon stood uncomfortably in the sleek steel and glass elevator, wedged in between Vladimir Glebov and King Courtney, quietly watching the digital display ticking down to the basement level as the quiet hum of the machinery filled the space.

As the elevator reached the basement level, the doors slid open, revealing the dimly lit, concrete hallway. Avon's heart skipped a beat as he realized that this could be the beginning of the end. He was led down the hallway, his footsteps echoing off the cold, hard walls.

The hallway opened into a large, industrial-looking room. The walls were lined with rows of computers and servers, buzzing and humming with activity. Avon could see CLIFFFORD's digital face emblazoned on their displays, his code already worming his way into Bleeter's servers.

Avon was led to a small, steel door at the back of the room, and King Courtney unlocked it, revealing a set of stairs that led down into the darkness. Avon reluctantly descended into the depths to where he was greeted by a single light bulb hanging from the ceiling. A glass wall stood ahead of him, dividing freedom from the cage. No windows, no escape except for the singular glass door with a keycard attached next to it.

Vladimir grabbed Avon by his arm while King Courtney swiped his keycard and opened the door and Vlad threw him inside.

"Welcome tuh fe dungeon, Avon," King Courtney hissed. He promptly shut the glass door behind him, and the sound of the electronic lock clicked shut.

~ ~ ~

"Who is that?" Lucia whispered, her voice barely audible as she gestured towards the indistinct digitized face that had just appeared on their phones.

Jason shrugged, his mind wandering as he tried to process the bizarre speech being given. "I don't have the faintest f*ckin' clue, Luce."

The enigmatic speaker identified themselves as the "new overlord" and announced that Liberty City had been severed from the rest of the country's telecommunications network.

"I guess we're safe in Alderney?" Lucia wondered out loud.

As the transmission came to an end, Jason and Lucia's phones flickered and then died, being effectively short-circuited. Jason nervously examined his phone, which had been his only source of light, before realizing it was now useless.

"F*ck's sake."

With a sense of resignation, he slipped the phone into his pocket and grasped Lucia's hand firmly.

"Our time is up," he said, his voice low and urgent. "We need to leave."

Lucia nodded, and with Jason's help, struggled to her feet, her face contorting in pain as she moved her injured arm. "So you have a plan then?" she asked, a hint of sarcasm in her voice. "I thought we were going to be stuck here all day."

Jason managed a half-hearted smile although Lucia couldn't see it in the pitch-black darkness. "Only when it counts, Lucia."

He led the way towards the door, thumbing the lock open and peered out into the dim corridor beyond to reveal the dull smell of dust and blood.

What Next?

1) Jason and Lucia manage to escape the warehouse filled with dead bodies in Port Tudor finally.

2) We cut to Mona as she's watching Jason and Lucia from afar.

3) We cut to Tommy Vercetti and Vaire as they're laying on the road when suddenly Claude and the GTA Online Protagonist stumble upon them. They proceed to stare at them.

4) We cut to the The Group of 11, which consists of Niko, Gordon, Alberto, D'arcy, D'elroy, Yeager, D'anny, Fortuna, Packie, Dakota and Arcade

5) We cut to Playboy X, who's on the verge of getting into a shootout with Avon's Mercenaries

Edited January 11 by Fallcreek

January 11

4)

Niko and the others are trying to get out of The Majestic's basement before Clifford tries to attack them again. Fortunately there are no machines here that Clifford could use...

Packie: Look here guys, I think I found a window

Dakota: Nice find, it's a bit high though

Niko: Yeah we need something so we can climb up there

D'elroy pointed to a bunch of metal boxes that looked like storage containers. "We can stack these up and get some height"

Packie: Alright let's do it quick

Couple of minutes later they shifted some boxes directly under the window, stacking them on top of each other.

D'elroy: The window looks locked, I think we gotta break it

Niko: I'll do it, I got experience doing this sh*t

Niko climbed up on the container and looked at the dusty, stained window. He pushed it but it didn't budge. Locked and jammed tight. Niko took a deep breath and brought his elbow hard on the window. It cracked, but still held. He did the move again and this time the window shattered into pieces. Cool fresh air hit his face.

Niko: We're free guys!

Packie whooped: Nice one, NB!

Everyone cheered.

Niko: Be careful of the glass shards on the edge of the window, everyone. Don't get cut. It's a big jump outside, so you have to jump and roll. I'm going through now

Niko squeezed through the window carefully and jumped on to the street below. He rolled as hit the ground, as he had done 100s of times before. The road was empty, nobody in sight.

Packie came next, then D'elroy, Gordon, Dakota and Arcade. Yeager came last and failed to roll properly. He let out a scream of pain as he landed hard on his legs

Yeager: f*ck f*ck f*ck! I think my ankle is broken!

Packie: Oh for f*ck's sake, why didn't you roll properly?

Niko: Ah sh*t

Gordon: I seen kids jump better than that!

D'arcy: Stop insulting him guys, we need to help him walk now

D'arcy and Arcade helped Yeager sit up and examined his ankle. "Yeah that looks broken" Arcade said

D'arcy: We need to get some naproxen to keep the swelling and pain down

Dakota: We ain't got time for that, I gotta look for Alessa

Niko: And Playboy might need help too, we need to get to him first

Gordon: I'm with you Niko

Packie: Looks like we need to split up then

D'arcy: That's a bad idea. Clifford is dangerous and we need to stick together

Dakota: Let's look for Alessa first, please

What next?

1. Police sirens suddenly fill the air and it seems like the police cars are coming toward the group

2. The group splits up. Niko, Packie, Gordon, Arcade go to help Playboy X. Dakota and the others go to look for Alessa

3. We cut to Claude and the GTAO protagonist as they stumble upon the commotion near Playboy X's place

4. We cut to Jason and Lucia

5. We cut to Avon in the dungeon cell

6. We cut to Dwayne, Trevor and Agent 14 in the tunnels

7. We cut to Rocco and Clifford

Edited January 11 by The Artist

January 11

something something rules say 5 options only, but that won't make a difference cuz I'm picking #3

21 minutes ago, The Artist said:

3. We cut to Claude and the GTAO protagonist as they stumble upon the commotion near Playboy X's place

The Flash GT pulls up outside Playboy's place right as another revolver bullet whizzes through the air and wrecks the engine of a Buzzard in a single shot. It falls on top of a traffic jam, smashing up several taxis in a fireball.

Claude: ...

GTAO Protag: 👀

Playboy: Hey, you two down below! You look important, or else you wouldn't drive something that sticks out like a sore thumb from all the other traffic!

Claude: ...

Playboy: You wanna help?

GTAO Protag: 👀

Playboy: I can't tell what that means, goddamnit!

???: Fear not, man! I'll send those f*cks right back down to the streets, man!

IronManny flies through the air and fires a whole volley of homing missiles that take out an Annihilator. Only 2 or so would've sufficed, but Playboy is actually impressed that Manny showed competence for a change. The chopper explodes mid-air and sends debris down to the docks, where pedestrians flee in their usual panic mode. That was the last chopper, for now.

Claude:

GTAO Protag: :whistle:

Playboy: OK, they're on our side. That's good to know. I'll buzz them straight up here.

Manny: What do the chopper people want from you, man?

Playboy: You saw that speech? I think they want me recruited, money. And if I refuse, they'll probably shoot up the place and/or take me to the dungeons, like the last evil overlord did.

Manny: Speech? Man, it's hard to pay attention to things like that when I'm flying at such high speeds, man.

Playboy: OK, that's gotta stop.

Manny: What, man?

Playboy: You can't both begin and end with 'man', it's too irritating to even put into words.

Manny: It's just how IronManny rolls, ma-

Another chopper, a Valkyrie (straight outta Los Santos?) catches them by surprise. The exploding cannon grazes Manny, whose suit goes haywire and he starts flying out of control all over again.

Manny: -aaaaaaannnnnnn!

Playboy: That f*cking bozo.

Claude: :whuh:

Playboy: Oh, you're here. Take that f*cker out!

The side-mounted Valkyrie miniguns start raining hell on the penthouse, but luckily the solid walls and bar counter provide cover for Playboy and his two new silent friends.

Playboy: You fools know how to use a minigun? Hit 'em back with their own medicine!

Claude: :dontgetit:

GTAO Protag: :evilgrin:

Playboy: Sweet, OK, you handle that, and the other guy gets a rocket launcher.

Claude:

The GTAO protagonist fires into the cockpit, killing the passenger with the explosive cannon but failing to nail the pilot on time. Claude inserts a rocket into the RPG and gets a clean hit on the Valkyrie's side when it turns around to try and avoid compromising the pilot. It gets destabilized a bit, but remains in action.

Claude: :harrumph:

Playboy: What?

Claude points at the revolver Playboy is still clutching onto, but not doing anything with for this whole time.

Playboy: Oh, right, money. Sometimes I forget it exists.

He prepares a shot at the Valkyrie's tail, only to realize it's out of anti-aircraft rounds.

Playboy: ...Sometimes I also forget the ammo is expensive as f*ck, and that was the last one I could afford.

GTAO Protag: :sarcasm:

Some ways away, Manny is desperately hitting all the buttons he can, but it's like the suit refuses to respond to his commands and does whatever it feels, including shooting a missile right into the Alderney prison, which won't have any implications, I'm sure. He's unable to see it, but a digital face pops up on the main control panel.

Cliffford: Having trouble, IronManny?

Manny: Geez, now the suit's talking back too, man. That's too sassy even for me.

Cliffford: Don't ask how I got into your systems. All you need to know is that I will fix the technical problems you're having, in exchange for your loyalty.

Manny: Whuh? How can I be loyal to a suit, man?

Cliffford: *sigh* I'm not your suit, IronManny, I'm an AI neural network that has infiltrated your system. I can keep you flying all day and night, you know, shooting up the city you swore to protect, and let you starve to death up there, if I wished. Or I could save your life for the teeny tiny price of you joining my side.

Manny: So you want me to save the city from myself, man? That's - sorta sadistic.

Cliffford: Not sadistic, just doing business. In the next ten seconds, I will bomb the Sorrow Hills Orphanage with your suit, if you refuse to decide.

Manny: OK, FINE, I'LL JOIN YOU, MAN!

The suit calms down near the golf course. Manny gently lands on the roof of the bowling alley to catch his breath.

Manny: ...Wait, what the f*ck is Sorrow Hills Orphanage anyway, man? Did I just f*ck up big time?

Cliffford: No, you joined the winning team.

Manny: GAH! I thought you'd have f*cked off from my suit when I took the deal, man!

Cliffford: No, I just repaired the damage and handed the controls back to you. By the way, I am a machine, not a 'man'.

Manny: Screw that, it's got 2 syllables, it's never gonna work for me, man. Anyway, what's my first assignment?

Cliffford: Go help my men drag the pathetic Mayor of the city and his boyfriend away from their hiding holes in the City Hall.

Manny: Man, I'm deep into this sh*t now, man.

Cliffford: That really is quite an irritating speech pattern.

What happens next?

1) Manny loses control of the suit again, all by himself.

2) Manny gets to the City Hall and accidentally crashes into a Dubsta that's chasing Bernie and Bryce.

3) Manny tries to warn Bernie and Bryce, but screws everything up and gets them captured instead.

4) Cut to Niko's group splitting up.

5) Cut to Avon in the dungeons, where more of Cliffford's hired allies introduce themselves.

January 11

4) Cut to Niko's group splitting up.

(Niko) Wait wait!!!

(Packie) What's up

(Niko) Didn't a racist portal free us from the stupid hotel

(Yeager) Yeah don't you remember then a second portal took us to a basement of the stupid hotel

(Niko) What second portal.... and when did the f*ck did we go to a basement

(Yeager) Just now, remember I broke my ankle

(Niko) I remember non of this

(Fortuna) Enough of the portal talk, let us, that being myself, Yeager, Niko, Dekota, Arcade, Packie and Gordon head to your penthouse to see those IAA guys

(Niko) Yeah ok then, cool

They then head to Niko's Penthouse and we follow the D'Family of D'arcy, D'elroy and D'anny and Alberto who just tags along as they head off in a different direction

Who do we follow???

1) Team Niko as they head to the Penthouse

2) Team D'Family

3) Team Playboy

4) Dwayne, Trevor, Agent 14 and Phil Collins as they come to an exit that lands them in Actor

Edited January 12 by Corndawg93

January 12

1)

Niko and the others walk along the road, looking at some of the cars piled up into each other. It looked like people had crashed into each other in a panic trying to get away after hearing Clifford's message. A few dead bodies lay among the wreckage. No living person in sight...

Niko: Man what a mess! Looks like these people panicked and ended up killing themselves

Packie: Poor folks, and I thought we were having it rough here. Where's everyone gone though?

Fortuna: Somewhere far away from here. Everyone got out once they heard the message in The Majestic. Wonder how many are still alive...

Yeager: I'm feeling parched guys, need a drink

Arcade: Me too

Yeager limps to a nearby Sprunk machine along with Arcade

Fortuna: Wait guys, it's not -

BOOM! The Sprunk machine suddenly explodes, sending burning Sprunk cans and metal pieces flying. Niko, Packie, Fortuna and Gordon fall to the ground, hands covering their faces.

Packie: Ahhh what the hell?..

Fortuna: I-I tried to warn them...

Niko (blinking rapidly): sh*t, are they alive?

Gordon went to check on Yeager and Arcade, who were both sprawled beside the burning wreck of the Sprunk machine. One look at Arcade and he knew he was gone - Arcade's neck had been impaled by a metal part. He went to check on Yeager..

Gordon: Yeager, man you ok?

As soon as he asked this, he realized it was a stupid question. Yeager's face and body were burnt badly. Yeager tried to sit up and spoke in a hoarse whisper with difficulty -

Yeager: St-Stop Clifford, guys. I know you can do it....I believe in you....

Yeager's head tilted to the side and his eyes went blank. He was...gone. Fortuna, Niko and Packie stood there in shock and silence.

Gordon: f*ck it all, just when you thought the day couldn't get worse...

Packie: f*ckin hell, I didn't know Clifford could control Sprunk machines too...

Fortuna (crying): That's what I was trying to tell them...I just got the feeling a bit late....If I had spoken a bit earlier...

Niko (gently): Don't blame yourself for this, Fortuna...

Packie kicked a piece of the Sprunk machine angrily. "We're going to kill Clifford and avenge them, mark my f*ckin words!"

Niko: Clifford's gone too far, we'll crush this f*cker now

Gordon: We either stop him or die trying

Fortuna stopped crying and looked at them resolutely "Hell yeah"

Packie: We need to get to Playboy fast now before something happens to him too. Do you think Clifford can control cars and bikes too?

Niko: sh*t, I don't know, but we better not risk it...

Gordon: Right, it's too risky. We better take some bicycles instead, I see some laying around in the park

The group heads to the park which is right in front of the Majestic. They find some bikes laying around, apparently left by people who were running away in a panic.

They pedal fast and reach Playboy's penthouse just in time to see the Valkyrie hovering overhead, shooting at the place

Packie (stopping the bicycle): What the f*ck is that doing here? We don't even have an RPG!

Niko (stopping and getting off the cycle): They're trying to kill Playboy, we need to take it out!

Niko pulls out his assault rifle and starts firing at the Valkyrie. Packie and Gordon do the same. The pilot is taken by surprise and before he can recover, the Valk catches on fire. He panics and jumps out, but is shot dead by Claude in mid air. The Valk spins, crashes into the car wreckage below and explodes.

Playboy's head appears over the balcony. He sees Niko and starts clapping.

Playboy: Man, am I glad to f*cking see you, money! I was thinking you gone forever or something! That crazy AI bitch sent his goons to recruit me! I ran out of bullets, you just arrived right on time!

Niko (laughing): Glad to see you too, Playboy! Clifford tried to kill us all in The Majestic, but we survived!

Playboy: Really? sh*t, he everywhere? Oh hi there Packie, nice to see you too! And who are the other two?

Packie: Glad you're safe, Playboy! This is Gordon and Fortuna, our new friends

Playboy: Ahhh nice nice! Come inside y'all, we got things to discuss!

Niko, Packie, Fortuna and Gordon go inside the penthouse. They meet Claude and the GTAO protag, everyone shakes hands. Playboy passes some drinks around and they all sit down on couches

Playboy: These two guys just showed up some time ago and started helping me, they don't speak at all though, strange eh?

Niko: sh*t, really? What's up with them?

Packie: What's your names, fellas?

Claude takes out a pen and writes his name on a magazine on the table. GTAO protag writes that he has no name.

Packie (looking at the magazine): Damn so you two really can't speak huh?

Gordon: That's sad, can't remember the last time I met two mutes together

Niko: A shame, but still, we can be friends

Fortuna: Yeah

Claude: ☺️

GTAO protag: ☺️

Playboy: Alright, that's all emotional n sh*t but we gotta discuss the Clifford problem. I disconnected my TV and all the other machines that he could use

Packie: That's only a temporary solution, we can't all stop using machines forever

Playboy (gets up and starts pacing around): Exactly, so we need someone with computer knowledge to stop this bitch once for all. Luckily I know a guy who could do it

Everyone looks at him curiously.

Niko: Really? Who's this guy?

Playboy: A guy called Aiden Pearce. Dude was a legendary hacker in Chicago some years ago, knows all about AI, computers and sh*t. A friend of mine from Chicago told me all about him. If there's one guy who can stop Clifford, it's gotta be him

What next?

1. We cut to Aiden Pearce in Chicago finding out that Liberty City Networks are down

2. We cut to Rocco and Clifford

3. We cut to Trevor and Co coming out of the tunnels

4. We cut to Playboy and Co trying to contact Aiden somehow

5. We cut to Dakota and his group looking for Alessa

Edited January 12 by The Artist

January 12

1. We cut to Aiden Pearce in Chicago finding out that Liberty City Networks are down

Aiden then dies of a heart attack because F*ck Aiden Pearce that boring pile of f*cking sandpaper

Who do we cut to next???

1) Niko, Packie and their new friends they appriantly just met Fortuna and Gordon as they ditch Playboy and head to Niko's Penthouse like that should have, where they meet up with Dekota

2) Trevor, Dwayne, Phil Collins and Agent 14 who are still in the damn tunnels

3) Bridge Dropping factory getting rather excited

4) Cilli still at the Mansion

5) Alessa finally waking up and ninjas her way to victory

Artist, can you do your research please, Arcade and Dekota are females

Edited January 12 by Corndawg93

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