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| The Rise of The Modern Day Gambler, Part II | Started by: Viscoris on Sep 26, '18 01:08 |
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Johnny Coris, Now Associate of The Empire Crew enjoyed life, he had the best of both worlds, he protected his family and continued to spend his hard-earned cash on them, making sure that they never wanted for anything. He made sure that his siblings went to school, not wanting them to be in the same life as him. Of course, he had not informed his parents of his newest lucrative deal. He had instead told them that he picked up a good paying job, working for a local businessman, he did not want them getting involved with the life or what came with the threats of death and otherwise. Although one thing had remained consistent with his parents, and it was the fact that they continued working, almost as if they were ashamed, almost as if they wanted to prove something. "That is one of the things I regret, I could never stop them from working, they worked themselves hard and would never accept a handout, especially from one of their children and it was something that I hoped would change. Only it did not, they continued working, which made him work harder for Don Lyon, I had to make sure that they would never work a day in their lives." Johnny had started to play with his money, gambling it at a $100,000 Games and would soon earn the ire of his boss, Lyon, who started to hear of his problems. He warned him to stop and to start taking this life seriously, or he was going to end up on the wrong side of somebody that he did not want to meet. Only Johnny would not listen and soon enough, someone would come knocking on his doorstep. "I guess it was a somewhat fateful encounter that night, I had met Charlie Pavanno, the then Associate of The Ivory Tower, like myself, he was an up and comer in the business. He had yet to earn his bones, but still, he was a good guy and could be counted on for anything, but there seemed to be something behind, something that drove him to do this business, and to do this day, I never know what has driven him so far to remain loyal to so many people and still keep to the code of honour that we have." Johnny had met someone that night, his name, Charles Pavanno, someone who save him and bring him to see the true meaning behind their world. Only it would be during a poker game beatdown, when Johnny had made yet another bet and lost, losing $300,000 that day and this money was meant to be a tribute to his boss, on a weekly occasion, something that Johnny knew would earn him a beating from Don Lyon. Johnny had been drinking again, never once stopping, enjoying that he was playing with the money that he had earned in his time, but he still had yet to complete his true intention, which was winning. Only now he knew that it was not impossible, instead, Viscoris had once again, tried to demand his money back, only this was not like last time, where the mobsters were simple guards. These were Made Men of an Out of Town Crew, little did this crew know that they were on the turf of The Ivory Tower, which soon led to Charlie getting involved and escorting the 'fine' gentlemen from the Backroom. Charlie had a couple of guys pick up Vis, taking him to a temporary office that was his for the time being, until Lushie or another High Ranking member needed it. "I still remember the words that the British bastard gave to me, telling me to curb my addictions and focus more on my family, that it was the most important thing, but also the life. He was telling me to buckle up and get ready for the true tests because they had yet to come, Gambling in backrooms was meant for Low-Level thugs, he was stating that I had a better chance than the other Goons because they were not vouched for by the boss." Johnny had to take the advice of Charlie Pavanno, he cleaned up his gambling act, but his drinking had remained a problem, but still, every mobster had a vice. It was common, Johnny never knew that from the advice of one Charlie Pavanno that it would be the start of a great bond, that would become the talk of the Underworld, two Up and Comers, helping one another succeed, in the life... "Johnny And Charlie, what can anyone say about those two, not many people have friends, others say that you cannot have friends in this life, you get attached, which is true, but business in this life can get rough, and often times, you need to shoot the shit with someone. It is a family within The Life, Johnny and Charles were simply one of many friendships and bonds..." |
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Charlie Pavanno could remember a lot about his friend, Johnny, he remembered when he saved his ass and introduced him to the right people about making some money. Only a lot of things had changed now, and Johnny was the one that no longer needed help, but Charlie did. It was almost like an upside down, one friend did well, the other must do badly in some way. Almost like a balance that one of them must do bad, then come back to the middle. Only one thing was wrong with that, Charlie Pavanno had started to become different, his thinking and way of doing things, no longer represented the calm and almost, suave Charlie. No, he was becoming aggressive and quick to anger, all because of one thing that he has yet to become. It was becoming a Made Man, one of the highest honours in this life and the man he saved was given the position like it was a common desert on the menu. So of course, Charlie wanted to prove himself, wanted to prove that he belonged in the family so much, but no matter what he did, nothing would work. He would never earn the position of Made Man he thought because perhaps there was a different process he thought. Only his anger soon went towards Viscoris, his jealousy soon went towards Viscoris, beginning to dislike his only true friend within the world he found himself in. "I guess one could say that Charlie Pavanno was jealous and angry, he had killed and tried his best to prove that he was the right material for his family. Only he was not, he was soon becoming an idiot and a paranoid one at that, he believed people had it out for him in the life and that was the cause of him being Made, only he had once again gotten it wrong." Charlie had to talk towards Viscoris, in a way that seemed unlike him and very jealous, soon it would lead to the two no longer contacting for a while. All due to the fact of jealousy and anger on the part of Charlie Pavanno, who would believe that Viscoris was one of the main reasons why he could not move up the ladder so to speak. "There are many theories regarding the anger of Charlie and Viscoris deterioration in friendship, many believe that Viscoris had enough of Charlie, learning how to do things on his own and no longer needed the former helper. Others believed that Charlie was jealous and perhaps wanted the Made Man position that he believed, should be granted to him, after all, he proved to help his family." All one can know is that the friendship of Charlie and Viscoris soon met a bad end, no one knew if the former friends even talked now, it is presumed that both of them now go into their own circles, not talking about the other. It was better that way and they felt it too, their morale and moods were better because of it. Little did any of them know that something would make them talk, The Life often rips apart famillies and this was no different, Viscoris would suffer one final blow before realising that he no longer had a family to go too. For the life had taken that too. |
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