It was a beautiful day in the Old City District of Philadelphia. The sun was out, there were touches of clouds in the sky, a pleasant breeze, and the smell of delicious barbecue in the air. A massive tent stood tall in the center of a park, and crowds were drawn in from all over. There was a special event being held today. The prominent organization known as Depravity, within certain circles, was hosting a charity event in order to provide aid to the homeless children of Philadelphia. It was an unprecedented event hosted by the leader of the aforementioned organization, Lust. 

Lust was present for the event, but entrusted Gunny, a younger member of the organization, with planning and coordinating the event. It was a proud moment for Gunny, not only to be trusted with such a responsibility, but to do such a great deed for the city he called home. Members of the community joined from all over to take part. The would make donations, most donated money, but others brought toys, food, and water as well. It was all going spectacularly. There was a local barbecue restaurant catering the event with an open bar on site. There was no charge to join the event, and anyone who came would eat free of charge. 

Gunny made his rounds and was glad to see that everyone was truly in high spirits. Children were all over the park enjoying themselves. He couldn't spot an unhappy soul to save his life. He went to check the trucks parked offsite, and they were filled to the brim with toys, food, and water. It was amazing just how well the community was coming together to support such a great, and needed cause. No child should be subjected to the harsh conditions of homelessness. If there was anything in this planet to embody innocence, it would certainly be children. 

As Gunny checked the time on his wristwatch, he realized the time was near. Soon a stage would be set up in the tent. On this stage representatives from local orphanages would speak on the crisis they aimed to abolish, and receive a massive donation on behalf of Depravity, from the leader herself Lust. Along with the donation an announcement would be made for the creation of scholarships aimed at giving any child who had been subjected to homelessness a worry free chance at attending any university in the nation. The scholarship fund was extremely large, more than able to carry the load of the children of Philadelphia. 

This would also serve the organization in the long run however, though it was still intended to better the lives of children, it could also serve as a recruitment tool. The organization would have easy access to bright young men and women who took advantage of the scholarship. Upon their graduation from university, the could possibly be swayed or convinced to join their ranks. This would give the organization very bright, young, and motivated recruits. Ensuring a bright future for the organization, as well as the prosperity of the city of brotherly love.

:Sil stood in the crowd, facing the stage and eating cannoli from one of the trucks. Using his tongue, he caught a drip of cream just before it fell to stain his suit. Once finished, he tossed the wrapper into a nearby bin and bent to light a cigar, his pinky hanging loose with an onyx ring. He took a deep breath and looked up at the tree tops, exhaling thick smoke and contemplating the beauty of the day. The laughter of children filled the air, combining with the streaming sunlight to give an air of hope:

"This was a great idea," Sil said to no one in particular. "The yout's got enough trouble after all these wars without worrying about where they'll lay their head at night. Our shared sorrows. It's the least we can do to give back!"

:Filled with bonhomous, Sil strolled up to the box towards the front of the tent and deposited a thick money clip. It fell with a heavy, echoing clump to the bottom of the container:

:Sil could feel the gaze of a small circle of adolescents, their eyes wide, mouths agape, observing him from the corner of the tent. Sil approached them, careful to keep his cigar smoke out of their glowing faces:

"Put out your hand." he said.

:The boys just stared in silence. Fear kept their arms at their sides:
:Sil's features softened. The joy of the day had almost made him forget the forboding presence he had worked so hard to develop in this city over the years. He put his hand on the shoulder of one of the boys:

"It's okay," Sil said. "We're here to help you kids!"

:Still holding his shoulder, Sil reached down and grabbed the boy's hand. He pulled it up until it was horizontal, and the boy didn't resist. Sil deposited a crisp $100 bill in the small palm. The other boys hurried to raise their hands, and Sil served them each in kind in counter-clockwise order:

"Now if there's anything else that we can do for you--anyone in my family--you only have to ask, you hear?" Sil smiled around at the boys, now beaming up at him in awe. "I hope to see you around."
:Sil's smile grew wider as he watched the boys scamper off, slapping each other's backs in disbelief, then he circled the outskirts of the park. He noted the cops, keeping their distance across the street, and gave a nod to his inside man, Bobby. Less conspicuous, lurking in the shadows in plainclothes sipping their coffees, were the FBN. Even an innocent charity event like this couldn't escape their surveillance. Sil spit on the pavement before circling back to mingle with his family:

Mr_Freeze arrives just in time, carrying a large cooler box. He's been working on his very own special idea to see a big smile put on the childerns faces. Mr_Freeze see's a spot in the park that would be a good set up for him. While making his way through the crowd, People stare, Gunny who is running the event approaches Mr_Freeze and says you're late you should have been here almost an hour ago, now hurry up and get set up the childern are waiting.

"I know I've been waiting for them to set, I mess up with the first batch, however think i have it mastered now"

Gunny directs Mr_Freeze to the empty space in the park, you need to set up here please hurry. So Mr_Freeze does just that, sending his bodguards back to the truck to get the table and chairs he needs and the rest of the cooler boxes. While setting up He is appoached by Lust, Mr_Freeze what on gods name are you doing? she said.

"Well boss lady I've been at it again, this time I've mastered it"

Lust looks at Mr_Freeze puzzled, I thought we wouldn't try this ever again. Can you not remember what happened last time?

"Trust me, I've got this"

Lust laughs, thats what you said last time as well.

Mr_Freeze carrys on setting up getting ready for the big moment, people start to gather closer to him, as they wonder what he is doing. The crowd look on the childern start to gather look on at the pale blue man standing infront on them it almost looks like he is ready. Gunny walks up, come on are you ready yet?  Mr_Freeze looks at Gunny, Yes we are now ready to show the world what I've done.

"Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls thank you for your patience. I come to you today as i wanted to do my own little special gift for the childern nothing make a child more happier than ice-cream so over the past few days I've been creating my very own. Its creamy, smooth, and full of rich flavour. Now Childern you can eat as much as you want for free come back for as much as you like. However to the rest of you of you will be paying for it as it is for charity after all. All proceeds will go tot the charity Gunny has spoke about. Now who wants the first scoop"

As K_W finally woke up after his anger induced coma he heard about the charity event going on in PH, spearheaded by @Gunny and sponsored by the lovely mistress of the city ms @lust. He knew he would come in handy with the family business he had for many generations. The family business was his kin's way of balancing all the criminal, illicit and plain right EVIL things they had been doing on these shores.

The store chain used to be well run, with massive amount of funding and organization but it had waned in the growth of responsibilities of his recent ancestors in governing the criminal world. But he still had some connections in the New York branch that had sent a large shipment destined for this event.

As the truck stopped close by, unloaded many cages, containers and aquariums he saw a few observant children get all excited. Yes indeed it was a shipment of cute, interesting, dangerously looking pets or plain old boring ones like puppies and kittens. He knew these orphans had seen a lot of pain and suffering in their young lives and the best they could have is a 1 single friend with whom they could bond and would never leave their side.

He looked at Gunny, smiled, and also said that for the next 6 months 15% of company revenue would be donated as well, this to ensure proper schooling of the orphaned children could be afforded. Also he asked Gunny for a location of all the Orphanages that housed all these children so he could ensure they would have proper supplies to fed, maintained and keep healthy of all animals shared to the kids present.

As he saw the happy faces around him, for kittens and puppies were obviously damn cute despite being common pets he couldn't help but look less angry for a long while. As he turned around and helped himself to some food and a massive big slice of cake he looked for other family members to chitchat to. Not many had come but he was sure more would show up, free food, free booze, Ms Lust knew her associates and fellow family members well!

VoxNeruda gets in line with the children and waits his turn.

Growing up in an orphanage myself, I wanted to show my support and show up for the Charity for Children event that was going on in Philadelphia. As a kid, I was always ecstatic when I received anything. The orphanage I lived at was awesome but, they had limited supplies to keep all of us kids fed, bathed, clothed, and educated, so, it was always exciting going to these sort of events as an orphan, to see kids from other orphanage homes, to eat some amazing food (almost anything was better than oatmeal and porridge every single day), and to just let loose and have a blast.

I've been making a lot of money these days, the underground market has been flourishing ever since the Mafia Returns world bounced back to its feet. It's all dirty money -- but regardless -- money is money. Well, I did feel a bit ashamed for thinking of donating dirty money to a kid's event, so I decided to head over to the local grocery store and pay for more truck loads of food, water, and whatever toys they had in the isles. Not only would it 'launder' my dirty money, it would put more money back into my beloved city of Philadelphia.

I made a deal with the grocery store owner and he was more than happy to oblige with my offer. I kept everything under the table, so, there were no papers to sign. The only exchanging of paper would be green and from my safe to the store's bank account.

After paying for everything I bought and for a crew to fill up 3 trucks full of things for the charity event, I waited around and talked to the store owner for a bit while the trucks were loaded. After everything was loaded up, I hopped in one truck and had the store owner and his wife drive the other two trucks, which they were happy to do free of charge since I gave them enough money to live on for a couple of months without having to step foot in their own store, unless it was to make sure their crew was running everything right.

On the way over, I thought back in time of all the fun times I had as a kid with my brothers and sisters over at the orphanage, we had nothing but our imaginations to play with yet those were some of the best times of my life... Now? Life is chaotic each and every day.