So a long time ago in a place far far away, there was a couple. One was a turkey, the other was Simplicity. It was Roman times, and as was fashion, there was a lot of love in the air.

The two had a child. The turkey gave birth, and there, born, was Roley’s ancestry.

Skipping over a decade and a half of history, in the last six months or so, Roley the Rat gained a reputation for being a rat. He ratted on a pig, killing the whole city he was housed in. Afterwards, he sought sanctuary under Spicoli.

Now, in November, a heroic member of Detroit shot Ace out from under Spicoli. There were cheers. It was a good time. There’s a saying: it’s okay to kill Ace.

Here we are over three months later, and Roley the Rat decided to shoot LittleSi, the head of DT. Did Spicoli know that there was a problem there? Did he let Roley rogue knowing that he’d suicide after? Is this somehow the Simplicity/Turkey blood within Roley going Wild? Does Spicoli have control of his crew? Is it okay to kill Grin like it is okay to kill Ace? He’s becoming a bullet magnet. 

I say let the masses decide.

You do have an imagination, I will give you that. 

Fantasy and heads in the clouds is the only way for you Spike. 

Spicoli thought he heard a fly buzz by his head, he grabbed the nearest newspaper and smacked it, only to realize that he thwacked some idiot on the forehead with it instead.

Oh.. It is you, Who cares, but since I have you here, let me say a little something.

My leadership was not a failure. This was a seasoned veteran with a mind of his own. Do I agree with his decision, No. Am I upset with him, Sure.

But he is a grown man, who I trusted, who chose to make a decision on his own without asking anyone.

I will not lead by example of your fathers, Those guys sucked and were extra paranoid and controlling, pretty disliked, and universally despised.

A seasoned veteran would've been more careful. You allow your hands to go IA all the time, and you don't even help on the job board. Roley was also one of your hands in rotation; You should know him better. I guess he didn't value your leadership enough not to rogue. No one would ever call him a grown man. He was a lil rat. 

Spicoli I think you need to start apologizing. 

He’s becoming a bullet magnet.

Can we get the experiential expertise of whoever the latest heir of the Gidan lineage is on this?

Surely he can share some wise words on this matter. Perhaps some recommended reading as well. No empty platitudes though, please.

"A seasoned veteran would've been more careful. You allow your hands to go IA all the time, and you don't even help on the job board."

Still, could be worse. He could spent all his time trying to be relevant whilst regurgitating the same old shite.

Spike, where was your speech about a seasoned veteran who shot someone for mugging and now has a district? Where was your outrage at seasoned veterans then? 

Either nitpick everyone or maybe find something better to do. Did you ever get a home with that suggested home? I still think you would be a great fit. 

Thank you Matt for your input. 

Cin. My line did discuss Kristoff shooting someone for mugging at the time. Now he is in your city. Are you happy with that? He can't seem to find many members. Chicago is smol. 

Clean up Chicago! Cin for Auth! That's the home everyone will want. 

But Spicoli still needs to apologize for Roley being a squeaky wheel in his camp. 

Am I happy about it? No. 
Do I think they should have died for that particular action? Yes. 

I, however, am not in power. So what the boys club does is on them, but I will not be sad to see that particular side of Chicago flounder. 

What can be said now to the one, who was of my lineage, and was told that her mother should have had more trust and faith in LittleSi and in his ability to protect her from those who harbored ill-will against her line?

I liked LittleSi and his entire lineage.  I believe he would have done his best to protect those of my line to the best of his ability.  However, we both knew that he could not enforce that protection regardless of whatever was said in public for political reasons.  In the end, he could not even ensure his own protection. It is also why you did not see a retaliation after what Bathsheba did.

This is because there is a larger force at play. 

A group of men and perhaps one woman (but let’s face it they have given her reasons to question how in the know she is when push comes to shove) who operate behind the curtain calling the shots. In other words, there is only one female crew leader, since the death of Jezabel. Ones who tell people like TonyTheTailor that it was his man, Spacey, who leaked sensitive communications when the young lad had not even been seen active and about since before the message was broadcasted to the entire city by Milk. It was just a great opportunity to remove a potential piece from the board.  Poor TonyTheTailor got played by those he has put his trust in.  I don’t blame him.  He seems nice enough, but still a bit wet behind the ears.  Give his line a few more generations and he will be top notch, guaranteed!

Anyway, back to the story that can now be told.

After the old regime had been defeated, the men behind the curtain had a bit of a predicament.  There was not enough of their inner circle to fill every district in every city.  They had to rely on others with younger members of their inner circle strategically placed to ensure compliance.  They knew without these ambassadors sitting in on various gathering places they would not be able to monitor these “outlying friends”.  This type of situation never ends well if you don’t have these ambassadors.  Just look out west to poor Jezabel.  She was needed for a time to fill the district. She was not part of the inner circle, and of course they used a reason regarding old criticism from Darwin from nearly half a year ago.  Her ambassador gave the thumbs up to remove the threat to the regime.  This was also the tale of another crew on the west coast. We cannot forget Optimus.  In both these cases the flimsiest of excuses were given. 

Usually, it is some piece of insignificant intel that may have mattered 6 months ago; but by the time they get the intel the threat is often no longer an issue.  Instead, they hang onto it and when they need to wipe a crew or a city, they can whip it out as evidence.  To prove why this was not an act of purging or the elimination of a potential threat; but one of self-protection!

The truth is that sometimes people go rogue.  I knew this, LittleSi knew this.  Everyone knows this.  I cannot even count how many times Spicoli’s line has led to the demise of a member of my lineage.  What I can tell you is that they have an MO.  You see his line and mine were on rather friendly terms at one time.

Spicoli’s MO is that he usually goes rogue at some point.  I don’t mean rogue in the sense he goes shooting.  What he does is go scheming behind even his allies’ backs and that scheming leads to other people getting killed for his actions.  In fact, it was why Bathsheba was willing to settle with the death of BigRagaTheOppStoppa when Spicoli was not to be seen.  A member of my lineage was once a loyal subject of a member of BigRaga’s lineage.  It was the first time the two lines had worked together and my line was ride or die with his.  Spicoli’s lineage at the time was having a roll in the haystack with a Godmother in another city, again.  Pillow-talk led to one thing after another and those words became known to the powers that be.  My relative had nothing to do with this extra-curricular activity and BigRaga’s relative knew it.  However, to save himself from Spicoli’s relative’s choices he willingly removed a loyal crew that was under him and loyal crewmates.   

I can recall Spicoli’s lineage having this similar effect on my lineage at least four times in the past 8 years my lineage has been on these shores, floral bed pillows and whispered sweettalked chatter with several of his tender conquests. So, when the men behind the curtain moved Spicoli to Chicago and Bathsheba knew he had members under him like Roley who are willing to rogue and go shooting… some of whom seem to have an unhinged hatred of my line… I assumed my days were numbered and was evident by the obits, LittleSi would not have been able to stop them. Nor would he have even been allowed to seek my revenge by the men behind the curtain when it happened.

When it comes to Roley, it was already known by some that he had issues with parts of Detroit, especially after his ratting out on Chicago.  I questions how much Spicoli knew about the negative feelings Roley had for Detroit, and in the past, he has sat in groups and pled ignorance to rogue motives before.  In my view, Spicoli harbored a person like this, and I think that says everything about what really went on the other night.

Marie, I am not sure you are away of Roley's history. However, isn't your line from a pretty recent rogue? Not sure you have much leg to stand on there. 

Nike gets horny every time he hears about inactivity, getting out a fresh pair of ice white Nike socks turns him reeeet on but bending over to put them on has started to hurt.

Now that he is getting old it is difficult to get about as much. The aches and pains kick in most days but he has Spicoli to rub deep heat all over him when he has finished flattening the flys buzzing about his head. For that, old Nike is very much grateful.

Just like big Ronan says 'The smile on your face lets me know that you need me'....'You say it best, when you say nothing at all'

All those words to say nothing of any real value, Marie, so let me respond in a far more concise fashion: -

Bathsheba was an idiot. She was given an opportunity, and despite the number of people raising questions or highlighting concerns, Rags remained resolute in his protection of her… and her thanks for that was to stab him in the back. She wasn’t some sort of hero, liberating the oppressed, she was a selfish dickhead doing what she wanted regardless of the cost. Fuck Bathsheba and her pissy little tantrum.

There was no writing on the wall, just Rags - and Simon - sticking their necks out for a selfish cunt. She wasn’t prophesying, she was blindly following the orders of her mother’s boss.

You talk of hierarchy, like it’s a bad thing, when you famously said that the previous slimey regime “didn’t purge enough”; suggesting that you didn’t have enough clout to pull the strings without authorisation, yet it’s bad when anyone else has a structure? FOH.

At the end of the day, you’re a just bitter hypocrite. You’re slimey, you do jobs to try and cause disruption and you put sponsors (who bent over backwards to help and be nice to you) on blast for no reason at all whilst hiding behind a veil of anonymity. You’re toxic and angry because you’re no longer in the sphere of influence here, when the fact of the matter is that you and your ilk are the reason there even was a coup of your shitty purge regime in the first place, and I for one hope we never see leadership of your calibre again.

Alas Spike of many masks emerges. With that said I feel perfectly comfortable within my shell at addressing the deceased because his kin will make their presence over and over again. His kin will let this topic go by the wayside because once again he miserably failed stirring the pot. He only excels in how to fuck people over when he is in SOMEWHAT of a position of power. 

My lineage was never one to feed a troll but the likes of your lineage would call one a troll for calling out bullshit and or paranoia. It's truly hilarious you referred to the late Isabella she was paranoid. When in fact that was the furthest from the truth. And this Spike lineage has zilch to substantiate those claims. In addition, you had zero to do with her. Other than your spies which miserably failed. Truth be told you could not put a candle to Isabella.