Intro/Flashback

The Dog House. Los Angeles. 

Twelve days ago, Ara was just a nobody. Now she was repping the dog house colours, meeting people she never thought she would even be worthy to stand in front of, and hearing conversations of people getting killed.

The Dog House wasn't the biggest family in the city, but it was definitely the hungriest. Everyone in LA knew what The Dog House stood for. 

Let's just say... Ara did not want to get thrown in the cage ever. No one ever talks about the cage... 

Anyways twelve days in, and Ara is still trying to prove herself. Unlike most peeps, she didn't have any ancestors that she really looked up to or who stayed in the mafia long enough to tell a story. 

Present

Some nights, Ara tags along with some of the family members at the local speakeasy. The first time Ara met  her boss BuddyBigPaw, she held a glass of bourbon with shaky hands, nervousness creeping on her. 

This time, which is maybe the 3rd time, Ara's enjoying herself and even needs to tell herself to cool it on the liquor. 

Suddenly, the bar goes quiet as footsteps are heard at the door. 

She looks up and gets a whiff of what seems to be cigar smoke and bourbon. 

Ara checked her watch. It's quite late, she thought. 11pm on a Friday night and she sees BuddyBigPaw, Cristoforo and WaltDisney come through. From her experiences she's never seen them at the bar at this time so she looks around trying to see if anyone knew what the hell was going on. 

Then from behind, she can see g0d almost towering over them. 

What was happening here?

The three of them dump six heavy bags on one of the tables, almost knocking the table and chairs clean over. There is some muttering and mumbling, before all three simultaneously look directly at AraMina. They look back and one another and mutter something, before Buddy becks her over.

We just hijacked a safe deposit truck in transfer. I think we've bitten off more than we can chew...

Buddy opens one of the bags to reveal a stash of gold bars and bearer bonds.

We need to move this on and fast. Do you have any contacts you think could take some of it from us?

Her eyes started to widen slowly but quickly hid her surprise with a quick nod. Ara was feeling all sorts of emotions. Relieved to see her family members alive and well of course after a hijacking, but also... the audacity!

She juuust wanted to relax after a long week.

Alas, the grind doesn't stop. "Yes boss. I'll handle it from here. I did assist some fellow mafiosos with drug transportations around LA yesterday. They've got a secure warehouse where they keep their drug loads, cash and jewellery. I'm sure they could accomodate us, especially after the shit I went through yesterday..."