After what had seemed like a very hard and tiring couple of weeks, Mattsr had finally started returning to normality, and was settling into life in the Bronx well. This gave him the opportunity to have a rather enjoyable yet very drunken Saturday night with his nearest and dearest, and whilst it was a good idea at the time, now on the Sunday morning he was deeply regretting his choice. Getting old was starting to catch up with him, and it was giving him some food for thought about breathing some new younger life into his district, so that he could slowly start to slack off with his duties whilst making his way to the bottom of a bottle of whisky.

On that note it seemed like a wise decision to look forward to the future for himself, his family, his district and the wonderful city they all call home. So after much deliberation and discussion, he had finally narrowed down his choice for his first auth to just one individual, someone that he had come to trust with his life and someone that he knew would do him proud as the leader of his own family.  Sitting on his chair in his office, staring into space and fighting the hangover that was slowly creeping over his body, Mattsr was startlingly snapped back into the room with the arrival of his right hand RosabellaCorti bursting in through the door.

“Right you drunken fool.  Everything is in place, and we’re ready for you to make the announcement. So smarten yourself up, and get downstairs now!” Rosa said, showing little sympathy for his self inflicted current state.

Making his way down through his HQ, followed closely by both Rosa and Salvadore, he made his way outside the front door to find his whole family, other members of New York families and even a few from further afar in the country.

“My dearest friends and family, let me begin by thanking you all for taking the time out of your busy lives to attend today.  As I’m sure you are all aware, the time has come for me to announce who I wish to take their place by my side here in the Bronx.”

Turning round and extending a hand out to his loyal hand Salvadore, Mattsr motioned for him to come and stand next to him. “You my friend have proven yourself to me worthy of this honourable title many times over since we first met, and it gives me great pride to hand you the keys to your very own HQ.” Turning to face the crowd, Mattsr placed an arm around Salvadore, and spoke to everyone again.

“Please everyone join me in congratulating Salvadore, and welcoming The Abyss to the Bronx.”

Salvadore watched as his great friend and leader took to the stage followe by the amazing Rose as his right-hand.

..welcoming The Abyss to the Bronx."

A sudden round of applause roared from the crowd and jeers from his family members. Salvadore was smiling ear to ear, the sheer excitement was too much. He waited for Mattsr to exit what was being called a stage and looked towards the crowd.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, leaders of their distinguished families who have come down at the request of our beloved Mattsr. Thank you. Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to take part in this heart-warming celebration for what will be a new chapter in my life. I would also like to extend a huge thank you to Don Mattsr for not only just allowing me this wonderful opportunity but for allowning me and trusting me to grow alongside him and make The Bronx a thriving city. Both Mattsr andhis trusted Don Rosabellacorti have done an incredible amount for me and I will forever be in their debt. But I would like everyone to know..

Just then right on time Username came running towards the stage holding a half-full glass of champagne and passed it to Salvadore. Ckotnha helped assist in carrying the bottle and handed it over to Rose for safe keeping. Salvadore raised the glass..

"But I would like everyone to know that I look forward to working with you and on working through this new venture."

Salvadore looked towards Matt and Rose..

"I won't let you guys down"

And hugged the both of them..

Tommo was hiding, lately, he had got the attention of a local street gang by mugging the wrong guy. His family had always been loyal to this city but with his father now dead and his lineage forgotten he was thrown to the streets, to the gutter. 

He was sitting behind a large dumpster when he heard the commotion, probably just another announcement from one of those guys or gals who would never know his name. Even so, he decided to leave the cold dumpster and join the spectators.

Tommo watched in awe as he listened to every word being said by the two men.

A new crew, that could be just the break he needed - It was a brave plan but Tommo would get the attention of Salvadore and try to prove his worth.

FuegoSteve was shopping for some new wife beaters and bandanas when he heard another announcement in the streets. 

"Congratulations Senor Salvadore and to the Big Apple. Its always a great day to see someone else don the bold suit. Stop by Las Vegas sometime and try my taco truck, Tacos El Fuego.

Again, congrats amigo!"

Fuego went back to shopping for a new outfit. He had passed by a place that had khaki pants and converses on sale. He entered the store to take the advantage of the sale.

Rosa shook her head at her darling husband's state of drunkenness then shooed him off to make the announcement.  She followed closely, staying close to his side.  Even though this was a celebration, there were idioti running amidst these streets here and there, and her first and foremost duty was protection for Don Mattsr.  Her hazel eyes peered across the gathered crowd then relaxed somewhat as the celebration commenced. 

Her thoughts fell on the first moment she met Salvadore.  Scruffy young lad who looked a bit lost, seeking verification on certain things in life, and her mouth twitched as the smirk formed as she recalled her indifference to Sal.  She told him a simple sentence, matter of fact then seemingly dismissed him.  Rosa was about to set off on her errands that day, when he spoke in his quiet voice replying to her comment.  In that moment, Rosa knew something was different about him.  

Brushing off the semi urgent errands, Rosa waved a gentle hand over to the bench near them then spoke in depths with the young lad.  He showed promise and potential right off, and that was indeed a rare quality.  Through guidance and friendship, Sal honed his skills with efficiency. He impressed not only her, but their leader.  When the time came for consideration of expansion in the Bronx, he was without a doubt up for the task.

She glanced over to the guest of honor this day, noticed how much he's changed from the scruffy young lad to a full fledged gentleman.  She set down on a nearby table the bottle of champagne Ckotnha handed to her moments beforehand, but kept her glass as Rosa made her way over to congratulate him since the crowd simmered a bit.  She stood near her husband, noticing he had sobered up a wee bit.  Sal gave his thanks then embraced them both in a hug.

"Sal.  You've done our family proud in more ways than we can ever express.  The effort and dedication you have put in just impress the hell out of me.  The speed in which you picked up learning this, improving that, just amazing.  I know you will do us all proud in this venture, and I will continue to enjoy working alongside you.  I'm just thankful you didn't fo too far.  I wish you nothing but the best wishes and huge success!  Just remember we are still family, and always there for you."

Walking around looking at all the smiling and happy faces, Mattsr felt a sudden surge of adrenaline now the announcement had been made, he was clearly more worked up and nervous about the whole thing than he had thought he was. Right now though he was feeling pretty amazing and wanted to show his gratitude to all those that had shown up to celebrate with him. 

"LADIES, GENTLEMEN AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN BETWEEN!" he bellowed whilst smirking at the crew pet, @HungryHungryHippos. "Please do me the honor of accompanying me and my family into our headquarters bar for a round or seven.. drinks are on the house!!"

As a cheer erupted, Mattsr put an arm each around Salvadore and RosabellaCorti and dragged them to go get smashed.

As soon as she hugged Salvadore, Rosa turned at the sudden loud somewhat sobering announcement from Don Mattsr.  She cringed thinking her darling husband wasn't thinking about all the mess in the HQ bar that she was not going to be cleaning up afterwards, but smiled nonetheless as he tugged her close and led the way.  Their family pet, HungryHungryHippos, almost danced after them in excitement.  Rosa glanced up ahead to Username, noting how he tried to escape from being seen, and tugged at his shirt then nodding for him to follow them.

"Venire!  Come with us.  The bar is fully stocked, thank goodness, so I'm sure we'll have your favorite."

She spotted several of her dear family and friends hovering near the buffet table, and called out to them as well.

"Kazuya_Mishima!  Zix! Coltrane!"

She waved a hand at them indicating to join the celebration heading to the bar.  Zix looked a bit worried upon seeing no baked squid amongst the delacacies, but he didn't know she helped prepare the menu, and simply forgot to include them.  'Oops,' she thought.  Kazuya seemed as if he was ready to engage in a brawl, must be hungry too hmm.  Coltrane she knew would probably grab his saxophone then get the music flowing, but she hoped HHH didn't drink too much, and try to climb on a table again and dance.

He smiles since he is a rather shy individual, he was sitting in the back of the corner sitting alone. He didn't care much for company, but figured someone would notice him at some point. Suddenly RosabellaCorti grabbed him quickly by the shirt, and made sure he wasn't able to refuse the offer of drinking in public. He let her drag him to the bar so that he could be more social. 

"Alright, I'll head to the bar, I need a drink." As Rose was dragging him to the bar, he asks her, "What type of whiskey do you have?"

Kazuya stood by the food table pretty much staying to himself. He wasn't what you would call a people person. But he was told to be here by the people in charge, seeing as this was a celebration for one of their own. Kazuya figured that this could be a chance for him to relax a bit. Plus it was always good to be around important people who were drinking a bit seeing as that was the best way to learn juicy information.

Even though he wasn't much for alcohol he could enjoy a good drink or two when one was served to him. He'd be damned if he got intoxicated though. The building would probably no longer be standing if that was the case. So it was in everyone's best interest that he didn't get drunk. He almost laughed at that thought as he seen the family's hippo drunkenly swaying around and dancing a bit on the floor.

He caught the man who they were here to celebrate for Salvadore out of the corner of his eye. He raised his glass to the man and gave him a respectful nod of congratulations. Then he went back to leaning against the wall and drinking and observing. He had a feeling that he'd be seeing more of the man who he'd just congratulated soon.

'Let's see, cupcakes, no squids. Cake, no squids. Ooo, brownies! No squids. Where the hell are all the squids? Oh, meat. . . no squids.' he wasn't sure how the squids happened, but they seemed to follow him where ever he goes, it was odd that there weren't any squids here to bother him. Then again he had recently lost a few squids on accident. He also had to tie up his pet shark, at least he hoped he did. 'I hope that shark hasn't gotten into trouble, stupid shark.' he thought and looked over to Rose at the sound of his name being called.

"Aw, dammit!" he said slightly panicked, "What did I do now?" he said out of habit when his name is called. He hoped he wasn't in trouble this time. He showed, didn't he? He wasn't in the mood for another punishment, not after the last one, his hand still hurt. "Whatever it is, I'm sorry. . ."

The worlds hungriest hippo makes his way to the ceremony and trots around the party.  He takes in the sights, the sounds, the smells and relishes in the company of his friends and family with a smile on his cute and equally terrifying hippo face.

The finest champagne and the finest marbles are delivered directly to his food dish prompting the hippo to nod agreeably before rapidly devouring his meal.  

After many drinks and many second servings later, the hippo stands as an inebriation induced hallucination to address the crowd.

"Friend's, family, tons of marbles.....that's what life's all about amiright folks?  The crowd murmurs amongst themselves with some nodding in agreement while others look at each other in confusion.  Congratulations, Salvadore!" The Hippo raises a champagne glass . "Your dedication to the Expendable Penguins as Left Hand Man was commendable and I can see why Don Mattsr has placed his trust in you as his Captain."

"May you find success, happiness and many drug units.  Salute!"

The crowd raises their glasses along with the deranged hippo as they pay tribute.