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PARADISE is a neo-noir crime drama series inspired by works such as 'Nightcrawler', 'Drive', 'Max Payne', and 'Shot in the Dark'. Currently ten acts in length, this thread follows the gradual development of Ashton Love, a gonzo photojournalist here in Los Santos to cover crime and urban decay. PARADISE features some adult themes and references to real-world social and political issues, including human trafficking, the drug epidemic, and the destabilization of the East. Some content written around the Ukraine conflict was written prior to invasion. Thread quality drastically improves over time (as I learn to edit!) LATEST CONTENT (UPDATED 29/JANUARY/2024) PARADISE PROJECT WEBSITE CLICKING EACH IMAGE BELOW WILL BRING YOU TO THE CORRESPONDING ACT (Click with middle mouse to open in new tab. Individual scenes contained in spoilers.) BEST BROWSED TO THE ATTACHED MUSIC ON EACH SCENE EACH TRACK IS CHOSEN TO FIT THE THEME THE POST IT'S ON RECOMMENDED & RELATED READS 'Katya Annikova', a story of struggles and sensuality 'The Truth Will Set You Free', story of Yunisa Flores of the LS Daily News One call, that's all! - An Episodic introspective to law and corruption Investigating the Void: A '70s-chic Gumshoe Story
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This thread will portray the life and times of Frank R. Buntz, a 52-year old sleazy criminal defense attorney in Los Santos. CHAPTER 1: "That's All?" - START | END CHAPTER 2: "The Devil's Lawyer" - START | END CHAPTER 3: "Hell in a Handbasket!" - START | END CHAPTER 4: "Sinner Street Blues" - START | END CHAPTER 5: "Heart of Darkness" - START | END CHAPTER 6: "Ishmael" - START | END CHAPTER 7: "A Simple Death" - START | END CHAPTER 8: "Natural Mystic" - START | END CHAPTER 9: "Rubicon" - START | END CHAPTER 10: "Venus In Furs" - START
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This thread will follow the development of Lukyan Tseitlin, a Russian mobster consumed by the glamour and promises of status found within Vinewood.
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๐ ๐ฐ, ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ช ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข,๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ช, ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ช ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฐ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ. One night, the streets were alive with the sound of gunfire up in Morningwood, echoing through the streets. I found myself caught up in the middle of it, running from the flashing lights and wailing sirens. A damn shooting went down, and I was in the wrong place at the wrong damn time. The cops were hot on my tail, and in that moment, I had to make a choice - fight or flight. ๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ท๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐'๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ค๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ข ๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ. ๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ต, ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ด, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ-๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฐ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ-๐ฐ๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ, ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ, ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ช๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ'๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐'๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ง, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ง ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ง ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ-๐๐ข๐ช ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ'๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต. ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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Vincent Torelli From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vincent Torelli (born November 19, 1987) is an American reputed mobster, and an associate of the Alderney-based Torelli crime family, currently active in southern San Andreas. Vincent's father James Torelli, Jr. is the reputed boss of the Torelli crime family in Alderney City. Allegedly, Vincent worked closely with the Los Santos-based Martorano crime family. He was associated with captain John "Apples" Aparo in Downtown Los Santos during 2022. Prior to his association to the mafia, Vincent also worked as a business analyst for Faraday Securities Corporation, a stockbroking company on Wall Street in Liberty City, from 2005 until 2014. Vincent currently resides in Paleto Bay, San Andreas with his fiancรฉe and their two children. Biography Vincent James Torelli was born on November 19, 1987 at the Westdyke Memorial Hospital in Alderney City. His father James was the acting boss of the Torelli crime family, and is of Sicilian descent with ancestry in Messina, Eastern Sicily. His mother Rosalie (nรฉe Sferra) was a homemaker also of Sicilian descent, with relatives in the commune of Ribera, in Agrigento, Western Sicily. Vincent also has a paternal relation to Western Sicily through his fifth cousin Samuel Cantavespre, who's family came from Bisacquino (only 82 kilometers from Agrigento). Samuel's mother Francesca Longo shared a cousin relation with Liberty City mobster Joe N. Gallo of the Amato crime family. Samuel is also a made member of the Liberty City-based Lombardo crime family, and is currently active in Birmingham, Alabama. Vincent was raised in the affluent Montclair neighborhood in Essex County, and attended Immaculate Conception High School. He graduated with a diploma in 2005, and later attended Vespucci University in Liberty City. He graduated in 2011 with a Master's Degree in Business Analytics. Career From 2005 until 2014, Vincent was employed as a business analyst for Faraday Securities Corporation in Liberty City. He was allegedly terminated in November 2014 due to job outsourcing. Vincent was unemployed from 2014 until July 2021. By mid-2021, he began living in Los Santos, San Andreas. He was employed by the Los Santos Waste Department as a driver and fleet manager until August 2022. According to organized crime researchers, Vincent was also employed as a laborer at Horizon Construction, a mafia-operated firm in Los Santos. According to public records, Vincent was also employed by several Martorano-connected bars and restaurants in Los Santos in 2022. As of July 2023, Vincent owns and operates the Pizza Bar, a restaurant in Paleto Bay, San Andreas. Organized crime history Organized crime researchers believe Vincent's initial involvement with the Italian-American mafia began in 2005, when he was hired by Faraday Securities Corporation. His father James Torelli reputedly used his connections to Wall Street businessmen in Algonquin, Liberty City to secure the position for Vincent. He also could've used extortionary tactics against then-executive Sylvester McCollough, who later died of natural causes in 2010. By 2021, Vincent was active in the criminal underworld of Los Santos. It is believed that during much of 2021 and early 2022, Vincent was associated with Melody Frey, a noted criminal figure and political anarchist active in southern San Andreas. It is believed that Frey was responsible for the importation and distribution of large amounts of fentanyl and cocaine via an importer with ties to the San Andreas government, and that Vincent worked as an enforcer for Frey's organized criminal ring on behalf of the Torelli crime family. By the summer of 2022, Vincent allegedly gained a connection to the locally dominant Martorano crime family, and worked primarily as a drug trafficker for the organization. He was associated to the Downtown crew, through captain John "Apples" Aparo (d. 2023). According to witness testimony, Vincent was also an associate of Rocco DiFiore (d. 2022), Ronald DiFiore (d. 2022), and Dominic Civella, the latter of which was indicted in April 2023 for racketeering and embezzlement. As of July 2023, Vincent maintains a loose connection to the mafia presence in southern San Andreas, reputedly working as a representative of the Alderney mafia. He conducts business from the Pizza Bar, a restaurant in rural Paleto Bay. References 1. ^ Black Hand Forum (needs citation) 2. ^ u/Wdstrvx (June 19, 2023). "James Torelli blood relatives c. 2023 ". reddit.com/r/mafia 3. ^ Capeci, Jerry (January 12, 2021). "The Torelli Crime Family - Is It Dead?". Gangland News. 4. ^ Stevens, Garry (November 4, 2004). "The Liberty Mafia - 50 Years After Its Heyday". The Empire Times. 5. ^ (August 27, 2013). "The Sopranos In Real Life - The True Story of the Alderney Mafia". Stonefield Productions. 6. ^ (December 11, 2022). "Bio: James Torelli, Jr.". lcnbios.blogspot.com 7. ^ [23GJCR00173] People of the State of San Andreas v. Dominic Civella
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