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  1. This thread will follow the development of Noah Lu.
  2. Street Crew under the Chinatown Collective
  3. Lotus Garden Projects (莲花园) General Information The Lotus Garden Projects is a three story public housing complex in the Southern end of Chinatown, Los Santos along Sinner Street. In total, there are 12 apartments. The Projects serve as a minor landmark due to it's relative location to the surrounding Mission Row Police Department, yet however blends in with surrounding landscape among the high-rises. History The Lotus Garden, in it's original concept, was to be an all-affordable development to serve the growing amount of families moving into the growing neighborhood in the late 40's, following the conception of Lee Wah Shew's New Chinatown in conjunction with Soo Hoo and 26 other founding members in the late 30's, with construction completing in 1948. The original dream of being a tourist-drawing development soon faded as a reputation for a high crime rate in the downtown area, specifically in the ethnic area of Chinatown gradually grew, and the idea of the Lián Huāyuán's grandeur was misplaced due to poor planning and cramped conditions in the projects. By the 1980's, worsening conditions by means of soaring unemployment, the beginning of a crack cocaine epidemic, and the LSPD's crackdown of neighboring homelessness "containment zones" lead to the Projects to become a hotbed rife of squatters in condemned rooms as the growing homeless population in the Southern neighborhoods found their way into bordering Chinatown, causing the poor conditions of the projects to worsen and constantly as indecisive landlords allowed their apartment complexes to fall to disrepair in the face of the epidemic and rumors of re-development of the area. With the dawn of the 2000's comes Soo Hoo's New Chinatown's gradual decline in the face of the 2008 Economic Recession following massive increases in housing prices in the area, and the growing aim of the city to develop the remainder of the Chinatown area, causing another dislocation crisis for the majority of the Chinese-American community in the neighborhood, bound for other Asian-American hotspots in the city as a result. With the dawn of the 2020's and the subsequent movement for a new Chinatown spearheaded by the Fukien-American Association of the Greater Los Santos Area, and the establishment of Little Fuzhou on San Andreas Avenue and surrounding blocks, the sudden re-population of the Lotus Garden has spiked yet again more issues within the community following it's constant trend of overcrowding, leaving it as a center for remaining squatters, arriving locals, and Soo Hoo Chinatown holdout locals. OOC Section The Lotus Garden Projects is an application-only public housing project featuring a multi-interior for plentiful space for community roleplay, our aim is to make a real, living environment for roleplayers aiming to stay in or around Chinatown. We urge people to make niche, well-rounded characters to fit this setting, meaning to fit the description of "an occupant of an around or below the poverty line-majority, ethnic apartment complex". As for the application process, there is no format as a judge of competence and character, but we will afford applicants simple requirements; All applications are to be sent to @slump in a forum PM and will be judged on quality, not quantity in a round-based style, meaning we will be opening and closing applications as openings come, and it is not first come, first serve, we recommend applying in groups (whether that be through having family members or room mates). We reserve the right to accept or deny anyone based around our standards of quality, complaints about denial sent to Property Management or us will result in barring from future applications, depending on circumstance.For more information or any questions, please feel free to join our discord for the project, which will hold guides and in the case of acceptance, local events and IC details in the confines of the Projects; https://discord.gg/a9jMdedfxJ
  4. This thread contains material that could be classed as offensive. By reading this thread you are consenting to read graphic content of sexual and violent nature. TRISTAN 包覃 Tristan Bao-Tam (包覃) is a 19-year-old Chinatown (Textile City) resident, youth offender and career criminal. He was born on the 7th of November 2002 in Strawberry. His mother was a second-generation Chinese-Vietnamese seamstress and his father was a Hong-Kongese illegal-immigrant involved in Chinese-American organized crime, specifically trafficking. Tristan's father was deported in 2004 to serve a life-sentence in Hong Kong, this left Tristan and his mother vulnerable and impoverished. Tristan was a very shy and innocent child, throughout early elementary school he didn't have many friends and was even bullied for a few years. Tristan's mother entered a relationship with a Macedonian drug-dealer in 2010, they had a daughter together a year later. His mom's new partner would turn out to be scum, going on to beat on both Tristan and his mother for years. Tristan began puberty whilst being physically and sexually abused on a regular basis, this significantly damaged his psychology and he developed a warped perspective on humanity. Tristan grew calloused throughout his early middle school years, he would express his trauma through inflicting pain on others. Tristan began to train at a martial art gym in Chinatown from a young age, finding a passion for boxing and taekwondo. Tristan began to become a fan of conflict, enjoying it slightly too much. He would instigate problems with school peers and even strangers, regularly coming home with black-eyes and fight related injuries. Tristan's behavior caused him to be excluded from numerous schools and at the age of 16, he was put into juvenile detention. On his release, Tristan began to sell marijuana through the influence of his peers in juvenile detention. His mother began to smell the cannabis on Tristan and in his bedroom and eventually found a large quantity of marijuana underneath his bed. Over fears of losing her son, she decided to move with Tristan to Delaware. Tristan's time in Delaware was genuinely spent in reflection of his delinquency. Tristan had been running wild on the streets, doing petty crimes and mixing with scummy people. It was during this time in Delaware that Tristan's perspective on life began to mature. Tristan managed to find an apprenticeship at a local mechanic shop a few months into moving to Delaware, here he found a love for mechanical engineering and cars - overall. The position was more so meant to teach the apprentice the fundamentals of mechanics rather than pay the apprentice a workable salary, this meant that despite a full-time job Tristan and his now elderly mother remained in financial struggle. In 2021, Tristan saved up enough money to take his mother on a vacation to Vietnam where they would see family. They arranged for a family friend to look after their apartment. Whilst on their vacation, the family friend who was to look after the house began to argue with a neighbor. The family friend threw numerous parties and was extremely loud and belligerent, when Tristan and his mother returned an eviction notice was found on the door. Not long after their return, two of the landlords sons had came to the apartment in an attempt to kick down the door and forcibly remove who they believed to just be an elderly woman. Tristan was home at the time, thinking that it was a home invasion he defended his home with a knife. He slashed one of the two brothers across the face, causing the other brother to flee. His mother had already called the police, they arrived briefly and both the landlord's son and Tristan was arrested. The duo made an agreement and no charges where filed due to the nature of the incident. Not long after being released, the duo made a return for Los Santos. On returning to Los Santos, Tristan asked a long-term friend who he had been dating to be his girlfriend. The duo started going out, through the hardships they had both been dealt they formed a very close loyalty and made plans to escape poverty together. Tristan's mother was 63 when they returned to Los Santos, the incident in Delaware and witnessing her son stab a man instigated heart problems. In 2022 she passed away after having a heart attack. Tristan was left alone, it was around this time he was offered work boosting and stripping vehicles for the owner of a pawnshop in LS. He began to focus on the hustle however was arrested in late 2021, charged with grand theft auto and evading a peace officer. Tristan's set to be released in 2022.
  5. As a counter to the rigid tradition permeating through the illegal world, The Windfall Connection’s hope is to set aside differences and focus on the one thing that is diluted by held prejudices: making money. Men and women of all races and backgrounds are accepted here, as long as they embody the lifestyle. Due to the founders being based out of New Chinatown, Mission Row, the Connection takes on Chinese paraphernalia. It is not a gang, nor is it wholly or majorly criminal. There is a balance between the legal and illegal, creating a mutual partnership. Business owners work hand-in-hand with those more steeped in the illegal world, letting them run themselves as siloed, autonomous groups. The business owners cover illegal expenses and fund criminal projects for these groups, and in turn, these groups dedicate their ruthless individuals to protecting the business sites that they are allowed to base their operations out of. Windfall Wealth (偏财) is an unexpected form of income. It’s a fitting way to describe those who take advantage of the system. This, along with the connected nature of the legal and illegal campaigns, is how the Connection finds its name. Chinese artists have long used five bats to represent the five blessings: health, long life, prosperity, love of virtue, and a tranquil, natural death. The bats often are bright red—the color of joy—but the Windfall does not find solace in embodying happiness. Our mark is instead a jet black. The Chinese word for black is "hei," which stands for bad luck, irregularity, and illegality. We take on the very last interpretation of the word, reminding ourselves of how we're viewed by the world at large. The five bats encircle a stylized caligraph known as the prosperity symbol. Among the Five Gods of Wealth within Chinese mythology, Zhong Kui stands as the Windfall God of Wealth, and as such, he is idolized by The Windfall Connection. He is a vanquisher of ghosts and a fighter of demons, but to fight is not always to kill. The practice of The Windfall Connection is to unify groups that would otherwise be without structure and without home, and so we look to the painting of Zhong Kui where the demon bows to him, for he realizes his life and his prosperity is greater when working alongside Zhong Kui. Zhong Kui is oft affiliated with the Five Bats of Prosperity, and this too is why the mark of The Windfall Connection was chosen. While steeped in Chinese mythology and ancestral knowledge, The Windfall Connection is modernized and corporate-esque in architecture and hierarchy. Leaders of the autonomous groups sit beside the heads of business, not beneath them, creating an unnamed council of proven men and women that seek to maintain their lifestyles and build the community that cultivated their own ascension. Discourse and cooperation are the glue, and anyone who chooses to neglect these basic principles will be replaced by the greater whole. Fly with us, or be cut down and replaced by another with larger, healthier wings. Founded on Chinese teachings within New Chinatown, Mission Row in Los Santos, San Andreas, The Windfall Connection will always prioritize those in need within the the community. To join us and to embody our ideology is to set upon the goal of uplifting one's self to a new lifestyle, but that does not mean only those born of Chinese blood, or Asian blood, are accepted. Diligence, intellect, skill, and amiability will take you far. NOTE: These ranks will not be used, or referenced, IC. They are simply meant to represent OOC development and how the characters in game organize their work and advancement up to the council. Intrigued 好奇 — Curious about The Windfall Connection, but have yet to be involved or have yet to involve themselves in the lifestyle. They've had discussions about unsavory work but have yet to run with something to completion. Vetted 审查 — Have expanded upon their curiosity and have been given minor tasks or busy work by a Connected, Winged, or Champion. They are still in the process of being tested, to see how they carry themselves and how successful they can be when provided minimal information or direction. Associated 联系 — Have stood out among their Vetted peers by proving their ability to take initiative and carry out their minor tasks without any setbacks tied to their own shortcomings. They are not yet Connected, but are privileged with a higher level of trust, and thus are given more meaningful, lucrative, and dangerous work. Connected 连接的 — Having proven themselves and carried out Associate level work to the satisfaction of those on the council, they have been uplifted and now officially belong to the Connection. They answer directly to a Winged or Champion; work is delegated down through them to the Associated and Vetted. They are the utmost trusted of the Windfall outside the council and are given work that requires a delicate hand, a thoughtful mind, and a keen eye. Winged 有翼的 — Finding your wings is no easy endeavor, for it is a test of skill, loyalty, resolve, and leadership. They have proven time and time again that not only can they drive their own success in the illegal realm, but the success of others beneath them, securing themselves a seat on the council. They often lead their own criminal groups, or are the next in line to lead a group once numbers permit. To be named a Winged is no mistake, but once someone grows their wings, they are expected to keep them in flight. Should they falter and refuse to let another find their wings, others among the council will make that decision for them. Champion 状元 — Bearing the original Zhuangyuan title of Zhong Kui, Champions are beacons of capital and governors of legal affairs among the Windfall, having earned their place on the council. They are self-sufficient, funding the projects and schemes of the Winged, and in turn, are provided protection and able hands from the Winged and their subordinates. This isn't to say that they never dabble in the illegal side of the coin, but their movements are cautious and obscured. Should a Champion's wealth wane, it is a show of their ineptitude and inability to contribute to the Windfall and the community as a whole. In this scenario, if they do not willingly step down, the council is entrusted to make that decision for them. Illegal activity we are attempting to portray and cultivate are crimes typically expected of, but not limited to, Asian Organized Crime. These include the production and sales of narcotics, car theft, automobile exportation, chop shop operations, crimes involving electronics, money laundering, illegal gambling, lottery scams, skimming, and possibly prostitution. The Windfall Connection does commit violent crimes such as robbery and murder, but on a much more seldom basis as to keep the organization's true nature under wraps. Since we are attempting to portray a secret society in West Coast America in the 2020s, a lot of violent crime will be well thought out and properly weighted for its worth. Asian Organized Crime Groups focus on generating money undisturbed. Violent crime, especially in a city like Los Santos, will garner unwarranted attention, even more so with the various other Asian groups in the city. Law Enforcement has proven they'll use a broad stroke to crackdown on all Asian criminals in Los Santos and the disruption of other groups' cash flow is something the Connection wants to avoid at all costs. The Windfall Connection is meant to be a story heavy group that focuses on characterization, human behavior, and emotional development. Your writing in game should reflect your character as a human being, first and foremost, who happens to be a criminal or head of business. The opposite circumstance should not be practiced — a criminal or business owner whose characterization comes second. If your primary focus is shooting or robotically working deals while barely interacting with the group IC, this is not the group for you. There should always be a balance and our roleplayers should try their best to give their character realistic depth. Those who belong to this group should try their very best to separate OOC and IC interactions. Narrative drives all, and as a show of good faith, I am personally embodying this ideal by making it clear up front that OOC management of the group is a responsibility kept completely separate from IC dealings. If my own character falls from grace through roleplay, I will not allow OOC privileges to provide me an unfair advantage. I will still help with upkeep for the group, or hand off the responsibilities to someone I know will handle them properly. I value story above all else and when it is skewed by OOC scenarios, the enjoyment of the entire experience is diluted. I want to try and avoid that at all costs, and I hope everyone who is interested in this group joins me in trying to uphold that ideal. If this group ever becomes an official faction, CK rights will not be carried out like other factions. Winged 有翼的 will have full autonomy to acquire CK rights for those that belong to their particular group / cell. However, no CK rights will be held across groups and no Champion 状元 or Winged 有翼的 will hold CK rights over another. This enforces the council mentality and breeds trust and respect among our members from the very start. Lastly, we personally do not tolerate any kind of disrespect, bullying, or toxicity to any of our members. We want this to be a friendly, open-minded community that focuses on writing and having fun. We do not care where you stand IC; if your OOC behavior is appalling, you will be removed from this community and the council will decide on a way to move the narrative forward without you in the most realistic and seamless way possible.
  6. This will be a continuation of Catalan Rui's story. Short Story: After jumping in for his own race during a brawl outside Kowloon Palace (Chinese fine dining restaurant) his fate was sealed with a particular group in Chinatown that mobbed it. Friendly and mostly passive, he has undergone through multiple struggles and hardships that has made him what he is today. Now essentially a made man in the Chinatown Collective, he continues to strut on in Los Santos, only wanting to protect those who cares about. The Hook: Shameful that he wasn't able to stand up for his entire life, fearful of being outed, of being powerless, and seeing how people always looked down upon his ethnicity he had enough when he saw a group of Mexicans fight a group of Chinese workers outside the Kowloon Palace. Fueled by his people standing on their own he joined which evidently sealed his fate into organized crime. Sunny Woo: Sunny Woo took a liking to Catalan due to his naïve nature. Sunny Woo, an ex-member of Wah Ching who later formed the Los Santos Triad took Catalan under his wing, later becoming a father figure, and adoptive grandfather down the road. Related Links:
  7. Jedai

    Downtown Audible

    The story of a troubled youth finding his way in life.
  8. (( This is the development thread of Marvin Yip, AKA Goblin ))
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