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-Announcements-

arrow 25th of April, 2017 Starting May 7th and concluding on May 20th, we celebrated
Gino's birthday in the Gaian Community Projects forum!
Feel free to check out the thread,
but know that the event is closed so posting in it will be considered spam. Talk to us about it here!

arrow 8th of March, 2017 - Please watch your step as our thread is currently undergoing
major renovations! Many thanks to Kiyo_Michan, Labtech Kestin, Anamosa Valentine
and Hurricane Islandheart for their assistance with the overhaul. At the moment,
the thread is best viewed on a laptop (rather than mobile) due to formatting shturffs.

arrow 18th of May, 2016 Hey! We're back in action! Tell your friends, and let's make
sure we're there for Gino as he saves all of Gaia!!! Many thanks to Hurricane
Islandheart for letting me use her synopses in the "Dramatis Personae" section.
Now maybe people will actually be able to understand our front page again! Hahaha heart

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This thread has been made for the support of the Gambinos -- all of them, and their friends!
Throughout all of their ups and downs, we will be there rooting for them, with plenty of
discussion along the way. Don't like the Gambinos? We'll change your mind. Mad because
you didn't get a G-Pin at either of the balls they were handed out? We'll tell you that it's not the
items that matter, it's your support of our pals. Have anything at all to say or ask
about the Gambinos and their past/present/future
? We'll have a reply.

Here, you can post banners, fanart, even Gambino fanfiction, as well as
(of course!) talk about Gambino goings-on. Please try to stay on topic and avoid roleplay,
since if we don't we'll get CHATTERBOXED! Or FRIENDS CHATTED! Dun dun dunnn.




A Gambino Service Announcement
FYI, we normally speak of Johnny K. Gambino as Johnny, Gino Gambino as Gino,
and any one of the both of them as a Gambino. Which means, if I say "Pride to
the name of Gambino" or something of the like, I'm saying it for any Gambino handy.


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"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women, merely players."
-- William Shakespeare

The Gambino Family



Johnny Kage Gambino

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Date of Birth: 15th of May, 1962
Deceased: 5th of March, 2010
Height: "I've heard it's almost 7 feet."


Billionaire. Tycoon. Megalomaniac. Sexy beast. Whatever you call him, Johnny K.
Gambino was a foundation and formative member of the everyday Gaian
experience for many, many years. His luxurious mansion on Isle de Gambino
once hosted lavish parties, and he never seemed to begrudge us for burning it
down or blowing it up when a party got out of hand. (Granted, much of that was
also his own doing.)

From the time of his interview with Gregory Donovinh, two short years after
his beloved Rosalie was killed, Johnny lived a larger-than-life life of adventure
and grandiosity. From hitting rock bottom following the explosion of his
mansion during the Halloween party of 2004
(and subsequent loss of his
son) to his meteoric rise (literally) in his soaring Tower, backed by loyal Gaians,
to his second fall on April Fool's 2005, Johnny's story was quite the rollercoaster.
The ride continued when he returned triumphantly to defeat LabTech X,
then used the remarkable sales of his Red Bino energy drink
to once again rebuild his mansion... just in time to have it destroyed during
the 2006 Halloween party with a crash-landing of the
Zurg ship. And, while his partnership with Mother did not work out,
he had precious little time to stew in the failure, as 2007 brought a dangerous
vampire threat to light
. This threat, intertwined with another, darker force
Johnny could never have predicted, ultimately cost him his life and put an end
to Johnny K. Gambino once and for all. Or did it?

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Date of Birth: 13th of May, 1988
Height: 5'10"
Blood Type: AB


Gino Gambino. No middle name. Who knew the meek, quiet little boy, constantly
overshadowed by his larger-than-life father
, would become one of Gaia's
most important people? Well, his father knew - "If there's one thing Gambinos
can infinitely bear, it's pressure. Mark my words: in a hundred years, I'll be
remembered for just one thing: siring Gino Gambino, history's greatest man."

And bear pressure Gino did. From surviving the explosion of his father's mansion and
being left with amnesia
to being reunited with his father the moment he was targeted
by an assassin's bullet, to forging a new life out of the remnants of the old,
Gino has survived one challenge after another. And with those challenges running
the gamut from battling holidays to getting the girl to being possessed
by a deity
, there has been no shortage of pressure put on the young Gambino.
Even sailing away in a wandering airship was not able to spare Gino the
pressures the Gambino name brought him, as evil enemies soon started to
crawl out of the darkness.

Now, Gino has realized how much his father and his legacy mean to him, and with the
encouragement of the mother goddess Gaia
, herself, he's ready to tackle
his new place in the world. It's up to Gino to show the world how close he and his
father truly were
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Rosalie Gambino, formerly Rosalie Von Helson, was Johnny's beloved wife
and mother of his only son, Gino. Little was known about Rosalie, as Johnny
steadfastly refused to speak about her or the circumstances of their
marriage
. The events surrounding her death only came to light for a
select few the night Ian and Louie were reunited. Even with these scant details
offered, the woman who was the centerpiece of the Gambino family remains an enigma.


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Damian (Ian) and Louie Von Helson are Rosalie's sons from her
marriage with Vladimir Von Helson, making them Gino's half-brothers.
Despite the lukewarm relations between the Von Helson brothers and Gino, they
still agreed to join forces to help put Nyx down.



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Ambition, the titan-turned-mortal, was the direct ancestor of Johnny and Gino Gambino,
the one who passed on the ambitious trait that fueled Johnny's rise and Gino's
determination to defeat Nyx. With Ambition's blood reactivated in Gino, the
ambition of all of Gaia
might be the key to defeating Nyx.



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Meili, now deceased, was one of the primary gods in charge of the world and "the
apple of Gaia's eye.
" He is the one who created the titans, including Ambition,
making him the master of the Gambino line. Meili apparently kept track of his creation,
because he recognized Gino and tried to protect him, ultimately sacrificing his life to do so.



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Gaia, Mother of all Creation, is also the mother of Meili. Though she does not
interfere directly
in the affairs of the world, she does continue to watch over it,
including Ambition's descendant, Gino. She ties the Gambino line directly to
the creation of Gaia itself.


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gaia_spoons Diedrich rose from Johnny K's ashes. Is he a reincarnation of Johnny?
Is any part of Johnny's consciousness still alive in Diedrich?
Answered! (mostly)


gaia_spoons A recent document has surfaced which shows that in 2004,
G Corp was purchased & incorporated by The Committee, which is owned
by Trust Corporation, which is a "Govt. of Gaia Undertaking." Now, according to
this 2000 interview with Gregory Donovinh (whom we assume is Cindy's father),
G Corp had already been a solid company for quite some time - long enough
for Edmund to be Head of Research for an indeterminate amount of time,
and then retire. What occurred to make this acquisition possible?

Why did TC purchase G Corp? Was it simply an investment, or did they
have aspirations of their own that they wished for G Corp to pursue?
Why did Johnny K begin making public appearances soon after the
incorporation? (His first Gaian appearance was at the First Annual Ball of
2004, at which he handed out G Pins - was less than a month after the
incorporation was finalized and before the document was even created.)


gaia_spoons Will G Corp be passed on to Gino despite TC's controlling interest?


gaia_spoons Who were Johnny's parents? Johnny created his wealth from nothing,
but VO stated that Johnny's father may have run
the Secret Underground Test Facility long before Johnny's control of G Corp.
Did Johnny's parents die when he was young? Did they disown him for
some reason only for him to claw his way back?


gaia_spoons Is Bucho alive and working as a bouncer in Virtual Hollywood?
What happened to him?


gaia_spoons Who is Labtech X? Is he still alive?

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Great Theories and Quotes

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LabTech Kestin
Ta-da! By request of Mistress Gambino, I present everything VO has said so far that pertains to Johnny and/or Gino. There's a ton of other related stuff in there (a few posts about Labtech X and the G-Team, a lot about G Corp and grunnies), but I had to draw the line somewhere. sweatdrop

VO
Haha, well, if Gaia doesn't bring him back, I will do some fanfiction and bring him back anyways. wink

LabTech Kestin
VO
Of course, Gambino has and will always be the most powerful man in all of Gaia(at least in my head) xd


I heard you were the reason he came back the first time. This automatically makes you awesome. emotion_brofist I know he's hiding somewhere out there, but I don't know what it'll take to get the writers to admit it. xp


VO
Yes, I remember trying out pools in Towns.

Hm... storyline-wise, I've always felt that the stories were all based around Gambino's struggles maintaining power. It was such a large part of the original stories that we based around the events in the forums, that it always felt like it should continue with him as the main character.

Of course, Gambino wouldn't be complete without the relationship with his son Gino, which was sort of loosely based around me and my dad before his passing.

I remember we always liked pitting really strong characters against each other, like Jack VS Santa, Gambino VS the Von Helsons, Labtechs VS zombies... there definitely would've been more clashes with strong power players and of course the love triangles with our main characters.

I've been catching up on the mangas since I've got my account back, and it looks like they've started to bring more species into gaia, like vampires, werewolves, elves and whatnot, and even Gods now. Not sure I would've gone there, but it's definitely a good way of introducing more factions and items related to those things so I can definitely see why they did that.

To be honest, I'm not sure where I would've taken things next, we were always hiding amongst the community and trying to shock them or do things that they didn't see coming. I challenge anyone to tell me they saw the Gino/Gambino merge coming. That storyline was like 2+ years in the making. xp

Esdella Vie
Just gonna start asking questions now. :3

Have you tried out the pools in towns yet? Where would the storyline have gone if you continued working on it?
If this thread dies, will you still stop by? (perhaps for a more GCD appropriate topic, lol)


VO
The bigger the eyebrows, the more powerful the man. wink

Meushi
Quick VO! Is it true that Gambino's eyebrows is the source for all of his power? IS IT?! gonk


VO
Hm...If I recall correctly, X set the Grunnies free and they caused the mansion fire.

LabTech Kestin
VO, you seem to remember a lot about the early days of plot. (Yay, that rhymed!) So before we delve more into the mechanics of our beloved G Corp, I have to ask. Who set fire to the Gambino mansion, and what was in that pill bottle?


VO
Ok, I'm gonna answer two questions from two different people here since they are both related in a way.

X - His motives have always been that of a whistle blower in the large conspiracy. He himself was an experiment gone and therefore he always made it a point to reveal what was really going on in G-Corp.

You'll notice that's why he tipped off the community in some events of G-corps inner workings. He also gave people the cure in one of the events as well I think. X had always known about the truth about Gino and Gambino's merge. That's why it was him who intervened at the cliffs, he tipped off Cindy Donovinh because he wanted the world to see the truth. If you'll also notice, at one point when Gino is morphing after X injects him, he yells "I should've gotten rid of you a long time ago." That's actually Gambino talking because X has always been a nuisance to him with regards to G-corp's secrets.

X released the Grunnies and destroyed the mansion to reveal to the world that Gino still had a lab.

Now, for the pill bottle... Basically, when the Gambino side of him started to resurface, Gino grew long hair, looked older, and started acting very unlike his former fragile self. He started showing signs and Labtech123(now doctor 12, the only surviving member of the original Labtechs) gave him those pills to surpress Gambino inside of him. When Ian saw it, he didn't quite understand it, but he knew that something was off about Gino and wanted Sasha to see that. Of course, he never really got the chance to, but Sasha found out the truth anyways. dramallama

xcrimsonlegendx
User ImageVO, VO, Okay answer the BIGGEST question in the history of the manga...

What was in Gino's pill bottle that Ian thought would make him look bad?! He ran off to show the bottle but the mansion blew up but we never found out what it was that he thought was so important...

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VO
HAhahahaha great question! blaugh

If you recall the original anniversary event from Gaia, where everyone got a commemorative picture of Johnny K. Gambino... did it remind you of anything?

Well, L0cke and I are huge fans of the original Mortal Kombat movie and the games as well. That photo, signed by Johnny K. himself(L0cke signed his name btw) was meant to be a nod to fictional action film star Johnny Cage.

Johnny K. was meant to sound like Johnny Cage. In other words, his middle name is "Kage." 3nodding

LabTech Kestin
Hey VO...what is Johnny K.'s middle name? Lanzer said the world is not ready to know, but I'm sure I can handle it!


VO
Gino, like me, has no middle name.

The Von Helsons were never intended to be Vampires(Vampires were added into the storylines later on). I believe the original idea was that the Von Helson's would never come back after the Gambino mansion flattened them. We did toy around with the idea of bringing them back, but if we did, I remember we joked about the twins becoming one person... in that, in order to survive, the surgeons put the girls back together as one body using the salvageable parts of each girl. So you'd have this almost Frankenstein Von Helson monster. eek

LabTech Kestin


*consults questionsforvo.txt* All right, two more for now. Does Gino have a middle name? And were the Von Helsons originally intended to be vampires in disguise, or did that revelation occur because everyone already thought so anyway and the staff just went "sure, let's go with that"?


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I'll hop on the bandwagon and post my speech as well:

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Johnny Gambino is a great man no matter how you look at him.

In recent years, he might have fallen prey to a host of misfortunes, some of which were even his fault.

But he always bounced back stronger than ever.

And now it's our turn to do the same.

Johnny never let us see his pain.

He always kept his chin up for us, even in the face of adversity.

And now we must do the same for him.

We cannot let his killer win by giving in to despair.

We must be strong like Johnny was strong, or we can't be expected to carry on his legacy.

VIVA GAMBINO!


Yay Notepad. Even spaced it into nice little "copy and paste here!" chunks. rofl



Kestin Sha
I guess I'll post mine as well, just for archives' sake.

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Johnny K. Gambino is a great man. Of this we can all agree. From the first time I saw him, hosting the 2004 Gaia Olympics, he struck me as a charismatic man, a leader to look up to. Halloween of that year only increased my respect for him, and his quest that Christmas solidified my loyalty and admiration. For over five years now have I stood for the name of Gambino, alongside everyone here right now, and many others throughout the ages.

Now, the one thing even his enemies would have to admit is that he is very rich and very powerful. But greatness is not determined by wealth or influence; many a mediocre person has possessed both. Johnny climbed to the top with his own two hands. And with results like that, any ordinary person would sit around doing nothing for the rest of his or her life. But no, that wasn't good enough for Johnny -- using his money and power, he established the G Corp and the Bank of Gambino, two massive contributors to what Gaia is today.

Dissenters have made claims of abuse and neglect toward his son Gino. But while Gino may not be everything Johnny once hoped, his greatest desire is merely to see his son succeed in life. As he gradually grows to understand his son, and that greatness comes in many forms and spawns from many beginnings, he never gives us reason to forget or deny that he genuinely cares. Just as he cared deeply about his late wife, and just as he cares for the population of Gaia itself -- eccentric though he is, there can be no doubt that his intentions are nothing but benevolent. A greedy man would not throw extravagant parties in his own mansion and invite the world to enjoy themselves; he would sit on piles of gold without a care for the downtrodden and disadvantaged.

Johnny Gambino is not just a rich figurehead. He is a hardworking, intelligent, altruistic man, with a heart as gold as the pins we wear today. His steadfast ambition and righteous love for all he holds dear is the reason the Gambino name will forever be associated with true greatness.


By the way, Jas, I thought you should know I put it entirely in the present tense just for you. Your faith is truly inspiring.



Jasette
For those who missed my speech, here is a hard copy:

I've written countless speeches about Johnny K Gambino in my many years on Gaia. Ever since I first learned of Johnny in early 2004, he's been in a lot of tough spots. Now, when things get bumpy, you have two choices: run for the hills or stand your ground. In the past, every time Johnny has been cornered by fate, we've come through for him as a community. This was especially true after the events of December 2004, when we realized the real love Johnny had for his son, whom he thought he'd lost. Johnny's love was so strong for his son, he was ready and willing to say goodbye to a world without him. It was then that Gino appeared, stricken with amnesia. Even in such a state, his subconscious told him such a man was not ready to die. Johnny had more stories to tell. This is when most old Gaians truly fell in love with this man and his son.

A few months later, we were offered a chance to prove our love. Gino was kidnapped by the newly introduced Von Helson sisters. Suddenly, Gaians were taking sides, attacking each other, hellbent on proving their right. It was then I created the first Gambino Support Thread, in the Third Annual Ball forum. Only in a time of crisis did we realize real action had to be taken by the community. Soon after these events, the Gaia Community Discussion forum was created, giving the GST a new home base.

And again, Gaians were called on to stand with Johnny as he rebuilt his life from the rubble. Without us, Johnny never could have returned to power. Make no mistake, it was our love, support, blood, sweat and tears that lifted him up above the clouds. Through our undying will, we endowed the most powerful man in Gaia.



Even through death, after the tragic events of April 2005, we stood by Johnny. If you weren't there, you should have seen out terrified reactions. They closely paralleled the outcry of today. Even then, we received many condolences. But we did not give up hope. We did not stop. We did not waver. Unbeknown to us, this time, it was Gino's turn to save his father. We waited one long, cold, lonely year only to find Johnny had been with us all along. Our stubbornness in the face of death was rewarded. Just like Johnny, we never, ever gave up.

I am so proud, so very proud of everything we have accomplished. Most of all, I am proud of the strength of our will as people. New and old, we have gathered together again, to face that ever-present enemy, death. Johnny is no stranger to the fight. “By whatever means necessary,” he will come out victorious. He still has more stories to tell. As the glowing head in the sky, Lanzer, has said, “we'll never seen the end of Gambino.”

Through zombies, snipers, falling off skyscrapers, burnt down mansions, vampire attacks, through death, through hell itself, we will never falter. We will never accept defeat. Johnny will survive in our invincible souls. Each of us has a piece of him within our heart. Our love now is stronger than ever. Even now, gathering together again, like so many times before, our invaluable community is bringing life to Johnny K. Gambino. He will always be with us.

The most valuable, the most powerful thing he'll ever own is our faith and loyalty.

For anyone who ever cared,
for Edmund,
for Rosalie,
for Gino,
for the whole of Gaia itself:
VIVA GAMBINO, FOREVER AND ALWAYS.


Mistress Gambino
PRESSURE O_____O I am also ungodly tired so we'll see how this goes. xD

I will try to keep this brief. (hehehhh why am I laughing)
Huge drama in 2004 and onward. I THIIIINK that's when they were first introduced, but I am not sure there. My knowledge only really starts around Halloween 2k4, since that's where I started sorta paying attention, so I'll start there. xD; (I failed when I first joined, yeah.)
Johnny owns/runs (past tense here maybe?) G-Corp, which does a lot of... questionable science. Those lovable zombie creatures from the olympics last summer, those were a failure. Halloween 2004, they succeeded in reviving life, sort of. Zombies, yeah. Awesome. Well, as always happens with zombie drama, it escaped and started infecting the masses of party guests there to celebrate Halloween, because Gambino likes to live with his work, or something, and has his mansion connected to the labs. Rather than just let us all die, Gambino issued us with shotguns with which to defend ourselves, X mysteriously started selling Vials of Unknown Liquid on the MP which cured zombieism, and it was all very suspicious. Then Bucho initiated Silent Flash which destroyed the mansion and its inhabitants, and the G-Virus. That was that, Johnny survived, and Gino was missing, presumed dead.
Christmas 2004, Johnny doesn't know what to do. He is so heartbroken without his only son that he goes to Durem Reclamation Facility to just end it all, when Gino himself miraculously appears and saves him, out of the kindness of his own heart since he's contracted amnesia and has no idea who Johnny even is. Sad!
2005, the Von Bitches- I mean Von Helson sisters show up trying to pass themselves as the "most powerful women in Gaia." Bullshit. They've got their little home in Durem, they're rich and snotty, and not even that pretty. They host the second Gaia Anniversary Ball (jerks) and Johnny crashes the party. The girls take Gino hostage and make Johnny promise to never set foot in Durem again to get his son back. He agrees, and they leave. He starts rebuilding his mansion, with aid from users' donations, and it becomes a HUGE CRAZY TOWER THAT DEFIES THE LAWS OF EVERYTHING because he's a Gambino and he can do that. He's gone MAD WITH POWER, MAD and on April 1st, 2005, he stands atop his tower BWAHHAHAHAing with madness, Gino shows up and miraculously remembers who his father is, it's magical and then JOHNNY IS SHOT (by Zhivago, the jerk) and falls from his perch, as Gino leaps after him, and they merge into one through the magic of science and both disappear for a while.
THEN IT GETS BETTER. Later that year, I think, Sasha finds (Gam)Gino on the beach and kiss-of-lifes him, nurses him back to health, (Gam)Gino takes over the family business and promises NO SECRETS KAY and falls in love with Sasha. He burns down the mansion (destructo-boy! just like his papa), is presumed dead AGAIN, but miraculously returns "in disguise" as The Masque between Halloween and Christmas. Masque hosts a fancy New Year's ball, kisses Sasha, ooooh romance, cute. Early 2006 (really? this feels wrong), GamGino is full of manly rage and testosterone and challenges Ian to a fight to the death over Sasha. Labtech X (who is Johnny's clone, betcha didn't know that! lol kidding, but it's true) interferes, injects Gino with an antidote, and there's a BIG EXPLOSION (the Gambino signature move) as Johnny and Gino seperate into two people again.
So Johnny's a widower, clearly, Gino's got a mom, her name is Rosalie and she was killed some years ago by Vladimir, which is where Ian and Louie came from, YEAH. She's been a source of emotional drama for the Gambinos and everyone since forever, even though we know pretty much NOTHING about her. That's AWESOME. Johnny hates vampires because of it, though, like, murderously. (he's so sexy when he's got his killing face on~)
Gino is currently living with Liam not because he's a bum, but because Johnny kicked him out to protect him from the evil vampires, and the kid's got self esteem issues.
That got kinda skewed in favor of my tastes towards the... all of it.
I should go back at a later time and pick out the actual important crap... xD;


Jasette
Aww, that would be a cute mini-comic update.

Johnny: *picks up phone* BWAHAHA! HOW CAN I HELP MY MINIONS TODAY?
Gino: Um, Dad? It's me, Gino. I'm just calling to wish you... a happy fathers' day.
Johnny: ... ... ... *blush* ... ... ... Uh. GET A HAIRCUT, KID. *hangs up* *cut to Johnny, staring thoughtfully at the portrait of him, Gino and Rosalie*

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EDIT: See the accompanying artwork by Mistress Gambino!


Koichiisama
Ok, let me try and remember the one I gave in the Mansion:

*Ahem*
My fellow Gaians, we have arrived at a pivotal moment in our Great Land's history. Our great friend and beloved leader, Johnny K. Gambino, has fallen onto very harsh times. Beginning with the events at his Mansion; he was forced to watch as his mansion was destroyed and his fortune lost, as well as lose his only son. Now, these girls, the Von Helsons, have come and declared themselves to be the new "Most Powerful Persons in Gaia." These women are nothing more than a couple upstarts. Even though the zombie incident was partially his fault, did Gambino not give us weapons with which to defend ourselves? Also, was it not this man that opened his Market to us? He even opened the GGN to all of Gaia. And now, in his time of greatest need, these upstarts are trying to have us turn our eyes to them, and away from Gambino. My fellow Gaians, I implore you, let not your minds be swayed! Do not lose touch with what you know in your hearts to be right! We must now aid the one that has done so much for us! Let us join together, and get rid of these upstarts! Then, once the Von Helsons are no more! We shall turn to Gambino, and we shall do all in our power to help him rebuild his mansion. Let us band together, as one, to restore to power the man that should be, nay, the man that has EARNED the right to be known throughout the land as The Most Powerful Man in all of Gaia. Now, let us go, and return this great man to his rightful place!

Well, that was about it. What do you think of it?


DemonEyesDeeper
See, my theory is this. Before now, Gambino's mansion was hidden underground to represent secrets. Now Gambino is building all his levels above ground to show he has nothing to hide, not to boast. <3

GO Gambino!


Lazarous
spencer- kun
]As general of the Von Helson Army, I peacefully come to you to say that The Gambino's Army and ours have come to a peace agreement!

I can see it in front of me:

Setting: 8 hours into the Easter party - Admin office

Lanzer: Sooo...... stare

VHA & GA top officers: *Shuffles feet.*

Lanzer: Would you care to explain to me how exactly you broke Gaia? stare

VHA & GA: *In unison.* They started it! gonk We merely asserted our right of self-defense!

Lanzer: And since when exactly did "self-defense" involve 300 lbs of explosives? stare

VHA & GA: Yah, umm... We asserted our right of agressive self-defense? sweatdrop

Lanzer: Then there was the matter of the theft of the Von Helson sisters' panties...

VHA: We'd never steal items from our beloved idols!
They'd have us deader than count Vladimir

GA: What would we do with that kind of filth? .__.

Lanzer: ...and using them for painting the walls with the blood of hapless bystanders.

VHA & GA: Oh.... sweatdrop We thought those were rags. Honest. sweatdrop

Lanzer: Further counts of charge are burning of the sisters' Vogue Magazine collection...

GA: sweatdrop

Lanzer: ...Unauthorized reinstatement of the Durem Defensive Works Cannon Batteries...

VHA: sweatdrop

Lanzer: ...burning of the sisters' clothing collection...

VHA: crying

Lanzer: ...for which the sisters wanted to thank the "cleaners"...

GA: gonk

Lanzer: ...illegal usage of alcohol as weaponry...

VHA: How should we know that the punch would react like that with the chandeliers! gonk

Lanzer: ...general stampeding...

GA: We weren't the ones who started using cattle prods! >__>;;

Lanzer: ...destruction of property worth more than all of the Exchange, 133 counts of molesting, 40 counts of murder, 642 counts of assault and 2 counts of raping dead fish.
I do not want to know about the last one, thank you very much

VHA & GA: .__.;;


Jasette
enshokukitsune
Capatain Aki
What kind of music would Gambino listen to?

He'd get the peasents to sing for him. xd
xd

Old Gambino,
We pledge to thee
Our honor and fidelity
Both now,
And in the years to be
A never failing loyalty.

Fair Gambino,
Thy name shall be
Written high in Liberty.
Now uncovered
Swears thy ev'ryone
Our pledge to Gambino.

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T e h J u n k i e
Guess what - GAMBINO POETRY!

From Heart-Filled Donations, Gambino built a Huge Tower,
To our Surprise, he went Mad with Power.
At that moment, Gino Remebered Him now,
But the Joyful Moment was crushed with an Ear-Shattering POW!

After the Shooting, Gambino fell from that Tower,
The Tower that made him go Mad with Power,
The Tower that made Gino Remember,
The Tower that put us in a Sense of Terror.

Johnny Gambino, Wherever you may Be,
You have made all of us Gaians See,
Money and Power dosen't Matter,
What matters is Love, and Living your Life to the Fullest.

Johnny K Gambino, May you be returned to us without Harm,

Sincerilly,

The [Gambino Support Thread].


It may not be that good, I haven't wrote in AWHILE. sweatdrop




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Wewt! You could have links to fanart. =D
I shpeak on behalf of the NPC fanart thread... go ahead and link to the Gambino art there. xD! That's here, btw!

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