(Hi yeah so I uh, have been boycotting this thread a bit, if you haven't been able to tell. I'm a bit upset with how you're handling this martial law, Dillon. There's no way Andy would be able to take down that many feds and his people hide out unnoticed, the feds have swarmed the city. Your characters, no one's characters, not ILD's, not Equi's, not mine, can walk around willy nilly and do whatever they want undetected. I set Carpinello up as this brilliant Don, who's not going to be outsmarted, and I don't really appreciate Andy and Jason walking around and escaping no problem)

(This is one of those times where I actually will defend myself somewhat. I never intended to undermine the threat, if anything I thought I showed the severity. It forced two people who hate the living hell out of each other to work together. Though I have to admit that I never made it clear why Jason and Andy hating each other was probably BEST for Facina. They aren't just a good team, they're a DAMN good team.

Andy when he doesn't have to worry about relationships, Elizabeth, or having problem upon problem piled upon him is extremely intelligent. Jason keeps Andy focused, which is actually pretty bad, no one becomes the right hand of a Mob just because they're like a son to the Don. That's not how it works, crime bosses are calculating. They operate in cold facts, the biggest cold fact that if Andy wasn't good enough, David would have NEVER made him second in command. I'm not saying he's Carpinello or Sapphire chess player smart, but he's still damn good.

Jason is a wild card. He's unpredictable to both a strength and a fault. He'll rush head first into danger because he feels like if he doesn't fight what he thinks is wrong it won't go a way. He is the living embodiment of a hero complex. Andy knows this, and knows how to play with it, and knows how to use Jason's extremes to his advantages. Plus Jason's a tough son of a bitch, able to take beatings.

The old expression with Jason and Andy is "Alone their great, together they're unstoppable"

In my mind, I thought I highlighted just how of a deal Carpinello is if it forced those two together.

HOWEVER! Don't stop reading here I'm not done.

Despite my personal feelings, clearly I didn't make that clear. I should have, I should have made it SEVERELY clear that Andy and Jason teaming up is the last thing anyone would want. However, I didn't...and I should have.

The point of this bragging is to state something that could have taken one sentence. I didn't think that I was undermining your threat, I wanted to show how severely this threat is by having Andy and Jason teaming up, though looking back I was down playing your threat slightly and I'm sorry.

Though to be honest, I thought Facina died because we have so many threads, but you make a good point and I'll try to cool down. By the way? Is there anyway I can get back into Land of the dead?)

(Like I said, I'm going a little to far with my point and I was rightfully called out)

"Let's go, " Rose led the way, shouldering her pack nervously.

Khonsu moved to leave with them. His steps made no discernible sound when there was any sort of noise from the methodical, metatarsals-first way he walked. Part of the job, probably.

Rose led them around a large radius, keeping distance from the gunfire. "We're going underground, less detection," she announced.

Andy motioned for Elizabeth to follow "Just like we practiced, go to basement and hide in the vault" Elizabeth nodded and ran down there as Jason could hear a heavy metal door slam.

Jason stated "Maybe opening firing wasn't our best move"

"No, you think?" Andy stated "Don't worry, they have armor but we still have the advantage. This is a huge house and there's two targets. If we split up, they'll have to as well and we'll pick them off one by one. Stealth is key here."

"Uh, Andy" Jason pointed to that. "I think we might have made an underestimate."

Andy sighed "Damn it, who funds this guy?!" He then motioned "Come on, I know a way out of the manor, follow me." Jason nodded and followed him heading for the Vault that Andy had Elizabeth hide in.

"Yep." Khonsu replied, but gave no show of any weapons.

“Your Skyla?” Itsumi frowned. “She’s my sister,” she said, putting her hands down cautiously. “She never showed up in Japan, and...we received some disturbing photos and letters, I came to get to the bottom of this.”

Heavy artillery fire began to rain down on the mansion, and the machine guns began attacking the windows.

Tyler looked over at the erupting gunfire and nodded. “Lead the way,” he said to Rose.

"I'll go first." Khonsu stated and drew a suppressed UMP in his right hand from his coat, sliding down the side of the ladder with his other hand and feet while keeping an eye out for danger inside.

(I do believe Andy was in some of the pictures sent, btw, described as one of the offenders in Aska's forced suicide.)

Itsumi looked between the two cautiously. Both of them had a hand in Aska's death, that much was clear. This Jason is even clearly alluding to it. She knew her sister... they must have tricked her. Maybe they were hiding her? Keeping her hostage? "They won't give you a lead, I'm here to find my sister," She said, taking a step back.

Tyler went next, choosing to slide as well to move faster. "Alright Kim, come on!"