10/11/2024 Kick Recap - "Respect, Love, & Headaches"

Arush calls to tell Lang that he took out Xander this morning in front of Locco. Lang meets with Dom in Cypress to get the last semi-slick tire, and get some business advice. Dom wants Lang's opinion on how to survive the hype lost from the Tuner shop opening, Lang reminds him to be consistent and advertise more. They approve PD repairs as long as Cypress is informed when cops are coming to get mechanic work done. Dom wants to run more events to get support from the state, Lang advises him to take meetings with the mayors. Dom offers to get the tires installed and balanced, so Lang goes to gather them up and meet him at the Tuner shop.

Dom gets Lang's tires swapped, a mechanic reminds Lang to valet his car in case of scuff. He stops by the apartments to park his car, and Robbie offers to sell Lang a Comet for 60k that's collecting dust. Lang heads back to Cypress, crashing into Larry on the way. He calls Luciano to meet, and stops by the Silos to grab some supplies. Luciano reminds him that Gigi is holding a crew meeting soon, so they head back to the Cypress construction. Teddy calls to confirm that Micheal is allowed at the meeting, Lang approves.

Crew Meeting

Lang, Luciano, Arush, Larry, Bubbles, Beau, Joe, Oleg, Dom, Tommy, Jaycn, Vito, Liya, Donnie, Matteo, Octo, Skipper, Santana, Martin, Sakura, Queenie, Ilya, Sophia, Teddy, Micheal, and Leon share quotes while they wait for Gigi to arrive (sorry if I missed someone). Gigi arrives, and she makes them change from a circle to a staged area. She offers to have the next meeting later in the day so more people can show up. Gigi tries to improve their communication by setting up better practices. If someoen wants to get involved in a job or an operation, find the person that leads it and express interest. If they need more supplies, inform Gigi and she will manage supply of the equipment. Gigi opens the floor for others to speak, so Larry tells the crew about his political position and requests for their votes. Lang steps up next, telling everyone that he's proud of them. He lies and says they plan on expanding, and getting better.

og's internet goes out for the day, and he does not return - have a good weekend!

11/13/2024 Kick Recap - "Head In The Clouds"

Lang stops by the food court and makes small talk with Frank about Luciano having two warrants, Lang is excited to get him arrested. Lang puts up an ad to get better car parts wtih interest to upgrade the RSX. Someone calls to sell Lang a Tier 4 part, Lang has him meet in Cypress and pays 25k for a Lightweight Kit. He calls Clark and doesn't speak, Clark waits patiently for Lang to hang up. og goes on a washroom break

Lang calls Arush to complain about yesterday, recapping the highway scene and how he almost killed Clark. Arush wants to bring back Goon School after this war to help keep the crew trained. Arush offers Lang to take one of his special items, Lang debates taking a grapple gun or spring boots - he decides to take the boots. Lang calls Luciano to kick Ilya out of their 6 and joins them as they convoy around looking for the Manor.

They have one hop out where Lang shoots a few shotgun pumps into their cars, but then cannot find them again. After much searching, Lang is frustrated with Manor's helicopter so they try to plan an ambush for it. Many different fights later, they steal one of the Manor cars and try to steal it's parts at the Tuner shop, but there isn't a mechanic around. They hold up a woman in shop, Lang doesn't think she's related to the same people that robbed him yesterday. They press another pair of people at Mosley's, Zeek shoots them down for suspecting they're Manor and not admitting to it. The cops arrive to chase, Lang loses them in the canals and takes the train tracks through Cypress. Both supporting vehicles get knocked out, Lang drops Luciano off so they can help.

They decide to shoot the cops in Cypress, Lang hops out and starts blasting. After a few cops go down, Lang straps up his spring boots and bounces out of there. Everyone seems to be clear of cops, Lang pings Luciano to pick him up in the oil fields. Lang and Luciano head up to Paleto and get everyone to meet up, he calls Arush to join them and Bubbles subs out. They drive back into Cypress to get ammo, Clark is worried about Martin's mental health. They pass the Manor again who pull a Lang and shotgun down Queenie and Zeek from the cars, they drop the downed members in Cypress and head back to where Zeek went down last.

Lang, Arush, Luciano, and Clark hide run through the alleys and the canals to try and find the Manor. Vito and Sakura join them as they make it all the way to Grove, and a firefight begins. Lang takes out 2 and then gets shot down, Manor scoops them up robs their stuff, and leaves them in the hospital. og takes a meeting Luciano picks up Lang and carries him to the truck where they all drive back down to Cypress. Luciano escorts Lang into the warehouse, Lang throws his joints on the ground in rage and heads to bed. (completely empty pockets)