August 18th, 2025 Recap
PROBLEM CHILDREN
Benji wakes up to Mentos being a problem child; complaining about Rich, no one wants to do a bank truck, and Benji suspects he is hiding money or supplies in his cars and him not communicating clearly what he is wanting to do in a job. Rich gets reprimanded for his communication as well. Mentos and Rich also get into trouble for taking Yusef’s girlfriend hostage. Taking Rosalina (Yusef’s girlfriend) hostage resulted in Yusef demanding $50,000 from Rich and Mentos and that he will not give them weed. Reggie must talk to Rich and Mentos, and it gets heated because Rich and Mentos didn’t think to tell Yusef that they accidentally took his girlfriend hostage and were joking about it after. After Rich and Mentos give their side on how they are upset that Yusef is so heated and threatening fellow gang members instead of talking to them about, Reggie explains that is why they should have come to Reggie so he could have had a talk with Yusef to start with. Reggie later lets Benji know that Yusef was on some energy and if he had his gun he would have shot Yusef for disobedience. In result of the conversation Yusef is removed from Hades panels in preparation of tomorrow’s meeting and Yusef potentially being blooded out.
**METH RUN: **
The initial run resulted in the group missing five bags to being too late to do a run. Second attempt at a meth run resulted in the group still being too early. Third attempt of the meth leads into a long chase with Lito as the meth run driver. Benji providing crucial blocks with his semi-truck, resulting in the meth run successfully completion and earning $809K for the gang.
BANK TRUCK:
Hades attempts to counter a bank truck but ends up not being successful, but all get away when the cops came in.
ABYSS CASINO
Benji meets with Tony about the potential for the casino and the next plans. Tony lets Benji know that they are working on two events, a liquor license and employees for the casino that will receive rewards for pulling in customers. A large wheel is in the plans to be added with a car going up for grand prize, (the wheel will take some time to be imported from overseas). Minimum bets are raised as well.
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Benji Ramos and Hades members deal with issues caused by Mentos and Rich, including taking Yusef's girlfriend Rosalind hostage, leading to a heated conflict and Yusef's potential removal from the gang. Benji reprimands Rich for communication issues, and Reggie intervenes to resolve the conflict with Yusef, who is later removed from Hades panels due to his energy during the situation. Hades successfully completes a meth run led by Lito, earning $809K with Benji's crucial support using his semi-truck. An attempted bank truck counter is unsuccessful, but all members escape. Benji and Tony discuss plans for the Abyss Casino, including upcoming events, a liquor license, hiring employees with customer referral rewards, and the addition of a prize wheel featuring a car as the grand prize. Minimum bets at the casino are also raised.
