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well thats pretty fucked up but it is a good story.
so ur what like part of the mafia then? this is some godfather shit.
ud think that kind of a job would be lucrative enough to prevent that kind of stupidity but idk shit abt how that shit works.
why concrete?

Because concrete is cheap and readily available.

Anytime there is a businessman from Russia they say he is mafia. But it does not mean much of anything. Everyone is mafia. Everyone is a businessman. Everyone is a gangster or a banker... they are all the same thing where I come from.

And as for Veniamin...well...perhaps it is lucrative. But perhaps also this life attracts the type of people who are never satisfied so long as another man has more than he does.

is it? cool.
idk shit abt concrete.
ud think theyd want it in like a glass case or some shit tho. more intimidating if u can see the head imo.
ok so ur mafia. lol.
thats cool tho. sounds like uve gotten some good stories out of it if nothing else.
so what abt u then? r u that type of person too?

I was. I have learned my lesson.

Better to learn it before you lose your head as well.

lmfao. true enough.
what kind of maf shit did u get up to? like what was ur role ig.
idk how the mafia works actually.
tell me abt the mafia.

Consider it like any other business. There is the man at the top and the subsequent people below him. The lower down on the chain, the less you get and the less protection you have. However, the higher up you are, the higher the risk. So, as you can probably guess, there is a constant cycle of 'who is the man on top'.

But there is not just one singular 'mafia.' It does not work this way. It is factions. Territories. Domains. This one they control the shipment of heroin through India into Europe, that one they control contraband alcohol in Budapest... so it goes... and now and again they decide 'that man's territory is weak. I want to take it and add it to mine.' And then you find yourself in a war.

When I was a much younger man, I was rising in these ranks and got pretty close to the top. However, a rival faction to mine decided to go after our assets and our influence and we were run out of Russia. Exiled. Some went to England, others such as myself decided to go to Israel and start again. And since then I have built my own empire. So for the past several decades I have been the man on top. That is my role.

But mostly I a businessman. I own nightclubs and casinos....and I keep myself active in politics.

[Never just one card in his hand]

fuck. so ur like the godfather.
impressive.
i roughly get how the maf works. wars and shit. sounds fucked up.
but its story time so tell me abt the coolest shit uve gotten to do as part of all this.
there have to be some serious perks to make it worth it.

Without those awful jowls, I hope.

The coolest? Hmm.. this is not such an easy question to answer.

[Much of it rides on what Harlan would define as 'cool']

When you are in my position you do not have so many hurdles to jump to get what it is you want. All the important people in my government or in other countries' governments they want favors...so grant these favors and when you then say for example 'I want a floating casino' they clear the way for you. Or if you say 'I want to meet this person' it gets arranged. So now I have casinos, I have night clubs, and I have powerful friends.

But perhaps more fun is the game. When you steal a piece from the chessboard of an enemy, so to speak. When you outmaneuver them and part of their empire is now yours. For example, a rival of mine had a monopoly on the shipment of drugs through Mumbai...they had bought off all the port masters and workers at the docks...so...i get my own people, they run out these port masters and these workers and overnight we take over the docks at Mumbai and now all shipments of drugs coming through Mumbai go directly into my profit margin and my enemy has not only lost out of their pocket but they are humiliated in front of their investors back home.

Edited 2018-06-24 18:18 (UTC)

floating casino. like literally?
cool.
so all thats worth the risk to u? the fun of the game?
not knockin u. honest question.
just sounds like a neverending cycle to me. u fuck ur enemy over so he fucks u back. rinse repeat.
ur putting a lot on the line for fun from where im sittin.

It is a casino and it floats. So to answer your first question: yes. It is a floating casino.

[He then sighs]

There are different ways I could answer that. I could go with the 'in Russia, the only way a poor boy can make it up the ladder is to play this game' answer. Or I could say 'we are all men who do not know how else to find purpose and meaning in our lives if we are not constantly fighting for it'....or perhaps even I could tell you 'the thought of living a quiet life and dying without any legacy sounds worse to me than being killed in a fight for an empire.' And all of these things would have truth in them. It is just that some days...some years....some of them feel truer than others. And you begin to forget which one it is that drove you the farthest.

whoa. cool.
hm.
ig i get that.
follow ur heart n shit. at least ur honest.
say the first thing wasnt true. second thing too maybe. would u change ur past?

Change it? You mean in some Cinderella-Wish-Upon-A-Star sort of way?

well when u put it like that it sounds fuckin stupid.
im talking hypothetically.

I am not sure what I would change it for. What other life I would have wanted.

[A pause]

Though I suppose there are...certain things...that would have been easier without the danger involved. I have never managed to...as you might say.... settle down with anyone.

fair enough. i was jw.
that sucks.
do u think livin the life u do prevented u from findin someone?

I am certain of it.

how can u be certain of that?

I am afraid that is not a story for today.

np.
sorry for bringing up a sore subject.
ty for stayin up w. me.

You do not need to apologize, you did not know.

Do you have any stories you'd be willing to share? Or is tonight more of a one way deal?

i got kidnapped by faeries once.
a couple times actually. we had a running feud w. some faerie queens.
it was a whole thing.
this time they threw us in a maze w. a bunch of bs rooms that had puzzles and shit.
sounds fun in concept but its not that fun when ur life is on the line.
anyway some pixies turned me into a rabbit.

[Semiyon's voice pitches higher in curiosity]

You mean...an actual rabbit? The little creature that bounces?

[...and also tastes great with rosemary and a wine reduction but he's not going to say that...]

yep. lmao.
theres a spell called polymorph thatll do that.
turned the rest of the team into animals too.
the way to undo it is to get hurt. it sort of shocks ur body back ig.
idk how it works but it does.
there were some coyotes in the other room so i booked it back there and fucked w. em until they bit me.
hurt like a bitch but it worked. lol.

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