Nicholas Simone/3.0

Nicholas Simone is a character role-played by Nikez.
==General Information==
Nicholas "Nick" Simone is a former council member of Seaside and one of the most feared terrorists in Los Santos. Furthermore, Nicholas is a businessman and is involved with many different companies, like Simone Acoustics.
===Appearance=== 
Nick has blond hair which is styled longer on top with shaved sides. He also has a trimmed beard and a mustache. Since owning Simone Memorial Hospital Nicholas is regularly dressed in a suit, often combined with a red or dark dress shirt and dark pants. In the past his usual outfit consisted of a grey jacket, paired with a white t-shirt underneath and grey jeans. While on the beach, he has been seen wearing just swimming trunks and flip-flops.
Nick always wears darkened sunglasses, leaving the impression of anonymity. Almost the same can be said for masks, he often is either wearing a black medical mask with a petrine on it or a Seaside mask. Alongside this, he adopts a slow-paced walk- often taking his time in anything he does.
===Personality===
At first glance, Nick appears as a well-composed, indifferent man, often trying to hold all the cards he has close to his chest.
Nick is known for his narcissistic nature and terroristic traits- he often argues that he is not a "terrorist" and is just someone who is not afraid to do what he thinks is right. In this regard he is much like his brother, Michael.However, what sets them apart from each other is that Nick tries to never leave a trail. Nick is the distrustful and cautious one of the brothers. Operational security is a top priority for him, although it can slip into paranoia.
People opposed to him often fear his aggression. Nick has no problem to brute force his way and once Nick starts he won't stop until everything is burnt to the ground. Further, his actions may be calculated from his standpoint but others often can't predict how Nick will react to things and believe that he's impulsive and rash.
Additionally, Nick does have sadistic traits- for example, while being very aware of his often intimidating presence, he loves to feign ignorance to the reaction he causes and often comments on how harmless he seems to be. The more people are afraid of him the more he enjoys making them uncomfortable.In his personal life, he's very closed off, always keeping people at arm's length away from him and rarely talking about his own feelings. In addition, through their upbringing both Simone brothers have a difficulty dealing with and/or understanding emotions. There are very few people Nick actually cares about, making it very easy for him to hurt others and disturb the peace.
When it comes to business ties, the Simone family in itself holds extreme riches- Nick often flaunting this fact. When this fortune isn't being spent on private yacht's and new houses, Nick uses the money to fund a range of guns and explosives. Due to this high status, Nick maintains important roles in almost every company he's apart of. 
===Background===
Nicholas grew up in Denmark alongside his younger brother, Michael Simone. Due to the death of their mother at a relatively young age and the severe negligence of their rich father, the brothers relied on each other heavily throughout their adolescence. This created a strong bond and connection between them, even through petty squabbles and arguments- they would go to the end of the world for one another. 
As they aged, Nicholas decided to enlist in the military, he specialised in explosives and sniper rifles, while Michael decided to move away to San Andreas for a change of scene and to start his life anew. It was not until 2019 that Nicholas ventured to Los Santos to check up on his brother but ended up staying in the city after making some new friends. 
===Dice God Persona===
Nick seems normally calm and calculated. Sometimes to let have a bit of fun, he acts as Dice God, a persona of him, who loves to gamble with other people. 
Often the gamble is dice rolling and at risk is either life or high sums of money. 
==Events==
Troubles With Cleo
January 25th 2022 - The Simone's VS Cleo Shaw
On January 15th, Cleo Shaw was on duty as an LSPD cadet. While hanging around Paleto PD alongside Domenic Toretti, she decided to aggravate members of the Lost MC. As she attempted to walk away from the group of bikers, she was shot in the back of the head. Toretti attempted to shoot at the attackers but was unsuccessful. Later that same day, Cleo received an unexpected call from Nicholas Simone- this call consisted of Nick warning Cleo to stay out of drama with the Lost as he had close ties with them and knew what they were capable of. However, during this call, Cleo resorted to belittling members of the Lost- referring to them as "bitches" and degrading them to any extent she could.
In the late hours of January 25th, Nick travelled down to Chumash pier where Cleo had informed him that she wanted to speak with him. This meeting ended poorly, with Cleo brandishing a switch-blade she had bought from Curtis Swoleroid and stabbing Nick directly in the stomach. This occurred after Cleo suspected Nick of shooting her boyfriend, Bryce Miller. As a result of this stabbing, both Simone brothers felt that Cleo needed to face consequences for her actions.
On January 26th, Nick and Mick decided to kidnap Cleo. This involved bringing her to their home in Rockford Valley and taking her down to a hidden torture cellar, showing her the consequences of messing with the Simone brothers. While in this cellar, Nick planted a tracking device into her arm after putting a bag over her head- so she wouldn't know what was occurring.
On February 13th, Nick decided to call Cleo due to his awareness of her being locked away in Parsons Rehabilitation Center. This call consisted of Nicholas flexing the fact that he has bought a new yacht and asking Cleo if she wanted to borrow it- hoping to push her to confess of her location. Towards the end of the call, Nicholas told Cleo to google "The White Death", who, unbeknownst to Cleo was an infamous Sniper by the name of Simo Häyhä. Just hours after this call occurred, Nicholas travelled to the peak of the hills surrounding Parsons and aimed his sniper rifle directly at Cleo's head. He then sent this image to Cleo via a burner phone - hoping to make her panic.
However on February 14th, Cleo decided to "set up" Michael as revenge for his brother tormenting her. This involved luring Michael with the help of Joe Goldberg and entrapping him in a cage. However, Cleo quickly backed out of it. Despite the decision to back out, Michael was infuriated with her actions and seeked revenge. Michael eventually texting Jenny Hall that he was going to go against his promise of "leaving Cleo alone" because she came for him. After an hour long call between Jenny and Michael, Cleo was to be left alone once and for all.
Nick cleo 1.png|Nick and Cleo talk about the Lost MC
Cleo Shaw stabs Nicholas Simone.png|Cleo stabbing Nick for hurting Bryce
Simone Brothers.png|Nick and Mick kidnap Cleo
Protecting Michael
April 20th 2022 - Protecting Michael
On April 10th, after Raymond Romanov had helped in the saving of Michael Simone from a prison transport. Ray decided to meet with legal advisors such as Murphy Braun and cover himself from catching assisted charges from Michael's case. This is because he was caught trying to free Michael and was threatened with the same charges Michael faced- terrorism, treason and gun-trafficking. However, it was discussed by the legal advisors that if Michael was to pass away, the charges would be dropped on anyone who assisted his escape. This gave Ray the bright idea of hunting down Michael and killing him, despite warns from his friends that it was a bad idea- Ray's mind could not be changed.
It was not until April 20th, on the opening day of Pixel Perfect, that Ray ran into Nicholas Simone. Due to Nicholas' nickname being "Nick" and Michael's being "Mick"- Ray happened to mishear April Fooze who referred to Nicholas as "Nick". This caused Ray to think that Nicholas was Michael, Ray telling him that he needed to talk to him and that he should be thankful that he helped to save him. Once Nicholas had exited the shop, Ray walked up to him once more at which point Nicholas realised that Ray was mistaking him for his brother- to which he corrected him and made him aware that Michael Simone was infact his brother. As Ray realised he had mistaken the two brothers, he was told by April to move out of the way to which he uttered "Oh I'm sorry, I thought I had to kill this man". 
This comment obviously offended Nick, so much so that Nick planned to kill Ray before he could harm Michael. On April 23rd, Nick took to talking to members of Seaside of his plans to kill Ray- to which they encouraged him. From this point on, Nicholas kept an eye out for Ray, hoping to get to him before he could get to Mick.
RAY NICK.png|Raymond Romanov confronts Nick at Pixel Perfect
Seaside nick.png|Nick speaks with seaside about wanting to kill Raymond Romanov
Joining Seaside
April 21st 2022 - Joining Seaside
Nick was first asked to be apart of seaside by Benji Ramos on the 21st April 2022 during a phone-call between the two. It wasn't until April 28th that he was initiated into the gang and shown the ways of the Seaside life. Ever since this date, he can actively be sited holding down "the set" and asking people on Seaside turf for their "beach passes".
Despite never being in a gang prior to Seaside, Nick slowly learnt the ways of gang life from the point of his initiation. What first sprouted as a polite individual, turned into a ruthless gang member with excessive speed due to the influence of his surroundings, specifically when confronting those who walked on the beaches with no pass.
Where Is Michael?
September 2022 - Where Is Michael?
After Michael sent out various texts to love ones on September 24th 2022, Nick became worried and began to search for him. This hunt began with Nick publicly tweeting that he'd pay $2,000,000 for any information on his location.
However, it wasn't until October 1st 2022 that Nick finally located Michael. During the late hours, Nick received various texts from an unknown number that led him to a dumpster near the south side with three photos inside of it. Two of these images were of a location, a small building just off of Marlowe Drive while the final image was of Michael- seemingly unconscious and cuffed to a pipe inside of the building with an activated bomb by his side. After seeing this, Nick called up Jenny Hall as he knew she had a close connection with Michael and was the only PD member he could trust, to go to the location with him and fellow Seaside members to help Michael. 
Upon arrival at the location, the building was blown to pieces, hot smoke clogging the air. As Nick searched the area, he spotted a pool of blood and a tangled body on the floor, just below the cell tower. It was within seconds that he realised this was the body of his younger brother, Michael. With this, Nick threw up and entered a trance of denial- calling for a doctor and begging someone to help him. Michael Simone was dead.
Over the next few hours, Michael's body was transported to the morgue and Nick said goodbye to him for the last time alongside his fiancee, Lilith Ailhart.
Nick found out a week after discovering the body, that Michael just faked his death. It took a long time for Nick to forgive Michael, especially since Lilith got tortured in the aftermath.
Nick and Mick.png|Nick finds Michael's body
Owning A Hospital
December 2022 - Owning A Hospital
After Viceroy burned down, Nick decided to invest in the new hospital Central Los Santos Medical Center. He changed to name to Simone Memorial Hospital or in short, SMH. 
At first doctors and staff members were skeptical but Nick had taken the hospital seriously. He was on the Board of Directors and had made changes to SOPs- like the new SOP to document every DNA test, to prevent Michael's fake body from getting DNA tested. Nick was actively working almost every day in the hospital.
Nick was trying to get the most out of his investment, he was mostly looking out for information about the investigation into Michael's grave and trying to prevent any major mishaps his brother may was causing. A few things weren't planned, like the friendship with Bunny and Nancy, the two just continued to annoy Nick until he caved in and even began a prank war with the two, or the deal with Winston Walker, who wanted to protect his girlfriend Katya Volkov from the Eastern Bloc with Nick's help. Nick had agreed to the deal, in return Winston, a Sergeant and Detective, "belonged" now to him.
Nick stepped down from the Board of Directors in September 2023.
SimoneMemorialHospitalLogo.png|Simone Memorial Hospital
BundyDiscoversSMH.png|Bundy discovers the new name
WinstonWalkerNicholasSimone.png|A deal with Winston
A 6-Day Drug Bender
January 2023 - A 6-Day Drug Bender
During a conversation with Michael, the brothers started to argue. It came across as Michael had someone else use Nick as a punching bag without any problems or without even addressing it and that upset Nicholas. This was a low blow for Nick since he was always going above and beyond for his brother, trying to protect him and cleaning up after him and it seemed like Michael didn't put Nick in the same position. Nick couldn't understand Michael's perspective or the bigger picture he was talking about.
Nicholas left the conversation early and went to an old coping mechanism of his: A 6-day drug bender.
According to Nick, it was something he had done in the past. Doing drugs for 6 days and in the end waking up in a rehab clinic in Switzerland, with a disappointed message on his phone from his father. For Nicholas, this is meant as a reset and it's easier for him than dealing with his own feelings.
At first, he was drinking pure vodka on his private island and listening to music, with the occasional drunk twat. His friends were very worried and tried to constantly contact Nick but to no avail. Nick didn't pick up any calls and ran away if he met someone who was worried about him. During this time he got in trouble with the PD a few times, especially when he was drunkenly operating his helicopter. 
On the 6th and final day, he bought cocaine from Rod Long. Apparently, the coke was not of good quality and was laced with something. Nick overdosed and had multiple seizures. Fortunately, Dahlia had been so worried about him that she was on his private island with him, to monitor him, she was acting quickly when Nick collapsed and brought him into the hospital. He spent a day in the ICU. As he woke up, multiple people were absolutely furious with him but in the end very glad that he got through the overdose. Nicholas had to promise many times not to fall back into this coping mechanism.
NicholasSimoneDrugBender1.png|Police pulled Nick over for DUI
NicholasSimoneDrugBender2.png|Police trying to prevent Nick from operating a helicopter drunk
NicholasSimoneDrugODDahliaFey.png|Nick collapsed from an overdose of cocaine and vodka, with Dahila
The Aftermath Of The Sanguine War
August 2023 - The Aftermath Of The Sanguine War
The day of the war, Yeager and Nicholas agreed upon a deal: Nick would send Eastern Bloc (air) support, and in return nobody on Sanguine Isle would shoot at medics. Nick made the stipulation because his girlfriend, Veronica Mars, was active as EMS on the island.
As Nick woke up the next time, he was notified that Veronica got shot during the war and was in the ICU. Nicholas learned that she got entrapped by a Senator and Brian Knight. They had asked for volunteers of the EMS, and Veronica had offered herself, thinking it was for something medical.
But they gave her a bomb and wanted her to set it up in a bunker. The bunker was the last resort of a lot of criminals.
During this, Byson heard what was going on and stepped in, but he was threatened and sent away.
Veronica felt like she couldn't back out anymore and walked with hands in the air towards the bunker and got shot down. 
Nicholas has promised to do everything in his power, legally and the Simone way, to avenge what happened to Veronica.
For three days Nick talked to many different people, especially the now inmates of the war, and tried to save medical personnel from any harm. As Nicholas was talking to the doctors about their actions and about the deal he made with the inmates, the conversation escalated into a fist fight and Nick got punched down. As a result of this, he has left the Board of Directors of LSMG but is still the building owner.
NicholasSimoneBysonMeeting.png|Nick meeting with Byson to talk about the war
NickSimoneFindingVeronicaUnconcus.png|Finding a passed out Veronica in a bunker
VeronicaMarsNickDragonReggieGreysonStatement.png|V giving a statement about the war with Nick, Reggie, Greyson, Dragon and a lawyer
NicholasSimoneLandoMeeting.png|Meeting with Lando about future actions
Business Moves
September 2023 - Business Moves
Seaside wanted to step into the restaurant business for a while now and so in September 2023 Nick had a meeting with Shelly, talking about a possible partnership between Seaside and Burgershot.
Shelly agreed on a trial period, where both parties could start working with each other and trying the whole thing out, with the possibility of a (co-)ownership for Seaside of Burgershot in the end.
The Simones also got approached to step into a partnership with Pitchers: Pitchers would own and buy 50% of Bahama Mamas West and the Simones would own and buy the other 50%. Both brothers agreed to the deal.
NickSimoneMeetingShelly.png|Nick meeting with Shelly
NickSimoneSeasideMeeting.png|Talking with Seaside about Burgershot
NickMickSimoneSeasideDragonBahamaMamasMeeting.png|Meeting inside Bahama Mamas West after buying it
NickSimoneShellyMeeting.png|Meeting with Shelly
Edgar & Leaving Seaside
December 2023 - Edgar and Leaving Seaside
Edgar approached Nick about buying bombs or becoming a bomb connect for him, which raised red flags in Nick's mind since he had never spoken to Edgar before. Nick spoke to Michael about it and both of the brothers were not happy. It turned out that Benji was guiding Edgar and backing him.
In the following weeks, Edgar started to make more and more people angry and became more and more paranoid. It escalated more and more between Edgar and criminals in Los Santos, leading to the death of Rosabel, Cesar and more. 
In the end, the Simones decided to get rid of the headache. Michael with the support of BBMC dropped him off over Sanguine.
Benji felt betrayed by Michael, it came to a big argument between the two and Michael decided to hang off his chain. Nick followed suit.
Nick left the city, following Veronica to Africa. Michael burned down the Hades lair, his own house, Nexus and bombed the Seaside Towers and then disappeared.
MickSimonegrabbingE.png|Michael grabbing Edgar with BBMC
MichaelSBenjiArgument.png|Michael, Benji and more argue
NickSimoneEnd3.0.png|Nick leaving Los Santos, following V to Africa at the end of 3.0
MichaelSimoneburningdownHades.png|Michael burning down Hades
MickSimonebombingSSTowers.png|Michael just before placing the bomb at the top of the Seaside Towers
MickSimoneEnd3.0.png|Michael's last moment in 3.0
==Relationships==
===Family===
Michael Simone
The younger brother of Nicholas. Michael and Nicholas, who have adopted the names of Mick and Nick, grew up together in their childhood home in Denmark. As they reached their adolescence, their mother passed away meaning that they were left to their own devices, with the absence of their father- the two relied on each other heavily. Eventually, Nick took the decision to enlist in the military, leaving Mick behind for the first time since their birth. While alone in Denmark, Mick took the decision in 2019 to move to Los Santos for a fresh start to life which was shortly followed by Nick venturing to LS to check up on him. After seeing that his younger brother was doing well and Nick making some friends for himself, both the brothers decided to stay in Los Santos. 
Due to their intricate history and brother bond, Nick and Mick would protect each other no matter what. Even going as far as to commit murder to protect the other, the two are completely loyal to one another. This was proven when Raymond Romanov threatened to kill Mick, Nick instantly setting out a plan to kill Ray before he could harm his brother. Even though the brothers commonly have petty squabbles and minor arguments, this is their way of showing they care for one another. 
After Michael's supposed death in September of 2022, Nick began a vengeful path of destruction. Losing the last of his family left a detrimental impact on his mental being- especially since he was the one who discovered Michael's deceased body, in pieces. This left a hole in Nick's heart. 
Nick found out that Michael is still alive after a few days. He was glad that Michael is still alive but since Lilith got hurt in the aftermath, he was reluctant to Michael in the beginning.
The relationship between the two was strained. During a conversation, the brothers started to argue. It came across as Michael had someone else use Nick as a punching bag without any problems or without even addressing it and that upset Nicholas. This was a low blow for Nick since he was always going above and beyond for his brother, trying to protect him and cleaning up after him and it seemed like Michael didn't put Nick in the same position. Nick couldn't understand Michael's perspective or the bigger picture Michael was talking about and Nicholas went on a drug bender to deal with his feelings.
It took some time until the brothers met up and talked it out. They both recognized their wrongdoings, apologized to each other and promised to more communicate more in the future.
===Individuals===
Close Friends	
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed article-table" style="width: 100%"	Veronica Mars
Veronica is Nicholas' girlfriend. 
They've met during Nick's poor arc, while he was bartending in the Liquid Library. It started as a game -basically flirting until the first chickened out- but that never happened. After the Sanguine Isle war they finally put a label on their relationship.	
Friends	
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed article-table" style="width: 100%"	Claire Seducer
A friend of Nicholas. Claire and Nick often call each other "besties", admittedly only when the other wants a favor from the other.	
Acquaintances	
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed article-table" style="width: 100%"	Raymond Romanov
After Raymond told Nick that he wanted to kill his brother, Michael. Nick has had a mutual dislike towards Ray, willing to harm him in order to stop him from harming Mick.
Currently Nick doesn't wish to harm Ray and even let him drive his car, but Nick is not a person who forgets the past that easily.	
Dislikes	
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed article-table" style="width: 100%"	Nancy Drew
Nick has known about Nancy for a longer time and he knew how close she was with Michael. Since owning the new Simone Memorial Hospital, she was around Nicholas way more often, since her best friend is Bunny.
Nancy loved to annoy him but she didn't underestimate Nick. During Nicholas' drug bender she tried to support him the best she could and was worried sick. While on drugs he told Nancy per text that he loved her, which he confirmed to her again after the bender while sober.
The relationship fell apart as Nick was using one of Nancy's friends to get back at Lang. Nancy forced Nick's hand, Nick reacted badly to it and they had a fight. Nick doesn't feel like he'll ever let her back into his life.	
===Gangs===
Seaside
Nick was first asked to be apart of Seaside by Benji Ramos on the 21st April 2022 and was formally invited and initiated into the gang on April 28th. Ever since this date, he can actively be sited holding down "the set" and asking people on Seaside turf for their "beach passes". 
Despite never being in a gang prior to Seaside, Nick slowly learnt the ways of gang life from the point of his initiation. What first sprouted as a polite individual, turned into a ruthless gang member with excessive speed due to the influence of his surroundings, specifically when confronting those who walked on the beaches with no pass.
He left Seaside in December 2023, after a fall out with Benji.
HOA
A positive relationship. Due to Nick's former relationship with HOA member, Lilith Ailhart and his brothers HOB status in HOA - he is well known and well respected within the gang.
Angels
A positive relationship. Nick can be seen hanging out with Claire Seducer.
The Guild
After providing audio proofing to the Demon's Den Arcade, one of the workers happened to make a negative comment towards Nick's car. His natural response to this was to plant a C4 (inactive) in the shop- as The Guild are the main contributors to the arcade, this upset them. However, Nick's relationship with the Guild as a whole is mostly positive.
==Trivia==
* Nicholas owns a BMW, RS6, Peanut, Boat and a Yacht, which he loves to flex.
* Nick does not know how to ride a bike, despite having a few lessons with the Lost MC.
* Often gets mistaken for his brother, Michael- despite their opposing features.
* Blew up Domenic Toretti after he flirted with his then girlfriend, Lilith Ailhart.
* Was initiated into Seaside by Benji Ramos on April 28th 2022.
* Once fell off the Oil Rig while attempting to trip Sam Baas.
* Nick once planted a C4 in Demon's Den Arcade after an employee called his car "ugly".
* One of the few people in the city to get Chang Gang to pay for a pass to something.
* Loves UTC as timezone and tries to convince everyone to use it.
* Hates being called Nicky.
* Many people want to be adopted by him.
* Doesn't know how to handle his own feelings and in extreme cases goes on a drug bender for 6 days to deal with them. Nicholas describes it as a reset for himself.
* When asked for his favorite color Nick denies having one. If he's being pressured to answer after that, his answer is blood red.
* Once paid a Serial Killer to keep Blake as a hostage for 30 days, so he doesn't have to deal with the doctor.
* Was on a poor arc, while not actually being poor.
* Went through an expungement in June 2023.
* Commented that he sometimes listens to the sound of 13-Alphas to help him fall asleep.
* Doesn't acknowledge Dragon Rush as son, even though Dragon is force adopting himself.
* His ringtone is the only personal ringtone in the city, it's the Seaside Anthem.
* Has stated that he has tortured Cleo for months and made her some sort of assassin/killer.
* Does have an AI assistant in his phone called Amy, with which he's arguing from time to time.
* Nicholas loves using the excuse "I'm going through a tunnel" during phone calls so that he doesn't have to answer some questions and has started using it during face-to-face conversations.
* Walked Mona Sanchez down the aisle at her wedding.
==Music Featuring Nick Simone==
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==Gallery==