The Manor/Major Events

== DAY-TO-DAY ==
=== MATT AND JAMES INTERNAL CONFLICT ===
On February 3rd 2024, Aubrey Webster was pretending to rob Matthew Antov's girlfriend Tatianna Donatacci. Upon seeing this, Matt attempted to press Aubrey and defend his girlfriend. Whilst watching, Stephen Joyce and James Malding started to mock and mimic Matt in his attempts to intimidate and press Aubrey. Heated by what was happening, Matt took offence to this and stabbed James, subsequently sending him into the ICU. After hearing about the incident, Sparky Kane refused to bring either into the gang that was forming until they both sorted out their differences. After a couple of weeks of stubborness, James Malding and Matthew Antov eventually squashed their beef for the sake of the new gang.
=== JEAN PAUL ROBBERY ===
On February 6th, 2024, Terry Linkston and James Malding got held-up at gunpoint and robbed by Jean Paul and Ginger Ale, whilst doing a Gruppe 6 job. After a couple of hours of looking, James and Terry spotted Jean Paul at the hospital, whilst they were waiting to pick-up Saint Gomez. As Jean Paul went into the hospital, Terry decided to hide into the boot of his car, before eventually hopping out and robbing him at knifepoint in Legion Square. Whilst Terry is robbing Jean Paul, Benji Ramos arrives and encourages him to take everything JP has due to Jean Paul stealing most of the Company's assets a couple days before. As a result, Terry gave Benji a USB that the Company were looking for, but kept the gun he found in a bush that JP had been suspiciously driving back and forth over. In return for giving the USB back to the Company, Terry asked to receive the information about its uses once the Company figured it out. After being picked up by Sparky and a few others, Terry stashed the PD Glock inside the crafting bench at their Grove Street house. SK plans to move it eventually, once they purchase another house and advised them all not to talk about it with anyone outside their group.
This robbery of Jean Paul is what eventually resulted in a meeting at Ganton Court between Sparky Kane, Terry Linkston, James Malding, Saint Gomez, and Gigi Costello in which they finally decided on the name of The Manor.
=== TENSIONS ON GROVE STREET ===
Jay Martin and Eli Porter were snooping around some weapon crates at the dock after they had finished a Grime run, when they were spotted by a group of masked individuals who then proceeded to rob them. After doing some research and speaking to other people who had been robbed, the three suspected robbers were Jean Paul, Future Cortair, and Aubrey Webster. Future later admitted to James Malding and Sparky Kane that he was robbing people at the Docks but once questioned about robbing Jay he backtracked on his story. In a confrontation on Grove a couple days later about the situation, Future was stabbed by Terry Linkston. Although not a part of the Besties, Future Cortair is very close with 4Head who is a member, and who also lives in a house on Grove.
Not long after this incident, another robbery occurred in which Gigi Costello was robbed by Fanny and Ming Jingtai during a G6 run. Returning to Grove Street, Gigi is with James Malding when they spot Fanny and Ming, who are also both part of the Besties, at Grove Street. James and Gigi both proceeded to confront Fanny, who denied her involvement in the robbery, despite Ming telling James it was them. The confrontation that occurred invoked the outrage of the Grove Street Housing Association who had spotted what was happening. The group of the HOA that spotted them included Chang Gang Associate Gomer Colton and neighborhood watch Richard Woytkiw, who proceeded to press James and Gigi for attempting to hold up Fanny on Grove Street. Some other incidents that have raised tensions on Grove street include Chang Gang and Jean Paul using Terry Linkston as a hostage for a Laundromat that they were robbing, and also Terry, James and Gigi being robbed at gunpoint during a Gruppe 6 by Mr K., Ramee and other members of Chang Gang and the HOA of Grove Street. Matt and Sparky were also robbed during a money run by Ramee, although he eventually returned the majority of what he stole. Similarly, Gigi was again robbed doing Gruppe 6 by CG twice in one day, although they again returned some of what they stole. All of these robberies and incidents caused early tension and strained relationships between the Manor and their neighbours, noticeably the Besties and Chang Gang. 
=== TROUBLEMAKER LUKE ===
Luke Atar earlier in the morning meets up with Cozney King in order to steal AC units and rob other groups that were attempting to do so. Unknown to Luke, Cozney is a known snitch as Stephen Joyce had taken part in his kidnapping and assault on behalf of Mr K and Solomon Walker. Spotting a group including Cora Star, a member of ADMC, Cozney and Luke attempt to rob them which leads to a scuffle that results in Cozney being the last man standing. In the chaos Cora had snuck off with the AC units and stashed the loot. Upon returning, Cora is also smacked in the head by Cozney with a wrench. Cozney then attempts to get Cora to reveal the location of the stashed loot to which she refuses and threatens revenge with the ADMC, claiming they have 25 members. In response to the threat Cozney attempts to ocean dump Cora. Cora would later be found by members of ADMC.
Following treatment, Luke and Cozney return to Grove Street and relay the information of what happened to Ste, Eli, and Jay. When Jay heads to the hospital for treatment on a broken leg, he has a run in with the roof running group. Unknown to Jay, whilst he was on the phone to Luke about the incident, one of the roof running group overhears him mentioning it and the group proceeds to press Jay about the situation. As the situation heats up, Jay is bonked by Hazel Havgreaves (non-ADMC) with a wrench. A conflict breaks out that results in the roof running group all going down again after Jay is helped in the conflict. Following this incident, the members of the Manor discuss the issue as Ste relays to the others that Cozney is a snitch and tells Luke to get Cozney to leave. Ste then has a phone call with Solomon Walker (high-command of ADMC) and they come to the agreement that Cozney is nothing to do with them and will be hunted by ADMC, whereas Hazel, who is nothing to do with ADMC, will be hunted by The Manor. They later squash the beef with Hazel who compensates Jay.
However, another issue arises later on in the day when Luke spots Cora at a mechanics shop. Still annoyed about the situation, Luke messages Cozney telling him Cora's location. Cozney through his connection with Speedy had managed to acquire a gun and following Luke's information pulled up to the mechanics shop and started shooting at Cora. In the crossfire, Cozney fired shots that hit a Kaneshiro Clan member. Luke eventually tells the rest of the Manor about the text that had caused the shooting and they quickly realised that if another group got of hold of Cozney's sim card they would see that Luke was in cahoots with him and that they had broken the rough truce they had made with Solomon Walker and the ADMC. Fortunately for the Manor, they were contacted by the Kaneshiro Clan informing them of a $5000 reward for Cozney. Under the cover of this bounty, they planned to roll out and hunt Cozney to get his sim card and hide the evidence of Luke's involvement in the shooting. They had planned to use Luke as bait but then they get the information from the Ballas that Fin Win had been robbed doing money orders by a group including Cozney. The Manor react quickly and eventually spot Cozney in a vehicle. In the subsequent chase, they end up at the tow yard in which Ste hops out a car and shoots Cozney, before getting charged at with a knife by one of Cozney's group. Fortunately for the Manor, they win the altercation and are able to rob Cozney of his phone, which they then proceed to stash in their house. The body of Cozney is then presented to the Kaneshiro clan, who give the 5k reward. 
In the aftermath of the attack, members of the ADMC requested to see Cozney's phone. Both Solomon Walker and Sean McQuillen demanded to see the phone as evidence of trust between the Manor and ADMC, but the Manor knowing the contents tried to play it off and kept it. Solomon's reason behind the request was to see how connected Cozney was to Speedy, as Speedy had called Solomon threatening him. Matthew Antov eventually relayed to Solomon, as he had read Cozney's messages, that the only traceable connection between Cozney and Speedy was the purchase of BUTCOIN and computer equipment like racks and GPUs. Suspicious of the Manor, the ADMC have not retaliated directly but are suspicious of their involvement in Cora's shooting as well as the initial robbery. 
=== DEZMOND WRIGHT, MARTY BANKS, AND A SHOOTING ON THE BLOCK ===
Whilst taking part in robberies of Gruppe 6, Terry Linkston and Kenny Hopkins headed to the vault and held up Dezmond Wright in order to steal his truck and money pallets. Unknown to Terry and Kenny however, Dezmond was a close associate of Marty Banks and one of the biggest investors in Marty's casino, 404. Following the robbery, Dezmond called Marty and told him about the incident, who then headed to Grove Street to look for members of the Manor. Marty spotted the stolen pallets in the back garden of the Manor house and also saw a car similar to that which Dezmond described parked out front. Holding a gun Marty, then interrogated James Malding, Saint Gomez and Shankquan O'Neal about the robbery and the vehicle parked out front. Once Terry and Kenny pulled up, Terry admited to Marty that he robbed the G6 truck to which Marty then demanded compensation for Dezmond. Marty asked Dezmond, who had now arrived, what compensation he wanted to which he said he wanted the pallets moved to his own backyard a few doors down, and that the car parked out front should be ocean dumped. Under the threat of Marty and the gun, Terry and the others agreed to the demands and Terry and Kenny proceeded to start moving the pallets. Whilst this was happening, Dezmond changed his mind in regards to the ocean dumping of the car and instead started kicking it. Ramee seeing the commotion from his house on Grove took the opportunity to also steal some AC units from the trunk of the car. 
James, Saint, and Shankquan waited at the front of the house with Marty, whilst Kenny and Terry moved the pallets. However, when Dezmond went to the backyard to check on Terry and Kenny, Terry took the opportunity to stab him before quickly jumping in his car with Kenny and driving away. Someone with Marty heard the commotion from the backyard and alerted Marty that Dezmond had been stabbed. In a fit of rage, Marty shot all three of the group that had been stood at the front of the house, before running away when cops arrive. Having been shot James, Saint and Shanquan were transported to the hospital and Terry arrived to see them. Suspecting that Terry may go to see them, Marty appeared masked up with a gun at the hospital and got Terry and James to come into his car and head back to Grove Street. At gunpoint, Marty forced James and Terry into the backyard of The Manor's house, before shooting Terry in front of James. Marty once again fled the scene but the Police again arrived quickly and questioned James about what had happened. James feigns ignorance of the situation to the cops, however Dezmond turned up and started snitching to the Police about the Manor and the initial robbery incident. Dezmond informed the police that behind the house the Manor stashed the loot from the earlier robbery and also pointed to James' car being the one used in the robbery. Marty then returned again in order to support Dezmond's statement and even planted some illegal money in the back of James' car to help convince the police of their story. As a result of the snitch, James Malding was arrested and brought to MRPD. Fortunately, he was later released but his car did get impounded for a parking violation. Terry was also arrested at the time and plead guilty to all charges. 
=== SO ARE WE FRIENDS WITH CHANG GANG? ===
After a few smaller incidents and robberies by Chang Gang on members of the Manor, many of the gang were confused on where they stood in their relations with CG. On some occasions, members of Chang Gang, like Peanut and Chris King refused outright to rob or scam members of the Manor due to their close proximity and good relations. On other occasions however, CG members like Ramee El-Rahman and Taco Prince robbed and held up members of the Manor, often only returning part of what they stole following conversations. After repeated moments of disrespect, the final incident that caused the Manor to retaliate was the robbery of Terry Linkston by Taco and Jean Paul, in which they stole 1500 jewellery parts. 
Essentially, Ramee, JP and Taco pulled up to the hospital and spotted Terry Linkston in his 10F. Seeing Terry, Ramee started joking around with Terry, who he calls 10F Terry, and in doing so took 1500 jewellry parts out of his car before putting them back. However, when Ramee went into the hospital, he radioed Jean Paul and Taco telling them that Terry had jewellry in his car and to take it if they wanted to. Not really knowing who Terry was, Taco stole the jewels in front of Terry and put them into his own car before eventually driving away with JP. Terry thinking it was originally a joke asked for them back but once Taco and JP refused he realised he had been robbed. Terry then proceeded to follow the car to the Pawnshop where Taco and JP again refused to give the jewels back. Eventually Terry followed them to a gas station and again asked for the jewels back. Annoyed by Terry's persistence, Taco held Terry up with a gun and stole his car. Taco later returned the car to Grove Street undamaged.
As Terry realized he was not getting his jewels back, he started to call some other members of CG in hopes of sorting out the issue. He first called Ramee, who pretended that he had no involvement in the incident and asserted repeatedly that it was nothing to do with him, and that Terry should sort it out with JP and Taco. Terry then decided to call Mr. K, who was at this point running K-Town in Prison. On the phone, Mr K. came across disinterested in finding a resolution but said he would call Terry back once he had looked into it. Mr. K never ended up reaching out and at this point, Terry and the Manor came to the conclusion that CG did not respect them at all and and that they could not keep ignoring the robberies and disrespect they were showing them. After hearing about the incident, Sparky Kane decided that the Manor would go after Taco. The original plan was to catch Taco on his own, not harm him, but rob him for whatever he had on him, hopefully a gun.
On March 10th, after seeing that Taco had been selling lockpicks the past couple days, Matt, Ste, James, Terry, Kenny and Ricky devised a plan in which Matt would meet Taco to buy a lockpick, and then they would all swoop in and rob him. Unfortunately, due to miscommunication, the initial attempt to rob Taco failed as Matt's deal for the lockpick was completed before the others had time to set up. However, during the deal, Matt had heard that Taco and the group he was with were headed to the meat processing facility as they had just been hunting. The Manor therefore decided to lay an ambush for the group as they came out the facility. Ste and James were positioned on the highway above with the guns, and the rest swarmed in to hold CG up as they left the facility. Unfortunately, as Terry tried to hold up Taco, Vinny pulled out his gun. Ste and James seeing this shot Vinny down and as a result all hell broke loose. In the chaos, Ste shot Peanut and Terry hit Taco with a wrench. As Terry was moving Taco to rob him, Hazel then came up behind them and knocked him and Kenny out, after which Ste and James shot her down. Zolo, who hid as soon as the ambush started, then came back and hit Ricky, before again being shot down by STE. After escaping from the cops, with the majority of the bodies the Manor robbed 3 guns from Peanut, Taco and Vinny. 
After everyone had received treatment at the Hospital, Vinny, Taco, Zaceed and Peanut had a meeting with Terry, Ste, James and Matt to talk about the situation and how to resolve it. In the meeting, Taco said that during the initial robbery he had no idea who Terry was, but revealed that it was Ramee that had told him to rob him, so he did. After some back and forth, Vinny and Taco offered to end it there and then by returning Terry's jewels in trade for getting the guns back. Unsure about what to do and another retaliation, the Manor refused the terms and said they would not return anything until Mr. K and Sparky had met the next day to talk about it. 
The next day a group meeting between Chang Gang and the Manor was held in the centre of Grove Street. After a lengthy back and forth between Mr K. and Sparky, Sparky made it clear that he would not be returning the guns as he was unable to trust the word of CG following the spate of robberies and other incidents. Angered by this, Mr K stabbed Sparky and the other 10 Chang Gang members present managed to take down the 6 Manor members (Sparky Kane, Terry Linkston, Matthew Antov, James Malding, Gigi Costello, and Ricky Lafleur). On the orders of Mr K., the downed Manor members were loaded into the back of their vehicles and taken to the Oil Fields. Mr K. then informed Sparky and the others that they were in possession of 4 PD Glocks and were intending to plant them on their bodies if they did not now come to a compromise. Having spoken to Solomon Walker earlier on in the day, Sparky knew the legislation was worded in a way that would almost certainly lead to successful charges of upwards of 100k and a raid of their main property, which was in Sparky's name. After consulting with the others, he realised that this plant would also result in them losing the 3 guns they stole anyway, as they were carelessly stashed in some of their apartments. Strong-armed by Mr K., Sparky eventually agreed to return the 3 firearms in trade for the original jewels stolen from Terry as well as assurances from Mr. K himself that none of CG would rob members of the Manor or continue the conflict, and that they would look to strengthen their relationships. Mr K. also offered reduced rates on Magazines, Ammo and Lockpicks, whether for the intents of purchase or re-sale. 
=== OTT WANTS WAR, THE POWER OF THE UMBRELLA. ===
OTT declared war.
OTT called off war.
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== HEISTS ==
=== LAUNDROMAT HEIST ===
The first Manor members to take part in a Laundromat Heist were Sparky Kane and Matthew Antov. Standing on Grove Street, they were approached by Mr K, who asked whether they would be able to claim the heist on behalf of Chang Gang, in return for the cost of Butcoin, some ammunition for their PD Glock, and some of the money stolen in the heist. Sparky quickly agreed, and so him and Matthew took part in the heist to learn the information of how to do it, which they then relayed ahead of the first proper Manor heist. 
The first all Manor Laundromat Heist was then hit on the 24th February 2024 by Sparky Kane, Matthew Antov, Terry Linkston, Giavanna Costello, and Stephen Joyce. Shankquan O'Neal also waited on the outside in case the group required additional help to escape. Matthew Antov successfully completed the hack to disable the power and then Stephen Joyce managed to unlock the safe, earning the crew approximately 25k from both the laundry machine quarters and the money in the safe. The USB that was collected by Sparky Kane was Green. In the escape, Ste eventually managed to lose the police after completing a jump in the storm drains, without the group having the need to use any vehicle swaps. Following their success, Sparky Kane received a call from Flippy who asked whether they would be able to swap something for the Green USB, as it was one of the last ones that Hydra needed to complete their set. After weighing up the options, Sparky agreed to swap the Green USB for a Blue and a Red USB, as well as a reduced price on a Glock magazine. 
The second Manor Laundromat Heist was completed on the 26th of February with a group consisting of James Malding, Tatianna Donatacci, Eli Porter, Luke Atar, Kenny Hopkins, and Ballas member Fin Win. The reason Fin Win was invited was because the Manor had sent the Ballas some Butcoin and used their computer to start the job. James Malding completed both hacks and after some vehicle swaps they all managed to get away. Once again, the USB they acquired was Green and when added to the Blue and Red they traded with Hydra, it took their total USBs up to 3. Following the job, there was some tension within the heist group, particularly Luke Atar, as some were unhappy with Sparky Kane's policy that all the money earned from the job was to be gang money. 
The third Laundromat heist was completed on the 29th of February by James Malding, Matthew Antov, Shankquan O'Neal, and Giavanna Costello. Matthew Antov disabled the power but unfortunately the safe timer ran out before they could unlock it. Everyone escaped. The USB they received was Red but the next day the Ballas agreed to swap it for their Yellow USB. 
The fourth heist was then completed on the 3rd of March by Sparky Kane, Terry Linkston, James Malding, Luke Atar, Shankquan O'Neal and Stephen Joyce. They managed to get the USB out mid-chase when James handed it off to Luke and Sparky, who were pretending to be Gruppe 6 workers at the Bay City Bank. James and Terry then got into another car and once again everyone made it out successfully. The USB they stole was Orange, leaving only the Purple USB to get. 
The fifth Manor Laundromat heist was completed on the 5th of March by Sparky Kane, Matthew Antov, Terry Linkston, James Malding, Kenny Hopkins, and Ricky Lafleur. In a similar way to the fourth heist, they managed to get the USB out safely during the chase through a slick handoff. This time, James ran through Snr Buns and handed it over to Kenny who was dressed as a worker there. James then ran into the metro station and hopped into Ricky's car, whilst Kenny went back to working in the kitchen with the USB. The USB they received was once again Green. 
The sixth heist was completed on the 7th of March by Sparky Kane, Terry Linkston, James Malding, Matthew Antov, Giavanna Costello, and Max Brown. They received a Red USB, another duplicate, which Sparky handed off to Gigi and Max mid-chase, who were dressed as Sanitation workers in an alley. Unfortunately, they failed to unlock the safe and did not make much money. 
After hearing that Future Cortair had acquired a Purple USB and was selling it, Sparky and a few others approached him to purchase it. Unfortunately, the incident in which Terry stabbed Future meant that Future would only sell it to the Manor if they paid an extortionate price. Unwilling to pay the high fee, Sparky and DJ Cooper from the Saints made a deal in which DJ would buy it using the Manor's money and then secretly give it to the Manor, who in turn would give him a duplicate Red USB. This plan came together and on the 9th of March 2024, the Manor successfully handed in all the USBs and unlocked the Cash Exchange Heists. 
=== CASH EXCHANGE HEIST ===
On the 12th of March 2024, the Manor attempted their first cash exchange heist, with Sparky Kane, Matthew Antov, Terry Linkston, James Malding, Ricky Lafleur and Max Brown looking to rob the Rancho Cash Exchange. Matt unlocked the door at the back of the building with the USB, allowing Sparky and James to enter the backrooms. James successfully hacked the door locks and they entered the main office, before Sparky then unlocked the vault by doing the word memory hack. Whilst the others were unlocking the doors, Terry held the hostage at wrench-point in the waiting area at the front of the bank. The group inside the vault grabbed 36,000 dollars of banded cash, after which they joined Terry at the front to begin their escape. James then drove the getaway car, as Matt confirmed the exit plan over the radio with Max and Ricky, who were waiting in Mosley's for a handover. 
The plan was that Matt and Sparky would get out the car, enter the sales door of Mosley's, run through the staff door, and exit into the garage, where a second getaway car would be waiting. In the midst of the chaos, Matt and Sparky would run past Ricky and Max who were dressed as mechanics and hand over the stolen cash, with the Police none the wiser. However, when the car arrived and Matt and Sparky hopped out, Matt managed to hand over the cash to Ricky but before he was able to enter the second car he was tazed and cuffed. Sparky had no keys to the second car and and so James and Terry were forced to drive back to pick up Sparky, but the chase was cut short when they were boxed. Sparky and James were then cuffed, whilst Terry got picked up by Ricky but again they were soon boxed and both cuffed. After receiving a $10,000 fine each for the robbery, the Manor decided to not attempt another cash exchange for a while. 
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