Johnny K. Gambino's journal

**Johnny K. Gambino's journal** is an event log chronicled by Johnny K. Gambino himself. The journal played a major part during the Halloween and Christmas 2004 events, but was later abandoned.

Originally, the journal was titled **Gambino's Mansion** and served as the "[event] log of the most powerful man in GAIA!". Later, it was renamed to **Gambino's Christmas Journal** where it chronicled "A Gaia Christmas Story". It has kept this name to this day.

## Entries

### Halloween 2004

These entries were posted to Gambino's journal and posted live on the Halloween 2004 event page. The journal begins on the days leading up to the event and culminates with the moments before the destruction of his mansion.

#### **And so it begins...**

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> Today I woke up to various noises of machinery and metal clanging against metal. At first, I thought I was dreaming of giant robots duking it out over the Gaian skyline. A large grin stretched across my face. Until I realized that the noises were actually the construction that was continuing beneath my mansion. The finishing touches of the secret test facility were finally coming together. My grin grew even wider...
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> I have made many sacrifices to get this far. Releasing the Gambino Marketplace to the public, dealing with my no-good-of-a-son's antics... Heck, even leaking this new "BLOGGER" technology to the Gaian public... Sure, all these things may seem like large gestures of goodwill to the public. Just as they should...
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> **Gambino** · Mon Oct 18, 2004 @ 7:40pm

#### **New Day, New Hires...**

> Things are proceeding according to plan. The lead architect informs me that the facility is roughly 90% complete. He assures me that it will be fully operational in 14 days. I gave him 7. I LOVE doing that. It's just like on an episode of Star Trek TNG when Picard would ask Geordi to do something, and then Geordi would tell Picard an arbitrary number of time, and then Picard would tell him to do it in half the time. That Picard was a smart one. It just goes to show that employees always give their bosses BS timeframes. You work in this business long enough and you learn these things. Take it from me.
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> Speaking of lousy employees. I've just had another series of hires at the facility. Hopefully, these guys will fare more successful than the last batch.
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> I've a few business meetings to attend to at the Durem Reclamation Facility today. Apparently, some of the water samples and specimens taken from there will help with forward the research going on in my secret test facility underneath my mansion.
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> **Gambino** · Tue Oct 19, 2004 @ 10:50pm

#### **HOOPLA and All that Jazz...**

> OH HO HO HO... it seems that LabTech013's antics have raised a stink in the Gaian public.
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> **Gambino** · Wed Oct 20, 2004 @ 10:22pm

#### **Today is the day!**

> My greatest achievement is about to be unleashed on the public! The time grows near, for everyone to enjoy in the festivities of yet another epic bash sponsored by yours truly, Johnny K. Gambino!
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> I must prepare now. And so should you. Everyone get their costumes on and let's party like it's 1999...erm...2004. Yes, yes...2004.
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> **Gambino** · Sat Oct 30, 2004 @ 09:25am

#### **Party is in full swing...**

> My my my, of course I expected this big of a turnout.
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>  I'd like to thank everyone for coming and sharing in the joy that is Halloween. Please disregard the fire alarm earlier. Some of the more rowdier guests must have set it off. Everything is going to be OK. Nothing to be worried about really.
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> **Gambino** · Sat Oct 30, 2004 @ 11:25pm

#### **EVERYTHING IS UNDER CONTROL.**

> Don't be alarmed everyone. It seems another one of those rowdy partiers has set off the fire alarm again. Please be calm, I've got people working to fix the problem.
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>  For now, just stay away from the big iron doors and the uh.... gun turrets.
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> **Gambino** · Sun Oct 31, 2004 @ 01:58am

#### **LOCK AND LOAD!**

> Ahem...so my security advisors have informed me that there is a slight pest control problem in my mansion. So, being the gracious host I am, I am now supplying all of the remaining humans with shotguns... that is, you now have the ability to fight to stay...um....human...
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> **Gambino** · Sun Oct 31, 2004 @ 04:40am

#### **Unexpected Development**

> Dear guests, Bucho, my head of security at G CORP has informed me that our...um...pest problem has grown geometrically. In fact, the problem seems to have grown SEVERELY.
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> WHAT?! What do you mean 'Silent Flash' protocol?! ONLY A HOUR AND A HALF?!!? Bucho, this is MY MANSION!
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> We CANNOT do this!!! I commmand you to stop this madness!! DO YOU HEAR ME?! What?! ... G CORP AI computer system automatically enacts 'Silent Flash' protocol when contamination levels reach severe levels?!! ARGH!! ... ahem. NO need to be alarmed my dear guests. Just keep doing your thing. Remember to stay focused on the task at hand, which is pest control... you know, don't go looking out the windows at the sky or anything ok? Good. PARTY ON!!
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> **Gambino** · Mon Nov 01, 2004 @ 1:35 am

#### **Thanks for coming!!**

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> I'm afraid that I must now depart you. It's been fun and I hope you've enjoyed my Halloween party this year. No no, please, by all means, continue to help me clean up the pests. That should buy me enough time to make my esc-- erm... to help with the clean up crew. Yes, please continue on doing what you were doing. The mansion will be um.... closed... at 7:00pm.
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> **Gambino** · Mon Nov 01, 2004 @ 2:37 am

### Christmas 2004

Following the demise of his mansion and the loss of his son Gino, Gambino hits rock bottom. He begins his journey to find Gino during the holidays and chronicles his tale in the first comic-style story on Gaia.

#### **Isle De Gambino - The Quest Begins**

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> *A GAIA Christmas Story*
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> **Gambino** · Sat Dec 25, 2004 @ 12:00 pm
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#### **Port of Gambino - Oh what fun it is to ride...**

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> I make my way south and what do I see? Sasha and Moira, off to some party. These young girls **make me sick.**
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> **Gambino** · Sat Dec 25, 2004 @ 12:45 pm
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#### **Bass'ken Lake - An empty whole.**

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> Ah, tis old man Logan fishing away. Bass'ken lake is iced over yet he is still determined to catch something. Here is a man so dedicated in his craft that he shuns everything else. An admirable way of life, though a lonely one. **Is this what lies in store for me? Am I also fated to be alone?**
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> **Gambino** · Sat Dec 25, 2004 @ 1:30 pm
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#### **Barton West - Can't buy me love.**

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> **Gambino** · Sat Dec 25, 2004 @ 2:15 pm
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#### **Durem - A friend in need is a friend indeed.**

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> **Gambino** · Sat Dec 25, 2004 @ 3:00 pm
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#### **Barton Town - The breaking point.**

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> **A voice of a child! GINO!? Could that be you?**
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> **Gambino** · Sat Dec 25, 2004 @ 3:45 pm
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#### **Durem Reclamation Facility - Miracles CAN happen.**

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## 2005-onward

Gambino's journal has been left mostly untouched since his final Christmas post. However, at some point in the site's history, all of the dates for his entries were moved back by 8 hours each. Therefore, a post originally made at 12:30am would now say it was made at 4:30pm the day prior. Comments on his journal were also lost, although the amount of comments left prior to this still remains. Despite these changes, all of the original coding is still intact, displaying incompatible code and broken links to images that are no longer hosted on the site.

### Later adaptation

See *A Gaia Christmas Story (Manga Chapter)*

A little after Gaia's Newsroom was rebranded to just including the Storyline Manga archive, Gambino's Christmas Journal was revisited and adapted into a comic strip-like format.

## External links

* Archive.org, Gaia Online.com, Halloween 2k4 event page (November 5, 2004).
* Archive.org, Gaia Online.com, X-mas 2k4 event page (February 15, 2005).
* Gaia Online.com, [NPC] Gambino's Memorial journal.
* Gaia Online.com, Newsroom, "A Gaia Christmas Story".