Linus Faulkner

Linus Faulkner is a character played by RobiGeek, he was one of the honorary members of the PP Boys, a car dealer at Premium Deluxe Motorsport, a security guard for Willowa Greene's Secret Girls Club, a security guard for The Scene, a tow driver for Tow the Line, and a server for Dragon's Rest. Linus currently is the owner of Mirror Park Tavern and works as a bartender at the PP Arcade.

## Background

Linus was born and raised in Vienna, the capital of Austria. He was born to a normal family, with his mother being from Austria and his father from England. The two met while Linus' mother was on a vacation in England. They quickly became attached to each other and after they moved together and got married, Linus was born. For most of his life Linus always strived to please his parents and to become somebody they can be proud of. He was usually always the quiet person around others and thus never really had many friends growing up, but he loved the small group of people he did know and especially his parents that were always there by his side through thick and thin. As he was growing older, Linus also started to develop the ability to speak both German and English. Linus' parents usually spoke in English, but Linus grew up learning German due to him being born in Austria. Later on in his life, Linus would end up developing more of a temper. He would begin to get angry very easily when things genuinely didn't go his way, when his friends or his family were in a bad state of mind and he would nearly lose all common sense sometimes, like getting into fights with other classmates in High School.

Regardless, Linus was always on top in his class and he was still usually seen as the quiet yet smart kid when he didn't have his sudden outbursts. During his childhood and his late teen days, he'd always hear about how great England was from his father; He didn't exactly understand what was so different about it from Austria, as Linus' dad always had work out of the country and as soon as his son was able to learn the language, he usually took him along in the summer. Despite him thinking of the two places to be equally the same, while in England, Linus befriended and got very close to a good amount to people, something that he never thought he'd ever see knowing how generally disliked he was. Those anger issues and the general feel of being despised had built up a lot of anxiety in the young Linus, but after meeting his friends, those thoughts mostly vanished. Around the same time would be when Linus would begin taking small jobs around his dad's workplace. Linus, despite wanting to impress his parents, was quite unsure about going to college; his decision was finalized however when his previously mentioned friends kept bringing up to him as time went on the so called "American Dream". Linus has obviously heard of the opportunities America can bring, but not to the level described to by his friends.

He was told of the riches, the women, the opportunities of the life changing lands that was the USA. Linus was instantly captivated by a chance to make a good name for himself and to bring a drastic change in his life, but decided to give it some thought for a little while. In the end, Linus thought it was for the best to move to America to follow that dream that he was ever so guided towards in hopes of more money for him and his family that he wants to protect but to also become somebody entirely different, somebody better than the one he was yesterday; Linus always thought there was something missing in his life and he thought that this place was it.

Not long after the new year began, Linus already started to make plans for tickets and the destination of where his life changing adventures would begin. He thought about a lot of locations but he landed on the place he's heard the most about, Los Santos. The sunny beaches, with the rich and elegant aesthetic of the city made Linus realize that this was the location he wanted to go to, to a place better than the one he was last in, to bring a better life for him and everybody close to him. He would soon find out however whether this "American Dream" would ring true or not...

## Major Events/Arcs

### New to LS Arc

* Linus arrives in Los Santos and suddenly wakes up wet near the piers of Los Santos. Afterwards, he decides to get his drivers license and has his first run-in with Landon Campbell who is also trying to get his own license. Not long after, Linus breaks his jaw and is sent to the hospital. Linus commits his first crime and steals a small vehicle after not getting a taxi for hours, something that he deeply regretted. He begins to befriend a few people like Hans Roth eventually and ends up temporarily working at Burger Shot to earn his first cash. At the end of the day, he becomes acquaintances with Norm L. Guy, beginning what would be Linus' journey towards becoming a part of the PP Boys.

* Linus goes to his duties at Burger Shot and ends up running into both Hans and Norm who end up introducing him to Chad Spitter, another founding member of the yet to be formed PP Boys. Their meet up leads them into the Are You Mafia? Mini-Arc in which Norm and Chad alongside the others ask everybody they encounter, including Linus himself if they're Mafia. Linus denied the accusations. Later on the group of four ends up driving to the Court due to the hearing going on. The four quickly learn that they can't participate and they end up climbing a crane together, which didn't go.... well for almost any of them. After regrouping at the hospital, the squad head back to the Court after Norm gets a call from Thomas Beverly aka T-Money about the hearing finally finishing. This is where Linus has his first encounters with T-Money, the soon to be leader of the PP Boys and the hitman Hank Jones, who would end up being Linus' main associate and great friend in the city for a while. The group ends up being pulled over by a police officer and at first Chad tries to put the blame on "Line-ass" by saying that he took him and the rest hostage. Linus denies the accusations and he departs from the group for the day not long after.

### The Don Arc

* Linus wakes up and runs into Hank again but also meets Angel Freemont for the first time. The two end up riding around town until they stop by the Police department and have their first ever encounter with The Don. He gives the trio 10,000$ each in exchange of their services. Linus instantly realized what this man was trying to do, but chose to accept anyway as he saw that the "American Dream" this city offered were all lies and if this was the only way to get his money, he'd have to comply. Linus also ends up acquiring a gun for the first time, something he was very unfamiliar with and didn't know how to handle whatsoever. Linus and the two come back to Burger Shot, running into a group of people, including people such as Mark Matlock and Jerome Washington. The Don arrives not long after, recruiting the others into doing his dirty work, with Linus being the one having to convince them to join his cause. The Don had a plan of hitting multiple stores at once, which if gone successfully, the group would get a hefty paycheck. They all decide on their plan over at the pier and Linus even ends up buying his own vehicle, splitting up from everybody for the meantime. In that period, Linus ends up being brutally shot after an attempted robbery was made on him. When all hope seemed lost due to no EMS showing up, Landon and Chave Dapell pull up to the scene, and despite some resistance from Chave, he gives in to Landon's insisting and drive Linus to the hospital, an action that saves his life. Soon after waking up he is told what happened and who saved him and Linus promised himself to pay the two back for their act of good. Linus comes back to Burger Shot and has his first encounter with people like Tita Baby, who Linus thought of as a very interesting person and Rory Winters who Linus referred to as "Mister Cow Lady" in their first meeting during a Think Yoga session after meeting up with Norm and Hans. By this point the PP Boys form and Linus is keen to become a member. At the very end of the day, The Don returns and gives the go ahead for the plan set earlier in the day. Robbing a store was Linus' first ever major crime, however he had no choice in the matter as he would've been hunted down had he not obeyed. Upon returning, he finds The Don giving Hank orders to kidnap Otaku Oscar and to knock out Anthony Boccino, something Linus didn't want any involvement in. He also learns Norm was with Hank in the store robbery and ended up wounded. This gets Linus in a panic and he ends up searching for him at the very end of his day, but to no avail.

### Landon Rescue Arc

* Linus meets up with Hank and plan a "date" with Officer Cassidy but the duo get distracted from their plan as they learn Landon was kidnapped. Linus and Hank scour the entire city alongside the Chief Bubba T. Law and eventually Landon sends Hank a location. Once the two arrive, they sneak around and find two suspicious people in mask next to a black sedan. Linus loses his cool and after he notices the two not complying, Hank and Linus open fire on them. Hank injures the man dressed in purple who turns out to be an associate, Rias, and Linus injures the lady dressed in orange, who turns out to be Tita. Linus is scarred and distraught as he's never shot anybody ever in his life, and the person he did shoot was a person he knew. Bubba arrives on the scene and Linus confesses to it all, being arrested on the spot as Hank leaves due to Landon not being there to begin with. Bubba also knows that Linus was trying to do the right thing and so he gives him a very reduced sentence. Linus spends his time in prison scared, disgusted with himself and having constant nightmares of what he's done. Once he's out, Hank picks him up nearly a broken man and they arrive back in the city. Once there they stop by the PD and Hank's arrested under the suspicion of being The God Of LS, the one who apparently manipulated Landon into driving everything into chaos. By association, Linus is arrested AGAIN and is released after a very long time from his confinement. As all of this was happening, The Don was finally caught by Tony and Oscar with the help of the police. A trial is held, Linus and Hank show up as they were scared due to their relations with The Don. The person in question is found guilty and the duo never have to testify in court. After the day ends, Linus reunites with Landon at a car park alongside Mayor Appleseed and Joey Vick.

### Casino Arc

* Linus mostly chills for the weekend, until him and Hank get in an altercation with Ace Hart and Linus gets knocked out from one punch. The next day, he finds out the Casino in LS is finally opening. He also has a sparring session with David-kun in which he somehow pulls out the win. Linus meets up with Hank and he dresses himself up for the opening. On his way to the casino Linus learns about what watching "Cars 3" does and then loses almost all of his money inside while gambling with his friends. Linus also meets up with Crazy Tony and Kara and alongside them and Hank they help out Carlos the car dealership owner handle a threat that was sent towards him by allegedly Freddy West and Bald Tony. Everything calms down and Norm drops by to buy a new car, for which Linus is very happy and proud of him for.

### The God of LS Arc

* Bald Tony opens up a bar in the northern side of Los Santos; Linus arrives and gets a phone number from one of Tita and Chave's close friends Kenneth Moore, and ends up in a fist fight with Karate Keith who Linus beats with ease after he annoys him with his awful singing (something Linus shouldn't be annoyed over considering he also sucks at singing). Linus ends up on a few other small misadventures around the city, until David-kun announces and hosts the first ever official Tournament of Power. Linus participates and ends up in a fight with Austin the mechanic, which he ends up losing; Austin would go on to win the whole thing, a 25,000$ cash prize and a very expensive sports car. Linus also sees Landon there, for what would be the last time.

* Linus wakes up the next day locked in the stadium the T.O.P took place in and he finds out through Hank that Landon is apparently dead. The person that killed him and was apparently The God of LS the whole time was Karate Keith, the same man Linus beat up at Tony's bar. He is set into a blind rage and gets his way out from the stadium thanks to Vick. The first thought going into his mind is to talk to the closest person he knows when it comes down to the law; He goes to Matlock for advice who was already caught up and trying to figure out everything behind the murder. Learning almost nothing new from him, Linus goes to Ken and asks him for updates on when Chave is found, as him and Tita have presumably gone missing after Landon's death. He eventually calms down and goes with Hank and Crazy Tony to the new Arcade that opened. He even meets up with Cam Camera, a newcomer to the city. Linus and Hank end up at Bald Tony's bar again and Bald Tony wanted Linus downstairs for some reason. He ends up getting hit over the head with a baseball bat by Tony after he heard Linus asking about Chave a lot. The reason he heard was because Chave and Tita came back into the city disguised as different people and had suspicion over Linus, as they weren't all exactly sure about who the God of LS was. A long and extensive investigation is held at the bar again after it was rumored the God of LS was actually present there. Linus was held under suspicion again but nobody could've proved he was guilty. Linus and Crazy Tony reunite and have a deep conversation about what happened, then they go visit Landon's grave and say their goodbyes. Everything calms down and the day starts finally looking up for Linus as he hangs out with the rest of his friends at the arcade and even meeting somebody new, Granny Smathers.

* The next after, Linus meets up with Kara Rose and talks with her about the events that occurred yesterday. Linus at this point has slowed himself down in his search of The God of LS, but he hasn't stopped. Eventually he meets up with Crazy Tony and he shows Linus the brand new property of the PP Boys, the PP Arcade that replaces the older one and is now the official HQ of the PP Boys group; Linus has a bit of trouble accessing the location at first, but he later on is able to enter with ease. Tony and Linus meet up with Hank, making a stop by the PD to confirm that he doesn't have to testify in court against one of his new enemies, the "Malice". After that's cleared up, the trio get wind of a party happening at a very rich mansion and head over. Most of the city is present including people like Matlock, Hallelujah Goodwin, Kara, David-kun, friends like Norm, Zeb and even the Mayor, Chave and Tita. They all enjoy a good swim and Linus even pushes Crazy Tony into the pool, landing right on the piece of crap that somebody took inside of it. Some time passes and Chave makes an announcement to everybody at the party: The God of LS is dead at the hands of Chave and Landon is avenged. Linus is obviously happy, although a small part of him wishes it was him that did it. A formal funeral is announced for Landon as one happened prior to this but it was extremely rushed. The entire city participates, giving Landon one final drive around the city towards the cemetery. Once there, people like Bubba T. Law, Chave and even Linus hold a speech for their lost friend. After the funeral, Linus and the rest of the PP Boys head over to the old arcade as theirs hasn't fully opened yet. There, Crazy Tony tells Linus to not go to sleep, as T-Money is finally coming into town after a very long absence and him and Hank put in a good word for Linus to work at the new PP Arcade. Linus waits and the core PP Boys are reunited after a long time, and Linus meets with T-Money after a long time. They all go to the new HQ and Linus is finally put on payroll as the first ever employee of the PP Arcade. The day ends as Tequila Tony's opens and the city have a party celebrating Landon's legacy, finally putting an end to the menace of The God of LS.

### PP Arcade Arc

* The day starts off insane for Linus, as him and Angel are put under pursuit by Ace Hart after the two tried to get away from him by lying. Thankfully Ace decides to spare the two and they end up safe. Not long after, he meets and befriends Bell Rangler, somebody that would grow to become very special to Linus. Over the course of everything happening, Linus was approached by Dylan Jacobs† and Ethan Stone, two movie directors working on the very first real movie to be produced in LS. The two were looking for a prop guy and Linus volunteered. The two met up with Linus at some point after the whole Ace incident and give him a tour of the studio and what his role for the movie will be. Afterwards, he ends up at the pier to reflect on his journey thus far and surprisingly one of the people that came to stand by his side was Dylan himself. He lets Linus know of his collaboration with Austin, who he was already more than familiar with at this point and the two have a moment, talking about their lives and their roles in the city, forming and tightening their friendship. The two also have a brief run-in with Brian Gotfried, the leader of the "Church of Tsunami", dedicated to praising the tsunamis constantly ravaging the city. Dylan and Linus depart from one another and he meets up with Hank, Crazy Tony and Norm and head to Bald Tony's place, only to find it locked and then to Pillbox, only for the group to split up and wait for the party at Tony's to start. Linus reunites with Angel and Hank as they learn from somebody with information that Ace Hart allegedly kidnapped Hans. This really angers Linus and Hank and they promise they'll make him pay for what he's done. At the end of the day, Linus, Angel and Hank go for a swim at the pier... which didn't go so well for Angel and Hank, but they were alright in the end.

* Linus is once again hanging out at Burger Shot early in the morning with a couple of people from the city. Everything seemed to be calm until a drunk Tita shows up and everything becomes essentially a party. McKenzie Williams also makes her appearance at Burger Shot as well, with her, Linus and Tita alongside a couple of people ending up at the beach for a party on a yacht. The party in the end disperses and the group of Bell, Linus, Tita and McKenzie try to find themselves some fun around the city; The casino and the PP Arcade were both closed and inevitably the group of four gets split into two, as Tita and Linus go to the dealership to get her a new vehicle, even tuning it at Benny's into something extremely eye catching. To match the "rich" atmosphere the car gave, Linus and Tita even made the decision to dress up in rich outfits to impress everybody around them. By this point is when Tita also catches note of Granny Smathers and instantly takes it as a competition for the best old lady in town. But before the two end up at Burger Shot to impress the rest with their new looks, Tita tells Linus how he reminds her of Landon: soft and too nice; Tita wants to get out of the poor life, to live her finals days happy, to finally have children and rest. Linus takes this to heart and not only is deep down happy he's like Landon, but also wishes that Tita gets what she wants. In the end, the competition for best granny causes Tita and Linus to split up, and he ends up having a long and nice talk with Bell at one of the piers, which instigates his initial love for her. After that, Linus dresses himself nicely for the grand opening of the PP Arcade, has his first encounters with Pawblo the Dog and before the opening of the PP Arcade, the Vanilla Unicorn opens. On his way inside, Linus catches a glimpse at what seemed to be Tita and Chave in a car, taking off from the VU. As time passes by in the strip club, Linus is tasked to take care of Pawblo and takes him on a walk outside. That's when Barry James tells Linus to check Twitter. He couldn't believe his eyes, as Chave tweeted that Tita is apparently dead due to heart complications. As soon as the group learns this, Hank, Crazy Tony, Linus, Zeb, Angel and Pawblo rush to the cemetery, where they're greeted by a grieving Chave. Linus still couldn't believe it, he was with her the entire day and she seemed just fine. Chave explained that she found out some news about him supposedly leaving the city and she didn't take it too well, and eventually she passed on due to having a heart attack. For the longest time Linus thought it was a prank, until he saw her grave. Almost everybody in the city gathered and held her funeral, where Linus once again spoke: about how great she was, how hopeful she was about life. In the end everybody, even Bubba T. Law, twerked for Tita. To honor her life, most present at the funeral decide to go back to the VU. However Linus decides to get some rest due to the shock he recieved. He lost another friend.

* The next day, Linus becomes extremely depressed. His clothes become baggy and dirty, he's wearing a black messy beanie and is riding around a dirty stolen BMX. Bell is the first to find Linus in this state and despite her not knowing Tita too well, tries her best to comfort him but to no avail. Despite his sadness, he and Bell end up getting a ride to the VU. Rory by this point has become the actual owner of the VU and a member of the police, showing just how much she has progressed, at least in comparison to somebody like Linus. Once there, Linus once again runs into Zeb who barely recognized him but also into the co-owner of the VU Daisy Winchester, and they all have a chat up on the roof about cars and other stuff they like, a conversation that Linus barely paid attention to. He also has many encounters with his friends like Dylan, McKenzie, even Hank and Tony, all who barely recognized Linus in the attire he was wearing. Things start to look up though once an acquaintance of his reminds him of Think Yoga, and it helps Linus forget about his grief. Once he learns of the second Tournament of Power hosted by David-kun and a motivational speech from Bell, Linus finally returns back to normal and is sporting his usual attire once again; He's decided to move on from her friend's death and to keep moving forward with pride, for both her and Landon. Everybody gathers at the new location for the Tournament: a fight ring that takes place right in the basement of a warehouse. People like Hank and Linus obviously participate, alongside Mike Jones, Mike Johnson, Pete Richards and many more, Austin however being absent this time around. There is one preliminary round that decides who will fight Hank due to the imbalance in the participants. Pete Richards wins the fight and would go on to also beat Hank too. Linus' round comes up against Mike Johnson, and although it was a closer fight than in the first tournament, Linus once again loses in the first round, despite the motivational boost and the support received from everybody before and even after the fight. Pete would go on to win the entire tournament, to everybody's bewilderment. Linus goes to sleep and wakes up again, and then he is informed by the PP Boys regarding this man named Kira, who is an alleged serial killer that the group is currently investigating. Linus catches wind of their location from T-Money and decides to go after them with Dylan and even Pawblo, as much as Linus didn't want to. There, they all began sneaking around and spying on Kira. Things got serious when Kira made Norm take off his shirt to see his skin, as Kira had an intense obsession with cutting people's hands and peeling their skin off. Norm in a panic quickly calls Linus and he gets him out of there, possibly saving his life.

* After two very messy days, everything seemed to be calm. Linus ends up hanging out with Bell and other people like Jessy, McKenzie and Mike. He even ended up going to Bald Tony's bar and getting to hear Ace Hart sing (although Linus had by this point forgotten what he had done to Hans). However, things weren't as they seemed... Hank and Zeb were planning something behind the scenes that seemed to be related to the Kira situation without involving anybody else. This angered Linus and even Dylan to some extent, as they stuck their necks out and aren't even being noticed by the people they helped. Linus brings this to Norm's attention and eventually a meeting is held at the PP Arcade office between him, Norm, Dylan, Zeb and Hank. This is the first time Linus opened himself up so vocally and passionately to anybody about something. He expresses his disbelief at how much he has done for the group and yet they act like him and Dylan don't even exist. Some counter arguments were made and some other discussions were held, but at the end of the day the message got through to the rest and Norm made a promise to Linus and Dylan to talk to T-Money about them becoming something potentially higher than just employees at the Arcade.

### The American Dream Arc

A couple of months have passed, and since then a lot of things have happened with Linus that couldn't have been put into separate arcs. Thus, most of Linus' major events that occured from the point he was hired at the PP Arcade up until his wedding are all listed here:

* After Dylan and Linus have been hired at the Arcade, a lot of events have occurred. One of them was Ami Gah and McKenzie Williams joining the crew at the Arcade, starting what felt like a family between the employees and the PP Boys themselves. Other events that transpired had to do with things such as aliens, demons, races, and so forth; Linus' time at the Arcade had a huge impact on him and who he was in the city. This period of time had its ups and downs, leaving Linus even at the worst point in his life. However, the friends that he had kept his head up high and allowed him to keep going. In spite of this, Linus knew his time at the PP Arcade would come to an end, and an opportunity arose itself. Coach Daniels who was at that time security for The Scene approaches Linus for a full time security job, after they became acquainted through Norm. Linus accepts, getting to finally know April Vonkeaton beyond just being acquaintances and also meeting very important members of the group such as Brooke Fair, Hunter Bail, Mary Lamb, Stuart Jacobs, Elle Smith and so on. Things were finally looking up for him. However, things weren't to be so simple. Dylan and Linus were called down to the Arcade by T-Money, to be let go of their 'PP Pump' positions as most of the boys felt that there is no need for them to put themselves in danger, and will remain just as close friends. Linus, having secured a position at The Scene, takes the news well. Dylan however, having nowhere else to go, takes it awfully. He leaves without saying much word. Linus is later at Pillbox Medical Center to wait for McKenzie alongside Norm and the rest to complete her brain surgery. Dylan stops by the hospital and drops a note wishing well for Kenzie's health. Ami, who was presumably in a romantic relationship with Dylan at that time didn't take what seemed to be Dylan's carelessness for the situation well, and Linus was quite bothered too. As waiting continues, something shocking occurs: Dylan is brought into Pillbox by a Paramedic. Everybody inside enters in a complete panicked state, Linus and Ami especially with two close friends of theirs now in the hospital. After some time passes, a doctor arrives in the lobby to give the news of Dylan's passing. Linus didn't want to believe it. He couldn't believe it. His best friend, gone. Ami, the PP Boys alongside the rest of the employees and Dylan's friends were all guilty and regretful of his passing. McKenzie eventually wakes up, without being told of what occurred with Dylan only until later. After making sure she was fine, Linus went on a drive to the pier where those two had their first deep conversation, then took a break for the weekend. In that weekend, he made the decision to fly back to Austria to see his parents. Linus was obviously regretful he couldn't make Dylan's funeral, but he wrote a eulogy that was read by the priest who officiated the funeral. Before his departure, Linus met Elaine Faulkner† for the first time and received personal goodbyes at the airport from several members of The Scene, Ami, Norm and Crazy Tony.

* Linus arrives back in LS, and begins forming a tight friendship with Elaine almost right away. During this period it is also said that Linus met and befriended a bunch of the people that are listed in the 'Relationships', too many at too many different times to specify them all. Some of note though go from the point before Linus left the Arcade and him coming back into the city: Veronica Viotto, River Trelawney, Cupcake Garibaldi, Louie Ritoni, Goldie Diggins, Johnny Walker, etc. Not long after Linus and Elaine went on many hangouts together, Linus concluded at a beach next to the pier that them hanging out felt like a date. Linus was interested in Elaine, but didn't want to ask her out right away. Elaine took it so and accepts the concept of dating him, Linus finally having somebody that he could call a significant other in his life. During the time where Linus was dating Elaine, at some point, Mirror Park Tavern is formed by Norm and McKenzie, who have been dating for a good while at this point. Linus drops by the business from time to time to support his friends business. Around this time Linus meets Skye Blake and Willowa Greene who were the first employees brought in by Norm and Doug Graves, Willowa's boyfriend. These three would grow to become some of Linus' closest friends in the present day. Meanwhile, stuff with The Scene was going well as more time had passed. Coach has since become co-owner of The Scene, Linus and April have become like brother and sister and everybody seemed to be getting along fine. One particular instance that put Linus and April at unease was the sudden arrival of Ryder Davis, who looked nearly identical to Dylan, with the exception of some goggles that he would usually sport. Linus and April were immediately shaken up by the events, as it didn't help that Ryder had a "strange feeling in his stomach" when seeing the two. Linus as time went on tried his best to shake these feelings off, but was unable to do so; Linus would have a falling out with a few undisclosed members of The Scene due to multiple incidents and arguments, one of them being related to Ryder and Dylan, leading to Linus and Elaine's departure from the group. This was something that affected Linus greatly, as he thought that group was his new family. This then put Linus in another position where he could've nearly been without a job. But just like the PP Arcade, right before Linus departed, he was brought on as security and eventually a car dealer at Premium Deluxe Motorsport after Westly Rhodes, the owner at the time, received recommendations from Wheeler Walker who also worked at PDM at the time on Linus' behalf. There he met people such as Donny Morgan, Kiryu Kazuma and Dodie Lycan. Goldie Diggins was also working at PDM, who at that point started to put her focus more towards PDM rather than The Scene.

* Despite Linus not working at The Scene, his relationships with people from The Scene would only grow stronger. Despite not really liking him at first, Linus grew a tight relationship with Hunter and always had a close relationship with Brooke regardless, because of how well they got along together and that she was Crazy Tony's girlfriend, somebody that Linus saw as a brother. Some relationships that were staggered because of his departure with people such as Elle were also rebuilt. Not long after, on August 3rd, Linus finally turned 21, the legal age for drinking. V (Veronica) took charge in organizing Linus' birthday party at Tequila Tony's, later to be rebranded as Tequi-la-la, per his own request. Mike Jones, another friend of Linus' and who at this point became Ami's boyfriend, took more of a lead role at the bar than just a bartender due to Anthony Boccino's criminal activity and other values restraining him from showing up. They even had Ryder Davis play DJ, and at this point was seen by Linus as his own person, not just somebody that 'looked like Dylan'. The party was great (with the exception of Granny Smathers attempting to kill Linus with a prosthetic arm), and Linus received a huge amount of monetary income for his birthday; So much that he ended up buying his first ever house, something that was part of his American Dream. He chose to buy one in Mirror Park as at that time most of his close friends were living there, and even moved in with Elaine.

* Having moved in Mirror Park with Elaine, the 'American Dream' Linus has sought out had seemingly been completed. Linus realized however at this point that there is no 'American Dream', the man just wanted to live his life with his friends and loved ones; There is no end goal for the amount of cars or money that you receive. Around this time, Linus mostly started to spend his money on giving it to other people or in the benefit of others, leading to at least 2 people saving him in their contacts as 'Aggressively Generous Linus' due to his tendency to either tip the bartenders at Mirror Park Tavern or to run around to give people money to help them. Linus' relationship that had seemingly fallen off with people like Coach, April and Stu was also starting to fix up, which led to Linus rejoining back with the company for 'part-time' work. Meanwhile, things are getting pretty heated within Chad's family. Chad ended up in the city pretty much unknowingly to himself or anybody else and made the decision that the family he has now in LS is his new one. Chad's brother didn't like this and wanted to drag him back home by force, even if it meant taking his life. These chain of events meant the beginning of The Thundercock vs Spitter war. Linus' involvement in the war was pretty much nonexistent, but he was aware of the situation through Norm. At this point T-Money had seemingly left the city but had returned to help Chad take on the war, and Linus was made aware of this too. All he could hope is that his friends succeed in what they do and that they all get out alive.

* The war ends with Chad and co. coming out as victors; Linus is called over by Coach and Elle to be informed on the details of the war as Coach was directly involved. Coach tells Linus every detail and how Chad had to kill his own brother and how many of his friends were injured, knocking some of them out of commission for a while and leading to Chad laying low for a while. This worried Linus but was glad everybody got out alive. Most were upset at Coach for getting involved in the war, with Linus being one of the few backing him up and admiring him for his loyalty and braveness in the situation. This would come to be known as the last big act the PP Boys as a whole have done together, with T-Money seemingly leaving the city for good, Norm barely getting out of his home and Crazy Tony flying out to New York, leaving only Chad and Hank to remain in the city.

* After the war, things in the city would continue to be peaceful for a little while for Linus, until he learns of rumors being thrown around that the infamous Yakuza are roaming around the streets of LS. Linus didn't take this as much, until he learns that Reginald Fizzington, now having his own security company called Red Wolf Security, is in an all out war with them. Reggie has a conversation with Linus and Hunter at Burger Shot about what to do and ultimately concludes to take a defensive stance against the Yakuza, but not engage in combat with them. The Yakuza however would bite first, with the most two notable attacks being on Hunter himself, who ended up with a cut tongue, broken fingers and other life threatening injuries. Another one was a bit more direct; Linus and Elaine were hanging out with Candi Kaine, who was at the time Wheeler's boyfriend but also a part of Red Wolf. A Yakuza member took advantage as the 3 were at a barber shop to try out some wigs. Before they could do anything, Candi and Linus are shot multiple times; The attacker attempts to shoot Elaine, but with great reflexes is stabbed in the stomach by her. All 3 end up at the hospital, with everybody thankfully surviving the attack. This would be Linus' first and only encounters with the Yakuza for a while.

* In spite of his unfortunate luck, Linus would continue to hold his head up high in the city, although attempting to be as careful as possible after getting shot. October would come without much else happening in September. At the start of the month, while in the city, Linus went over to Burger Shot after it was reopened by a couple of new people in the city and Barry James. While there, Linus met a person that claimed to be called 'Mercedes'. Through the brief conversation they had, Linus learned that Mercedes lived in the city for a while, left and came back. She also wasn't happy with the way the city was, claiming it was 'rotting' and that she didn't have many friends. Linus exchanges numbers with some of the new Burger Shot employees and Mercedes. The next day, after meeting with Elaine and friends at Mirror Park Tavern, Linus would receive texts from Mercedes, who needed company and a friend to talk to in private. In spite of only knowing Mercedes for a day, Linus accepts. He leaves to meet Mercedes at a secluded location. She talks to Linus about the locals and his opinions on them. Linus mentions that he feels mixed; They're citizens of the city, yet he has been shot, ran over and beaten up by them. He was also asked about his thoughts on the city. Linus also felt mixed; Not everything was great, but not everything was perfect. It was his home, no matter the state it'll ever be in. Mercedes thought it once again was 'rotting' and thought the people in the city and the city itself is twisted. Linus began to get suspicious, but decided to stick it through. This would prove deadly. Mercedes reveals to Linus that she has been lying to him this whole time, exposing herself as 'Mercy'. Mercy has been responsible for putting Ami in a critical state and carving an eye covered by a sun on one of her body parts. This put Mike in a frenzy and he has been looking for her since. Linus remembers this and attempts to escape but is caught and tied up by Mercy. Linus is put into a thorough torture by the serial killer, and ends up with the same scar as Ami but on the back of his neck instead. His phone is taken by Mercy and all of his messages are deleted, including the messages with her and her number on the contacts list. It is still unknown what Mercy decided to do with Linus' phone. Hanging on by a thread, he is saved by Reggie who at this point joined Pillbox as a doctor. Reggie performs surgery on Linus' brain due to the damage it took from Mercy and patching up every other injury, alongside unnecessarily shaving his head. With this, Linus is put into a week long coma. Skye Blake, who at this point also joined Pillbox and developed a brother-sister like relationship with Linus made sure to take care of him at every step, with Elaine sleeping the entire week in his room and not leaving his side. He was visited by mostly everybody from The Scene and other friends in the city who he was close with such as V and Zeb. A week after the incident took place, he finally opens his eyes.

* Linus wakes up confused, with Elaine and Skye by his side. Jarred Mcklunky performs a check up on him and indicates he gets a bit of rest before he gets out there, especially since the damage that has been done to his brain will make it hard for Linus to see for a couple of days. Although bummed he's now bald and that he can barely see, he's glad to be alive. One of the first things he does is roar out a burp, much to Elaine and Skye's amusement. With Elaine's help, Linus is finally brought back home. Upon coming back, Linus gets an immediate visit from Mike as he heard what transpired, and wanted to check up on him while also trying to learn as much info as possible. At that point though, he had basically no recollection of what happened, only that he was attacked by Mercy and that he has the scar on his neck. Mid conversation, Linus receives a phone call from the new Chief of Police Cecil Jones to ask Linus if he can come by to check up on him and also ask him some questions too. Linus accepts and goes outside with Mike and Elaine to wait, with Ami arriving quickly at his house too to make sure he's ok. Cecil arrives not long after, and the two go back into Linus' house to talk about the events that transpired. Linus basically tells him the same things as he told Mike, and Cecil tells him that Detective Hanna Belle who is in charge of the Mercy case will come to ask him questions too, with Linus basically telling her the exact same things as before. After the questionings are done, to show support for Linus sporting the bald look, Ami and Mike get bald caps to give Linus a morale boost. The day ends with him reuniting with V, Zeb and a bunch of other people in the city at a chillout spot on the beach.

* A day after Linus wakes up, he realized just how much he took life for granted. He decides to not make haste anymore of everything else and to try to enjoy his life to his fullest. One of the first, and most important things he did through this is buy a ring with Reggie's help. He'd later use this ring to propose to Elaine at the spot they first started dating. With Elaine saying yes, the two would be engaged and they would arrange their wedding to occur on November 20th 2021. A couple of days pass with Linus resting to give himself time to gain his full vision back; once he manages to do that he'd begin to hang out with a variety of people and to go to many other parties. During this time however, tragedy would hit the city. Asher Cook would pass away alongside Limit Less in the same day, Linus only being aware of Limit's death at the time. Elaine's birthday would arrive and Linus would plan out to rent out the entirety of the 2nd floor at Dragon's Rest, but before the party begins, Linus learns of Asher's passing through Llanzo Henry on Twitter. Linus and Elaine are devastated that such a good friend of theirs, and somebody so young has passed on. What also didn't help is that prior to the party, Linus also received a call from a 'Hidden Number'. This turned out to be Mercy, asking if Linus 'remembers his friend'. Not knowing what this meant and very confused, the call ends, with him immediately concluding that the caller was Mercy. Linus takes this to the PD right away and forward to Rory, who was not even aware hidden calls could be made. These combination of events didn't perturb them too much and the party would still take place, celebrating his fiancé's life alongside many of their friends. Around this period of time, Elaine would also begin her phases as a part of the Los Santos Police Department.

* After Elaine's birthday, the City Council, who is ran by individuals that each represent a part of the city were looking for a brand new addition into their group. Zeb had decided to run for the spot of Mayor, thus leaving a spot open for a new member. Seeing as he would want to improve the city and contribute as much as possible, Linus would apply. Upon arriving at the Courthouse to take his interview, Linus would find Claire Turner, Teddy Lacroix, Morgan Albrecht and Johnny Walker applying for the same spot. Seeing the competition, he would already lower his expectations but would take the interview anyways. During the period of waiting for the results, Linus is called over at The Scene HQ by Mary, who shows Linus the new additions to the building. The conversation eventually shits from that to Mercy due to Goldie being attacked, not even that far away from the date where Linus was harmed. However, Goldie lived to tell the tale with her memories intact and passed as much info as possible to Mary, who decided to pass it on to Linus. These pieces of information awakened back pretty much all of the memories Linus had of the day of the attack, with the exception of the location where the attack itself took place. With this new info and severe headaches, Mary takes Linus down to Pillbox to grab some antibiotics from Willowa and Doug, who are also now with Pillbox and then to PD to talk to Detective Belle about what he managed to remember. With all of those events out of the way and Linus' memory intact, Claire, Teddy and Morgan are picked for the election due to a two way tie between a pair of the candidates, as only two were meant to be picked; Linus and Jon are taken out of candidacy. During this time, Brooke returns back to Los Santos, after presumably being in New York with Crazy Tony for a while. Linus catches her up on everything, even including Limit's passing which hurt her very much due to her affiliation with Pillbox. Linus promised to be there for her and comfort her when needed. At around this time, somebody else would depart the city, which would lead to what was at that time the final close up on the PP Boys. Chad makes his leave to go on tour around the world, and the two exchange goodbyes via texts, thanking each other for everything they've done.

* Couple of days have passed since the candidates for the election were picked. Linus would wake up and find out some terrifying news from Mary Lamb that got the info from Dirk Rockhard, a lawyer and at present the judge in the city. For a period of time, April and Coach moved to Canada, Coach's home country. The two had a fight and April came back, leaving Coach there on his own. Through what seemed to be an altercation with an animal while hunting, Coach had died. Linus was taken aback and drove to The Scene HQ as fast as he could. There he found a grieving Stu and Hunter, reminiscing and feeling regretful. Not long after, he met April at the pier wearing the original jacket that Coach was wearing when he first came to the city. The two talk about what had occurred in Canada with the couple, and also reminisce about Coach. Linus promises to be there for April and to reach out whenever he needs to. Linus, April and the rest decide to also head out to the Courthouse to vote for Council and Mayor as the voting process has begun on that same day. After making his vote, Linus remembers Brooke and her own relationship with Coach. Broke arrives in a mood that very much contrasts the way she usually is. Besides April, Brooke was the closest person Coach had in his life. Linus also promised to be there for her too. To take their minds off of things and in the spirit of Halloween, Linus dresses up as Shaggy from Scooby-Doo and does his first job as security for Willowa's Secret Girls Club. At around this time, Linus would also on the sidelines be officially hired as security for Mirror Park Tavern, as they needed security and through the fact Linus has been their best ever patron.

* Not long after the passing of Coach, Linus also learns about John Dors' passing. Although he only briefly got to know John through River Trelawney, he was still hurt by his passing, alongside the Tow the Line company that he ran. Prior to the passing of both Coach and John, Vincent McCoy, who became a co-owner of Mirror Park Tavern and Gracie Sagespell, who had been working at Mirror Park Tavern for a while now get engaged and are planning to hold the wedding at the same unfortunate time as the funeral. Before the funeral however, Linus would receive a strange text: a very cryptic 'fak you' from Crazy Tony, hinting possibly at his return to Los Santos and would also be taken hostage while trying to dress up for said funeral alongside Staria Knight in a local store stick-up. The two would come out without a scratch and Linus would attend the funeral alongside Elaine and those John had impacted, also letting Brooke know on the way of Tony's call, which shocked her as even she wasn't aware of Tony's possible comeback. However, this wouldn't be the only comeback of a fellow PP Boy. Not long before the funeral, Norm decides to step out of his house and would reunite with Linus, Hank and Ami down at Mirror Park Tavern. They update each other on different things before having a big group reunion with Jon, McKenzie, Rory and Zeb included at one of Jon's Job Fairs. After the fair would end, Linus and Elaine would make their way to the clothing store in Paleto Bay as Ami and McKenzie couldn't get Hank and Norm to select the right thematic clothes for the wedding. Through some help from Linus and some... totally legal intervention from Elaine, the two dress up and the group heads down for the wedding. After it ends, Linus and Elaine fall through a sinkhole, and Linus ends up breaking both of his legs. Damian Summers, originally known as Hollow Point and who shot Dylan some weeks before his passing through a failed plan by the PP Boys to stop his antics but has now turned over a new leaf in the PD and being Rory's boyfriend saves Linus from possible near death again and would end up in a wheelchair for around a week. Before he could go to sleep at Pillbox, Linus says his final goodbyes to Norm L Guy via text messages which concludes what was one of the strongest friendships that Linus had, with a man that saved his life when he needed it most.

* The rumors were true, Crazy Tony has returned to Los Santos through a tweet that he posted on Twitter of him in a selfie at the PP Arcade. Linus was elated to hear of this, but around a day or so before he could get off of his wheelchair, Linus would end up taking a ride from Ami in one of her tow trucks to go down to Tequi-la-la's to meet up with Mike. While on the way there, Ami makes Linus aware of rumors that she's heard of Tony not being up to the most legal activities. Linus makes note of this and would meet up with Mike and talk about things happening in the city. Mid conversation, Tony himself pulls up which would make this the first interaction the two have had in a while. Linus upright asks Tony if he's involved with crime and he'd deny immediately, with Linus not pushing for anything else out of him. A day later, Linus would finally be able to walk again, not before learning through Skye however of the Yakuza's involvement with Mirror Park. While all of these events were transpiring, the Yakuza made Mirror Park one of its territories and thus put it under it's protection, which put it at odds with the newly form The Lost Motorcycle Club, as that was originally one of their turfs, starting a war between the two factions. Not wanting to be much at the middle of it, Skye assures protection from the group for both her and her closed ones (Linus included). Linus would also hear from Skye about a variety of bad moves the Tavern would make, including not letting Yakuza members inside who were willing to protect them at a crime scene and so on. Also, PDM would go through a ownership change, with Cecil, Vincent Ferrari and Arden Long becoming the new owners. Linus would head down to get rehired and would run into Llanzo Henry, who reveals to Linus to have been the one to shoot him. In an apologetic manner, he says he has done time and that there should be no grudges, with Linus agreeing and even inviting him down to his wedding, which is seeming to become one of the largest possible weddings the city has ever seen. Due to this, Linus has a talk with Skyler Reed and Mason Brook, friends of Linus and long time employees at the Tavern. Through the talk, Skyler reaches out to Vincent and Gracie, which leads to their return from their honeymoon, and dropping the at the time restrictions of having weapon checks at the entrance.

* Linus would meet up with April, Brooke and the rest at The Scene as the company now decided to have open doors for anybody to chat during opening hours in the city. There, chatter would be done between the group about stuff like Fight Nights, who Hunter has taken over in Coach's honor, with the first rendition of it happening 1 hour after Linus wedding and the potential of Morgan taking over Chad's now abandoned radio station, KOCK with Linus also potentially having his own podcast show on it. April and Linus decide to head down to Casa Latina to get some food and for Linus to also provide the necessary food through his wedding. Upon arrival, Linus gets Storm's contact details and assurance he'll get a food truck for his wedding. On his way back to The Scene, the topic of Crazy Tony is brought up, with April mentioning that Barry and Tony were involved in robberies for a little while. Linus calls Barry to confirm this and so he does, however Barry stopped after the one job they did, not being sure of what Tony's doing but knowing for a fact that the two were under somebody and were taught how to do a proper robbery. Linus' suspicions increase and he lets Brooke know of this. Willowa would go on to host a lingerie laser tag event in the city, but before that could happen, Pawblo Escobark, the PP Boys dog that went through most of the adventures the group and Linus had has been spotted after a long time of absence at a parking lot in the city. Upon hearing this, Linus and Ami rush over to reunite with their canine friend, alongside Crazy Tony, Rory and many others. Linus would invite Pawblo to his wedding, but Pawblo would refuse, due to him likely being the bestest boy and not having time for such simple things. Alas, the laser tag would take place, which was a nice break for a change.

* Something sinister would occur in the city on a Sunday (shocker). A person going by the 'TheDoctor' on Twitter, not to be confused with 'TheDoc', took Asher and John's bodies from their own graves then bragged about it on Twitter, sending the entire city nearly into a state of chaos, again. Linus was obviously disgusted and only made sure that his friends graves would be alright, not acting on it too much. While at the Tavern, Llanzo alongside presumed Yakuza members and Crazy Tony would arrive at Mirror Park Tavern to hang out. Before anything could be said, Llanzo informs Linus and Skyler who was on bartender duty at the time that they found the guy that did all of these things and would take care of it, leaving alongside Crazy Tony and the rest. While happy that this would be dealt with, Linus was almost sure that Tony was affiliated with the Yakuza by this point. This led into a heated confrontation between the two at a distance from the Tavern. Linus would accuse Tony rather passive aggressively, with him denying in the same manner. Linus would also question why he hasn't been talking to him or Brooke at all, with Tony not allowing Linus to even question their relationship and that Linus is now a certified businessman and that he has a wedding to look to. Linus retaliates with the fact that even if he's got a lot of work, he's still his best friend and that Linus is only trying to make sure Brooke knows what her boyfriend is up to. At the end of it, the two would simmer down, with Tony promising to talk to Brooke and assuring Linus that nothing else is wrong, and that as his best man, he wouldn't lie to him.

* Now, Linus has to look towards his wedding: something that he never would dream of. Having his own family, a house and people he sees as sisters and brothers in Brooke, Skye, April, Hunter, Doug and Crazy Tony. Linus' wedding is shaping up to be the biggest in the city presumably, and hoping that with this done, Linus would finally achieve not the dream, but the life he had always sought out for by coming into Los Santos. Who knows what will be next for him?

* The day of Linus' wedding arrives. However, it wouldn't arrive without complications. A day prior to the wedding, Elaine receives a call from a company that required her to go out of the city for a crime documentary. This has always been Elaine's dream job and to that end, she accepts the offer to permanently move out of the city. Linus was already given an ultimatum: does he stay in Los Santos or does he leave with Elaine? In the end, due to the amount of people that he's formed bonds with in the city and the general feel that he's still needed there, he opts to stay despite the challenges that will the two will face due to their distance. It also doesn't help that prior to this, Hank Jones made the decision to sue Elaine for tazing him at some point prior to Vincent McCoy and Gracie Sagespell's wedding from something that started as a joke. Inherently it was wrong for her to do so, but Hank's actions not only made Linus panic into submitting that what Elaine did was illegal but also caused a deep hatred for Hank, mostly due to him not even wishing to let Linus know, as he found out through Crazy Tony about what Hank had planned. Ultimately, Linus admits everything to Elaine and tells Linus that it shouldn't be a problem as long as she's going to leave the city, something that is confirmed by Cecilia "Cece" Concord and Dirk Rockhard. Not long after Linus and Elaine have said conversation, Wheeler arrives and gives Linus one of his expensive trucks as a gift then confessing that he's also going to leave the city and that everything else he has will be handed down to Staria Knight. After the interaction, Linus and Elaine go down to the wineyard, the location of the ceremony and the reception, with the two making sure everything is all set. Following this, the couple decide to pay a visit to The Scene people at their HQ and also to Mirror Park Tavern, to catch up with friends and to let their closest ones know of Elaine's departure. Linus also takes this time to talk to Vincent and Gracie about communication issues he's been facing at the tavern. It was not long before the wedding and because of Elaine leaving on the same day, Linus decides to take her to the spot where they first started dating and talk about everything that they've gone through together. They then head over to the wineyard, with Linus extremely nervous considering the amount of people that he's invited. The turnout was immense despite that a small amount of people were missing; The Scene, Mirror Park Tavern, The Yakuza, some members of The Lost, almost the entirety of City Council, members of the PD and some of the EMS were present. Linus even talked to Storm and William Chase to help him in terms of food through Casa Latina to which the two more than agreed to. Reggie, Wheeler, Hunter and Doug were Linus' groosmmen with Crazy Tony as his best man and then Skye, Brooke, Willowa, Skyler and April at the last minute were the bridesmaids with V officiating it. Even Linus' wedding however was left without a bit of chaos as some locals would instigate a shootout, shooting Cece and having them be taken out by the PD and the Yakuza, and due to the amount of people there, everything was a bit hectic until things eventually calm themselves down and the ceremony can begin. Linus and Elaine confess their vows to one another, with the two being eternally grateful for eachother's presence in their lives and promising to love eachother until death. With that said, the two put on their rings and kiss, becoming officially husband and wife and Linus disregarding the Kohn name and adopting Faulkner to showcase that LS is truly his new home.

* Not long after, Crazy Tony holds his own speech as Linus' best man, in which he praises Linus for how far he's come: changing from the shy and scared boy looking to impress others around him into a man that's had an effect on so many people. He mentions how Linus' has and always will be one of the PP Boys despite the group's disbanding, something that Linus always wanted to accomplish, how he took his advice in strides to take care of other people and specifically notes on how proud Dylan would've been of him, which breaks Linus into tears. After the speech and his support from all of his friends, a shortly lived reception would begin due to mostly everybody departing for Fight Night, now being hosted by Hunter after Coach's passing. Some dancing is held and Elaine reveals to the remaining people, Linus included, that the two will head out to Hawaii for their trip. Linus is also given something extremely special that he never thought he'd see again: Dylan's Mittens mask. Ryder Davis had found it in front of his desk one morning and, because he knew of how close the two were, made the decision to hand it to him. Linus is extremely grateful for this gift and makes sure to put it in the trunk of his lended sports car that he got from Vincent Ferrari for his wedding. Linus also makes an off mark comment to April on noticing that her and Ryder are dating, much to April's shock. Linus brushes it off as him having a "brotherly feeling". After the wedding officially ends, Mr. and Mrs. Faulkner head back home to pack their things and as their flight is still only in a couple of hours, he makes the suggestion that the two go to Fight Night. Elaine refuses and opts to rest. Linus changes into his original "Nathan Drake" outfit and heads out to the stadium in his sports car, reflecting on his "American Dream" and how much his life has changed ever since he came here; it was a highly emotional drive for Linus. Upon arrival, he's let in and would cheer on his friends such as Ami, Jon, Skyler, Mason, God and many others in their fights. During this time, Linus would also talk to McKenzie for what the two presumed would be the last time for a while, in which the two talked about their time in the city together and how they're going to miss eachother. Zeb also arrives and gives his personal congratulations to Linus, apologizing for his inability to make it for the wedding. Before the finals, Linus has to catch his flight and Hunter announces to everybody that Linus has to leave, receiving what is close to a standing ovation from everybody there as he says his final goodbyes to everybody for a while and thus concluding what would be yet another period in Linus' life, with his true American Dream complete.

### The Warpath Arc

* Linus returns to the city a bit earlier than originally meant on a Sunday, in a short sleeved T-shirt without anything underneath, shorts, slippers and even cat ears, something that Linus thought was unique but would later find out that they were imported into the city. The outfit came to be a big disadvantage to him as it apparently started to snow in the city while he was gone and it still kept going. Linus, freezing to death, calls Hunter for a ride but tells him he's busy. He then tweets out that he's stuck in the airport without a ride and freezing, with Ami responding and heading his way. Nearly at the same, a Yakuza members arrives to give Linus a ride alongside Ami. Linus thanks the person for their consideration but chooses to go off with Ami. Ami updates Linus on as much as she could find out, also mentioning the addition of new dogs. At the same time, one of said dogs showed up, named Kaia and who occasionally hangs around Casa Latina. Ami and Linus end up at Mosley's autoworks which has recently opened right across the street from Casa. He reunites with Hunter, who he lears from that he started a romantic relationship with Myskia Rodney and even bought her a truck. Ami recently restarted her candy business and because of this, takes Linus to the recently reopened Yellow Jack Inn to maybe sell candy and also get food for Linus since he gave most of it to Kaia. The two then went down to Pillbox, and Linus reunited with Doug, Willowa and Skyler, also receiving an accidental punch from the latter. He explains to his friends about how he asked the locals in Hawaii for the "hu-hah" and he ended up being ignored by them, learning later what the word meant. Afterwards the two head back to Casa to meet up with Kaia and Yang then to Linus' house after he tells Ami that Elaine left all of her cars to him, totaling his amount to 13. He decides to give Ami the red Issi that belonged to Elaine. The two head back to PDM, with Ami already crashing the car into a pole. The two say their goodbyes and Linus reunites with his friends at The Scene HQ, with Linus asking Dirk if it's possible for him to legally change his name from Kohn to Faulkner. Dirk tells him its not possible as of yet and the two end up meeting at the Casino to hang out, and Dirk reveals to Linus his relationship issues with Cece, much to Linus' surprise. Linus is introduced to Darian and the three hang out for a while. After this, Linus leaves and things get a sudden turn for the way worse. He rolls up to the recently opened Lost bar, with him noticing somebody that was presumed to be Benny robbing Mason and Skyler. Linus was without a pistol and so tried to rush over to an Ammunation to get one but was stopped by an officer that started to give chase to him, Linus gets in the criminal's way and crashes both his and Linus' car, slowing him down considerably. After everything calms down, the group goes inside the bar and Skyler attacks Linus on accident /again/, but this time kicks him straight in the butt. Some time passes and suddenly, through the door, Claire Turner, who has been in The Lost for a good bit now, gets shot straight in the head. Thanks to Linus having a medkit on hand, gives his to Skyler to help Claire out and would then go out to finally get a Pistol. Seeing that the place is swarmed with police, Linus instead opts to meet with Skye to catch up and also speak on what had just happened. On the way though, Linus spots Gracie and Vincent and stops to catch up with them and to let them know of what just happened (and also to get punched in the face //again//, but this time by Gracie).

* Linus arrives at Skye's house only to see her meditating on her new truck dressed in an outfit similar to Chloe Continelli, something which Linus comments on. Skye dismisses it due to the fact that she went through a very traumatic experience recently with some bank robbers, which nearly made her leave the city, but opted to stay because of Linus and other people close to her. This wasn't helped however by Ace Monde and Adriana Valandros, with Ace reminding Skye of Addy's experiences with Skye and her attack alongside the fact that Haven Suvarii suggested to Addy to be hired at Pillbox, something that Skye didn't take well at all. Upon hearing this and due to Linus' frustrations with what recently happened at The Lost HQ says he'll talk to them, even going as far as to suggest killing them both to ensure Skye isn't bothered by them ever again. Skye isn't the biggest fan of it but wouldn't stop Linus from doing so if he has to. Meanwhile the two learn that Claire got out of surgery but is still unconscious and decide to head to Pillbox to check on her. Upon arriving, Linus sees Skyler and learns that Hunter also got shot up after trying to vengefully go after those that shot Claire. Linus informs The Scene, with people such as Ellie, Brooke, Bjorn Eriksen and Mary heading over to Pillbox for Hunter and Claire. Claire wakes up and alongside Myskia, checks up on both Hunter and Claire with Hunter being able to leave not long after and Claire slowly recovering. Linus also learns through Twitter and Hunter that the Yakuza are in a fully fledged war with The Lost, and since Linus is on good terms with both opts to stay as uninvolved as possible. After the PB visit, Linus goes to the Tavern to chill with Gracie and then Staria Knight who pays a visit to the place as well. Linus grows bored and decides to take one of Elaine's old vehicles, the Brawler, to Mosley's for repairs. He meets up with Ami again who tells Linus that the candy business has been going well and with Hunter, who reveals to Linus one of his biggest secrets...

* Linus gets his Brawler fixed and goes back to Mirror Park Tavern, where he finds one of the new security employees shot on the ground. Upon investigation, Linus learns that another security member that was present at the scene claims the Yakuza were involved with the shooting. The situation however makes no sense due to Mirror Park being Yakuza territory. Linus, being the only one to take the initiative, goes to meet with Llanzo Henry and Hideki Kamiyama at PDM to ask them for their involvement. The two deny anything and are surprised to hear of this, with Hideki leaving to investigate further. As Linus is talking to Llanzo at PDM, a gray four door pulls over with a group of 3 that were armed hopping out of the car, noting the fact that one had a Shotgun out. The person in question asks a lady and Linus if they're the Butcher, Linus denies it and the lady pulls out a gun. Llanzo and the rest present on scene scream at Linus to move, only to witness the lady be gunned down by the group then leaving. Linus, obviously marked by the scene, leaves too but is stopped by the same officer that was at Mirror Park Tavern under suspicion that he had commited the crime. After learning it wasn't Linus, he's let go. Linus learns from Mason that the security that saw the crime, Cayde, wasn't exactly sure of what he saw, only that the criminals had a shotgun. This already pisses Linus off due to the fact that he accused the Yakuza right away without reason but he would also draw the conclusion that the group who shot at PDM was the same group that opened fire at the Tavern. Linus tells the group that he'll inform Llanzo but is shouted at to stop and to leave the situation to them. Linus, infuriated that he's being tossed aside by the group despite the fact he's been doing all of the heavy lifting and nearly risked his life for them turns off communications and meets up with Brooke, Bjorn and Mary in Paleto Bay. Linus has a private conversation with Brooke about the events that happened upon Linus' return and also about Tony and their relationship, with her questioning whether she should be still with him or not. Linus, as Tony's best friend and as Brooke's self proclaimed brother, advices her to break up with him for both of their sakes, in spite of how much pain the two would go through. Mid conversation, the same masked man from PDM pulls up with two other people, one wearing an orange bandana from Southside, robs Linus and Brooke and tells them to leave as they were in a place that made them seem suspicious. The two walk off on the beach and Linus begins feeling extremely depressed over all of the death and chaos he's seen today. He starts getting drunk, going as far as drunk driving along Paleto, with The Scene group rescuing Linus and setting him down on Mary's couch. The night ends off with Linus feeling depressed, even claiming that Mercy should've put him out of his misery or that he either should've stayed in Hawaii. Brooke, really upset by Linus' words, storms out and Linus falls asleep at Mary's place.

* Linus wakes up feeling like crap somewhere in the middle in the city, and then goes to get a clothing change to adapt to the snowfall and the cold weather. He ends up getting a ride from Mary who he apologises for having slept over at her place and for his behavior that was previously mentioned. The two go up on the roof at The Scene HQ to reminisce and speak about their love life together, with Linus also confessing to Mary that at one point had a crush on her which surprises her. After a while, Linus receives a text from Hunter who doesn't exactly know who he's talking to. Linus, concerned, heads to Mosley's to talk to him. Upon arriving, Linus notices Hunter has amnesia and only manages to remember Linus after looking at him for a while. He finds out that apparently The Lost MC, a motorcycle club that Hunter was previously associated with had shot him in the head. Linus, extremely angered although not knowing the full context tries to contact Claire, who he knows is a part of the club but to no avail. Ami eventually arrives and offers Linus to accompany her on some deliveries for her candy business. Linus obliges and the two first head over to Casa to get some food and have one of Linus' cars parked. As soon as they pull in, they see a tweet from Rory mentioning that this night was her last in LS. Linus is at first extremely freaked out, as is Ami, but is then calmed down by Chloe Continelli, who reassures the two that this is the decision she's made and must be respected. Linus mentions to Rory on Twitter what his favorite moments with her were and also texts her. In spite of the now more somber tone, Ami and Linus continue on their delivery and eventually conclude that they should go look for Rory's cow, which was originally what she came to LS for. Before the two could head out though, Linus gets a sudden call from Mary saying that April's been hospitalized and is in critical shape. For the past 2 to 3 days, April has been missing entirely with nobody being able to find her. Linus sees Stu and Mary and they explain they've found her next to her appartment, in a really bad shape. Linus also sees Ryder, who's obviously extremely angry but is eventually calmed by Linus and Ami. Unfortunately, before April could wake up and get out of Pillbox, Linus needs to get to bed as soon as possible and gets a ride from Ami back to his house. This would become the last time Linus would sleep at his house in Mirror Park.

### Without Path Arc

* The next day, Linus does a shift for security at The Scene HQ and while he was on shift he receives a response from Claire from the text the day prior and her saying that she's trying to head over to Mosley's to see if Hunter can remember her. Linus, despite him trying to just talk to Claire, with the craziness that's accumulated since he came back to LS and Elaine's absence affecting him heavily, would go on to do something extremely uncharacteristically of him and call out Claire for even wishing to see Hunter despite her being part of the same group that shot him in the head. Myskia learns of Linus' texts and calls him, essentially threatening him never to do such a thing again and then indirectly calling him childish on Twitter. Linus sits frozen for five minutes, before running out of the HQ without telling anybody a word. He changes clothes and grabs his motorcycle to take up to Paleto and hide away, since his paranoia led to thinking that if Claire now hates him, it'll extend to The Lost wanting him dead, alongside Southside too since Myskia works at Mosley's. Linus eventually ends up contacting Brooke and the two meet up at a small pier in Paleto. Linus tells Brooke what's happened, how he feels about not being able to be there for anybody, how much he misses Elaine, how he's dodged death so many times although he wishes he was taken out and is at such a mentally deranged state that he asks Brooke to shoot him in the head. Brooke obviously refuses and is even led to tears at Linus' mental state for the past couple of days and request. The two end up going for a swim, which calm them both down. Brooke tells Linus that he can't stay in Paleto since it's an open area and so, he decides to ride out into the mountains in his now damaged bike due to the bumps on the road. He says his goodbyes to Brooke and goes on to spend a long time at the cabin on his own, vary of any signs of life showing themselves. Linus grows bored and posts a picture on Twitter, which alerts Hunter. He calls Linus and the two have a heart to heart; Hunter tells Linus that nobody wishes him dead and that he just needs patience and to make things right. He also recommended therapy to Linus, something he was heavily against doing but was eventually convinced to drive back down to the city and even go to Los Santos' first ever city prom which was hosted by V. Brooke and Mary are relieved to see Linus back in the city, however he decides he'll have to disguise himself by putting on a wig and a suit he doesn't usually use so he's not recognized by anybody and definitely not Claire, Myskia or any from The Lost or Southside. Upon arriving with the two, Linus runs into Doug and Willowa who immediately recognize him. This trend would go on to happen with the rest of his The Scene friends and other friends such as May, who introduces Linus to Kiera Alcanthea, who Linus recognized slightly as somebody that used to be with the PD, and would go on to be recognized by Reggie, Ami and Mike as well, and Linus concludes that his disguise was pretty much a fail. While partying, Linus gets a text from April signaling that she's fine, but in a wheelchair, much to Linus' relief. He tells her she sould come to prom, which April agrees to. Not long after, Reggie and Linus have a one on one conversation about the situation with Claire and Myskia. Prior to this, Linus knew about Hunter's biggest secret and knew that he left The Lost to protect them from himself. What Reggie tells Linus however, is that Hunter snitched on Benny to the Police after he left The Lost, which caused The Lost to shoot Hunter. Linus, not truly understanding what Hunter snitching on a person that allegedly had shot Claire at The Lost HQ not too long ago has anything to do with them, in the end complies with what Reggie tells him and understands nobody wants him dead and that he should at least talk to Claire to fix their problems. After this convo, April makes her appearence. She pulls Linus aside and she talks to him about how she's feeling and how she's gotten hurt. As April was with Coach, following his alleged death, a mafia organization was sent down to hunt April down to ask on info of Coach's location. April didn't know and she ended up being tortured by the group. The reason why a mafia group would even track down Coach who is already dead is simple: Coach is still alive. This left Linus baffled, with April detailing that he faked his own death so he could get away from his mafia family, for which he was next in line to lead, but never kept in touch with April and thus she never knew where he went. Linus, albeit shocked from the developments and the things he's heard, would continue the party at the prom, with Vincent Ferrari and Arden Long announced as prom king and queen. After a bit of celebrating, something else shocking happens: Mike takes Ami on the center stage of the prom and proposes to her, with the latter accepting. This turned Linus' day upside down completely and made him extremely happy, due to the amount the two have gone through on their own, let alone together, and for this to be shown through their own engagement. Linus congratulates the pair and the party would continue. Right before the end of the party, Brooke and Linus have one more conversation, where she continues to elaborate on the mafia past she's had. She mentions that Coach and Brooke were actually meant to be married and form an union between their respective mafia families and also knew of Coach being alive this whole time, although she wasn't happy at all with Coach faking his death. Linus, only wishing to sleep at this point, would end the night sleeping at The Scene HQ.

* Upon waking up the next day, Linus immediately tries to contact Claire to apologize for his behavior the day prior. Claire agrees to meet Linus at his Mirror Park house and Linus makes amends with Claire, with the two both understanding where they're coming from, and Claire understanding that he's had to go through a lot since Elaine's left; Linus continues to comment on this, as he feels like he can't even sleep at his own house anymore due to the fact that everytime he's there, he's reminded of Elaine each time. The two hug it out and promise to still be good friends. Linus ends up spending of his time hanging out with his friends from The Scene, including Willowa and Doug who have been working at The Scene for a bit now. He informs the two of what's happened with Claire and The Lost and the two conclude that they don't want to be friends with anybody from within the lost, Claire included, something Linus doesn't approve or disapprove of as it wasn't his place to. Afterwards, he attends a meeting at Mirror Park Tavern, the first one since the incident on Sunday and his first interaction with the group since. Linus, instead of being angry like he expected himself to be, was decently calm and surrounding the Yakuza and the events of Sunday, it was concluded that communications needed to be improved, that the security position was now renamed to bouncer and that although what Linus did was in the best interests of the company, he put himself at risk and took action a bit too quickly, something that Linus inevitably understood and agreed not to be as hasty again in his actions. He then heads out to the Laser Tag event for a duos tourney, with Linus ending up on a team with Josh Carlisle, one of Hunter's coworkers at Mosley's. The two go through a series of matches against multiple duo teams, somehow getting a draw against Ryder and God, and then going on to win every game, much to Linus and Josh's shock at their surprisingly good teamwork. However, the two would end up in 2nd place thanks to their draw and losing to an unexpected team-up from Willowa and Storm who won every game. After enjoying himself in laser tag, River would announce over The Scene radio that she suddenly works at the PP Boys Arcade, much to Linus' great shock. River had been hired by Jon, who's been the owner of the arcade for a while after the PP Boys disbanded, and told Linus to come see her. There he'd see a couple of people actually be in the arcade for the first time in a while, alongside River, Louie and Cupcake. The three discuss for a while, with Linus sharing his joy over how the arcade finally has people hang around it again. Linus then leaves and hangs out with Staria after the two promised each other that they should hang out and finally getting the chance to. Linus ended up making a couple of visits back in forth since April ended up at Pillbox again due to an "alien abduction", but was mostly fine. He had to rush down to Pillbox once again however, after he'd learn from Doug that Skye is in Pillbox and was put under a coma. Linus rushes there and into her bedroom, ironically the same room where Linus was held in his coma, and stood by her side, confused and distraught as the two haven't had the chance to even talk to each other since Linus came back into LS after the wedding. Not knowing how to feel and without any seeming place that he wishes to sleep at, Staria offers her home for him to stay at for a while. Although a bit hesitant due to him hoping he wouldn't be a burden, he accepts and stays at Staria's place.

* Linus wakes up and walks out of Staria's place, getting an immediate call from Skye who woke up from her coma. Skye tells Linus that she's working at Pillbox despite getting out of her coma, which upsets Linus greatly because he thought she was dead. After another phone call from Skye, she assures Linus she's safest there and doing the most minimum work possible, which satisfies him for now. He also receives a text from Brooke, telling him that she's sent a text to Tony, ending their relationship for good, which made Linus feel bad but at the same time relieved that Brooke doesn't have to deal with any of that anymore. Linus ends up in the tavern, where he lets out all of the emotions he's built over the last week to Vincent, Gracie and Skyler, who are there to comfort their friend. Linus also meets with April at Burger Shot to talk and reminisce before he heads back at the tavern. Ami eventually arrives for a candy delivery, but an explosion is heard at the gas station. People are usually meant to stay inside, but Ami runs out, directly towards the station. Linus gives chase and notice a car stuck inside a gas tank, somehow. After the police show up, the two walk away from the pump which explodes //seconds// after they get some distance and catching Ace, the same employee that was shot at the tavern under the assumption of the Yakuza. Staria who was also now there alongside the rest cehck up on the two and Linus decides to get away from Mirror Park by hanging out with Brooke, Bjorn and some other friends from The Scene at a hot tub in Chumash, then getting a ride back home to Staria's place.

* While sleeping at Staria's place, Linus is woken up by something that he found strange. Upon checking outside, he notices the fact that the snow has finally settled itself on the ground in Los Santos, and although its been a while, Linus is familiar with snow thanks to his origins from Austria. He ends up getting a ride from Wolf who also informs Linus that Mary has left The Scene, much to his surprise. He calls Mary and the two promise to hang out together at some point, although it was quite late for Linus at that point. Linus ends up at The Scene to hang out with some friends, then actually goes ahead and hangs out with Mary, who told Linus she feels much more free since she's left. After that, Linus grabs his Brawler that's been still impounded since his drunk driving and meets up with Staria near PDM to hang out, going back to her place after that.

* On Friday morning, as Linus was about to go out into the city to get up to whatever, he receives a call that would completely change him. Elaine had left to LA for a crime documentary after Linus' wedding, as that was what she always wanted to do. And, since she was in charge of writing and getting material, she always had to be around gang hideouts. Usually she'd be monitored by security, with both her and said security always in need of a gun to be carried on them. However, on one particular day, Elaine went out to go and scope out the same spot but alone and with no gun on her. She was caught and fatally murdered by the gang members. Linus, not wanting to believe it, books a flight to LA since he was called down by the police to identify the body. The entire flight, Linus didn't want to believe it was true. Upon arriving in LA and at the crime scene, amidst a bunch of bodies due to a shootout between the police and the gang members following the murder was that of Elaine's. Linus was frozen, confused, angry and under shock. The police gave him her ring, the only possesion that they could give him as all that was in her posession was a pen, a notepad and her phone. Linus sat in his motel room, alone and crying his heart out, without sleeping, eating or drinking for nearly 2 days straight. He ultimately makes the decision to head back to Los Santos.

* Upon arriving in LS, he gets a ride from a Lost member to his house, a place that he doesn't want to see at all, especially not now. He grabs Elaine's old Mesa, "The Whale", and heads out to The Scene HQ, not knowing where else to go. He runs into Morgana, who is the first to hear what's gone on in LA. Morgana and eventually River who also learned about the situation come and sit next to Linus to comfort him. He also heard about the events that have transpired in the city while he was gone, most prominent being two factors: the first is the death of Mercy, with nobody knowing the person behind it. Despite the fact that Linus wished she'd have rotten in a jail cell for the rest of her life and thinking she got off "easy", Linus is still relieved she won't be bothering anybody ever again. He also learns about Ryder and him being in a coma due to an incident while on duty, April tells Linus she's currently with him at Pillbox and he goes there alongside Morgana and River to see them both. In the room, he discovers Ryder with an eye patch and a crying April who tells Linus that Ryder got hurt while on duty by a criminal. Linus, who at this point can't really feel much emotion, begins telling April about what's happened with Elaine. April, already emotional as is, can only offer her condolences to Linus and told him to also rest after he told her he hasn't been able to. Linus ultimately breaks again and tells her that she's tried but couldn't, and even if he did, he'd only have nightmares of her. Linus feels guilty because he wasn't there when it had happened, and puts the blame on the city which, ironically enough is now found to be "cursed" by him, just as Mercy thought it was before she attacked him. He felt like this due to the fact that if this city hadn't kept him here, he could've saved Elaine. After saying his emotional goodbyes to April, Linus receives a call from Hunter, and the two alongside Morgana meet up at Casa, where Linus tells Hunter everything as well. Hunter, having gone through his own traumas, comforts Linus and assures him that none of this was his fault, promising him that he'll be there for Linus all the way through. Linus doesn't know what to make of this, but then receives a text from April that confirms Ryder waking up, but not remembering much of anything and from Ami, who wants to meet up with Linus. The group eventually decides to go the VU since it was open for drinks. Ami also arrives in a very casual outfit so she wouldn't stand out, and her, Hunter and Linus go outside to talk. Ami ends up confessing to Linus that she and Hunter ran into Mercy at Tequila-la's the day prior. Ami aimed her gun at her after she took out her knife and the two ended up in a stand-off. Out of necessity after Mercy lunged at her, Ami pulled the trigger and killed Mercy. This truly shocks Linus, in spite of all he's had to endure, as this was Ami's first time she had to take a life. Linus recalls the time he nearly killed Tita and Hunter tells the two more about his dark times in the military and how the first kill isn't easy, but has to be done out of necessity. Linus is also signed up by Hunter to participate in one of Nat's scuba diving lessons, something Linus has never done before. Nat also learns about what had happened and offers her condolences as well. The group heads out to somewhere close to Chumash for their diving lesson after changing into their wet suits, and they all begin their dive. Everything was going well, until Linus ended up going to deep and the pressure knocked him unconscious. Although he didn't want it, he opened his eyes for a second and thought this was it, until he sees a man reaching out and grabbing him.

* The man had turned out to be Jarred, coming after Linus had his life alert sent out. Next thing he knows, Linus is in Pillbox, and had just woken up after CPR attempts from Willowa to get the water out of him. He felt extremely cold and dizzy. When he looked to his left, he also saw Jarred in the bed next to him, putting together that Jarred was the man that rescued him and probably also ended up drowning in an attempt to save him. This crushed him even more beyond the fact he drowned, ruined Nat's lesson and everything he's had to deal with. At that point he thought nothing more of himself than being a walking corpse. Ami, April, Stu, Bjorn, Skye and Hunter go to each see Linus and after a bunch of treatment and apologies to Jarred and the Pillbox staff, Linus is released, albeit still being a bit dizzy. Linus calls Nat to apologize for what he'd done, an apology that Nat quickly accepts. After this, Linus gets a ride from Bjorn to change clothes and then heads out to the Casino for a derby event. There he runs into Mary, and although he's gotten sick of telling people, he also tells her of what's happened in LA. Mary, who's become like a mother to Linus for a while now, comforts him and tries her best to be there for him. At that time, Linus also receives a text from Cece who he ran into at the VU, wanting to talk about what had happened with Elaine. Bjorn and Linus go to meet them, and Linus talks in detail to her and Jason about everything, even pulling out the ring that he got from the police. Cece, also being somebody that's had to deal with a lot, especially recently, comforts Linus and offers him her spot she's soon going to buy in Del Perro, close to where Staria lives. Linus appreciates the offer but still wishes to live at Staria's spot. Linus is then called over at the Tavern after they've heard about Elaine as well, and although he's a bit sad he has to go and that Bjorn has to be his driver still, Cece and Jason are ok and they say their goodbyes. Linus arrives at the Tavern and is comforted by Gracie, Skyler and the other employees, with Gracie offering Linus her place as well in case they need it. Willowa and Doug also offered theirs at some point during the day when they found out from Linus at Pillbox about Elaine, the two also saying they'll be there for Linus every step of the way. After explaining to his tavern friends about the events in LA, he heads back down to the derby event and runs into Staria, who also learned about Elaine. The group hangs out after the event is over and then they head out at Dragon's Rest to eat. Linus, after eating and drinking for the first time in 2 days, finally feels the unrest he's had get to him and wishes for Staria to drive Linus home so he can //finally// sleep, and although he's broken mentally, maybe also start a new chapter in his life, one filled with uncertainty and discovery.

### American Retrials Arc

* After a crazy week, Linus wakes up and decides that if he truly wants to move on, he has to ultimately sell the house. He heads over to Mirror Park to begin moving all of his vehicles from his garage over to the garage in Del Perro. At some point during the week, Linus also received an email from Tom Grizz, somebody he's met while he beat up a truck to let out some steam, something possible through Jack and Nat's business. Tom mentions how he'd like to hang out with Linus at some point and he agrees to it. However, during that time Tom was arrested and Linus goes over to pick him up from prison. Upon retrieving him, Linus requests his assistance in moving his cars over, something that Tom agrees to. Although some of the rides with him were less than stellar, and in one instance he nearly ended up shot by Vincent Ferrari, the two manage to get all of Linus' cars from the garage in Mirror Park to the one in Del Perro. Linus thanks Tom, who then opts to go spend time with Brooke after the two communicated via text. Linus instead runs into Stu, and the two talk more about what had happened with Elaine and how Linus still doesn't know exactly how to feel. Stu eventually has to leave town, and with Linus not getting any respones from Brooke, gets a ride from The Scene HQ through Doug and Willowa to Pillbox to hang out. There Linus runs into Skyler and eventually into Brooke. Brooke hadn't known about Elaine and was devastated for Linus' loss and since the two have such a brother and sister like relationship, she tells Linus she'll be there for him. The two discuss some more, even about Stu and Bjorn potentially having a thing for her, something that shocks him a bit but also makes him happy, knowing so many people have such feelings for somebody he really cares for. Eventually Yang who's in a wheelchair, Chloe and May make their presence known, with Yang sort of jokingly reprimanding and making fun of Linus for the drowning incident. This would go on almost every single time the two would see each other. Eventually, Brooke and Linus go to Hayes Auto Body Shop, who has done it's grand reopening. There he runs into Bjorn, who works there, Mary and Stu. Linus also learns that Brooke is trying something new and is under Bjorn's training to become a mechanic. Linus is happy to hear it. There the group chat and do their usual banter and eventually the group heads out for a meeting at City Hall regarding changes to the Government and DOJ. Before they leave, Brooke somehow throws Linus at a wall with great power and length, much to his shock but also impression. Brooke feels really bad for what she did, even when the two were at City Hall. Linus sees this and pulls her aside into a corner of the building until she felt better. The two have an intimate brother and sister moment together, and the two feel better about the situation. Once the City Hall meeting ends, Linus chats with some of his Tavern friends. Brooke still feels slightly bad about what she did, but Linus convinces her that it's ok. The two head out to Dragon's Rest to grab a meal together, there Linus discovers that Mary has now started working at DR, finding her inside of the building as she greets them. Linus, although intrigued, orders from the person she sees as his own mother, which was definitely weird for him, and manages to get the secret Yang Kai figurine which Mary needed. Linus decides to give it to her and Brooke and Linus enjoy their meals together. Eventually Linus makes a dumb joke to cope with Elaine's death, but gets more sad instead. Linus goes out of the building at DR with Brooke by his side and the two share another moment together. Brooke promises Linus that she'll never leave him and the two head back inside to pay Mary. Before they leave, somebody comes inside wearing a new imported maid outfit that V had made. This reminds Linus that not only was he invited to a secret party in appreciation of V's work by Nat, but that he also needs an outfit that V made. Brooke says that she'll be fine not coming and she drops Linus off at Del Perro Pier, where the party was taking place. There he sees Hunter wearing cat ears which Linus found amusing and a bunch of other friends. V arrives and the surprise party begins. Linus runs into Staria and the two dance for a while before engaging in conversations with other friends, one such group being Teddie, Ami, Mike, Yang and even Kara, who Linus hasn't seen in a long time. They talk about some issues that Ami's having with River and the tow company and eventually Linus leaves with Brooke who gives him a ride back to Staria's place. Before she leaves, the two exchange a hug and Linus thanks Brooke for being with him for the day. It really helped him out. Before the city closed, Linus woke back up and ran into Ami. The two hanged out for a while and eventually she shows him the new building she's going to get for her candy business. Linus was very proud and happy for her. The two even joke about just adding pure milk into the store, which the two found to be weirdly funny. After the two split up, Linus hangs out with Tom Grizz. The two end up flipping their car in a tunnel, and Tom accidentally bonks Linus in the head with his hammer as he was taking his anger out on his car. Linus ends up concussed and spends the night in Pillbox.

* After waking up at Pillbox, Linus gets discharged upon his wound becoming much better and would go set up his outfit for Reggie and Mirror's wedding, something everybody was invited to. He would then go back to sleep to rest up. Upon waking up, Linus meets up with Brooke and Bjorn at Hayes who were working on Mary's van which Linus even helps cleaning up. Brooke informs Linus that she bought Callista's old house in Chumash and gives a copy of the keys to him, without Linus even getting a chance to say anything. Ultimately Linus accepts them and the group would go over to check the new place out. Linus instantly found the place stunning, with it set on the edge of a hill in Chumash with a wonderful view over the seas. Linus was also really impressed for the interior, even finding it to be a bit overkill for Brooke's modest standards. While the group were chatting outside of the house, Linus receives a sudden call. It was Wheeler, who had just landed in the airport with his girlfriend Emma and needed a ride, but to also have a conversation with Linus. Wheeler was heavily involved in Elaine's ongoings in LA without Linus really knowing, as he was working security for the company Elaine had been working the crime documentary for. Wheeler was Elaine's assigned bodyguard, but on the night of her death, she decided to get extra material on her own, which led to her being discovered and killed. Having no car with him at that time, Linus manages to convince Brooke to drive to LSIA to pick those two up. As they picked them up, not much conversation was had and Brooke would drop Linus, Wheeler and Emma at Wheeler's house in Mirror Park. As soon as Brooke left, Wheeler informs Linus of how sorry he is that things happened and would even put the blame on himself, but Linus would deny that considering there was no way he could know of what Elaine was going to do. Wheeler also was given Elaine's actual engagement ring when he arrived on the scene; why Linus didn't receive the actual ring from the police is still a mistery to him, but he regardless takes the real ring and is grateful to Wheeler for providing him with it. The two say their goodbyes as Emma provides Linus a ride back to Hayes to pick his car up. In the meantime, Brooke expresses her worries about Wheeler and Emma via text to Linus, but he assures her that everything is fine. Upon arriving at Hayes, Linus says goodbye to Emma as well and notices the time of the wedding is soon, thus heading out to a clothing store to change into his suit. Linus quickly arrives, and as he's walking next to the fountain, he notices one man standing there: Hank Jones. Linus, still bitter about the whole incident with him wanting to sue Elaine and not even bothering to tell Linus, doesn't even say a word to him. Eventually some of his Tavern friends arrived to cut the small tension that had built inside of Linus, followed by a small and adorable cat that had definitely calmed him down. Not long before the ceremony would begin, Cupcake and also Ami would arrive, and the three would stick together for most of the ceremony. Upon it starting and Linus hearing the wedding vows between the two, he would begin tearing up as he thought back to how soon it had been since his wedding and how he had lost Elaine. Ami comforts Linus during the ceremony and after it would end, Linus would end up retreating in a more reserved spot of the golf course, where the wedding had taken place. As he was sitting there in thought, Linus would also notice Adder Frost, now known as Adder Winters after his adoption by Rory, laying down on the grass. Linus would lay next to him and would begin conversing with one another about each of their pains. Adder would also find out about Elaine, which greatly shocked him. Linus also finds out about Adder's difficulties in having to deal with Rory and Damian's fights and break up, but would mention don't nearly matter as much as Linus' great loss. Adder also makes mention of Coach and how he had barely gotten over his death, something that makes Linus feel guilty knowing the truth. Inevitably, Linus caves in and pulls Adder farther aside from the crowd to let him know about Coach's condition, which raises a lot of questions at first but ultimately makes him extremely happy, knowing that his friend is alive. Eventually, Linus would go his separate way from Adder, briefly encountering Mike and Ami to spend a small amount of time together with them but would also break off from those two as well. Gazing upon all of the groups and especially the couples having a great time with each other, Linus would once again be reminded of his loss and would begin to try to sneak away from the party, as to not attract away from the attention that Reggie and Mirror rightfully deserved. This wouldn't be the way things go, as Rory notices Linus walking away and asks what's wrong. Linus confesses to his thoughts of Elaine and how he didn't want to detract from the wedding's general mood. Rory completely understands the feeling and this situation would also attract the attention of Reggie and Mirror themselves, who also understand and each give Linus a hug. He congratulates the two once more, before heading back to Brooke's home this time to get his rest in for the night.

* It would be the day of Fight Night once again, this time delayed by a bit due to Hunter having some problems. Linus, although at first not really wanting to go, decides to bite the bullet and head over as is anyways. He also discovered that Hallelujah Goodwin, who hasn't been in the city in over 4 months decided to pay a visit to the city one more time and was present at the arena in Maze Bank. Linus would see Hallelujah for the first time in a long time, something that came as a very nice surprise to him, definitely something he didn't expect. Upon entering the arena, Linus would meet up with Hunter and then with Brooke, who would also be working as EMS for Fight Night. Linus would find his spot next a set of stairs that led to a stand, but had just so happened to be next to Staria, who not only had let her hair down and thus became harder to recognize, but was also in a wheelchair after she had broken her leg in a fall. Linus immediately told her that he'd take care of her for the rest of his day. Linus would also get spooked by Ami, who had been sitting in a corner next to him. Linus would turn around to give Ami a hug that would last 3 seconds, only to turn back to face the fight and see it had already been over. This would repeat throughout Fight Night, something that not even Hunter wouldn't be able to make sense of. Eventually Fight Night would end, and Staria and Linus would ride out around the city. Staria informs Linus that she had spoken to Teddie regarding funeral arragements, and found out the only one in the city with a Hearse would be Storm. Linus and Staria also make a visit to Pillbox and would speak to Jarred about retrieving Elaine's body upon its arrival in the city. They would then also go to the Tattoo Shop to speak to Storm, where Linus would tell her of Elaine's passing, for which Storm was really sorry for. She had also agreed to provide her Hearse as long as the date and hour was provided. Upon solving both of these issues, the two would head back to Staria's house and would head to sleep. Right before the city would close itself though, Linus had woken up to go around for a stroll in the city and to finally sell his house to the locals upon moving the furniture. This had greatly demoralized Linus as that was his first ever house in America, and also one he had shared with Elaine, but it had to be done. After selling the house, his car would end up impounded and thus decided it would be best to walk over to the impound lot from Mirror Park. Upon arriving, he runs into Ami sitting on her tow truck. The two would chat more about Elaine and he would also confess to Ami that his parents aren't speaking to Linus anymore. Ami even takes Linus on a tow call just so he has somebody to spend time with. Right before the city shuts down, Ami recommends the tow job to Linus, but since he had so many, he had to quit one. From PDM, The Scene and the Tavern, it was quite obvious. Linus messages Cecil and makes the decision to leave PDM not long after Ami and Linus say their goodbyes for the night. Sure of his decision and slightly excited for his potential new job, Linus heads back to bed.

* When he next gets out of his house, Linus goes on a drive and visits Pillbox to check up on the medical staff and potentially provide them with some goods. Upon arrival he sees Skyler and Felix Hernandez who both greet Linus. Skyler then takes him into one of the rooms in Ward C, only to reveal that Mason had fallen in a coma. Skyler explains the details to Linus and as somebody that's been in a coma himself, tries to cheer Skyler up as much as possible and assures her that Mason will at one point wake up. Linus then departs from Pillbox to meet up with April after the two agreed via text to see each other at the pier, something Linus chose since it's always been his favorite spot to talk with people. When April and Linus meet up, the two would talk about their current time in the city and their past, and would even bring up Dylan and how Linus and Dylan established their friendship also at the end of the pier; something that mirrored how April's friendship with him started. Linus would also mention how his family has refused to speak to him since Elaine's death, which has made him see his newly found family in the city with much more care; Linus would also bring up how long he's known Ami, since those two have spent a lot of time together around the time of Elaine's death. April would make a comment that Linus should also talk to Ami about being a part of his found family and he'd agree. As their conversation was going on, Stu would text April that he's somehow managed to get his truck flipped sideways somewhere randomly on the beach near to them. Linus and April would head out, ramping off of some of the bumps on the way, but ultimately making it and getting Stu out of his situation. Not long after, Ami and Linus agree to meet up and ironically run into each other on the road and both end up at Ami's newly acquired building for her business that she was planning to open for the first time on that same day. While sorting out a time with Linus, he'd tell Ami how he sees her as a sister and would love to have a relationship like that, to which Ami agrees to, giving Linus some very needed happiness. The two would go on to make some deliveries at Mosley's and then head out to Mirror Park Tavern. They hang out for a bit, then are joined by April, Stu and Wolf who would also hang out with the group. At one point, while messing around, Linus and Ami get into a brawl which Linus thought he mostly won, but agreed with Ami that it was a tie in the end; the problem is that they both had to go to Pillbox afterwards. Before they could leave, Yang Kai arrives in one of the Little Duck tour buses and would give some of the new people in the city a tour of Mirror Park Tavern. In the end, Linus and Ami would arrive at Pillbox to be treated by Nurse Joy, heading back out to get Ami more supplies for her deliveries soon after, something for which they had to make stops for gas and money however. On their way over to a gas station next to Hayes, it just so happens that Linus and Ami witness Stu accidentally running over April and breaking a small part of her leg. Linus sits around with the group until April's transported to Pillbox and would then grab gas, money and ultimately the candy, with the latter being delivered to the people sitting at Hayes. After spending a decent amount of time at Hayes with Ami, Nat, Daisy and Rory and Damian, who are now back together, Linus would head back out to bed to rest for Ami's grand opening for which he agreed to participate as security and for free, although Ami disagreed about not having Linus get paid at first. Everything was going well until the city had to be shut down early, which disappointed Ami due to the timing of it being not long after the grand opening. Linus reassures her that it isn't that big of a deal, and he'd head out with Staria to return to her house.

* It is now Christmas in Los Santos, and the snow has set itself down in the city once again. Linus decided to wear a Reindeer outfit for the day in celebration of the spirit and to mainly distract himself that he's now spending his Christmas without Elaine. Linus would ride around the city for a while in his blue Schafter until Staria calls Linus to go pick her up from her house, as she'll finally be able to get out of her wheelchair. Linus agrees to give her a ride, but as soon as he hangs up, he begins being chased by a dark red vehicle. Linus, quickly making the assumption of being recognized as a Yakuza vehicle but also being uncertain as to if he'll get shot on sight or not, would initiate a high speed chase between him and a member of Diamond Dogs. Although Linus was driving well and had nearly lost the car, he was quickly approaching Del Perro and decided to just stop. It didn't matter to him at that point if he was going to be shot or not. Two Diamond Dog vehicles surround Linus and Linus aggressively tells the two to leave. The two didn't like his attitude, but after giving Linus a warning, would drive off. Linus picks Staria up and tells her of what had just happened, describing it as not a really good start to a Christmas. Linus and Staria arrive at Pillbox to get her cast removed and finally rid her of being in a wheelchair. As that was being handled, Linus decides to make a call to Tom Grizz to inform him of the chasing and would describe the cars that were following him. Tom informs Linus that he's actually already planning to meet up with some members of the Diamond Dogs and thanks Linus for the information. After the call ends, Linus and Staria head out to Mirror Park Tavern after it had freshly opened. There he sees Skyler, Brenna Erling, a lawyer named Tilly who Linus grabs the number of in the case of handling actual adoptions and Brenna's boyfriend, Brandon. As they were hanging out, Brenna trips over the already protected firepit in the Tavern, which started setting the whole place on fire. Unfortunately, Linus was the last to see this and as the last one to leave the building, suffers the most damage out of everybody else. The PD and EMS arrive and Linus receives a ride in a PD cruiser to Pillbox to get treatment from Nurse Joy for his burn marks, including Skyler and one other person. While he was in the ICU, Linus also noticed what he thought were three Diamond Dogs in the ICU bed. After being discharged, Linus receives a call from Tom Grizz asking him for a ride. Linus, in his condition, explains to Tom how he cant and would question him about the Diamond Dogs. Tom confirms that he were the one to shoot them and that if they ever messed with him again, to let Tom know. Linus, slightly terrified that he had been the one to indirectly put those people in the ICU but also impressed with Tom's loyalty and quick work, would depart Pillbox with Staria, also informing her of what he found out from Tom. The two conclude that it's for the best they take their time alone to relax outside of the city, and Staria takes Linus to the same pier where he had originally asked Bell out, which he found funny. The two would relax and talk about memories and how crazy this Christmas day was already. Staria also notes Linus should change outfits as his Reindeer one had obviously gotten pretty burnt. The two do so then head out around the city to greet some other friends, such as Delta at Benny's and Myskia and Cece at Mosley's. For Myskia, although it was a bit weird at first, Hunter had at a previous point explained to Linus how he should only apologise for the drowning incident at the scuba lesson, as he thought things between him and her were ok in regards to the situation with Claire. Linus apologises to Myskia and she accepts, slightly taunting him for drowning, only prompting more apologies from Linus. To end off their crazy Christmas, Linus and Staria head back to her house and they share an oddly intimate moment with one another, where Staria confesses that she had been wanted by the police and nearly put in prison in October for a murder she had been thought to be the main suspect of that happened years ago. Her best friend and family were murdered and Staria was the first one to find the crime scene. Although at first nobody thought she was the one, some evidence had allegedly been found to pinpoint her as the suspect. It was a rough time for her, although now it is proven she was innocent the whole time. Linus can only offer his apologies for what she had to go through and assures her that she's with people she cares about in her new home. Staria agrees and also confesses that besides Wheeler, Linus is the only one that knows about this, to his slight surprise. The two in the end hug it out and go to sleep.

* The day after Christmas, Linus wakes up and heads down to the Tavern, which is now fully recovered from the damage it received the day prior to hang out with Skyler. Eventually more people arrive, including Staria, Wheeler and Emma who all have a meal and chill out alongside him. Eventually, Linus receives a message from Skye to meet up at her house after not hearing word from her in a while. The two meet up at her house and Skye tells Linus that she had been hit off of a bridge by somebody that wasn't a local. She ended up fine but the MRI scans she undertook showed a mass forming around the area of her head. Skye tells Linus that she was told that it isn't cancerous but it was a secret that she kept and had to tell Linus since she's flying out later that night to have it taken care of. It wasn't the greatest news but Linus tried to be as supportive of her as possible. At the same time, Emma and Wheeler arrive to buy one of Skye's trucks that was now hers after Steve's passing. As the group was hanging out and Linus decided to go back to the Tavern on his own, he had noticed a series of tweets from Ginni, somebody that Linus had only really seen in passing but was aware of her due to her association with Taby and their other mutual friends, that were slightly concerning. She had to deal with losing her bike on top of everything else that had been going on in her life. Linus tweets back at Ginni, recommending they meet at the Tavern, and eventually her and Taby arrive. Taby immediately starts saying "Linussss" in a way to copy how she greets Alyosha Smirnoff, but Linus simply says that it "just doesn't work". Instead, in an extremely creative fashion, Taby starts calling him "Linus Tech Tips", to which he inevitably complies. The three briefly touch on Ginni and Taby's problems but don't focus on them too much as they were in public. Linus grabs their numbers to stay in contact with them and then goes outside due to the sight of blue sirens. Ginni and Taby try to follow but upon hearing Linus say that Chloe was the police member at the Tavern, they immediately head back inside. Ginni and Taby weren't able to exactly explain why but beg Linus to distract Chloe so the two can make a run for it. Luckily Chloe was already looking at her tablet, but just to make sure, Linus blocks her front view by T posing next to her and the two successfully escape. To ease the tension for Linus, April arrives and the two get up to some brother and sister shenanigans for a bit and then would hang out with the rest of the people chilling at the Tavern. In that period Ginni messages Linus and explains to him the entire situation with her and Chloe breaking up and how she wants nothing to do with her. Linus understands and offers his helping hand for whenever she needs a friend. Eventually, Emma, Wheeler, Linus and Staria get into a conversation regarding how Linus would still have some vehicles left to him by Elaine, most that he doesn't even use, which leads to the group heading out to Wheeler's house so Linus can sell Emma the Esskey that once belonged to Elaine. On the way over to pick up the bike however, Linus receives a call from Taby in which she mentions that they managed to find Ginni's bike but need a tow for it. Linus, on top of the fact that he was feeling useless as he was trying to become tow but couldn't since nobody had reached out to him yet, felt sad that he couldn't find any tow on duty. After Linus grabs the Esskey and heads back, he texts Ami who had just conveniently woken up and asks for her help in sorting out the situation with Ginni's bike. Ami agrees but asks to be picked up by Linus. Linus sells the bike to Emma and then picks Ami up, dropping her off at the impound lot and receiving a promise that she'll get in contact with Trash Kitty about an interview. After a while of riding around and chilling in the city, Linus meets up with Morgana and April at the pier, shortly followed by Wheeler and Emma. There the group get up to more shenanigans, involving Linus taking a dive, yet again, from the pier which slightly hurt him but thankfully didn't require a Pillbox visit. Linus went with April to grab gas and some bandages while Morgana and the rest went on their separate ways for a bit. Linus, April and eventually Staria come back to the pier to hang out, unti April gets word that Morgana got her car stuck. Staria stays behind while the two head out to sort out the issue, making a comment that the two had seemingly now become the ones fixing people's problems for flipped vehicles. However, in comparison to Stu's situation, this was way different; Morgana had somehow gotten her prize car for the loterry she was hosting stuck inside of the wall at a gas station. Linus and April try to somehow get it unstuck but fail miserably. After contacting Ami and waiting for a good while, Kenny from the Tow Company arrives and grabs the nearly squished vehicle and the group also receives some candy from Ami personally for the delayed towing procedure. Not having anything better to do, the entire group alongside Staria who joined them after getting an explanation from Linus over what had happened, goes to Mosley's to watch their cars get fixed. To end off the night, Linus gets a ride from Morgana back to Staria's house in the same vehicle that was stuck in the wall. Linus, in a platonic sense, gives Morgana a note that he had received from Jim Adler calling her "so fine uwu" and then quite awkwardly makes his way inside the house, ending what was actually one of the most calm days Linus has had in the city in a very long time.

* The day after, Linus wakes up and decides to go out for a stroll around town. While checking Twitter, Linus notices something that surprised him: McKenzie was back in Los Santos for the week and tweeted out her return. Linus immediately called her but didn't respond, prompting Linus to think he had probably missed her which bums him out a bit. While strolling around, Linus gets a text from Hunter to come hang out and gamble at the Casino together. Since the two haven't hanged out in a bit and since Linus had nothing else to do, he agrees and meets up with him at the Casino. On his way over, Linus would schedule an interview with Trash Kitty for Tow the Line to happen not long after Linus would finish spending time with Hunter. While there, the two would speak about more of Hunter's time in the army and what the two have been up to in the city. At one point, Zeb randomly appears to gamble and decides to join the two. Zeb makes a remark on Linus' gambling and how he had won and lost 100k in the same day, to which Linus points that he has since quit his addiction. Not long after Zeb leaves, Linus comes out with a few tens of thousands dollars richer and Linus and Hunter go their separate ways, with Hunter mentioning he has to go back home to handle some family business and potentially couldn't make the funeral, something Linus didn't minds at all. Before leaving, Hunter makes a comment that if he dies, Linus has to bury him next to his friends. Linus refuses to accept him dying and tells him that even if he would, he'd respect his wish. Hunter appreciates the comment and Linus departs to the interview for the Tow Company, but TK had apparently gotten busy with something and so Linus would go back to driving around the city. Linus passes Mirror Park Tavern and he notices a small group of people; He pulls over and to his delight, he sees Vincent, Gracie, Skyler, Ami and finally, McKenzie. Linus makes a comment on McKenzie not picking up the phone and immediately engages in banter with her, which results in Linus getting tackled. The group catches up, with Linus letting McKenzie know of Elaine's circumstances as well. Throughout the conversations, Brandon, Skyler's younger adopted brother mentions adoptions being a thing which had reminded Linus of the potentiality of making his found family an actual family by law. Since Ami was there already, he decides to go through with adopting her and would message Tilly about it. She agrees to meet at Yellow Jack Inn and Linus would head out, but not before having McKenzie insist she and Ami are coming with him, to which Linus agrees. Upon arrival, Ami and Linus would begin to immediately sign the papers but Tilly had mention to them they needed a 2nd witness besides McKenzie. Thinking of any option possible, Ami decides to call Daisy over to be the 2nd witness. After completing out the papers, the two were told they need to confirm the adoption through Chief Justice, Dirk, who wasn't awake just yet. While waiting, McKenzie and Ami also agree on becoming siblings and fill out their own forms, which by association would also make McKenzie become Linus sister, and Norm and Mike his brother-in-laws. However, since witnesses for adoptions can't be related, Daisy calls Rory over to be the 2nd witness for their adoption. Rory agrees and arrives alongside Vincent, Gracie and Skyler as well. The group would party for a bit until tsunami, and upon returning and experiencing some "unforeseen" difficulties along the way, a tired Linus and his group would make their way over to the Courthouse, where Linus, Ami and McKenzie would become related by law, something that Linus didn't imagine was ever going to happen. Linus finally had a family in Los Santos. As soon as the process was done, his now sisters would provide Linus with a ride back home.

* Linus wakes up on the day after the adoptions happened, which also turns out to be New Years Eve. Linus hears that Ami is at her candy business and goes there right away. Upon arriving, he sees a bunch of people including Ami, Teddie, Wolf, Bjorn and even Brooke, who Linus hasn't seen in over a week and had missed dearly. The two hug and the group enter multiple discussions, such as Ami's issues and potential restraining order with River Trelawney and Linus mentioning to everybody esle that Ami and McKenzie are also now his actual sisters. Mid talk though, Mary also comes back after a break and Linus immediately rushes off to see her at Dragon's Rest. Once there, the two pull each other aside and Linus catches Mary up with all of the events that transpired while she was gone, also including Linus' adoptions, hinting that Mary should adopt him too. Linus however wouldn't want it to go through, as Mary isn't that close with Ami and Kenzie for it to be plausible, but would still see her as his mother nonetheless. Linus would then pay a visit to the Tavern to see Skyler and respectively to Tequila-la's to see Mike, who is now his brother-in-law, for the first time in a bit. Mike, although not too pleased he has to be Linus' sibling, welcomes him in and the two talk about the ongoings in the city for a while. Linus then leaves for Hayes, where he finds a bunch of his friends, Brooke included, since she now works as a mechanic for the company. Linus pulls her aside and finally gets to tell her what's been happening. Brooke, albeit worried like Mary, understands and tries her best to encourage Linus. Although wanting to stay up for midnight, Linus becomes too tired and goes to bed, missing the New Year party and the countdown into the brand new year, 2022.

* The year is now 2022, and Linus wakes up knowing that Elaine's body should be brought in for the funeral at any point on that day. Linus would take his Schafter for repairs at Hayes and would then go to Casa to confirm with Storm that Elaine's body should be brought in soon and that the Hearse should be prepared for the day. Storm approves and Linus would hang out at Casa for a tiny bit. Staria, Wheeler and Emma among other friends show up to chill with Linus. He would then decide to inform Pillbox of Elaine's arrival and Staria would offer to go there with him. There he finds Reggie and Linus informs him of her arrival and if they're able to transport her to Pillbox and be placed in a morgue; Reggie approves of it, which relieves Linus. He'd go back to Casa, but not long would pass before Wheeler would call Linus to inform him that they brought Elaine in. Pillbox was immediately notified, and Linus would rush to Pillbox with Staria to wait for her arrival. Once they arrive, Reggie allows Linus, Wheeler and Staria in the morgue room to see Elaine. This was the first time Linus had seen his wife ever since the incident. Linus would hold her hand and express his frustrating sadness at her passing and at the fact he wasn't there to stop it. Although Wheeler felt the same way, him and Staria would comfort Linus in a very vulnerable moment for him. Not being able to witness what's in front of him anymore though, he decides to leave. Linus is able to calm down, and would go back to Casa for a tiny bit, then to Westley's new dealership to have Staria sell one of her old vehicles to him. Wheeler and Emma follow and there Wheeler would see a very good looking four door, but he was around 100,000$ short. Linus, having sold the Mirror Park house and not knowing what to do with his cash, willingly gives Wheeler around 100,000$ like it was nothing and he'd buy the four door he wanted. Linus would also sell his old Sabre there to make back some of the cash he's lost, as he had no use for it anymore. The group would put the new car to a test and then split up. Linus and Staria learn that a party is going on at a car wash spot close to Southside. The duo would change into a beach attire and would attend the party, even dancing together. Emma and Wheeler would arrive and from the two's rivalry and messing around, Wheeler and Linus would end up in a sparring match. The two DID promise each other not to down the other, but Linus would accidentally knock Wheeler down to the ground since the latter refused to tell Linus anything. Frustrated, Linus and Staria would go change clothing and end up at the tattoo shop, where he ran into McKenzie and Ami. Ami would finally give Linus an interview for the tow company right at the tattoo shop, but after that him and his sisters wouldn't really have much interaction. With the fact that Elaine arrived on top of the feeling of being ignored by his friends and family (with the exception of Staria), Linus would express his feelings to Staria herself who tries to comfort Linus the best she could. The two end up at Hayes, where Bjorn and Brooke would arrive. Linus and Brooke once again seclude themselves to have a conversation and Linus firstly expresses his sadness over Elaine once again and how she was brought into the city. He would then talk about how he feels left out by his newly formed family and how he's questioning whether it was worth it in the first place. Linus would also begin to form regrets of having not left the city in September to Austria with Elaine; if he had, maybe she'd still be alive. Linus and Brooke sit down in the parking lot of Hayes, and Linus would begin to sob, making it one of the few times Linus had exposed himself like this in public. Staria would see this and check up on Linus, but he'd tell her that he'll think about calling her up later. Staria leaves and while sitting down with Brooke as she's trying to comfort him, he'd get a call: from McKenzie. As much as Linus didn't want to pick up, he would and express the same feelings to her as well. Kenzie tells Linus that it'll take a while for the three of them to get properly adjusted as family and that her and Ami never wanted to make him feel left out. To make up for it, McKenzie offers Linus to head back to New Hampshire with her to spend time with her and to see Norm for the first time since he's left the city. Although it didn't cheer him up too much, Linus would eventually agree to her offer. Linus would then get a ride from Brooke and Bjorn to the impound lot so he can finally be given a proper interview by Trash Kitty, and Linus would be hired on officially for Tow the Line. Not knowing at that point what to do, Linus remembers that he said he'd call Staria, and would do so. He'd meet her at the pier, where he would surprisingly find her staring into the horizon while extremely drunk. Upon asking why, Staria would state how frustrated she was at Linus not wanting to talk to her about his issues, and that he only said he'll think about calling her. Linus would profusely apologize as in that moment, he wasn't in the greatest mental state. Linus would also notice that he hasn't ever seen somebody get drunk over him before, not even Elaine. Staria would make a notice on that too. She'd continue to express how she want something good to happen in her life and her own jealousy over how Linus found his true love. Noticing all of Staria's feelings, he'd outright ask her if there's something going on between the two of them. Staria isn't sure, especially since Linus is still trying to get over Elaine's passing. Linus would agree to this, and he'd tell Staria to give each other some time; once Linus would be more recovered from his wife's death, they could give something a shot. Once reaching an agreement, the two would head back home for the day.

* The day that Linus had been dreading for the longest time had arrived; the day of Elaine's funeral. Linus would wake up and immediately head out to acquire a suit for the funeral. Afterwards, he'd run into Skye, Willowa and Doug at Pillbox to inform them of Elaine's funeral happening on that day. He'd then drive back home, where he ran into Staria. The two brought up their conversation the day prior and Staria told Linus to not mention the conversation they had, and for it to remain just inbetween the two of them. Linus would agree and the two would originally make their way to the PD so Staria can make sure dispatch is ok, but Linus would be @'d on Twitter by Storm, asking him to meet her at Casa. Staria drops Linus off and he'd meet with Storm, who was waiting for him with the Hearse. Storm informs Linus that her availability in the city is limited and would task Linus to keep watch of the Hearse until his funeral. Linus, not sure what to do with it, would still agree. Linus would inform Staria and she'd tell Linus to keep it in the garage at PD until the funeral. Linus arrives, and although he's unsure how the other officers would feel about a Hearse being kept in their garage, would leave it there until the moment of the funeral. At PD, Linus would chill with Staria until he'd see somebody walk through the front door he would never expect to see again: Mark Matlock. Linus sits down next to Matlock and would ask where he's been. Matlock informs Linus he was out of it and not around the city as much. Linus chills with Matlock for a bit and he'd inform him of Elaine and everything else that had happened. At the same time, Matlock would reveal to Linus that he was present at PD to be brought in as a new hire. Linus, a bit bewildered as to why Matlock would change professions, would receive the explanation that Matlock wanted to take things into his own hands in a more direct manner. He also expresses his thoughts to become highly ranked within the PD. The time for the funeral would be soon, and so Linus would take the Hearse and change into his funeral attire to then go to Pillbox and transport Elaine's body to the cemetery. On his way over, Linus would receive a text from Dirk stating that although he didn't know Elaine, he wondered if he could attend her funeral as Linus' friend. Being extremely humbled by Dirk's request, he'd agree immediately. He'd arrive at Pillbox and would run into a few of his friends, Dirk included. After chatting with them for a while, with Felix Hernandez's help, Linus would park the Hearse into Pillbox's garage and then assist into placing Elaine's body into the back as well. Upon arriving in the lobby, he'd see more of his friends had gathered up for the procession. Eventually, McKenzie and Ami would also arrive and provide Linus' with support immediately, which made him a bit more happy. Matlock would also arrive as well, to Linus' surprise. Not long after though, the moment of the procession arrived. Linus originally wanted to drive the Hearse himself, but was forbidden by Ami and Wheeler to do so since it'd be too much for him. Wheeler offered to drive the Hearse, and Linus accepted. The group also set up a radio channel which Linus forgot to do so thanks to Ami, who ended up helping Linus with organizing, something he definitely needed assistance on. Linus decides to ride in McKenzie's car, being the first behind the Hearse. The procession would begin. Linus would witness the Hearse being driven in front of him and would also take a look back at the amount of vehicles trailing behind. Originally, Linus wanted his funeral to be a private affair but with the amount of support from his and Elaine's friends and family, he had more people showing up than he thought, which nearly brought him to tears. Once the group arrives, before beginning, Linus and Ami thought it best to wait to see if any more people would show up and for the group to gather themselves properly. Right before they could begin, something unexpected happened. Although Linus had forgotten but remembered too late to give her an invitation, Rory, and even Daisy and Chloe arrived for the funeral. Linus informs Felix that the funeral could begin, and would be assisting Felix in transporting the casket to the grave, as the rest of his friends would trail behind him. After the casket was placed, Linus was faced with a ton of people in front of him, all looking at him in solidarity. Linus would exhale deeply, and begin his speech. He'd talk about Elaine's life and their journey together, how without her, he would've been nothing. About her bravery, her love for him and how she even slept in the same hospital room as Linus on a chair for the week long coma he was in. She was Linus' whole life for a while, the sole reason he kept going. He still wondered why and how she chose him, and how he doesn't know how life will be without her anymore. He takes one glance at her gravestone, and would allow other people to speak. April would mention how although her and Elaine butted heads at a few points, Elaine's passion for her work greatly moved her and truthfully how loved she was at The Scene, and that she'll be dearly missed by everybody. After her speech, not noticing anybody else wishing to step up, Linus would make a few final comments. He tells everybody how he learnt that he should keep moving forward and not looking back, thanks to Elaine's presence in his life. And that mostly importantly, Linus tells his friends that they should express their love to the person that's close to them, before they end up not living the day after. Linus would thank his friends for coming, and they would all begin to depart one by one. Felix would say a few words before departing, Doug and Willowa would tug a note into Elaine's pocket and privately comfort Linus, Rory would leave a red poppy for her and Linus himself would leave one last note for Elaine. Skyler announced that she'll open Mirror Park Tavern in Elaine's honor and Linus agreed to being there afterwards. Before leaving, Linus alongside McKenzie would pay a visit to Landon and Dylan's graves and would then leave for the Tavern together. There, a small party would happen as previously mentioned in Elaine's honor, which made Linus happy. There, he'd me comforted and greeted by a bunch of his friends and would also meet Rose Vinter for the first time. Although he had heard of him before, Linus would also properly meet Levi Jenkins, and the two would immediately hit things off as friends due to the similarity the two shared in their looks. So much so that the two would go to a clothing shop and a barber so Linus could look just like Levi to throw people off. A small prank would be played, where Rose and Skyler would be tricked into thinking that Linus was Levi, and off of that premise the two would agree to throw a much bigger prank later on. Upon arriving back at the Tavern, he'd find Kenzie, Ami and Gracie there. Ami would mention to Linus that Zeb plans to hold another election for City Council and that two spots would be open. Not being as confident last time due to the fact that he didn't even get into the campaign portion, Linus would still agree to try even if he probably wouldn't win. Ami would also mention that once Kenzie and Linus get back, V might potentially be Linus' sister as well, and by extension making Zeb into Linus' dad. Although he was thrown off by that proposition, Linus found it to be really cool to potentially be the son of the Mayor. After that, as the time for Kenzie and Linus' flight was arriving, the duo and Ami would make a stop by the Courthouse to see Zeb, after he wanted to see Linus personally knowing that the funeral had happened. Zeb checks up on Linus and makes sure he's ok, which Linus confirms. He then tells him that he'll be back after a week from that point and that he'll be careful. Linus and Zeb hug it out and the three would say their goodbyes. Linus, McKenzie and Ami would drive to the airport and they would say their goodbyes as well. Before getting into the building, Linus would take one more look back at Ami and the outside world, before exhaling and heading inside with McKenzie, ending a huge chapter in Linus' life and thus beginning another, one that could potentially change Linus' life forever and hopefully this time, for the better.

### New Hope Arc

* Linus and McKenzie eventually arrive in New Hampshire after a decently long flight. As Norm was busy back home and couldn't pick the two up, they grab a cab all the way back to the couple's home and new business called Bakery Delight. As the two pull out of the cab and get their baggage, Linus takes an admirable outside look at the business and is obviously impressed. Kenzie and Linus head back over not far away from the business and into the very large house that Kenzie and Norm's family lived in. Upon arriving inside, Linus would be extremely impressed by the richness of the location and overall quality. Norm makes his way downstairs to greet McKenzie but was absolutely shocked to see Linus there as well. The two shared a handshake and a hug as they haven't seen each other since the day of Vincent and Gracie's wedding. Without hesitating either, Norm helped Linus and Kenzie with their baggage and got Linus settled in one of the many guest rooms they have in their giant house. Not long after, Linus would also be introduced to Norm's parents, who Linus has only heard slight mentions to from Norm. The two would be a bit confused but welcomed Linus in nonetheless. What Norm and his family didn't expect even more though was that during Kenzie's stay in the city, the two became brother and sister by law, thus making Linus indirectly now part of the family. Norm was shocked that Kenzie did such a thing in only such a short stay but was very happy to have Linus as a brother-in-law. Norm's parents were very perplexed at Kenzie's decision as they had only just met Linus, but at that point couldn't have said much to stop anything. While sharing a non-alcoholic drink, Linus would explain to Norm all that has transpired in the city since his departure: all of the chaos in the city, many of his close calls with death, the wedding and its stature, all of the new people he's met and most important, and the reason as to why he is even here to begin with, Elaine's passing. Norm was obviously taken aback but not truly surprised by most of the incidents as he's experienced LS first hand. Elaine's death though truly shocked Norm as Linus and her had gotten married not long ago and immediately understood why he had to take a step back, offering his condolences and support for him. After Linus and Kenzie properly got their baggage and everything sorted, the duo would offer Linus a small tour around their business and eventually a good chunk of the area around in which they lived in. Linus saw many rivers, mountain tops and great touristic attractions. Bakery Delight was a booming business as well that brought in many clients and great joy to both Kenzie and Norm. Linus even got to see how Kenzie was handling the procedures of making the pies, cookies and cupcakes, also getting to taste test some, if not a bunch of the sweets. As for Norm, he was definitely way happier as Kenzie had mentioned to him now that he was back home with his parents. His relationship with them had definitely improved, although it wasn't back to what it used to be before Norm came to Los Santos in April. Linus' relationship with Norm's parents was definitely weird, as he was suddenly a part of their family without them even knowing who he was and had only just meeting him for the first time on that same day. But Linus' general high energy attitude and care for their son definitely got them to warm up to Linus very fast; Linus and Norm's father even ended up sharing a drink together. Linus' week stay in New Hampshire was extremely relaxing for him and he got a good chance to catch up with his old friend, now turned family, and get to see the beautiful rural attractions that the place had. It even reminded Linus of Austria a bit. However, a week would pass and Linus would have to say goodbye to Norm, his parents and Kenzie for now. Kenzie reminds Linus as she did before they left that she'll be back for Ami's fight about a week from this point which Linus and her are looking forward to. Norm tells Linus that it was good to catch up and that they'll hopefully see each other again some day, and to obviously be careful and remain strong as he always had tried to. The three hug it out and Linus also shares a slightly awkward but warm goodbye with Norm's parents as well. Linus heads into the airport and returns back to Los Santos, hoping that nothing bad has transpired in his time absent.

* Linus would return to Los Santos after a week long absence and albeit he's tired from the flight, is curious to know what has happened since his departure. Not knowing who to call and seeing April awake via Twitter, he rings her up and she agrees to pick him up from the airport. When she arrives, Linus sees April with blonde hair, which confuses Linus greatly. Linus would pry into why and April would explain that a lot of bad things had occurred to her since he left. Linus, of course realizing that something had to go wrong, would ask April to clarify. April would explain that she ended up being shot by Yakuza after she participated in a deal that River was doing to sell one of her cars. Said deal had turned out to be an ambush and a hit put on River, which April had just so happened to be there for. Upon being asked her name and telling them she was April, one of the Yakuza members recognizes her as Ryder's girl as Ryder and Hideki had unsolved issues, which led to her being shot and put in Pillbox. As Linus was about to mald and ask more questions, April would continue with mentioning that there was a car show that happened not long after Linus left, which he was aware of due to the ads he'd seen on Twitter. April ended up getting drunk and since her car was making a noise at the car show that was annoying her, she got into the car while not quite sober and ended up accidentally hitting the pedal and getting the gear shift stuck, which led to her accidentally running over Brooke, hitting Kay's car and even running over Ami, with the latter being somebody April didn't mention to Linus, maybe due to her eyes seeing something different than everybody else. April ends up blaming her identity change on Rory of all people as she performed a Citizen's Arrest on her, which led to Ryder arriving on scene to obviously reprimand April but also arrest her, something that Linus was surprised Ryder could pull off. Before being taken into custody, Hideki would arrive on scene and ask Rory about whose girlfriend April as as she made a comment about her boyfriend making her cry. Rory would "reveal" to Hideki that it was Ryder and since that moment, April would come to blame Rory for her getting shot and her eventual identity change, something that was recommended to her by a trooper from the SAST after her getting shot. April even ended up doing jail time, something that also surprised Linus. Slightly tired and overwhelmed, Linus expresses that she was already chewed out enough by other people and that she probably already learnt her lesson. Although he was still a bit disappointed, Linus tells April he'll contact Rory and ask about this whole situation. The two depart as April drops Linus off at Staria's house. Linus gets changed and the events for the rest of this particular day would be a bit blurry, but some highlights were noted: Linus would make his way to Tequila-la's after learning that Skye now worked there under Mike. He'd hang around with Mary and her there for a bit before Ami would make her appearance and the two would reunite after Linus' week absence. Ami would explain that she had a court case set not too long from then (which ended up happening sooner than Ami thought) to put a restraining order after River and her boyfriend due to the constant harassment that she received from either her or her boyfriend, with the latter trying to get Ami's number so he could threaten her regarding River. This annoys Linus, who tells Ami that for her boyfriend's sake, he should never come in contact with Linus. Ami also briefly mentions to Linus something about Crazy Tony that she has to tell him but couldn't at that moment. She also brings up that there's training for Tow the Line going on not too long after and that Linus should definitely go to finally be trained. Linus makes notice of that and not long after would head out to the impound lot so he could begin his training. Linus would end up in a group with a few people, including Josh and would be tasked with putting a few cars on the truck and dropping them off in one parking lot. After he'd be tasked to deliver a fully towed vehicle from the same parking lot to the impound lot, something that Linus would do successfully, thus passing his training. Linus would need to get his CDL license so he could truly go on tow duty, but couldn't find anything at that moment and thus would go on to Mirror Park Tavern with Ami, where Linus also reunites with Staria, Skyler and a few other friends hanging out there as well. Linus would make notice that the Tavern on that day in particular had a lot of clients, which made Linus and especially Skyler happy. Eventually, while hanging out, Linus would remind himself of what he told April at the start of the day and would call up Rory so they could meet at the Tavern, from where she had actually just left. Linus pulls Rory aside and tells her of everything that April had told him. Rory would continue to inquire about why she would blame her and would eventually ask Linus to call her over to the Tavern. Linus would comply and as April would arrive, he'd tell her that she needs to talk to Rory like adults and settle their issues. Linus would be witness to Rory and April's confrontation, with Rory explaining that Hideki had already known of April being Ryder's girlfriend, but played dumb as to not lead anybody on due to his obvious smarts as an organized crime leader. Linus would understand why and eventually the two would make up, which Linus was very satisfied he had successfully managed to do. Afterwards, Linus would go to Mosley's to see Kaia who apparently got hurt by somebody, with him, Ami and a lot of the people at Mosley's comforting the dog. After that, Linus would end up going home to rest after a very tiring flight and first day back.

* Linus would wake up the next day and run into Bjorn for the first time, who ended up hanging out with Linus and helping him out in transporting some of his vehicles back to the garage in Del Perro. After that, he'd spend some time with the people from Southside at Casa and then go to The Scene for their open doors time of their day. Linus would reunite with most of his friends there including Brooke, who Linus would pull aside and explain that Ami had something to tell Linus about Crazy Tony but hadn't know what yet as he had forgotten to remind her about it. Both Linus and Brooke hope its nothing serious and in a surprising manner, Ami would wake up not long after Linus had mentioned her to Brooke. Ami would arrive at The Scene and explain to Linus the events that happened regarding Tony in the week he was gone. Before Chad had left Los Santos, he had made sure the ownership of the Arcade was given to Jon, which was the case. However, at that point Crazy Tony had since left and was never thought to make a return. When he did though, he still had ownership of the Arcade and had decided to hire a bunch of alleged Yakuza members into the business. Jon, after coming back from being sick didn't like his business being tampered with and fired all of them. Crazy Tony in response didn't like this and ended up shooting Jon multiple times. This angers Linus beyond belief; Tony had essentially turned his back and had betrayed every single last one of the old group of friends he had in the city. By extension, this would mean Tony could've shot anybody had they messed with what he was doing, even Linus. Ami, noticing Linus getting noticeably angry would calm him down and ask of him to talk to Tony calmly and carefully; Linus originally didn't want to do so, but would eventually comply and the two would go on a ride together, where Ami would show Linus her new potential HQ for her candy business. It would be the train wagon next to Dragon's Rest, with Ami planning to have one side of the train for her candy business and collaborate with Myskia who would take the other side of the train for her own food business. Linus would then go to the Tavern and hang out there for a bit, until news of Adder waking up from his coma would break out. Upon arriving there, he'd meet with Rory and Damian obviously, Reggie, Daisy, Az and a few other of Adder's friends. Linus would see Adder personally and give him some food and water before heading off at The Scene accompanied by Matlock who was also at Pillbox to see Adder. While hanging out there, Linus would message Tilly about the potential adoption of April, who was now back to her usual hair, and Brooke. Tilly would send Linus the adoption papers and the three would complete them out, alongside Stu and Morgan as their witnesses. Afterwards, Linus would hit his toe against one of the hydrants after claiming it didn't "squirt right" and end up breaking said toe. Linus would go to Pillbox where he was treated and would then be driven back home by Brooke to go to sleep and rest his toe for the night.

* The day after, Linus' toe would still recover, but he'd be in the condition to drive. He'd end up going to the Courthouse to pick up his CDL, where he would find Matlock in a wheelchair (after getting into an accident) crashing against the door constantly. Eventually, Teddy would open the door and let Linus and Matlock in. Ami would also join after hearing Linus' arrived to get his license. Linus receives his license from Yang and would chill out with Ami and Matlock outside the Courthouse for a bit, then would go to The Scene after it opened its doors. There he'd find most of the group, including Cece and Kai Sinchai, writing down notes in regards to legalities for the PD, as Cece had now become ADA (Assistant District Attorney) and was directly linked to the PD. Linus would notice Brooke not looking her best and would learn that she had also gotten into an accident, but that she'll make it out okay. As the group was preparing to leave to hang out somewhere else, Linus learns through Twitter that V had gotten ran over and is at the hospital, and that Ami had also gotten over as well. Linus rushes to Pillbox and arrives first, then would be accompanied by Nat, Adder, Teddy and Daisy in waiting for the duo to get out. Linus at this point would become furious at all of his family's reckless behavior and as the group would chat outside before tsunami, Nat would begin to cry due to the two potentially dying. Linus tries to back Nat up by saying that he was about to go to bed, but Nat, quite obviously, didn't take the comment well and mentioned how everything is about him, then would walk away. Linus, left marked by Nat's words would head back home and would be left pondering at his own selfish behaviors.

* Despite the way that specific day ended for Linus, a couple of days later, he would attempt to have a very productive day. To start, Linus would grab his Schafter V12 and change its paint from blue and white to dark and gold, due to the fact he prefers the colors more and to avoid what had happened on Christmas. Linus would then have a shift with Skyler at Mirror Park Tavern, in which he had shown up sporting a very distinct black suit with engravings that were colored gold on it to match his Schafter. While on the clock, Skyler would comment how Linus' suit looks like a couch her grandma would have back home. She'd even take a picture of Linus, for which he gave a middle finger, but would then make it his profile picture at how hilarious it looked. Linus would also comment that people could sit on him as a joke, for which Lilith von Schwarzenberg replied with: "we'll be the judge of that", which funnily enough led to Linus and Lilith becoming closer friends, and even to somebody making art of the two. Once his Tavern shift ends, Linus would pay a visit to The Scene people and specifically remind Brooke and April of their adoption that was meant to happen on that day. Linus would also pay a visit to Casa in his suit, where he'd see Mike for the first time in a bit. After some back and forth banter, some people would make comments on what Linus is wearing, for which only Storm had compliments to give. Linus would then pay a visit to Hayes to go see Mary, Brooke and April and then get the latter two to accompany him to the Courthouse alongside Stu and Morgan as their witnesses. After Dirk would finalize the procedures, Linus would now have another pair of sisters in his family, and also his final pair of people that Linus wanted to adopt, as he didn't want to simply adopt everybody he had close ties to. After leaving with Brooke, Linus would immediately get pulled over by Mendoza as he was speeding away from the Courthouse after a funny comment was made towards April. Linus is immediately hit with the book as he was pulled over earlier in the day by Garrison. Upon noticing that Garrison was that strict, he jokingly mentions how Tom Grizz should put him out of his misery. Linus had also signed up for Fight Night and it was finally held at a time for him to actually attend after he hadn't participated in one in such a long time. He'd go to a clothing store, and possibly inspired either by David-kun or by anime in general, Linus would pick up weights and stuff them in bags and even something akin to armor while sporting an all brown undershirt and shorts. After getting dressed up, Linus would arrive at the stadium and would run into Reggie, who questioned immediately what Linus was doing. Storm also arrived and although she backed Linus up on the suit, she couldn't back him up on this. Before he enters, he runs into Hunter who was helping Mary, who was surprisingly security, run it alongside her. They would both also question what Linus was wearing. Although he tried his best to keep it a surprise to everybody, he'd later reveal that it was meant to be weighted clothing for his fights. After some mocking comments were made by Mike, Linus would eventually abandon the idea and just be in his regular fighting outfit. As for the fights, Sean would fight Reese, followed by Tyler vs Noelle and then, in a strange turn of events, Teddy vs Linus. Linus' first fight in a while was actually quite the breeze, and Linus was also required to wear special gloves alongside Teddy for their fight. Linus would win without contest after beating Teddy in round one and two, impressing his friends and also Staria, who had arrived to see Linus fight. After his fight, Linus would be approached by Nat who would offer he apologies due to what she told Linus the day prior. Linus accepts and admits his own mistakes and the two would hug it out. Afterwards, Reggie was meant to fight Mike, but Matlock was keen to prove himself in his wheelchair, which led to him somehow fighting Mike, in which Mike simply kicked Matlock out of his wheelchair and had won. As the fights were going on, McKenzie had also arrived to see the fights and see Ami fight as well, as previously promised. After the first rounds end, Sean would fight Reese, which is won by him and would be moved to the finals. Afterwards, came a fight that Linus was excited but also really nervous for; he was matched up against Mike. It was a really close call, but Mike had the edge over Linus, putting him in the final. People were still happy with his performance and Lilith invited Linus out for a dance in the DJ side of the stadium as Reese and Mike had their fight. Reese actually ended up defeating Mike, in an extremely surprising turn of events. Right before Ami's fight against Barry, something surprising would happen. Chad would make a brief visit to LS and announced his arrival on Twitter. Everybody was shocked and stocked to see their friend, as McKenzie and Linus would watch her fight with Barry. Linus would also explain the events with Tony and the Arcade to Kenzie as they watched Ami's fight, much to Kenzie's surprise and sadness. At the end of it, Barry would win and although Ami was disappointed, Mike, Linus and Kenzie were there to cheer her up and offer her support. Chad would also arrive at the stadium, sporting a beard as he isn't aware of how shaving works. The group would speak to Chad, explaining him the situation with Tony; Chad tells the group he'd speak to him. After a bit of catching up, the group would head over to Dragon's Rest for some snacks. Afterwards, Jon would actually wake up and arrive at DR. Linus would opt to go with Jon and hang out after Ami and Kenzie had some stuff to do together. Jon and Linus would hang out at the VU, and after feeling tired, Linus would return home.

* After a very long and tiring day, Linus would wake up and try to hang back for a bit. He'd put in his first ever tow duty for the company for a couple of hours, before going back for a nap. Upon waking up, he'd be informed of The Scene group hanging out in the hills doing some hunting. Linus instead opted to join them to chill as there wasn't anything going on. As he was buying an outfit in the clothing store, he would be greeted by Levi and Rose. It was at that moment Levi and Linus would set up their plan and a date for the bigger prank they were wanting to pull on people. Afterwards, Linus would arrive on the hill as he's watched the group hunt. He'd even take a few shots for the heck of it. Despite things looking good, Linus felt weird in his own mind. He started to have thoughts of his time in the city no longer having a purpose, that what he was doing was not worth it and that his relationships and adoptions that he had with his sisters weren't worth it, especially after Bjorn acted protective of Brooke towards Linus and after Ami refused to talk to Linus about his problems. Linus would leave off his day on a sore note, wondering if his time in Los Santos, all of his gains and losses have truly been worth the effort.

* Despite his thoughts yesterday, Linus would get out of the house and wake up to a bunch of texts. Some were highly motivating like texts from Rose, which would become a daily occurrence from that point on, something Linus really liked and grew to appreciate Rose for even more. Linus would also receive texts from Hunter regarding buying rings for himself and Myskia, for which Linus had directed him to the local jewelry store. Apparently Brooke had also been to Pillbox earlier before Linus woke up, which had become 2nd nature for him to expect out of his sisters at this point. Morgan would arrive to pick Linus up after he wanted a ride to get his Schafter which he had left at Dragon's Rest and would also supply him with a bunch of the new food Brahama Mamas had. After going to Hayes to see Brooke and May, Linus and Brooke would go out on a ride, where Linus would express all of his emotions from the day prior. Linus felt isolated from his own family that never wanted to talk to him, he felt like an old relic that didn't belong in the city anymore and generally how things have not been making sense to him since Elaine's death, signaling how he still hasn't properly moved past her death. Brooke would try to deny what Linus is feeling, saying that he should try to talk to all of his other sisters, that Linus had purpose in the city and that he should ultimately seek out a therapist. After months of refusing to do it, Linus contacted Sebastian Kensington, whose number Linus had for a while at that point. Brooke drops Linus off at her house after Rose notices Linus' emotions through their phone call and invited him to go on a boat trip with her and Yang. Linus, with Brooke's approval and encouragement at Linus needing to cool off, would accompany the two. Despite how he felt, Rose's positive and energetic attitude would rub off on Linus, and he'd have a good time with the duo. At one point, Yang would let Rose drive. The boat excursion with Rose at the helm didn't end well, as the three would crash against a rock and end up at shore. Linus, noticing that they were close to Harmony, a new mechanic shop opened outside of the city, would call Skye as he had known she was working there. She'd arrive with a friend and although they tried to crash their car into the boat to put it back in the water, the state of the boat was in wouldn't allow them to drive it. After deciding towing it would be for the best, much to Yang's disappointment, the three would receive a ride to Harmony from Skye and then a taxi ride from Tilly back to Staria's place. Linus would thank Tilly for the ride and the other two for giving him a good time. Despite how he felt, Linus would still try to keep going, even if things weren't looking good for him.

* Linus, to get his mind off of the way he's felt and because he felt like he hasn't done enough of it yet, would wake up and go on duty for tow for a little while, even stopping by and appreciating the view of the city from time to time. While he was riding around though, Skye would text him and send him coordinates to the new house she and Felix got. Linus would head over in his tow truck, and on his way would be called by Wheeler, who Linus would tell of what he's doing. Upon arriving, he's greeted by a gigantic mansion, with a large entryway, a giant pool in the back that is accompanied by a great view. Callista would be there as well, and Linus would be wondering mainly how she managed to get her hands on such a house, despite the fact that Skye was in the city for half the time Linus was. Regardless of Linus' frustrations, he'd still be impressed and would also deep down be proud of Skye and her new home. On his way out, Linus would bump into Esme Lynn, a good friend of Felix's, and then give her a ride to Pillbox. Linus then goes off duty from tow, and not long after would be contacted by Lilith to go fishing with her. Linus agrees, and the two go out to Paleto via her boat to relax. There, Linus would confess a bit of what he's been telling Brooke and how he's going to see a therapist soon. Lilith understands where Linus is coming from and after they're finished, the two would go back to the pier where they'd meet up with Reese. From there, they would go to The Scene to hang out with Brooke, Bjorn, Morgan and co. From there, Lilith would also be hired on at The Scene by Stu. While at The Scene, Myskia would make a tweet regarding her possibly leaving the city. Linus would quickly text Hunter, only to find out Skia told Hunter not to talk to her for the rest of the day. Linus, not having her number and unsure what to really do, would go over to Casa in hopes of either finding her or somebody that could help. At the same time, on that specific day, Linus and Levi were meant to pull off their prank; but due to his friends mattering more, Linus would eventually delay the activity with Levi for a later date. Upon arriving at Casa, he wouldn't find Myskia, but he would see Storm. Linus asks if she knows what's going on, and Storm hadn't even been aware of her tweets. He informs her and Storm tells Linus she'll talk to her. As that's happening, Linus finds out that Hunter had a bit of a tumble on his bike around Zancudo and needed a ride. Storm assures Linus she'll take care of Skia, while he'll take care of Hunter. Upon arriving, he sees Hunter had an injury around his shin. After Linus makes sure he's okay, Hunter notices something horrible: he couldn't find the dog tags that belonged to him, as well as the ones that belonged to his friend that had passed away. Linus and a slightly injured Hunter would desperately search around the bushes and sand, until they would firstly find Hunter's dog tags that were intact. However, his friend's weren't in such a good state. Linus understood the value it had to Hunter, but he needed to get him to Pillbox. They get there, and Hunter's shin would be treated. Hunter thanks him for his help, and then would give him a ride to Casa. Linus finds Storm and Skia both already there, with Storm and Linus leaving the couple to talk their issues out. Not long after, the two would depart, having presumably made up. With a job well done, Linus would relax at Casa with Storm; Brooke, Bjorn and Stu would show up to get some food and on their way out, Linus would mention more than once for the three to be careful. About 10 minutes later though, an explosion that wasn't too far from Casa would be heard. Linus and Storm would go running around wondering what had exploded. A passing stranger would go to the closest gas station and assure the two that nothing had happened. In order to be safe, Linus would call Hunter and he'd assure Linus they were ok. However, something Linus hadn't accounted for were Brooke, Stu and Bjorn. Storm would suddenly perk up and remind Linus that they were at Casa as well. Panicked beyond belief, Linus would call and text but he'd receive no response. He'd then rush to Pillbox, where he would learn through an officer that the explosion was due to Bjorn, Brooke and Stu. Linus gets in contact with Morgan and she arrives to comfort him as he was just done with everything. He ended up waiting for a while, until he could visit Bjorn and Brooke. Bjorn had suffered the least injuries, with Brooke still being conscious and Stu not being awake yet. Linus would go back in the lobby, where he would wait for the three for a bit. Having heard that Brooke and Bjorn chose to wait for Stu to wake up, Linus would make his leave and go see Staria and Emma at the PD before going to bed. There he'd be comforted by Kaia and PD's new cat, Cheddar. After some pets, Linus makes his way back as he needed to rest after an exhausting day. However, having heard Mike was hosting a Karaoke night for the first time in a while at Tequila-la, Linus would wake back up to shortly attend it. Linus would see Brooke and Bjorn who would assure Linus that they'll be ok, and Levi with Rose and Yang, as Linus would assure Levi of the prank still happening, just not on that day. After voting and seeing Nat win the contest, he'd go home and finally rest for the day.

* Linus briefly wakes up after the tiring day he had, but seeing his friends and sister get injured one more time, it led to him wanting to make a decision. It was time for him to attempt to better himself, so that he could be there for the people he cared for when they needed him. Linus would start by going to Elaine's gravestone, and say what would be his last words to her for a while, signifying he wants to move on. Linus would also meet with Staria at the pier, at the exact same spot where they had the conversation of them potentially being a couple. Linus mentions to Staria if the offer still stands, to which she mentions that it is. Linus suggests that they should try dating and see where it goes, Staria agrees to it, and the two end up scheduling a date for the next day. This was a big step for Linus towards moving on from Elaine's passing, and he wondered if it truly was okay, considering that her death had only occurred two months from the time he asked Staria out. Not really sure how to feel, he would go to The Scene and tell Brooke, to which she thinks its a great thing and a step in the right direction for him. After hanging out at The Scene some more, Linus would remain awake for a bit longer so he could witness the court case at PDM that would finally happen after so long, in order to the decide the ownership of the business. Linus, having worked for both sides, would decide to remain neutral and simply witness the trial occur. Linus would agree to meet with Mary there after some texts, and upon arriving he'd be greeted by a bunch of friends like, V, Jack, Rory, Reggie, Adder and Damian. Not long after the trial would start, Adder would check in on Linus and even pull him aside. Apparently a lot of stuff has occurred with him since they last spoke. Adder would mention him spending time in prison after he robbed a store, and then that he apparently had to kill somebody in self defense with a flash light. Linus would be flabbergasted and ask if Rory and Damian know, to which he says that they do. The two agree not to talk about this to anybody and keep it among themselves, and the two would go back to the group. Ami would arrive and so would Mary with Hunter. Not long before Linus could talk to anybody, Hunter would pull Linus aside and inform him that not long after him and Skia had that incident, they got engaged, in spite of the fact that Hunter originally told Linus he'd wait a bit to do so. Linus is elated and would congratulate him, hoping for the two's happiness together. Linus would walk inside the court and after not knowing how to sit, Adder would offer him a spot next to him and Reggie. After sitting down, Linus and Adder would bicker for a bit, with Reggie just having to deal with the two's back and forth. After Adder moves up a seat, Ami sits down next to him and he'd happily watch her draw before the trial would begin. After a bit of watching the trial and getting extremely tired and bored, Linus would leave and simply return home. However, a few hours later, Linus would wake back up again. He'd go and chill around, until he'd end up at Hayes, seeing Brooke and Mary there. Linus would sit down with Mary and express the same negative feelings he spoke to Brooke about. In response, she could only offer her support and love, and also, to help fill Linus' feeling of not serving a purpose, offered him a job at Dragon's Rest; Linus accepted and thought it would be a fresh start for him. Not long after, he'd say his farewells and go back to sleep.

* Upon getting out of the house the next day, Linus would quickly find out that the PDM case had ended with Cecil, Arden and co. now owning the business for good, something that Linus had figured was the case already. As he arrived there, he would notice the amount of people gathered up to buy new cars. Noticing the amount of people there, the owners decided to hold a giveaway of three vehicles: a Jeep, a red off-road vehicle and a Stretch Patriot. Linus, alongside people like Hunter, Tilly and Levi would participate. How it worked was that everybody had to pick a number from 1 to 100 and the number the owners draw, would get to choose what vehicle they win. After drawing for a bit, the numbers would be in Tilly's favor, with her picking the red off-road vehicle. Not long after, the numbers would also be in Levi's favor, and after a long time of thinking between the Jeep and the Patriot, he'd go with the Jeep. The only remaining vehicle was the Stretch, and in an outrageously lucky turn of events, Linus would get his number dropped and he'd walk away with the only vehicle left: the Patriot Stretch. Excitedly, after being told to bring the vehicle to Mosley's, Linus would uphold that advice and invest 80,000$ into the vehicle's performance and looks, making it look exaggeratively over the top, just as he would want it. After Hunter and Tyler work on the car, Linus realizes that he's suddenly late for his therapy appointment. Linus rushes out in his new vehicle and arrives at Pillbox, apologizing to Sebastian for his late arrival, explaining himself and the situation with his car. Sebastian understands and brings Linus inside a room. This would be the first time Linus would undergo a session since Frank's passing. There, Linus would express all that has caused him pain: Elaine's passing alongside people like Chloe passing away as well, his relationship with his sisters, not being able to properly deal with how many times his friends and family get hurt and his inability to help and how he no longer has a purpose in the city, not knowing where to go next in his life. Linus had come to America to fulfill the American Dream, to change his life and make it a better one. However, Linus had already achieved that purpose, but has lost it since Elaine's passing. That alongside with the fact his relationship with his sisters feel like they've been more lost and disconnected than ever since their adoption, Linus didn't know what to do anymore. Sebastian explains that a lot of these things take time; Linus' has a lot in the city: money, cars, multiple jobs, friends that care for him dearly, family, and the fact that a lot of people know who Linus is. However, Linus' problem is that the one thing that made him feel whole the most is missing, and without that he feels like he had lost his purpose, and is simply in the need of time to gather his thoughts, get back up and get going again. That's why Linus feels the way he feels about his friends and family getting hurt, and about his relationships with his sisters. He's afraid of losing them. Linus understands this, and tells Sebastian about his potential date with Staria. Sebastian encourages the date and tells Linus it'd be a great step in the right direction. After getting the help he needed, he realizes he simply needs more time, and to give his relationship with Staria a proper attempt, as well as needing to be more understanding of his family's need of personal space. Linus walks out feeling refreshed and more in tune with his feelings. He'd then go to Brahama Mamas to get a drink after his session. He'd showcase the Patrot Stretch to people like Dirk, Darian and even Tom Grizz, who all think it's really over the top, but are absolutely in love with it. Linus would then get contacted by Levi to go ahead with their plan. The two go ahead and do so, swapping identities and tricking almost everybody with their trick. This prank would overall cheer Linus up more, and it would all end with Linus back at Staria's place after they had attempted to trick her but failing. After he'd change back into his regular outfit, Linus would call Ami upon seeing that she's awake to inform her of the Patriot Stretch he got. Ami mentions she has something cool to show him as well, and the two alongside Staria would meet at the parking lot in Del Perro. While waiting for Ami, Staria would change into a dress for her date with Linus, which Linus thought that it fit her perfectly. Ami eventually arrives and Linus showcases it to her. She'd definitely be surprised but also impressed, more or less at the fact that Linus had won it and at the amount he spent for it. Ami would then bring up how she has an emotional support dog, named Peanut. Ami mentions that she looks a lot like Pawblo and that she'll make sure her and Linus meet soon. Linus is happy to hear that Ami is getting something that'll make her happier. Another thing that happened as they were conversing was Llanzo's departure from the Yakuza, which was announced through Twitter. Linus checks up on him and he confirms that he'll be good. After a bit of catching up, Linus and Staria head out on their date. One of their first stops would be Benny's, after Austin mentions that he's available to change plates. When Linus had showcased the Patriot to Morgan, she mentioned how he should call it the Booty Bus. Linus, not really caring and wanting to go through with it, asked Austin to do so, much to his disappointment. However, since Linus spent so much money on tuning it, he didn't have enough money to pay. Staria ends up doing so, something which Linus felt bad about, but would regardless still take it and then showcase it to the PDM crew, who definitely thought it was over the top and exaggerated but found it hilarious. He would then showcase it to the crew at Hayes, including Morgan who was happy Linus had decided to actually go through with her idea. As Linus took off after spending some time there with Staria and the rest, with hopes of showing her a pretty location, Linus would learn through Twitter of Tony soon wanting to depart the city. He'd call and text but frustratingly get no answer. Staria would calm him down and the two would spend the rest of their date together, sharing a drink over a beautiful view while in the bar that the Patriot had in the back. Afterwards, Linus would drop Staria off and he'd spend some time wondering alone, not sure of what to do. Ami then contacts Linus and informs him that Peanut is actually awake; Linus would go back home so he could show Peanut his bus and also meet her for the first time. The two get along immediately, and Peanut would ride in the front seat of the Booty Bus, alongside Ami and Staria in the back. They'd stop by Mosley's and spend time there with the Southside group. Once tsunami was approaching, Linus would drop off Ami and Peanut, and go to bed with Staria, ending a really busy but important day for Linus in the city.

### A Man Lost Arc

* Some time would pass since the events previously mentioned. In this time, many things would occur, some that played little and most that played a significant part in Linus' life. Linus would continue to work at Dragon's Rest alongside Mary, Rose and the rest of the employees, with Mary and Linus becoming even closer as mother and son, and Rose establishing herself as a secondary mother to him. Mary would in the end however go as far as to adopt Linus and to become his mother by law, and the only person Linus would see as an actual mother, besides Rose. At the same time, Linus would try to keep relations close with his friends and family, while also trying to establish new ones. Ami in the time between and now had gone through a breakup with Mike, due to Mike's own personal problems coming to fruition and thus leading him to ending their relationship, at least for the meantime. In that brief period, Ami would meet and establish a romantic relationship with Aurelio "Ari" Casillas, who Linus would meet not long after following a short break that he went on. Linus, despite his concern for Mike, would support Ami and Ari as a couple, and would witness Ari's many streak of good luck and hard work in his growth in Los Santos, alongside establishing himself in Southside. Around this time, Linus would also befriend Robert Muratori, who would begin to ease off of the criminal life, although not entirely, thanks to entering a relationship with Rowan. As for Linus himself, things would start to deteriorate for his mental health, and his anger issues would begin to resurface after noticing that despite the fact he's well established into the city, he at that time believed almost nobody ever valued him as a friend. Following this belief, Linus would commit his first intentional murder, killing a local while in their car following Linus' own car getting hit by them in its rear. Linus would speed off and immediately call Hunter and Mary to inform them of what he had done, and the two, although terrified and taken aback by Linus' action, would point him in the direction of Sebastian Kensington once again, although compared to last time, this time Linus would actually take up the offer. He'd contact Sebastian and inform him in a session of all that he's done. Sebastian's conversation with Linus would have a positive effect on him, although not initially. About a day after their session, Linus would learn that Lilith had undergone eye surgery and was blind for a short while, but had decided against her better judgement, to take a walk around LS while blind. This level of carelessness would bring return to Linus' anger issues, going as far as to claim he'd "beat Lilith up" once having rescued her. After Levi manages to find her in the end, Linus would meet up with her but would have calmed down. Instead, he'd go home and not long after, the two would rekindle their relationship, and Linus would begin to seriously follow Sebastian's advice. As for his relationships, Linus' relationship with Staria had ran into a few hurdles here and there, one of note was Linus' increasing interest in the racing scene. Following an "incident" with a deer, an encounter Linus only got away from with some scratches, Reggie would message Linus after the incident, expressing his interest in his Schafter V12, the same one he's always had from Coach. Linus would mention how fast it would go, and that he'd love to be able to race around with it one day. Reggie hints at Linus that he would be able to help once off duty, and after the fact, would meet with Linus at the Galileo Observatory, to test Linus' skills at the wheel, first with Reggie's car, then his own. Linus would prove to be very impressive for Reggie, which would lead the two to engage in a solo one on one race. However, not long after it started, Linus would be pulled over by Chamberlain, and be given a ticket. The two would stop the race, and immediately upon meeting up would ask about the effect this would have on Staria, as she's a PD Lieutenant. Reggie reassures Linus that street racing is only a misdemeanor and at worst, would only receive a ticket. Linus, having previously informed Staria of exactly what he was doing, would also inform her of what had just happened. Staria would express even higher discontent at Linus' actions, and having noticed the risks are too high, would throw the idea away while Staria would go off to recollect her thoughts. In that time frame, Linus would speak with Ami, who had for a bit at that point broken up with Ari and have gotten back together with Mike, and she would sit Linus down and explain to him where she came from, how she grew up, and how she arrived in Los Santos. Linus, although not exactly expressing it outright, would become noticeably happier and more proud of the fact that Ami became his sister. While in Southside and recollecting his own thoughts as he's hanging out with the people there, would notice Staria had spoken about Linus' incident, albeit indirectly on Twitter, despite her previous refusals in communicating with Linus about his street racing issue. Linus would become enraged and assume she had now seen him as a criminal, like her previous boyfriends before her, although Linus had done nothing but care for her. This would lead into their first fight, one that they had nearly broken up over; The next day however, the two would rekindle and immediately make up, promising each other to communicate better from that point on.

* Not long after this endeavor, Linus would learn that Reggie, and subsequently Damian and Rory had left Los Santos. Daisy would explain to Linus how Rory had been invited back to her home by Rory's family, but due to her father's history in LS, her family couldn't be trusted. This distrust led to Damian and Reggie leaving in pursuit of Rory, and the three hadn't been heard of since. Some time prior, a streak of events would occur that would have a few nasty consequences. Dirk, Cece and Darian would end up officially married and although Linus wasn't able to make it, he'd be happy for the three. However, the wedding had been shot up by men that Linus could only presume were the same individuals that kept their main operations at PDM. Although the reasoning for this was left up to debate, the three would go in hiding for a while, which would lead to the crew looking to finish the job. Morgan, Tim and a small few knew of their whereabouts and upon being confronted by the group and pretending to not know where they were, would be shot at due to them finding out that Morgan and co. were lying to them. This had left Morgan in a wheelchair for a small amount of time. Not too long after the attack, and before Rory, Damian and Reggie's departure, the VU would host a party outside of its own property, and not long after things had gotten started, who is alleged to be the same group would return and shoot fireworks from a Firework Launcher at specifically Morgan and her group again, probably in order to finish the job. This would only elongate Morgan's time in the wheelchair and the group's injuries. Linus would learn that one of the few responsible was definitely Young Sarti, somebody Linus would grow deep resentment for following these events. Linus would even have a brief encounter with Max Sterling, one of Staria's ex-boyfriends, over the phone following some insults thrown at Staria due to her in a fit of anger messaging Max for what he had done to Linus' brother, Chris. Linus, not afraid of the people that had for countless amounts of time terrorized the city and his friends, would call Max directly after acquiring his number thanks to Staria's access to the MDT. In the call, Linus would firstly learn that the person who chased him on Christmas day was actually Max himself, with him stating he could've shot Linus at any point. Linus, not perturbed by that fact, would warn him to leave him and his girlfriend alone, or that the two would have an alleged problem. Without much to say, Linus would hang up and the next day would adopt a disguise only while around his friends, as to avoid getting them hurt in the case of Max wanting to retaliate. Eventually, things would cool down and the three freshly wed couple would return and Linus' threats wouldn't be pursued by Max. Not only that, Morgan would also make up her mind on joining the PD so these things can be prevented in the future. Despite Linus' concern for his friends departure and some of his other friends safety, including his own, he'd continue to go about his day to day operations, such as working at Dragon's Rest with his friends and family, and also offering a helping hand when needed.

* Things take an interesting turn however, when Linus had learnt of Vincent and Gracie's return to Los Santos after being absent for some while. Linus would be overjoyed to see his old friends again. McKenzie, not long before the day of Vincent and Gracie's return, would also fly into the city and would inform Linus via text as he was going to bed. The next day, the four would reunite and hang out together alongside Ami and other people from around the city. Before their reunion, Linus would have also acquired himself a Jester following Linus' increasing need to have better and faster cars and the fact that his short lasting dream of wanting to own the PP Arcade alongside Felix who approached Linus about owning the Arcade together had run short. The car would be tuned by Bo Marquee at Harmony, who would unfortunately pass away on the same day in a gas station explosion. Linus, not aware of those events up until that point, would continue to hang out with his sister and long time friends, and the three would even attend Linus being adopted by Mary. After things had settled down at the Courthouse however, three men would arrive in a red Subaru, one that looked similar to the red Subaru Tom Grizz had shown to Linus not long before this moment, but Linus wouldn't initially realize it, especially since the two were masked. While being robbed, Vincent would make a comment about how one of the men masked would be Tom, which led one of the robbers to shoot Vincent and then quickly leave. Linus, without a gun or a phone would try to pursue the group but would fail, instead opting to buying a gun and a phone right away then regrouping with Gracie and Kenzie at the hospital. Vincent, after being treated at the hospital, would come to the conclusion alongside Kenzie and Gracie to probably leave the city, and this time for good, something that Ami had informed Linus after the group had split up. Linus would be distraught over these news and curse the group that had shot Vincent under his breath. Linus would wake up the next day, sadly awaiting the time for the three to leave. As soon as Linus' DR shift ended and the three woke up, he'd go see them at the Tavern. There he'd see Vincent, Gracie and Kenzie alongside Ami. The group would soon discuss about the ownership of the Tavern, with Vincent and Kenzie heavily leaning on Linus owning the business. Linus, albeit surprised by the decision due to Cayde having put in a lot of work for the business, would accept the offer nonetheless. He'd also learn that Cayde was not long before this moment be fired by the three owners for allegedly keeping the money to himself, something that Linus had no comment to make on. However, Gracie would be a bit hesitant to have Linus be an outright owner, as she actually had thoughts of being like McKenzie, and flying in when possible to also help run the Tavern. And so, Linus would initially be put on a test drive to see if he'd have what it takes to run the business. Ami would also offer to help Linus with advertisements and Vincent would explain the spreadsheet to Linus step by step. Afterwards, the group would go their separate ways and even meet up with Staria, and would eventually end up on the beach without Kenzie or Ami there. A bit after, Kenzie would call Linus at the Tavern only on his own, and would be met by Tilly, the one who was responsible for a bunch of Linus' adoptions, her husband Leon, and Sean, ex-employee of the Tavern. Kenzie and Ami would eventually arrive too and Kenzie would explain that they're here so he can sign the legal documentation to become the sole owner, as Kenzie believed as the original owner has the overall right over Vincent and Gracie to pass down the business to who she pleases, and that Gracie would possess a position of ownership only on paper. Following the paperworks, the duo would somehow learn of this paperwork signing and restrict Linus and Kenzie's access from the spreadsheet and almost any other details share with Linus to run the Tavern. Linus, confused by these decisions would have no other choice but to start from the beginning with the Tavern, and would contact V via email to assist him with a spreadsheet. Despite these setbacks, Linus would go on to enjoy the remainder of Kenzie's day in the city with Ami, Sean and eventually even Chad, who would be conveniently in the city for Kenzie's goodbye and in pursuit of trading items for higher valued ones. The group would go on to reminisce over the old days at the Arcade and in the city, and the group would finally say goodbye to Kenzie, with Linus and Ami escorting Kenzie personally all the way inside the departure station. Before McKenzie left for good, Linus would pass onto her something he was given at his wedding with Elaine: Dylan's Mittens mask, a gesture that moved both Ami and Kenzie greatly, with the latter highly surprised to receive it and not Ami. Linus however was confident in his decision, and Kenzie mentions to Linus how he'll always be welcomed to New Hampshire as he's been there before, with the two siblings hugging it out one last time, and then hugging Ami as well. Kenzie would say her goodbyes as Linus and Ami would watch, then simultaneously breaking down in tears once she had left. Linus and Ami would also go their separate ways and before going to bed, he'd encounter Chad one more time at the PP Arcade, staring at the billboard alone. They'd briefly discuss about how many people have come and gone, and then Chad would head off to bed by saying his farewells to Linus, ending what was perhaps the only time Linus had ever seen Chad so emotional and moved by all that has happened since nearly a year ago. With hopes for a new beginning, Linus would tackle on the responsibility of running the Tavern alongside Staria and the rest of his friends' help.

* As always however, things wouldn't go as planned for Linus. Upon waking up the next day, he'd quickly learn that the keys for the Tavern had vanished, and the keys have also vanished from anybody else's possession that worked at the Tavern and had them. This, alongside having to start from the beginning with the Tavern, really dampers Linus' plans in trying to get the Tavern up and running again. Despite this, he'd still go along with his Sunday day, and eventually would engage in a text conversation with Staria, where she would be angry with Vincent and Gracie's departure from the city and at Kenzie's decision to fire the duo after restricting their access to anything related to the Tavern, getting into a small fight with Linus over it. Linus would defend Kenzie and himself, as what had happened wasn't really their fault, and in the end Linus would tell Staria to calm down, with her mentioning that she's going to Chiliad. Linus, albeit concerned, would tell her to be careful. After a while of mindlessly riding around town, Linus would notice Miaka San, Levi's girlfriend, having her car parked at Pillbox. Slightly concerned, Linus would pull in and arrive inside the building, and noticing Levi, Cayde, Tim and a few of the Harmony crew sitting in the lobby. Linus would ask what happened and the group would explain that Leon had ran somebody over and is now in jail. Linus would join the group in waiting to see what would happen to the victim, and in the meantime reassure Cayde that he'd be rehired back at the Tavern as soon as Linus could get the keys back. Shortly after, Felix would arrive and announce the person Leon had ran over was dead, and then after a small period since would take Linus outside, where he'd break the news to him: the person that Leon had accidentally ran over and killed was Staria. Linus, not wanting to believe Felix for even a second, would accuse him multiple times of playing a prank on him. Felix, seeing he couldn't convince Linus, would instead escort him into the morgue room, with him noticing Staria laying in one of the beds as he'd arrive in. Linus, still not believing Felix, would request some time alone so Linus could talk with Staria about their small fight earlier. Felix would leave, and after Linus still not believing Staria was dead and that she was also in on the prank, would check her pulse twice, with him coming to the shocking conclusion that, once again, the one closest to him was taken away. Linus breaks down, blaming himself that he hadn't stopped Staria from going to Chiliad, and then believing that every relationship he gets into is cursed to ultimately end in his significant other dying. Felix ultimately calms Linus' sobbing down, and at the Pillbox lobby would be greeted by the same group, with the addition of Mary and eventually Rose comforting Linus, as he sat in the lobby, with a blank expression running on his face. After a bit of convincing, Linus would be escorted to Mary's house in Paleto Bay, one that he still had keys to, thanks to Mary, Levi and Miaka's help. Linus and Mary would step inside, and Linus would cuddle into Mary, as he'd cry over his loss. Mary would express how she also gone through pains similar to Linus in losing her parents, and that she completely understands his feelings. In the end, Linus would opt to go sleep, but would fail to do so for a couple of hours. He'd get out of bed and motion himself towards Hayes, and would coincidentally run into Mary, Kai and Bjorn. The three would comfort Linus, who was at least having the ability to speak. He'd also share how besides the texts he's gotten from his friends, he'd also receive a text from Max Sterling, saying "Good Riddance". Linus wouldn't be moved by this at all, once again due to him not being afraid of Sterling, instead having the group be angered upon hearing this. Linus would also be approached by Ami, who also hugged him and comforted him with encouraging words and food. After a bit of lingering around, Linus would return to Mary's house in Paleto Bay, and watch the storm hit the city, contemplating his life, his existence, and his future. What would be next for Linus? A man that has lost so much, and probably in the end, himself.

## Jobs

### Previous Jobs

* Delivery Driver
* Security/PP Pump at the PP Arcade
* Car Dealer at Premium Deluxe Motorsport
* Security for Willowa Greene's Secret Girls Club
* Security at The Scene
* Tow Driver for Tow the Line
* Server for Dragon's Rest

### Current Job

* Owner of Mirror Park Tavern
* Bartender at the PP Arcade

## Relationships

(Note: Linus has a lot of people he sees as friends, if they're not on this list that doesn't mean they're not a friend; it's just that this list contains the people that Linus holds very dear and those that he's still keeping in contact with).

### Family

* Mary Lamb (Adoptive Mother)
* Kai Sinchai (Adoptive Father-in-law)
* Ami Gah (Adoptive Sister)
* McKenzie Williams (Out of City Adoptive Sister)
* Brooke Fair (Adoptive Sister)
* Bjorn Eriksen (Adoptive Brother-in-law)
* Norm L. Guy (Adoptive Brother-in-law)
* Mike Jones (Adoptive Brother-in-law)

### Best Friends

* Hunter Bail
* Wheeler Walker
* Tony Canoli
* Morgan Albrecht
* Cecilia "Cece" Concord
* Dirk Rockhard
* Darian Ambrosia
* Lilith von Schwarzenberg
* Ginni Lourdes
* Tabatha Jones
* Myskia Rodney

### Close Friends

* Reginald Fizzington
* T-Money
* Chad Spitter
* Veronica Viotto
* Zebadiah Ginswell
* Johnny Walker
* Rory Winters
* Levi Jenkins
* Delta Spring
* Yang Kai

### LSPD & Pillbox

* Harold Rayner
* Cassandra Thompson
* Claira-Bell Moxley
* Haven Suvarii
* Callista Grey
* Esme Lynn
* Ryder Davis
* George Garrison
* Brenna Erling
* Lars Oni
* Felix Hernandez

### Other Friends

* Lilly Addams
* Austin Miyat
* Barry James
* Westly Rhodes
* Illiinois Theodore Lacroix
* Damian Summers
* Natalia Stark
* Jack Wenchesterson
* Daisy Winchester
* Storm
* Elle Smith
* Reese Michaels
* Llanzo Henry
* Cecil Jones
* Bell Rangler
* Tom Grizz
* Robert Muratori
* Tim Horton
* Walker Runner
* Miaka San
* Sean Tyne
* Rowan Bayle
* Lilith Alden
* Loki Alden Green

### Deceased

* Landon Campbell†
* Dylan Jacobs† (07/03/2021)
* Tita Baby† (05/30/2021)
* Coach Daniels† (10/30/2021)
* Asher Cook† (October 2021)
* John Dors† (November 2021)
* Elaine Faulkner† (12/10/2021)
* Chloe Continelli?
* Kiryu Kazuma†
* Staria Knight† (03/27/2022)
* Azrail Gordon†
* Benji Clemente†
* Kay Hurrll†
* Kara Rose†

## Trivia

* Linus currently lives at Mary Lamb's house in Paleto Bay, following Staria Knight†'s death.
* For a small period, Linus "secretly pretended" to enjoy being tazed. His secret was revealed to the rest and then to some of The Scene employees such as Coach Daniels† and Candi Kaine at the beach on his permission.
* His relationship with Elaine Faulkner† started due to a brief comment he made to her about how them hanging out felt like a date.
* He instantly turns unconscious the moment a female pulls their hair down, specifically River Trelawney. Since then new hairstyles were put in the salons and most of the ladies dropped the use of the magical hair, with Linus not having fainted to it since.
* Linus' Twitter handle is LinusFaulkner. He changed it from AustriaKohn so people could recognize him easily on the site, then to LinusFaulkner due to his marriage with Elaine Faulkner†.
* Linus' old callsign with the PP Boys was "Greek Cheeks". His new one at The Scene was "Joker", before recently being switched to "Cheese" due to his cheesy nature in his relationship with Elaine Faulkner†. However, this was changed to "Steam Pimp" after he was seen in something akin to a pimp outfit after he was freshly rehired by The Scene. The group has since dropped callsigns.
* Two people have Linus saved in their contacts list as "Aggressively Generous Linus" due to his aggressive yet generous methods of providing other people financial support.
* Linus had Chad Spitter's phone number not long after he came to the city, but had noted it down wrong that entire time. He also had failed to collect Zebadiah Ginswell's number despite knowing him for just as long, only managing to do so way down the line.
* Linus went on a good luck streak at the Diamond Casino and Resort, winning 100,000$. However, due to his addiction, he had lost that exact amount not long after.
* Linus had potentially saved Norm L. Guy's life after he felt threatened by Yoshikage Kira†. Norm ended up doing the same afterwards when Linus was at his lowest point.
* Linus willingly became a hostage alongside Bell Rangler and Staria Knight† in hopes that he would get some free cash. Linus ran away at the very end upon Elaine Faulkner†'s cries and Doug Graves being there to get him out.
* Linus currently owns 4 vehicles: Linus owns a Schafter V12 that he bought at PDM, a car that once belonged to Coach Daniels†, an imported Patriot Stretch, which is a 75,000$ vehicle that he won for free at Premium Deluxe Motorsport in a giveaway following the PDM court case, a Cliffhanger that he should've bought first instead of the Vader and his most recent acquisition, a Jester, after he wanted a better and faster car than the Schafter V12 and also noticing that he might not need to save money up for acquiring the PP Arcade anymore.
* Linus actually owned a ton of vehicles in his time in the city: a Sabre Turbo Custom from back in the day after his old car didn't prove to be enough and a Virgo that he received as a gift from Westly Rhodes after having to deal with being in a coma. He also owned two Blazers, quads that can only hold one person; Linus bought them as the perfect off-road for Elaine, but only realized after purchasing it that it was meant for only one person. He also received Elaine's vehicles before her departure from the city, and one of Wheeler Walker's huge trucks. Linus ended up scrapping all of the previously mentioned vehicles, with some exceptions where he either gave the cars away, or sold them: Linus sold Elaine's Issi, aka "The Cherry" to Ami Gah after realizing he's never going to use it. He also sold Elaine's Esskey to Emma, Wheeler Walker's new girlfriend, gave away her Brawler to Brooke Fair following her birthday and her Mesa to a newcomer in the city.
* Linus' Patriot Stretch features a money livery, wheels with rims in the form of the dollar sign and a lot of performance upgrades which pushed the overall tuning price of it to a whopping 80,000$, not only making it the most amount of money Linus had ever spent tuning a car, but also the most valued car in his possession. He also ended up giving it the license plate "BOOTYBUS" after a suggestion from Morgan Albrecht, making it funnily enough Linus' only car with a custom license plate.
* Linus, not long after waking up from his coma, made the decision to propose to Elaine Faulkner† in the place they first started dating. Elaine accepted and Linus got engaged on October 6th 2021, with their wedding to occur on November 20th 2021.
* Linus got married with Elaine Faulkner† on November 20th, 2021 and adopting the name Linus Faulkner.
* Ever since Elaine Faulkner†'s death, Linus hasn't been speaking to his parents after they blamed her death on him. Although he's already started to see Brooke Fair and Mary Lamb as his new family, the feeling becomes even greater upon the event. This would be even clearer when Linus decided to go ahead and confess to Ami Gah that he also sees her as a sister, expanding his newly found family in the city, people that Linus would more than risk his life for.
* Linus, in the span of one month, has adopted Ami Gah, McKenzie Williams, April Vonkeaton and Brooke Fair as his sisters, leading many to joke around about Linus potentially adopting the entire city due to the rate and the amount of people he's adopted.
* After issues with other employees that Linus felt put his and others health at risk as well as all of his other jobs stacking on top of the other, he made the decision to ultimately leave his security job for The Scene, which was Linus' most lasting job in the city.
* After some executive decisions that Trash Kitty had made regarding Tow the Line, Linus made the quick decision to leave the company barely a month since he joined. Linus in just the span of a month went from working 4 jobs, to 2.
* Linus was finally adopted by his now official mother Mary Lamb on the 20th of March 2022 after a long time of Linus wanting this to happen.
* Linus can drive extremely well. After Reginald Fizzington took him on a race track using his Schafter V12 and pulling a really good time on his first try, Reggie was more than convinced Linus could have the potential to be a great racer. However, his girlfriend Staria Knight† was against the idea and this endeavor nearly resulted in them breaking up, which made Linus abandon the thought but keeping the hobby in mind until later. Linus would later come to find out that the cause of Staria's death was also a street race, a fact which would make Linus drop the thoughts of the hobby entirely and even grow hatred for the nonexistence of racing etiquette.
* Linus earned himself the title of "The Pimp of Mirror Park" through Rowan Bayle after posting a picture of his new girlfriend Ivy Green due to Rowan realizing that Linus for the most part hangs around women.

## Media

### Gallery

Linus and Elaine in a matching outfit.Linus in his wedding outfit.Linus from May 2021.Linus from June 2021, with long hair in his "Nathan Drake" outfit.Photo of the sports car Vincent Ferrari rented to Linus for his wedding.Nervous selfie of Linus and Elaine before their wedding.Photo of Linus, Rory, Doug and Willowa at Linus' wedding.Photo of Linus and Staria at Mirror Park Tavern.Photo of Linus at Premium Deluxe Motorsport.Linus and friends engaging a "Twerkle" at the end of his wedding.Edited photo by Tabby that shows Linus, Ami and Mike bald.Selfie taken by Linus on Christmas day in his Reindeer suit.Photo of Linus's tuned up Patriot Stretch.Selfie of Linus disguised as Levi in his work outfit.Linus, Ami and Crazy Tony looking onwards to the PP Arcade while reminiscing.Linus in "RTX On" form, based off of the series of images done by Tabby.Photo edited by Tabby that rates Linus's drip.Photo of Linus, Staria, Morgan and Lilith at Laser Tag.Selfie of Linus and Mary right after Linus was adopted by her.Group photo of the old Arcade Crew and Sean, reminiscing on the old days.Photo of Linus watching the storm from outside of Mary's Paleto Bay house following Staria's death.Selfie of Linus, Mary and Kai at the Golf Course, with the latter two showing the middle finger.Portrait meme of Linus made by Tabby.Picture of Linus, Tabby, Ginni and Mary with another Linus in the horizon, made by Tabby.Picture of Linus and Ivy at Ginni's birthday party.Group selfie taken by Teddy of himself, Linus, Esme, Stacey and Jason on top of a truck at Pillbox.Photo of Linus and Ivy dancing together at PDM.Photo of Linus and Ivy embracing each other.Another photo edited by Tabby that rates Linus's drip.Close up photo of Ivy that Linus took at PDM.
### Fan Art

Linus in his wedding outfit. Art by Kiera AlcantheaLilith playfully sitting on Linus. Art by Noelle Stevens