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GTAverse Freewood 

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Ryan Haywood was a fairly normal, well adjusted guy outside of work. The mad serial killer schtick was just that, a schtick, and it was extremely effective in driving fear into the hearts of everyone in Los Santos.

So when, one morning, he opened his door to see a semi-transparent person sauntering down the hallway of his apartment, he was reasonably shaken.

The story of how an infamous crime lord became the guardian of three children and a teenager. (GTA-verse)

Orphan Brigade The origin story

We Don’t Need No Education The lads are enrolled in school

X-Ray’s Origins Ray gets glasses

Bump In The Night Michael has nightmares, Gavin comforts him

Knock Me Down Geoff is shot by the police

Jack and The Lads Jack comes to terms with their new family

It’s All Fun and Games Geoff plays video games with the lads

Go! Geoff makes chores fun

Sunday Driving

Griffon Meets The Lads

Lads in Distress The boys are kidnapped Part One Part Two Part Three Epilogue

BrownParty Rays birthday

Brown-Baby Ray adopts the nickname ‘Brownman’

Michaels Parents Come For Him

Rays Abandonment Issues

Ryan’s First Date

Put On Your War Paint Ryan experiments with facepaint

Puppy Power  The lads get a puppy

Babies On Board Geoff gets in a shoot-out with the kids in the car

Pillow Wars

Ray Failing at Hide and Seek

Michael helps with a Shoot Out

Ray Runs Away From Home Part One

Part Two: Ryans Revenge

Ryans Parents Find the Mask

Bitches Get Cut Geoff comforts Michael

The Lads First Experience With Death

An Army Of Duck Sized Horses The lads ask about Jacks gender

Parents Evening

The Blame Game Michael gets blamed for something he didn’t do

A Model Child Geoff and Jack learn Ryan’s terrible secret

Momma Jack - Ryan is kidnapped.

It’s Not Safe To Go Alone - The Lads sneak out (Written by Marden Machen)

A Really Evil Guy, But A Really Good Dad

The Getaway - Ryan helps Geoff and Jack out

Cinderella - The reason behind Michael’s obsessive cleaning

Mel 2 name options: *Valeria "Val" Ximenez Solana "Sola" Ximenez Noemi "Emi" Ximenez Alexis "Lexi" Ximenez Al 2 name options: Vicente "Vic" Ximenez Santino "Santi" Ximenez Nicandro "Nic" Ximenez *Aristeo "Ari" Ximenez *favored names, may use these intermittedly throughout the rest of this lore dump! Mother's name is Cristal Ortiz, the twins took dad's last name. In this universe, the twins do not have a relationship with their dad really at any point due to his unexpected passing, but will have a relationship with Thea 2. (there are going to be updates to Thea's core lore which includes having the same mom as the Amelia and Al, and that is also going to transfer here!) I don't believe an Adrian 2 or Bedi 2 exists in this version of the family as siblings, but I do want to make them their own characters eventually. Early Relationships: Cristal Ortiz - Biological mother. Largely indifferent to the twins, somewhat annoyed/resentful of being her sole responsibility. Strict in order to maintain control. Struggles to release control of the twins as they get older. She never disclosed information about their dad other than he was dead and never shared that they had an older sibling. Logan Morency - (Matt 2) Childhood best friend, attended the same elementary - high school with the twins. Logan maintains a close friendship with the twins into adulthood. Is a bit closer to Ari than to Val. Asha "Ash" Clement - (Mads 2) Val's best friend and right hand through high school and into adulthood. Ash establishes a small gang with Val in an effort to make money. Both Ash and Val are responsible for their homes and bond over that, finding support and reassurance with each other.

Childhood: Valeria and Aristeo do not grow up in a loving home, though Cristal is not outwardly abusive, her indifference is noticeable. Val, like Amelia, learns how to care for herself and Ari at an early age. The shift in lore between Twins 1 and Twins 2 is that they do not have a other adults that take them in.

Cristal maintains custody of the twins solely due to stubborn obligation. She wants to maintain control of them for as long as possible as it allows her to create the narrative of their situation, leading to strict rules that the twins adhere to. She recognizes that she is not a good mother primarily because she does not feel like a mother. She can't not see the twins as anything other than like. Weird tiny roommates that she has to take care of. She keeps the kids in a day care until they are about 4 and then begins leaving them at home alone to save money. She DOES provide necessities like food, clothes, etc, but thats about it! Once the twins know how to cook/feed themselves, she stands back even more and gloats about how independent they are. They were well mannered children in the start.

Amelia had felt bitter that she had to care for Al as children. Not AT all or because she didn't want him to be cared for, but because she HAD to step up and was left to be in charge once their mother stepped out of the picture. It was anger about the situation, not at Al.

Meanwhile, Valeria and Aristeo are more of a packaged deal. Valeria and Aristeo were raised to care for each other intentionally. Ari has a much deeper sense of gratitude towards Val and tends to follow her lead as directed due to this as she was the core decision maker of the two, even as children. They both quickly learned how to make themselves as small as possible to avoid Cristal's ire, frustration, guilt trips. They played quietly, they cleaned up after themselves, they would make food for the household. (Not GREAT or exciting food at first, they likely can't touch a PB&J as adults lol) ((this also kind of plays into them not eating a lot of meat-- it was entirely a monetary thing and they just got used to not incorporating meat into their diets but do eat it on occasion))

guns for hands [fahc]

man of gold [fahc!gavin]

behind the mask [fahc!ryan]

girl power [fahc!jack]

too cute for words [sean poole]

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pity party: it’s my party and i’ll cry if i want to

power & control: a human vulnerability doesn’t mean that i am weak

how to be a heartbreaker: rule number one is that you gotta have fun but, baby, when you’re done you gotta be the first to run

can’t pin me down: you can’t call my bluff, time to back off, motherfucker

brooklyn baby: they judge me like a picture book, by the colors, like they forgot to read

money power glory: dope and diamonds, that’s all that i want man

young god: and we’ll be flying through the streets with the people underneath and they’re running, running, running

BO$$: working for the money cause that’s what my mama taught me so your ass better show me some respect

NO: if i want a man, then imma get a man but it’s never my priority

green light: i whisper things, the city sings them back to you

run the world (girls): this goes out to all my girls that’s in the club rocking the latest, who will buy it for themselves and get more money later

feeling myself: bitches ain’t got punchlines or flow, i have both and an empire also

confident: i’m the boss right now, not gonna fake it

wings: they can’t detain you cause wings are made to fly

you don’t own me: i’m free and i love to be free to live my life the way i want, to say and do whatever i please