#shamal

When Shamal is 12 years old, he falls in love. It's the biggest mistake of his life. He was born sick. His body is a weak, frail, pathetic little thing. If he can make it from his bed to his desk without help, he considers it a good day. All he has is this room, and the mountain of medical textbooks his family supply him with. If he was a civilian, he'd probably have the love and support of his family as they nursed him through his treatments and fevers. However, his family is mafia, which means he has to find a way to pull his own weight since he can't fight. His parents are already long gone – his mother in childbirth, his father in a hit gone wrong, so it's just the boss and his underlings forced to take care of a leech that's utterly useless. Eventually, they figured if he had to be stuck indoors anyway, he might as well spend his time researching ways to keep him alive, and as an added bonus, teach him how to keep his family alive in the future. It's not like they're going to invest any money in keeping him functional without any collateral.

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It probably shouldn't have, but learning that Lavina's family weren't involved in the mafia came as a shock. Nearly everyone in this neighbourhood had some kind of ties. It's a bad kind of revelation, because Shamal's just spent the last ten minutes ranting about his uncle's last hit which went so badly Shamal's pretty sure said uncle is heading for an underwater coffin. Sad – his uncle's one of the few people in this family that don't treat him like a leper, but rules are rules. It's only when he stops and takes in Lavina's look of utter shock that he realises his mistake.

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Throughout the day, he restrains himself. Forces him not to react to the snide reactions and insults, the poking and prodding as his 'family' wonder how he's not dead yet. He even manages to get through the mandatory proof of his skills by giving the right hand of the boss a physical. His skills apparently pass muster, as the boss declares that 'not drowning you at birth' was the right decision after. The glass in his hand makes a sickening crack, but Shamal keeps his cool, and everyone finishes the meal without issue. That night, the entire house is awake with screams and moaning. Everyone has lost control of their bowels, and have thrown up everything they can without ejecting organs. It doesn't take long for the Boss to figure out the culprit, and Shamal is summoned to the Boss's office. The man is fearfully pale, and actively restraining himself from dry heaving, and Shamal finally allows the smug grin to slide onto his face. The Boss wants him to undo whatever it was he's done. Shamal agrees…if the Boss is willing to cut him from the family, and transfer whatever inheritance his parents had left that was currently in the family's collective accounts. The man clearly wants to refuse on principle, and lets him know he'll kill Shamal before he lets this kind of power slip out of the family. Shamal just tells him that if he does, the family will soon be joining him.

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Throughout the day, he restrains himself. Forces him not to react to the snide reactions and insults, the poking and prodding as his 'family' wonder how he's not dead yet. He even manages to get through the mandatory proof of his skills by giving the right hand of the boss a physical. His skills apparently pass muster, as the boss declares that 'not drowning you at birth' was the right decision after. The glass in his hand makes a sickening crack, but Shamal keeps his cool, and everyone finishes the meal without issue. That night, the entire house is awake with screams and moaning. Everyone has lost control of their bowels, and have thrown up everything they can without ejecting organs. It doesn't take long for the Boss to figure out the culprit, and Shamal is summoned to the Boss's office. The man is fearfully pale, and actively restraining himself from dry heaving, and Shamal finally allows the smug grin to slide onto his face. The Boss wants him to undo whatever it was he's done. Shamal agrees…if the Boss is willing to cut him from the family, and transfer whatever inheritance his parents had left that was currently in the family's collective accounts. The man clearly wants to refuse on principle, and lets him know he'll kill Shamal before he lets this kind of power slip out of the family. Shamal just tells him that if he does, the family will soon be joining him.

When Shamal is 12 years old, he falls in love. It's the biggest mistake of his life. He was born sick. His body is a weak, frail, pathetic little thing. If he can make it from his bed to his desk without help, he considers it a good day. All he has is this room, and the mountain of medical textbooks his family supply him with. If he was a civilian, he'd probably have the love and support of his family as they nursed him through his treatments and fevers. However, his family is mafia, which means he has to find a way to pull his own weight since he can't fight. His parents are already long gone – his mother in childbirth, his father in a hit gone wrong, so it's just the boss and his underlings forced to take care of a leech that's utterly useless. Eventually, they figured if he had to be stuck indoors anyway, he might as well spend his time researching ways to keep him alive, and as an added bonus, teach him how to keep his family alive in the future. It's not like they're going to invest any money in keeping him functional without any collateral.

.

It probably shouldn't have, but learning that Lavina's family weren't involved in the mafia came as a shock. Nearly everyone in this neighbourhood had some kind of ties. It's a bad kind of revelation, because Shamal's just spent the last ten minutes ranting about his uncle's last hit which went so badly Shamal's pretty sure said uncle is heading for an underwater coffin. Sad – his uncle's one of the few people in this family that don't treat him like a leper, but rules are rules. It's only when he stops and takes in Lavina's look of utter shock that he realises his mistake.

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Throughout the day, he restrains himself. Forces him not to react to the snide reactions and insults, the poking and prodding as his 'family' wonder how he's not dead yet. He even manages to get through the mandatory proof of his skills by giving the right hand of the boss a physical. His skills apparently pass muster, as the boss declares that 'not drowning you at birth' was the right decision after. The glass in his hand makes a sickening crack, but Shamal keeps his cool, and everyone finishes the meal without issue. That night, the entire house is awake with screams and moaning. Everyone has lost control of their bowels, and have thrown up everything they can without ejecting organs. It doesn't take long for the Boss to figure out the culprit, and Shamal is summoned to the Boss's office. The man is fearfully pale, and actively restraining himself from dry heaving, and Shamal finally allows the smug grin to slide onto his face. The Boss wants him to undo whatever it was he's done. Shamal agrees…if the Boss is willing to cut him from the family, and transfer whatever inheritance his parents had left that was currently in the family's collective accounts. The man clearly wants to refuse on principle, and lets him know he'll kill Shamal before he lets this kind of power slip out of the family. Shamal just tells him that if he does, the family will soon be joining him.

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Throughout the day, he restrains himself. Forces him not to react to the snide reactions and insults, the poking and prodding as his 'family' wonder how he's not dead yet. He even manages to get through the mandatory proof of his skills by giving the right hand of the boss a physical. His skills apparently pass muster, as the boss declares that 'not drowning you at birth' was the right decision after. The glass in his hand makes a sickening crack, but Shamal keeps his cool, and everyone finishes the meal without issue. That night, the entire house is awake with screams and moaning. Everyone has lost control of their bowels, and have thrown up everything they can without ejecting organs. It doesn't take long for the Boss to figure out the culprit, and Shamal is summoned to the Boss's office. The man is fearfully pale, and actively restraining himself from dry heaving, and Shamal finally allows the smug grin to slide onto his face. The Boss wants him to undo whatever it was he's done. Shamal agrees…if the Boss is willing to cut him from the family, and transfer whatever inheritance his parents had left that was currently in the family's collective accounts. The man clearly wants to refuse on principle, and lets him know he'll kill Shamal before he lets this kind of power slip out of the family. Shamal just tells him that if he does, the family will soon be joining him.

It's a battle of wills. The Boss has to choose his family or his pride. Both are valuable, but in the end, with the pleading eyes of his family looking through the door, he finally succumbs. Free of a family, and a last name, Shamal unleashes the mosquito that'll counteract the toxins. Seconds after getting bitten, the family falls unconscious. The Boss immediately tries to shoot him, but Shamal kicks him to the ground until he joins them. Then he gets to work.

A consolidação do ecossistema espacial de nova geração no Brasil ganhou um capítulo emblemático neste 23 de novembro de 2025, quando a missão Shamal-Navollo LEPTONSat Picosatellite Stratotest foi conduzida com êxito a partir do Parque Tecnológico de Sorocaba (PTS). O feito, além de representar um salto tecnológico para o setor espacial nacional, demonstra a crescente capacidade da iniciativa…

Maserati Shamal 😁