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California Love -- An L.A. 90's Crime RP

I'm putting the kibosh on the serial killer app and denying it. I've got a serial killer angle planned out and I'll be NPCing the serial killer.

California Love -- An L.A. 90's Crime RP

Let's get it.

California Love -- An L.A. 90's Crime RP

Prologue
Conflagration

“I've seen this city taking itself to heaven in pieces.”
― Ryan Gattis

April 30th, 1992

The van rolled through Hell double-quick. South L.A. heading north towards Koreatown. The van rolled past looters carrying TV's. The van rolled past fiery buildings and burning husks of cars. Koreans with rifles stood guard on rooftops. Helicopters flew overhead, capturing the carnage and transmitting it across the world.

The van had a police scanner inside. It squawked out reports of county wide mayhem. The reports were falling on deaf ears. LAPD was nowhere to be seen in this part of town. LASD was holding down the county, but LAPD had barricaded themselves further north, protecting the white and rich in Beverley Hills and West Hollywood. The message was clear to the areas most effected by riot: Fuck your safety and security. Mayor Bradley was calling in the National Guard and they would be there this time tomorrow. This was maybe their best and last chance.

Koreatown became Little Armenia. The van driver turned onto a side street. A strip mall with no Korean sharpshooters and no looters. Three businesses: A pizza place, a boarded-up shoe store, and Kafesjian & Son Pawn Shop. The van skidded up to the pawn shop. Three men with assault rifles, dressed in black with hockey masks, jumped out the back and rushed towards the door.

Gunshots shattered the pawnshop window. J.C. Kafesjian crouched behind a stack of guitar amps with a pistol aimed at the robbers. They scattered behind the van. The driver slipped out and started around the back of the strip mall. J.C. cursed in Armenian as he reloaded. Son Tommy, hunkered down behind the jewelry case, stood up to open fire. Tommy got turned into swiss cheese by the robbers. J.C. screamed and started firing wild.

The van's driver quietly came in through the back. He pulled out his pistol and shot J.C. in the back. The old man crumpled to the floor. The four men converged in the store. They traded looks before fanning out. One of them found a safe on the floor next to Tommy's body. He kicked Tommy's body out the way and ran a gloved hand across the dial.

"Get it open," said the driver. "After you get it out, we torch this whole fucking strip mall."

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Part I:
To Live and Die in L.A.

I got my black shirt on
I got my black gloves on
I got my ski mask on
This shit's been too long
I got my twelve gauge sawed off
I got my headlights turned off
I'm 'bout to bust some shots off
I'm 'bout to dust some cops off
- Ice-T

March 18th, 1997

"This fucking guy is crazy."

Frank Lyga pulled his sidearm out and put it on the passenger set. His undercover piece of shit car couldn't outrun the gas guzzler the black man was driving. The driver had tried to start some shit at the traffic light, telling Lyga to pull over and flashing gang signs. Lyga saw a piece and tried to haul ass, but the car caught up with him and was flashing his lights. Lyga keyed his radio.

"Hey, I got a problem," he said. "I've got a black guy in a green Jeep coming up here! He's got a gun!"

The green light went red and Lyga cursed. The car pulled up beside his.

The driver shouted. "I'll cap you."

Lyga saw the driver move. Lyga went for his piece and got off two shots. The driver slumped forward. The car started to roll through the red light. Lyga keyed the mic again.

"I just shot this guy! I need help! Get up here!"

He got out and pulled his badge out as he approached the car. The driver was slumped against the steering wheel. A piece laid on the car floorboard. Lyga saw something metallic on the driver's hip. He reached out and pushed his shirt up.

"Shit," said Lyga. "Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit."

It was a badge. LAPD. The same fucking badge as his.

California Love -- An L.A. 90's Crime RP

Apply away, guys.

Also...

Sorry I have to drop dis

@DeadDrop

Well, fuck you!

California Love -- An L.A. 90's Crime RP

Looks good. Approved. I am hoping to have the prologue/first post up tomorrow and letting the IC go live from there.

California Love -- An L.A. 90's Crime RP

Looks good. Approved.

California Love -- An L.A. 90's Crime RP

Everyone, even Inspector Javert, is approved!

California Love -- An L.A. 90's Crime RP

Working on the intro post as we speak. I should have it ready in the next few days.

California Love -- An L.A. 90's Crime RP

Character Sheet

Name: Russell Poole

Age: 41

Occupation/Affiliation: LAPD Police Detective II -- Robbery-Homicide Division

Physical Description:

Poole is white and stands at five-eleven and weighs one hundred and eighty pounds. He has dark hair that is going gray and a matching cop mustache.

History:

Poole comes from a police family, with his father, uncles, and cousins all working in law enforcement around Southern California. Poole was the first in the family to join the LAPD. After being sworn in in 1981, Poole served as a patrolman in the 77th Street Division for three years before being marked as detective potential.

For nine years he served as a homicide detective in both the Wilshire and Southern Divisions. During that time he investigated over one hundred and fifty homicide cases and closed more than three quarters of them, something short of a miracle in the bloody Los Angeles of the late 80's and early 90's. His strong track record as an investigator led to a call up to the big leagues.

In 1996, Poole was assigned to the LAPD's elite Robbery-Homicide Division. A city-wide investigative unit, RHD is considered the cream of the crop for LAPD detective's. Poole works in the subsection known as Homicide Special, a unit that tackles high profile murders involving celebrities, serial killers, or anything too complicated for division detectives to figure out. Poole's first taste of RHD work came when he was the primary investigator on the murder of Ennis Cosby in early January, 1997. And while not at the North Hollywood Shootout, Poole also assisted in the investigation of the shooting's aftermath.

Currently, Poole is the primary investigator on the shooting death of LAPD officer Kevin Gaines. His killer, another LAPD officer named Frank Lyga, has made several bold claims about the shooting. A white cop killing a black cop makes headlines in scandal plagued LA, and as black leaders call for Lyg'as head, Poole begins to look into Gaines' past and has uncovered something big.

California Love -- An L.A. 90's Crime RP

OOC thread is live.

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