[classic swim]

My hobby thread can finally be done for the year if the forums stopped shitting itself.

Packie: Were you and Roman always close? Back home, I mean. Niko: Yeah, we always were. Close, but different. He was the smart one, I was the active one. That's probably why he got out of there when things got bad. I stuck around and life didn't go so good from there in. Packie: You seem like a solid guy, Niko. I know you talk about this bad shit that happened to you, but I think you can get over it, you know. You're a survivor.

Niko: He's passed his last false bill, Mr. Gravelli. Gravelli: Well done, my boy. This is going to be a fruitful partnership for us both.

Kim: Hey! Don’t I know you?

Niko: If you play stupid, you're not going to live very long. Where's Kim? Manager: He heard you come. He run out back through the kitchen!

- Dining Out. • 2008 The Korean Mob in Alderney presents itself as a risk the Gambetti family isn’t willing to take. Niko Bellic is sent to Mr. Fuk’s Rice Box. Killing the North Korean counterfeiter he had previously helped into the country.

Gravelli: His name is Kim Young-Guk. He'll be very well protected. He eats at Mr. Fuk.

Gravelli: Seems some Korean has come into the country... and is selling money at a discount. You don't need me to tell you that it's all fugazi. Faker than a pair of Vinewood tits.

... • 2008 A Lost biker was spotted stumbling around Acter, where the MC base used to be. And, well... better safe than sorry.

Packie: What's up, Niko? Niko: Well not much, you know... problems, solutions, usual sort of thing. Packie: You sounded just like Gerry when you said that, all cagey and thoughtful, like I might be wearing a wire. Niko: I don't think you're wearing a wire. My English can be a bit bad. Packie: Sure, but you're like Gerry - a weird combination of crazy maniac and thoughtful controlled guy. Niko: Thanks, I think. I always liked Gerry.

Roman: Jon Gravelli? The head of the Gambetti crime family. Shit, Niko. This man is very dangerous. Niko: This man is nearly dead, cousin. He knows the government agent that Michelle forced me to work for. They say they will give me Darko. You don't know how long I have waited for this, Roman. It is nearly over.

Jefferson: I don't know who you are, but you got me here. Goes to show, some immigrants have the best interest of the country in their hearts. I'll tell Jon you did well.

Jefferson: American gangsters like Jon Gravelli understand the way life works, they get the limits of their power. In Europe, the politicians are as crooked as the gangsters. They don't understand that things are different here. Niko: Yeah, sure. You are as clean as the driven snow. I'll explain that important cultural difference to one of these Russian gangsters if our paths cross.

- Entourage (cont...) • 2008 Dimitri’s attempts at stopping the speech proved unsuccessful.

Jefferson: Don't say that, Jon. You'll be feeling like a teenager again in no time.

- Entourage. • 2008 On Don Gravelli’s behalf, Niko’s acting as chauffeur and bodyguard for Bobby Jefferson. Ten years prior, the mayor smeared La Cosa Nostra for all the bad being done in Liberty City. With this meeting at City Hall, Rascalov and the Russian Mob’s going to know how that felt.

Gravelli: A good friend of mine is coming into town to give a speech on the new threat to Liberty City - Russian organized crime. I got a feeling some people ain't gonna want that speech to happen.

... • 2008 For the first time in all of his criminal career, Niko Bellic met a mob boss he genuinely respects. Jon Gravelli, Don Salvatore’s successor. In his last moments, Jon’s the final window to Liberty City’s chromatic past. Most that claimed to own Liberty City were sheer pretenders. Gravelli never had to pretend. Liberty City was his.

Niko: You mean fifty years of you bleeding the city dry might finally come to an end?

His New Year’s Resolution is having ghostrek to rub his face against his face.

U.L. Paper: I want to introduce you to Jon Gravelli, head of the Gambetti family. He needs help. Niko: I'm already working for a Mafia family. They are scum. U.L. Paper: The Pegorinos? They're not a family. Gravelli is the only man who can get what you need done. He's in Schottler Medical center.

Kate: Niko, I've been invited to your cousin's wedding. Niko: I didn't think you guys knew each other. Kate: Nor did I. He called me up and said that you really liked me and wanted me to be there. Is that true Niko?