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I created a timeline of the Bureau's history leading up to Control, as described in documents, multimedia, cutscenes, and NPC chatter. It includes all the known Altered Items, Objects of Power, and AWEs, plus significant events from Control and Alan Wake. The most surprising thing I discovered was Trench was living with the Hiss in his head for 17 years before the events of Control. Talk about a slow burn!
I'm really excited to share this! I combed through every collectible in the game, so it took awhile to put together. Do you see anything interesting or surprising? I'm also happy to accept edits or additions with a source.

Year	Events	Source
1915	The owner of the Victorian Mirror (AI60-UE) becomes fixated with it and is admitted to a mental ward.	Case Files: Mirror Supplement
1923	The population of Hoer Verde, Brazil, mysteriously disappears in a possible AWE.	Multimedia: America Overnight Ep. 349
XXXX	The FBC, or a group that will eventually become the FBC, is formed.
1954	The Oscillator (AI3-KE) is acquired. William S. Powers, Head of Department of Public Knowledge and Diversions, creates the legend of “fan death” in Korea.	Case Files: Fan Supplement
1952	Carl Jung publishes an essay on synchronicity.
1959	The Research Department at the FBC is created by Dr. Theodore Ash, Head of Research. He wants to expand on Carl Jung’s work on synchronicity. The Game Hammer (AI5-BE) is acquired.	Research: Synchronicity, Case Files: Hammer Procedures
1964	The official, public-facing year the FBC was formed. The Oldest House is discovered while FBC agents are investigating a suspected AWE in the New York City subway tunnels. The Service Weapon (OOP1-KE) is discovered inside the Oldest House. Northmoor binds it, and the room in which it’s discovered becomes the Director’s Office.	Correspondence: Visitor Evaluations, Multimedia: The Oldest House, Research: Service Weapon
1965	The Hotline (OOP3-UE) spontaneously appears in the Director’s Office. Northmoor binds it.	Research: Hotline
1967	The Waist Mannequin (AI7-KE) is discovered in Maine.	Case Files: Mannequin Procedures, Case Files: Mannequin Supplement
1968	The FBC makes the Oldest House its official headquarters.	Multimedia: The Oldest House
1970	Thomas Zane and the eruption of the Cauldron Lake Volcano are investigated in Bright Falls, Washington.	Case Files: Bright Falls Summary
1974	The Floppy Disk (OOP5-KE) is stolen from a Soviet military base by the CIA, then transferred to the FBC. The Arctic Queen (AI10-KE) is acquired from the Grand Central Hotel in New York City.	Case Files: Floppy Disk, Case Files: Refrigerator Procedures
1976	The Old Gods of Asgard create moonshine with unfiltered water from Cauldron Lake and use it to give their songs power. The FBC investigates them. The Ocelot’s Anchor (AI11-UE) is acquired from the wreckage of the White Ocelot.	Alan Wake, Case Files: Bright Falls Summary, Case Files: Anchor Supplement
1978	Parautilitarian Alan Wake is born. Odin and Tor Anderson, the Old Gods of Asgard, are investigated again in Bright Falls, Washington. An FBC intern picks up the Hotline and dies.	Alan Wake, Case Files: Bright Falls Summary, Multimedia: Hotline
1979	The Benicoff TV (OOP7-KE) is acquired in Kansas. The Smoking Pram (AI13-KE) is acquired in Paris, France.	Case Files: Benicoff TV, Case Files: Pram Procedures
1980	The Holiday Memories Tree (AI14-AE) is acquired from a Canadian research station on Ross Island, Antarctica. Identification Formulas are discovered.	Case Files: Plastic Tree Procedures, Case Files: Plastic Tree Supplement
1983	The Swan Boat (AI19-KE) is acquired on Vancouver Island, Canada.	Case Files: Swan Boat Procedures
1986	The Jasper Post Box (AI31-PE) is acquired in Jasper Crossing, Arizona.	Case Files: Post Box Supplement
1989	The Ashtray and Cigarette (OOP11-KE) is acquired and bound to Trench.	Case Files: Ashtray and Cigarette
1990	America Overnight, an FBC-funded radio show on superstitious topics, starts broadcasting. (“Broadcasting the truth […] for 29 years and counting.”)	Multimedia: America Overnight Ep. 352, Multimedia: America Overnight Ep. 356, Multimedia: America Overnight Ep. 359
1991	Parautilitarian Jesse Faden is born.
1992	Parautilitarian Dylan Faden is born. The Butte AWE (AWE-17) occurs in Butte, Montana. Agents discover a light switch cord that takes them to the The Oceanview Motel and Casino for the first time.	Case Files: Butte Summary
1993	The Emergency Call AWE (AWE-18) occurs, where a woman is trapped in a phone.	Emergency Call Summary, Emergency Call Supplement
1994	The Guru Surfboard (AI43-PE) is acquired from the home of Chester Bless.	Case Files: Surfboard Procedures
XXXX	Dr. Casper Darling, Head of Research, is hired. (Note: This is based on Darling saying, “I’ve been here 24 years now.” That would be 1995 if it were recorded in 2019, but it may have been recorded earlier.)	Multimedia: Research Sector
1996	Alan Wake, 18, publishes his first short story.	The Alan Wake Files
1997	The Pink Flamingo (AI46-KE) is acquired.	Case Files: Pink Flamingo Procedures
1998	The Merry-Go-Round Horse (OOP16-KE) is acquired from an abandoned amusement park after a tip from America Overnight.	Case Files: Merry-Go-Round Horse
1999	The Red Light (AI49-KE) is acquired.	Case Files: Traffic Light Procedures
2000	Alan Wake, 22, gains international recognition for his first Alex Casey book. Jesse Faden, 9, discovers the Old Gods of Asgard album Rebirth through her father.	Alan Wake, Research: Album Cover
2001	The Rubber Duck (AI52-AE) is acquired from an FBC agent’s home. The Simulacrum (AI53-KE) is acquired from inside the Bureau.	Case Files: Rubber Duck Procedures, Case Files: Water Cooler Procedures
XXXX	Trench loses his daughter, Susanna, to an unknown paranatural illness. His wife, Kate, leaves him. Trench creates the Panopticon, a "maximum security prison" for Altered Items.	Hotline: Prime Candidates, Hotline: Panopticon, Langston cutscene
XXXX	Trench creates the first Northmoor Sarcophagus Container, NSC-01, while he is still Deputy Chief. Northmoor uses his abilities to make the power plant disappear in a possible escape attempt. A new power plant, NSC-02, is built with improved restraints. Northmoor is placed back inside.	Research: NSC
XXXX	Trench picks up the Service Weapon and is “promoted” to Director by the Board.	Hotline: Northmoor
XXXX	Trench implements the internal lockdown security protocol requiring directorial override. (Note: Trench says this happens in his first few years of being Director.)	Hotline: Internal Lockdown
XXXX	Trench creates the Prime Candidate program, but P1 through P5 are “dead ends”.	Hotline: Prime Candidates
2002	The Bremen Basket (AI54-UE) is acquired. (Note: This document contains an addendum from 1997, suggesting the acquisition date on file may be incorrect.) The Ordinary AWE (AWE-24) occurs in Ordinary, Wisconsin. Dylan Faden, 10, and Jesse Faden, 11, discover the Slide Projector at the local dump. The town’s adult population disappears. Dylan is interviewed and abducted by the FBC. Jesse escapes, guided by an extradimensional entity she calls Polaris. The Slide Projector (OOP15-UE) is acquired.	Case Files: Picnic Basket Procedures, Case Files: Ordinary Summary, Case Files: Slide Projector, Research: Ordinary AWE Stage 1.A, Research: Ordinary AWE Stage 1.B, Research: Ordinary AWE Stage 2, Research: Ordinary AWE Stage 3, Research: Ordinary AWE Stage 4.A, Research: Ordinary AWE Stage 4.B, Completed Missions: Directorial Override, Hotline: Prime Candidates
XXXX	Trench leads an expedition into Slidescape-36. A lingering Hiss resonance burrows into Trench on the first expedition. Darling discovers Hedron. (Note: A photo of Hedron appears in the background of Darling’s videos about Dylan, so Hedron was discovered before Dylan killed the agent.)	Multimedia: Slidescape-36, Hotline: Slidescape-36, Multimedia: Hedron
XXXX	Threshold Kids is developed to give Dylan a kid-friendly introduction to paranatural topics. Dylan is bound to the Floppy Disk. (Note: There is no explicit documentation about this, but NPC researchers in the Executive Sector reveal P6 was more gifted at launching objects than Northmoor. This ability also matches the P6 Victim Autopsy report.) Dylan is the most gifted parautilitarian the Bureau has ever seen, but kills an FBC agent with his new abilities. Marshall advises Darling and Trench to stop training Dylan.	Executive Sector NPCs, Research: Threshold Kids Proposal, Research: P6 Victim Autopsy, Multimedia: Ordinary
2003	The X-Ray Light Box (OOP18-PE) is acquired after an incident in a hospital. It is used to facilitate Astral dives in the Astralnaut program.	Case Files: X-Ray Light Box, Research: Astralnauts Information
2004	“Get Well” Balloon (AI58-KE) is acquired from the child’s ward of a hospital.	Case Files: Balloon Procedures
2005	The Victorian Mirror (AI60-UE) is acquired in Illinois.	Case Files: Mirror Procedures, Case Files: Mirror Supplement
2006	The Albany AWE (AWE-29) occurs in Albany, New York. The Human Hand Chair (AI63-KE) is acquired.	Case Files: Albany Summary, Case Files: Hand Chair Procedures
XXXX	Emily Pope is hired as a Junior Researcher. (Note: She describes the Ordinary AWE as “before [her] time” in a cutscene, so she is hired at least a few years after 2002.)	Emily Pope cutscene, Research: Pope’s Promotion
XXXX	Dylan Faden kills more FBC agents. Darling is heartbroken and creates the Dimensional Research department. He moves the Slide Projector there for extensive study. (Note: This happens after Emily is hired, because Darling mentions she may be suspicious about his new project.) Trench creates the Ashtray Maze.	Multimedia: Dylan Faden, Correspondence: Dump Cessation of Work Order, Hotline: Ashtray Maze
2008	The Ramen Lantern (AI69-KE) is acquired.	Case Files: Paper Lantern Procedures
2010	Jesse Faden, 19, starts therapy. The Wolff Globe (AI72-PE) is acquired in Toronto.	Research: Ordinary AWE Stage 1.A, Research: Ordinary AWE Stage 1.B, Research: Ordinary AWE Stage 2, Research: Ordinary AWE Stage 3, Research: Ordinary AWE Stage 4.A, Research: Ordinary AWE Stage 4.B, Case Files: Globe Procedures, Case Files: Globe Supplement
2010	The Bright Falls AWE (AWE-35) occurs in Washington. The Oh Deer Diner Coffee Thermos (AI73-UE) is acquired. During the Bright Falls AWE, Clay Steward appears in Bright Falls and fights the Dark Presence alongside Alan Wake. He wakes up in Madison, Wisconsin, believing it was a dream.	Case Files: Bright Falls Summary, Case Files: Thermos Procedures, Alan Wake
2011	Clay Steward writes The Alan Wake Files. The FBC flags him as a minor parautilitarian.	The Alan Wake Files, Case Files: Bright Falls Supplement
2014	The Moving Letters (AI77-KE) are acquired. The Home Safe (OOP22-KE) is acquired in Ohio.	Case Files: Letters Procedure, Case Files: Home Safe
2016	The Sterling AWE (AWE-46) occurs in Sterling, Colorado. A hollow, stone-like sphere manifests in a field. Alberto Tommasi, Head of Communications, is hired.	Case Files: Sterling Summary, Research: Tommasi’s ID, Multimedia: America Overnight Ep. 356
2017	Lin Salvador, Head of Security, is hired. The Havana AWE (AWE-48) occurs at a US Embassy in Havana, Cuba.	Research: Salvador’s ID, Case Files: Havana Summary, Correspondence: Tomassi: AWE Report
XXXX	Emily Pope is promoted to Research Specialist.	Research: Pope’s Promotion
2019	The Willow AWE (AWE-XX) occurs in Alaska. Like the Sterling AWE, a hollow, stone-like sphere is among the recovered items. The Typewritten Page (AI83-KE) is acquired from the Oceanview Motel and Casino. Polaris asks Dylan for his help, but he refuses. Jesse Faden dreams that Polaris is calling to her from New York and she starts traveling. Trench stops using the Hotline. A month later, he uses the Slide Projector to open a door for the Hiss. Jesse arrives in New York City.	Correspondence: Approved Technology Reminder, Correspondence: Tommasi: Willow AWE Outcome, Research: Willow AWE Shipping Manifest, Case Files: Typewritten Page Procedures, Case Files: Typewritten Page Supplement, Multimedia: Hedron, Multimedia: Therapy: Jesse Polaris, Research: Dylan Faden Transcript, Research: Hotline Security Logs, Research: Jesse Faden Movement Tracking

List of Las Vegas casinos that never opened
Over the years there have been several casinos and resorts planned for the Las Vegas Valley that never opened. The stages of planning may have been just an announcement or groundbreaking.[1][2][3]
Asia Resort and Casino
Where the Palazzo Casino and Resort currently stands (adjacent to the Venetian Hotel and Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center), an Asian themed casino was proposed but was rejected for the present Palazzo project.[4]
Alon Las Vegas
A proposed luxury hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip on the former site of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino, announced in 2015.[5] The project was put in doubt after Crown Resorts announced in late 2016 it was suspending its involvement in the development.[6] Crown announced in December 2016 that it was halting the project and seeking to sell its investment. The remaining partner Andrew Pascal announced he was seeking other partners to proceed with the project. However in May 2017, the land went up for sale.[7] The land was later purchased by Steve Wynn.
Beau Rivage
Steve Wynn, who had purchased and demolished the Dunes hotel-casino, had originally planned to build a modern hotel in the middle of a man-made lake. He later built the Bellagio with a man-made lake in the front of the hotel.[citation needed] The name was later used by Wynn for a resort built in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Caribbean Casino
In 1988, a sign for a proposed casino was erected on a fenced vacant lot on Flamingo Road. Standing near the sign was a scale model galleon. For several years, that was all that stood on the property. The empty lot was the source of many jokes by the locals until the ship, which was later damaged by a fire started by a homeless person, was torn down in the 1990s and the lot became the site of the Tuscany Suites and Casino co-owned by Charles Heers, who has owned the property since the 1960s.[8]
Carnival
In 1990, the Radisson group proposed a 3,376-room hotel next to the Dunes, with a casino shaped like a Hershey's Kiss.[9]
Cascada
A proposed resort that was to have been built on the site of El Rancho Vegas. The parcel is now partially taken by the Hilton Grand Vacations Club and Las Vegas Festival Grounds.[4]
City by the Bay Resort and Casino
A San Francisco-themed resort was proposed for the site of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino. The project was rejected in favor of the Swiss-themed Montreux, which was also eventually cancelled.[4]
Countryland USA
A country music-themed resort was planned for construction of the site of the former El Rancho Hotel and Casino. For some years, the El Rancho sign stood with the words "Coming Soon - Future Home of Countryland USA."[10][11]
Craig Ranch Station
Main article: Craig Ranch Station A Mediterranean-themed hotel-casino for North Las Vegas, proposed by Station Casinos in March 2000.[12] The project faced opposition from nearby residents,[13][14][15] which led to the proposed location being changed to a vacant property on the nearby Craig Ranch Golf Course.[16] Residential opposition to the new location led to the project being rejected by the Nevada Gaming Policy Committee in March 2001. Station Casinos still had the option to develop the project on the initial site,[17][18] but the project was cancelled entirely in July 2001, following a weak financial quarter for the company.[19]
Crown Las Vegas
Main article: Crown Las Vegas Formerly known as Las Vegas Tower, the Crown Las Vegas was to have been a supertall skyscraper built on the former site of a Wet 'n Wild water park. In March 2008, the project was canceled and the property was put up for sale.[20]
Desert Kingdom
In 1993, ITT Sheraton purchased the Desert Inn casino, and had announced plans to develop the large parking lot into a Balinese themed resort to complement the Desert Inn. The project was never developed and the site is now the location of Wynn Las Vegas.[4]
DeVille Casino
After building the Landmark Hotel and Casino on Convention Center Drive and selling it to Howard Hughes, developer Frank Carroll built the DeVille Casino across the street from the Landmark at 900 Convention Center Drive in 1969. Chips were made for the casino (and are sought-after collectibles), but the casino never opened.[21] The building was renovated in 1992 as a race book parlor named Sport of Kings which closed after nine months.[22] It became the location of The Beach nightclub, which was demolished in 2007 to make room for a planned 600-unit tower[23] that was never built.[24] The land sits currently empty.
Echelon Place
Main article: Echelon Place An announced project by Boyd Gaming planned to have a hotel built on the property of the former Stardust Resort & Casino. Construction was suspended on August 1, 2008 due to the Great Recession. In March 2013, Boyd Gaming sold the proposed site for $350 million to the Genting Group, which is redeveloping the project as the Asian-themed Resorts World Las Vegas.
Fontainebleau Las Vegas
Main article: The Drew Las Vegas Located on the Las Vegas Strip and originally known as Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Construction began in 2007, and the resort was to include a casino, 2,871 hotel rooms, and 1,018 condominium units.[25] Construction on the $2.9 billion project ceased in 2009, the year of its planned opening. Investment firms Witkoff Group and New Valley LLC purchased the unfinished resort in 2017.[26] In 2018, Witkoff and Marriott International announced a partnership to open the renamed project as The Drew Las Vegas in 2020. The resort will include a casino and three hotels totaling nearly 4,000 rooms, with the condominium aspect removed from the project.[27]
Harley-Davidson Hotel and Casino
A resort themed after the motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson was proposed, complete with hotel towers shaped like gigantic exhaust pipes, but was never built.[4]
Jockey Club Casino
The Jockey Club is a condominium and timeshare resort at 3700 Las Vegas Boulevard South. It was planned to have a casino, and chips were made for its use, but the casino was never opened.[28]
Kactus Kate's
By April 1994, Gold Coast Hotel and Casino owner Michael Gaughan was interested in building a hotel-casino in North Las Vegas,[29] at the northeast corner of North Rancho Drive and Carey Avenue. In January 1995, the city planning commission approved the rezoning of the land for use as a hotel-casino. The resort, to be named Kactus Kate's, would be built by Gold Coast Hotel/Casino Limited. The hotel would include 450 rooms, and the casino would be 105,000 sq ft (9,800 m2),[30] later decreased to 102,000 sq ft (9,500 m2).[31] The resort would be located directly north of the nearby Fiesta and Texas Station resorts.[31]
In December 1998, Coast Resorts, Inc. received approval from the planning commission for a use-permit relating to the undeveloped property. In November 2000, the planning commission unanimously approved a two-year extension on the permit, giving the company more time to decide whether it would build Kactus Kate's. Because of a 1999 Senate bill that placed restrictions on casinos in neighborhoods, Coast Resorts had a deadline of 2002 to build the casino. The hotel would measure over 100 feet (30 m) high, and Coast Resorts was required to notify the Federal Aviation Administration of its final plans, due to the site being located less than 1,000 feet (300 m) from a runway at the North Las Vegas Airport.[32] In January 2001, Station Casinos purchased the 29-acre (12 ha) site for $9 million. Coast Resorts president Harlan Braaten said, "As we saw the competitive nature of that area intensify, in terms of the size of competing facilities, we just felt we would have to build something much bigger than we had intended to compete with Texas Station and Santa Fe Station. It was just going to be a very expensive project, and we didn't feel the returns would be that good." Station Casinos planned to sell the property as a non-gaming site.[31]
Las Vegas Plaza
Main article: Las Vegas Plaza Not to be confused with the Plaza Hotel & Casino.
This was to have been modeled after the Plaza Hotel in New York City. The project was announced shortly before the demolition of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino, where the new hotel would be built. Las Vegas Plaza was cancelled in 2011 due to the Great Recession.
London Resort and Casino
This announced project was to have been themed around the city of London, and featuring replicas of the city's landmarks. The project was to be built on land across from the Luxor Hotel and Casino. A second London-themed resort was to be built on the former land of the El Rancho Hotel and Casino. Neither project ever began construction.[4]
London, Las Vegas
This was a proposed three-phase project using London as its design inspiration. When completed, the 38.5-acre (15.5 ha) property would have featured 1,300 hotel rooms, a casino, a 500-foot-tall (152.4 m) observation wheel named Skyvue (partially constructed), and 550,000 square feet (51,097 square meters) of restaurants and shops — all of which would be architectural replicas of various British landmarks and neighborhoods.[33] The project was to be constructed on land across from the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, where — as of November 2019 — the partially-constructed Skyvue still stands. The wheel was to be "Phase I of London, Las Vegas".
Montreux Resort
This Swiss-themed resort was to have been built on the property of the former New Frontier Hotel and Casino, but was ultimately cancelled.[34]
Moon Resort and Casino
Proposed by Canadian developer Michael Henderson, this is a planned 10,000-room, 250-acre (1.0 km2) lunar-themed casino resort.[35] Gaming experts doubt it will ever be built in Las Vegas, simply because the space planned for it is too large for the Las Vegas Strip.[4]
NevStar 2000
Further information: Craig Ranch Station § NevStar 2000 Proposed by NevStar Gaming in 1998, the NevStar 2000 entertainment complex in North Las Vegas would have included a hotel and casino,[36] but the project faced opposition from nearby residents who did not want a casino in the area.[37][38] The project was cancelled when NevStar Gaming filed for bankruptcy in December 1999.[12]
North Coast/Boyd Gaming project
In May 2003, Coast Casinos had plans for the North Coast hotel-casino, to be built at the southwest corner of Centennial Parkway and Lamb Boulevard in North Las Vegas. The project would be built on approximately 40 acres (16 ha) of vacant land, surrounded by other land that was also undeveloped. At the time, the North Las Vegas Planning Commission was scheduled to review requests for zoning changes and approvals for the project. The project was not scheduled to be built for at least another four years, after completion of a highway interchange at Lamb Boulevard and the nearby Interstate 15, as well as the completion of an overpass over nearby railroad tracks. Bill Curran, an attorney for the land owner, said, "We're going through the zoning changes now so everybody knows what's going to be out there." The North Coast would include a casino, a 10-story hotel with 398 rooms, a bowling alley, movie theaters, and a parking garage.[39] In June 2003, the Planning Commission voted 6 to 1 to approve preliminary applications necessary to begin work on the North Coast.[40][41]
Boyd Gaming, the owner of Coast Casinos, announced in February 2006 that it would purchase the 40-acre site for $35 million.[42] Jackie Gaughan and Kenny Epstein were the owners at the time.[43] Boyd Gaming had not decided on whether the new project would be a Coast property or if it would be similar to the company's Sam's Town hotel-casino. At the time, no timetable was set for building the project.[42] In March 2007, the project was put on hold. At the time, Boyd Gaming had been securing construction permits for the project but decided to first review growth in the area. Construction had been scheduled to begin in mid-2007.[44] In August 2013, Boyd Gaming sold the undeveloped property for $5.15 million.[43]
Palace of the Sea Resort and Casino
This was to have been built on the former Wet 'n Wild waterpark site. Conceptual drawings included yacht-shaped towers that housed suites, a casino resembling the Sydney Opera House and a 600-foot (180 m) tall Ferris wheel-type attraction dubbed a "Sky Wheel". It never left the planning stages.[4]
Paramount Las Vegas
A casino and hotel and condo resort with more than 1,800 units that was planned by Royal Palms Las Vegas, a subsidiary of Royal Palms Communities.[45][46] The project was to replace the Klondike Hotel and Casino at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip,[47][45] beside the Las Vegas welcome sign.[48] The resort was approved in October 2006,[45] but an investor pulled out of the project in August 2007, and the land was put up for sale in May 2008.[46]
Pharoah's Kingdom
Pharoah's Kingdom was planned as a $1.2 billion gaming, hotel and theme park complex to be built on 710 acres (290 ha) at Pebble Road and Las Vegas Boulevard, five miles south of the Las Vegas Strip.[49][1] Construction was approved in October 1988,[49] with Silano Development Group as the developer.[50]
The project would have an Egyptian theme, including two 12-story pyramids made of crystal, with each containing 300 suites. The hotel would have a total of 5,000 rooms,[50] making it the largest in the world.[51] The 230,000 sq ft (21,000 m2) casino would include 100 table games and 3,000 slot machines, while an RV park, mini-golf, a bowling alley, and a video game arcade would be located beside the casino area.[52] Three of the project's various pyramid structures would house the 50-acre (20 ha) family theme park. Other features would include sphinxes, man-made beaches, waterways resembling the Nile river, an underwater restaurant, a 24-hour child-care facility, a 100-tenant shopping promenade, and a repertory-style theater that would be overseen by actor Jack Klugman.[52] Additionally, the resort would feature an 18-hole PGA Championship golf course,[52] and a monorail located within the theme park.[50] The project would have one mile of frontage along Las Vegas Boulevard.[52]
Frank Gambella, president of the project, stated that financing was in place, with groundbreaking planned for March or April 1989. Gambella said the project would be financed by several entities, with the money coming from a Nevada corporation, suggesting the entities would be grouped together as an umbrella corporation. Gambella stated that the project could be opened by Labor Day 1990. The resort was expected to employ 8,000 people. Following the completion of the resort, Gambella said a complex of 750 condominiums would be built on the land along with 900 retirement-care apartments.[52]
The project was cancelled shortly after it was announced, as authorities became suspicious of developer Anthony Silano's fundraising efforts for the project. It was discovered that Silano and his associates hacked into the Switzerland bank accounts of Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos following his death in 1989. Silano pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges. Another Egyptian-themed resort, Luxor Las Vegas, would open on the south Las Vegas Strip in 1993.[1]
Planet Hollywood Resort (original plans)
Not to be confused with the current Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino.
Originally planned to open in the late 1990s on the site of the Desert Inn, it was to be one of the largest hotels in Las Vegas. Because of the bankruptcy of Planet Hollywood Restaurants, the hotel was never built. However, in the 2000s, a group of investors bought the new Aladdin Hotel and Casino and remodeled it with a modern Hollywood theme.[4]
Playboy Hotel and Casino
A proposed casino resort themed after Playboy magazine was rejected in favor of a nightclub and suites built at the top two floors of the new Palms tower.[4] The planned location for the Playboy Hotel and Casino, on the Las Vegas Strip, was later used for the Cosmopolitan resort.[53]
Santa Fe Valley
Main article: Santa Fe Valley Santa Fe Gaming, which owned the Santa Fe hotel-casino in northwest Las Vegas, had plans for a second Santa Fe property in 1996.[54] The Santa Fe Valley would be built on a 40-acre (16 ha) lot[55] in Henderson, Nevada, adjacent to the Galleria at Sunset mall. The start of construction was delayed several times because of poor financial quarters for Santa Fe Gaming,[54] and because of the company not yet receiving financing for the project.[56] Site preparation started in July 1998, with an opening date scheduled for December 1999,[57] but construction never began. In 1999, the property was sold to Station Casinos,[58][59] which sold the land a year later for use as a shopping center.[60]
Shenandoah Hotel and Casino
A project by Wayne Newton. Although the hotel operated for a short time at 120 E. Flamingo Road, the management was unable to get a gaming license. After years of floundering it was sold to a Canadian company and became Bourbon Street Hotel and Casino.
Silver City proposals
By January 2000, Luke Brugnara was planning to build a San Francisco-themed resort on the site of the closed Silver City Casino.[61] Brugnara intended to give Silver City a multimillion-dollar renovation, with plans to have a fully operational hotel-casino by 2002.[62] In March 2001, Brugnara's request for a gaming license was rejected.[63] In May 2002, it was announced that Brugnara had sold the casino while retaining six acres located behind the building.[64] In 2003, Brugnara was planning to build a 24-story, 304-room hotel and casino resort on a portion of the Silver City property. The resort, to be named "Tycoon", was to be designed by Lee Linton, with an expected cost of approximately $100 million.[65]
Starship Orion
International Thoroughbred Breeders (ITB) announced plans to demolish the El Rancho and construct Starship Orion, a $1 billion hotel, casino, entertainment and retail complex with an outer space theme, covering 5.4 million square feet (501,676 square meters). The resort was to include seven separately owned casinos, each approximately 30,000 square feet (2,787 square meters).[66][67] Each potential casino owner was to contribute up to $100 million to own and operate a casino within the complex.[68] The complex would have included 300,000 square feet (27,871 square meters) of retail space, as well as 2,400 hotel rooms and a 65-story hotel tower. ITB hoped to begin construction later in 1996, with a planned opening date of April 1998.[67]
Sunrise
This was to have been located at 4575 Boulder Highway. Property developer Michael Mona Jr. built the hotel-casino and stated that he was going to break tradition by starting a "casino without a theme". He failed to get an unrestricted gaming license when suspicions arose concerning his associations with alleged organized crime figures. Chips were made for the casino, but were never used.[69] The building was opened as Arizona Charlie's Boulder.
Titanic
In 1999, Bob Stupak was planning a 400-foot-high (122 m) resort themed after the RMS Titanic, to be built on a 10-acre (4 hectares) property he owned near downtown Las Vegas. The resort would have included 1,200 rooms, 800 of which were to be used for timeshares to help finance the project. That year, planning commissioners rejected Stupak's request to change the zoning to allow for a hotel.[70] The project was later planned for the former site of the El Rancho Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip, but was rejected by the Las Vegas City Council.[4]
W Las Vegas
Main article: W Las Vegas W Las Vegas was proposed in August 2005, as a $1.7 billion joint project between Starwood and Edge Resorts, with a scheduled opening in 2008. The project would include a 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m2) casino and approximately 3,000 hotel, condo hotel, and residential units.[71][72] The project was cancelled in May 2007, after Starwood pulled out of the deal.[73]
Wally's Wagon Wheel
Wally's Wagon Wheel was to be developed by Walter Weiss through his company, Magna Leisure Partnership.[74][75] The project was proposed for 2200 South Boulder Highway in Henderson,[76][77] between Wagon Wheel Drive and Roberts Road,[78] near Henderson's Old Vegas western theme park. Manga Leisure Partnership purchased the 15.5-acre property in late February 1988. Weiss, at that time, had tentative plans for a western-themed, 112-room property known then as the Wagon Wheel Hotel and Casino. The Wagon Wheel was expected to cost $15 million, and financing had yet to be obtained for the project, which Weiss expected to open in early 1990.[74] The project, which would include a 55,000 sq ft (5,100 m2) casino, was to be built in two phases.[79]
By October 1991, Wally's Wagon Wheel remained unbuilt due to difficulty obtaining financing.[80][76] That month, the Henderson Planning Commission voted to give Weiss more time to make progress on the project. At that time, the project was to include 204 hotel rooms and would be built on 13.30 acres (5.38 ha). Weiss noted that the nearby successful Sam's Town hotel-casino opened with 204 rooms, and he believed his project would be successful if he opened with the same amount of rooms for good luck.[76] By the end of 1992, Weiss had still not acquired financing for Wally's Wagon Wheel. At the time, the project was the largest of five casinos being planned for Henderson. The three-story project was to include 200 rooms, two restaurants, a theater lounge for country and western entertainment, and a large bingo room. Weiss stated that groundbreaking was scheduled for May 1993, with an expected opening in June 1994. The hotel-casino would employ approximately 600 people upon opening.[81]
Weiss met with nearby residents to discuss the project, and he had the original design changed to include a larger buffer zone between homes and the hotel-casino. In November 1994, the Henderson Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of Weiss' requested zone change as part of the redesign. The project, at that time, was to include a one-story casino and a four-story hotel with 400 rooms.[82][83] In December 1994, the Henderson City Council rejected Weiss' plans for a 200-foot (61 m) buffer.[84]
In July 1997, the unbuilt project received its sixth extension from the Henderson Planning Commission for a use permit and architectural review.[85] In August 1997, the Henderson City Council approved the sixth extension, but denied Weiss' appeal for a one-year extension, instead giving him six months to make progress on the project.[77] Up to that time, $1.7 million had been invested in the project by Magna Leisure Partnership.[86] As of 1998, the project was expected to cost $80 million and employ at least 1,200 people, and the proposed site had increased to 19 acres (7 ha). At that time, Weiss stated that he was close to obtaining financing for the project from a casino operator.[87] The project was never built.
Wild Wild West
Not to be confused with Wild Wild West Gambling Hall & Hotel. As of 1993, Station Casinos owned a 27-acre (11 ha) site on Boulder Highway with the potential to be developed as a casino. The site was located across the street from Sam's Town hotel-casino.[88] In January 1998, Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. announced plans to purchase Station Casinos, which had intended to sell the land prior to the announcement.[89] By March 1998, Station Casinos was planning to develop a hotel-casino complex on the land, which was occupied by a vacant strip mall. The complex would be known as Wild Wild West, with local residents as the target clientele.[90][89]
Crescent's purchase of Station Casinos failed in August 1998, and Station Casinos subsequently slowed its plans to build the project.[91] By the end of the year, the project had received approval from the Clark County Planning Commission for a 273,000 sq ft (25,400 m2) casino and a 504-room hotel.[92] No timetable for construction was announced,[92][93] and Station Casinos had already decided by that point not to start any new projects prior to 2000.[92] Station Casinos sold the undeveloped land for $11.2 million to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in April 2004.[94]
World Port
In 2000, Howard Bulloch, David Gaffin, and their partner Tom Gonzales transferred ownership of the Glass Pool Inn property to their group, known as New World, with plans for a megaresort.[95] New World purchased several other nearby motels to accumulate a 77-acre (31 ha) parcel located on the Las Vegas Strip and east of the Mandalay Bay.[96] In January 2001, plans were announced for World Port Resorts, a megaresort consisting of hotel-casinos, a convention center and a fine arts facility. The project was to be built on the 77-acre (31 ha property, a portion of which was occupied by the Glass Pool Inn.[96]
World Trade Center
To have been located at 925 East Desert Inn Road. Leonard Shoen, co-founder of U-Haul truck rental, purchased the property of what had been the Chaparral Hotel & Casino in 1996, renovating it into the World Trade Center Hotel. A gaming license was applied for, but when it was discovered that two of Shoen's closest partners were convicted felons, the application was denied in 1998. He withdrew his application, and died in a car crash in 1999 that was ruled a suicide. Cards and gaming chips were produced for the World Trade Center Casino, but were never used.[97] The property has since been demolished and is now a parking lot, part of the Las Vegas Convention Center Annex.
World Wrestling Federation
A casino resort themed after the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) was proposed for a property near the Interstate 15 freeway across from Mandalay Bay. The project never went past the proposal stage.[4] The land where it would have stood is now Allegiant Stadium.
WWF also proposed to open the project on the property once used by the Clarion Hotel and Casino, which was demolished in 2015 to become a parking lot.
Xanadu
In February 1976, the Clark County Commission approved the 23-story Xanadu resort, to be built on the Las Vegas Strip at the corner of South Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue. The resort would include approximately 1,700 hotel rooms and a casino, as well as convention facilities, a showroom, dining, and indoor tennis courts. The resort was to be developed by Tandy McGinnis – of Bowling Green, Kentucky – and his Xanadu Corporation, and would be built on 48.6 acres (19.7 ha) owned by Howard Downes, a resident of Coral Gables, Florida.[98][99][100] The Xanadu would feature a pyramid design, and was expected to cost $150 million.[100] It would have been the first themed mega-resort. Much information and many artifacts of the project are housed at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas library. The Excalibur Hotel and Casino ultimately opened on the property in 1990.[101]
See also
Category:Defunct casinos in the Las Vegas Valley List of Atlantic City casinos that never opened

(Cuban response at the bottom)
The Havana Conference convened on December 20, 1946. Delegates were present representing New York City, New Jersey, Buffalo, Chicago, New Orleans and Florida, with the largest delegation of bosses from the New York-New Jersey area. Several major bosses from the Jewish Syndicate were at the conference to discuss joint La Cosa Nostra-Jewish Syndicate business. According to conference rules, the Jewish delegates could not vote on Cosa Nostra rules or policies; however, the Jewish crime bosses were allowed input on any joint business ventures, such as the Flamingo Hotel.

The Beginning

Luciano opened the Havana Conference by discussing a topic that would greatly affect his authority within the American Mafia; the position of "capo di tutti capi" or "boss of all bosses". The last official boss of all bosses had been Salvatore Maranzano, who was murdered in September 1931. By the end of 1931, Luciano had eliminated this top position and re-organized the Italian mafia into "La Cosa Nostra", or "This Thing of Ours". A board of directors, commonly called the "Commission", had been formed to oversee criminal activities, control rules, and set policies. La Cosa Nostra thus became the top criminal organization within the National Crime Syndicate.
Now Luciano could easily have declared himself as Maranzano's heir in 1932; instead, Luciano decided to exercise control behind the scenes. This arrangement had worked until Vito Genovese's return from Italy. Officially, Genovese was now just a caporegime; however, he had made it clear that he intended to take control of the Luciano crime family. Since Luciano's deportation in 1946, Luciano ally Frank Costello had been the acting boss of the Luciano family. As a result, tensions between the Costello and Genovese factions had started to fester. Luciano had no intention of stepping down as family boss; he had to do something about Genovese. Luciano also realized that Genovese threatened his overall authority and influence within the American mafia, probably with support from other crime bosses. Therefore, Luciano decided to resurrect the boss of all bosses position and claim it for himself. He hoped the other bosses would support him, either by officially affirming the title or at least by acknowledging that he was still "First Amongst Equals".
At the conference, Luciano allegedly presented the motion to retain his position as the top boss in La Cosa Nostra. Then Luciano ally, Albert "The Mad Hatter" Anastasia seconded the motion. Anastasia voted with Luciano because he felt threatened by Genovese's attempts to muscle in on his waterfront rackets. Checkmated by the Luciano-Costello-Anastasia alliance, Genovese was forced to swallow his ambitions and plan for the future. To further embarrass Genovese, Luciano encouraged Anastasia and Genovese to settle their differences and shake hands in front of the other bosses. This symbolic gesture was meant to prevent another bloody gang war such as the Castellammarese War of 1930–1931. With Luciano solidifying his personal position and squashing Genovese's ambition for now, Luciano brought up discussion of the mob's narcotics operations in the United States.

Narcotics

One of the key topics at the Havana Convention was the global narcotics trade and the mob's operations in the United States. A longstanding myth has been the supposed refusal of Luciano and the Cosa Nostra to deal in narcotics. In reality, only a few bosses such as Frank Costello and the other bosses who controlled lucrative gambling empires opposed narcotics. The anti-drug faction believed that the Cosa Nostra did not need narcotics profits, that narcotics brought unwanted law enforcement and media attention, and that the general public considered it to be a very harmful activity (unlike gambling). The pro-drug faction said that narcotics were far more profitable than any other illegal activity. Furthermore, if the Cosa Nostra ignored the drug trade, other criminal organizations would jump in and eventually diminish the Cosa Nostra's power and influence.
Luciano himself had a long involvement in the drug trade, starting as a smalltime street dealer in the late 1910s. In 1928, after the murder of Arnold "The Big Bankroll" Rothstein, Luciano and Louis "Lepke" Buchalter took over Rothstein's large drug importation operation. Since the 1920s, La Cosa Nostra had been involved in drug importation (heroin, cocaine, and marijuana) into North America. In the 1930s, the organization started transporting narcotics from the East Asia Golden Triangle and South America to Cuba and into Florida. The American mob's longtime association with the government of Cuba concerning gambling interests such as casinos along with their legitimate business investments on the Caribbean island put them in a position to use their political and underworld connections to make Cuba one of their narcotics importation layovers or smuggling points where the drugs could be stored and then placed on sea vessels before they continued on to Canada and United States via Montreal and Florida among the ports used by Luciano's associate

The Siegel Situation

The next item on the agenda at the Havana Conference was what Lansky called the "Siegel Situation". In the mid-1930s, the New York and Chicago crime families had been sent out west to set up and oversee a race wire service, gambling activities in Los Angeles and Nevada, and supervise narcotics shipments from Mexico. In a short while, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel had become a very popular and visible figure in Hollywood's most glamorous circles.
The Flamingo Hotel was the creation of Billy Wilkerson, a Hollywood nightclub owner and one of the founders of The Hollywood Reporter. By the mid-1940s, it was an unfinished dream deferred. This Flamingo Hotel project became Siegel's obsession. Siegel persuaded his longtime friend and business associate Meyer Lansky to help him sell New York and Chicago crime bosses on investing in this project. Siegel promised the bosses that the hotel and casino would be a smart and profitable investment.
At the end of the Havana Conference, the tension between Luciano and Genovese allegedly reached a boiling point, according to "The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano", by Martin Gosch and Richard Hammer.

Government Response

The Cuban Government, knowing the watchful eyes of the FBI was on them, simply monitored these meetings. El Presidente actually even went as far to send escorts to some of the mobsters, to ensure they got to and from their destinations without other gangs assaulting them.
The United States is also fully aware of most of the content that was going on, bugging the meeting sites in 1945.

This is our second trip to Vegas this year. This was not a typical Vegas trip as we planned on staying in most of our vacation.
The first trip, my wife and I dutifully spent 4 days visiting and sightseeing as much as possible.
This time around we were looking for a staycation away from home, and Vegas at this time was the most affordable.

 

Hilton Grand Vacations at the Flamingo
I dont know how old this property is, but it seems newish. I booked it in a hurry because it came with a one bedroom suite and a full kitchen. We wanted to stay in and just unplug so this place seemed perfect.
After booking we found out that the Flamingo Go Pool plays loud music everyday 9AM - 6PM during the warm seasons and that a lot of guests were super mad about being able to hear the non-stop music in their hotel room.
This worried me a lot and I tried to do more research on the place, but there was no conclusive evidence that the music wouldnt be bothersome. Some guests reported that the music was no bother, and others were furious.
Since I was staying 5 nights, I tried to tip the front desk $50 and asked for the quietest room they could get me because I heard about all the complaints. The receptionist refused the tip and said there wasnt much they could do but give me two options of rooms. One on a higher floor, overlooking the party pool, and the other on a very low floor in the corner. I guessed the lower floor would be quieter, because the higher room was directly in line of sight with the speakers.
Good new was that were not at all bothered with the music. Most days we couldnt hear it without focusing on it.

 

Day One - The entrance to the Hilton is hidden off to the right on the way to the Flamingo valet area. After unpacking real quick we headed out to get food and supplies for the week. We planned on going to Costco, but it was closed. We ended up going to Sprouts (which is great, but the meat and seafood counter didnt seem as fresh as in SoCal), Albertsons/Vons. We got a case of water, beer, steaks, cheeses, breads, and some veggies. When we got back to the hotel, we had the bellman bring up our groceries and got started on some steaks. We watched Game of Thrones and went to bed.
Day Two - We woke up, watched Game of Thrones, went to the Hilton pool (this is a separate pool from the Go Pool), drank some beers, made some lunch, and got dressed. Not necessarily in that order. In the evening we watched Beatles Love and it was awesome if you like the Beatles. We wanted to try Spagos, but they were closed so we walked across the street to White Castle. White Castle here is great, although I've never had it other than the frozen stuff. The frozen stuff actually tastes a like the fresh stuff, but I dont know if its a good or bad thing. We ate a bunch and were happy tho. Then we go some $1 beers at Casino Royale, lost $40 to slots and walked home.
Day Three - Same morning routine. Wake up, eat, drink, Game of Thrones, Minecraft. We met a friend and checked out Downtown Las Vegas. The entire street is fun with street performers and lots of bars. We decided on pizza at Pizza Rock, and was not impressed. Their famous margarita pizza is burnt. I like burnt charred foods, but the pizza was a little too much char and a little underdone. We tried a regular pepperoni pizza, which was better but nothing special. Then we spent most of our time at Oddfellows drinking cheap beer and waiting for karaoke. Oddfellows was a cool bar and they were playing Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (my favorite). The place reminded me if a hip bar scene in Los Angeles. We never made it to karaoke and retired for the night.
Day Four - Same morning routine. We went to lunch at Lotus of Siam. Great spot. We love Thai, and have our favorites here in LA. This place was as good as or better than some of our favorite spots. This video with Anthony Bourdain is a good guide for this place. We werent happy with our pizza the previous day, so we went out in search of Secret Pizza. Secret Pizza did not dissapoint. What I assume is the owner was working the pizza and he looked like he could have been related to the owner of one of my favorite NY pizza places. Last time we tried Pin-up Pizza, and its hard to say which one is better. They were both pretty close.
Day Five - We tried out the Go Pool. As a guest of HGV at Flamingo, we had a line pass to get in. The pool isnt as big as I imagined and it was bustling. It was surprisingly fun, and the DJ played some good songs. We hung out and enjoyed the pool for an hour or so. Watch where you step here though, I thought there were stairs leading into the pool and mis-stepped landing on my butt. I bruised my tailbone and it still hurts. :( We then went thrift store shopping. There are some large Goodwills here and we went to Savers. After thrift store shopping, we went back to the strip to the Hermes store in Caesars. We bought a nice scarf and checked out Spago's. Spago's was delicious, but we found that it wasnt as experimental feeling as the one in Los Angeles. No complaints about the food. We then checked out the High Roller. There was a guy selling tickets at the street entrance and sold tickets for $5 off. The High Roller was pretty amazing even without booze. It goes around once during your 30 minute ride and it is massive. Because it looks like a ferris wheel, I dont think people can wrap around their heads how big and how high this thing goes.
Day Six - We packed up and went to Wicked Spoon. First we went to the Las Vegas Advisor office to buy a coupon book for $37. It included a BOGO Wicked Spoon coupon, and we might use the other coupons later. Wicked Spoon is a nice buffet. The carving station meats were are very well done (the beef was served rare, but it was well done as in delicious). There were a lot of delicious things to try. In comparison with The Bachannal, we liked this place better. For the price, Bachannal wasnt worth it for us. The Wicked Spoon hit a good price to value ratio. On our way out, we played some roulette and won a little spending money. We hurried back to the Hermes store and picked up another scarf! On the way home to Los Angeles, we stopped by the oldest Del Taco. The food they had was of better quality than a regular Del Taco.

 
 

Anyway, I'd stay at the Hilton Grand Vacations at the Flamingo again. Its right by the strip near the center. Its a great value, and it comes with a bedroom and kitchen (they have a one room bedroom only rooms too)
Thanks Vegas!

Saw the Flamingo sweater design. The Flamingo Casino I believe is owned and operated by the Caesar's people. If thats the case how about a name in keeping with the Roman/Greek theme?
We got the Senators in the East, but how about the Las Vegas Legion? The Emperors? Maybe even the Aries?
My point is if the owners are the people who run the Caesars Corporation, I fully expect a name in vein with their business. So maybe Roman or even Greek themed?

Inspired by: https://www.reddit.com/WritingPrompts/comments/4m1yyj/rf_the_black_market_is_now_a_brick_and_morta
Audio recording Journal Day 444 Date: 4/4/44
Oh no. Oh Jesus. Oh mother. What have I found!? What do I do?! Okay, okay, I gotta calm down. Deep breathes Jordan, deep breathes. Whew, alright, I’m g-good. Let’s begin.
So Boss humiliated me again, as usual, nothing special about that. But this time he did it in front of everyone! Including……including HER. My beloved angel. The way she looked at me after that……I couldn’t stand it! So I-I ran. In the middle of work. I’m gonna get fired this time but who cares! That company….shou-should just be annihilated!
Wait no, I’m getting off track again. Haven’t been taking my meds. They make me sick. Stupid meds with their sparkles and rainbows.
No, that’s not important. What’s important is I found it! It really exists! Black Market! The real one with doors and everything! Except no windows, they got no windows there. Hehehehehe.
No no no no! I’m getting ahead of myself again! Stop Jordan, go back!
So after I left the office. I-I went for comfort food. Even though mother always told me grease and sugar must be avoided. I’m sorry mother. B-But Ramsey’s Sugar Burger! It closed down! Hic….hic…..it..hic….closed…do-down.
-10 minutes later-
I’m….. ok, I’m ok. No more t-t-te-tears Jordan. Mother don’t l-like no cry-babies now. Whew, so, so, I still needed my food. And the building that replaced Sugar Burger stated Black Market. I thought to myself, Market right? There gotta be like fish and stuff. So I….I went in.
Weird scary people for a market. So many guards. So mannnnyyy. And they had lasers and stuff. I saw a Chimera being brought in too. Wonder how it tastes like. Maybe like a Sugar Burger without Sugar? But the guards were nice. They said it was Open Day. Everybody gets free entry. Half price too! Mother will be proud. I became an intelligent shopper.
Hehehehe, coolest market ever! Cooler than those places Gordon goes too. Stupid Gordon.
No Sugar Burgers though, would be cooler with Sugar Burgers. But-but-but, they had solar powered guns! And Faeries trapped in small cages! And Explosion Scroll Spells! The ones that go BOOOOMM! Huehuehuehue, they showed me. Bang and that person just flew apart! In many many pieces! I wished for Boss to be like that. BOOOOMMM!!
Th-Then they gave me free samples! Such nice people! Open Day is gooooood. Funny white powder. Made me float. And then everybody moved so slowly. Hehehehe, it was funny. Funny. But only lasted a while. I think. Not sure. Felt dizzy after using.
DI I buy anything? Wahahaha, S-E-C-R-E-T. Let’s just say it has 7 letters. Starts with a G and ends with a BANGGGGG. Hehehehe. BANGGGGGG. Just like Boss will be soon. Hope he enjoys the present! Only 250 gold for 5 of them. Half price they said. Plus more of that white powder as gift. They said I looked like I needed it. Such nice people.
I went to the meat section after that. Still hungry after scolding. But not sad anymore~ White powder makes sadness FLY~~ away. Maybe it can replace my meds? Gotta ask mother. That would be fantastic.
They sell funny meat. Not like the markets me and mother when too before. Those had piggies and cows and chicken. I didn’t like it. It smelled bad. This one smelled good. Like perfume that my Angel wears. Sweet.
I didn’t want to eat them though. Because they were girls. And mother always said to be nice to girls. Eating them isn’t nice. Still so hungry though. M-maybe mother will cook meat today. But those girls dressed funny. A-and they got tied up. So many cried. It made me sad as well. ….Hic…h-hic…..sniff…Sad is bad. Go-gotta stop. Stop crying Jordon. You won’t become food like those girls. But those poor girls…….
In the end, no food. So many stuff there but no food. No burgers. No sugar. But I saw the Chimera again. They used fancy words for it. Aw-twi-fi-shal they called it. Not good for eating they told me. Hmph, it didn’t look very yummy anyway. I don’t eat non yummy things. Like veggies. Hate veggies too. But mother hits me if I don’t eat them. So I eat them. But I am clever, if she isn’t looking, I throw them away. Hihihihi, Shhhhhhh, mother must not know. Or she will beat me too.
Oh-oh no! They found me! No No No NOooOoOOooo!! Stupid meds! Hate meds! Get away from meeee!!
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Audio Recording Journal Day 445 Date 5/4/44
That Goddang Stupid Useless Fool of a Jordon!! It’s already his sixth time. SIXTH time I tell you. There has got to be a limit to being lenient. Just because he’s an idiot, I have to TOLERATE him. I have to EMPATHIZE they say. I have to PITY him. Everything he does, he gets away with it. Six times of not taking his meds, in the past WEEK!
And even when he runs out of the OFFICE! Mother just says the world is too harsh on him. The fault lies in the Boss. Tell that to everybody else! All the weird looks I got today when I went in to the office. After listening to 2 HOURS of the vile, disgusting, fat blob of a man lecturing me on work etiquette, I almost wish to go back to that darkness.
Gordon, you have to understand his difficulties. Gordon, he is a nice person. Gordon, he is just misunderstood. HAH, guess where Mr. Nice but Misunderstood Guy WENT! It felt like freakin Thunderbolts zapping my conscious when I found out. Timid, useless, introverted Jordon, spent the whole day in the BLACK MARKET!
Unbelievable, even with rock solid evidence in my hands, I still cannot accept the fact. A receipt of 250 gold for 5 frigging G-R-E-N-A-D-E-S. Not the typical ones. These ones got a little magical upsies. Elemental Grenades. For 250 gold. MY 250 gold for that matter. Stupid bugger never worked a day in his life for that salary.
Unfortunately, there isn’t a WHIFF of explosives to be found around. I checked every corner of the room. The closet, the bathroom, even the air vents. Nope, nothing, nada. I get the jitters imagining Jordon handling explosives. Sure, his death will be an extreme blessing to me, but this body is OURS. Which means if he goes KABOOM, the ELEGANT, MAGNIFICENT, HANDSOME Gordon will also simply……cease to exist. Humanity, no, the entire universe would not be able to cope with that loss.
Despite all the terrible news today, there is a silver lining. The address on the receipt lead me straight to that place. That’s right, I found it! The BLACK MARKET! Goddang Jordon, with half my salary from last month gone, my purchasing power is reduced. MY PRECIOUS GOLD! COME BACCCCKKKK!
Damm, is the medicine’s influence wearing off? Recently people have been noticing. My emotions haven’t been very stable. As if Jordon’s personality surfaces for a second. That freaks me out. Frigging Jordon, as if having to share a life with him wasn’t bad enough, now my very EXISTENCE is being threaten by him.
My only hope is that Market. Heh, amazing place. Every single item, illegal or not, can be found there. Oh my God, that Meat Market, only the price is the problem. DAMMIT, with that 250 gold….Hehehehe. But no worries, the Pharmaceutical Side of the Black Market gave me hope. Hope to ANNIHILATE Jordon!
Somehow, the shopkeeper kept insisting for me to take a look at the Faerie Dust. That kind of stuff just doesn’t have the KICK! Just a simple vertigo feeling and slowing of time. Tch, I got over that stuff a long time ago. Anything weaker then Flamingo Bombs just aint gona work on me. The shopkeeper kept wearing this disbelieving smile. Annoyed the heck outta me. Who DOES Faerie Dust nowadays anyways?
HAH! All those little incidents don’t matter anymore! Because they really produce some! Soul Suppressants! These babies are so illegal that even the Silk Road or Dark Net rarely provides them. These babies are the BIG guys in knockout drugs. Poisons affect the body, these affect the soul! A mixture of scientific knowledge of the mad genius Dena Rescartes and dark magic from Parry Hotter, the famous wizard’s doppelganger.
So close yet so far. Unfortunately, one thing stopped me from claiming the Soul Suppressant, the one thing that Jordon used up buying his PRECIOUS grenades. GOLD! Insufficient lack of funds. Unbelievable. I, the WONDROUS, RENOWN, WEALTHY, Gordon, reduced to the pathetic action of bargaining. Even then, after losing my PRIDE, the drug still stayed out of my reach.
THANKFULLY, the Black Market provides a very convenient service. Money lending! Seems like I’m not the only one with money problems here, thus for a fee, the Black Market is able to provide personal loans as high as up to 9000 gold! There don’t even need a guarantor or mortgage! Perfect timing for someone like me which needed a sudden influx of cash immediately. My luck is FINALLY turning!
After doing all the complicated paperwork they even inquire if my ORGANS are healthy and functioning, I left the money lender a happier man. More importantly, a MUCH richer man! Forget the dang Soul Suppressant, with the gold, even a tank will fall into my hands. Albeit a small one. A total amount of 6000 gold well spent on the drug though. With this, Jordon’s eternal slumber is guaranteed!
HAH! The face of the dealer when I went back. I SLAMMED the sack of gold right under his nose. Wiped off just excrement-eating smirk off his face. WOOHOO! That high felt even better than that PITIABLY Faerie Dust he offered. Made me regret not borrowing more of that gold. Returning it will be a PIECE of cake, no, a CRUMB of cake! Since Jordon won’t appear anymore.
Alright! Enough yammering! Time to take the Soul Suppressant! Lemme just get a cup……some water…… Nope, we won’t be needing the instruction manual……and all set! HERE I GO!
-Glup-
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Audio Recording Journal 448 Date 8/4/44
HAHAHAHA. IT WORKED! The Soul Suppressant WORKED! 3 days since the last recorded entry. Jordon can’t get up! FINALLY…finally….finally!!!! The sole ownership of this body is mine! The sky is a beautiful blue, the sun is wonderfully bright, and today is just brilliant! Makes me feel like reciting poetry!
There was once an annoying soul, That disobeyed orders, never doing as was told, Don’t blame me for being heartlessly cold, Just sleep forever until you grow mold!
Beautiful, just perfect. My artistic talents must have been forcefully awakened by this good fortune. Looks like the next NOBEL PRIZE winner is being reborn right HERE! Good thing I went shopping today. Gotta treat this body of mine with the finest the WORLD can offer. After all, a soul of a MIGHTY poet resides in it. That gold I borrowed turned out mightily useful I must say. Best investment I EVER made. The remains of it were enough to fund a YEAR of living expenses! AND I spent it all TODAY! Well, it couldn’t be helped. I had a much needed celebratory lifestyle to live in. Food, liquor and women. The best that this measly town can offer. I have sampled all of them today!
Those Black Market hounds sure are insistent though. It’s only been a few days and they already started hounding me for the gold. I haven’t even SPENT all of it yet! Crazy buggers already checking in to see if I can pay them back. Well, there were still quite polite, even left some free Faerie Dust. Wonder why they assume I enjoy this stuff.
Hehehehe, anyways that’s all. I ain’t got no time to record no more. Time to PARTY TIL DAWN!! WOOHOOO!!
Audio recording ends.
Audio recording Journal 449 Date 9/4/44
OH GODS! EVEN WHEN HE SLUMBERS HE STILL MANAGES TO MAKE MY LIFE A LIVING HELL!! CURSED! I WAS CURSED THE MOMENT I MET HIM!
Jordon oh Jordon. You really DID it huh. You really did it this time. I wish you had a physical body. If you had a physical body, Jordon, I would be able to beat you until you’re at DEATHS DOORSTEP. I WOULD flay every inch of your skin. I WOULD carve you like a Christmas turkey using a red inch hot poker. I WOULD tear you tendon by tendon and, FINALLY rip you in half.
Let me tell you how it happened, Jordon. I can already hear you SQUEALING in delight once the news reaches you. After skipping out on so many days of work, I obviously had to return. At the very least to tend in my resignation.
The stares of disgust and loathing were even stronger than usual. No doubt because of something YOU had done. Ughh, even the JANITOR looked down on you. I headed to the Boss’s office with the letter all typed out and stuff. We probably didn’t even need a letter, the Boss would fire you without a second thought. Anyways, the main point is that once I entered his office, he was all smiles.
Guess what? Seems like he had just gotten a gift. FROM YOU. Signed with your name and everything. A beautiful jeweled box. Anyone looking at it would guess that it contain a precious gift, or a blatant bribe.
That dung-for-brains Boss actually beamed at me. Even shook my hand. Probably PROUD of you. PROUD that you finally understood how society works. Not that your social cues were always the best huh? It freaked me out, him acting so FRIENDLY. And it didn’t help because you couldn’t have possibly sent that box. So there I was being clutched in that slimy old farts’ disgusting death grip and racking my brains over that puzzle.
SCREW YOU JORDON! You almost got us both killed! And I don’t mean the comatose kind of dead. I mean the death by being blow apart with our guts and entrails plastering the walls. THANK THE GODS I EXCUSED MYSELF. I headed out as fast as possible, not because of my Spidey-Sense, but because that creep made me nauseated. Ironically, his existence saved our lives.
20 FREAKING seconds away from the office. The shockwave hit me. And not just ME. The entire building shook like it had Parkinson. The lights flickered like those old DISCO balls. You got me good this time too Jordon. Let me tell you, I screamed like a little girl. Along with the rest of YOUR co-workers.
I crawled back to the blast zone just to see how MANGLED the body was. HAH, the problem was, there was nothing beyond the office door. LITERALLY NOTHING! Godzilla might as well have taken a bite out of the building. I dunno what those wizards chuck into those little babies you bought, but lemme tell ya, they were the BOMB!
Jordan you INSANE FOOL! Because of that incident, I had to leave the scene as soon as possible and hide myself. I am PRAYING you weren’t STUPID enough to leave any OBVIOUS evidence. Though most of them probably got blown to high heaven as well. No wonder I couldn’t find any sign of those GRENADES. You already mailed them. Or was it a timed delivery? Dammit, it doesn’t matter now. Thanks to you, I have to CLEAN this mess up. Or at least escape without getting caught.
Can’t stay here for too long. Gotta pack up. Those cops will be hunting for the culprit. Jordon that moron, if he was awake it would be even more troublesome. Ughh, just imagining trying to escape with him sends shivers up my spine. I might as well just turn myself in.
OH GOD WHAT DID I JUST HEAR! SIRENS! POLICE SIRENS! Damm Damm Dammmmmmmmitt. JORDON, MAY YOU ROT IN HELL!!!
-Door crashes open in the distant- “This is the police, we have surrounded the place, put your hands up and don’t move!”
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Audio Recording Journal 500 Date 10/4/44
8 hours. Been on the run for 8 HOURS! Those frigging cops, even more persistent then summer flies. Except these flies have weapons. And the AUTHORITY to bring me in for questioning. dammit, Dammit, DAMMIT Jordon! Thanks to that filthy scumbag, I’m stuck in the STINKIN SWEWERS!
Unidentified foul matters, oily disgusting sludge, decomposing corpses. Fantastic place. Every time you take a breath, feels like a live battalion trying to assault your nose defenses. The cops actually SAW me enter the sewers. The ONLY reason I haven’t been nabbed yet is because even THEY are reluctant to join me in this pitch black darkness and who-knows-what FORSAKEN creatures.
The only thing I have with me is this STUPID journal….. AND I’m only recording because in case I die eaten by some monstrosity down here, they would be able to write books about me. Telling tales of MY past endeavors! HAHAHA, an entire generation will be able to learn about my greatness to humanity.
But first things first, I gotta find shelter. Tch, a fugitive lifestyle sucks. Preferably by someone unafraid of the authorities. Or at least a place that the cops won’t think of going. Perhaps a place a cops are afraid of going? Underground casino dens? But no, those won’t do. With this body of grime and muck, I’ll be lucky if they don’t shoot me first and ask questions later. And no friends either. Not that I have ANY. Neither does Jordon.
Oh! There IS a place. A place where the cops are unable to enter, and also big enough to hide me. Best of all, they don’t mind a LITTLE dirt! Hahahahaha. The IRONY, I left there with a bag of wealth only to return to it as a mendicant. Fate is playing tricks on me! I ALMOST HAD IT ALL! A BODY, GOLD, A BRIGHT FUTURE, AND STILL LOST IT ALL BECAUSE OF JORDON!
-crash splash-
-Sounds of struggle- Ha…..Ha……..ha……. dammit, so they weren’t lying when they said THINGS lived in the sewers. No wonder those cops didn’t follow me down. That THING aint even an animal no more. Gordon….Gordon, you almost played yourself big time. Gotta keep it down. This aint your territory. Now let’s just tiptoe slowly out of this miserable place one step at a time…..
-Snarls Squeaks Growls-
Arghhh!! Help! HELP! Hel-crash-
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Audio Recording Journal 501 Date 11/4/44
I’m alive. I’M ALIVE! This Gordon is IMMORTAL! Pretty badly chewed up, BUT managed to escape alive. Those sewers are the WORSE. Unbelievable how the city council can let those creatures run amok down there. If they managed to come up…..Ughh.
Heh, anyways, I got rid of the cops! Always wanted to say that. Got rid. Like I MURDERED them! Unfortunately, I merely shook them off my trail. It wasn’t easy but when I emerged from the sewers, a few of those…..critters changed targets.
Well, this place is where it all began. Fitting it should become my sanctuary from the law for the time being. The Black Market has insane security measures though. I saw some P17 drones and Hell Hounds around the entrance. Plus they AINT got any windows. SO how exactly did the amazing Gordon sneak in? With the supreme stealth skills of a master ninja!
Actually, back when Sugar Burger owned the place, they designed a secret back entrance. Rumor has it that it was for the illegal supply of meat they used in their….food. Something about escaping Health Authorities. Anyways, since REGULAR CUSTOMER Jordon got cornered here once by bullies, the owner let him out through the back door. I CANNOT believe that I will be thanking Jordon one day for eating Sugar Burgers. On the other hand, THIS BODY WILL PROBABLY DIE OF CANCER BECAUSE OF THOSE GODDANG BURGERS!
I got a bit lost for a moment, finding the entrance. The description in Jordon’s journal……well, WE all know how WELL Jordon does his journals. Heck, if it wasn’t for mother forcing us to do it, we would probably happily toss this thing into the river. “Communication is the key Gordon” “Learn to accept one another Gordon” and all that hippy whatnot lead to mother handing over this device for us to…..better UNDERSTAND one another.
But that’s all in the past now. HAH! Why understand each other when you can just get rid of the ones bothering you, right? Now it’s just me in this body, albeit a dirty munched on one, but MINE. Thanks to that wonder drug. Speaking of which, I didn’t expect the Black Market to have office hours. Guess even drug dealers, slave peddlers and arms merchants need a healthy work life relationship as well. HEHEHEHE, that means I have this whole place to MYSELF!!
I always wanted to check those solar powered rocket launchers! And eat the endangered species Kuali Bird Meat! Oh my God, this case has the skull of the last necromancer Kul-Tha-Han. If I get my hands on it…..I could summon armies of undead! Next to it is…..a corpse? Holy…#$%, a corpse of an Abomination Snowman.
Huh? Why are there sounds from this crate?
Huh? Why is the crate opening?
Huh? Why am I staring at a Hydra?
SOMEONE SAVE ME! A friggin Hydra! Nine headed Hydra! The stuff of legends. WHO IN THE WORLD WOULD PUT THE STUFF OF LEGENDS IN A HUMONGOUS CRATE!?
-Sounds of panting- -sounds of death looming-
IS THIS KARMA?! IS IT!? Just because I wanted a body to myself! Is that too MUCH TO ASK FOR!?
-Sounds of rapid footsteps- -roars of anger-
Whew….finally. Thank god for its stupid big arse body. It can’t fit through the warehouse door.
HAH! In your FACE Karma! Whatever you threw at me, Grenades, Police, Mutated Unidentified Rodents, even the friggin Hydra can’t take me down!
Well…..I am stuck in this dank warehouse for the time being though.
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Audio recording Journal 502 Date 12/4/44
Haha…ha….ha….. What the heck……
Looks….like Karma didn’t give up.
Finally got me huh.
The Hydra ain’t scary at all. Nothing compared to us human beings. They at least act on instinct. We humans, are monsters.
This….is…probably my last entry. They got me. Soon, I will be a living corpse.
I hid in the warehouse until dawn. After a few hours, the Black Market Security noticed the Hydra. Kinda hard to miss a 5 feet tall monster but I guess they had better things to do….. I gave my blessings, as if the nightmarish week finally came to an end. Oh it came to an end alright, the week, along with my life most likely.
After removing the Hydra. They took me into custody. I kept explaining to them that they made a mistake. All I got were stone cold stares. Are they even human?
They flung me into a cell. Like a dungeon. Then a familiar face appeared. That person, THAT PERSON! Unbelievable! How could that even be possible! Even now I cannot accept it. There has got to be some mistake! I AM GORDON! THE INTELLIGENT ONE! THE GREAT GORDON! HOW COULD I LOSE TO YOU!!!!!!
Ha….ha……ha……hehehe…..AHAHAHAHA…… That’s right, of course that face was familiar. I see it every day. Those squinty eyes, chubby cheeks, pug nose. Only the hair, that hideous hair. Always hated the blond color. But he liked it, he always loved it. Didn’t you?
JOOORRRRDDAAANNNN!
Impossible ain’t it. But it’s true. EVERYTHING! EVERYTHING WAS PLANNED! The receipt leading to the Black Market, the timing of the bomb at the office, framing me for murder, leaving me no place to go but here. Everything wasn’t a coincidence.
He still talks the same way. Stutteringly nervous. Twitching. Sweating. I always grimaced watching those family antique videos where he was in it. Always thought that such an inferior being shouldn’t even exist. Heh, now I am the one belted to the operating table. Looking even more pathetic them him I bet.
Ahh, he’s here. Oh my gawd, please Jordon, spare me. I am your other half. We share the same body. Don’t do this. Please……MOTHER SAVE ME! I DON’T WANT TO DIE! STOP HIM!
STO-
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Audio Recording Journal 503 13/4/44
Hehehehehe. I-It’s me ag-again! Si-silly Gordon is now bye-bye. Ohhhh, we sliced him up into incy wincy strips. Bu-But of-of course we harvested all the organs possible. It wasn’t cheap to set up the trap. Huehuehue
Always making me feel sad. Calling me stupid. Wh-who is dead now HUH?! Hehehehe, but technically Gordon still lives. Oh yes he lives. But he sleeps. Sleeps so deeply inside. Huehue, the drug….Soul….Suprisent? Makes him sleep…..forever.
Didn’t know…..he knew about it too. Took it and force other body Jordon to sleep forever. Boohooo, poor other Jordon. It’s Okay now, I got revenge, other body Gordon has died. I WON!! MOTHER I DID IT!!!
Oh no, oh no, can’t let mother find out. Oh no, oh no, she will be mad. Always wanted us to get along. Heheheh, it’s too late now.
Urghh, so much pain. This Black Market is soooo awesome. Better then Sugar Burger now.
The first day I came here, I also borrowed money. Hehehehe, to hire an assassin, to kill Gordon. But I said I wanted to live. Hehehehe, his face was f-funny. But the plan worked! I-it worked so well! Amazing!
First they brought me to this weird room. They said there were gonna clune? Klon? Clon? I can’t remember the word. Anyways th-they wanted to make another me. Hehehehe, afterwards, it was funny looking at myself walk and move.
Then, they made me swallow the weird pill. It tasted bad, not like the white powder. I like the white powder. They said that the Gordon in me would sleep forever then. Hahahaha, no more Gordon~ No more Gordon~
Finally, they set the trap for Gordon. I didn’t get it though. Complicated. Not good with complicated stuff. But, but, but, they bombed the Boss. Woohoo, that was great.
Then Gordon appeared here. Hehehehe, then….I….KILLED…him. He…hehe…..hehehe…..AHAHAHAHA.
Mr Assassin took the money I borrowed, and also other Gordon’s body parts to sell. He told me I get discount, because interesting job. Yay! Mother is going to praise me again for being an intelligent shopper. Oh wait, no, no, no, can’t let mother know about this.
Now, now, JORDON IS FREE FOREVER! No more stupid Gordon being mean. No more sharing bodies. No more having to be nice to Gordon because Mother said so. Now, I AM JORDON FOREVER!
Oh! I’m hungry! Time to get a SUGAR BURGER!
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