Tolerable losses
A month later.
It was frustrating that even another month later, Tristan still didn't complete his third task.
His second task was to get a new concert venue, which he had finished a while ago for 5000 CP. Ilom did good on his promise and gave Tristan and Derek a date.
The third task, priority-wise, in Tristan's list was to "complete the restructuring of the King Lion Gang and move its main HQ to Los Angeles."
The former part, by that point, was complete. The allies from Los Angeles became Tristan's new underbosses (while still focusing on LA affairs), while Martinez, Leon Clavon and Dagoberto worked in their city, splitting between them the existing territories.
After some thought, Tristan kept James as his underboss, too, despite his earlier worry about him being an unstable addict. Drugs or no, James showed himself to be effective. (But privately, between them, Tristan threatened to throw James out if he let substances affect his judgment.)