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[lovethisheart]

@lovlorne had a coffee with a familar face...

"I wouldn't say that."

The man hanging around the cafe he used to treat his subordinates at, regards the glittering celebrity with a passive, grazing look, comparable to those of the bovine variety, those not easily spooked by flashy cars, not unlike a detective still in L.A. with pointedly bad opinons about certain medias.

"I never thought I'd struggle with retirement. Sure, I can't stay on my feet for more than ten, twenty minutes without feeling like my knees are gonna buckle... but, I never liked just standin' around anyway."

Shi-Long cards his fingers through his locks of hair, much longer grown out without regulations to ensure a short style.Coffee arrives with plates, a warmed cinnamon bun, and a grilled chicken wrap. Whichever she chooses, he deigns that taking the correct coffee is more important, giving a sniff to each.

"Reputation isn't inescapable. Or isn't that what your agent should be telling you-?" His brow raises expectantly, pausing inspection to await rebuttal.

[lovethisheart]

Alright since this was apparently a Topic in the Discord Furry Talk Below-

So it was being discussed that Shi-Long Lang is , as far as modern times are concerned, a Furry, and we were talking about how he needs a friend with similar interests, and how @bloodxhound 's Ray just isn't on that same level. Ray and Edgeworth are similiar in ways: both having fandom merch unironically. The thing is that Edgeworth got his from a stalker(?) (If you consider Oldbag one) but he keeps it because who throws away gifts? What I'm saying is Are Shi-Long Lang and Edgeworth a better match for furry comrades because Edgeworth is repressed about his likes, Or, Is it even a furry comrade needed if Shi-Long ascribes Wolves to his way of life and how he was raised, similar to beliefs in guardian deities? Not that it exists that way in Canon, However, Lang Zi is supposed to be a mirror of Confucius. Or,

Maybe Shi-Long just needs someone to talk to him about long held traditional beliefs and how the modern world is difficult to see through the words of ancient texts when we no longer have walls to defend and honor in the same sense of society that they were taught when they were younger. Surely, being the select bodyguards for the ruler of the country suggests some austerity, and in parallel the Von Karmas have a long history of prestige. What does that legacy mean now, in face of their foil counterparts that have learned life's ways without so much as a nod to the past?

Maybe there's just a need among these people whose fathers and father figures left legacies that have impressions on their world… but they're learning the boot-prints are fading faster as the world spins on without them. To have something more than the human experiences. To live vicariously as beasts, monsters, or figures of honor, in whatever way possible.

[lovethisheart]

@fooledjustice

Just as sunny as that file had mentioned, a trait so pronounced that even in a document meant for professional, not personal opinion, no one could miss how he shined. If that detective hadn't already gotten this far, someone might mistake that for being too new to this world, freshly dropped from the clouds of idealism.

This, he mulls on until they're sat a few tables away from the café. The menu, as entrees went, leaned on bagels to act as the foundation for a variety of sandwiches, and not much else. Coffee was not in short supply, sipping and observing, polite greetings exchanged.

Shi Long had opted for just the meat options apparently, not a speck of bread to seat the sausage, eggs,slabs of deli cuts,or bits of grilled chicken. These, he stabs with a fork while speaking. " You're young, for someone who made detective. " Indiscriminate while he eats, it doesn't seem to matter if he gets more or less with each bite; just that he's determined to do so blindly. Shi-long gaze roams enough that he isn't staring him down like food.

"The faces of the precinct have been changing, lately.What keeps you in California?"

[lovethisheart]

​* if you were a deity, what would you be the god of?

Nightmares and Discord

Your intensity is fearsome. when you feel hurt you don’t often seek out equal and fair revenge but rather drown them in hysteria and watch them burn. you’re temperamental and your emotions are on display for the world to see. you’re the last one any human would want to upset, because even though death would not directly befall them, doom and chaos would ensue, surrounding their life until their death.

Flora and Fauna

You’re a friendly and benevolent force to those who respect you and your domain, but a true force to be reckoned with to those who disrespect or threaten the balance of the natural world. the forest is nothing to fear for those who take care of it, but it isn’t uncommon for people to go missing with only their faces outlined in the bark on a tree.

Tagged by: the lovely and sweet @bloodxhound !

Tagging:@wolfwoocl @goldendivinewrath @lovlorne @sinsolucion @everdaring @eventheodds @kamipyre @mielmoto and whoever's around !

[lovethisheart]

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓 — search your muse's name and select three to nine unsent messages to them.

tagged by: @bloodxhound for lang thank you~ / tagging:@bonescribes @plantboy-typhoon @sinsolucion @illjigoku @goldendivinewrath @wolfwoocl and anyone else?

[lovethisheart]

are you all right? you look like you could use a shoulder to lean on.

"... Maybe." His hand was already on the bannister, trying to pull tight on the loose lace of his boot. Someone had removed the front door mats for cleaning on a rare rainy day, and rather than dirty the carpet, he'd stepped out of his boots, taken a bag ( meant for wet umbrellas), and stood off to the side when he'd had a chance to snag a rag from a janitor's cart to dry them off. Some of the other office-workers actually started following his example- but they hadn't struggled when most footwear was slip on and not any higher than the ankles for coverage. Of course, that meant trying to get them on- but he wasn't going to just sit on the floor like a pup. Even if lacing them up put a lot of pressure on his bad leg to stay steady. He was a bit too tall to go unnoticed in these hallways, quiet as he was being. His palm flattens on the wall. Lang's face winces, but his voice remains somewhat neutral, even a smile forming. " If you stand right there, I'll be quick. Left my cane in my office. Had to come back for it. You workin' today, then?"

[lovethisheart]

𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐏'𝐒 𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐍, 𝐀 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐏 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅'𝐒 𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐍, 𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐎𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 ?

a wolf in sheep's skin (?)

you are not the foe mangled by media and public perception, but you are not a gentle creature. not by nature, at least. you have fangs and claws and there is some part of you (don't deny it now) that craves to use them; deep down, you want to lash out have already lashed out.you were born with a scream buried in your throat, and ever since you realized the damage it could do, you have donned the gentle one's skin.you howled for others, and not just yourself.

you prance around out of pace with everyone, walking on eggshells because you dare not risk the frail peace you have made. you do not want to be gentle, but you are tired of hurting those you love. you are tired, and you refuse to be the beast that roars in your throat. a coward without friends. you refuse and refuse but dear, starving wolves are always the ones that attack. you musn't won't wear the sheep's wool forever, because one day, the facade will come undone, and you will have to face your maw stained in blood.

tagged: @lovlorne thank youuuu tagging: @goldendivinewrath @wolfwoocl

[lovethisheart]

"That mindset leads to the possibility of treating every night like Friday night." @adelha-mathilde came in for a notion...

" Ah? That's something for hourly employees to worry about."

"... Lang-Zi says, Celebrate when the time has come. Rest, when the grass is dry. The prey of tomorrow choose the same meadows when the pack prowls quietly."