#lb: orchid

[samthecookielord]

[mycenaae]

in amidst the mess that is his personal life and his incoming isolation, i AM proud of eddie for recognizing that he's doing badly, mentally, and being worried about himself. season 3 eddie would never have admitted that about himself to anyone. growth has happened! we're just ... not blooming just yet

[llycaons]

he’s so sweet. raising his hand to ask a question at the formal ‘make these two people fall in love’ conference

[clonewarsahsoka]

Come child I would like to show you the Concrete Pit

[torsamors]

ep 22 orchids backstory oh god😭

[wumblr]

vanilla production facts

it is an orchid

the flower blooms one day per year and must be manually pollinated. pollination causes the base of the flower to swell almost immediately, from there it takes weeks to develop into a seed pod

vanilla costs about $300/lb. this being the pulp of the fruit itself, the extract we are familiar with is dilute. second only to saffron for expense. the price also tends to fluctuate greatly depending on the abundance of any given year's crops

there are three strains of cultivated vanilla. cultivation dates as far back as the totonac people in the 12th century, who live in present day veracruz, on the eastern coast of mexico. the olmecs may have also used wild vanilla in cooking thousands of years earlier

vanilla was cultivated in european botanical gardens but not really used much for 300 years after the colombian invasion of mesoamerica until finally some idiot realized the melipona bee doesn't live there, which may not have even been the correct type of bee (possibly euglossine)

five years later (1841) a 12-year-old slave named edmond albius on the island of reunion figured out how to manually pollinate the flowers, which is an extremely delicate and difficult process. some french botanist claimed to have invented this process, and people believed him for over a century

the aroma doesn't develop until after the seed pod is harvested and processed. it must be sorted, graded, blanched, then alternately sweated and dried for 15-30 days. the blanching halts fermentation, which makes one wonder, what is a fermented vanilla seed pod like?

synthetic vanillin is derived from eugenol, from clove oil, and lignin, from any number of sources. the vast majority of synthetic vanilla is made from wood creosotes which occur as a product of lignin pyrolysis (fire). its major source is, like anything, the petrochemical industry, which requires heat to fractionally distill oil into several byproducts (kerosene, naphtha, gasoline, etc). which is to say, 85% of synthetic vanilla is made from the wood smoke of the oil industry. you might be inclined to ask "doesn't this pollute" which, if you recapture the smoke to sell its particulate creosotes to synthetic vanilla producers, no, i guess not really, or "why don't they use oil to heat the oil" because it is more profitable to sell the oil and burn wood to make it, obviously

it is difficult to tell the difference between natural and synthetic vanilla in baked goods, because the baking process burns off the distinctive notes, most of which differ by growing region (tahitian vanilla is floral, indonesian vanilla is smoky, mexican vanilla is woody or spicy, bourbon vanilla from reunion has an alcoholic richness)

price markup occurs not at the point of farming, but after the point of curing. there is no set price for green vanilla beans, but there is a set price for dried vanilla beans, after they have passed through several middlemen from farmer to broker to curing. after this point, they are marked up several more times before finally making it to grocery store shelves in the form of bottled extract

in 2017 a cyclone destroyed maybe 30-80% of madagascan vanilla crops, where possibly as much as 60-80% of the global supply of vanilla is grown. in the 5 years since then, the price has not recovered, but boy howdy, have the labels gotten more fancy in specifying when it's from madagascar, haven't they?

70% of madagascar lives below the poverty line, despite the island producing the majority of the world's supply of the second most expensive spice

by volume, the number of vanilla beans imported to the united states every year is nearly two for every single member of the population (~640m, for a ~330m population)

anyway stop pouring a whole bottle of it into a cup for a joke what the fuck is wrong with you people i hope to god that ibuprofen potion post was staged with some vaguely brown liquid. also the word vanilla etymologically derives from the latin vagina meaning sheath ok bye

[grimowled]

Does Stolas have a favorite plant?

he has many cherished plants !! too many to list !!

he likes alien carnivorous plants and orchids the most, but if he were to choose one plucked from the mortal realm he particularly enjoys growing and caring for, and it is as rare as it is demanding, but yields extraordinary results, it would be amorphophallus titanum / titan arum - also known as the corpse plant.

it is the largest kwown inflorescence on the mortal realm and can grow into an impressive height, weight and overall size (up to 3m/ 10.5 ft in height and 150 kgs / 340 lb weight), but its most defining and peculiar feature is that it emits a most foul stench that resembles a decaying cadaver to attract insects for pollination.

other than the sheer reward to making one flower successfully, stolas is enchanted by the fascinating dichotomy of sheer beauty and decay it represents.

he keeps these in a separate greenhouse due to the odour they emit when flowering.

on a related note, he gets a lot of his seeds and plants from the gluttony ring, which houses the largest areas of forests and vegetation in hell. he also gets them from the mortal realm and other planets where peculiar flora grows.

[grief-worn]

name; jenevelle hallowleaf. shadowheart. age; 47 years. race; half-elf. high elf / human. gender; a woman of darkness. she/her. height; 5'6''. weight; 172 lbs. aroma; night orchid, amyris, sea breeze. favored season; autumn. guilty pleasure; trashy erotic novels.

to mourn is a gift. to suffer is a privilege. to grieve is a blessing.

she knows not where she comes from, nor who once loved her. all she is, all she understands, all she needs, is faith to her mistress.

reared in the sanctity of her shadowed cloister, she has been hardened by divine trainings. the vice of a bloody interrogation. the void of utter isolation. the lingering chill of memories vanished. it was all endured for the sake of Her favor.

in the absence of hope, ambition, yearning, shadowheart wants for nothing but righteous glory. she is a vessel for her lady's will, and will stand high in shar's embrace.

stand high. stand tall.

of course she will. what else could she possibly stand for?

[achy-boo]

Name: Malina Chausiku

Romaji: Chausiku Malina

Quote: “I may be blind but I will never let it be my flaw.”

V/A: Japanese: Mirajane Strauss from Fairy Tail

English: Momo Yaoyorozu from My Hero Academia

Gender: female

Sexuality: Bisexual

Age: She is 16 years old

Birthday: May 21st

Zodiac Sign: Gemini tho she is born after the Taurus season

Eye color: Orchid( before the incident )

Lifeless dark pink eyes

Hair Color: light pink

Height: 5’0

Weight: 109 lbs

Race: Human (before)

Infested human??

Homeland: [Information Unavailable]

Family: She had a wonderful family but unfortunately they were all killed.

School Status and Fun Facts

Dorm: Sapphire Lake Manor

School Year: 1st

Class: 1-C

Student Number: No. 12

Occupation: Bartender at night, DJ during parties.

Club: Light music club, Hiking

Best Subject: History and Flying

Favorite Color: The main color palette is dark and neutral colors but if she had to choose: It’s pale purple

Favorite Food: She likes anything from homemade food to store brought food.

Least Favorite Food: Stale food, Lilia’s cooking, too spicy or sour foods.

Likes: Sapphire Lake Manor(It’s the uniqueness of the dorm), practicing with Tsukii, music, she likes mixing drinks(non alcoholic and alcoholic drinks), the times where the dangers is on rest mode, the night, the moon, rainy weathers, reading.

Dislikes: She dislikes having her privacy ruined by rude people, having to prove that she is not faking her blindness, events that involves families, Dire Crowley(for obvious reasons), Vargas(The yelling hurts her ears), Rook Hunt(The stalking..)

Hobbies: baking, cooking, she tends to play a instrument here and there.

Talents: Super regeneration (Tho she tend to get overboard), inhuman speed and strength, she can tell if people is lying or not,

Nicknames: Saku (Tsukii, Night, and Jeanne), Mental patient (Ace and Epel) {This causes them to be banned from the dorm for a week..} , Fellow Bookworm (Tsukii) Little survivor (The dorm)

Other Nicknames:

Ember: Mal

Chione: Mally

Daniel: Malina (Normal)

Kassie: Mal-Mal

Raelyn: Pinkie

Kuno: Little Malie

(An: These ocs belong to @sakuramidnight15

Appearance and Personality

Appearance: Malina has pink that that she put into a low point tail, her body type is hidden due to the white straight jacket she wears daily. But it was slim and yet litter with scars. Her eyes is covered by a light purple blindfold that she stole from one of the patients. The girl may look weak but she is strong due to her being an infected being. She had scars on her face during her escape.

Personality: Malina used to be this very timid and sweet girl. She treated everything with the most respect she believe everyone deserves it. Nobody never really hated her due to her sweet and timid personality. She was a wonderful family, along with her two older brothers and baby brother.

That is until the incident occurred that turn her world upside down. She was one of the victims of the experiment and..the witness to her family’s death. She is the witness of all her neighbors,friends and extended family’s deaths. It pained her. The boss of the lab deemed Malina as..pawn worthy. He or it wanted to make Malina his pawn. However, the girl’s will to avenge her loved ones’ death and make her life change for the good is so powerful. She refused to become a pawn. With the blindfold she stole from the recent deceased patient, she covered her eyes and began to escape with her new weapon in hand: a death scythe.

Now Malina who is once timid and sweet, now turn cautious and distant. The girl is still her old timid self but it would take a long time for her to get back what she lost. She is now protective of anyone who escape their hell of a place and now the dorm she is now resides in.

𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒂

-She do not like to confront people

-She is a HUGE introvert at NRC but she is extrovert in Sapphire Lake Dorm

-She changes her blindfold weekly

-She gets along with Malleus and Silver shockingly.

-She keeps in contacting with the people like her (Which causes one of them asking her if she want to hang out with them)

-She avoids Ember and Daniel whenever they have their bloody fights (Which is all the time sadly..)

-She cried black tears whenever she cries.

-She can sing but it is very rare for her to be caught singing.

-She is good at any weapon but her favorite type of weapon is blades.

-She avoids Vil and the fish mafia every day...

[firefighterrojas]

BASIC INFORMATION.

full name: angel rojas

age: twenty nine

birth date: june 17th

birth place: aurora bay

nationality: american

gender: cis male

pronouns: he / him

orientation: bisexual

neighbourhood: seabrook quarter

occupation: firefighter

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE.

face claim: sean teale

hair colour: black

eye colour: dark brown

height: 6"1’

weight: 185 lbs

build: athletic

scars: a four inch scar on his left calf he got when he was a probie, various minor burns from his years as a firefighter and another scar behind his ear he got when growing up

tattoos: angel has a tattoo of an orchid for his mother on the back of his left upper arm

piercings: several piercings on his right ear including his lobe, helix, rook and snug that he only wears when he isn’t on shift at the firehouse

FAMILY.

mother: catalina rojas

father: javier rojas

siblings: two younger brothers

PERSONALITY TRAITS.

+ forthright, compassionate, ambitious, sincere - overcritical, blunt, resentful, judgemental

HISTORY.

angel was the first born son to catalina and javier rojas, a respected paediatrician and trauma surgeon amongst their peers at aurora bay hospital and their community around town. despite what his name might have suggested, angel proved to be a handful for his parents in his childhood, growing up to be quite driven and stubborn once he had set his mind to something.

when he was eight years old he ended up in the ER for attempting to perform a back flip from a tree in his families back yard onto their trampoline and bounced straight off and broke his arm — leaving angel wearing a cast for the next eight weeks and on supervised house arrest with his grandparents so that he didn't attempt another dangerous stunt.

although his grades remained consistently good throughout elementary school all the way to high school, angel's teachers all had the same thing to say about him; he could be capable of so much more if he just applied that drive of his into his academics and not just sports and reckless behaviour

when angel was fifteen years old he was pulled out of class by a dishelved and puffy-eyed catalina after his father had suffered an unexpected stroke while on shift at the hospital. his mother reassured him that everything would be alright, that his father would good better and be healthier than ever.

angel believed her of course, he looked to his mother like she held all the answers to the universe — she never, of course. angel learned this the hard way as javier suffered several more strokes over the remainder of angel's teenage years. some minor, others major but all ultimately lead to his father developing early onset dementia.

angel's once loving and doting father soon became paranoid, confused and apathetic. as hard as angel and his brothers tried to rally around his parents, offering to help with the bills by any means necessary and take care of javier while catalina was at work — the responsibility fell mostly on angel's shoulders and he was happy to carry that burden if it meant his brothers were able to scrape together a slice of a normal childhood.

when angel graduated high school he decided to remain at home with his family instead of leaving town with a football scholarship to any college of his choice to help catalina with his ailing father and younger brothers. catalina had been furious, javier too, reminding angel that he shouldn't put his life on pause for him but angel's mind was already made, no matter how hard they pleaded with him or how furious they got his mind wouldn't change — angel didn't want to leave his family behind in case the worst happened with javier and he didn't get to say goodbye.

true to his word, angel has remained in aurora bay ever since — even joining the aurora bay fire department at twenty five after javier finally passed away after suffering another stroke that lead to a heart attack in the middle of the night. angel has worked at the fire house for the three years, was recently turned down for a lieutenant position due to his lack of experience and age but hasn't let that deter him.

TIDBITS.

his ambition, drive and stubbornness can sometimes be his biggest flaws as they can cloud his judgement and make him callous and apathetic towards anybody standing in between him and his goals.

although it's been three years since his father passed away, he's never really dealt with his death and grieved him — instead choosing to throw himself into his career.

he's a big dog lover and has fostered several dogs before they went on to find their forever home, except for two that he ended up having a bigger soft spot for than most and was unable to let them go — one black american pitbull named luna and a blue nose pitbull named

CURRENT CONNECTIONS.

ex boyfriend of @nomadjones. now they work together. it's complicated

neighbours and surf buddies with @heyits-asher

childhood family friends with @lemielewis and @luckylewis

if @willxmeyers only has one hater then that hater is angel

firehouse fam @nomadjones, @hcnter and @atticuscortes

wingman / drinking buddies with @rominacortez

high school bros with @maverick-liu

platonic soulmates with @noralevin everyone thinks they're dating or have dated because of this

went on several dates with @leomlarson but it didn't lead anywhere

WANTED CONNECTIONS.

PLATONIC

childhood friends / seabrook quarter neighbours / ex-classmates from high school / firehouse fam / friends he’s made from rescuing dogs from the animal shelter / people he has helped while on shift / drinking buddies / etc

ROMANTIC

first kiss / unrequited love / tinder matches / exes / one night stands / flirtationships / situationships / bad dates / friends with benefits / enemies to lovers / high school exes / first love / etc

OTHER

somebody angel has pissed off when responding to a call / exes that ended badly / petty neighbours / professional rivals / etc @aurorabayaesthetic

EXTRA

pinterest

[pointythetree]

Introduction

I like a lot of stuff including:

- movies:

My suicide, Scott pilgrim vs. the world, Palo Alto, Welcome to the dollhouse, Little miss sunshine, Perks of being a wallflower, Fight club, NOPE, Disturbia, Superbad, Everything everywhere all at once, Edge of seventeen, Shaun of the dead, Push, The half of it, Sound of metal, To the bone, Mid 90’s, The little hours, As you are, Rocky horror picture show, Bottle rocket (1996), Isle of dogs, and sorry to bother you. (And more)

- shows:

We are who we are, looking for Alaska, black mirror, love death + robots, bojack horseman, Anne with an ‘E’, Disenchantment, Community, The OA, Crashing, Fleabag, shameless, The dear, Bridgerton, and Everything sucks.

- music:

Alex g, Hozier, Elliott smith, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Fiona Apple, the garden, Vs self, smashing pumpkins, Erykah Badu, The posies, Deftones, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Sex Pistols, Amy Winehouse, mom jeans, The cure, Stevie wonder, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Camping in Alaska, Sunny day real estate, incubus, A tribe called quest, Sex bob-ombs(lol), the fugees, Thee sacred souls, Third eye blind, Frank ocean, Aphex twin, Bjork, Saetia, You and I, knumears, Versera, Jack off Jill, Veruca salt, Daffo, Pixies, Basement, Iris bilinsky, OutKast, Superheaven, Interpol, I hate myself, Faye Webster, Mitski, ICP, Manners, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Siouxie and the banshees, Burial etiquette, Orchid, Rage against the machine, Return to dust, Korn, LINKIN PARK, Limp Bizkit, Sepultura, All American rejects, Evanescence, Type O neg, and BLooDSHOT.

- interests:

Philosophy, communism, music, Hozier, Pheobe waller bridge, fashion, and art.

＊ I NEED BOOK RECS PLEASE (preferably coming of age and less fantasy)

Socials ＊

Instagram: Pointythetree

Letterboxd: Shoeshoes (pls follow me on LB I’m desperate)

(I got bored the colors don’t mean anything)

[samthecookielord]

Another fun hypothetical scenario! What if. the horrors

(Clive Triton AU - me & @snekatiemainy )

[wcrpbubble]

DOSSIER CHEAT SHEET

LEGAL NAME: beverly crusher nee howard

NICKNAME[S]: doc, bev, crusher,

DATE OF BIRTH: october 13th, 2324

GENDER: female

PLACE OF BIRTH: copernicus city, luna

CURRENTLY LIVING: on the uss enterprise

SPOKEN LANGUAGES: english, french, gaelic

EDUCATION: starfleet academy, her grandmother

HAIR COLOR: red.

EYE COLOR: blue

HEIGHT: 5'8''

WEIGHT: 128 lbs.

FAMILY INFORMATION

SIBLING[S]: none.

PARENT[S]: paul howard and isabel howard

RELATIVE[S]: felisa howard (grandmother), she also heavily considers the enterprise crew to be her family

CHILDREN: wesley crusher, jack crusher

PET[S]: do her orchids count?

RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: jean luc picard. heterosexual

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: usually varies depending on the timeline, mostly single/widowed/complicated.

SINCE WHEN: until she and picard can figure out their relationship status or she finds another ghost alien to tickle her fancy

Tagged by: @my-timing-is-digital Tagging: anyone who wants! i'm so bad at tagging people rip

[llycaons]

my actual, serious thoughts are that this romcom setup where two love interests try to set up two other characters only to each fall in love with one of the people they’re trying to set up is absolutely perfect for an ironic double twist that would play out in a unpredictable, refreshing, and satisfying way. obviously it won’t happen, but let’s explore that route

first of all, it’s funny in a shenanigans way this series is already doing so well with, and second of all it wouldn’t occur to the audience before it actually starts to happen. I truly believe a relationship between former enemies who tried to kill each other and who meet again under different circumstances and become good friends and inspire openness and joy in each other is much more appealing than a relationship between a man who abuses, attacks, mocks, and assaults a woman while she desperately tries to 1. survive 2. keep him from destroying her home and 3. make it so that he can actually experience emotions. I deeply dislike straight couples where the woman goes to all this effort to ‘fix’ the horrible man who she’s going to end up with and endures suffering upon suffering to get to a place where he finally treats her well, while he faces no repercussions for his actions towards her besides...feeling bad, I guess. she’s like his guide to good behavior and acting normally, more like a therapist than a partner. I don’t think it’s fair and I don’t enjoy watching it and I don’t like the message it sends. it’s the reason I had to take such long breaks in watching this show. this is not a relationship I endorse despite the early-episode humor

so I would vastly prefer it if orchid and dfqc remained important people in each other’s lives, but strictly platonic friends. dfcq/changheng would take a lot of effort in reworking the plot, but I think it would be a fantastic choice. of course, the reveal about who dfqc is to ch has to come eventually, but I think the betrayal would just add some drama and depth that, in the...couple hours we’ve seen them together, it just doesn’t have. and after the betrayal is forgiven and dfcq shows he’s changed, their relationship would only then be that much stronger! right now changheng is SO happy to be with dfcq, and encouraging dfqc to come out of his shell and talk about his very painful experiences with his father and they genuinely have a great time together and I can see that turning so easily into something more romantic. imo they have more chemistry with each other than either has ever had with orchid

I also don’t want to ignore orchid or cut her off from the happiness she found in being the center of someone’s attention or the growth she’s undergone or the questions of her identity or her centrality in the plot - she’s the main character! to make the romcom switch work, she’d then be with the god of war, but I feel like they might be related maybe? so that’s off the table. but I really like the idea of orchid and danyin! they were also off to a rough start, but danyin now sincerely respects and admires orchid’s courage, and she defended orchid and stood up for her after the exam. and just like it would be good for orchid to stop mooning over changheng, I think it would be really good for danyin to move on from him as well. honestly, I think I could make a case for danyin as a lesbian who’s experiencing comphet and focusing on changheng as the ‘perfect’ man who’s also unattainable. she doesn’t seem to have much else going on in her life besides disobeying her father and being catty with other fairlies, but this loneliness and fixation on changheng feels characteristic of someone who’s unable to connect easily with others despite her ‘popular girl’ status - maybe because she’s not being authentic to herself and she’s clinging to the thing she hopes will make her ‘normal?’. this reading makes a lot of sense to me and I think danyin realizing she has feelings for orchid instead could be a really beautiful and liberating and affirming story...and I know this won’t happen but I’d like orchid to put her foot down and be able to walk out of this situation where she’s treated so shittily half the time and where dfqc always seeks to dominate and control her. I really love the idea of her and danyin finding freedom and peace with each other....that’s the dream for this show

[moonieminhoh]

King Kim Namjoon

Age: 27 y/o

Height: 6'3

Weight: 200 lbs

Breed: Black Wolf

Scent: Orchids blooming under the moon in a bed of mint within a pine forest

Occupation: King of Moon Shadow

[caduceuss]

tagged by: @baishouqijia love my life tagging: @wcndererr, @ragingtdes, @supportingfire, @celestiafell, @alatusatlas, @zorkaya, @dawnswine @caelune, @lionfanged idk if you've already done this ignore im sentient soap; also u reading this - do it.

𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬. name.      baizhu ( good luck finding out his full name ) age.       30s ??? birthdate.       may 23rd species.       human... maybe. gender.       masc presenting (he+him/they+them) orientation.       pansexual, though possesses a preference for males for the most part. he is unduly uninterested in romance. profession.       doctor, herbalist - owner of bubu pharmacy

𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬. hair.     jade green, wavy and extremely long and well kept. he typically keeps it in a long braid and bun combo, while stray bits frame his features. two sandbearer wood hairpins adorn the bun, both of which can double as knives in a pinch. eyes.     golden, serpentine - with slit pupils and red undertones. skin.    pale, but less so than one might expect. height.     5'9'' on a good day. weight.    about 120-130 lbs, give or take, but that's only when he's feeling particularly healthy.

𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲. siblings.    fatui brother.  parents.   deceased. grandparents.   unknown. other relatives.   unknown. pets.   does the white serpent around his neck count? changsheng would resent being called a pet. partners.    none he makes public. baizhu is a painfully private person, although the number of suitors he has given a successful business and known name in liyue is not small in number.

𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬. natural medicine.    an expert in herbal and natural remedies - baizhu's name is known throughout liyue for his effective (but bitter) treatments and knowledge of the human body. green thumb/herbalist.   can't find it in the wild? he can grow it. can't grow it? he can find it in the wild. baizhu is an expert in all things plants - medicinal and poison a like. snake charmer.   serpents seem to like him, for whatever reason. it can be a bit of a nuisance to those who do not share his enthusiasm. subterfuge.    there's always something a bit off about baizhu, isn't there? catch him looking at you a bit too long and you might see the cunning gleam within his eyes. though he puts on a genial, gentle persona - there is something that swims beneath the surface... almost like he's fooling everyone in his presence, and is looking forward to his next manipulation. venomous.    there's a rumor (possibly started by baizhu himself, or a jilted lover) this his bite is indeed snake-like in quality due to a covenant passed between him and changsheng. what the venom actually does is anyone's guess.

𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬. colors.   all shades of green, purples, golds, white, sometimes red. smells.   qingxin blossoms, orchids, the forest after rain, elderberry. textures.  snake skin, the finest of silks, airy linens, soft tresses falling through fingertips drinks.   he's a tea enthusiast, and actual prefers them to be very sweet or spiced accordingly. liyuen alcohol (despite being his homeland) tends to make him ill, but baizhu has been known to prefer sake from time to time.

𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬. smokes.   not unless it's for medicinal purposes. drugs.   baizhu has been known to kill his pain on particularly bad days via a variety of plants - some of which could definitely be labeled as 'drugs.' driver license.   baizhu is a surprisingly capable horseman, despite his weak constitution, due to having to often ride around the countryside for house visits. his gliding leaves something to be desired. ever been arrested.   once, in his akademiya days, but baizhu can charm his way out of most things - and this was no exception.