#face-to-face

AI @ WORK #98

Worldwide International Mafia Organization

[10, September, 20]

[BREAKING NEWS] The Purple Rose and The Silver Lions

After two years, The Purple Rose and The Silver Lions are finally in the same room, face-to-face!

"𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨, 𝐒𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐥," 𝐉𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐫. 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧, 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐚 𝐉𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐨 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬;𝐝𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐟𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧.

"𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨, 𝐉𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧. 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥," 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬.

Not only does Yoon Jeonghan's sudden engagement ring brings shock to mafias as many begin to arrive, but him and his group are mingling with The Silver Lions, a group once allied but then abandoned The Purple Rose.

For two years, the two dominant groups created a barrier between each other, refusing to discuss, publicly, the mistakes The Silver Lions committed.

Their alliance was shattered in 2016, after Yoon Jeonghan was cornered and forced into the Mental Asylum. The Silver Lions left The Purple Rose, Choi Seungcheol's group fleeing the scene as the most dominant crumbled. The Purple Rose later disappearing for a year to recover, awaiting the chance to free their Boss.

A year later, The Purple Rose returned with a hideous massacre, reclaiming territory that was taken in their absence, and the territory they shared with The Silver Lions. During this massacre, Yoon Jeonghan made it clear as he stated, on 16th of November, 2017:

"𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬, 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧," 𝐘𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬, "𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐯𝐨𝐰𝐬. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦."

Once announced, the subject of The Silver Lions became nothing but a whisper in the wind as The Purple Rose took back their title of being one of the most dominant group within the mafia community; a force that only foolish people would attempt to tamper with.

But what broke the barrier that they created between The Silver Lions? Is Yoon Jeonghan planning for a secret revenge that's been long awaited, luring his prey into his trap? Or is it possible they've been having secret interactions, mending wounds?

Soooo....I couldn't resist making a Raihan fic and @pokenimagines gave me a great idea so I ended up making this quick first chapter! Sorry it's so short but I wanted to post it before I head to my family Christmas party! Enjoy and let me know if you want to see more!

Keira grinned as she sat in her mostly packed bedroom. She had just finished her last battle as champion and had handed her title to the newest champion. While it was sad to lose the title she was happy to step down because that meant she could finally meet up with her online friend!

Beep beep!

Speaking of which that's probably him! She grabbed her phone and pulled up the messaging app she had since she was a beginner trainer. To see her online friend had messaged her.

Dragon_Rawr: yo Queenie! You done packing? How long does it take to pack up a room!

Fairy_Queen#1: calm your tits! I had something to do before packing. I'm not even gonna be there until tomorrow! The flight is at 8am!

Dragon_Rawr: I know! I just can't wait to finally see you! First thing though, I'm getting u a phone that takes pictures!

She rolled her eyes at his message. She has had the same phone with a broken camera for years and he always teased her because she couldn't send pictures.

Fairy_Queen#1: oh shut up! When I see you I'm gonna smack you with my phone!

Dragon_Rawr: you'll have to break out of my hug first! 😉

Fairy_Queen#1: you'll have to catch me first 😘

Dragon_Rawr: oh you know I will.

Dragon_Rawr: well I gotta go, gotta do some work! See you tomorrow! 💜

Fairy_Queen#1: see you soon! 💚

She tossed her phone on her bed and grinned to herself. She couldn't wait to finally meet him after being friends for so long!

------------------ Raihan ------------------

"Leeeeeoooooonnnn!!!"

Raihan grinned as he threw an arm over Leon's shoulders. Ever since Gloria had become champion, Leon was able to hang out with Raihan more which was great since he needed a distraction until his online friend finally came tomorrow.

"Geeze Rai, I haven't seen you this excited since our first battle."

Raihan grinned as he showed his phone playing a video of Champion Keira's goodbye interview yesterday.

"So Keira, what are your plans now that you've stepped down as champion?"

Keira laughed as the interviewer pointed the mic at her. Instead of her usual champion uniform she wore casual clothes and her hair out of it's usual braid.

"Well, I've been thinking about doing some traveling, maybe visit other regions and see what their champions are like."

The camera then panned back to the interviewer who was grinning brightly.

"That's our former champion! Always looking for the next challenge!"

Raihan looked like a kid right before Christmas as he hopped in place.

"You hear that?! Keira is touring! What if she comes to Galar?!"

Leon laughed and nodded. It would be great if Keira visited he got a chance to battle her though it sounds like he'd have to fight Raihan for that chance.

"Hey maybe if Keira does come you can show your online friend how you battle."

Raihan paled and checked the clock. It was 10am! Queenie's flight would be landing soon!

"Ah shit! I need to be at the airport to pick up Queenie!"

He had completely forgotten he needed to drive down to the airport to get her today because he was watching Keira's interview!

"Hey, take Charizard and get to the airport. I'll grab your car and bring it down."

Where would he be without Leon? He thanked him and climbed on Charizard's back and he flew in the direction of the airport. Hopefully he wasn't going to be late and leave her waiting! When he made it to the airport he ran inside and headed to the terminal. Thankfully he made a sign with her messenger handle and had it folded up in his pocket. He unfolded his sign and started to look around at the group of people collecting their bags. He froze when he saw Keira step off the plane and head to baggage claim.

"No way! It's Keira! Oh man Queenie is gonna flip when I tell her she was on a flight with Keira!."

He was pulled from his thoughts when his phone went off. He checked his phone and saw it was his messenger.

Fairy_Queen#1: Hey I'm off the plane! Where are you?

Dragon_Rawr: I'm by baggage claim, I'm holding a sign with your handle!

Dragon_Rawr: but Queenie! You won't believe who I saw come off your plane!

"Dragon Rawr?"

Raihan looked up from his phone to see Keira was standing in front of him. Keira's eyes widened when she recognized who he was.

“[Shame] is an emotion that can be entirely crippling. Ironically, it is something that cannot be healed alone. One psychologist defines shame as ‘how the self sees the self.’  Shame fears being seen. But it is only in revealing shame in the context of love and safety that its wounds can be identified and healed. Of course, it is a very deep wound within our ‘person,’ for shame creates a wall between ourselves and others. And, not so strange, the primary expression of shame is looking away, or looking down. Shame does not want to see face-to-face.

God can only be seen face-to-face because He is personal.  We are told by Christ, ‘Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God’.”

~Fr. Stephen Freeman