welcome to Silently Into The Night
Hello and welcome! We are a modern-day reincarnation AU of the novel/donghua/drama Mó Dào Zǔ Shī, also known as Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Chén Qíng Lìng, or The Untamed. The characters have been reincarnated into modern day, where some have regained their memories of their cultivation days, while others have not yet. Original characters are accepted, but please have a good story for them if they were a cultivator in their past life. The RP takes place in Palo Alto, California, and is set in the current year.
Modern Reincarnation AU
silently into the night redeim
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updates
JULY 07, 2020
And we're officially open! Feel free to leave questions or chat with us in the cbox. :)
JULY 06, 2020
Soft opening of the site!
Show 'n Tail (Nie Mingjue) TW [COMPLETED]
Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 24, 2020 21:42:13 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 24, 2020 21:42:13 GMT -8
Meng Yao really didn't want to go home. Most days he loved his huge house that he paid for himself with his own money, but right now, it seemed too big and too lonely.
He asked quietly, "do you have a garage at your place?" He started biting at his thumb nail nervously. This was as close as he could bring himself to asking for help right now, even though he knew he needed it.
He rolled down the window a little to let the cold air blow on his face. It was freezing out, but if he was being honest, he wished it was raining so he could pull some overdramatic cleansing himself in the rain sort of scene.
He needed to shower as soon as possible. He could still feel the man's phantom hand fisted in his hair. He shivered.
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Nie Mingjue
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Jul 24, 2020 22:04:20 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 24, 2020 22:04:20 GMT -8
Mingjue was a little perplexed at the question, but he answered, "Yeah, I've got a garage."
He glanced over at Meng Yao while they were stopped before making a turn, and he saw the other man chewing slightly at his nail, which seemed out of character somehow. He said, "What can I do to help? I don't want to push you to do something that would make it worse, but I don't know if you need to be alone or with someone right now."
He hoped that his straightforward uncertainty with an offer attached was enough to get Meng Yao to tell him what he needed. The few other times he'd dealt with something like this and taken one of the dancers home to where they'd be safe after, he'd not been personal friends with the dancer, and he'd been taking them home to roommates or significant others or siblings or someone who cared. Meng Yao had his big, empty place, that he clearly loved, but there wasn't anyone there to look out for him if he needed it.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 24, 2020 22:19:31 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 24, 2020 22:19:31 GMT -8
Meng Yao managed a small smile, he could tell Mingjue was concerned for him and it felt good to have someone fuss over him. And not fuss over him because they wanted something, just someone who genuinely cared.
"Can I sleep in here, in your garage?" he gestured to his seat. He remembered the last ride home Mingjue had made it pretty clear he wasn't comfortable inviting him over to his place, so he wanted to respect that. But on the other hand, he didn't want to be alone and really just wanted to crawl into Mingjue's lap and cry. That one probably wasn't an option, so sleeping in the car in the garage felt like a boundary he could test.
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 24, 2020 22:35:57 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 24, 2020 22:35:57 GMT -8
Mingjue was startled by the request. It seemed strange somehow, but then again, he knew that Meng Yao was trying to not push his boundaries. He said softly, trying to make sure that he wasn't going to make it strange for Meng Yao, "Unless you really want to sleep in the car, there's a guest suite at my place. You can sleep in a nice bed, and the doors lock if you need them to, and it's got its restroom and stuff. I can make you food and stuff before you go to bed."
He was hesitant. He wasn't sure if Meng Yao would think that it was too much of an offer. He knew that Meng Yao saw things in a very transactional light, and he might see this as something that he didn't know what Mingjue wanted, where what Mingjue wanted was for Meng Yao to feel as safe as possible. He just hoped that the other man would hear that in his offer.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 24, 2020 22:45:55 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 24, 2020 22:45:55 GMT -8
"Of course I don't want to stay in the car," Meng Yao said, a little irritated, but not at Mingjue, just in general. His emotions were still fluctuating.
"I'd like that. Staying in the guest suite..." he stopped chewing on his nail, annoyed that he'd ruined it. "Stupid.." he muttered to himself.
He fidgeted in his seat, feeling the anger bubble up again. "Could you pull over?" he pointed to the side of the road. He knew they were on a freeway and people would likely think him a lunatic but he needed to vent.
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Nie Mingjue
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Jul 24, 2020 22:59:07 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 24, 2020 22:59:07 GMT -8
Mingjue was relieved that Meng Yao was OK with the suggestion, even if he sounded annoyed and frustrated.
At Meng Yao's request, he nodded, but instead of pulling off to the side of the freeway in what wasn't an actual emergency situation, he took a slightly too sudden merge into the quiet Poplar Ave exit. He knew his route well enough to know that this was the exit for San Mateo High School, so a well lit area with lots of street parking, but where there was lower likelihood of a cop coming over to see why they were on the side of the road. Mingjue had had enough of cops for the evening, even ones that were trying to do the right thing.
He pulled to the side of the street as soon as he found street parking and asked, "Does this work?"
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 24, 2020 23:07:22 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 24, 2020 23:07:22 GMT -8
Meng Yao grew a little more annoyed as Mingjue decided to take an exit instead. When they pulled up near the school he just leaned forward and rested his head on the dashboard.
"Never mind, just drive," he said, falling back into the exhausted part of his emotional roller coaster.
The anger bubbled up again and he snapped, "I needed to scream and yell and be frustrated, not be taken to a neighborhood where they'd immediately call the cops on me."
"I'm sorry," he sat up and turned to Mingjue, "I just don't really know how I feel right now and I can't control everything that's coming up. Can we just go to your place?"
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Nie Mingjue
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Jul 24, 2020 23:16:27 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 24, 2020 23:16:27 GMT -8
Mingjue said softly, trying not to show his nerves around the idea of cops in general, "There's no one around here at this time of night, schools on both sides of the street. There was highway patrol around. I saw a few patrol cars, and I figured having them knocking on my window wasn't going to add to anyone's peace of mind."
He sighed and added, "I can just drive though if you'd rather, get us back faster."
He added softly, "I'm sorry."
He could tell that Meng Yao's emotions were all over the place, and he wasn't taking the outburst personally. He also wasn't going to stop on the side of the freeway outside of an actual emergency the car wasn't going to go anymore situation, but that was a conversation to have with Meng Yao at a different time, when he was feeling better and more steady about things.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 24, 2020 23:27:03 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 24, 2020 23:27:03 GMT -8
Meng Yao spotted something he needed. "You stay put. Stay right here. Don't move at all," he said, starting to walk away from the car and Mingjue.
"You can grab your extra clothes from the trunk, I might need some, but otherwise stay right there." He pointed a finger at him to drive home his instructions.
He walked to the fountain he saw there ((OOC: I know there is no fountain there, but I'm making do)) and practically fell to his knees in front of it. He looked back at Mingjue to make sure he was following his directions.
Satisfied he was, Meng Yao did what he never thought he'd do, his dunked his head in a public fountain. With his head under water, he screamed and shouted and hurled insults. He lifted his head to take a breath then repeated the process ten more times.
He stood up, hair dripping, much of it had come out of the bun, and made his way back to the car calmly, feeling much better.
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Nie Mingjue
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Jul 24, 2020 23:33:01 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 24, 2020 23:33:01 GMT -8
When Meng Yao got out of the car, Mingjue followed, but at Meng Yao's instructions, he went around to the trunk and got out his extra clothes. Seeing where Meng Yao was heading, he also grabbed a from the trunk. He wandered around to the passenger side and kept a look out from side to side, glad that no one was around at this time of night.
He didn't watch Meng Yao, other than to keep an eye on him out of the corner of his eye and make sure that nothing happened to him. Since it didn't look like Meng Yao was trying to drown himself, Mingjue stayed at the car, slightly antsy.
Finally, Meng Yao returned, and Mingjue held out the towel first, showing the hoody that he'd pulled out of his emergency bag, and said, "Towel first, then warmer, dryer clothes."
He knew that his hoody would be hugely too big on Meng Yao, but it would be dry and warm at least.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 24, 2020 23:40:40 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 24, 2020 23:40:40 GMT -8
"Thank you, Mingjue-ge" Meng Yao said as he took the towel and dried his face. It was the hair that was going to take the most effort. He flipped his hair over his head and started drying it. After a few minutes he decided he'd be better off just wrapping it up in the towel.
He pulled off his shirt and took the hoodie. He tugged it on and laughed a little, "it's huge, but warm." He snuggled inside it. It was weird to him how he was taking comfort in Mingjue's scent that lingered on the hoodie. It wasn't a sexual sort of comfort like usual for him, but a safety sort of thing.
"I think I'm good now," he said, getting back into the car.
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Nie Mingjue
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Jul 24, 2020 23:51:14 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 24, 2020 23:51:14 GMT -8
Mingjue was glad that Meng Yao did seem better when he came back to the car. Not all the way, but that would have struck him as an act or a shell, but slightly steadier. He waited for Meng Yao to settle back into the car before going around and getting back in himself.
Once he checked that Meng Yao was buckled in, he turned around and got back on the freeway, making his way steadily towards home. It was strange the glimpses of Meng Yao engulfed in his hoodie. It felt like they'd known each other properly longer than they had somehow. Meng Yao seemed younger and more vulnerable in a way too.
Trying to focus on something that he had more control over, he asked, "What do you want to eat? I've got a decent array of ingredients at home right now, so I can probably cook something up that will appeal to what you want as long as it's not too specific."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 24, 2020 23:59:10 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 24, 2020 23:59:10 GMT -8
Meng Yao snuggled down into the seat and into the hoodie. He felt like he really could sleep in the car now. "I'm actually a little mad you gave me your brother's shirt last time, this is way more comfortable," he teased, feeling a little more like himself. He must have been if he could tease Mingjue.
"I'm torn between not having an appetite at all and wanting to eat you out of house and home. So honestly whatever you make will probably be great. Just make sure it's something you'd eat because I can't guarantee that I'll actually eat it." He looked over at Mingjue, feeling like they'd definitely overstepped the bounds of the friendship they'd developed, and yet it still felt natural.
"I think you're going to be stuck as my friend after this. You're not gonna be able to escape, sorry, not sorry," he joked. He was definitely feeling better. He just had to keep this momentum going, otherwise the bravado might falter and the who thing to crack and fall apart. The yelling had gotten the aggressive emotions out, but the vulnerable, scared ones were still lurking under the surface.
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Nie Mingjue
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Jul 25, 2020 0:06:43 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 25, 2020 0:06:43 GMT -8
Mingjue said mildly, "It's rather too large on you, and it didn't seem your style from what I'd seen you wear. Next time, I'll just lend you my shirt."
He thought it over, and settled on a food that he knew that he found comforting that was also something he didn't cook when Xichen was over. He asked, "How does sesame ginger beef stirfry with gailan and rice noodles sound?"
There was a tiny smile on his face when Meng Yao said that he was stuck with him as a friend now. Mingjue didn't mind the thought. He said softly and earnestly, "You are my friend, so I'm not trying to escape."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 25, 2020 8:52:14 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 25, 2020 8:52:14 GMT -8
"Absolutely not. I don't want a shirt, I want a giant sweater that swallows me. You saw what I wore at home when I gave you the manicure. That wasn't a dress, it was a sweater. This is perfect," Meng Yao said, wrapping his arms around himself.
He slipped his shoes off and turned in the seat so he could curl up, "okay, that sounds delicious, I might have to eat that."
He smiled at Mingjue acknowledging him as a friend. Though this entire situation was obviously terrible, it may have helped solidify this relationship they'd been building, so maybe Meng Yao shouldn't complain. "Do you think I can take a shower at your place?" he was still feeling like he needed to scrub the man's touch off of him.
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