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
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JULY 06, 2020
Soft opening of the site!
The Runaway (Zizhen/Jingyi)
A-Yuan
MDZS Character
Yes
Questioning
Single
Velexa
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Jul 23, 2020 18:13:52 GMT -8
Post by A-Yuan on Jul 23, 2020 18:13:52 GMT -8
A-Yuan folded some of his clothes quickly and stuffed them into his backpack, he put his charger in as well. He was trying to be quiet and quick, so he'd be finished before the sisters finished their midday prayers. He didn't need much beyond clothes and toiletries which were in a small bag that he brought back and forth to the bathroom whenever he needed them, so they were already packed. He grabbed a duffle bag and went to the nursery where the sisters let him keep the sick animals. The only animals there at the moment were a stray cat and her kittens. She'd given birth three days before and he knew he shouldn't really be moving any of them, but couldn't stand the idea of leaving them for the sisters to care for. He used a blanket to make the bag as comfortable as possible and moved the mother and her babies inside. He made sure to grab some bottles for the kittens and food for the mama cat too, adding them to his backpack. He tossed the backpack over his shoulder and winced a little in pain. Jingyi was not going to be happy when he asked him to put something on the wounds on his back. He slipped his other arm through the backpack strap, alleviating the pressure. He carefully picked up the duffle bag and put it over his shoulder. A-Yuan tried to take a calming breath. He couldn't believe that he was not only considering running away but looking at how he was packed and ready to go, that he was actually running away. It'd been a little more than a week since the dinner at the Lan house, and since then he'd been off. Memories kept resurfacing and he'd lose time, waking up in places he didn't remember going to. The sisters had been so worried that they called a priest to exorcise him. It had been such a traumatic experience that he still couldn't fully remember what'd happened, but the rope burns on his wrists and ankles were proof of the encounter. To ensure the demon was gone, he'd been instructed to flagellate himself once a day. But the memories were still there. It wasn't working. He couldn't be here any longer. He stole out of the church, quiet as a mouse. He hopped on the bus and made his way to the Stanford campus. Once there, he opened his text messages with Jingyi and scrolled back through their history until he found a dorm name and number. He asked a passing student where to find the dorm and thanked them. He was exhausted by the time he made it to the dormitory. He'd forgotten how large the campus was and had definitely chosen the wrong bus stop to disembark. He was tired and the mother cat shifted impatiently in the duffle bag. He rested his head on the door frame and thumped the door twice. Ethan Zizhen Stone@langjingyi
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 23, 2020 23:00:32 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 23, 2020 23:00:32 GMT -8
Zizhen was sitting at his desk "doing homework" (scrolling Tumblr) when there was a knock on the door. He tilted his head to one side, wondering if Jingyi had maybe forgotten his key, but as he looked at his phone, he saw it wasn't time for his class to be out yet. Maybe they were let out early... He thought to himself, unfurling himself from his desk chair and heading over the door. He pocketed his phone as he opened the door, surprised to see someone that definitely not Jingyi at the door. It took him a moment to place why this boy looked familiar, realizing he matched the pictures on Jingyi's side of the room of who he said was A-Yuan. "You... you must be A-Yuan." His eyes scanned the boy over, noticing the duffel bag and backpack and that the duffel bag seemed to be... moving? He stepped aside, opening the door wider as he did so. "Come on in. Jingyi's in class right now but he should be back soon."
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A-Yuan
MDZS Character
Yes
Questioning
Single
Velexa
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Jul 23, 2020 23:36:44 GMT -8
Post by A-Yuan on Jul 23, 2020 23:36:44 GMT -8
A-Yuan was surprised to see, not Jingyi. He bowed, "yes, I'm A-Yuan, you must be Zizhen. Nice to meet you," he said, holding his hand out.
The mother cat in the duffle bag growled low, "sorry," A-Yuan quickly withdrew his hand and made his way through the open door. He placed the duffle bag on the floor and sat down next to it, "she gave birth three days ago and I had to take her with me."
He unzipped the bag and the mother cat glared at him before turning and grooming her babies. She hadn't even wanted out of the bag, just an open bag. The kittens eyes hadn't even opened yet. "Jingyi said you foster kittens?" he looked over, hoping that would be a good way to open communication.
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 23, 2020 23:50:13 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 23, 2020 23:50:13 GMT -8
Zizhen was more curious as the moving bag growled, shutting the door and kneeling as a cat and kittens were revealed. "Yeah, I do. Though I've honestly never fostered ones this young. He gently picked one up, looking it over. "It seems you and the mom have been taking good care of them, though they could probably use a flea bath." He didn't see any fleas on the kitten he was holding, but that didn't mean they didn't exist. He knew theoretically what to do with neonatal kittens, but had never handled them in person. He gently set the kitten down back near its mother and looked to A-Yuan. His mind finally honed in on what A-Yuan said, "you had to take them with you? Are you not planning to go back... home?" He asked hesitantly. A moment later, he waved a hand quickly, "you don't have to tell me if you don't want to. We just met, I'm not meaning to pry."
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A-Yuan
MDZS Character
Yes
Questioning
Single
Velexa
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Jul 24, 2020 8:04:59 GMT -8
Post by A-Yuan on Jul 24, 2020 8:04:59 GMT -8
A-Yuan watched Zizhen carefully pick up the kitten, happy that he seemed to know what he was doing. The emotional stress of running away and the physical exhaustion of wandering around the vast college campus had completely worn him out.
"You caught that, huh?" he said, rubbing the back of his head awkwardly. "Not for a while at least. I don't think I can go back..." He pulled out some food from his backpack and laid it down in front of the mama cat.
She looked up at him, then back at the food, then up at him again. "I don't have a bowl for you, I'm sorry." he said, hands up in surrender. "Also, missy, you were a stray who lived on the streets and ate out of garbage cans, this is a clean floor, don't get sassy with me," he said in a playfully serious voice.
He leaned against the frame of Jingyi's bed, "sorry, I think Jingyi had a very different idea of how we'd meet. It is nice to meet you though."
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 25, 2020 23:51:48 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 25, 2020 23:51:48 GMT -8
Zizhen was quick to catch on to A-Yuan's words this time, and got up and pulled a couple paper bowls he and Jingyi kept in the dorm. He filled one with water and then returned to where A-Yuan and the cats were, kneeling down back in his original spot. "Here, you can fill this one with some cat food for her." He said, offering the other boy the empty bowl.
"Like I said, I'm not going to pry, because we just met. I'm happy to give you a space here though, for you and the cats, if you need it, and I'm sure Jingyi can figure something out for the long term if you need it." He said simply, trying to figure out where A-Yuan would sleep without straight up offering Jingyi's bed.
He laughed lightly, "I'm sure you're right about that. But regardless, it is indeed good to meet you. And with kittens in tow at that!" he said, lightly petting at one of the kittens at the last part.
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A-Yuan
MDZS Character
Yes
Questioning
Single
Velexa
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Jul 26, 2020 0:05:03 GMT -8
Post by A-Yuan on Jul 26, 2020 0:05:03 GMT -8
A-Yuan took the bowl gratefully and put the cat food in there instead. The mama cat approved.
"Thank you. I don't mean to interrupt or anything, if you have homework or something to do, I'll just be here, quietly," he gestured to Jingyi's side of the room awkwardly.
"I might just take a nap if that's okay with you," he pointed to underneath Jingyi's bed. "I'll just be in there," he said, crawling under the bed. He brought his backpack with him as a pillow and when the mama cat finished eating, she brought her kittens one by one to join him under the bed.
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Lan Jingyi
MDZS Character
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Jul 26, 2020 0:47:49 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 26, 2020 0:47:49 GMT -8
Jingyi hummed on his way back from his Chinese literature class, occasionally singing along to the music in his head, but not loud enough to bother other people along his walk. It had been an interesting class. The teacher had liked some of his points. Zizhen was supposed to be at the dorm when he got back, and he'd probably get to hang out with his awesome roommate. It was a good day.
He opened the door quickly, but not so quickly as to slam it into the wall, a lesson that had taken him several weeks to learn, calling out, "Hey Zizhen, let's go do something fu- A-Yuan?!"
He dropped his bag and scurried to kneel by his friend under the bed. He noticed the bag and the cat and kittens, and that A-Yuan looked off for sure. He asked, all the enthusiasm drained from his voice and replaced with worry, "What happened?"
He reached out and gently put his hand on A-Yuan's trying to convey that he was here and A-Yuan was safe with him.
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 27, 2020 20:03:14 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 27, 2020 20:03:14 GMT -8
Zizhen was torn between freaking out about A-Yuan deciding under the bed was an acceptable place to sleep and being awed by the cuteness that was the mama cat trusting A-Yuan enough to bring her kittens to him for nap time. Thankfully, he didn't have to choose one before Jingyi finally arrived, and he stood up. "He showed up just a little bit ago. I wasn't going to pry since we just met, but maybe he'll be more willing to talk with you." He pointed to his desk, "I'm going to do some homework, and put on my headphones and play music, in case you guys want to talk about private things. I promise I won't listen in, if you want my attention, just wave to me."
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A-Yuan
MDZS Character
Yes
Questioning
Single
Velexa
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Jul 27, 2020 21:18:27 GMT -8
Post by A-Yuan on Jul 27, 2020 21:18:27 GMT -8
A-Yuan grabbed Jingyi's hand and just tugged on it, trying to pull him under the bed with him. He was appreciative of Zizhen giving them privacy if needed. "You're right, he's very nice. And he knows cats," A-Yuan said.
"Can I stay here? I ran away." He wasn't sure what else to say really. He didn't really know how to start. He felt his back twinge with pain and took a deep breath, not looking forward to Jingyi's reaction.
"Can you disinfect my back?" he asked, willing to leave the space under the bed to go into the bathroom and deal with the whip marks on his back.
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Lan Jingyi
MDZS Character
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Jul 27, 2020 21:52:04 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 27, 2020 21:52:04 GMT -8
Jingyi mouthed, "Thanks," at Zizhen as he gave them some space for him to figure out what had happened and take care of A-Yuan if he needed it.
He squeezed A-Yuan's hand and scooted a little bit closer to his friend, though not crawling entirely under the bed himself. He reached out with the other hand and patted A-Yuan's hair. When A-Yuan said that he'd run away, Jingyi's eyes went wide, but he babbled out, "Of course you can stay here, we might have to figure out a rotation of places for you to stay because there are policies on how long we can have guests and I don't want to get Zizhen in trouble."
When A-Yuan asked him to disinfect his back though, Jingyi went still. He asked very quietly, seemingly almost scared of the situation, "What did they do to you?"
He was pretty sure that whatever was going on, someone should be calling CPS about it, but he wasn't sure that A-Yuan would approve of that suggestion.
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A-Yuan
MDZS Character
Yes
Questioning
Single
Velexa
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Jul 27, 2020 22:26:28 GMT -8
Post by A-Yuan on Jul 27, 2020 22:26:28 GMT -8
A-Yuan nodded at the idea of a rotation of places to stay, though he didn't really know where else that would place him.
He shook his head and crawled out from under the bed, "they didn't do anything to me, I did it," he said. He moved out of Zizhen's line of sight, already knowing he was making a terrible first impression and hoping to not also add his flagellation scars to that impression.
He turned his back to Jingyi and shrugged out of his jacket. The shirt he was wearing underneath was sticking to him in places and blood was slowly seeping through parts. He lifted his shirt, wincing as some of the fabric pulled itself off the wounds. "Disinfectant and bandages, maybe?"
"Don't be mad," he hurriedly said, "these are self inflicted. I did this, not them."
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Lan Jingyi
MDZS Character
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Jul 27, 2020 23:23:50 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 27, 2020 23:23:50 GMT -8
Jingyi made a hissing intake of breath when he saw A-Yuan's back. He said softly, "Lie on your front on my bed, I can take care of them, but I'm going to have to get stuff out of a few of them."
He reached out and very gently rested his fingers on one of the parts of A-Yuan's back that wasn't torn up and asked very softly, "Why? Whose idea was this? Why would you do this to yourself?"
He added, blinking back sympathetic tears, "I'm not mad, but I am worried."
He stood to give A-Yuan room, glad that Zizhen was facing away from them mostly, and went over to where he kept bandages, grabbing the entire medicine kit since he wasn't exactly sure what he'd need. He turned back to see if A-Yuan had done what he'd asked.
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A-Yuan
MDZS Character
Yes
Questioning
Single
Velexa
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Jul 28, 2020 9:27:03 GMT -8
Post by A-Yuan on Jul 28, 2020 9:27:03 GMT -8
A-Yuan laid down on his stomach on Jingyi's bed, a little self conscious because Zizhen could see him now if he wanted to look. He rested his head on his hands but faced the wall.
"It's called flagellation, you do it to repent," he explained. Underneath the new whip marks, there were older scars. He'd been using this as a form of repentance since he was about twelve, so there were four years worth of marks at this point.
"They don't always tell me to do it. I do it myself sometimes when I find myself thinking weird things..." he trailed off, not wanting to admit that most of the weird things he found himself repenting for had directly to do with Jingyi. How he felt around him and what he wanted to do when with him.
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Lan Jingyi
MDZS Character
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Jul 28, 2020 15:14:48 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 28, 2020 15:14:48 GMT -8
Jingyi's voice shook a little bit, but his hands were steady as he started using a pair of tweezers to gently remove fibers that had ended up in the wounds on A-Yuan's back from him wearing a shirt over it while it was still bleeding. He said, "But they taught you that it was a good idea to hurt yourself for that. That's not safe or healthy, not just from a physical standpoint, but also from a mental and emotional one. Doing this isn't going to help the world or anyone if you did something wrong. It's just going to hurt you."
He knew that there was a good chance that A-Yuan didn't want to hear that, but he couldn't not say it. He said softly, "I'm sorry. I'm glad that you came here, and are letting me help you take care of this, take care of you. We'll work things out so that you have somewhere safe for you to be long term, but for right now, here seems like a good starting place."
With the basics cleaned of the wounds on A-Yuan's back and Jingyi trying to not think too hard about the many many old scars beneath them, he got a soft washcloth damp and put some soap on it, using it to start gently cleaning A-Yuan's back. He held back his wince when even with how gently he did it, some of the scabbed over bits started bleeding a little bit again. He was focused enough, and didn't know what to say enough, that he stayed quiet as he did this.
He rinsed the washcloth and tossed it in the laundry hamper to deal with later before grabbing another one and just getting it damp enough to wipe off the soap, then that one also got rinsed and dumped in the laundry. He knew that there was a good chance that the next step would not be comfortable, so he told A-Yuan, "I'm going to use disinfectant wipes and then the stronger antibiotic ointment that I have. At least one of those will likely sting. I'm sorry. And after that, I'll put bandages on."
He was gentle and efficient with the disinfectant wipes, glad that nothing seemed to be doing anything other than bleeding. He'd have been more worried if there was pus or a lot of swelling. He was was thorough but gentle as he rubbed in the antibiotic ointment. Then, he carefully laid down four of the 4"x4" sterile gauze pads from the first aid kit, pressing them gently against A-Yuan's back and taping them together and down so that they covered all of the wounded area. He said softly, voice still a little shaky, "Done. You should put on a fresh shirt. I can lend you one if you need it, and you can put what you were wearing in my laundry hamper."
He reached out and touched A-Yuan's hair gently, saying, "I'll check it again later. I don't want it to get infected. You're safe here, and I hope that includes from yourself. Let me help, OK?"
He was making mental plans of trying to figure out if there was a way that he could get A-Yuan to talk to a therapist who would understand what was going on, but he wasn't going to tell A-Yuan that before he had a better idea of how it would work. He was pretty sure that Uncle had some connections, but he'd probably be less stressed about asking Wangji-ge about it, at least to start with.
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