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!
The Runaway (Zizhen/Jingyi)
A-Yuan
MDZS Character
Yes
Questioning
Single
Velexa
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Jul 28, 2020 21:56:25 GMT -8
Post by A-Yuan on Jul 28, 2020 21:56:25 GMT -8
A-Yuan reached out and pulled the pillow and blanket under the bed with him. It took a lot more work to manage to get himself situated without coming out from under the bed, but he was being stubborn. "Thank you, Zizhen," he said.
He didn't know why he'd made a point of thanking Zizhen specifically, other than to accentuate the fact that he wasn't thanking Jingyi. He really did have a bad attitude right now. He dug his nails into his palm, reminding himself to behave himself.
"Thank you for the food, Jingyi," he said, still turned away and hiding beneath the bed.
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 28, 2020 22:24:31 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 28, 2020 22:24:31 GMT -8
Zizhen joined Jingyi on the floor, mouth agape at the sheer amount of food Jingyi had managed to grab so quickly. "Wow." He said, his voice low. He collected some food for himself, and began eating, nodding to Jingyi as he gave him silent directions, and then another nod at his roommate's thanks.
"You're welcome." He told A-Yuan simply. He hesitated before grabbing his phone and going to his messages, texting Jingyi in Chinese, "Give him time..."
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Lan Jingyi
MDZS Character
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Jul 28, 2020 22:33:11 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 28, 2020 22:33:11 GMT -8
Jingyi told A-Yuan gently, "The food will be here when you're ready for it."
Trying to sound more like his normal self, and knowing that it sounded a little bit strained, he added, "Zizhen can confirm that I got enough that not even I can eat all of it."
He bit his lip and glanced at his phone after Zizhen texted him. He replied quickly, staying in Chinese, "I know. I'm scared for him though. Worried."
He added, "I really am making you practice."
He focused on his food then, watching the cats settle into the space and wishing that this was something that he could get used to and was happening in a better way.
Mostly though, he just watched A-Yuan, not quite staring at him, but glancing at him out of the corner of his eye. Among other things, he was trying to see if A-Yuan had the ribbon with him, at least as some sort of talisman to keep him safe. Jingyi anxiously fiddled with the ribbon around his own wrist.
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A-Yuan
MDZS Character
Yes
Questioning
Single
Velexa
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Jul 28, 2020 22:50:05 GMT -8
Post by A-Yuan on Jul 28, 2020 22:50:05 GMT -8
A-Yuan could help but laugh at Jingyi's description about the amount of food. "There's no way you got enough that even you can't eat it all, you could eat a horse and still want more," he said, coming out from under the bed.
He needed to see this pile of food to believe it. The instant he saw it, he found he was hungry. He wriggled over to Zizhen and Jingyi, "it looks good, thank you."
He dug in, giving Jingyi a run for his money in the eating department. "Stop fiddling with it," A-Yuan said, pointing to Jingyi's ribbon.
He paused in his food inhalation as he watched the mama cat start stalking up behind Zizhen. She was out of Jingyi's line of view. He tried to keep a straight face and pretended to keep eating until she pounced on his back, attacking him, but in a playful way.
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 28, 2020 23:19:52 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 28, 2020 23:19:52 GMT -8
Zizhen smiled as A-Yuan finally came out and sat down to eat with them. He glanced up as A-Yuan mentioned Jingyi was fiddling with something, noticing it was the bracelet Jingyi wore all the time. To him, Jingyi fidgeting with that was just a nervous habit, so he didn't get the big deal about him fidgeting with it. He was disrupted from his thoughts by a pouncing cat, and he let out a startled cry. "Hello there!" He said as the cat appeared at his shoulder. He offered her an inner part of the piece of chicken in his hands, "you have your own food." He told her at the same time. He looked to A-Yuan, pointing a playfully accusatory finger at him, "you knew she was going to do that, didn't you?" He asked with a smile. "And you didn't warn me!"
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Lan Jingyi
MDZS Character
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Jul 28, 2020 23:27:25 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 28, 2020 23:27:25 GMT -8
An enormous smile bloomed across Jingyi's face when A-Yuan came out from under the bed to join them in eating, relief absolutely written across his features. The expression lingered as he watched A-Yuan softly to make sure that he'd picked out acceptable foods. He was so happy that A-Yuan wasn't so mad at him that he hadn't been willing to join them.
When A-Yuan mentioned it, he sheepishly pulled his hand away from the ribbon and went back to his food, still glancing at A-Yuan every few seconds, just to make sure that he was still being more OK than he was.
He was extremely startled when the cat jumped on Zizhen, but then he dissolved into giggling at Zizhen's teasing accusation that A-Yuan had known. He glanced at A-Yuan, trying to confirm it considering he had entirely missed the cat's approach himself.
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A-Yuan
MDZS Character
Yes
Questioning
Single
Velexa
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Jul 29, 2020 8:06:59 GMT -8
Post by A-Yuan on Jul 29, 2020 8:06:59 GMT -8
A-Yuan mumbled around the food in his mouth and gave a wide-eyed innocent look. He swallowed his food, "no, what are you talking about?" he said, glancing at two of the four kittens who were trying to follow their mother's lead by wobbling towards Zizhen.
"I was too busy eating, I saw nothing," he lied, leaning forward and offering her a piece of chicken, though it looked a little like he was offering it to Zizhen.
He sat back in his normal position and swiped a piece of chicken from Jingyi's plate. It was the best thing he could think of to show Jingyi that he wasn't mad at him. He took a bite of the chicken and then got up, going to retrieve the kittens.
They'd started off in the right direction and with enough time, might have eventually wandered into Zizhen, but Rocko, the biggest kitten, had started veering off in the wrong direction. A-Yuan gathered all four kittens and placed them back on the blanket within the duffle bag, leaving it open and facing their mother. He returned to his place and finished off his stolen chicken.
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 30, 2020 11:54:38 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 30, 2020 11:54:38 GMT -8
"Right..." Zizhen said, rolling his eyes. He looked to the mama cat, now perched on his shoulder and looking curiously at the piece of chicken A-Yuan was offering. He gently took the piece of chicken from A-Yuan and held it close to her, to which she sniffed and took a couple cautious bites before taking it from his hands and scurrying to her babies to eat it.
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Lan Jingyi
MDZS Character
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Jul 30, 2020 17:03:24 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 30, 2020 17:03:24 GMT -8
Jingyi glanced between his two friends. He was pretty sure that A-Yuan had seen the cat coming from the way he reacted, but Jingyi wasn't going to call him on it. He was glad that they seemed to be having a positive interaction, at least mostly, so far. He didn't scold A-Yuan for stealing his chicken like he might of normally. He just gave him a fond, relieved little smile and took another piece from the box.
As he watched both of them interacting with the cats, he asked, "So, what should I be doing, or not doing, with the cats? I feel like I know nothing. Are there things that we need that we don't have while we're watching them here?"
Jingyi had never had pets, the Lan family in general wasn't big on them, other than sometimes rabbits, but the apartment he had lived in with his family in China was too small, and Uncle was particular about not having pets. Even so, rabbits were pretty much the only domesticated animals that Jingyi had any experience with from visiting his grandparents when he was younger.
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A-Yuan
MDZS Character
Yes
Questioning
Single
Velexa
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Jul 30, 2020 17:39:06 GMT -8
Post by A-Yuan on Jul 30, 2020 17:39:06 GMT -8
At Jingyi's question A-Yuan remembered he needed to set up a makeshift litter box. He went over to the duffle bag muttering a "sorry mama" to the mother cat as he moved her to the side to grab a folded cardboard box.
She scratched at his arm as he pulled the box out, but he didn't even flinch when her claws met his skin. He just reached over and pet her head, cooing to calm her. He turned back to Zizhen and Jingyi, "I've got something litter box-ish for them, but I need sand or gravel or something. I was going to grab some once I got here, for now I can just shred some napkins or something."
He went to his backpack next and pulled out four bottles and some formula, "this gets mixed with warm water, the directions are on the container. Each kitten gets 6 milliliters every two hours. They're pretty demanding at this age."
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Aug 1, 2020 11:17:14 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Aug 1, 2020 11:17:14 GMT -8
Zizhen watched as A-Yuan prepped a makeshift litter box for the cats and frowned slightly. "I can stop by Petsmart and pick up some things for you, if you'd like." He offered. "I can ask if they have any guides for raising young kittens as well, that way, we can make sure we're not forgetting anything." He looked at the cats, seeing the mother cat getting re-situated in the duffel bag. "They seem to find that a pretty comfortable spot, but even with each other and their mom, it's probably not warm enough. I have an incubator at home, but I'm not going to make that kind of trip until tomorrow; it's getting too late now." He mused. "I think I also have a couple books on raising kittens at home that you and Jingyi can read, but I'd need to find them again. As for feeding, we can probably do shifts throughout the night to make sure the kittens are getting the amount of food they need and we still get enough sleep. We'll also want to keep a weight chart to make sure they're gaining the appropriate amount of weight..." He faded off and instead pulled out his phone, making of list of things to bring from home.
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Lan Jingyi
MDZS Character
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Aug 1, 2020 15:01:27 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Aug 1, 2020 15:01:27 GMT -8
Jingyi's eyes went wide as both A-Yuan and Zizhen were describing everything that went into caring for kittens at this age. He asked, "They need all that even with their mom there?"
He nodded as he listened to instructions though and said, "You're going to have to show me how to do all this right. I don't want to mess it up and hurt them somehow."
He thought over everything that A-Yuan had said, and he asked, "Do you need to do the formula thing? Has it been about two hours considering how long you've been here?"
He wasn't sure that he hadn't misunderstood. Maybe it was only at night because their mom was here? Jingyi was honestly baffled about everything that needed to be done.
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A-Yuan
MDZS Character
Yes
Questioning
Single
Velexa
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Aug 1, 2020 15:40:54 GMT -8
Post by A-Yuan on Aug 1, 2020 15:40:54 GMT -8
"Zizhen is right about tracking their weight, and if you wouldn't mind bringing supplies, I'd really appreciate that. I didn't have the time or space to gather everything. I had to leave before they finished midday-" A-Yuan cut himself off. He didn't really want to talk about the sisters. He knew it would only make him and Jingyi fight more and it might give Zizhen the wrong impression of them.
"Their mom being here is helpful, but as you can see, Rocko is kind of a bully and Nala doesn't usually get to eat much, so they need our help," he explained to Jingyi.
"They'll sleep with me, so they should be warm enough for the night, but the incubator would be much appreciated. If you need help carrying anything, I'm happy to come along as manual labor." He smiled at Zizhen, then dug back into his food. He hadn't realized how hungry he'd been. He actually couldn't remember how well he'd been eating recently, because of the stress.
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Aug 2, 2020 21:09:59 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Aug 2, 2020 21:09:59 GMT -8
Zizhen nodded at A-Yuan, going over his list to make sure he wasn't forgetting anything. "I think the extra hands would be nice, but I'll be driving to Monterey so I hope you're up for that kind of drive. Jingyi is free to come as well, if you'd like," He said, looking at Jingyi, "we can make a short road trip of it. Though if we do that we probably want someone we can trust to watch the kittens in the dorm while we're gone. One of your cousins, maybe?" He rambled, glancing to Jingyi again as he directed the question towards him.
Another idea struck him and he checked the website for a nearby vet. "Actually, we can probably drop them off at the vet tomorrow morning so we can make sure they're all okay, and then pick them up once we get back." He glanced up to A-Yuan before clicking the button to set up a drop off appointment. "Especially since they're still so young, it's good to get them into the vet to get them tested, and probably give them all flea baths. The mom, too. Since I don't have any fosters, or well, until tonight, I guess, I don't have any personal experience with this vet, but they come highly recommended by the humane society," he turned his phone so A-Yuan could look over it if he wanted to. "And they have a special deal with fosters, which I still am on that list, so it shouldn't cost too much, and I'm happy to pay to make sure nothing preventable happens to these little guys or the mom."
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Lan Jingyi
MDZS Character
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Aug 3, 2020 0:11:35 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Aug 3, 2020 0:11:35 GMT -8
Jingyi perked up at the mention of a road trip and said, "That sounds fun, and maybe kind of relaxing. I think that I could talk Xichen-ge into it, but I'm pretty sure that Wangji-ge is allergic. Though that might have been to dogs, I can't remember. It would make him anxious either way though. But a vet maybe sounds like a better idea even. They'll know what to check for."
He looked hesitantly at A-Yuan, hoping his best friend would agree to his roommate's suggestion. Jingyi would pout desperately to Xichen-ge if he needed to, but the vet just sounded like a better option. He was relieved at least that Zizhen seemed to be getting on with A-Yuan OK. They had kittens in common at the very least.
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