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
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Pride & Procrastination (Mingjue) [COMPLETED]
Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 29, 2020 21:43:17 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 29, 2020 21:43:17 GMT -8
Mingjue laughed and said, "You surprise me regularly. I'm not going to assume what you do and do not do. I suspect that if I'm going to take you camping, I'm going to have to take you shopping for the gear that I can't just lend you though."
He added, "I've been thinking about trying to go camping at least a few times over the break between terms. It's been a while since I've gotten the chance, but I want to get away for a bit. Maybe if you and Xichen get along, I can drag you camping at the same time, but I'm not going to be bothered by taking two camping trips."
He hoped that the two of them would get along, that would be nice. It would be weird for his friends to not like each other.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 29, 2020 21:54:37 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 29, 2020 21:54:37 GMT -8
"I surprise you regularly? When? I've stopped most of my shock factor stuff with you," Meng Yao asked, jokingly defensive.
"Could we do glamping? Or a cabin in the woods kind of camping? Less gear to buy and still near nature? I mean I'll do the real camping too." He said, giving up on bargaining.
"Your friend seems like a good guy, so I don't know why we wouldn't get along," Meng Yao said, still fairly certain that he'd already met Xichen but he didn't want to ruin that surprise if it was true. "You just need to give me enough notice that I can take time off from work. I would suggest you put in my time off request when you put in yours, but I feel like the boss man would get suspicious at that point."
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 29, 2020 22:45:20 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 29, 2020 22:45:20 GMT -8
Mingjue said very earnestly, "It surprises me each time you trust me with something new, though I do know now that you like trying things, so your interest in new things has mostly stopped surprising me."
He did not say that he was also surprised that Meng Yao kept seeking him out and didn't seem bored with him yet, but he suspected that the thought sort of showed on his face.
He asked, confusing appearing again, "What is glamping?"
He continued though, "But I could lend you the stuff that's the difference between cabin camping and real camping. I just highly doubt that I could find hiking boots that would fit you if you don't already have them, and I am uncertain whether you would own the right clothes for camping because I have seen how you dress in multiple settings now."
Mingjue shrugged and said, "Unless we take a longer trip, there's a good chance only one of us will need to take some days off anyhow."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 30, 2020 11:53:37 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 30, 2020 11:53:37 GMT -8
"I mean, yes, I like trying new things, but I need to trust someone at least a little to let them introduce me to something new. I trust you, so I'll try anything at least once with you." Meng Yao said with a shrug. "Plus you returned the favor. You'd never had a manicure, and you let me do that for you. You trusted me with that new experience."
He laughed at the glamping question. "Glamping is camping with modern luxuries. For example the tent has an actual queen size bed in it and carpet. I've never actually been glamping, I was joking. Besides, I don't really understand the logistics of glamping. How do you get a queen sized bed up a mountain?"
Meng Yao looked down at himself in response to his wardrobe choices, "I would take offense, but based on the evidence you've been provided, I understand why you'd come to that conclusion. But you're forgetting one thing," he said, gesturing to his face. "I am Asian. We hike. It's just in our blood. So I do have hiking boots and clothes appropriate for hiking. I mean, I'm still gonna look cute when I hike, but it'll be hike appropriate cute."
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 30, 2020 16:57:40 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 30, 2020 16:57:40 GMT -8
Mingjue shook his head at the notion of glamping, but he responded, "There are almost certainly special campsites set up for it that are maintained, as opposed to people bringing it along with them. I do not particularly see the appeal. Cabin camping has its benefits, especially in the winter, but this glamping sounds like a strange phenomenon."
Mingjue nodded, clearly he had misjudged, and told Meng Yao, "My apologies for misjudging. In that case, I could probably supply everything that you needed, either because it would a communal thing brought along, or because I have extras. Or because, more accurately, there are versions for Huaisang that he never uses."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 30, 2020 17:25:10 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 30, 2020 17:25:10 GMT -8
"I just like the word glamping. It sounds so extra. Glamourous camping, glamping," Meng Yao could help but laugh. "It sounds like something I'd do doesn't it," he shook his head, "but I've really never done it."
He didn't mind that Mingjue had guessed incorrectly about his wardrobe. "It's not like you rifled through my closet when you came to my place, there's no way you'd know what kind of clothes I own," he nudged Mingjue. "We should set up this camping thing. I'm in!"
He was actually rather intrigued by the idea of camping. He figured he might hate it, but that was fine. The point was, after trying it, he'd know how he felt about it.
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 30, 2020 17:42:41 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 30, 2020 17:42:41 GMT -8
Mingjue made a face and said, "Rifling through your closet would have been rude and strange of me."
He thought about logistics for a moment, before saying, "The first thing that I'd need to do is introduce you to Xichen. I'm not arranging a shared camping trip without the two of you having met, and it affects the planning whether I'm figuring out the logistics for two trips or one trip."
He considered the logistics of that, and said, "We could probably arrange to meet at a cafe or for me to cook for both of you."
His thought jumped back to what Meng Yao had already said, and he added, "We should go hiking together at some point no matter what though, that's less of a time commitment since there are plenty of good hiking places in the Bay Area."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 30, 2020 17:53:39 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 30, 2020 17:53:39 GMT -8
Meng Yao debated joking about rifling through the guest closet when he had stayed the night, but wasn't sure how it would land. Besides, he'd been so emotionally strung out that there was no way he'd have had the energy to snoop.
"If you're giving me the choice, I'd rather take the two of you on at your house rather than in a cafe," he stood up and stretched his arms over his head. After a few seconds, he realized what he'd said could be taken sexually but was grateful that Mingjue likely wouldn't take it as such.
He'd only recently started to realize how much he oversexualized himself, he was going to have to work on that.
"Yes, we should hike. You said you don't do mornings though. Hiking in the heat sucks," he whined, "wake up early with me one day?"
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 30, 2020 19:39:59 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 30, 2020 19:39:59 GMT -8
Mingjue smiled and said, "Honestly that's probably easier. Xichen's already over at my place to eat dinner and study quite a few nights a week, so mostly I just have to make sure that he knows what day works for you. He's got a busy schedule this quarter, so he's been a little hard to track down otherwise."
Mingjue stretched a little bit, standing from the bench, and said, "I can do mornings on Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays from time to time. If I try to do mornings on a day I work, I'll be tired driving home from my shift, and I don't like doing that."
He thought about it and added, "We can go somewhere by the water so that it's cooler though, even if it's a little later in the morning."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 30, 2020 20:03:07 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 30, 2020 20:03:07 GMT -8
"You know my schedule, so I'm more than happy to come over and eat your food whenever. Especially if you bait me with more dumplings," Meng Yao said.
"Should we head back? I know I need to do some of my paper at least," he said, taking a few steps in the direction they came from.
"If it's a morning, it'll have to be Friday morning. Saturday and Sunday mornings are after my night shifts. But I could do a late morning near the water hike." He was happy that Mingjue seemed interested in spending time with him. He'd mentioned hiking just as a way to explain the fact that he owned camping appropriate attire. He was secretly thrilled that the other man had thought to ask him about hiking.
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 30, 2020 21:40:21 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 30, 2020 21:40:21 GMT -8
Mingjue glanced at his phone to check the time and then said, "You've got a paper to write, I've got class in about half an hour. I'm in no rush, but I should be aware of the time and give myself enough time to get back to the civil engineering department."
He looked thoughtful for a second and said, "Do you want to do hiking and car stuff on the same day? Because if not, late morning on a Saturday or Sunday sounds like it might be a better plan, unless you want to change car stuff or skip it for a week. I'm fine doing both on the same day if that's what you prefer."
He thought about schedules and said, "If you're OK with a late dinner after I get back from work on a Monday through Thursday, if Xichen is at my place studying when I get home I usually drag him away from his work to eat and remember to talk to a human for dinner. I could probably confirm a schedule with him for one of those days."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 30, 2020 21:49:11 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 30, 2020 21:49:11 GMT -8
"I don't think I could do a hike, car stuff and work all on the same day. So maybe swap car stuff one week? But not this week, I don't want to abandon her after she just started to get attention again." Meng Yao said.
Despite the bad memories of his ex, he did love the car. He was excited to fix her and to do it with his own hands. It made him feel like broken things were worth saving if given enough time and care in the right hands. He liked that Mingjue was helping to make his own hands into the right hands.
"Late dinner is fine. I can bring some wine or something," he turned to look at Mingjue, "do you drink? I never asked."
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 31, 2020 3:11:15 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 31, 2020 3:11:15 GMT -8
Mingjue nodded, "Maybe next week or the week after then. Get a little further on the car and then take a break from it before it gets frustrating, then dive back in."
He shook his head at the mention of wine, and said, "I don't not drink. I'll occasionally drink in contexts where it's appropriate to do so, but I don't really seek it out. I want to say the last time I had a drink was about a year and a half ago, but I can't precisely place it. But I'd rather your first impression of Xichen not be mixed with alcohol, not for your sake, I trust that you know your own limits where it is concerned, but for his. Uh, maybe a desert? Desert is something that I don't really know how to make."
He added, "You don't need to bring anything though. I'm inviting you."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 31, 2020 16:57:51 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 31, 2020 16:57:51 GMT -8
Meng Yao nodded his agreement regarding the car and mulled over Mingjue's answer about drinking. "I guess drinking and anger don't blend well, huh? Your friend can't drink, I take it?" he smiled at the idea.
"I can bring over a dessert. Do you have a preference of flavors? I can make a few desserts, like pies and cakes, every once in a while I'll try for something crazy, but those are few and far between." He mentally sorted though his pantry and made a shopping list. "Are there any dietary restrictions? I was thinking cheesecake but if someone doesn't like it, or is lactose intolerant, then I'll make something else."
He noticed dirt on the back of Mingjue's pants, "the bench must have been dirty," he said, brushing off is own pants, hoping he wasn't matching with Mingjue. "Do I have dirt?" he asked, turning his back to Mingjue.
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 31, 2020 22:35:50 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 31, 2020 22:35:50 GMT -8
Mingjue shrugged and said, "I've never really had enough to drink to know. I'm not precisely small, and most alcohol just doesn't taste that good to me, so I've never had enough to get drunk. Wasn't super interested in the experience either, but I suspect it wouldn't be on my therapist's list of coping strategies."
Mingjue shook his head and said, "I'm not super fond of super sweet things, and Xichen is vegetarian plus seafood, but I really hope that doesn't impact dessert. Xichen can't do extremely spicy either, which again, not usually a dessert issue. The only desserts that I've ever bothered to learn to make are time consuming things like mooncakes because those are for holidays. I've tried cheesecake maybe once and it was very sweet, but that might have been a flavor issue, not a cheesecake in general issue. Pick something that you enjoy?"
At Meng Yao's noting that the bench was dirty he swept some of the dirt off the back of his jeans, and glanced at Meng Yao, replying, "Yeah you've pretty much got it There's a little bit lower on your leg on the right side."
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