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!
Pride & Procrastination (Mingjue) [COMPLETED]
Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 31, 2020 22:50:53 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 31, 2020 22:50:53 GMT -8
Meng Yao crinkled his nose at the idea of getting drunk, "yeah, alcohol doesn't necessarily taste good, nor does it lead to good decisions. I drink sometimes, but only socially."
He reached down and brushed off the dirt where Mingjue said it was, "If sweetness is a concern, then I'll just bake cookies. I know how you feel about lavender, but you have to try my lavender cookies. It's a very subtle flavor and just adds to the whole cookie."
"How do you make mooncakes? I thought people only bought those," he said, shaking his head. "You never go for the easy things, do you?"
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 31, 2020 23:24:23 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 31, 2020 23:24:23 GMT -8
Mingjue made a face and said, "I'll try one if you want me to, but go into this with the knowledge that I am sensitive to flavors and smells and really don't like lavender. If I don't like them, it says nothing about your skill as a baker."
Mingjue shrugged and said, "Mooncakes aren't necessarily hard, just time consuming and fiddly and requiring attention to detail. I usually make them over three days leading up to Midautumn Festival, but since they are definitely a scale thing, I always make enough of them to give a bunch away. I can show you when I make them this year if you want."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 31, 2020 23:30:22 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 31, 2020 23:30:22 GMT -8
"There's no winning with you," Meng Yao joked and stuck his tongue out, he'd have to figure something out that didn't include lavender.
He couldn't help but smile at the invitation. "You know, for not being good at making friends, you're planning a lot of future dates for us," he teased. "I mean, we still have car stuff and dumplings, now hiking and camping. I can't forget the threeway dinner date and now cooking for a festival. I'm in!"
He was laughing. It was easy to tease Mingjue, but it was also very comfortable. He hoped the other man didn't take the teasing to heart, it was just Meng Yao's way of showing affection.
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 31, 2020 23:35:57 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 31, 2020 23:35:57 GMT -8
Mingjue sighed. Meng Yao pretty clearly wasn't angry at him for disliking lavender, but he still felt a bit bad about it, and said earnestly, "My apologies."
He shrugged at Meng Yao's comment about his skill at making friends. He said, "I'm good at planning things, just rarely have had much luck at finding people who wanted to plan things with me. You are unusual in that regard."
He was fairly sure that Meng Yao was teasing, but he was utterly earnest in his replies. They seemed worth making.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 31, 2020 23:40:21 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 31, 2020 23:40:21 GMT -8
"Have I told you that you're adorable today?" Meng Yao grinned and nudged Mingjue with his shoulder, "because if I haven't, then you should know: you're adorable."
"And don't worry about it, I relish the challenge. Now I get to find a dessert that isn't too sweet that contains absolutely no lavender. It'll be fun for me," he said.
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Aug 1, 2020 0:21:40 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Aug 1, 2020 0:21:40 GMT -8
Mingjue sighed and shook his head, saying, "I believe that you believe that, but I am not convinced. I'm also not convinced that we think that word means the same thing."
Mingjue laughed a little bit at Meng Yao's comment about a challenge and said, "Then I am glad to give you a bit of a challenge. Hopefully you will be able to achieve a result that you are pleased with."
He started heading to continue the loop through the Arizona Garden, saying, "We can walk back out the other way and see a little bit more of the garden before heading back to the main part of campus. I have time for that if you do."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 1, 2020 8:42:57 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 1, 2020 8:42:57 GMT -8
"Then what's your definition of the word adorable?" Meng Yao placed his chin on his palms and wriggled his fingers, framing his face, "am I adorable? Because by my definition, you are most definitely adorable. I bet your friend would agree with me."
He smiled at Mingjue's approach to his self challenge, this was why the man kept getting call adorable. Meng Yao could only imagine what he'd say if he dared call him cute. "I hope you'll be satisfied with the results too."
"Sure, I've got time," he said as he followed Mingjue.
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Aug 1, 2020 15:10:57 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Aug 1, 2020 15:10:57 GMT -8
Mingjue shrugged and said, "Cute and lovable like a kitten."
He glanced at what Meng Yao was doing and rolled his eyes, saying, "That's not adorable, that's ridiculous."
He sighed and added, sounding resigned to this, "You're going to ask him, aren't you?"
Mingjue was glad that Meng Yao seemed to want to take a walk with him properly. He enjoyed the peaceful feeling of the Arizona Garden as he walked somewhat slowly for his normal pace to give himself time to appreciate it. The loop wasn't very long though, and soon enough, they had made it back to the entrance.
He said, "Can I walk you back to the cafe where you left your stuff? It's on a way that I can take to class form here."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 1, 2020 15:44:50 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 1, 2020 15:44:50 GMT -8
"I think you are very much like a kitten," Meng Yao said. He was about to continue his teasing when Mingjue called him ridiculous. "I'm not adorable? What am I then?" he sassed.
"I am most definitely going to ask your friend and we arre going to team up against you and you will just have to admit that you are.... adorable," he punctuated his last word with his tongue poking out. He laughed and said, "yes, I'd appreciate the company back to the cafe."
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Aug 1, 2020 18:13:37 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Aug 1, 2020 18:13:37 GMT -8
Mingjue snorted and replied, "I already told you, you're ridiculous."
He did not dignify the comment about him being like a kitten with a response.
When Meng Yao confirmed that he would talk to Xichen about this ridiculous notion of him being adorable, he just sighed and said, "I am resigned to that fact, but I also hold that it is nonsense."
He started heading back towards the cafe, considering Meng Yao, and asked, "Are you feeling OK to go back to that essay? Let me know if there's anything else that would help."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 1, 2020 18:27:50 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 1, 2020 18:27:50 GMT -8
Meng Yao shoved Mingjue playfully, "just ridiculous? I get nothing else?" He just shook his head about the nonsense comment.
He felt his face fall as Mingjue brought the conversation to a more somber topic, "Yeah, I should be fine," he said, his voice more tired. "If I have too hard a time, I can just think of my adorable buddy," he said, booping Mingjue on the nose and skipping ahead, hoping his playful nature had made the contact less awkward.
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Aug 1, 2020 21:46:10 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Aug 1, 2020 21:46:10 GMT -8
When Meng Yao booped him on the nose, Mingjue stopped in his tracks, bringing up his hand to touch his nose. He said softly, "What?"
He came unstuck after a moment and shook his head, filing it away as Meng Yao being inexplicable. He caught up and told him, "You are very strange sometimes."
He didn't say anything again for a while, just walking across campus beside Meng Yao. He hoped that Meng Yao actually meant it that he'd be alright with the essay, but he didn't want to push and make it worse.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 1, 2020 21:54:09 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 1, 2020 21:54:09 GMT -8
Meng Yao tried not to lose it as Mingjue.exe stopped working. When he seemed to reboot Meng Yao was shaking with silent laughter. "That will make my paper much easier to write."
He smiled to himself, walking next to Mingjue, "good memories help to keep bad ones at bay. That was a great memory." He reached out and pat Mingjue's arm. His normal reaction would have been a hand squeeze or something touchier, but he still wanted to be respectful of the other man's boundaries. Besides, he'd just booped him and that'd crossed so many lines it had temporarily broke him.
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Aug 1, 2020 22:26:24 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Aug 1, 2020 22:26:24 GMT -8
Mingjue just shook his head and said, "You take pleasure at strange things my friend."
It wasn't long before they arrived at the cafe. He was happy that Meng Yao seemed to be feeling better, even if it was partially at the expense of his own confusion. Before Meng Yao went back inside and they parted ways, he said, "I'll text you about dinner and about camping."
He turned to head towards class, considering maybe swinging by the cafe after his classes were done to see if Meng Yao was doing OK and still there. He figured that might be a little bit strange, but texting him as soon after class as possible seemed like a good call.
As he walked off towards class, he shot Xichen a text, "Are you OK with meeting the work friend I made over dinner on a weeknight?"
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 1, 2020 22:42:46 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 1, 2020 22:42:46 GMT -8
Meng Yao smiled, "I do, don't I," he waved as Mingjue left and slipped back behind the counter to grab his things.
"Since when do you camp? The things you do for dick," the barista said.
"Shut up Peter. He's just a friend, now make me an iced coffee," Meng Yao said, waving him off.
"How the mighty have fallen if you're not looking to that man for a meal." Peter said.
Meng Yao walked up the the bar and looked Peter dead in the eye, "that's my friend, and you don't get to talk shit about him, okay? You don't need to make my coffee, I'll go to another cafe," Meng Yao said, grabbing his things and leaving.
He didn't know why he'd gotten so heated. It'd been a long time since he was willing to stand up for anyone other than himself. He might really like Mingjue, he just hoped it was only as a friend.
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