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!
Move-In Day (Zixuan) [COMPLETED]
Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 7, 2020 23:15:09 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 7, 2020 23:15:09 GMT -8
Zixuan wasn't surprised that Yanli hadn't thought about it. She'd probably just assumed that she'd be doing them all. He said, "I, uh, don't like vacuuming. I was terrified of the vacuum cleaner until I was a teenager, and I still don't love the noise. I do like doing laundry, and I'm neutral on most other chores, they're important to do, and I like having the schedule and routine of them. It's soothing. I had a bit of an ongoing tug of war with the maid that my parents had of trying to get stuff done around the house before she got there so that she'd have less that she had to do because my father was kind of awful to her."
He didn't actually talk to her, but he'd seen how surprised she'd been as the work around the house started getting less extreme, and he'd paid enough attention to overhear her say to herself that it was a relief that someone in the house had finally learned to put things away, so he'd kept doing it. It was a soothing routine, and he wasn't sure what that would look like living with Yanli.
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 7, 2020 23:24:50 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 7, 2020 23:24:50 GMT -8
Yanli giggled a little, "I could see that, you being afraid of the vacuum cleaner. I actually think I remember visiting your house once with my mother when the maid was there, this was years ago. She was vacuuming and you were nowhere to be found." She smiled at the memory.
"I'm happy to do the vacuuming. If you want to take on the laundry, then that's fine with me. I understand you wanting to do your own washing." She assumed he meant doing his own laundry. She certainly wouldn't let him do her laundry, she wouldn't survive the awkwardness.
She didn't mention any other chores, because despite Zixuan seeming to have had a tentative truce with the maid, she didn't know how much he actually knew about what went into keeping a house running. She'd let him do what he thought was his part and then do the rest, it was a role she was used to.
Her parents and brothers had a rude awakening when she'd left for college. They kept wondering why certain things weren't being cleaned or replaced, only to realize that Yanli had been doing it the whole time.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 7, 2020 23:32:43 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 7, 2020 23:32:43 GMT -8
Zixuan felt himself blushing a little bit again, but this was somehow far less stressful than it could have been, and he said, "Yeah, I was probably hiding if I was home."
He realized that she was probably trying to take on chores without telling him because he'd not been sufficiently specific. He said, "I'm happy with taking the laundry, my own and general stuff like towels and blankets, I'd be fine doing yours too if you're comfortable with that, but the other way around I'm not sure I would be, so I'm not going to push. Just running through what I know needs to be done, there's cooking and dishes, which we've talked about some already, and I'll try to be on top of doing the dishes when you cook, and I'll cook some, though I know you're better at it than me."
He looked around the room, and continued, "There's cleaning other surfaces that don't need vacuuming: dusting, sweeping, mopping, cleaning the bathroom. Those are all things I know how to do, though I'll admit that cleaning the bathroom isn't one that I've had as much practice with. There's taking out the trash and also recycling and compost if we have them here. Again, those are things that I'm fine with doing."
He looked at her and asked, "What am I forgetting about what goes into all this?"
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 7, 2020 23:41:10 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 7, 2020 23:41:10 GMT -8
Yanli was surprised he seemed to notice so much, "I didn't say you'd forgotten anything, did I?"
"I can do my own laundry if you don't mind doing yours and the general stuff, and I'll do dishes when you cook." Yanli felt a little weird. Much like Zixuan was uncomfortable when she was being nice to him, she didn't know what to do with him trying to step in and help.
"If you handle things like trash I can handle things like cleaning," she offered, hoping that was acceptable.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 7, 2020 23:49:35 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 7, 2020 23:49:35 GMT -8
Zixuan scrunched his eyebrows together and shook his head, "You didn't say I'd forgotten anything, I just know I'm forgetting things. Oh, groceries. I can do groceries if you're willing to make me a list of what you want and feel comfortable with letting me do them. Or maybe we could try doing them together?"
He added with a small smile, "I'll do the cleaning for my room just like you'll do your own laundry then. It's got the wood style floor, unlike it looked like the main bedroom did, so it doesn't even need vacuuming. But I can be OK with taking out the trash and other stuff, making sure to bring in the mail too. And getting things that are up high, but don't let yourself pile the load of tasks on yourself too high. I'm here too and can help."
He had the sneaking suspicion that she had other tasks that he didn't know about and wouldn't find out about until they'd been living together for a while. He'd have to watch for ways that he could help.
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 7, 2020 23:54:44 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 7, 2020 23:54:44 GMT -8
Yanli chewed on her lip, "are you finished with the melon?" she asked, grabbing a container for it to put away what they didn't eat.
"I can do the shopping, really. Just tell me what you like to eat. You don't have to worry about chores really, okay?" she said. "What is your work schedule usually like?" she asked, trying to change the topic.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 0:10:36 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 0:10:36 GMT -8
Zixuan took one more piece of melon and said, "Yeah, I'm good."
He looked at her with hopeful eyes and said, "I'm not worrying about the chores. I want to be involved in taking care of my home. If you really prefer to do the shopping by yourself, I'll let you, but if you'd be willing to try doing it together, at least once, that would be nice?"
He was a little bit unsure, but he suspected that Yanli wasn't used to letting someone help. He chewed on his lip and then realized that she'd asked a question. He said, "It's mostly basically a nine to five weekdays schedule, but it's flexible, and I can work from home some, I usually have ended up working more like eight to four because I tend to wake up early and want to get out of the house, but that might shift now that I'm in a different living set up. Every now and then I take on some tutoring time with some of the kids who come in to the center and stay a little later, but I can arrange for a scheduled time for that and let you know."
He hesitated and asked, "What's your schedule like? And maybe sleep schedule too? I don't want to disturb your rest."
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 8:35:14 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 8, 2020 8:35:14 GMT -8
Yanli put the melon away and went back to grab and wash the plate. She caught herself made herself sit down instead. "We can go shopping together, that's fine. I'm just usually the one who does the things, so it's weird when someone else wants to do the things." She shook her head, knowing she wasn't making much sense.
"Our schedules are very off," she found herself chuckling. "I think my mother would be upset knowing how we'd ruined her plan with our work schedules." She rested her chin in her hand, "I work twelve to fourteen hour days. They wanted me there seven days a week, but I said no and I turn over the kitchen on Mondays and Tuesdays to my sous chef, sometimes Wednesdays too if I need to do more paperwork and budget things. I usually work from around eight or nine in the morning until ten or eleven at night."
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 9:10:49 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 9:10:49 GMT -8
Zixuan's eyes widened as she described her schedule, and questions came tumbling out of his mouth, "Is that normal in fancy cooking jobs? Are you sure it wouldn't be helpful for me to do more of the housework with how much hours you have?"
He bit his lip for a second and asked, a little bit less babbling and a little bit more thoughtful, "I am generally pretty good at mornings. Is there something that I could do in the mornings, breakfast, tea, uh, coffee? That would help with you getting your day going?"
He didn't say it, but he decided that he was going to do what he could to make sure that the space stayed clean other than the vacuuming, and do his own dishes when he cooked. He'd seen her almost go for the sink again, and he stood up and went over to it, washing the one dish and putting it in the drying rack.
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 9:54:04 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 8, 2020 9:54:04 GMT -8
"Yeah, most cooking jobs require a minimum of fifty hours a week and the higher your position, the more hours. The only reason I'm not working all seven days is because I gave them a hard no, but it almost cost me the job." Yanli smiled, thinking back to when she was first hired, "they actually had me audition for the job. I got the run the kitchen for a day and the sous chef had a big say in who got the job. He preferred me over the other candidates, though some of that may be because I let him run the kitchen when I'm gone."
She watched Zixuan do clean the dish, "thanks. Believe it or not, I actually like housework. My job can be stressful so I like the chance to vent my frustrations on dirty sinks and dusty shelves. Though I would not say no to morning tea and breakfast." Her mind wandered to the idea of breakfast in bed but dismissed it quickly. She knew Zixuan likely wouldn't enter the bedroom unless threatened.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 10:18:55 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 10:18:55 GMT -8
Zixuan listened to her explanation and said, "I can do breakfast and tea. What time do you normally need to be up by? And what do you normally like for breakfast? I mostly know Chinese foods, but I'm willing to teach myself to make other things."
A thought crossed his mind that with a schedule like that, if they ever had kids, he'd likely be the primary parent a good chunk of the time. Zixuan certainly didn't mind that idea. He knew that he had a kid friendly office, and the flexibility to work from home that Yanli didn't have. The idea made a slight blush come on his face though, as he realized what he'd been thinking about.
He gave her a little smile and said, "I'll try to avoid creating unnecessary mess then, but I can accept that you like cleaning things. Just promise to let me know if you need me to pick up a task sometimes?"
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 10:39:55 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 8, 2020 10:39:55 GMT -8
"Chinese breakfast sounds good. Our mom's are friends and share recipes, I'm certain we eat pretty similar things," Yanli said. "But I'm also happy to teach you how to cook something if you want to learn."
She noticed the flush spreading on Zixuan's face and wanted to ask about it, but she knew she'd be mortified if someone asked her why she was blushing, so she decided against it. "I'll try to tell you if I need help. I'm not great at asking for help," she pointed to the office furniture that Zixuan had moved on his own, "and I don't think you are either."
She laughed, "I think this will be the most considerate household where we both spend all our time trying to not inconvenience the other person and thinking we are anyways."
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 11:14:49 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 11:14:49 GMT -8
Zixuan nodded and said, "I'll stick with things I'm confident in making for your breakfast to start with, but I definitely would like to learn more, especially things you really like or that you make that I really like."
He paused and realized that he'd either not asked, or had babbled it in with far too many other questions and said, "When do you need to have breakfast to get out the door on time?"
He sighed and added, "I think that you might be right about the helping. Maybe we should both promise to look out for if the other one might need something done to help them? I promise that I'll try to tell you if I need help as long as you try to tell me too, and maybe we'll get better at it a little at a time."
He wondered if that was a deal that his therapist would be proud of him for trying to make. He'd have to ask her for tips on the actual follow through though. Yanli was absolutely right that he far too often tried to cover up when he needed help.
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 13:44:04 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 8, 2020 13:44:04 GMT -8
"I usually like to try and eat around seven, if that's okay with you." Yanli could already feel herself growing uncomfortable. No one cooked for her, they especially didn't have breakfast waiting for her.
"I'll try to tell you too, but I feel like more often than not I'll just be telling you that you don't have to do certain things," she said. She placed her hand on her stomach, "my stomach is literally in knots right now thinking about you getting up and making me breakfast while I... What? Sleep? Get ready for work?" she visibly shivered at the thought.
"Sorry, I'm used to being the caregiver, not the one cared for, so it's gonna be weird for me," she tried to explain.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 13:57:56 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 13:57:56 GMT -8
Zixuan gave a little smile and a nod. He said, "I usually get up early to go for a run and start the rice cooker before I leave, seven's an easy enough time to have something ready by. I'd be feeding myself around then anyhow."
Zixuan made a small worried face at how nervous she suddenly seemed, and reached out not really thinking about it and tucked a strand of stray hair behind her ear to get it out of her face. He said, "You're working longer hours and a harder job than me. I'll do my best to try to take care of you in a way that doesn't stress you out too much though. You deserve to have someone take care of you sometimes too."
He wished that he knew how to soothe her worry like she'd done for him earlier. He considered asking if she wanted a hug, since she'd expressed wanting one earlier, but that seemed very forward, and he wasn't sure that it was alright for him to do yet.
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