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!
Best Laid Plans (Zixuan) [COMPLETED]
Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 7, 2020 8:34:37 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 7, 2020 8:34:37 GMT -8
Meng Yao nodded, listening about their father. In some ways, he was more similar to Guangshan than Zixuan. Though his psychology degree was teaching him the world didn't revolve around him, and so were his new friends, Mingjue in particular was keeping him on his toes and outside his comfort zone. "Do you think anything could change him?"
He smiled as he saw Zixuan's posture and mood change when talking about Yanli, "so I have a future sister-in-law? I'm glad our father hasn't taken too much of your joy, it's good to see you smile. It might be the first time you really smiled other than when you talked about your job."
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 7, 2020 21:19:31 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 7, 2020 21:19:31 GMT -8
Zixuan shrugged and said, "Certainly nothing I or my mother has done would change him, but maybe enough external pressure would. He cares about his wallet and his image, so enough motivation from one of those might at least make him behave better if not for the right reasons."
Zixuan smiled again and said, "Yanli's great. No sister-in-law for you for a while yet, but we're figuring it out."
He was very glad that they'd actually managed to figure out what their own terms for it was, not just messed things up horrendously because of their moms' meddling.
He gave Meng Yao another small smile and asked, "What about you? Any potential siblings-in-law from that direction? Or just like important people for you?"
He hoped that Meng Yao wasn't completely alone, even with his appreciation of self-reliance.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 7, 2020 21:36:34 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 7, 2020 21:36:34 GMT -8
"I'm sorry about our father. I'm glad you've found your own way to cope with him and the wounds he's given you," Meng Yao said.
He didn't push things on the sister-in-law front. Zixuan seemed happy but sensitive about that topic and Meng Yao didn't want to raise any flags.
He couldn't help but laugh when Zixuan brought up potential relationships. "No, I don't do relationships well." His instinct was to be blunt and shocking and talk about how he did sex, not relationships but knew this was not the time, place or person to do that with.
"I've gotten a few new friends recently though. One in particular who I've been spending time with. He's been a treat when it comes to my psychology degree and seeing all sorts of things about myself I didn't know and sometimes am not sure I wanted to know," he laughed it off, realizing he'd dipped his toe in deeper than he'd planned.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 7, 2020 22:08:05 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 7, 2020 22:08:05 GMT -8
Zixuan took longer than he felt like maybe he should trying to parse his way through what Meng Yao had said. As he was feeling like he was waiting to long to figure out what to say, his rate of fiddling with his keys in his pocket increased. Finally, he said, voice uncertain, "New friends are good, especially when they help you understand you."
He said that, but the closest thing he'd had to a new friend in years was getting actually close with Yanli instead of watching her from the safety of the corner at events they'd both been at. Meng Yao seemed like maybe he had the chance to be a brother he could be friends with. Zixuan hoped so at least.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 7, 2020 22:14:04 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 7, 2020 22:14:04 GMT -8
"Sorry, I said something weird, right?" Meng Yao said, gingerly looking at the situation at hand and figuring out how to pivot.
"Wanting to only rely on myself has made me pretty closed off over the years, so relationships have always been hard for me. Even friendships, so I'm learning a lot in this new friendship. Does that make more sense?" he tried agan.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 7, 2020 22:24:44 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 7, 2020 22:24:44 GMT -8
Zixuan nodded and said, "It's OK, it made sense the first time. I just sort of operate on a lot of social scripts in new social settings, so I had to figure out what to say. Sorry if I made that awkward, I'm not the greatest at this, socializing, talking to people."
He looked away from Meng Yao, feeling vaguely vulnerable and not wanting to show it. He was better at this sort of thing than he'd been even a year ago, but that didn't mean that he was good at it, and they were well beyond the polite conversation in the supermarket point of conversation at this point. And they were veering beyond the office kitchen conversation level.
He glanced over at Meng Yao with an awkward, tentative smile and said, "I meant when I said that it was good to have new friends. I'm not particularly good at that myself, so I can understand it being strange or new."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 7, 2020 22:35:15 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 7, 2020 22:35:15 GMT -8
Meng Yao smiled, "if you're uncomfortable with socializing, then I think it's even more impressive that you started this lawsuit and put your name on it. It's a tall order for anyone and I guess you do have the height for it," he joked, "but I think it was brave of you to put yourself out there like that, well like this. I mean you're meeting me."
"And you don't have to feel awkward around me. I'm good at chatting nonsensically and filling silence but I can do quiet too, so don't worry about me," he said. "But yeah, new friends are weird, right?" he laughed.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 7, 2020 22:45:36 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 7, 2020 22:45:36 GMT -8
Zixuan shrugged, uncomfortable at being praised for something that he'd just done without thinking about it as brave or not. He said, "There wasn't really bravery involved. I saw something that was wrong both in the sense of an error and the sense of unjust, and I did what I could to try to fix it. There wasn't really any other reasonable option, and the rest just happened because of that."
He said hesitantly and a touch hopefully, "I always wanted siblings. I thought it would have been less lonely. Finding out that I actually did have siblings was the only nice thing that I found out because of all this."
Zixuan huffed half a laugh and half a noise of regret at himself, "I would love a shortcut to not feeling awkward, of for it to work when people said I didn't need to feel that way, but my brain is unhelpful on that front. I don't have enough practice with making new friends to really know."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 7, 2020 22:52:05 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 7, 2020 22:52:05 GMT -8
"You saw something that was wrong? Wait, does that mean you uncovered the financials?" Meng Yao asked. "Way to go superhero accounting," he said putting up a hand for a high five.
"I get that you can't turn off the anxiety, trust me, but we're siblings, right? Hopefully we can get along and maybe eventually the anxiety won't be a thing when you're around me." He stopped and looked to Zixuan, "until then, please let me know if I can do anything to help lessen the anxiety."
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 7, 2020 23:06:10 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 7, 2020 23:06:10 GMT -8
Zixuan hadn't meant to mention that, but now that it was out in the open, he nodded and said, "During my summer job between junior and senior year of college. Dad threatening to not pay for my final year of college over it is why mom threatened to divorce him, which was a social standing threat, so it worked."
He reached out and gave a somewhat halfhearted high five, which made him feel slightly pathetic and also instinctively wipe his hand on his pants leg, worried that his palm was sweating, which it probably was, and giving someone what had probably been a clammy, unenthusiastic high five didn't seem like the best impression. High fives seemed like a really stupid thing to be bad at. He'd found that the fist bumps that some of the kids at work liked were easier, but he felt silly saying that to Meng Yao, not that the other man was likely to want to try to give him a high five again after that.
Zixuan said tentatively, "I'd like to get that chance, yeah. I, um, the walking helps, and just not making fun of me when I stick my foot in my mouth so far has helped."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 7, 2020 23:12:26 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 7, 2020 23:12:26 GMT -8
Meng Yao could tell he wasn't supposed to have caught on so quickly that Zixuan had been the leak, but he did actually find it impressive.
He didn't say anything about the high five but could tell that it had made Zixuan overthink things. He was going to have to be particularly gentle with him.
"Well I like walking, so I'm more than happy to go on walks with you. I run sometimes to workout but I don't think I'd be able to keep up with you," Meng Yao said. "As for the foot in mouth thing, I haven't noticed you doing it at all so far," he lied easily. "And besides, you took the time and effort to want to meet me, so who am I to tease you?"
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 7, 2020 23:22:47 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 7, 2020 23:22:47 GMT -8
Zixuan had no clue how to respond to Meng Yao's question. People didn't really seem to need a reason to tease most of the time, but that didn't seem like the right thing to say. It might sound like he was saying he expected Meng Yao to tease him, which wasn't what he wanted to say at all.
He stared down at his feet, as though they might tell him what to say next and just concentrated on taking steps and deep breaths in time with them. Meng Yao was being very patient with him, but he was trying not to be a complete anxious mess. He remembered that Meng Yao had said that he liked walking, and running. Zixuan focused on that, it seemed like a more neutral topic, "I do like walking and running for exercise, and to get out in nature. I'm not sure why you'd not be able to keep up though, I'm not super fast or something. I mostly run for endurance and to stay in shape too."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 7, 2020 23:31:53 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 7, 2020 23:31:53 GMT -8
Meng Yao took note of Zixuan's tension and mentally rolled his eyes. He loved teasing and was willing to give that up to baby this man, but that apparently still wasn't enough. He noted to himself to have only short interactions with his brother in the future. Prolonged ones might lead to a crack in his mask.
"I don't think I'd be able to keep up because you're so much taller than me, it'd take two or three steps for every one of yours. I'm just short," he said, making fun of himself. "But if you think I could keep up, we could do that some time."
He wanted to say something about not having to or being able to hold a conversation while running but wasn't sure if it would land on the "it'll be less awkward for you" side or the "I don't want to have to talk to you" side, so he decided against it.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 7, 2020 23:40:52 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 7, 2020 23:40:52 GMT -8
Zixuan replied with a small smile, "I haven't tried running with someone else in a long time, not since high school, but there were plenty of people who were shorter than me who could run way better than I could then. It would be nice to have someone to run with if you're interested, but just going on walks sometimes would be fine too if you'd rather not try the running thing."
He hesitated, not wanting to pry, but pushed himself to ask, "Are there places that you like going for runs nearby?"
He hoped that this would be at least a nice neutral topic for a while, something that would give him a more stable ground.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 7, 2020 23:44:25 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 7, 2020 23:44:25 GMT -8
"I run the Dish or the parks sometimes. Sometimes I just run through my neighborhood, I'm not picky," Meng Yao said. "And if you're willing to give it a try, I think it'd be fun."
"Where do you usually run?" he asked.
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