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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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]
Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 0:04:14 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 0:04:14 GMT -8
He nodded and said, "The Dish is a nice run. I do local parks or the neighborhoods sometimes, but most often, I go trail running in Rancho San Antonio Preserve or go a little farther to Stevens Creek to do the reservoir trail."
He smiled a little bit and added, "I like to hike in both of them too, if I want to go a little further or just take it slower to appreciate the peacefulness of it more."
He wasn't going to mention that he went significantly farther afield to other trails and parks on a regular basis in this context just yet, not until he knew if Meng Yao liked going out on trails for runs. He wasn't sure if suggesting somewhere farther afield would be of interest.
He realized that he hadn't actually confirmed and said, "I'd definitely like to try running together sometime."
He figured that it might well be less awkward to be doing something instead of just trying to talk.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 8:23:17 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 8, 2020 8:23:17 GMT -8
"Yeah, I've run the Preserve and Steven's Creek too. I've gone on actual hikes too, but those always felt like a different thing to me." Meng Yao tried to explain.
"When I'm running it's usually for exercise and maybe to burn off some energy or steam. When I hike, it's usually because I want to spend some time around nature, I find it calming, almost like a recharge for my brain." He was much happier with the course of the conversation. It wasn't getting him pertinent information, but all information had value. Plus it appeared to be helping Zixuan relax.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 9:36:09 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 9:36:09 GMT -8
Zixuan nodded and said, "Hiking them and running them are absolutely different, but they're nice areas for both. I feel like I am happier doing longer runs when they're somewhere pretty and interesting to look at. But hiking is far more peaceful and recharging. They're important for different things."
He realized then that that might be an incompatibility in running style, and asked, "How long of runs do you usually prefer?"
He figured that if Meng Yao liked shorter runs than he did, he could just do some shorter runs. It wasn't like he never did shorter runs on weekdays just for the sake of practicality.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 9:47:23 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 8, 2020 9:47:23 GMT -8
"I guess the duration of my runs depend on other things I'm doing in the day. I guess my usual would be maybe an hour or so, but hikes are usually much longer," Meng Yao explained.
He didn't want to have to explain that running was for cardio while he did most of his strength training on the pole in his house. He also didn't want to bring up dancing because that would lead to the kind of dancing. He wasn't ashamed, but knew it would make Zixuan lock down again.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 10:23:23 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 10:23:23 GMT -8
Zixuan nodded, that was a reasonable enough length. He usually measured his runs more in distance categories, so he'd have to see if they meant the same thing by that, but that was manageable. He said, "I usually run pretty early in the mornings before work on weekdays, but I'm more flexible with my schedule on weekends. What sort of times work well for you."
Zixuan was relieved that this part of the conversation seemed more comfortable. He wasn't surprised though. He knew that he always did better talking about concrete things, especially over talking about himself. Running seemed like a good way to get comfortable in each other's space without pushing the talking too much.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 10:34:20 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 8, 2020 10:34:20 GMT -8
"Weekday mornings work better for me because I have classes in the mornings, so I'm already up," Meng Yao said. "I prefer to sleep in on the weekends." He went for general so he didn't have to talk about work.
"Are you changing your pace now?" he asked. He noticed that while they were walking around the park that he hadn't had to modify his own pace to keep up with Zixuan's longer legs. If he really wasn't modifying his pace, then maybe running with him wouldn't be so bad.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 11:36:57 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 11:36:57 GMT -8
Zixuan smiled and said, "That's convenient then, since our weekday schedules match up relatively well. Is there a day of the week that you'd like to try? I don't want to infringe on too much of your time, I know you must have things of your own to do, but you said to say things that helped with the anxiety side of things, and regular scheduled things are definitely a part of that."
He didn't know how many other commitments Meng Yao had, but he meant it that he didn't want to infringe on his brother's time and space. If they started out with running together one morning a week, it would be easy to expand that if they enjoyed it, but it would be way more awkward to scale back if they started at too much.
He rocked his hand from side to side at Meng Yao's question about the pace and said, "I'm not changing my pace precisely, but there are multiple paces that I'm comfortable with, and I settled on one that seemed comfortable with walking with you. That's true with running too though, since the type of running pace I choose really depends on how far I'm planning to run. I don't want to do a fifteen mile run at the same pace I'd do a three mile run."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 13:38:32 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 8, 2020 13:38:32 GMT -8
Meng Yao debated on the choice of days. "How about Wednesdays? What time works for you? Most weekdays I have an 8am class but Wednesday I've got a 10am one, so it'll give me extra time and not make us wake up super early if that's an issue."
He thought about the different paces and couldn't help but examine it psychologically. He inferred that Zixuan must have had many decisions and "paces" set for him in life and that his coping mechanism was to adapt to those shifts. "That makes sense, I would hate myself for running full out for fifteen miles."
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 14:42:41 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 14:42:41 GMT -8
Zixuan smiled and said, "Wednesdays are good. I usually run quite early Wednesday through Friday as far as weekdays go, but I'm flexible. I can do either around my usual time which is 5:30 if I'm aiming for an hour run, or sometime after 7:00. Yanli's got a pretty strict schedule those days, and I'm the one who makes breakfast."
Zixuan shrugged and said, "The level of full out that is sustainable for fifteen miles is very different than the one sustainable for three miles. I wouldn't want to start trying to run a shorter run, and then switch partway through because I wouldn't have been budgeting my energy correctly."
He asked, "Where would you want to meet? Would the Dish be a good first, well, trial run? I'm not actually sure if it opens early enough for my normal time. I don't usually go there on my early mornings."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 15:41:07 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 8, 2020 15:41:07 GMT -8
"I can do 5:30, but I don't think the Dish opens until 6:30. How about around a neighborhood? We could even meet here and go running around this neighborhood," Meng Yao suggested.
"I think it's sweet you make breakfast for your fiancée, do you do that every morning?" he asked.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 15:51:41 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 15:51:41 GMT -8
Zixuan nodded and said, "Here works. We can always figure it out if we want to try somewhere else down the line."
Zixuan blushed a little and said, "Yeah, I make breakfast every morning. She's a way better chef than I am, but she does it for work, so making sure she has something good to eat before she goes into work is the least that I can do. She works Wednesday through Sunday though, Wednesday through Friday are my most constrained mornings, since those are the days both of us work."
Zixuan liked making breakfast, and it had been a chore that he'd been able to convince Yanli to let him do from the start, so it was something that he was somewhat proud of himself for. He'd been getting better at it as he went too, expanding the number of things he could make.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 16:02:27 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 8, 2020 16:02:27 GMT -8
Meng Yao couldn't help himself, he bumped Zixuan's arm with his shoulder. Had he been taller it would have been a shoulder to shoulder bump, but such was his lot in life. "I'm glad to see you like my future sister-in-law so much," he teased, gently. "I think with a father like ours, it's good to know that love still exists and that we can have it."
Meng Yao silently cursed himself. First, he couldn't believe he'd actually said something so sickeningly sweet but second, he didn't know how Zixuan would react to being told he was in love. He seemed thick enough to have not quite realized it yet and Meng Yao was concerned he may have just stepped on a landmine.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 16:30:54 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 16:30:54 GMT -8
Zixuan could feel himself blushing, and his hands ineffectively came up to cover his cheeks. He said, softly, "It was an arranged thing, our moms are best friends, but like, we've been figuring ourselves out, and I like her so much."
He glanced over at Meng Yao and added softly, clearly kind of uncertain about saying this, "I attempt to avoid being anything like our father. I can't understand most of the choices that he's made in his life or priorities that he's had. People are important."
He knew he wasn't expressing the thought very well, but he hoped that his brother would understand.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 16:42:21 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Aug 8, 2020 16:42:21 GMT -8
Meng Yao was having a hard time matching Zixuan's appearance to his personality, but he smiled anyways. "I'm glad you were able to make something positive out of the whole experience. And for what it's worth, I don't think you're anything like him."
He was a little surprised to find himself offering a real compliment, but he deserved it. "People are important," Meng Yao agreed, though he knew he meant it in a very different way that Zixuan.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 17:02:04 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 17:02:04 GMT -8
Zixuan gave a genuine smile at Meng Yao saying that he didn't think that he was anything like their father. He said, "Thank you. It means a lot coming from one of my siblings."
He shuffled his feet a bit and added, "It took a while to come to terms with being OK with being someone that he considered useless or worse than useless if it meant not being like him, but I ended up deciding that I didn't think that I agreed with his definition and also that people didn't need to be useful to matter."
They were circling back to near where the cars were, and Zixuan wasn't sure if he should suggest another lap of the little walking loop, going to do something else, or heading their separate ways.
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