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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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Groce Misunderstandings (Yanli) [COMPLETED]
Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 16:55:30 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 16:55:30 GMT -8
((This thread is backdated to January 2020))
Zixuan didn't linger at work when it was time for him to go home, knowing that he and Yanli were planning to go do the groceries together that evening. It was already a change living away from his childhood home. He found himself wanting to go home at the end of the day and actually sometimes using his ability to work from home. There'd been knowing smirks from some of his coworkers, but they were accompanied by happiness for him that he didn't really want to argue with. He was still definitely settling in, but being able to make breakfast for Yanli, and take care of the place together, and just generally handle himself like an adult was reassuring. He wasn't really sure how Yanli felt, and their neighbors were still embarrassing, but he was hopeful.
He hurried up the steps to their apartment, calling out happily as he came in, "I'm home! Do you want to go ahead and go to the store?"
Jiang Yanli
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 17:09:03 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 8, 2020 17:09:03 GMT -8
Yanli had spent her day off cleaning. She'd started with her own laundry and bedding, then went on to the sweeping and mopping and vacuuming, she tried to do that when Zixuan wasn't around. She had just finished cleaning the bathroom when she heard him say he was home.
She pulled the bandana off her head, she'd been using it to cover her hair and keep it out of her face, and came out of the bathroom. "Welcome home," she said with a smile. It had been a rough start and things were still a little awkward between them, but she felt like she was adjusting.
She went into the kitchen and washed her hands, "I'm ready when you are," she said as she dried them.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 17:20:01 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 17:20:01 GMT -8
Zixuan grinned when she appeared and quickly ducked into his room, putting down his laptop bag and picking up the stack of reusable grocery bags he'd set out that morning. As he stepped back out, he said, "We should find a long term place for these to live, but I figured that they wouldn't be wasted even if you also had some."
He led the way down to his car, asking, "Do you have a preferred grocery store around here? We're a little further from my childhood home than yours."
As he settled into the car, he asked, "How was the first day of your effective weekend?"
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 17:30:50 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 8, 2020 17:30:50 GMT -8
Yanli followed Zixuan downstairs. She wondered if he even realized that she owned a car as he made a beeline for his own. "I would love to say that I cook only with organic foods at home, but that's a lie. I honestly am happy with a Safeway or something like that. I mean, I'm not averse to Whole-" she stopped talking as she saw their neighbor Mary-Lou pull up in her car.
"Get in the car, quick, before she talks to us," she said. She opened her door, got in and put on her seatbelt, "drive!" she almost shouted. She started laughing at herself, "sorry, I don't usually act like that. I just didn't have it in me to deal with her today."
She took a few steadying breaths, "If you prefer Whole Foods or something, I'm fine with that, I just want you to know that I don't have to go there."
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 17:42:57 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 17:42:57 GMT -8
Zixuan was perfectly happy to pull out of the parking lot quickly as soon as he also spotted the nosiest of nosy neighbors, glad that he'd very slightly beaten Yanli to getting in the car so that he'd already been ready to drive. He said softly, "I understand. I don't want to deal with her either."
Zixuan said, hesitant, "I don't know if you want a Chinese grocery or American one. I can probably find most things at Safeway, but it looked like there was also a Ranch 99 over on Grant if that works for you. Or we could stop at both if you'd rather. If we're out longer, we're less likely to run into her on the way back in probably."
He didn't say his other thought, which was, and I'll get more time to spend with you.
He wasn't sure that she'd appreciate it, though they did seem to be settling into sharing space pretty well. He asked again, since they'd gotten a bit distracted by getting away from the neighbor, "How was your day?"
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 17:48:09 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 8, 2020 17:48:09 GMT -8
"Oh yeah, I forgot about the Ranch 99, let go there and see if we can find everything," Yanli said, happy they'd made it out unscathed.
"My day?" she was still weirded out when Zixuan asked her things like that, at home she'd grown accustomed to being what she thought of as a side character. The days or her brothers mattered, not her own. "It was fine. I just did a bunch of cleaning. How was yours?" she asked.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 17:55:08 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 17:55:08 GMT -8
Zixuan smiled and said, "Hopefully the cleaning wasn't too much work and stayed in the enjoyable amount range."
He remembered that she'd said she found it soothing, but he wanted to be sure. He said, "My workday was pretty good. We got awarded a grant, so I spent most of the day figuring out budget allocations for that. I don't know that it was interesting precisely, but it was good seeing that we had the funding for some of the important programs solidly in place."
He knew that his work wasn't exciting, but he was happy with the results, and the actual work of it was soothing for him.
He started navigating towards Ranch 99 and said, "We can always swing by Safeway on the way back if there's anything that we can't get there. Do you have a list or do you keep yours in your head? I made some notes in my phone of stuff, but I'm not exactly sure what we'll want to stock up on and what we won't. I know that you brought a lot of the staples of the kitchen."
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 18:03:12 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 8, 2020 18:03:12 GMT -8
"It was in the stress relieving range of cleaning," Yanli said, because it was true.
"Congratulations on procuring the grant, that's great that you'll be able to further fund some of your programs," she said. She was happy for him. Most people, including herself, did not find accounting fun, but if Zixuan found joy in it, then she could get behind him and support him in that.
"I have a small list in my phone of essentials or generals, but usually I decide on meals I'd like to eat or cook and buy the ingredients while I'm there. For example, whenever I'd go with my brothers, they'd always want lotus root soup or something," Yanli smiled to herself. "My brothers are rotten but they're mine."
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 18:08:29 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 18:08:29 GMT -8
Zixuan nodded and said, "Yeah, it's good to see what looks good and has all the ingredients it needs. You're probably far better at figuring out things from the range of what's at the store, but I try to go in with general categories like green vegetable instead of specifics where I'll be disappointed if they're not there."
He'd learned that the hard way after a couple of times where he'd nearly panicked in the store before realizing that there was an easy substituted available.
He was curious as she talked about her brothers, and that came through in his voice as he asked, "Are there any other dishes that your brothers particularly like? I'd understand if you want to cook other things for a change, but I'd love to try their favorites at some point if you'd be willing to make them."
He hesitated and added, "Maybe more of Jiang Cheng's favorites, or at least milder versions of Wei Wuxian's since you said that he likes his food very spicy."
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 18:18:00 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 8, 2020 18:18:00 GMT -8
Yanli nodded, she knew the way she shopped was different, but she shopped like a chef. "Yeah, more often than not I'll find something that looks good and I'll want to build a dish around it. I have most definitely found things to add to our menus based on what I've come up with in a grocery store," she said with a smile.
She found it strange Zixuan wanted to try foods her brothers liked. They'd made it fairly clear over the years that they didn't care for him much, so it was odd he seemed to want to know what they liked to eat. "Um, sure. I can cook some of Jiang Cheng's favorites. He really likes the baozi I make."
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 18:25:39 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 18:25:39 GMT -8
Zixuan smiled and said, "I'm sure that I'll be able to learn about a lot of foods I wouldn't have known about otherwise seeing how you do it."
Zixuan said, somewhat regretfully, "I'm not sure what I've done for your brothers to seem to not really like me, though I would believe I did something, but I do want you to feel comfortable having them over when you feel like it, and I'll do my best to play nice and be polite if they're over. You don't have to work around me for that. I'd love to have Mianmian over sometimes too, but only if it wouldn't bother you."
He was focused on driving so he didn't risk looking over at her. He was a good driver, but he followed traffic guidelines and the rules he'd learned in driver's ed very correctly and cautiously.
He smiled at the suggestion of baozi and said, "Baozi sounds like a promising start. What about you, what are some of your favorites?"
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 18:34:22 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 8, 2020 18:34:22 GMT -8
"My brothers don't have anything against you in particular. They're against the situation and without knowing you well, you can seem a little standoffish at times. Wuxian in particular reads it as a sense of superiority and he hypes up Jiang Cheng." Yanli looked over at Zixuan with a wince, "sorry, that sounded bad. I know you're not like that, they just don't know you."
"I'd love to have Mianmian over. Just let me know if she'll be there for dinner so I can cook enough for three." she said.
She thought about it, "My favorites? Food? I love garlic... otherwise I think I just like trying new things."
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 18:43:15 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 18:43:15 GMT -8
Zixuan sighed and said regretfully, "I don't think that I've ever been around either of them when there weren't too many people around for me to be scared of talking. It doesn't help that I'm slightly terrified of your mother."
He gave a small, self deprecating laugh and added, "Granted, they'd probably just think that I'm an idiot if I'd ever successfully talked to them, so I'm not sure that would be better."
Zixuan perked back up thinking about having Mianmian over and said, "I hope that the two of you get along. I feel like you've probably met? Mianmian was at most of mom's parties that kids were allowed at pretty much ever when we were younger, so you've probably at least seen her, um, Luo Qingyang, Mianmian's a nickname."
Zixuan nodded as she mentioned liking garlic, making a mental note to use garlic generously in what he cooked when it was appropriate. He asked, "Are there foods you don't like? So I don't manage to make you that one thing you dislike?"
He pulled into the parking lot for Ranch 99, glad that it wasn't far from their place at all. It would make doing regular proper grocery shopping easier.
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 8, 2020 18:48:32 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 8, 2020 18:48:32 GMT -8
"Don't worry, there's no one in my family that isn't slightly terrified of my mother," Yanli laughed but it sounded a little hollow because it was true.
"I remember Mianmian. She was always sweet but incredibly stubborn and pretty outspoken too. I admired her for that," she said.
"There's nothing the comes to mind that I dislike. What about your food preferences?" she asked.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 8, 2020 18:57:02 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 8, 2020 18:57:02 GMT -8
Zixuan found a place to park, and he chuckled and said, "Stubborn and outspoken, yeah, that's Mianmian. She's good at telling me when I'm doing something dumb or self sabotaging, but she's also very loyal and supportive. I don't think that I would have survived high school and college without her in my corner."
Zixuan had to think about food as he was getting out of the car, grabbing the grocery bags. He said, "I like pretty much all Chinese food as long as it's not too too spicy. I'm OK with spice, just not dump the entire tub of chili sauce in, which I think that I saw Wei Wuxian do once at an event. When it gets to Western food, I'm a little bit more hit and miss. I am a little bit iffy on some of the richer heavier foods. I'm open to trying new things though. And garlic is definitely good. I do really like most vegetables, though eggplant done well is probably my favorite."
He waited for her to get out of the car too before asking, "Ready to go in? We can just make our way through the store carefully today and figure out what we both need."
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