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!
Boiling Point (Zixuan) [COMPLETED]
Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 9, 2020 22:25:15 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 9, 2020 22:25:15 GMT -8
Zixuan made slight whining sound in the back of his throat as she moved her weight off him, but he didn't want her to be uncomfortable. He just kept his arm securely around her, continuing to stroke her hair with the other hand, and enjoying the feeling of her starting to trace shapes on his chest.
He said, "I think that it's a sign of how comfortable and happy this is making me feel that I'm not looking for the disastrous outcome. It's nice feeling hopeful about it and us."
He asked, uncertain but realizing she'd closed her eyes, "Are you getting tired?"
He didn't want to get up, this was comfortable even if Yanli wasn't fully draped on top of him anymore, but he also felt like falling asleep out here together might be a breach of both of their comfort zones.
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 9, 2020 22:33:10 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 9, 2020 22:33:10 GMT -8
"No, I'm not tired, I'm just comfy. I like hearing your heartbeat and mine like this," Yanli said, opening her eyes and looking up at him.
"Afraid I'll fall asleep?" she joked. "I need to wash up before bed anyways, so no, I'm not falling asleep."
"Is it weird that I'm a little sad that we missed five months of doing this? Like, I could have been feeling this warm and comfortable for five months already if only I'd done a better job at communicating." At this point she was tracing his name in Chinese characters on his chest, followed by her own name.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 9, 2020 23:09:14 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 9, 2020 23:09:14 GMT -8
He had leaned a little closer when he'd noticed that her eyes were closed, and now their faces were close together. Zixuan realized that putting kissing on the table, but being scared to do something about it meant that now he was going to blush every single time he realized that their faces were close together. He stroked her hair gently again and pulled away, a tiny bit regretful that he didn't know how to handle this better, and said, "Yeah, I was a little worried that you'd fall asleep and I wouldn't know what to do about it."
He sighed and replied to her next question, "It's not just you. I would have liked this, and I feel like we were almost silly, but I was being overly cautious, which I do a lot, and I'd managed to give you the wrong impression."
He chewed his lip and looked down at her again, realizing that that was the problem with the kissing thoughts, being overly cautious, again. He wished that he knew how to turn it off. He cuddled just a little closer, watching her face and trying to understand her thought process better. He parsed what she was tracing over his chest then and asked quietly, "Our names?"
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 9, 2020 23:17:21 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 9, 2020 23:17:21 GMT -8
Yanli paused her tracing and balled up her fist to stop herself from doing it anymore, "sorry, I didn't even notice I was doing it." She felt like she'd been caught writing the name of her crush in a notebook in middle school.
She noticed he'd been closer to her, then pulled away. She wondered if he'd been trying to kiss her. Despite the fact that he said he didn't need to be the one to initiate the kiss, she wasn't sure he'd ever muster up the courage to do it.
She scooted up and little and looked into his face, glancing to his lips as an early warning of her plan. She leaned down and paused a few inches from his face, she didn't know how long was needed to not startle him and wondering if he'd decide to take the lead from here or not.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 9, 2020 23:32:39 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 9, 2020 23:32:39 GMT -8
Zixuan dropped his hand from her hair to cover her hand when she stopped, but before he could say anything, she was very close, looking like she might be actually going to go for the kiss. He leaned slightly closer, took a breath and closed his eyes, giving her hand a quick squeeze and tightened his arm around her back just a little.
He wished that he wasn't so afraid of messing this up, but he hoped that she would understand that as him acknowledging that yes, he did want to do this. He wished that he was a little braver about new things.
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 9, 2020 23:40:46 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 9, 2020 23:40:46 GMT -8
Yanli smiled and just rested her head next to Zixuan's. "It's not supposed to be like that," she said gently.
"If you have to squeeze my hand, hold your breath and close your eyes tight, then it's not the right time." She ran her fingers through his hair.
"Don't worry, I'm not mad or anything. I don't want that sort of experience to be your first kiss, okay?" She took his hand in hers and instead laced their fingers together.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 10, 2020 0:11:27 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 10, 2020 0:11:27 GMT -8
Zixuan felt stupid and worthless, glad that she was still there and hadn't gotten up and left him there. He wanted to kiss Yanli, he liked her, he liked her a lot. He just was worried for no good reason. He could feel the tears of frustration just with everything in the day starting to well up in his eyes. He'd told her that he'd try to communicate better. He closed his eyes again, taking a few steadying breaths and said, "I'm sorry, it's stupid because I want to kiss you, I just I'm scared. I'm scared that I'll be bad at it and you won't like me anymore, and knowing that you even actually like me at all is so new that it feels really easy to have it taken away again."
He hoped that she would understand. He reached up and wiped at his eyes somewhat ineffectively with the hand that had been resting over hers. Then he reached up and cupped her face with that same hand and said, "I really want to try that again, but I don't know how to do it right."
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 10, 2020 9:54:15 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 10, 2020 9:54:15 GMT -8
Yanli was happy that he was comfortable enough to at least tell her how he was feeling. This was so new for both of them and she could sense his frustration.
She looked at him as he wiped his eyes and felt her heart skip a beat when he cupped her face in his hand. She leaned in and pressed her lips to his softly, hand still in his hair. It was only a few seconds, but there, they'd broken through that barrier of the first kiss.
"You didn't do it wrong, you weren't bad at it, and I still like you," she said softly with a smile.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 10, 2020 15:23:25 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 10, 2020 15:23:25 GMT -8
Zixuan leaned into it a little bit when she kissed him, trying to keep himself soft and gentle but firmly there. He smiled, blushing a little, as she reassured him and said softly, "That was nice. New, but nice. I definitely want to do that again."
He ducked his head, feeling his face heat up, but knowing that she was close enough to see it no matter what he did. He wrapped his arms tight around her and said, "Thank you for reassuring me, it helps."
He was starting to feel the day piling up on him and exhaustion starting to seep in. A lot had happened, but he wasn't going to pull away until Yanli said that she wanted to. This entire thing still felt fragile and so very new. He was a little afraid that they would wake up the next morning, and it would have disappeared.
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 10, 2020 17:15:34 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 10, 2020 17:15:34 GMT -8
Yanli snuggled in, making herself comfortable. She resumed resting her head on his chest and her tracing. "Good, I like that answer," she said, smiling and turning red.
She was actually surprised with herself. She'd never made the first move before, it was exhilarating. "I'm happy to reassure you. Part of our new communication thing," she chuckled.
She felt Zixuan relax more, which didn't really make sense to her until she thought back on his day. "Are you getting tired?" she asked.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 10, 2020 17:27:19 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 10, 2020 17:27:19 GMT -8
Zixuan started to answer and yawned instead, laughing at himself a little bit before saying, "I guess that's an answer, isn't it. It's been a long day, but this is really nice and I wasn't going to say anything yet."
He glanced at her and stroked her hair again. Finally, he said, "I don't think that I'm ready for it yet, but somewhere down the line, falling asleep while cuddling sounds like it would be very nice."
He gave her a small tentative smile, hoping that she wouldn't think that it was too forward a thing to suggest. He shifted a little bit and said, "For all that I don't want to move, I probably should get up and wash up before bed."
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 10, 2020 17:52:53 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 10, 2020 17:52:53 GMT -8
Yanli laughed when Zixuan yawned and struggled to get up but only succeeded in wedging herself deeper into the couch. "Oh no," she said.
She could either wait until he got up and hopefully wriggle her way out or she could swing her leg over him to get up, but that would require temporarily straddling him. "Umm, you might have to get up first... I'm stuck I think." She was not ready to straddle him, even if only for a second.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 10, 2020 22:10:18 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 10, 2020 22:10:18 GMT -8
Zixuan accepted that it was time to get up. He stood somewhat awkwardly and held out his hands to help Yanli up.
He yawned again before he managed to say, "This was nice, but next time, we should do it with a less dramatic start."
He smiled down at her and hoped that this was actually promising for things to come, that it wouldn't all slip away and that they'd be able to figure out telling each other things.
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 10, 2020 22:41:46 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 10, 2020 22:41:46 GMT -8
Yanli grabbed Zixuan's hands and let herself be pulled up. "Thank you."
She stretched her arms over her head, "yes, less dramatic would be nice. Did you want to shower first, or should I?" she asked. "You seem pretty tired, so why don't you wash up first," she said, turning him towards the bathroom.
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