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!
Fundraiser versus Hellraisers (Zixuan)
Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 16, 2020 0:05:13 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 16, 2020 0:05:13 GMT -8
Zixuan smiled and said, "I know you well enough to not try to stop you from helping. They might have finished setting up by the time we get there, but if not, they'll be happy to have you help too."
He thought about what he'd said to his coworkers. He continued, "I'm not super talkative at the office, but my coworkers are nice, and I do chat with them some, so I've told them bits and pieces. They know your name, and that we've known each other since we were kids because our moms are friends, that came up. They know know that you're a chef and trained in Europe. They know about when we moved in together because I took some weird days at work around that."
He thought it over for a bit longer and said, "I've mentioned other things here and there, that you're an amazing cook, though I guess that probably comes with the chef territory, that you're really nice and pretty. I honestly actually probably started talking with my coworkers more after we moved in together because there was more interesting stuff happening in my day to day life that wasn't my father is a horrible human being, which I didn't want to talk about at work, where talking about having a nice dinner or looking forward to seeing you when I got home on Mondays or Tuesdays was something pleasant to talk about."
He was blushing by the end of babbling that out, but he kept his eyes carefully on the road, which helped a little bit with handling the embarrassment.
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 16, 2020 9:12:29 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 16, 2020 9:12:29 GMT -8
Yanli felt herself blushing the more Zixuan talked. She knew they'd had a lot of miscommunications at the beginning but now that they were more open with each other, she wondered how she didn't know that he'd liked her. The way he gushed about her made her shy but it also made her feel incredibly special.
She reached out and ran her hand through his hair. "Did you buy product that wouldn't clump your hair?" she asked. She knew he'd put something in it earlier, but it was still soft to the touch. "Is it because I touch your hair too much? Do I mess it up?" she retracted her hand.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 16, 2020 13:57:53 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 16, 2020 13:57:53 GMT -8
Zixuan blushed a little as she asked about his hair. He stumbled over his words a bit as he spoke, "I, uh, just stopped using the products that make my hair harden or clump or feel sticky because, um, I like it when you touch my hair, and I didn't want to make it gross for that. I did already have the lighter stuff, but I've been using it more than I used to."
He was incredibly glad to have driving and the cars around them to focus on so that he didn't see her reaction. He was partially incredibly curious, but it also seemed to embarrassing to handle. He didn't want her to think that she shouldn't touch his hair though.
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 16, 2020 14:05:49 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 16, 2020 14:05:49 GMT -8
Yanli smiled and immediately returned her hand to his hair, running her fingers through it and massaging the back of his head. "Thank you. That's very considerate. I do really like touching your hair, so I appreciate not running into hair gel."
As they neared San Jose, Yanli felt herself get more nervous. What if she wasn't what Zixuan's coworkers expected? She'd spent enough of her life having people like Zixuan's cousin Zuxun, tell her she wasn't good enough for him, she hoped she wasn't walking into another similar situation. On top of that, there was the possibility of their mothers being in attendance.
As calm and cool as she'd acted, she was terrified. Yanli hadn't really managed to patch things up with her mom since Zixuan had kicked her out of the house. On top of that, her mother had been right and indeed managed to get her and Zixuan closer through her ridiculous actions. Yanli hated that most of all, but wouldn't punish herself and Zixuan for her petty revenge fantasies. Revenge had never been her thing.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 16, 2020 19:34:16 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 16, 2020 19:34:16 GMT -8
Traffic worked in their favor, and the got to the office with a good twenty minutes to spare. Zixuan turned to Yanli after he pulled into his usual parking spot and smiled. He asked, "Ready to head on in? The big room on the bottom floor is where the event is going to be, but we'll start by going upstairs so I can show you around and introduce you to people, and see who's there and if anyone needs help."
He gave her a little smile and added, "Some of the teens are probably around helping out too, so they might be a little shy of a new adult, since a good chunk of them have had issues with adults in the past, but they're sweet kids, and hopefully because I'm the one introducing you, they'll be alright."
He went ahead and got out of the car, glad that donors who were attending the party hadn't started showing up yet. One of his coworkers, a tall woman with dark brown hair pulled up in a bun wearing a blue suit, pulled up next to them and got out of her car as well, and Zixuan gave her a little wave. She said, "Hi Zixuan! Ready for the event?"
He rocked his hand back and forth and said, "Hi Liana. Mostly? Let me introduce you to Yanli, my fiancee, I'm going to show her around the office since we're early."
He glanced over to Yanli, checking if she'd gotten out of the car yet, and once he could, said, "Yanli, this is Liana, she's in the next office over from me and does grant writing."
Liana smiled at Yanli and said warmly, "Nice to meet you. The two of you are delightfully matching."
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 16, 2020 19:57:03 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 16, 2020 19:57:03 GMT -8
Yanli nodded, "yes, I'm ready to head in," she replied. "I'll do my best with the teens, hopefully I don't scare anyone off too badly," she said.
She got out of the car as well and smiled, watching Zixuan in his work mode. "Hello Liana," she said with a wave. She looked to herself and Zixuan, "we are, aren't we? Hopefully it's not too much, it certainly makes me feel a little better. That way if I get lost, people who already know him," she gestured towards Zixuan, "will know we're a matching pair." She'd said it to be playful, but realized that it could come off as either possessive or very domestic, but didn't know how to fix her mistake. She looked to Zixuan with a 'help me' in her eyes.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 16, 2020 20:37:37 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 16, 2020 20:37:37 GMT -8
Zixuan blushed and Liana chuckled, saying, "The two of you are a cute pair, and don't worry, if you get lost and tell anyone in the office who you are, everyone will be happy to help you find him. We're all glad to have the reason the quietest member of the office finally started actually talking a little around."
She smiled and headed towards the building first. Zixuan, still blushing, wrapped an arm around Yanli's shoulders and said quietly, "Let's head on in too."
He steered her towards the door and said, "They're all really nice, but sometimes they tease a little. Liana's one of the people that I work with the most, and she's one of the more social people in the office, so I think that she was happy that I finally had answers to 'How was your weekend?' other than 'OK.'"
He hoped that Yanli wouldn't be scared off by them, not that she seemed to usually be scared of people the way that Zixuan was.
He swiped his key card on the side entrance door, not heading into the big conference hall downstairs that was also usually an activities room, and instead headed up the stairs, leading Yanli to the main part of the office. He said, "The big room through those doors is where we'll go later, that's where the party is, but it's normally where most of the programs for the kids are and sometimes it gets rented out for events. I'm on the other side of the office from the stairs, so I can point out things as we go by, but it's not that big."
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 16, 2020 21:05:31 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 16, 2020 21:05:31 GMT -8
Yanli grinned and thanked Liana, then turned to Zixuan, "sorry, I said something really weird. I think you're going to see my social anxiety tonight."
She wrapped her arm around his waist when he put his around her shoulders. "I'm glad I can give you things to talk about. Hopefully I'm not too boring. I feel like we're pretty boring at home," she said, allowing herself to be led inside.
She nodded, "I'll look at whatever you want to show me."
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 16, 2020 23:39:51 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 16, 2020 23:39:51 GMT -8
Zixuan shook his head and said, "You didn't say anything weird. And I think that the general consensus around the office is that it's cute, or sweet. I've heard both of those used. I'm one of two guys who works here full time, and I'm the youngest in the office, though not by that much, about three years, so I guess a lot of them are curious."
As they got to the top of the stairs, Zixuan pointed out the little waiting area with adult and kid sized chairs, a little play area, and a bookshelf with some light reading but also some pamphlets above about the different services offered by the non-profit. He said, "The lobby. I, uh, just realized that I could have offered to take you up the way with the elevator instead of making you climb the stairs, but I never go that way, so I forgot. But this is where people who are here to interview for services wait generally."
He gestured at the little, cheerful office to the other side of the entrance and said, "And that's the interview office. It's not actually anyone's designated office because it turns out with the fact that the company is pretty small, it's easier to just share an office for interviews and small meetings between everyone. I'm almost never one of the people to use it though, since I mostly do back end stuff."
He opened a door onto a hall and said, "This hall is where most of the social workers and program specialists are, since sometimes it's easier to have them bring people from the lobby back to their offices. The bathrooms for the office are on this hall too."
At the end of the hall was a decently sized room with a kitchen area to one side, some seating areas, the water cooler and coffee machines and several large printers with copiers and a fax machine. He said, "The office multipurpose area. Where most socialization and informal meetings happen. The kitchen's at least good enough for heating things up with a variety of methods, and occasionally I'll bring something that I need to pop in the oven. It makes bringing good leftovers easier. It's weird to be here after work hours because normally there's a few people out here."
There were two more corridors leading off this room. He pointed at one and said, "That's where the directors offices are, though all three of them do other things too, and then this last corridor is the one with my office at the end."
He led her towards that corridor and said, "This is where all the back end people are, so accounting, grant writing, payroll, HR, and a few other things. And here at the end is me."
His office was small and simple, just a desk and a few chairs, though his desk chair was nice, and a computer. There was a little extra desk that he'd wedged in a corner, under the window, and he said, "That's where the kid who likes to come hang out in my office usually does his homework, it wasn't initially a feature of the room, but there was one around in the office and since he hangs out here a fair bit, the boss thought that it made sense."
There wasn't much decoration, but sitting on his desk, there was his graduation picture with Mianmian draping an arm around his shoulder and a picture with his mom. He said softly, "I need a picture with you for in here. We've not really had a chance to get one yet. I think that they were going to have a photo station tonight, something mostly that they could get the donors to drop a few extra dollars on because it's done by volunteers. We could get one if you want?"
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 17, 2020 11:01:28 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 17, 2020 11:01:28 GMT -8
Yanli was impressed with the office. It was small, yes, but it seemed welcoming and efficient. The front end was flashier because they wanted to cater to their clientele but the back of house was also clean and the staff seemed well provided for.
"How did you decide on this job anyways?" She looked around his office and sat in his chair, "I know you left your father's company after some things came out, but I don't remember hearing how you found or got this job."
She reached out and picked up the framed picture of Zixuan and Mianmian. If she was the jealous type, she might have felt a pang of jealously, but she knew Zixuan's feelings for her too well at this point and had never found a point in jealousy, it had never done her brothers any good.
"I'd like that, a photo, I mean," she said, putting the picture back down. She realized she'd just walked into his office and taken his chair, was she being too domineering? Was she turning into her mother? She stood up quickly, "sorry," she said, offering him the chair instead.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 17, 2020 16:03:38 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 17, 2020 16:03:38 GMT -8
It was nice seeing Yanli in his space, one of the few spaces that had actually been his own before he'd moved in with Yanli. He smiled when she said that she'd be interested in a picture and replied, "We can do that then."
He settled into the chair for guests to his office across the desk from her, and when she seemed to want to try to offer him back his seat, he shook his head and said, "No, you're fine. It's probably good for me to see the office from this angle from time to time."
He looked at it from what a visitor's perspective might be, glad that most of the people who ever came into his office were coworkers and not clients. There was someone who did financial advising who occasionally tapped him into things, but those were normally in the front office.
He said, "I never was really fully with dad's company. I did my required internship for my undergrad program with them, and managed to uncover the whole financial scandal thing, and then neither dad nor I wanted to have me working there. I went to the career services office on campus and asked them about working in non-profits, especially ones that helped kids, the sort of things that might have helped undo some of the stuff dad did, or at least mitigate its negative effects. This was one of about six places that I applied from the list that they gave me, and they hired me basically right as I graduated."
He shrugged, seeming a little somber, and said, "It seemed like a good way to use the education paid for with my dad's money. Especially after mom threatened to divorce him over his threat to stop paying for my education after the whole scandal."
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 17, 2020 17:36:34 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 17, 2020 17:36:34 GMT -8
Yanli couldn't bring herself to take his seat again and instead lowered herself onto his lap sideways. She turned her upper body so she could face him as he spoke.
"You don't get along with your father at all, do you?" she chewed on her bottom lip, "I honestly don't think I know the whole story, and you don't have to tell me now or anything, but I like hearing about you and your day and your life too." She reached up and brushed his bangs back a little, "I'm glad you found work that not only suits you, but soothes you."
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 17, 2020 20:19:54 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 17, 2020 20:19:54 GMT -8
Zixuan shook his head sadly and said, "I'll tell you the entire thing later, I'd just upset myself right now, and that would make the party harder, but yeah, I don't get along with him at all. And at this point, I'm pretty sure the feeling is mutual."
He sighed and wrapped his arms around her waist, giving her a little squeeze. He said, "Now that you've seen my office, do you want to go see if anyone needs help setting up?"
He was feeling slightly jittery with the direction that the conversation had ended up going, and he wanted to be productive. He wanted to tell Yanli about everything, but not quite yet, not here.
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Jiang Yanli
MDZS Character
No
Straight
Engaged
Velexa
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Aug 17, 2020 20:38:15 GMT -8
Post by Jiang Yanli on Aug 17, 2020 20:38:15 GMT -8
Yanli wrapped her arms around Zixuan's neck, "tell me whenever you're ready." She leaned in and kissed his forehead before standing up. She checked to make sure she hadn't left any lipstick behind this time, satisfied she hadn't she offered her hand.
"Let's go help set up, unless you have more to show me," she said gesturing to the rest of the office.
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Jin Zixuan
MDZS Character
no
bisexual (prefers women)
engaged (but confused)
Etienne
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Aug 17, 2020 21:10:50 GMT -8
Post by Jin Zixuan on Aug 17, 2020 21:10:50 GMT -8
Zixuan took her hand, not leaning on it to help him stand, but instead, threading their fingers together so that he could lead her back the way that they'd come by holding her hand. He smiled and said, "That's all of it, but now you know that I do in fact have a reasonable place to have lunch at the office. You'll meet most of my coworkers once we get downstairs, though some of them won't have shown up yet."
He led her back downstairs, and before they went into the main room, he leaned down to give her a quick kiss on the cheek in the relative privacy of the little entryway. He was relieved that no one chose that moment to open a door, but he figured that it wasn't like he was actually doing something wrong kissing his fiancee on the cheek.
He sighed and said, "I guess I'm ready for this, hopefully you are too."
Then he opened the door. There were about fifteen people hurrying around the room, about a dozen adults and three teenagers. Most of the room was set up with tables and a big open space in the middle where dancing could conceivably happen. Places were set, and everything seemed mostly ready, but everyone also seemed to have something to be doing. Liana saw him first and waved him over, saying, "We're pretty much ready, people are just putting out the last table decorations and stuff."
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