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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Rise and Shine and Greet the Sun (Zizhen) [COMPLETED]
Lan Jingyi
MDZS Character
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Jul 7, 2020 20:39:05 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 7, 2020 20:39:05 GMT -8
Jingyi woke, as he pretty much always did, at 5:00 am, slightly less than an hour before the sun would be up. His roommate, Zizhen, was still asleep, but they'd agreed to go to breakfast later that morning before their classes, so he wouldn't feel too bad about waking him up. Plus Zizhen liked seeing the sunrise. Jingyi thought that they could be pretty sometimes, but most of the time, it was just the sun, it came up every morning. Maybe it just wasn't sufficiently novel for him to find impressive.
He got up, took a shower, and did forms for about half an hour. It was generally one of the quieter times of his existence. Doing forms while Zizhen was still asleep by just the dim gray light that seeped in through the window before dawn was a good form of moving meditation, and it did help him have a clear head by the time class started. He didn't even have any homework left to finish for the day, so he could run through the entire set that morning.
With about fifteen minutes left until the sun rose, he said cheerfully, and loudly enough that it often got Zizhen's attention, "Hey Zizhen! The sun's coming up in about fifteen minutes! Wanna get up and start getting ready so we can get breakfast?"
Ethan Zizhen Stone
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 7, 2020 22:11:18 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 7, 2020 22:11:18 GMT -8
Zizhen grumbled nonsense and rolled over in his bed. The words slowly registered in his mind, and he sat up, eyes still closed. "If the sun isn't up yet, it must still be early." He grumbled, but finally opened his eyes and looked out the window. He then looked at his phone, confirming it was, indeed, early, but he could complain about that over bad cafeteria coffee and decent food. He scooted to the edge of his bed, but seemed reluctant to even drop his feet. He let out a yawn and stretched a bit. "I don't understand how you can get up so early..." He continued grumbled, finally sliding off the bed and shuffling around to prep an outfit for the day.
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Lan Jingyi
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Jul 7, 2020 22:28:29 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 7, 2020 22:28:29 GMT -8
Jingyi stretched, laughing cheerfully at Zizhen's grumbling, and ruffled the older boy's hair as he went by him. He said, "Force of habit. I've woken up at 5 in the morning my entire life. I've been awake for like three-quarters of an hour already. Plus, you wanted to see the sunrise, right?"
He grabbed the rest of his outfit that he'd not bothered putting on before doing forms: an overshirt and socks. He watched his roommate grumble through getting ready and said, "You know, if you want better coffee than what the cafeteria has, if you get a coffee maker or whatever, I'll totally start it for you before you're up in the morning."
He stretched again, lingering by the door and slipping on his shoes. He told Zizhen, voice still bright and fully of energy, "Come on, if we head out now, we'll be out in the quad for the sun to actually come up."
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 9, 2020 9:47:23 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 9, 2020 9:47:23 GMT -8
"Yeah... it's a shame it requires being up so early though..." Zizhen said. He pulled on a light, stretched out sweater over his undershirt (it felt like on any given day he could tolerate no more than two layers, especially if he went for wearing a sweater) and some jeans and went to the mirror to fix any hair that decided to get a mind of its own for the night and returned to his bed, leaning against it. "You're right, and I'm ready." He said, still sounding tired though looking slightly more awake.
"Also... you promise? Cause if you mean that, I'll go to Walmart right after class and get a coffee maker for like $15. I've seen them there. I've debated buying one before. I will do it."
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Lan Jingyi
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Jul 9, 2020 9:58:03 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 9, 2020 9:58:03 GMT -8
Jingyi grinned and said, "Promise! It's no problem for me, I'm already up before you. You might have to show me how to use it though, so that I don't do something silly. No one in my family drinks coffee."
He headed out the door, pocketing his cell phone and keys, and said, "Come on, the sun's not going to wait for you, and you're the one who wanted to see it come up, like it does every morning."
He was cheerful about it though he would have been just as happy staying in his room for another half hour before heading to breakfast. This way though, he'd have time to linger over his meal and not have to rush eating. For all that it was dining hall food, the dining hall near their dorm wasn't bad. They certainly had more things with interesting flavors than his Uncle was willing to have at home for breakfast, and they even sometimes had Chinese breakfast foods because they were close to one of the international student heavy dorms and rotated through regional breakfasts of the world at one of the food stations. That had so far been his favorite thing even when it wasn't Chinese food. He'd liked some of it more than others, but it was always interesting.
When he got out of the dorm, the quad was pretty much empty, and the sun was just starting to touch the horizon.
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 12, 2020 19:46:01 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 12, 2020 19:46:01 GMT -8
"I can do that." Zizhen said with a determined nod, adding "coffee maker" to his shopping list. He put his phone back into his pocket and followed Jingyi out to the quad. "The sun says hello," He said, pulling out his phone again and taking a picture. The sky wasn't yet filled with colors, but it was still pretty. "I hope it actually is a colorful sunrise, or else waking up this early will feel like a waste." He grumbled.
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Lan Jingyi
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Jul 12, 2020 19:55:56 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 12, 2020 19:55:56 GMT -8
Jingyi managed to stifle his laugh at how Zizhen interacted with the existence of sunrise. He said, "You can see that there's a little bit of clouds, so there should be a decent amount of color as the sun rises more. You'll see soon."
He snickered and then added, "And if not, I can always wake you up early again. It's no problem for me."
He decided it was actually kind of cute how seriously Zizhen was taking the sunrise though. He was so involved with the idea of sunrise, and Jingyi was just like, Ah, yes, it's going to get brighter out. It was kind of refreshing and sweet to see how seriously the slightly older boy took it.
He hooked an arm around Zizhen's shoulders casually and said, "I hope that your first sunrise on Stanford campus meets your expectations though."
He was glad that as he spoke, the first hints of pinks and oranges started to touch the sky. He was sure that Zizhen would be excited about it.
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 12, 2020 23:49:42 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 12, 2020 23:49:42 GMT -8
"Oh, you're right!" Zizhen said excitedly, holding up his phone to take more pictures as pinks and oranges painted the sky. "It does! It really does!" He said excitedly, snapping a few more pictures before putting his phone down to soak it in not from behind a phone screen. He knew he had a stupid smile on his face, but he didn't care. He loved nature and how beautiful it could be sometimes. "Jingyi, let's get a picture." He said, turning so the background would be the sunrise and pulling Jingyi next to him without waiting for a response. "Say cheese."
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Lan Jingyi
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Jul 12, 2020 23:58:24 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 12, 2020 23:58:24 GMT -8
Jingyi was surprised by Zizhen's sudden declaration that they would take a picture, but his arm automatically went around Zizhen's waist to keep them from overbalancing when Zizhen hauled him close and he looked at the camera. He grinned, though he didn't actually say cheese, just barely holding back a laugh at Zizhen's antics.
When the picture was done, he reached up to ruffle his roommate's hair and grumbled, "Slightly more warning next time?"
He made sure not to leave Zizhen's hair more of an artful mess than it already was. He grinned though and said, "Come on, you've gotten to see a nice sunrise, food now?"
He was hungry, and while he was enjoying Zizhen's enthusiasm for the sunrise, he wanted to go eat something. He added, "You can watch it for the rest of the walk. I won't even let you run into things or fall down any steps."
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 13, 2020 14:19:47 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 13, 2020 14:19:47 GMT -8
Zizhen grinned and let out a light laugh at Jingyi's request. "Deal!' He agreed. He admired the picture, it turned out beautiful even if their faces were a little blurred.
He nodded, finally pocketing his phone. "Yeah, let's go eat." He agreed. His stomach grumbled in agreement, and he held a hand against it and laughed. "I guess my stomach is done with the sunrise, too." He joked.
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Lan Jingyi
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Jul 13, 2020 18:27:18 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 13, 2020 18:27:18 GMT -8
Jingyi hooked an arm around Zizhen's shoulders, casually affectionate, and said, "Well, I think that your stomach has the right idea, but you'll be able to keep looking at the natural phenomenon of the sun coming up for the rest of our trek to the dining hall."
He steered the way towards the dining hall, which really wasn't that far to go, but he didn't hurry Zizhen or try to tug him along, letting the other young man set the pace.
He said, somewhat uncertainly, "Hey, would you be down for helping me show my best friend around campus sometime? He's still in high school, but he's like my age. I think that the two of you would get along. You both like animals and stuff a lot."
He wanted his friends to like each other, and Zizhen had turned into a surprisingly quick friendship. It helped that it was Zizhen, who he already knew he liked in the past, even if Zizhen pretty clearly had no idea about that sort of thing.
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 14, 2020 10:18:50 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 14, 2020 10:18:50 GMT -8
Zizhen laughed at Jingyi's comment and let the younger boy lead him towards the dining hall as he watched the sunrise. His attention turned to Jingyi as he asked a question, and gave him a grin and a nod, "Sure! I'd love to meet him." He said with a nod. "Any animal lover is a friend of mine." He added with an approving nod.
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Lan Jingyi
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Jul 14, 2020 14:14:08 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 14, 2020 14:14:08 GMT -8
Jingyi grinned when Zizhen agreed. He was pretty sure that his roommate would, since Zizhen had never been weird about Jingyi being younger than him, but he didn't want to assume. He said, "Awesome. What afternoons during the week do you think that you'd be free? Or do you think that a weekend would be better?"
He wished that he wasn't the one who had to be in the middle planning this because he'd never been great at keeping track of schedules even for himself. College had been a learning curve on that, though he'd been helped by waking up early enough that he could go over his schedule in the morning every day.
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 17, 2020 11:12:15 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 17, 2020 11:12:15 GMT -8
Zizhen thought a moment before replying. "Um... I think I should be free Thursday and Friday afternoon, but if those don't work, I'm definitely free this weekend. Well, Saturday at least. Sunday I'll be going with my family to pick up a kitten in Gilroy. We're scheduled to pick it up at 3pm, but we're leaving early to spend time together as a family and stuff." He grinned, "It's going to be my sister's, and she's very excited to finally get her own pet after watching me care for foster kittens for so long." He paused, "Since they should probably take the kitten straight home after that, I'll probably also be free Sunday evening if the other options don't work for any reason."
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Lan Jingyi
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Jul 17, 2020 16:41:49 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 17, 2020 16:41:49 GMT -8
Jingyi nodded and said, "I'll text him those times and we can figure it out. I'm pretty sure that his schedule isn't too busy, and that he's going to want to hear all about the kittens."
He grinned a little bit, figuring that kittens was what his best friend and his roommate would bond over, and it was an adorable thought. He was glad that they had finally reached the dining hall though, and he dropped his arm from Zizhen's shoulders to dig out his student ID so that he could go get his food.
Jingyi grinned at Zizhen again and said, "Finally! Food time!"
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