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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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!
Rise and Shine and Greet the Sun (Zizhen) [COMPLETED]
Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
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Jul 19, 2020 18:06:56 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 19, 2020 18:06:56 GMT -8
Zizhen pulled out his ID as they entered the dining hall, grinning at Jingyi, "sounds good. And yes! Food time!" He agreed. Once he entered the food area, he veered directly to the coffee machines, making himself a cup of coffee, with an excessive amount of cream and sugar to mask the taste of the mediocre coffee. He then gathered some food and returned to Jingyi's side. "I'll find us a table." He said, ready to wait if Jingyi said he was almost done.
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Lan Jingyi
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Jul 19, 2020 18:33:26 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 19, 2020 18:33:26 GMT -8
Jingyi got tea and started it steeping before picking up fried chicken from one of the food stations and rice, grilled fish, some vegetables, and some tamago from another station. As an afterthought, he found an orange and plopped it on his tray.
He grinned at Zizhen when he popped up next to him, and said, "I'm ready too. Let's go find a table."
He scanned the dining hall and said, "Honestly, there's a lot open since it's early. Want to go sit near the windows?"
He started heading in that direction, glancing back at Zizhen to see what he thought.
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 19, 2020 20:00:43 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 19, 2020 20:00:43 GMT -8
Zizhen nodded and followed Jingyi to the window, setting his tray down on the table and sitting down before looking out towards the sunrise. The pretty colors were mostly gone, but it was still pretty to him. He taste-tested his coffee, making a face before taking another sip and putting it down again. He played with some fruit he had in a bowl and looked to Jingyi, a curious expression on his face, "So your friend... Is he thinking about coming here for college?" He asked, trying to figure out more about this person besides they were also an animal lover. Which, if you asked Zizhen, was honestly enough for him, but he was still curious if they had anything else in common.
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Lan Jingyi
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Jul 19, 2020 20:32:05 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 19, 2020 20:32:05 GMT -8
Jingyi smiled thinking about A-Yuan and said, "A-Yuan's still a junior, but I'm trying to convince him he should try to come here, he hasn't made decisions about where to apply yet as far as he's mentioned to me. Maybe if the two of you get along too, we can find a fourth person to rope into getting one of the apartments then or something."
He looked at Zizhen hopefully, realizing that he was talking about roping his friend into maybe rooming with someone that he'd never even met. He said, "We didn't actually go to the same school, cause I went to an international school, and he went to a different private school, but we lived near each other once I moved to the US, and we made friends like the first week I was here. He's really sweet, and like, we always have interesting things to talk about."
He really thought and hoped that Zizhen and A-Yuan would like each other. They were two of the kindest people that Jingyi knew, and that seemed like a recipe for getting along well. Plus, they both adored animals, and he was pretty sure that they could probably just spend an entire afternoon just talking about kittens and be entertained. Jingyi wasn't as interested in the topic, but watching both of them be enthusiastic about it would be fun.
While he was thinking about it, he texted A-Yuan with the times Zizhen was free. He added laughingly to Zizhen, "Plus, I promised him that you could give a way better tour than I could because you bother to actually learn the story behind things that aren't directly relevant to you on campus."
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 19, 2020 21:40:47 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 19, 2020 21:40:47 GMT -8
"Oh! That'd be great! Then I can properly foster kittens again." Zizhen said excitedly. He had tried, very hard, to sneak some into the dorm before he and Jingyi had been roommates, but his roommate had snitched on him and he had to get rid of the kitten. Luckily by that point it was on an adoption list, so he felt less bad about having to return it to the shelter, but it still stung. He told the shelter he would have to pause on fostering kittens while he was in the dorms, which he was very sad about. Though he figured Jingyi wouldn't tell on him about keeping pets in the dorms, between school and homework it was unfair to the kittens to try to raise them. But with four people (or at least two that were 100% willing) raising kittens would be a lot easier.
He laughed at the comment about his knowledge of the school and nodded, "I'll take that. I know a little bit about a lot of things. Mostly useless information, but still. Information." He said jokingly.
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Lan Jingyi
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Jul 19, 2020 21:45:18 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 19, 2020 21:45:18 GMT -8
Jingyi grinned and said, "I'm happy to help with kittens a little bit, but I've never had pets in my life, so I don't honestly know that much about taking care of animals. I'm definitely happy to pet them though."
He was relieved that Zizhen sounded enthusiastic about the idea. Jingyi had already gotten a little bit attached to the thought, so it was good to see Zizhen coming up with his own parts of a plan.
He told his roommate, "You're way better at making it interesting than I am though. I'm just like, oh that building, I don't know what it's for other than being in the way of my most direct path to classes. I mean, I could find out, I'm sure, but if it's not got stuff that I've gone looking for because I'm interested in it, it's just a building."
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 20, 2020 21:09:53 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 20, 2020 21:09:53 GMT -8
"I'd be happy to teach you, too." Zizhen said chipperly. "But your main task would be to pet them, so it's okay if you wouldn't want to."
He laughed at Jingyi's comment and nodded, "I suppose you're right about that. Some of these building have an interesting history. And the campus, too."
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Lan Jingyi
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Jul 20, 2020 21:29:36 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 20, 2020 21:29:36 GMT -8
Jingyi laughed and said, "I mean, petting them will clearly be the best part, but I'm definitely fine with helping as long as you're fine with telling me how to help."
He sighed and said, "I honestly kind of wish that apartments would be an option for me before like junior year though. But it's way harder to justify an apartment to Uncle when he doesn't live that far off campus than to justify the dorms, especially with the amount of extra paperwork it costs him. I only think that I managed to convince him because Wangji-ge did it first."
If Wangji-ge had lived at home the way Xichen-ge had, Jingyi was pretty sure he never would have been able to talk his way into living in the dorms. He said, "And living with you is way cooler than living with Uncle, and even Xichen-ge, though Xichen-ge is way cooler than Uncle."
Uncle wasn't bad, and there was a decent chance that Jingyi would end up having to take a class from him at some point. It would be weird to call him Professor Lan, but he'd handle that when the time came. He grumbled, "At least this way if I have to take a class from Uncle, I won't be living with him while I take a class from him, that would have been super weird."
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 20, 2020 22:40:15 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 20, 2020 22:40:15 GMT -8
Zizhen nodded, "I know what you mean, but I guess I get why they did it like that. And I think now that you've had time to make friends in the dorms - like yours truly - you'll be able to justify wanting an apartment when the time comes. Or at least, it'd be easier to do than if you had tried right off the bat." He mused. He grinned, "I'll accept that as a compliment, though from what I've heard your family seems... a little strict?"
He nodded, thinking inquisitively, "I could imagine that be weird, if not insufferable. I'm glad I never had to take a class with either of my parents... Not that anyone would know right away since they look nothing like me, but even so. I think when dealing with family, it's hard to separate that sort of relationship into strictly family outside the classroom and strictly student in the classroom."
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Lan Jingyi
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Jul 20, 2020 23:24:34 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 20, 2020 23:24:34 GMT -8
Jingyi laughed and said, "And like junior year is the year I turn 18, so there's also that. Uncle isn't bad about us making our own decisions, even if he can be kind of strict, he's like fair strict. I knew the rules, and if I broke them, I ended up having to do extra chores, and I mean, hey, good selling point for myself as a roommate in an apartment, I'm good at housework as long as I have a schedule. I'm bad at the schedule part. I'm not a great cook, though like, I can make edible things. Wangji-ge actually likes to cook, so that wasn't really on most people's chore rotations. And Uncle does his own fair share of chores too."
Jingyi listened to what Zizhen was saying about taking classes from a parental figure and said, "Hilariously, for me, it's pretty much the exact opposite. Uncle's a pretty good teacher, and if people wouldn't be weird about it, I probably wouldn't mind taking classes from him, I've studied with him enough as is, there's a reason I'm taking classical Chinese literature for fun as a freshman. But I look way too much like him and we have the same last name, so people would know we were related, and that would be even worse if I lived at home because that would be the same building where he was writing assignments and stuff. I'd be there when he did the grading."
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 21, 2020 11:44:48 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 21, 2020 11:44:48 GMT -8
Zizhen laughed, "I suppose that's a good thing. And I hate doing housework, but I'm not the worst cook in the world, as my mom didn't want me to starve when I went off to college, and so she taught me how to make some things. So we balance out in that way." He said with a smile. He frowned momentarily, adding, "though, I only know how to cook Chinese cuisine from the frozen aisle... That is something I'd like to change, though, so maybe we can work on that together."
He nodded, listening with interest as he munched on his food. "Interesting. I'm still glad I didn't end up in my mom's class growing up. She'd probably make sure I did all the homework, and extra credit, and extra work on top of that. It'd really be insufferable. She did that enough when I was growing up. And I mean, her persistence worked - it got me into Stanford, but it's... rough to live with teachers who care about you. At least to me." He said. "Maybe we can take one of his classes together or something." He suggested off-handedly.
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Lan Jingyi
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Jul 21, 2020 14:55:37 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 21, 2020 14:55:37 GMT -8
Jingyi laughed and said, "Well, I know how to make like three things, not including plain rice which is easy, but they're all Chinese food. I can make báizhōu, uh, congee is probably the name you know for that, and basic noodle stirfry with sesame oil, and basic noodle soup. I don't know anything about cooking meat though because most of my family is completely vegetarian. I would like to know how to cook meat, but it's not something that I've gotten around to learning, and I don't think that Uncle or Wangji-ge would be happy if I tried at home. Maybe we can work on learning it together at some point."
Jingyi grinned at Zizhen and said, "If you take his class with me, you can vouch for the fact that I'm doing the work with you and not getting tips from Uncle. That could be cool. Fair warning though, I'm pretty sure that he assigns at least one 20 page research paper in most of his classes, so like you'd want to research the classes a little and see if there was one you wanted to actually put that sort of effort into."
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 21, 2020 22:44:22 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 21, 2020 22:44:22 GMT -8
Zizhen laughed at Jingyi's comment. "Learning together it is, then!" He said between chuckles. "Also, my mom taught me how to make pan-fried chicken breast, so I can get you started on at least one meat dish."
He nodded, looking serious. "I can do that." He said, giving Jingyi a salute. He deflated a bit at the mention of research papers. "Yuck..." He whined. "But like, if the class seems interesting enough, I'll suffer through that to take it with you." He promised.
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Lan Jingyi
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Jul 21, 2020 23:10:13 GMT -8
Post by Lan Jingyi on Jul 21, 2020 23:10:13 GMT -8
Jingyi grinned and dramatically threw the arm he wasn't using for eating with around Zizhen's shoulders from his neighboring seat. He said, "You're my hero if you can show me how to cook chicken. Chicken is the best."
He laughed at Zizhen's reaction to research papers and said, "20 pages isn't so bad if it's an interesting topic. I've written like three of those since I started at Stanford. Don't you take classes that need long essays? I mean granted, one of those was supposed to be a 10 page minimum and I got carried away, but still."
Jingyi realized that perhaps his academic expectations were slightly skewed by having grown up in a very academic but in the had research debates in the living room sort of way family. He said, "I'll let you pick though, but I'll keep an ear out for if he's offering the course that deals with classical Chinese perspectives on interpersonal relationships because there's a whole unit in that one that is about queer stuff. And I want to make the entire class of philosophy students squirm by bringing it up before Uncle gets the chance."
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Ethan Zizhen Stone
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
Single
Redeim
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Jul 23, 2020 9:34:40 GMT -8
Post by Ethan Zizhen Stone on Jul 23, 2020 9:34:40 GMT -8
Zizhen laughed and leaned into his friend. "I figured you'd like that." He said. "That's why I suggested it first."
He shook his head. "You're weird. Doing double the work?" He let out a dramatic gasp, a hand going to his chest to emphasize his dramatics as he continued shaking his head. He returned to a neutral state and added, "Of course I've had to, and you're right, it's not so bad when it actually something interesting. But it's still a lot."
He nodded excitedly, "Oh, yes, that sounds like it'd be a fun class, and nothing is more exciting than watching ivy league pricks get uncomfortable." He said, a wicked grin spreading across his face. "Or if there are any classes among a similar vein, I could easily get it to count towards my major. Which would be a bonus."
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