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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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!
Educational Date (Nie Mingjue) [COMPLETED]
Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 18, 2020 15:27:11 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 18, 2020 15:27:11 GMT -8
"Nope, never tried to start her," Meng Yao tossed the keys at Mingjue, "go ahead." He leaned back against the wall, watching him, "I have the title, you don't have to worry about that," he said, dryly.
He considered the pros and cons Mingjue had laid out regarding the different types of tops. "You say you don't understand how sexiness factors into it all, but I think you just described it perfectly. One is more durable and long lasting, but difficult to repair and will need to be replaced, while the other is the fun one who just likes to flash people all the time," he laughed.
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Nie Mingjue
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Jul 18, 2020 15:44:25 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 18, 2020 15:44:25 GMT -8
Mingjue caught the keys and nodded, "That's useful. Having the title can sometimes help if you have to take her into a shop for something like getting a custom piece. Though you've also got the VIN, so that's handy for figuring out anything that you might need to replace."
He shrugged at Meng Yao's explanation on it being sexy and said, "If you say so, you're the expert."
He opened the door and sat sideways in the driver's seat, noting that the hinges could probably use some oil, and even though it wasn't visibly in super bad shape, the seat foam could probably use an update. Those were easy enough things to fix. The ignition was very stiff as he tried to turn it, and it just made a sad little noise of attempting to start.
He nodded to himself as he took the key back out and stood from the car. He turned to Meng Yao and said, "Well, that's promising. We'll see if we can get it to actually start with some gas and oil and engine fluid added and attached to a battery, but the fact that it actually tried to start is a good sign. There could be plenty of other things wrong, but again, in better shape than it could have been."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 18, 2020 16:01:09 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 18, 2020 16:01:09 GMT -8
Meng Yao grinned in delight, "I'm going to have you flirting in no time!" he practically squealed, "you just called me an expert on sexiness."
He held out his hand for the keys, still smiling from his eyes, "I'll stop teasing you now," he moved next to Mingjue and nudged the other man's shoulder with his own. "Promising is good. I'm glad she's not as bad off as I thought."
He pressed the button to open the garage door so they had easier access to Mingjue's car. "Load me up with stuff! My arms are yours," he said, holding his arms out to carry whatever supplies Mingjue had brought. He laughed inwardly, if he'd been trying to flirt he wouldn't have been able to come up with such shameless lines. Apparently, unintentional flirting was far more shameless than his normal kind.
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Nie Mingjue
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Jul 18, 2020 16:17:11 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 18, 2020 16:17:11 GMT -8
Mingjue just shook his head about Meng Yao's assertions and said, "I assure you it was unintentional."
He headed for his car and popped open the trunk taking out the creaper first and handing it to Meng Yao since it was more awkward than heavy. He didn't feel bad asking someone else to carry it without knowing for sure what their comfort was with heavy things. He pulled out the toolbox and the carrying bag for the jack and the jack stands, both of which were far heavier, but he was used to carrying. He put the strap for the bag over his shoulder and then closed his trunk.
He nodded to Meng Yao and said, "Let's go get started then."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 18, 2020 16:26:28 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 18, 2020 16:26:28 GMT -8
Meng Yao shifted the creeper awkwardly in his arms, "give me the difficult one why don't you," he laughed. "Wait a second, this is the creeper! Help, there's a creeper in my garage!" he playfully shouted as they reentered the garage.
"I know all your flirting is unintentional, give me my pleasure where I can find it," he set the creeper down. "You're really not going to ask?" he pointed towards the dent in the door, then the keys on the hook.
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 18, 2020 18:46:48 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 18, 2020 18:46:48 GMT -8
Mingjue sighed and said, "I gave you the lighter thing to carry. And yes, that's the creeper."
He looked at Meng Yao, considering. There was clearly some sort of story with the car that Meng Yao hadn't originally shared, and whatever it was, Mingjue had thought that Meng Yao didn't want him to ask. He said, "I figured that if whatever it was was something that you wanted to share, you would choose to share it with me. I am not going to pry into someone else's business if they don't want me to. If you want to tell me whatever you weren't explaining about the car earlier, then I will listen."
He hoped that Meng Yao understood the sentiment behind it. Mingjue understood that people had secrets and things that they didn't want to talk about in their pasts. He wasn't going to push Meng Yao to talk about something potentially painful.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 18, 2020 18:58:36 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 18, 2020 18:58:36 GMT -8
Meng Yao hopping up on the trunk of the car, "yeah, she's not a junkyard find. She was just taken care of by an asshole, which is why she looks the way she does."
"So, what do we do next? I assume I have to get off the car," he slid off the trunk and placed his foot on the creeper, rolling it back and forth a few times. "He was a controlling and abusive asshole and if that lovely dent looks familiar to you, you'd be right to say it's me sized."
He readjusted his overalls and checked his hair to make sure it was all still pinned in place, "needless to say, we broke up and I took his car. Legally, of course."
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 18, 2020 19:20:24 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 18, 2020 19:20:24 GMT -8
Mingjue seethed for Meng Yao's sake. He didn't know the other man that well, but no one deserved to be treated that way. His teeth were gritted as he said, voice a rumbly growl, "You didn't deserve that, no one does, but I'm glad that you were able to get out of the situation. If how he treated his car is any indication of his general attitude, I'm sure he deserved far far worse than just you taking his car."
He had to close his eyes and take deep, steadying breaths. He'd worked on this with Xichen. Being angry especially didn't help when there was no useful thing to point the anger towards. He could take some of the energy from it and direct it into making the car nice again, helping Meng Yao repair some of what had happened through something symbolic. It was Meng Yao who had faced something cruel, and he was here acting basically casual about the whole thing.
Mingjue opened his eyes again and said, voice much more stable than it had been, "Let's get the car lifted so I can look over the underneath."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 18, 2020 19:30:12 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 18, 2020 19:30:12 GMT -8
Meng Yao watched Mingjue with interest. He'd known the older man had a protective streak in him, it's why the club owner hired him, but he'd never seen him angry.
He placed a tentative hand on Mingjue's arm, "hey, it's over. He can't hurt me any more." He gave his arm a squeeze, "and thank you, for being mad for me. Most people who know what I do and know me enough to see me flirt usually just assume I deserved it. Thank you, for not doing that." He smiled at him, no pretense, just a genuine, trusting smile.
"So how do we lift her?" He asked, letting go of the other man.
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Nie Mingjue
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Jul 18, 2020 19:51:59 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 18, 2020 19:51:59 GMT -8
Mingjue blinked down at Meng Yao, slightly startled by the touch. The smile on Meng Yao's face was a different one. It seemed more real somehow, and it was startling in it's own right. It definitely made him feel a bit more protective of the other man. He seemed more vulnerable in that moment. He said softly and sincerely, "No one deserves to be treated like that. Not anyone, not ever."
And impulsively, he added, "That's a better smile than usual. You look like you actually mean it."
He looked away from Meng Yao, not entirely sure why he'd felt compelled to say that, and focused on the car. He put down the bag that held the car jack and jack stands and unzipped it, pulling out the two jack stands, a pair of chocks to keep the car from rolling away, and the jack itself. He said, "This is a bottle jack, we're going to put the chocks behind the back wheels, then put this under the front of your car and line the pad on the top up with the right part of the frame, and then lift the car by using the lever, which moves the hydraulic fluid from the storage chamber to the cylinder under the ram that lifts the car. Then, once it's up, we put the jack stands under the axel to hold the car up steadily while one of us slides under there to work on it or in this case look it over."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 18, 2020 19:58:54 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 18, 2020 19:58:54 GMT -8
Meng Yao put his hand to his chest, feigning being shot, "that one hurt. You're saying my normally calculated and flirty smiles don't do it for you?" he laughed and followed Mingjue to the bag.
He listened carefully, matching Mingjue's words to diagrams and things he'd read in the past. "Okay, show me?"
He didn't say thank you to the older man, but he hoped he could feel his gratitude.
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 18, 2020 20:23:47 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 18, 2020 20:23:47 GMT -8
Mingjue shrugged and said, "It's in the eyes I think. You normally look at least a little resentful or annoyed when you smile. It's nice to see people smile for real, but seeing people put on fake smiles just feels like they have to try to smile for me or the sake of the situation, and that feels like they're forcing themselves to do something that they don't want to."
He wasn't sure how much sense that explanation made. Mingjue wasn't the best with emotions in general, but fake emotions were even worse. He very rarely understood what emotion someone was trying to fake in the first place.
He nodded at the request to show Meng Yao how it worked, scooping up the chocks and walking to the back of the car, carefully wedging them under back of the wheels so that the car wouldn't be able to roll. He went back and grabbed the jack stands, putting them by the front of the car at either side, and then finally, grabbed the bottle jack. It was just low enough to slide under the car, and he found the pad in the front by feel, centering the bottle jack under it. He told Meng Yao, "There are places on the frame of the car that have a bigger pad that's basically designed to put jacks on. If you try to use one not on the frame, you run the risk of punching a hole in the outside of the car. Anywhere on the frame can work if you need it to, but these pads are better for it. The one at the front, you can feel it here, that's one of the ones you end up using the most. There's a similar one at the back, which is useful if you need to get the entire thing in the air as well."
He twisted the lever into position, locking it in place and said, "Most jacks have a safety measure so that you don't store them in the functioning position because that's asking for them to go off while being stored somehow, so I have to lock the lever in place."
Then he used the lever to pump the fluid through, as the car slowly rose. Mingjue didn't have an automatic jack because he didn't consider one worth the price, but it did mean that it took hand and arm strength to get the car up. He asked, "Do you want to try?"
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 18, 2020 20:40:04 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 18, 2020 20:40:04 GMT -8
Meng Yao crinkled his nose, "annoyed? Resentful? I love to flirt, and am usually totally invested in it. I could see you seeing ulterior motives or calculations behind my smiles, but annoyed and resentful.... I mean, I can give smiles while feeling those emotions, I just haven't felt them around you."
He squatted down next to Mingjue and felt underneath the car, feeling for the pad he was talking about. "Oh, that thing," he said, matching it to the schematics he'd memorized.
He smiled and took over jacking the car up. After about three pumps he started complaining. "No wonder your arms look like that and your hands have those calluses." He managed two more pumps before calling it quits. "Sorry, if it wasn't a work night, I wouldn't care about wearing out my arms, but I have a pole routine tonight and this'll ruin me." He shrugged apologetically. "I know, I suck and am a big baby."
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 18, 2020 20:44:48 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 18, 2020 20:44:48 GMT -8
Mingjue shrugged watching Meng Yao struggle with the jack and said, "Perhaps I misread ulterior motives as resentful. I'm not always the best at this sort of thing, and often ulterior motives seem to lead to resentment eventually, especially if someone doesn't get what they want. I didn't just mean directed at me though. I've seen you smile at annoying patrons at work."
He chuckled when Meng Yao gave up and said, "I don't have an automatic bottle jack because they're a lot more expensive, but yeah, it takes some work."
He took back over, finishing cranking the car up just a little higher than it needed to be. He said, "We place the jack stands under the axels right by the wheels, and then we can get the jack out of our way until we need it to let the car down."
He took one of the jack stands and carefully fitted it under the axel, though for now the axel was hovering right above it, waiting to be lowered in, then he turned to Meng Yao and said, "You do the other one?"
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 18, 2020 20:50:19 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 18, 2020 20:50:19 GMT -8
Meng Yao nodded, "Oh yes, I most definitely get annoyed with customers. Why don't they understand what 'no touching' means?" He said, getting into Mingjue's space to see exactly how he'd placed the jack stand. He wanted to make sure he didn't make a mistake and drop the car.
He took the other jack stand to the other side of the car and positioned it, mirroring the one Mingjue had placed. "You're not going to ask what my ulterior motives were regarding you?" He quirked an eyebrow, daring him to ask.
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