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 21, 2020 20:54:35 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 21, 2020 20:54:35 GMT -8
Meng Yao suppressed a smile at Mingjue's reaction to the blossom scented oil. "Okay, good, you've chosen, and I now know you feel some kind of way about lavender," he joked.
He watched the other man roll his sleeves up, "perfect!" He set the bowl of warm water in front of Mingjue, "please place your hands in the bowl."
He started pulling out his supplies, starting with the clippers, then the file and buffer as well as a cuticle pusher and trimmer. He set everything up in an organized row and added the chosen oil too. "I'm going to tell you when and how I'm going to touch you before I do it, okay? If you don't like what I'm going to do, say so, and I'll change it or not do it, and if I'm doing something you don't like, please say so and I'll stop."
Meng Yao pressed his lips into a thin line, trying to stop himself from saying something flirtatious and inappropriate. "You are making me fight my nature so hard right now," he said through gritted teeth. He actually looked like he was in a bit of pain trying to hold himself back.
"Oh fuck it!" he threw his hands up in surrender, "would you like to create a safeword?" It was partially a flirtation, but the other part was a valid question.
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Nie Mingjue
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Jul 21, 2020 21:00:20 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 21, 2020 21:00:20 GMT -8
Mingjue shrugged and said, "Lavender's pretty much always an overwhelmingly strong scent, even when people say it's lightly scented."
He thought over Meng Yao's explanation and said, "I will let you know if I need you to stop or explain further or modify something. Explaining as you go should help. This isn't something that is out of my control, and it's not like you could restrain me from removing my hands from your control if I really wanted you to stop touching them. I think that that is enough."
He wasn't entirely sure what Meng Yao was restraining himself from doing or saying in this context, but he sighed and said, "Do you want to explain the first step to me, especially since I know what maybe two of those are for?"
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 21, 2020 21:15:21 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 21, 2020 21:15:21 GMT -8
"The first step is your hands in the bowl," Meng Yao pointed to the bowl, still deprived of Mingjue's hands.
"You're going to soak your hands for a minute, then I'm going to take one out and clip the nails. Then hand one goes back in the water, hand two comes out and I clip those nails. Hand two back in the water, hand one back out, I clean the nails and shape them. Hand one back in water, hand two out do that same thing, clean and shape. Hand one then two buff nails, hand one then two cuticle oil, cuticle pusher and trimmer, back in water."
He held up each tool as he spoke about it. "Anything in particular you're curious about?"
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 21, 2020 21:25:45 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 21, 2020 21:25:45 GMT -8
Mingjue dutifully lowered his hands into the water, feeling like his hands were too big for the bowl as he sloshed a small bit of water out over the edge. He watched the tools and listened to Meng Yao's explanation carefully.
He asked, curious, "So why the hand soaking?"
Then something that caught at his brain a little bit more came up and he asked, "And what's the purpose of pushing back and trimming the cuticles?"
He wasn't sure how he felt about that part from the description, though obviously Meng Yao knew much more about nail care than he did. Mingjue's idea of nail care mostly came down to keep them cut short and file off any rough edges with the file on the nail trimmer. Also don't get them caught on or in things because the results were messy and painful.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 21, 2020 21:38:56 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 21, 2020 21:38:56 GMT -8
Meng Yao wiped up the spilled water without a thought, "you soak your hands to soften the cuticles. You push back cuticles to make nails appear longer, it helps when painting too, but it's also just kind of a thing you do as part of a manicure." He looked up, thinking, "I'm not too sure why, I just know it's part of the process."
"The cuticle trimming is super important though. So hangnails are when you get that excess skin on the side of your nail that's torn and usually really sensitive. If you soften your cuticles and apply oil, you can clip those with no pain." He picked up the nail clippers, "I'm going to take your hand now, okay?"
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 21, 2020 21:59:17 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 21, 2020 21:59:17 GMT -8
Mingjue offered Meng Yao one of his hands and thought about the process with cuticles. He usually trimmed the skin around the tip of his nails after a shower, so if that was what Meng Yao meant, that didn't seem so bad. He said, "That all makes sense I guess."
He watched to see what Meng Yao would do. He knew that when Huaisang did his nails it was a long involved process, but at least part of that was the painting process. It was interesting to see Meng Yao focused on this though.
He asked, curious, "When did you learn to do this?"
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 21, 2020 22:09:18 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 21, 2020 22:09:18 GMT -8
Meng Yao took the offered hand and began to clip Mingjue's nails. "I used to get it done professionally but made friends with one of the manicurists and she taught me."
"Swap," he said, returnign that hand to the water and taking his other hand, clipping those nails too. "I find it kind of comforting. Like a zen thing."
"Swap," he traded hands again, cleaning under Mingjue's nails. He leaned closer to make sure he got all the dirt, once sure, he started filing them.
"There's something really comforting about taking care of myself in a loving way. Like, I feel like I'm honoring and respecting my body when I give myself a manicure. Swap," he traded hands to repeat the cleaning and filing process. "That's not me trying to say I'm trying to honor and respect your body.. scratch that, I do honor and respect your body, but that's not what this is."
He looked up at Mingjue and shook his head, "Look at me, I start focusing on a manicure and my mouth runs away with me."
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 21, 2020 22:32:46 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 21, 2020 22:32:46 GMT -8
Mingjue listened to Meng Yao's explanation, nodding in places. That did make sense up to the point where Meng Yao seemed to lose his train of thought a little bit. Mingjue said, "I understood most of that, and it makes sense to want to learn to do it for yourself, and how if you enjoyed the process in general, it might be soothing."
Mingjue currently wasn't sure what he thought of what was going on with his hands. It wasn't bad, but he wasn't sure he liked it either. Meng Yao's hands were gentle on his, which helped.
He realized that he wasn't entirely sure he wanted to know the answer, but he'd already committed to the question, as he asked, "Why did you offer this then?"
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 21, 2020 22:44:22 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 21, 2020 22:44:22 GMT -8
Meng Yao swapped hands again, buffing the nails, "why? Hmm, I guess several reasons. One, like I said, your nails were dirty, and I think self care is important. You seem like someone who understands self care is important, but mainly for other people. Like you might neglect yourself."
"Swap," he said, trading hands and buffing those nails. "Another reason is that I didn't want you to leave yet, and I figured after lemonade that was a natural time for you to leave. I didn't want you to go, I guess. I had a lot of fun today. More fun than I ever thought I could working on a car, it's not my forte, so I appreciate you taking the time to teach me."
"Swap," he said, this time drizzling the citrus cuticle oil on Mingjue's cuticles and rubbing it in a bit, he picked up the cuticle pusher, "let me know if it's uncomfortable." He started pushing in his cuticles, "another reason is almost like learning styles, you said you're a kinesthetic learner. Well for me, when it comes to getting to know people, I'm a very tactile person. I like to touch people, it helps me convey my feelings and mood and helps me read theirs. You don't seem to care for much contact, so I thought this could be a happy medium."
He picked up the cuticle trimmers and began trimming and excess cuticles around his nails. "Was that okay? Can I swap?"
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 21, 2020 23:19:17 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 21, 2020 23:19:17 GMT -8
Mingjue said softly, "That was OK, you can swap."
He thought about Meng Yao's response quietly for a while. It seemed sincere, which was a relief. There had been no joking flirtation. It did feel nice to hear that Meng Yao hadn't wanted him to leave yet. That was definitely a good feeling because he'd not messed up the start to this friendship with his awkwardness.
He said thoughtfully, "You don't have to offer to do things for me to get me to stick around. Just like you said I seem like I take care of others above myself, which I will admit to, you seem to think that my desire, or perhaps people's desire in general, to spend time around you and potentially develop this friendship is derived from some sort of exchange of services. It can be nice to just spend time around a friend. I'd have stayed for a second glass of lemonade and to chat if you'd asked. I've not go anywhere I need to be today, and certainly not before you'd have to go."
He felt like he'd said too much, but it had felt like it needed saying, and he'd not been entirely sure what the most efficient way of saying it was. He contemplated the feeling of Meng Yao doing this with his hands a little bit more, and said, "I am generally very slow to become tactile with people in any way. This is somewhat outside of my comfort zone, but it is not unpleasant, and this is much more controlled than just random touches would be, which makes it better in some ways."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 22, 2020 7:53:38 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 22, 2020 7:53:38 GMT -8
Meng Yao smiled softly and swapped hands, drizzling cuticle oil and starting the process again. "I can agree to that. Most people want something from me, usually sexual or monetary, so I do behave like many relationships are a simple exchange of goods. I'm not very trusting of people, I think for very different reasons than you."
He finished pushing and trimming the cuticles and placed Mingjue's hands back in the water. He set up a towel next to him, "I'm going to dry your hands, then put lotion on them, it'll go up to your forearm, okay? And it's gonna be a little massage, tell me if anything is too much, okay?"
He picked up the lotion bottle, underlining the word 'unscented' with his hand. "My mom is a literal prostitute, so I grew up essentially in a whorehouse where everything is about exchanging services. So yes, maybe I did think you wouldn't stay unless there was some sort of transaction happening." He looked Mingjue in the eyes, "Don't tell anyone I'm not nearly as confident as I pretend to be."
He gently removed Mingjue's hands from the water and placed them on the towel, covering them and wiping them dry. "May I?" He motioned towards the lotion.
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 22, 2020 12:51:58 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 22, 2020 12:51:58 GMT -8
Mingjue looked at the lotion and nodded. He said, "I'll let you know."
He sat with the information that Meng Yao had just divulged about himself for a little while, watching what Meng Yao was doing. It was certainly not what he would have expected to hear. That was a element of what people did that he truly had no personal understanding of.
He figured that he should probably say something, instead of just sitting there quietly, absorbing the new information. He said, "Thank you for trusting me enough to tell me that. It seems like a strange environment to have been a kid in."
He paused for a few more moments and said, "Just like you're being careful with my comfort levels, you should let me know if I'm doing something to make you uncomfortable. OK?"
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 22, 2020 17:40:48 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 22, 2020 17:40:48 GMT -8
Meng Yao pumped some lotion into his hands and began rubbing Mingjue's forearm down to his hand. He used a few acupressure points to help massage his hand.
"Strange yes, but it's what my mom does and how she pays her rent and my father was just one of her customers." He rubbed small circles into Mingjue's palm and up his arm.
"I don't think there's much that can cross my lines," he paused in his massaging, "that's a lie, people cross my lines all the time, I'm just really good and smiling and pretending it's okay. But then I make a little mental file where I mark myself as done with that person. It happens so quickly that I honestly don't notice when I do it." He resumed his massage.
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 22, 2020 18:14:42 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 22, 2020 18:14:42 GMT -8
Mingjue said, "I would much rather be told when I mess something up than be coddled about it and not know what I did wrong. If I know when I make mistakes, I can do better in the future. And I get that not everyone reacts that way, and especially with someone you've not invested time in interacting with, it's probably not worth the trouble, but just like with this, where you're being careful of my boundaries, I'd like to be able to be careful of yours."
He didn't want to spend too long on the subject, but he hoped that Meng Yao would understand what he was going for and actually tell him if he did something that bothered the other man. He watched the way that Meng Yao completed the massage. It did help alleviate some of the tension that he sometimes carried in his arms and hands after he'd been working on things, though he wasn't entirely sure it was his favorite sensation. He wasn't sure that he'd take Meng Yao up on the offer of doing this again if it came up, but he wasn't uncomfortable that he'd decided to go along with it at least.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 22, 2020 18:26:48 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 22, 2020 18:26:48 GMT -8
Meng Yao smiled and pumped more lotion into his hand, starting on Mingjue's other arm, "you haven't crossed any of my boundaries. In fact, I think you're trying to stay far away from me. Why do I make you so uncomfortable?"
He rubbed those same circles into his other hand, "you say you don't have many friends, and I can tell you don't let people in easily. Do I scare you?"
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