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!
Best Friend Date (Xichen) [COMPLETED]
Lan Xichen
MDZS Character
Yes
Homosexual
single
Redeim
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Jul 19, 2020 21:34:38 GMT -8
Post by Lan Xichen on Jul 19, 2020 21:34:38 GMT -8
"That sounds wonderful." Xichen told his friend with a smile. "And that also lets us see each other more than once a week."
He looked at his schedule for a moment before nodding, "Yeah, I have time, though if you don't mind, I will probably message Wangji on the way to your place." At the mention of eating, he seemed to remember he had food, and went about eating it before he forgot again. He was strangely excited about this set up, and a part of him was humored to wonder how long it would be before he informally moved in and was just asked to do so completely. It wasn't going to be his intention, but knowing him, and his study habits when he got deeply entrenched in school work, it was going to happen eventually.
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 19, 2020 21:41:15 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 19, 2020 21:41:15 GMT -8
Mingjue focused on finishing up his own food as well, figuring that would give them more time to go over to his place and get Xichen the key and all that.
He told his best friend, "Of course you can message Wangji on the way. I'll message Huaisang at the same time, that way we'll both be distracted at the same time."
He didn't take long to finish the rest of hid food, and he smiled at Xichen before saying, "I'm ready whenever you are."
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Lan Xichen
MDZS Character
Yes
Homosexual
single
Redeim
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Jul 20, 2020 21:17:01 GMT -8
Post by Lan Xichen on Jul 20, 2020 21:17:01 GMT -8
Xichen let out a breath of a short laugh and nodded, "Sounds like a deal." He agreed. He went about finishing his food, eating a bit slower than Mingjue had, but finishing it not long after him. "I'm ready now." He said simply.
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 20, 2020 21:35:07 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 20, 2020 21:35:07 GMT -8
Mingjue got to his feet quickly once Xichen said that he was ready to go. He smiled as he started leading the way to his place, not that Xichen didn't know how to get there, he'd been there enough times over the years, even if it had been a while. Mingjue was glad again with just how close the house was to campus, even if it was way bigger than it needed to be.
As they walked, he shot a quick text to his brother saying, "I'm giving Xichen one of the spare keys. He might be staying over sometimes, our place is better for studying, especially if he has to stay up late, and it's not like we don't have space. Want to get your extra junk out of the master bedroom upstairs?"
Huaisang shot back, "What? Not sharing yours? I'll move my shit for Xichen-ge's sake."
Mingjue frowned at the text but told Xichen, "Huaisang's cool with you being over more. Also, I think that he likes you as an older brother better than he likes me."
He wasn't going to dignify Huaisang's implication with a reply though. Instead, he focused on how nice it was to walk across campus with Xichen instead of the more hurried meet ups they'd had lately.
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Lan Xichen
MDZS Character
Yes
Homosexual
single
Redeim
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Jul 20, 2020 22:31:13 GMT -8
Post by Lan Xichen on Jul 20, 2020 22:31:13 GMT -8
Xichen sent a message to Wangji asking him what his little brother had been up to, and if he was free anytime soon to meet up, and looked up and smiled to Mingjue. "Now, I'm sure that's not true. I've just been around for a lot of his life at this point. Maybe likes me just as much, but definitely not more than you." He said, patting Mingjue on the shoulder.
He slid his hands into his pockets and let out a contented sigh, "This walk is much needed. I didn't realize how much I had been stressing myself out over these projects. It's good to stop and enjoy nature for a bit."
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 20, 2020 23:16:50 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 20, 2020 23:16:50 GMT -8
Mingjue didn't argue with Xichen. He knew that his best friend always wanted to see the best of situations and people. As they walked, he lightly bumped their shoulders together, enjoying walking close behind his friend. Xichen was someone he enjoyed being quiet around, but also pretty much anything and everything they could find to talk about.
He said, "Do you think that you're going to come over tonight? I'll make sure that I'm prepped to make a dinner for both of us when I get home from work just in case if you are."
He hoped that the answer was yes. The idea of sitting around together over a late dinner, and making sure that Xichen knew he had a room he could use if he wanted to spend the night sounded nice, a little bit like a daydream more than reality honestly.
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Lan Xichen
MDZS Character
Yes
Homosexual
single
Redeim
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Jul 21, 2020 11:33:47 GMT -8
Post by Lan Xichen on Jul 21, 2020 11:33:47 GMT -8
Xichen glanced to his phone as he got a response from Wangji saying times he was available and sent another message quickly with the times that overlapped and then brought his phone down to his side and looked to Mingjue, thinking over his day. "I can do that. I was planning to study in the library once my classes were done for the day anyway, so knowing me I'll be there until they close... Which is already late enough." He let out a chuckle and nodded, "So I think it would be wise to go to your house. I'll explain to Uncle about it later."
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 21, 2020 14:13:40 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 21, 2020 14:13:40 GMT -8
Mingjue smiled as Xichen agreed, excited to be having two meals with Xichen that day. He thought over what ingredients he had at home and asked, "Does panfried trout and some sort of cooked greens and rice sound like a good dinner to you? I think that that was what I have that's in your food requirements that I had planned to cook this week."
He figured if it didn't, he could swing by one of the grocery stores with long hours on his way home. It would only delay him for about fifteen minutes, which was within traffic variability anyhow. He added with a smile, "I can come up with something else if it isn't. I suspect I'll have to start stocking up on more fish and vegetable options and less meat if you're going to be over more."
He hoped that Xichen would be over more, and actually around for him to cook for and take care of. He figured that his best friend wasn't taking care of himself as well as he could considering the amount of time he was spending on class and how tired he seemed.
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Lan Xichen
MDZS Character
Yes
Homosexual
single
Redeim
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Jul 21, 2020 22:41:27 GMT -8
Post by Lan Xichen on Jul 21, 2020 22:41:27 GMT -8
"Actually that sounds delicious." Xichen told Mingjue with a smile. An idea struck him, and he felt like it was a sign he was already "practically moving in" as he suspected would happen. "If it turns out I spend a lot of time at your house, I'll be happy to bring or buy my own food to stock your house with..."
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 21, 2020 23:01:34 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 21, 2020 23:01:34 GMT -8
Mingjue breathed a sigh of relief, glad that there was something already in his fridge to feed Xichen. He grinned at his friend's suggestion and said, "If you help me pick out some foods that you want me to cook or you want to make together, I'll let you pick up some groceries."
It felt weirdly domestic in a way that made it hard for Mingjue to keep a smile off his face. He was glad Huaisang had classes because if Huaisang saw him smiling like that, he would mock Mingjue even more than he was already likely to. At least Huaisang liked Xichen and wouldn't want to scare him off.
It wasn't long before they reached Mingjue's place, and he asked as they went in, "Do you want some tea or something?"
He left his shoes by the door and went to grab one of the extra keys before he forgot what he was there for.
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Lan Xichen
MDZS Character
Yes
Homosexual
single
Redeim
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Jul 23, 2020 9:28:38 GMT -8
Post by Lan Xichen on Jul 23, 2020 9:28:38 GMT -8
"Sounds like a deal," Xichen replied chipperly.
"Tea sounds great, thank you." He said, sliding off his shoes and heading into the kitchen. He slid his backpack off his shoulders and placed it against one of the table legs, sitting down in his chair and waiting for Mingjue to come back. The place was comfortable and he'd been there plenty of times, but just based off the short amount of time it would take Mingjue to do whatever he was doing (he presumed getting the extra key), Xichen could tell, at least at first, it would be weird to be there when no one else was.
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 23, 2020 15:59:01 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 23, 2020 15:59:01 GMT -8
Mingjue returned relatively quickly from the storage area in the laundry room that was just off the kitchen, depositing a key on a ring in front of Xichen, saying, "Found it."
He busied himself at the stove starting the kettle and preparing a tea pot with one of the teas that Xichen had given him. He said, "I'm looking forward to this being a more regular thing again. Just don't let me keep you too long for you to get to class when you need to, OK?"
He said, "For today, if you need a desk when you come over, you can use mine out in the living room since I'll be at work, or if you'd feel more comfortable setting up at the table in here, that's cool too. I'll move around a desk tomorrow so that there's another one out in the living room."
There were a few desks that had been in the house that he'd either just left where they were, like the one in the master bedroom, or moved around to act like extra counter space, like the one in the guest suite. He would have to look at how much of a pain each one would be to move, but he'd have plenty of time to do that Friday before Xichen arrived, even with going over to Meng Yao's place to work on his car with him.
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Lan Xichen
MDZS Character
Yes
Homosexual
single
Redeim
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Jul 23, 2020 23:14:46 GMT -8
Post by Lan Xichen on Jul 23, 2020 23:14:46 GMT -8
"Excellent!" Xichen replied, taking the keychain and looping it with his other keys.
He watched Mingjue as he worked in the kitchen, smiling to him despite the other man being busy with making tea. "I am also looking forward to it." He paused before addressing the other comment, "I think I will stay at the table for at least tonight... Would it be alright if I made myself some tea later?" He asked curiously. "I can probably stop by home to pick up some of my own tea after classes-" He paused, realizing he should be keeping track of the time and checked his phone for the time, "and while there I can tell Uncle about this plan."
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Nie Mingjue
MDZS Character
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Jul 23, 2020 23:38:34 GMT -8
Post by Nie Mingjue on Jul 23, 2020 23:38:34 GMT -8
Mingjue said, "You're always welcome to help yourself to tea. Most of the stuff I have is stuff you got for me anyhow. But telling your uncle sounds like a good idea. Wouldn't want to worry him."
Soon enough the tea was ready, and he brought the pot and two cups to the table, pouring tea for both of them. He said, "How are you doing on time? I know you have class at some point."
He hoped that the answer was Xichen could linger a bit like Mingjue could, his first class of the day not for a while yet, but he suspected the answer was that Xichen would have to hurry through his tea. Even so, they would be able to walk back to campus together, and that would be nice.
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Lan Xichen
MDZS Character
Yes
Homosexual
single
Redeim
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Jul 25, 2020 23:32:55 GMT -8
Post by Lan Xichen on Jul 25, 2020 23:32:55 GMT -8
"Excellent to know, and though I know you have plenty of tea I like, grabbing my own is my excuse to stop by home." Xichen explained, a soft smile on his face. "But yes, I don't want Uncle to worry something happened to me, either. And knowing me, I would forget to call him to let him know. So I think stopping by home is the better option.
"Thank you." Xichen said before he glanced at his phone to check the time, then returned his attention to Mingjue, "I still have about an hour. Which sounds like just enough time to enjoy this tea with a friend."
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