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!
Meet Cute, Again (Lan Xichen) [COMPLETED]
Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 23, 2020 23:42:01 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 23, 2020 23:42:01 GMT -8
Meng Yao's smile got bigger the more Xichen talked. It was like word diarrhea and it was pretty endearing. "Reading? You sure about that? You didn't sound sure," he teased.
"I don't really have an elevator pitch like that. I live in Los Altos Hills, I work in SF and my major is psychology." he shrugged thinking of what else to say before bluntly saying, "Oh right, I like sex."
It wasn't a lie, but at this point, he'd said it for the shock factor. He liked making the other man flustered. If flustering people was a sport, he'd for sure at least place with some kind of medal.
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Lan Xichen
MDZS Character
Yes
Homosexual
single
Redeim
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Jul 25, 2020 23:37:38 GMT -8
Post by Lan Xichen on Jul 25, 2020 23:37:38 GMT -8
Xichen smiled at Meng Yao's teasing, "I am sure. I'm just not used to talking about my hobbies." He admitted. "People don't usually me that sort of thing, for some reason." He looked up and away, considering something, "You'd think I'd be asked about my hobbies more, as that's usually an ice breaker, isn't it?" He mused aloud.
He was at a loss for words as Meng Yao reciprocated answering the questions. He felt like he was probably blushing, but couldn't tell for sure. "O-oh..." He stuttered. "That's a uh... interesting hobby? I guess." He tried. It felt pathetic even before the words had left his mouth, but he couldn't stop them from coming out. He was just he managed to not ramble about nothing, and probably overshare, in the process.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 26, 2020 0:12:20 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 26, 2020 0:12:20 GMT -8
Meng Yao couldn't help but devolve into a fit of giggles. "Your face," he laughed, wiping a tear away. "My major is psychology but my goal is to become a sex therapist. So lots of human behavioral classes and sociology and unfortunately, biology."
He sat back in his seat, looking at Xichen, "you're fun to tease, you know that?"
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Lan Xichen
MDZS Character
Yes
Homosexual
single
Redeim
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Jul 27, 2020 17:13:39 GMT -8
Post by Lan Xichen on Jul 27, 2020 17:13:39 GMT -8
Xichen titled his head to one side, blinking in confusion as Meng Yao began laughing. He let out a soft laugh, trying to hide his embarrassment, and muttered a somewhat relieved-sounding "oh." He cleared his throat and straightened up, giving Meng Yao a smile. "I've been told I'm gullible, so I guess there's that. I'd suppose that leads to me being fun to tease." He spoke honestly. He didn't mind friendly teasing, but wouldn't tolerate hostile teasing or bad-mouthing, and so far it seemed like Meng Yao was only going to engage in the prior, so he didn't mind getting pulled into it.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 27, 2020 17:33:37 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 27, 2020 17:33:37 GMT -8
Meng Yao pursed his lips. "I could see people calling you gullible. You want to see the best in people," he leaned back in his seat and crossed his arms across his chest, "it probably leads to you getting hurt. People aren't worth that kind of trust, do yourself a favor and stop."
Their food was called out and Meng Yao went up to retrieve them both. He brought them back to the table, "chai and something vegetable related," he said placing it in front of Xichen. He placed his own down and sat again.
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Lan Xichen
MDZS Character
Yes
Homosexual
single
Redeim
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Jul 27, 2020 19:52:15 GMT -8
Post by Lan Xichen on Jul 27, 2020 19:52:15 GMT -8
Xichen's features seemed to fade, and he looked at Meng Yao curiously. It was in that moment he realized life hadn't done Meng Yao any favors this time around either. He felt his heart ache for the other man, but stopped himself from giving him a pitying look. His attention was interrupted by their order being ready, but as he was about to get up, Meng Yao beat him to it. He waited at the table, trying to figure out what to say next.
A small laugh escaped as Meng Yao set his plate in front of him. He picked up his fork, hesitating before replying, "Is that... Really how you view people?" He asked. The question he wanted to ask wasn't forming properly in his mind, but that wasn't it. It felt a lot more accusatory than he intended it to. "That I'm kind and therefore am inevitably going to get hurt?"
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 27, 2020 20:02:23 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 27, 2020 20:02:23 GMT -8
Meng Yao took a bite of his food and thought about it. He didn't want to sound incredibly jaded but was quickly coming to the realization that he probably was.
"I'm not saying that everyone is going to take advantage of you and hurt you because you're nice and optimistic. I'm just saying that anyone in my life would," he shrugged. "So to be honest, don't come looking my way for a different experience than that guy who betrayed you."
He tried to get his thoughts in order by taking another bite, "don't get me wrong, you seem nice and you'd probably treat me with respect, which is great. But then I'd feel the need to protect you from all the shady shit happening in my life and one day I wouldn't be able to shield you from it anymore and you'd see me for who I am. It won't be pretty."
Meng Yao wanted to slam his head on the table. What the hell was he saying? It was all true, yes, but it was a huge amount of oversharing to a complete stranger. "Why are you so easy to talk to? Why would I even tell you that?" he asked, genuinely disgusted with himself.
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Lan Xichen
MDZS Character
Yes
Homosexual
single
Redeim
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Jul 27, 2020 21:33:43 GMT -8
Post by Lan Xichen on Jul 27, 2020 21:33:43 GMT -8
Xichen was about to comment, but as Meng Yao continued talking, he couldn't help but let out a short, bitter laugh. Go figure he'd say something like that. He was tempted to ask if Meng Yao had killed anyone, but thought better of it, at least for the moment. "I'll keep that in mind." He promised. "You know, just because I'm 'nice' and would - in fact - treat you with respect because that is just how I treat people, I've seen some bad things in my life." Or at least one of my lives, he added in thought. "I'll admit, I'm gullible, and I do tend to try to see the good in people, but I'm not stupid." Naive, sure. "And I don't need to be shielded from 'shady shit,' as you called it." He said finally, stabbing at his food before paying attention to it more than the man in front of him.
It was only a moment later he gave Meng Yao a nod of a bow, "I'm sorry. I'm not... normally like that. I didn't mean to snap at you."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 27, 2020 21:51:21 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 27, 2020 21:51:21 GMT -8
Meng Yao quirked an eyebrow, intrigued as Xichen made it very clear he'd gotten under his skin. Goody two shoes - not very interesting. But if he had some depth to him, Meng Yao could work with that.
"No, I like the anger. It's not what I expected, which is good. I like to be surprised and it was kinda hot," he said, smirking.
"I can now see there's a human in there instead of the good old boy next door," he took another bite. "If you don't want to be shielded though, don't be surprised when you look behind the curtain."
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Lan Xichen
MDZS Character
Yes
Homosexual
single
Redeim
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Jul 28, 2020 15:05:55 GMT -8
Post by Lan Xichen on Jul 28, 2020 15:05:55 GMT -8
Xichen looked down at his food, feeling somewhat conflicted and confused. On the one hand, Meng Yao officially said he was hot, which was not something he expected to like as much as he did. On the other hand, he had become very good at swallowing his anger as he was growing up, and he didn't usually let it out. "Uh... thanks... I think." He responded slowly.
"I won't be." He said confidently, though he knew there were things in the world he knew nothing about, let alone how to approach someone dealing with whatever those things were.
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 28, 2020 16:56:33 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 28, 2020 16:56:33 GMT -8
Meng Yao narrowed his eyes at Xichen, debating something. After a few more seconds of deliberation, he decided. "You should come see me at work sometime."
He pushed around some of his food, not particularly impressed with it. "Has no one ever called you hot? Would you prefer attractive? Handsome? Mountable?" Meng Yao laughed, barely able to get out the last one because it was clearly too much for even him. It made him think less about mounting someone sexually and more like mounting a TV or shelf to a wall and the visual of Xichen being mounted to a wall had him giggling.
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Lan Xichen
MDZS Character
Yes
Homosexual
single
Redeim
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Jul 28, 2020 19:53:44 GMT -8
Post by Lan Xichen on Jul 28, 2020 19:53:44 GMT -8
"Okay... Where do you work?" Xichen said, beginning confidently but sounding hesitant by the end.
Xichen shrugged, "Let's just say I'm used to hearing 'boy next door' a lot more than 'hot.'" He said simply. He played with his food mindlessly, now distracted. He scrunched up his face at the term 'mountable.' He knew what Meng Yao meant, and normally he would be quite embarrassed by that, but he was too distracted by the weirdness of the term. "Mountable? Am I a horse now?"
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 28, 2020 20:02:28 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 28, 2020 20:02:28 GMT -8
Meng Yao was still laughing. "You make more sense than my brain. A horse is indeed mountable. I was envisioning you being screwed to a wall," he said, wiping a tear from his eye.
Once he got his laughter back under control he shook a finger in front of him, "nope, I don't tell you where I work. I just bring you along one day. That's the deal if you want to peel back this curtain."
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Lan Xichen
MDZS Character
Yes
Homosexual
single
Redeim
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Jul 28, 2020 21:02:05 GMT -8
Post by Lan Xichen on Jul 28, 2020 21:02:05 GMT -8
Xichen let out a laugh at Meng Yao's comment, "I suppose that is another way to use it. Regardless, it doesn't work. Be honest - you were going for the shock factor but it failed." He said, pointing an accusatory fork at Meng Yao.
He raised an eyebrow and stuck the fork in his mouth, looking at Meng Yao curiously as he contemplated how to answer. He hummed in thought, putting some actual food on his fork before sticking in back in his mouth. He waited until he swallowed the food in his mouth to respond. "Okay." He said finally. "Deal."
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Meng Yao
MDZS Character
No
Pansexual
SingleAF
Velexa
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Jul 28, 2020 21:27:13 GMT -8
Post by Meng Yao on Jul 28, 2020 21:27:13 GMT -8
"What? It doesn't work?" Meng Yao acted shocked. "If you're not mountable does that make you a bottom?" He shook his head, "no, I guess most people would consider mountable to be a bottom, so you're a top? Then again, it depends on positions. When I said mountable, I most definitely meant riding you." Meng Yao grinned, dimples on display. "How's that for shock factor?"
He pushed around his food again, it really wasn't very good. "Deal. You'll need to be free a Friday or Saturday night."
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