Welcome to The Duality of Man, an original animanga role-play that features numerous supernatural creatures. Unfortunately, these various species have distanced themselves because of the war that occurred thousands of years ago, plaguing some with eyes that only see their dualism. While others meddle themself with their differences, two groups fight, each attempting to eliminate the other in for their definition of worldly peace. These two groups of the Terror Response Syndicate (TRS) and the Assembly of Phantoms (AP). With individuals fighting merely over their differences, it brings uncertainty to the outcome of this war.
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Summer 2022
Heat has broken through into a glorious summer. The snow has entirely dried through the spring, leaving to the brilliance of the warmer months. Terror activity has risen as people are brought out of their homes, leaving the TRS in a position of consistent work. Each are attempting to maintain victory in the endless struggle for power.
With April, an activity check has arrived for members to do! Please post on the AC and tag all your accounts, including WIPs and OOC accounts. Failure to post on this AC will result in your accounts being marked inactive or deleted. Please note, due to a late start, the due date for this check has been adjusted for one time and one time only.
It was an unusually foggy day. It was late morning, slowly coming into the early afternoon. Due to the fog over the area surrounding the lake, most people stayed in their cabins and fishermen didn't come around. The young pink haired demon decided to take this golden opportunity that seem to present itself to her as a chance to swim. One of the very few simple pleasures Echo had come to enjoy since arriving on Earth was swimming. While around others in public she learned that one must wear something called a "bathing suit" in order to swim in the presence of the masses. Last time she nearly got arrested for skinny dipping in the ocean on a weekend. However, in this place with all the fog, she wouldn't have to worry about such bothersome details. Though, Echo did bring along a swimsuit just for good measure. She quickly stripped down, leaving her clothing and undergarments on a thick low hanging tree branch then dove straight it. It was wonderful being able to have the whole lake to herself without a care in the world. She floated on her back while lightly kicking her legs up and down to propel her body along the water's surface. While doing so, she quietly hummed a tune to herself. If this wasn't bliss, Echo didn't know what was.
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[attr="class","bhstext"]Boring.
[break][break]There wasn't much to do in the house, he noted.
[break][break]Hector Meredith dropped his pen on the table furiously, thinking of something to do. He didn't like boring days. Sure, the silence and quiet was always appreciated, but he wasn't one to just sit around and do nothing. That is unless he was writing another novel in a notebook that he was going to drop into the center of the street for people to storm about. Sadly, he was running out of ideas for a novel, so he wasn't writing anything.
[break][break]Then he started to think harder. Taking a walk should be nice. He wouldn't be riding a plane to go to another country, since he had already chosen Lorsette as his permanent home (though often times he would lie to himself). Then he decided; he'll go to a location in this city where it would take a car to get there.
[break][break]It was decided. Changing into a casual attire: leather jacket with a simple grey t-shirt and blue jeans, he walked out of the house, called a cab, and drove away with it.
[break][break]After several hours of travel and asking the driver which locations were suitable for exploring, he settled for a wak in Calico Forest. Sure, it was dark, with many trees, he thought, but he was sure there was more to that. Animals are good creatures in which he could always talk to. He could always turn into a tiger if he met some animals in the forest.
[break][break]While walking around the forest, he heard a splash a few distances away from where he was strolling around. There must be a lake here, he noted, then set off to the direction where he heard the splash. It would be nicer if the forest had a lake, too.
[break][break]It was surprisingly getting foggy around the area, too, but he managed to arrive at the spot. Glistening curtains of water grabbed his attention. There is a lake here, alright. Staring in awe, he walked around it in a circle, then turned to a nearby tree.
[break][break]Looks like he wasn't alone here, after all.
[break][break]Clothes were hanging on a branch that belonged to the tree that he was standing in front of right now. Then he turned around to glance at the lake. Sure enough, a slim figure of a woman showed up from the fog, who was swimming in the lake and didn't seem to notice him.
[break][break]He didn't say anything. Hector just stood there, watched the woman swimming.
[break][break]With his cheeks burning red.
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[attr="class","bhsnotes"]Tag @echo [break]Words 000 [break]Notes Replied~ [break]TL;DR Taking a cab and going to Calico Forest to walk around; walks up to Cattail Lake
After floating on her back for a bit, Echo decided to dive under the water. While submerged, she found some rather large aquatic creatures with tails, fins and gills. She believed they were called fish and heard humans liked to catch and cook them. Upon seeing her they began to swim away. However, if not for pure curiosity's sake above anything else, Echo began to swim after one of the smaller ones. As she chased it, the small little fish kept getting closer and closer to the surface, Echo snatched it up with her sharp teeth and splashed up out of the water. Upon doing so, her eyes met the gaze of a young looking, silver haired male with his cheeks flushed red. To where she had popped up, she was now close enough to the shore where only part of the lower half of her body was still submerged and her feet could touch the floor of the lake. She spit out the fish upon her discovery of not liking how it tasted. She then met the boy's gaze. "Why are you staring? Do you care to swim here as well? The water is quite pleasant and the fish below the water are interesting to see." She said, speaking causally to him, not really caring about the fact she was stark naked at the moment. Although, her long pink locks were covering the most indecent part of her chest and the water was up past her rear so her naughty bits couldn't be seen. Although, she acted like she had no clue, she wasn't as dense as she seemed. Echo simply found it amusing to act that way.
[attr="class","bhsquot2"]Outlet by the Lightswitch,
[attr="class","bhstext"]He stood there, completely speechless. It took him a moment to realize that she was completely naked. It was a good thing the fog was there, which partially covered his eyes from seeing the girl's whole body.
[break][break]He stared at her for a few minutes before everything went silent.
[break][break]He couldn't see the woman anywhere.
[break][break]Then she emerges out from the water with a splash, his eyes finally meeting hers. She spits out a fish she had bitten on her mouth before inquiring why he was staring and if he also wanted to dive in. Hector didn't talk for a few seconds. He simply stared at the young woman in front of him, his cheeks burning even more. It was a good thing some strands of her pink hair had covered parts of her breasts, and the water like a blanket to hide her lower parts.
[break][break]But... still.
[break][break]Breaking out of his trance, he shook his head slightly and coughed, before closing his eyes and taking a deep breath. "Ah... sorry if I disturbed you with my glance. I just... don't really see people stark naked in front of me."Like that, he was about to add, but he quickly shut himself up. Perhaps he should try something even nicer.
[break][break]"And no, I didn't come here to swim in the lake. I was only taking a walk." There was a short pause before he continued. "And if I were to swim, though, it is advisable that you wear even a simple bathing suit. You don't want others to walk in on you with you in that condition."
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[attr="class","bhsnotes"]Tag @echo [break]Words 000 [break]Notes She is such a tease I love it XD [break]TL;DR Currently by the shore of Cattail Lake; talking to the young woman in front of him
It seemed he wasn't there for a swim, simply out for a walk. Echo wondered if that meant he lived close by. He was clearly flustered by her appearance but still managed to speak just fine. "How boring." she thought to herself, in her head. As she listened to him speak. When he suggested she wear a bathing suit so others would not catch her in that visage, she giggled. "My, how kind of you to be worried." she said quickly closing the distance between them, leaning is as if she were going in to kiss him but licked his cheek instead then backed off. "You are certainly a curious fellow, do my horns not frighten you?" She said acting as if she hadn't just licked his cheek while walking out of the water and over to the tree. She grabbed her simple white one-piece bathing suit and slipped into it. Now that Echo's body was clothed, she could go back in the water if she chose to. However, her curiosity was peaked by the polite young man before her. "I like your taste, although, you do not taste like that of a human, what sort of being are you?" Echo asked him nonchalantly.
[attr="class","bhsquot2"]Outlet by the Lightswitch,
[attr="class","bhstext"]The woman thanks him for the concern for her well-being, and he nods, but his cheeks are still flaring red. I hope she does take the concern seriously... He thought to himself, watching her walk up to the surface and lean up close to him. His whole face would be turning red at this point, as their lips are almost about to touch...
[break][break]...She licks his cheek, making his body shiver suddenly at what she did. "Wh-Wha--" He stutters, shocked. His widened eyes then glance at her as she changes into a white one piece swimsuit. He then considers her question about being frightened of her. "Why would I be frightened? You seem pretty normal to me..."
[break][break]She then comments about his taste, and he shivers yet again, blushing. Was she a shifter? Or something else? Then, when asked what kind of creature he was, he took a deep breath and sighed, staring at her. "I'm a shifter," He replied, then tucked his hands into the pockets of his jeans. "Creatures who shift into animals freely."
[break][break]He then raised an eyebrow at her. "How about you? You don't seem like a mortal to me either." Hector inquired, a smirk forming in his face. "What kind of creature are you?"
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[attr="class","bhsnotes"]Tag @echo [break]Words 000 [break]Notes She is such a tease I love it XD [break]TL;DR Currently by the shore of Cattail Lake; talking to the young woman in front of him
His reaction was quite adorable to Echo. She couldn't help but giggle. When he said she looked normal to him, it was quite a surprise, most people tended to fear or hate her all because she chose to show her horns rather than hide them to fit in with society. It turned out the boy was a shifter, one of those beings with the ability to shift into an animal freely. She had met a few of them among her travels before she settled down in Lorsette. When he asked her what kind of being she was, Echo couldn't help but smirk. For a moment, the pink haired woman pondered the idea of teasing him again for the simple pleasure of seeing how he would react but decided to just tell him the truth. "I'm a demon, one of those who got stuck on Earth when the war ended. Does that answer your question well enough?" Despite all of her past encounters with his kind, he was the first to not run in fear or try to fight her out of hatred. She walked back over to him, closing the distance between them even quicker than last time but didn't lick his cheek this time. She just stared into his eyes with a smile on her face. "I think I have taken a liking to you. Your taste is pleasant and you are the first of your kind to not fear or hate me.. what is your name? I'm Echo, Echo Strauss. Although my surname is merely for blending in. I'm also the first-born daughter of the demon king." She said before licking his cheek then backed away from his face and smiled.
[attr="class","bhsquot2"]Outlet by the Lightswitch,
[attr="class","bhstext"]Hector watches her giggle, and for a moment he feels quite irritated, but this soon melts away. He smiles and chuckles quietly to himself, then smirks at the woman. "I must say, you are quite an interesting woman," He compliments her, shrugging his shoulders.
[break][break]She then answers the question of what creature she was, and her answer makes his eyes grow quite wide. A demon! For a moment he thought she was a vampire. "Ah, I see..." He then nodded at her second statement. "And yes, it answers my question well enough, thank you very much."
[break][break]Then she suddenly leans up to his face again, making him back away slowly, though he managed to smile softly. She stated how she had taken a liking to him, and how he was the first creature to not fight her. He chuckled softly, staring into her blue eyes. "Well, I don't want to fight someone who didn't even want any harm on me, so you're fine." He then chuckles nervously. "And thank you for describing how I taste... I guess..."
[break][break]She then introduces herself, making him grin in awe. "Echo... Echo Strauss..." He repeats the name before smiling at her, listening to her tell him about how she was the daughter of the demon king. "That's such a unique name. My name is..." Suddenly he doubted whether or not to tell her his real name or simply his alias, but he decided on it. "...Meredith. Hector Meredith."
[break][break]He then yelped in surprise when she licked him again. "O-Okay, can you stop that please?" He stuttered, though he knew that won't hinder her even one bit. "No offense, but you act like a vampire when you do that..." he added with a blush of his cheeks.
[break][break]He then tilts his head. "So... daughter of the demon king," He began, then smiled softly. "did you grow up a carefree life or did you get much pressure, being a princess?"
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[attr="class","bhsnotes"]Tag @echo [break]Words 000 [break]Notes She is such a tease I love it XD [break]TL;DR Currently by the shore of Cattail Lake; talking to the young woman in front of him
Echo sees he's clearly surprised to find out she's a demon but, his attitude towards her doesn't change. He gives his name as Hector Meredith. And right before he was about to say something, he reacted to her licking his cheek, nervously asking her to stop. His reactions are still funny and adorable. Even though Hector asks her to stop doing that, it's quite clear he knows that won't deter her from doing so. Echo simply giggles but stops when she hears him say she acts like a vampire when she does that. Echo shoots Hector a sharp irritated glare after hearing him say that and she pouts for a moment. However, it didn't last long. Hector asked her if she had a carefree life growing up or if she get pressure being a princess. She thought about it for a moment before answering. "I did get pampered as a child, though I wouldn't say I lived carefree. I was being groomed to married when I was 16. Although, the war started around that time and so I fought on the front lines as a commander of one platoon of my father's army." She talked while playing with the ends of her hair and having her eyes downcast towards the ground. "However, I was nearly killed in battle and when I awoke, I was on Earth in a country called Germany with my younger sister Luna beside me. Ever since then, I've been stuck on Earth, and I've just been living my life as I pleased." Echo then let go of her pink locks and looked at Hector with a smile. She closed the distance between them once more, getting close to his face and whispered in his ear. "You're the first person I've told all this to since I arrived on Earth over nine hundred years ago." She said with a blushing smile before she kissed his cheek. Echo kept herself close to him but gave his face some space at the very least.
[attr="class","bhsquot2"]Outlet by the Lightswitch,
[attr="class","bhstext"]Echo giggles again, but then was abruptly stopped when he had said earlier that she acted like a vampire when she lickes his cheek. The glare she shoots at him sends a shiver down his spine. Demons really are this scary when they're annoyed, huh... He says to himself in his mind, then chuckles nervously as he puts his hands in front of him in surrender. "Haha, sorry, uh... I didn't mean to annoy you... hehe..."
[break][break]The glare does not last long, though, as she then replies to the question he had asked her a while earlier about having a carefree life as a demon princess. "Married at 16? That is particularly a young age for marriage..." He comments, then smiles once she mentions herself fighting with a platoon from her father's army. "You must be a really brave woman, then. I applaud you for that."
[break][break]A frown creases his face once she tells him that she was almost near-death, but then she woke up in Germany with her sister Luna. "It must've been really painful, then..." He mutters, almost to himself, grazing a finger through his chin.
[break][break]His cheeks suddenly flush a deep red once she whispers to him, telling him that he was the very first person that she had told about her past. Then she kisses his cheek, not taking her distance away from her. He stares, stunned at first, but a smile follows after, as he stares back into her eyes. "Well, I'm glad to know that." He mutters back. "In fact, you are also the very first person whom I had told my name to. Nobody in the world knows my name since I hide it from everyone else..." He chuckles softly. "...but looks like you are a different case."
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[attr="class","bhsnotes"]Tag @echo [break]Words 000 [break]Notes I'M LATE... I'M SO SORRY [break]TL;DR Currently by the shore of Cattail Lake; talking to the young woman in front of him
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