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.
[break][break]The Rotten Rose stands in front of a black, large gate, locked all over as if it won't ever open again. Her blue eyes trail over from the top of the gate, adorned with spikes, down to the bottom, where intricate designs form in curved lines. What's most eye-catching (and most boring if Selina had to put it) about it was the big lock sprawled all over the gate. Sometimes she could also see specks of flame in a blink of an eye.
[break][break]She was standing in front of Hell's Gate, rumored to never be opened again.
[break][break]She was the only one standing here for now. Either it was forbidden to go here, or simply people don't want to stay here because of the seemingly awful vibe that it emanates, but whatever reason, people don't go here. Not curious ones like Selina, anyway; of course these types of places are a go-to. Well, it's a good thing she was alone, anyway, since she seemed to didn't want any disturbance for now; company was welcomed, but not recommended. Selina came here to contemplate to herself, after all.
[break][break]The spirit could only smirk softly. "Well, what a beautiful lonely gate you are..." She muttered, patting the black iron as if it was a darling friend. "Too bad you couldn't be opened. I would've loved to go wherever you take us."
[break][break]Silence consumes the entire area after she is done speaking.
Nike needed to pick up her father, something she has been doing for ages due to the fact that them naughty angels may be spying on them. So off she goes to the park to collect her father from the gates of hell.
It was difficult, having a mother that was a beautiful angel, and a father that was a handsome demon. She was glad that her mother and father are two different species, even if it is very controversial. They both gave her an insight into what it could be like being either species.
Walking into the park, she strode straight nearby hell’s gate and gasp lightly.
“RIGHT THEN!” She said as she brandished the sword she had on her hip to the little girl. She already didn’t trust them, especially since hardly anyone comes to hells gate…
She knows a demon when she sees one, or any of the other species that see hell as their home.
“What are you doing here, pest?? I suggest you leave now! This is not a place for you, nor will it ever be. If you go quietly I will not hurt you.”
Selina thought she was all alone, standing in front of Hell's Gate all by herself, when she heard from behind her a shout that seemed to resonate around the area. She was about to turn around when the blade of a sword was suddenly pointed at her neck. The girl does not move, instead she listens to the girl's taunts as to why she came here.
[break][break]The spirit grins devilishly once the girl finishes her testimony. "Did you just call me..." She begins mumbling, manifesting into her spirit form and further pushing the sword through her neck. Her neck phases through the sword and she grins, glaring at the stranger who she now recognizes as a pretty young woman with a slender figure, and seemingly blonde brown hair.
[break][break]Selina stands to the side and continues to glare, the grin now starting to dissipate into a deathly frown. "...A pest?" She continues her sentence, hands clenched into fists and face starting to be painted red. "Did you just call me... a pest?!"
[break][break]She doesn't hesitate any further. The young spirit disappears from midair and goes face to face with the woman, reappearing only to be glaring at her eye to eye. "I will have you know that I am no pest, and you have no right to call me such!" Selina yells at her, and her voice resonates around the area loudly. "I am a person and not worthy of being called a pest, so shut your mouth!"
[break][break]Selina moves away from her and turns back from her, crossing her arms with an angry frown. She doesn't say anything after that and waits for the woman's reaction.
Oh god, what has Nike done?! Nike merely called her a pest, and it left her to do nothing but chuckle. She really acted like a little child, and while that was amusing to see, she knew she couldn’t let the “pest” continue their behaviour. This “pest” could go through the gates of hell and even the devils wouldn’t know what to do with her.
Her anxiety was beginning to edge in the moment the girl appeared right in front of her face… who does she think she is…?! That dude who terrorised a ton of people in some camp or something?!
“Only if you shut your mouth.” Nike replied in sarcasm. “Just kidding. Now, why are you here?? Give me your reason and then be on your way. You don’t belong anywhere near this gate, and you don’t belong whatever is beyond that gate either.”
The only thing Nike had in her mind was to protect her father, her father was beyond that gate… She can’t pick him up, and he may even be violated by this girl, it was a way better idea to be safe than sorry, so she had to go.
“Or do I have to waste my time to follow you wherever you bloody go?? Heck no! I believe you don’t deserve anyone to watch you wherever you go… So scram little girl!!!”
Great, now she's laying the rules here even though she's practically the one teasing her first. "Shut your mouth"? Selina could scoff at that. No one but Zeredah can command her that way! Selina closes her eyes and looks away from the other female with a pout. She wouldn't shut her mouth if the woman were to plead for it. She would never!
[break][break]Then she starts to ask questions about why she is here, and tells her that once she responds with her reason she should go away. Selina wouldn't leave just yet, however. Because why would she be ordered around by a mere, sophisticated young woman such as this one, who doesn't know what the word "walking around" is?
[break][break]...Come to think of it, she should probably introduce her to the concept.
[break][break]Whipping her head to the other female with a haughty smirk, she covered her mouth with a gloved hand and began to giggle. "Oh my, seems like I was just walking around," She giggled once more, before waving a hand dismissively while turning her back at her. "Is there something wrong for a mere stranger to be walking around here that would get you triggered?"
[break][break]It seemed like the other woman was hiding something, perhaps related to the pretty little gate she was standing in front of... Selina turned her head when she started yelling about following her around, and for a moment Selina could only blink on her spot. A few seconds later and she's already gasping, moaning hysterically, feigning sadness.
[break][break]"Oh, how rude!" She exclaims, punching her fist in the air. "How could you accuse me of needing someone to accompany me?! I never said anything about it!" Her voice is high-pitched now, and she's literally acting like a little child being picked on by adults. "I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself! You should know that!"
[break][break]"But..." Suddenly her childish facade disappears and a sinister grin takes its place, giggling as she grazes a clothed finger through her chin. "I'd like someone to accompany me to whatever is inside this Gate... if you may."
The fallen angel couldn’t believe what she was hearing. She was floored. Who the hell was this little girl standing in front of her?? Who does she think she is?? It isn’t even safe for her here, Hell was not a very nice place for those who do not belong there, Nike belonged there, her father belonged there, but not the blonde bimbo that was wasting the fallen angel’s time.
“Staring at something for an extremely long time is not walking around. Now don’t be such a bimbo. And I am not triggered by that, I am triggered by your inconsiderate attitude.” Nike didn’t even know what else to say, she was struggling with the fact that hasn’t dealt with this kind of conflict, yet at the same time, she has dealt with much worse conflict.
“You know fine well that there's a few rules to that, accompanying your kind INTO them gates included. If you can leave, then this would be over and done with. Please.”
Sighing softly, she just hoped that everything was over and done with soon. She didn't have the time nor patience to deal with this issue. Maybe after all this is over, she could go to the bar and just drink continuously until she has a hangover, so she could forget the runt and be over it.
Selina couldn't help but quirk a blonde eyebrow once the other female starts to contradict her reason for coming here. She's given her reason, what she had asked of her before she asked her to leave, and now she's saying that stumbling upon the gate is not walking around? How else would she ever end up here if she wasn't walking around for a while earlier? Coming here wasn't even in her priority list in the first place.
[break][break]"Hmm... what if... I was walking around this area before I came here? Isn't that reason enough?" She asked in a childish way, her expression feigning curiosity as she presses a finger repeatedly on her chin, her eyes rolling back to look at upward. "And thank you for your concern, it's nice for someone to point out I'm inconsiderate, of all things."
[break][break]The young woman disagrees to take her to whatever is hidden in those gates, and soon enough she urges her to go away so it will be over. Selina was anything but pleased by this, but something in her tone seems that she really meant it, even pleading for her to do so. She stares at her intently, blinking a few times; finally, she sighs in exasperation and starts walking away from the gates.
[break][break]"Fine, fine," She grumbles while walking, staring at the other woman with a bored look on her face. "It wasn't as if there was any fun standing there, anyway." She adds, before disappearing into thin air and not making herself visible to the other woman.
[break][break]Her footsteps fade away, and it seems like she is finally taking her leave. Once the sound of footsteps disappear, it seems like she's finally gone.
[break][break]The other woman could not have known that she was just standing in the entrance of the alleyway, still invisible, waiting for her to move.
Slowly but surely, the girl slowly fell on her knees. She didn’t want to deal with that girl again… If she did, she would probably go completely insane. She didn’t know if she wanted to pick her father up now. She would have to tell him someway, maybe she can enter later to pick him up or something.
“I need some fucking whiskey.” She said out loud to herself before walking away from the gates of hell. “This’ll perk me up a bit… now, where's the bar…?”
When it came to the finest whiskey, only a few bars can provide, and it was a bit of a tough choice because all the people who hung out in them bars with her were all really good people. They help her a lot throughout any little problem that she has, and it works out well for the fallen angel.
Slowly walking away, Nike then turned around once more towards the gate and bowed, before walking away quickly once more.
“I’ll pick you up later father, i’m so sorry…” She whispered.
Nothing will ever satiate her curiosity. Just looking at the other woman kneeling in front of the gate only raised her level of curiosity much higher than she had ever hoped. This one's too devoted to the gate, even though it was probably just a place where demons thrived. The young woman seems to be whispering something, but Selina is too far off from her to even hear her words.
[break][break]It irritates her, in a way. Even though she wants to know more about it, more about why she went too far by being on her knees, she couldn't let the other know that she was still here, secretly watching the other without having to show herself. Perhaps she was praying? Probably. Selina had figured her to be a creature from Hell, after all. Who else would even want to be here other than her and a curious soul named Selina?
[break][break]Then she heard her next words, loud enough for her to finally hear. Selina scoffed in disappointment.
[break][break]She was only just going to get whiskey. Puh.
[break][break]Selina could just leave and go back to the Assembly to take on missions, but her young little mind couldn't take it not knowing what the other woman would be up to in a bar of all places. Once the other woman makes her way out of the alleyway -- she bows once again to the gate before anything else -- Selina smirks to herself and watches once she is far away.
[break][break]The young girl trots after her, careful that she shouldn't be caught.
[break][break]Sorry. Too curious to leave you alone now, miss.
Whiskey was a way of life, so when Nike decided that she needed some whiskey, she was of course going to go for the kill. Looking from side to side, the young woman looked for a nearby bar, and luckily found one. Maybe it was near Hell’s gate for the inhabitants of Hell, she wouldn’t know. Nonetheless, the girl made off towards that very bar with the intention of having some good ol whiskey.
Opening the door to the bar. The smell of different alcohols and smoke invaded her sense of smell. This was definitely a bar, no doubt about it. The atmosphere, the relaxing music, even the uniforms. Nike enjoyed every second of walking here and wasted no time in getting herself comfy, she got the attention of the barman that was there and she immediately asked for their finest whiskey.
After ordering her whiskey, she placed her elbow on the bar bit and then used her hand to cuddle her chin.
It was smoking, smelly, and noisy when she had arrived to where the young woman was going.
[break][break]Sometimes Selina wanted to smack herself and start questioning why she had come here in the first place.
[break][break]The sun was starting to fall from the sky, the night preparing to take its place while waiting for the yellows and pinks in the clouds to be smothered with black and the darkest shades of purple. Light still illuminates the entire world, and everyone is still able to see anyone and anything they cross their paths with clearly without breaking a sweat. Few minutes more, however. Night will surely come by the next time they knew it.
[break][break]One would wonder why people would want to spend the rest of the day lounging in a bar, of all places.
[break][break]Selina guessed this woman was that type of person to not care asking at all.
[break][break]The young girl keeps following the other without turning back, raising an eyebrow as she sneaks a peak at the bar she was supposed to go. Selina could already smell the stench of beer and wine even from outside of the said bar; she is forced to pinch her nose tight as a result, but the fragrance still refuses to leave. It's sickening to the nostrils, especially to a small child like her. She wondered why this woman would want to be in this bar in the first place.
[break][break]At least go to a more presentable bar which would really lure you in, not like this cesspool.
[break][break]Regardless of the facts, she enters with her, and soon she is met with the uncontrollable scenery of people's red faces and drunk smiles, and crowds of friends and family hitting the edges of their glasses with a toast. It was much noisier than from outside, and as much as Selina is annoyed with that fact, she cannot do anything about it. The place is a bar, what did she expect?
[break][break]She sees the young woman sitting alone on a chair, presumably waiting for her order to come. She attempts to slip on to the other chair without hesitation, watching the woman's seemingly bored expression with amusement.
[break][break]Let's see what you're really up to tonight.
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