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.
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[attr="class","jawntattxtdiv"] It's been so long since he's last visited a library.
[break][break]After a few hours of pondering, a few hours of just sitting around and trying to think of something to do, he actually just realized there was a library somewhere around here in Lorsette. Though not initially what he planned to do that morning, the writer decided it would be best to procrastinate once more for only a few hours, only to travel to one of the places he loved to visit when he was a child: the library.
[break][break]The first time he stepped in Lorsette's Public Library, he could almost gawk at the sheer amount of books stacked up on the shelves, and the size of the library itself. It was so much different from the libraries in the orphanages he used to live in; so much bigger and so much wider than what he had anticipated. And too be honest, he was happy enough to come here. Who could've expected the library in this city was much bigger than he thought?
[break][break]Too be honest, he wasn't used to the system that public libraries usually have, but he heard it was all just about attendance and the books you want to read checked in. He walks over to the novels section and picks out the largest book he could find, before approaching the librarian and listing himself into the attendance and checking in the books he wanted to borrow.
[break][break]Now he was just sitting, reading through the words the book has to offer. For sure, it's already quite interesting just from reading Chapter 1, but maybe that's just how invested he was in books. He just didn't realize that until now.
[break][break]Hopefully nothing strange will happen today. He just went to a library; nothing could go wrong, right?
Aasim normally stood out from the crowd being large in size and tall. His short white hair hid his artic wolf ears which as kid he eas always teased for. His hair was nice and soft if anyone dared touch his hair like that of a wolfs soft fur. When not in his full form his eyed were a dull grey-blue. He had on his normal clothes which were made out of matieral that are harder for bullets and knifes to get threw not inmpossible for them ot get threw it just harder. But yet its easy to move in and a bright red jacket that stands out from the rest. He sometimes is seen wearing a gatiar case on his back, but this is really were he keeps his sword that he forged for dealing with hell baised beings. He also has a gun holster one with bullets for other things one for werewolves/demons. However this gun holster was hidded and blended in so it wouldn't make others nervous.
He had recently been requested to be the guardian of a writer. Although he couldn't seem to remember who requested him or why him but he liked this kind of job. He walked around the library looking for any book he thought that Hector would want to read. He was kinda hesitant to actually find some since the subject he seemed interested in right now was angels. He didn't exactly trust angel anymore. He also didn't trust demons after all before being assigned to Hector he took on small jobs to slay demons that were causing problems. He found a book that told the history of guardians and angels. So he decided to take that book to Hector, but noticed him already reading it. As Aasim sat down he leaned back on the chairs back legs his heals holding him there. ”When your done with that book you might like this one” he said. Although Aasim himself didn't know what to read.
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[attr="class","jawntattxtdiv"] Everything in this book was just too mesmerizing, Hector couldn't just look away from it anymore. The contents of the book, as well as the imagery and interpretation conveyed in it, made him want to race to the last page. For sure, Hector was hooked. Probably hooked enough that he wouldn't be able to pay attention to anyone else.
[break][break]While reading, though, he feels a sudden presence from just across the table; at first, he thought less of it, thinking it may be just another visitor wanting to read books. But as he lowered his book to turn to the next page, he looks up to see a tall young man with silver white hair, handing over a book to him and seemingly... suggesting it for him to read once he finishes up the first book.
[break][break]...Which was kind of strange, but still... maybe he's just another friendly person wanting to meet his acquaintance.
[break][break]He looks over to the book with a small hint of doubt, but smiles and takes it anyway from the man's hands. "Thank you for this." He says with a nod, then turns to the book again. But before he continues reading, he raises an eyebrow at him. "So... why did you decide to sit with me, sir?"
[break][break]Hector wasn't trying to offend him, but still, it seemed somewhat strange that a person he didn't know would sit with him to read, much less actually suggesting a book to him upon first meeting. Plus there were lots of vacant tables around the library, so... he couldn't help but wonder.
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He thought for a moment wondering how exactly to put it. He decided to come straight out with it. "I have been watching you for a few days now. I am Aasim Daytona and I'm a guardian. I have been summoned and contracted to protect you by your grandmother who you havent met yet. Even though you many not have met her she still does care for you and sent me to protect you. So here I am" Aasim said taiking a deep breath. His white wolf like ears that were really short hidded slightly beneith his white hair. His dull blue eyes looking at the young shifter.
"So i see you have an intrerest in angels is there a reason why if I may ask. For books dont tell you everything about them. Sometimes you have to experiance things first" he smiled. "But they can also be good sorce of information depending on what they say" he said. He personally didnt like angels after all his first client had been an angel's daughter the daughter was nice but after they found out he was the joke in his family for some reason his family was attacked by that angels family even after the girl tried to stop them. He really didnt like angels. He had been forced to flee.
But if that was his cilents interest he wouldnt stop him from investigating about angels.
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[attr="class","jawntattxtdiv"] The other man does seem quite interested to talk to him, or at least sit with him for a while. Of course, Hector would let him do so, but it still feels quite strange to suddenly find someone else sitting next to you, and even talking to you right at that moment. Hector wanted to know exactly why he sat next to him, but then again, maybe he's just another customer of this library wanting to read some books--
[break][break]But when he starts explaining himself, the shifter's eyes widen.
[break][break]"W-Watching me...?" He could simply mutter under his own breath once he hears the other talking. For a few days? What for?! Instead of rushing things, though, he simply sits there and decides to listen to what he has to say. For some reason, though, something about this guy was off... him saying that he was a guardian sent to protect him wasn't helping any matters at all.
[break][break]After he is done speaking, the young man blinks uncertainly, before leaning back on his seat to look him straight in the eye. "Okay... let me get this straight..." He points to the other male without even touching them, gulping down before he starts talking once more. "You are a guardian, and my grandmother sent you to protect me... is all of this true?" Somehow when he said that, his voice was rising, clearly confused. "Also, you've got something wrong. I've met my grandmother already, as well as my grandfather. What I don't know is if they are still alive."
[break][break]Then he asks about his interest in angels, prompting Hector to look back to the book he was holding. No, it's not like he's interested in these creatures, he just so happens to pick the book up from the shelves. Nothing wrong with trying something new. "Oh, no... I just picked the book to ease my boredom." He stated with a small chuckle, rubbing the brown cover filled with dust. "It lured me to it, I should say. But I'm not really interested in angels; I always find them strange."
"I see and yes it was a while ago she summoned me I was to watch over you from a far till I thought the time was right to make myself known. So here I am besides just sitting there for a long time you kinda start feeling like a stalker and I got bored so I decided to make myself known to you. I can see this is all very confusing this is only my second guardian job after all first one was for an angel family for a little girl. I comepleted the job returned her to her mother safely then they attacked my family for some reason. So I stopped taking jobs for angels. Then after that I had small jobs going after demons being hired and summoned by people till your grandmother summoned me. The last time I saw her she was doing fine however I never met your grandfather. So I can't say how their doing exactly. But you should know they have been thinking about you and you have always been in their hearts."
"It took me a while to find you, I watched to make sure you were the one I was sent to protect." He said. He wasn't sure what else to say about it this after all was the first time his job didn't involve a child. He then took out his book. Which was well children stories he used to read the little girl he would protect. Then he sighed putting it away and focused back on the shifter in front of him. "So got any other questions for me?" He asked.
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[attr="class","jawntattxtdiv"] Hector listens as the guardian explains himself further, and how his grandmother had summoned him all so suddenly. He also hears the details of the man's previous job, and how he and his family were attacked right after. "...So... I can assume the perpetrators were angels, then?" He asked, almost uncertainly while his hands fiddle with a page of the book he had been reading earlier. It seemed that the other male didn't like talking about angels, or just angels in general. Hector figured he shouldn't press on to such matters.
[break][break]"My grandmother hadn't told me about you, so this comes off as a surprise, too be honest." He said, his eyes grazing over to his hair. For a moment he thought he saw movement from the thickness of his hair; maybe there were animal ears covered somewhere in there. "Also... are those ears beneath your hair? You look like a familiar that way." He asks again with a small chuckle.
[break][break]The shifter's thoughts then take him back to his grandparents, and what he remembered about them. The other claims that he doesn't know, but Hector could still remember what had happened back then... both grandparents turned into angry tigers and staring down at the corpses of his two abusive parents, and not knowing what had happened to them after he was forced to run away... that moment is still stuck in his mind, yet his guardian doesn't even know about this. Maybe he had been summoned a few days after he had run away?
[break][break]...He decides not to ask him that, though, instead turning to him with a small smile. Hector notices him sigh at a book he is holding before putting it away, then asks him if he has more questions. "I haven't gotten your name yet, so it's only right for me to ask it from you now. I should know my guardian's name, after all." He then turns to the book on the sidelines, pointing at it. "Also... what was that book you were holding a few seconds ago?"
He listened to Hectors question "yes the same family who's Daugher I had protected they thought I was a higher level then my ears make me appear to be because of this they attacked my family." He then sat back in the chair "however I don't blame the kid so I don't hate all angels but I do hate most." He really didn't hate the little girl she had helped some of his family get away although he doesn't know where any of them are. He may not look like he was listening but when he heard him mention his ears the twitched alter to him talking. "Ya their short so in my family if their shorter they think your not as good of a guardian. People mistake mine for fox ears cause their so short. But kids like petting them." He said shrugging. "Ya I guess they do appear more like shifter ones". He wasn't exactly happy to hear that but also wasn't offended by the comment.
"I was summoned the day after you left but I was told to let you experience life then when I felt the time was right I was told I could contact you. So hear I am now and I'm sorry a kid like you had to see what you did." He said as he wouldn't wish that on any kid. "Oh this" he took it out again "just a bunch of children stories that I used to read to that little girl angel I mentioned. These were some of her favorites so I put them all in a book." He had become like a father to the girl before she went home to her mom. @meredith
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[attr="class","jawntattxtdiv"] After his guardian is done speaking, Hector's simple response is to just nod and look back at the book he was reading. There is so much information to take in about this guy, he isn't even sure if he would handle him well... but then again, more information about a man who turns out to be his bodyguard also means he could use said necessary information to benefit him in some ways. Hector doesn't look away from his book, instead giving simple nods to the answers of his questions.
[break][break]The topic about the little angel girl he used to be a guardian to suddenly piques his interest; Hector looks away from his book and turns to Aasim, raising an eyebrow. "...What was this little girl's name?" He asked, tilting his head slightly. "Is she... important like anyone else?"
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