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.
We happily accept all role-players as long as they obey the rules and are capable of meeting our word count of 50. This does include those who are unfamiliar with this style of role-playing. The staff of The Duality of Man are willing to happily help those who are new to the role-playing world so they feel comfortable on site. Feel free to message the staff if you need help, they can be found here or in the site Discord and will gladly answer questions alongside calm concerns. If you have any suggestions we would love to hear them; guests may use the support board as a suggestion area as well. Should you decide to join, may I say welcome to the site and we all hope you enjoy your time here.
Yours Truely,
The Staff
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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.
your walls, hijack your brain, run through your veins.
H
e scoffs at Ryker's double love for him and his flames, and he looks away with a pout. "Quite impossible. You can't love two things the same way at the same time." He states, mouth running with words to counter Ryker with. This quotation proves very true to him, and how he'd lived life as a veteran serial killer; he's loved something -- someone -- and wishes not to leave them, yet, his passion for work always sets ties against that someone. Eventually, he'd come to love his job more than his own brother as time progresses. "There's always something you like more about one thing than the other. It's human psychology."
Then the flames are set ablaze, licking against Ryker's face and his after he reaches in to embrace him. The flames start to grow hot and he almost feels being burned -- but that sensation quickly fades away as they extinguish with a certain someone's help. It takes him by surprise at first, since his flames do not turn off by themselves unless he wills it; but he remembers the demon in front of him and he grumbles at the fire disappearing.
"You're no fun. The flames were starting to get good." He grunts, but buries his head against the demon's face instead of glaring up at him continuously, something he sincerely wishes to do as he wants to. "I'm going to ask you again, Ryker. But this time it's just me and some other thing." The statement is quite confusing to understand and Garret knows that, but he's just getting there. He wouldn't leave a confusing statement out in the open without and clarification.
Garret's blue eyes meet Ryker's and they spell a certain degree of seriousness as he asks, "...Do you like me, or do you like someone else?"
...Of course he means it as a joke. He knows Ryker loves no one but him alone and he's damn sure it's that way. Sudden curiosity is to blame for this act.
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Dun worry ryker, Garret is only curious and doesn't have a clue if you have a boyfriend or not because he's sure you're his and his only XD
Ryker listened to Garret's words, though he would beg a differ. What was wrong with loving more than one thing at the same time? He had been doing this so long, he honestly believed it to be possible. Though frankly Garret was in first place. Wait.... why am I viewing him in first place when I should view them equally? He thought to himself, confused for only a brief moment before changing his face expression to that of being amused. "Is that so?" He asked teasingly as if daring Garret to prove it. He couldn't bring himself to believe it without proof, his logical being what he deemed as experience. He had a smug grin on his face when he heard Garret grumble. Awwwwww is somebody upset that I can control your flames without permission? Tooo bad. He thought to himself, clearly amused. His grin spread wider when he listened to Garret's words.
"Is that so? Well I don't want a burnt Garret, so that is just too bad." He teased but was quite serious. Though he could heal Garret, why self harm in the first place if you could help it? He melted when Garret had buried his head against his face. He listened to Garret's words, thinking he'd just tease him with the same answer as before. Garret had looked at him, the serious face expression had caught him somewhat by surprise but he held his smug grin on his face. Of course the grin faded when he heard the question, flinching slightly because he couldn't bring himself to answer that question, not right away anyway. "Yes." He kept the answer vague and sweet, knowing that Garret might get frustrated with his answer. Though if it wasn't clear before he tightened his grip slightly, not wishing for this to end. "I need to go." He whispered, suddenly jerking away to give some distance between them.
"Yes I like you, but I have a boy friend too." He answered, clearing up that answer rather quickly. Well shit.... now this just got complicated. He thought to himself, he held out the palm of his hand before slicing it. He then created flames around himself, honestly believing that Garret wouldn't dare enter, not if he wanted to avoid being burned to give him time to create his hex with the intention of teleporting away without interruption.
your walls, hijack your brain, run through your veins.
R
yker doesn't buy his explanation on favorites, and that is fine by Garret. Not everyone likes the same thing. But Ryker gives him a stare that looks like he's challenging him; it amuses Garret, in a way. "Would you like me to explain why I believe such?" He asks in response to Ryker's little inquiry, crossing his arms, chin upward in the most haughty manner. Of course he has no intention of explaining such to Ryker, of all people, as it would be all boring and pointless. So he shuts himself up right there.
In the midst of everything, though, his last question still remains unanswered... at least until a few moments. Ryker expresses his caution and not wantig Garret burned and this leaves the faekin a blubbering mess, but he does not let go of his embrace. But once the question is brought up, he sees the flinch in Ryker's face, and he knows exactly what that means. Ryker manages a small yes, and even though uncontented, Garret does not like pushing this man if he feels uncomfortable with it. "Look, Rye, if you don't want to, you don't have to. It's just a joke question, you don't have to worry."
But the demon declares that he must go and all of a sudden, Garret is nothing but worry. His eyes widen and he catches Ryker's hand before he steps away from him, eyes narrowed. "So soon?" Is all he can say. Had he said something wrong? He knew he should not have asked. "Ryker, please stay with me a little longer... please. If I said something wrong, I did not mean it. Just... stay here for a while with me--"
Just then, he finally receives an answer, and suddenly all time has stopped short and Garret feels as though he could not breathe and move from what he had just heard. "...What..." He mutters under his breath, questions starting to form; seeing Ryker slice through his palm and before long he quickly runs up to him and holds his arm firm. "Rye, this must be a joke, right? A... A boyfriend? Wh-When?" These are not the only questions he has... but he needs to slow down. He tries laughing, but it comes off as if he is nervous, until suddenly this act doesn't seem to add up to what he is trying to convey at all.
Ryker had already told him the information it was too late to take it back now, though it seemed Garret wasn't interested in letting him flee as easily as he once had. He thought pulling away would do the trick but Garret had grabbed for his hand, making it very difficult to want to let go to flee. He had to use a lot of effort to free his hand from Garret's grip, preparing to create fire but just as they started to burn, Garret had rushed at him and held his arm firmly. He quickly extinguished the flames with the hope that Garret hadn't been burned by them. If he had been, he would make a note to check up on him later for the sake of healing him but for now he had to go and take care of some things at home and he wasn't about to let Garret go with him. So while Garret held, he created his teleportation circle as soon as it was finished he attempted to pull Garret close to kiss him briefly before suddenly pushing him away and out of the circle.
"For a while, I think to need to get things sorted, though I'm sure I'll see you again." He answered before teleporting away. Assuming he managed to get away he would go to TRS HQ to check on his boy friend, failing to mention that he had kissed another guy because he needed to sort out his feelings towards who he wanted to be around more. Though the medic was his boy friend, he was slowly going crazy and he wanted to keep a close eye on him, but he already knew that when the time came he would chose Garret, he didn't need to know that right now however.
your walls, hijack your brain, run through your veins.
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yker has no intention of staying with him and it all the more makes him want to run up to him and stop him from getting away. But then again, Garret is in no business to be stopping him from doing whatever he wants. Even with the amount of love they may have for each other, there are still things that needed to be done and both knew love shouldn't get away with that. Has temptation ever stopped him from killing?
No. Never. So why let it stop him now?
He finds himself being pulled into a kiss before only being pushed away from the portal that had formed from Ryker's palm, the demon declaring he needed to do some more things and adding that he would see him soon. The fae watches as Ryker fades from sight, him being left alone to stare at the empty space in front of him. Garret would be looking forward to the next visit, that was for sure. But Ryker was right. Garret had some stuff to deal with on his side as well.
Garret nods to himself, as if in response to Ryker's declaration, and turns to exit the forest. But the sound of a branch snapping makes him stop and turn his head.
Garret grins and prepares to unleash Hada de Sangre once more.
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The skin is created by Wolf of Adoxography and Gangnam Style. The thread and conversation remodels are by Kagney. The Strange Reality board list, Heal My Soul info center, I Remember Now mini profile and Electric Requiem profile remodel is made by Pharoah Leap. The Who's That Member member list remodel was made by Tictactoe. The Cbox.ws Shoutbox remodel was made by Trinity Blair. All templates used for claims, information sheets, applications, etc are credited to their owners; credits for these can be found in the threads the templates are use on. Images that are used on The Duality of Man are credited to their owners, however, they have been edited by Zac with a few being edited by Chibi Magician. The plot, rules and various other information pieces for The Duality of Man are written by Chibi Magician with the assistence of her co-admins, Finnegan and Dremulf, alongside other unlisted people who were kind enough to give their input. The TRS, AP and face claim were all created by Fleur for specifically the use of TDOM. All plugins used on The Duality of Man are credited to their owners. The templates my members use are credited to their maker, if you find a template that belongs to you, but is uncredited, please speak to Chibi Magician or the member themself. Characters created on The Duality of Man are credited to their owners and should not be used elsewhere without the creator's permission.
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