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 2024
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.
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Josuah found that...he didn't mind Brendon's mother. She seemed like a good mother and he was beginning to believe Brendon being all alone hadn't been her fault, but rather the fault of his master. Even Josuah had experienced his feisty nature and he had only known him for a few hours. But he was all right with it all because he was his familiar now and that meant he'd never have to be alone or unsafe.[break][break]
She brought them a platter of food that consisted of cheeses, crackers, meats, fruits and vegetables. But all of it were things he hadn't eaten in a long time. Food honestly didn't taste like anything to him, he ate quickly without thought and it always just blended together. In the beginning when he didn't know how to hunt...Josuah had eaten food thrown away by people. He never ate half eaten food but always food that people didn't want, like whole chip bags just forgotten by a hiker or an entire cake tossed away because half of it had become squished. But he grew from that and soon learned how to hunt in order to sustain himself. The easiest and most constant meat he ate was fish, but he had eaten bird and rabbit too. He wondered if Brendon would find him repulsive if he found out.[break][break]
That thought caused his brows to draw down into a frown as he just stared at the food before him. He felt reluctant to eat...with all of these changes...he wondered if he'd be able to find his human self. He still hadn't even seen what he looked like and only learned that he was beat up, dirty and wearing ugly clothes.[break][break]
'...Which is your favorite?' He found himself asking Brendon privately as he peered down at the array of different foods. He was curious about that and felt like he would start there...with his master's favorite foods and then try to remember what he liked.[break][break]
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GIVE ME MY FUTURE WITH ( YOU )
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you're the most beautiful animal i've ever seen. here amidst the softly falling snow.
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he sight of the food that had been brought to them reminded Brendon of how hungry he was. He immediately felt like there was a giant hole where his stomach used to be, and as though he hadn’t eaten all day. Glancing outside of his bedroom window, he could tell from the blackness of the night just how late it was. His mother had also made a comment about the time and had already told them that she expected them to be in bed, and going to sleep, in an hour from now. Brendon wasn’t opposed to the disciplinary bedtime, because it was already in the middle of the night, with everyone else asleep, and he was exhausted to begin with. His main concern, mostly, was the fact that he wanted Josuah to be able to take a bath, and he also wanted to… heal him.
‘...Which is your favorite?’ Josuah’s voice swelled within his mind, taking over all of his thoughts and attention, and he abruptly felt that same embarrassed sort of invasion of his person, which immediately caused him to pout in a grumpy and flustered manner.
“Y-You should turn back into your human form, now that we… we have a whole hour to ourselves,” He retorted a little indignantly, stuffing his nose into the air with a soft humph parting from his throat.
Josuah caught onto Brendon's embarrassment and he realized belatedly that he had started talking to him intimately again. His master preferred when they spoke like normal people because it was...appropriate. He didn't like feeling scolded over the matter, but he understood how it felt and so...he did change for him.[break][break]
It was still uncomfortable to be human, and he always found himself looking down at his hands and arms. He had memories of when he was much smaller, but he had grown so much in just two years. Josuah wondered if he was older than Brendon and if so he wondered if he acted older or not. He was...fifteen now...no sixteen...[break][break]
Sixteen years old...he didn't feel that old at all. He still felt like he was a kid trying to survive. He hadn't learned how to be older only how to live in the wild and he had been completely detached from humanity.[break][break]
"Do you think I'm weird?" he asked quietly as he glanced up towards his master and had allowed his own inner insecurities pool out into a direct question. [break][break]
But after he asked...he felt uneasy and wished he hadn't asked such a question. To make up for his fumble he shook his head in a soft jerks before he reached down to snatch up a piece of meat and put it into his mouth. The item was very thin and didn't look like any meat he had ever had in the wild...but it was meat and so he thought it would be the safest thing to eat. [break][break]
However, the taste was extremely salty and he instantly made a face as he chewed...feeling like he wanted to actually get it out of his mouth.
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you're the most beautiful animal i've ever seen. here amidst the softly falling snow.
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o Brendon’s immense relief, his familiar did not fight him this time and actually turned back into his human form right away. Brendon couldn’t help but stare this time, as he was being given his very first glimpse of how it happened. It was a rather quick transformation, with the golden wolf being illuminated within a gentle glow, slowly fading, until Josuah actually appeared within him, as a full and solid human, seated on the ground next to his bedside.
Although Josuah looked young, Brendon could tell that he was still older than him. He didn’t look like a child, but he didn’t look like an adult either; he was somewhere in between. While Brendon felt, and had been told quite a few times, that at fourteen he still looked… pretty much like a kid. It was annoying.
“Do you think I’m weird?” Josuah asked him, surprisingly, and Brendon wasn’t really sure where the question had come from. The golden haired boy seemed to be frowning down at his hands and legs, and Brendon found himself once again wondering… what his curse had been, and why he looked like… like he had been homeless and beaten up.
“No,” Brendon answered him pretty easily, because he honestly didn’t think he was weird at all. But, he did take the opportunity to slip off of the edge of the bed and plop down onto the floor directly beside Josuah, flashing him a cheeky smile afterward.
“But, I want to know what happened to you,” He added after a moment, his smile sobering. “Why were you cursed?”
"No," Brendon returned before Josuah was even able to regret his question. His eyes drew back up to his master and then widened as the boy actually came down to his level on the floor. The sight of him there smiling at him...without any hesitation or reluctance made Josuah happy...and shy.[break][break]
A small smile almost crept up on his face, but then...his heart sank when...he was asked about his curse...about what had happened to him. A silence stretched out between them...as Josuah stared aimlessly at nothing...and remembered what had happened to him.[break][break]
There was a coldness with the memories...a sickening emptiness that grew inside of him the more he remembered. His appetite dwindled away and a frown soon etched into his features.[break][break]
"Someone wanted me to be their familiar. I refused...and then they cursed me."[break][break]
He revealed, but was clearly closed off towards the subject as he reached out and snatched up a grape. He hadn't really been looking, but he needed something to distract himself with.
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GIVE ME MY FUTURE WITH ( YOU )
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you're the most beautiful animal i've ever seen. here amidst the softly falling snow.
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rendon could feel Josuah’s reluctance to talk about it. He could feel the heavy and looming emotions that were most likely weighing down against him now, as he stared off at nothing in particular for a moment, silence stretching out within the bedroom. As Brendon watched him, still tired, and his gaze hooded, he began to feel a different sensation; a feeling of loneliness. Of desolation.
“Someone wanted me to be their familiar,” Josuah revealed to him, but as he did so, Brendon leaned forward and placed his hand atop his own. “I refused… and then they cursed me.”
It was difficult, and probably really stupid to do, since he had so little energy, but he used what little he had to ‘bless’ good feelings into him. To hopefully make him feel warm, and protected, and with him now, instead of lonely, cold, and desolate. Not so surprisingly, as he bestowed it upon Josuah, he could feel the strain on himself, and the way a sudden bout of dizziness suddenly swept across his body and made him feel very disoriented for a minute.
Josuah's words trailed off towards the end when Brendon was suddenly touching him. The contact had surprised him...and it wasn't something he had experienced before. Even his own parents when he was upset they would speak more to each other than actually try to comfort him. But he wasn't able to be grateful for the contact because his master was being sneaky![break][break]
He was putting a blessing on him even when he was so weak! And he was certain he would try to heal him too on top of everything. The feeling was warm...comforting...and filled his entire form making the bad memories feel distant. It was kind of him to do and made him fill with the need to coddle him.[break][break]
"B-Brendon," Josuah's tone quivered as he scolded him and moved over to actually grab him. He could feel the dizziness and sway within his own self and felt like Brendon was about to collapse. His movement had been awkward because he wasn't used to his body, but he managed to draw him against his chest and keep him steady.[break][break]
"You're very bad," he told him with an urgency in his voice because despite the blessing he was still worried about him. He exhaled with subtle annoyance as he closed his eyes and squeezed him close as he remembered the feeling of Brendon's hug when his mother had been within the room.[break][break]
"I want to see you strong," Josuah whispered as he clung to him and rested.[break][break]
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GIVE ME MY FUTURE WITH ( YOU )
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you're the most beautiful animal i've ever seen. here amidst the softly falling snow.
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B-Brendon,” Josuah didn’t sound too happy, but he grabbed onto him nonetheless to awkwardly pull him forward until he was half resting against his chest. The sensation of his body was a bit strange and embarrassing, but mostly Brendon just didn’t feel… very good, so having his contact was comforting. “You’re very bad. I want to see you strong.”
“I am strong,” Brendon slurred, somehow managing to pout even now, feeling grumpy, with his cheeks tinted with pink. “You… You just have a lot that needs to be fixed,” He added as a cheeky afterthought, but then paused to take a deep breath.
The dizziness had slowly ebbed away and his stomach was beginning to growl, so he felt… enthusiastic… for food. He drew back slowly and flashed Josuah another grin, reaching to bring the platter of food down into his lap. It would be easier for the two of them to access there.
“I’m starving, let’s eat.” He said, feeling content. He enjoyed how he was seated beside his familiar with their shoulders and arms touching, and the platter balanced on both of their legs between them.
"I am strong," Brendon didn't hesitate to tell him in his weakened state. He was such a frustrating master! But...hearing the boy reveal that he needed a lot of fixing...made his heart both ache and feel protected by him. How was it that a stranger cared more for him than his own parents? He truly felt like Brendon was someone very worthy of being protected.[break][break]
Josuah's gaze settled on his master as he grinned at him and reached up to grab the platter. His wolf was quick to reach out too and steady the plate as it was brought between them. The two stayed shoulder to shoulder as their meal was set comfortably down and soon he was told to eat.[break][break]
"All right," he returned begrudgingly, but his tone was soft as he reached down to grab a berry. It was the most familiar thing in the wild that he ate and therefore it was the safest option. He brought it into his mouth, and cautiously chewed it. As a wolf he ate food very quickly and didn't think about it...but he didn't want to choke as a human...and ultimately create more problems for his master.[break][break]
His emerald gaze shifted to his tired form as he half rested against him and just seemed rather proud of himself and content. He...seemed happy...and that feeling was a bit addictive. Josuah wanted to tell him that he was glad he could make him feel that way, but it was too embarrassing.[break][break]
Still...that didn't change the fact that Brendon was very weak and using up all of his energy. He wanted to somehow stop him or give him some power to sustain his strength. Wait...there is a way I can give him my energy, Josuah's thoughts bellowed in his mind and for a brief moment he was excited. U-Until...he remembered exactly how his mom gave his father energy...it was...was through a kiss! A frown etched into his features as he grabbed another berry and plopped it into his mouth as he tried to distract himself. But he was really embarrassed now thinking about something like that...and was very certain that wasn't the only way! [break][break]
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you're the most beautiful animal i've ever seen. here amidst the softly falling snow.
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osuah reached out to take some blackberries from the tray and Brendon decided to be a bit more greedier in his own selection. He picked up a cracker and packed it with deli meat, cheese, and a tomato slice before stuffing it into his mouth. Only after he had eaten a few more did he turn to the raspberries on the platter, picking up a handful to stuff into his mouth as well. When he drew his hand away and finally sat back, fed and satiated, the juice of the berries had permanently stained his entire mouth area red.
When Josuah tentatively picked out a second blackberry to eat, Brendon finally took notice of his apparent lack of appetite, or manners, and gave him a face. “You have to eat more than two berries,” He openly complained.
and didn’t hesitate to make the familiar the same cracker, cheese, meat, and tomato mixture he had previously put together for himself. “And you still have to take a bath too,” He reminded him further, his cheeks lightly puffed out with annoyance.
Brendon had no hesitation with eating and made the strangest combinations imaginable. But he hardly could pay attention when his own thoughts were whirling inside his head and heart. He had decided then that he would try to give him energy secretly through the contact they held. Josuah knew that's how it was supposed to work just with contact and n-nothing else.[break][break]
But as he sat there and closed his eyes concentrating...and trying to send his energy to his master...it failed to work. Maybe because his mind couldn't get away from the embarrassment of thinking about a kiss. Regardless, he wasn't going to kiss him...he couldn't do something like that...[break][break]
The thought was somehow disappointing which...was hardly what he wanted to feel. But Brendon's blessing still kept him content. He could feel it inside his being...keeping him warm, and making him feel safe. It did make him sad that he couldn't bless him in return...that he couldn't do anything for him but take all his energy![break][break]
"You have to eat more than two berries," Brendon's voice suddenly filtered into his thoughts as he jerked his gaze towards him...and...and! "W-Why is your face like that?!" Josuah could help but exclaim because his mouth was all red! It was red all over and making it impossible to look at anything else but his lips![break][break]
He was thinking about it again...kissing him and...he couldn't stop the thoughts even as he closed his eyes. "Your mouth is all red," he revealed and actually reached up to cover his face because it was burning up with his own embarrassment.[break][break]
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Winter || Night || Brendon's Bedroom || Outfit || OOC: Josuah cuts off Brendon's last little talking bit! xD The red mouth couldn't have been more perfectly placed, LOL.
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W-Why is your face like that?!” Josuah practically shouted at him, and Brendon noticeably stiffened, his amber gaze widening with surprise. He could feel the familiar’s emotions coming to life inside of him, and he didn’t understand why he suddenly felt so panicked. “Your mouth is all red!” Josuah accused and lifted his hands to shield his eyes away from the sight of him, embarrassment flooding his body, causing his face to turn red.
It was difficult to feel cheeky and confident when he also felt so many of Josuah’s emotions simultaneously. But, he really wanted to! He didn’t even understand what the big deal was, or why he had become so embarrassed about it. But, suddenly, a wild idea flashed through his mind, and he was grinning, while his heart pounded a bit quickly within his chest.
Grabbing a rather large raspberry out of the bunch he purposely squeezed until its juice began to protrude to the surface, and then with a devious laugh, he moved forward to begin wiping it all over the wolf familiar’s mouth, effectively staining him in red as well.
He needed to calm himself down...to focus on the blessing. But the blessing only made him feel safe and warm it didn't have a calming effect. His heart was pounding because he had riled himself up and he hated it...why did he act so foolish as a boy?! His frustrations were not met with patience and instead a full blown attack from his master. His emerald eyes shot open as he looked to Brendon who was pushing raspberry juice all over his mouth.[break][break]
There was an innocent play to his master's movements with the way he laughed and tried to make him have the same stain. But Josuah couldn't appreciate any of it. He was really bothered by his own thoughts, and then Brendon's movement's were very sluggish and weak...just reminding him what a failure he was at protecting him.[break][break]
"Don't," he ordered his tone more stubborn as he reached for Brendon's hand and easily drew it away. His face already had stuff on it now, but he had stopped him pretty quickly. He wanted to be upset...to really feel upset, but...his angel...his master had tried to stop that before. He had given him something and if he just became upset now...over his own childish thoughts then Brendon's blessing would have been wasted.[break][break]
"We'll...get in trouble if we both get too messy," he told him cleverly to try and cover his brief moment of upset. It was still hard to know that he couldn't even do something as basic as giving him his energy. Josuah lowered his gaze and began licking his lips to try and clean himself up, but his human tongue was much smaller than when he was a wolf.[break][break]
"I should take my bath now," he ended up suggesting to try and change the subject entirely and just get Brendon in bed as soon as possible.[break][break]
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Winter || Night || Brendon's Bedroom || Outfit || OOC: Not what I expected to happen! PLAY JOSUAH, PLAY. ):<
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osuah reached up to steady his hand, drawing it away from his face as he moodily told him don’t. Another hiccup of a laugh escaped Brendon as he was given a full view of his familiar’s face, and his lips partially now stained with red lipstick. Briefly, he wondered if that was what he looked like, but he still didn’t understand why Josuah had gotten so embarrassed about it. He could still feel a whirlwind of emotions coming from him, and with so much going on it was difficult to decipher everything. It also didn’t help that he was so tired. He could barely focus on anything, to be honest. His mind felt like it was floating away on him.
“We’ll… get in trouble if we both get too messy,” Josuah chastised him, and Brendon immediately pouted in retaliation. “I should take my bath now.”
“You only ate two blackberries!” Brendon instantly complained, and quite loudly at that, chastising him quite powerfully in return as his cheeks swelled with the heat of annoyance!
"You only ate two blackberries!" Brendon suddenly returned with a whiny and fierce voice. His eyes widened at his outburst, but he didn't hesitate to bring his attention back to the platter of food to begin stuffing his face with all the remaining black berries, and raspberries that remained. He coughed slightly at the end, but had gathered that eating fast as a human was no different than being a wolf.[break][break]
He was still adamantly licking his lips because he knew they were stained and it was bothering him. But he couldn't think about any of that...or the fact that Brendon's face still had a ruby stain all over it. Josuah didn't even wait for Brendon's permission as he actually reached out to pick his master up and set him down into his bed.[break][break]
"There I ate, now I have to take my bath," he told him with a slight urgency within his tone.[break][break]
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