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.
Since the wonderful members of TDOM enjoy the site enough to play around on it, this thread is to assist with the site's tidying! Functionality is important and we want to make the site functional even if its activity will be minimal at best!
Lambert had made it to Lorsette last summer, having found a really cheap hotel to stay in. During his long travels through out Canada, he had found himself having to remain awake out of fear of Kaiel invading his dreams. Their relationship at been fine at first, or at least he thought so until he came to realize how possessive Kaiel had become of him and it had felt like he was nothing more than an energy bag that could be disposed of at any given moment. He had fled from his home and had started having flings, not caring that it appeared to others that Harrison had been the one sleeping around. It was what his brother deserved for leaving him behind like this. Though there were times when he could force himself to stay awake, he had caught Kaiel in his dreams and it had only encouraged him further in forcing himself to stay awake, the fear of being left alone with him was just overwhelming. Another fling had come into his hotel room, after their fun, he tried remaining awake while his fling had fallen asleep.
In the past when he had fallen asleep, he had on accident dragged those around him into his nightmares and from there, they later died. It had been days since he had last slept and the struggle to stay awake was proving too difficult and so his eyes slowly closed until he was one more in his own dream world, or at least it would have been had it not been warped by Kaiel and just as expected his fling found themselves pulled inside with him.
[attr="class","scroll"]Kaiel had plenty of experience messing with people, but this one was special. He didn't even need to induce nightmares to cause the other male fear. He as afraid to sleep, afraid of the expectation of nightmares and a twisted dream world. He had followed him here to this hotel, and the boogeyman decided to take up residence a few rooms down from the impostor twin, not that he knew it at the time. He waited for quite some time before he decided it was safe enough to go out and sit in the hall. He could hear what was going on behind those closed doors. His eyes rolled a bit. Such low standards the boy had. Sleeping with anyone that came along like some commonplace slut. Was he not good enough for him? Oh how he could please him if only he would let him in to do so.
After the activities were finished, he waited, listening for shifting or footsteps or anything that would signal that he needed to get himself out of there and quickly. But there was no such noises. It wasn't long before there was the soft signs of sleep, light snoring or mumbling here or there. And he felt it, the pull. The dream world of his partner. Or ex-partner, or whatever the boy was to him. All he knew was that the other male was his, and all of these flings made him jealous and irritable. So he would go into the dreams of he and his little slut friend and make their dreams a semi-living hellish nightmare.
Infiltrating their dreams from the hallway wasn't as hard as it should have been. He just leaned there against the door, his eyes sliding shut as he reached into their minds. It didn't take him long to find the person that he was looking for. Around them, the walls began to strip themselves, paint flecking off and wallpaper curling as it burned off. The world around them, that had once seemed peaceful, fell into a dark madness.
Part of him hated doing it, but at the same time, the other male never learned his lesson either. "Oh... Why must you upset me so? Are you that unaware of my love for you?" But would the other even hear his voice, echoing on the wind? For now, he just watched as the little fling tried to escape. Pity they would have to die in here to prove a point.
Lambert knew upon falling asleep of the mistake he had just made, it was bad enough when he fell asleep alone but when others were dragged into his nightmares, that would be problematic. It wouldn't be the first time somebody had died in their sleep and it wouldn't likely be the last time either. The walls around them started to strip themselves, paint flecking off and the wallpaper curling as it burned off. The world around them had once seem peaceful had suddenly fallen into a dark madness. There was a voice, he was able to sense him nearby, apart of him knew that Kaiel would likely follow him around while the other part had hoped that he would give up and find a new target. "Love..." He mumbled, "You view this as love?" He mumbled, fearful of what Kaiel would do, should he upset him too much. He noticed his fling try and escape, he allowed them to go, knowing that Kaiel would likely go after them instead of himself, taking the chance to flee in the opposite direction.
The faster I wake up, the faster he can't affect my dreams anymore.... I'm not strong enough to counter him... He thought to himself, only able to make a simple exit from where they had been trapped in, of course since the world was only one, he'd still be able to hear his fling's screams in the distance as he had chosen to not bother attempting to save them.
[attr="class","scroll"]It wasn't hard to go after unsuspecting prey. He would go after his ex's fling before going after his obsession himself. "Don't think you can escape so easily, my love." But it was his dream. He would be able to escape it eventually, and then what? He would have to wake himself up and escape the hallway before he was caught by the other male. Though, waking up next to a corpse would give him some extra time. So he went after the little slut first, making them completely succumb to him. The terror that he was. He approached them as a simple boy. Nothing to fear from a child, right? Except it was easy enough to slice their throat and move on, stalking around the dream world looking for his ex-lover.
Where oh where could the boy be hiding? The landscape shifted to a city. He had to admit that he enjoyed the hunt. Where would the male hide if all of the doors were locked? If all the windows were unbreakable? Would he hide in a dark alley? Would he crawl into a dumpster? Would he try and break in somewhere? Or would he finally stand up to him? Would he be able to catch more than a glimpse of his obsession? "Come on out now, there is no need to fear me."
Lambert could hear Kaiel and it made him flinch, but it wouldn't stop him from trying. His flings screams could be heard in the distance, meanwhile believing safe until the landscape had shifted to that of a city. Was that from my exit, or because of him trying to trap me? You know what, nevermind... He thought to himself as he approached random doors, only to notice that they were locked. The charm he wore, assisted with his height being adjusted, the temptation to remove it so that he could become taller or smaller had crossed his mind, but then Kaiel finding him, scared him into keeping it on and running away. "You've always said that..." He answered him back, making sure to keep moving. "And here we are with you invading my dreams..." He added, knowing Kaiel was by far better at this then he was.
[attr="class","scroll"]He enjoyed the fear of the other male more than he cared to admit, watching him scramble from door to door, watching as they were all locked, so he would have to turn and run for another door, only to be disappointed again. "If only you would come to me, I could release you from this nightmare." That was all he wanted, the boy in his arms again. Was it really that bad of a thing to want? For him to be his and only his? To not have these silly little lapses in judgement.
Yet another door, only it was.. open? He came rushing back to the real world, a maid servant of the hotel nudging him with her foot. "Sir, you cannot sleep out here. Where are your parents?" He blinked a bit at her, looking up from his spot in front of the door.
Slowly he raised himself to his feet and smiled at the woman. "I've gotten locked out of my room here, my parents are off exploring the town. I must've fallen asleep while waiting for someone to come along..." He sulked a little bit, trying to play off being an idiot but innocent lost child. "Please can you let me in? I need to get ready for dinner."
The maid made a bit of a face but then she just nodded and slid her card in the door. "Don't let me catch you out here again though, alright?" He nodded with a small thank you and slid in the door without making much of a noise. He moved over to the end of the bed, staring down at the boy and his now dead companion. His head tilted ever so slightly to the side. This was the closest he had come in a long time. He moved towards the side the male slept on, brushing the boy's hair from his face, ever so gently.
Just as quietly as he had come, he left, planting a small surveillance device before he took off to his own room. Just the fact that he had gotten so close was thrilling. He needed a bit of time to himself before he fell back asleep, thoughts of his ex still racing through his head.
Suddenly, he was back in the dreamworld that he had made, but no matter where he turned, the boy just wasn't there.
Lambert continued trying doors, unable to get in because they were locked. Sure breaking the door down might be possible if the dream hadn't made it to where he felt like he lacked strength. "Come back to you?" He asked him in return before adding, "I'll release myself from this nightmare." He answered, bluffing because if he could have done so, he would have by now but Kaiel was just so much stronger than him. He tried another door and noticed that it opened to him, he slipped inside, aware that Kaiel's presence seemed to be fading. The only problem was, he wouldn't be able to wake up until he had fully rested, having passed his limit of going without sleep. He remained asleep when the door to his bedroom was opened, unaware of Kaiel going inside and being so close to him. His hair was brushed to the side, he remained asleep, unable to wake up even if he desired to do so.
Kaiel had left his surveillance device and exited the room. Meanwhile since he was the only one in this dream, he made another door appear so that he wouldn't be in the building that had opened up to him moments before, then would find a spot to hide because Kaiel leaving was usually met with him returning before he would have a chance to wake up. The dreamworld Kaiel had created appeared to look the same, with the exception of a few of the buildings appearing somewhat different on the inside. It was his attempt at hiding himself from Kaiel, whom he knew could change the dreamworld as he desired, however, with his own desire, he forced his location to remain hidden even in plain sight. As soon as Kaiel had returned to the dreamworld, he could sense his presence once more.
[attr="class","scroll"]Just like the first time he had entered the dream world, things began to almost melt or flake away around the world itself, as if it could feel the evil that now resided in it. But Kaiel never saw himself as evil, he just simply was. He wandered around for awhile, tearing down buildings as he walked past them, looking for the boy. But then, it struck him that it would be easier just to make all of the buildings disappear, and the boogeyman threw them into a meadow. Fire rose up around the edges of the meadow, and in the center rose a hanging tree, dead and decrepit, with a single noose wrapped around one of its ancient looking branches.
"Now now.." His voice echoed along the wind, reaching the boy's ears as he made his way towards him. "Running will get you nowhere, my precious..." He stopped, mere feet from the other male, crouching down and tilting his head to the side. "Why won't you come to me? You know that no one can love you as I do... Do you really detest me so?"
Lambert had found a spot to hide, though it didn't seem to last very long when he sensed Kaiel had returned to the dreamworld. He knew what was going out side of his hiding spot but he wasn't able to see anything, but imagining it still remained in his mind because he had seen this happen countless times before. Buildings were being torn down, thankfully the one he was in was left intact because Kaiel wasn't aware of where he was hiding. They were thrown into a meadow, the buildings disappearing in the process because Kaiel was stronger despite this being his dreamworld. Fire rose up around the edges of the meadow, a tree rose up in the center, dead and decrepit, with a single noose wrapped around one of its ancient looking branches. He remained in his spot, knowing there wasn't anywhere to run and hide. Kaiel's words made him shiver as he tried thinking of a way on how he might be able to get out of this situation.
Kaiel stood a few feet in front of him, crouching down as he titled his head to the side. "I won't answer your question." He mumbled, having been looking at the ground, he slowly looked up towards Kaiel. "You killed my fling." He answered in return, not looking forward to waking up to see what had happened to his fling since this was his dreamworld, but seeing as it was Kaiel, it gave him reason to believe there was a high chance that his fling was dead and they shared a bed. "I won't be returning to you." He answered, remaining on the ground, wishing he was as powerful as Harrison, maybe then he'd be able to kick Kaiel out, too bad for him that his brother had yet to find out he was in town.
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