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 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!
Ozaei found himself skimming around the very outer edge of what was Market territory, being very careful to not venture too far off lest he upset his mother. His jagged skates and enhanced speed made it extremely easy for him to slide and duck between misshaped branches and faults in on the forest floor, enjoying his free time while reciting old scriptures in his head. Today he was dressed in (unsurprisingly) a dress with cuts made near the bottom to allow him more movement. His hair was messy, but kept in a way that would make any stranger assume his gender quite incorrectly, and that's exactly what he wanted. Skidding to a stop, he noticed someone up ahead.
Reese was fully absorbed in the textbook he was reading. Advanced Alchemy and Brewing, despite its name, was actually about making alcohol and other fermented beverages. Not because Reese wanted to drink, but because his access to books was limited to what he could scrounge up in regards to Culinary Arts. His mother supplied him with plenty of theatre and acting guides. Not that he could ever take the stage. He would rather die. He probably would die, from the embarrassment.
He almost didnt hear the voice calling to him, and when he did, he didnt think they meant him...and then he did. The realization he was the focus of someone's attention, caused him to stumble, teeter, and trip on the air. He would have hit the ground, if he hadnt summoned a pile of snow as he toppled.
Picking himself up, he brushed the snow off his suit pants, and men's blouse. Because despite being 18, he still lived with his mother, and she insisted on choosing his clothing. He turned and look at the bright blue blob of hair and an eye patch that had called to him. His first thought was 'a girl' but he wasnt sure the more he looked. And he knew full well...looks were not reliable.
Ozaei watched in amazement as the stranger created snow to break their fall and instantly he know what that meant. He was in the presence of an elemental! Probably a snow elemental, and he always loved chatting with them being one himself. His eyes flashed yellow as in mere moments he was standing in front of them, a trail of electricity and broken branches where he previously was. Grinning, he crossed his arms... a nice blouse, suit... they had taste, but of course he was biased and believed his taste superior.
"Hey you didn't hear me calling you?!" He asked a tad bit too loudly. His voice was fit how he looked but at the same time didn't, of feminine and masculine properties, but his energetic aura was all the same. "Dolores. The fastest fucking elemental you'll ever meet, nice to meet ya." His grin increased with proudness as he mock curtsied, something he learned from someone else, before leaning in close. "What's that you're reading?" he asked, all up in their business.
Reese blinked, opened his mouth to reply, was struck in the gut with his social anxiety, closed his mouth, blinked against, and then finally managed to speak.
"Alchemy and Brewing, a guide on the fermentation process. For making both spirits and ales. Its a Culinary book for my course program..." It was easier to speak when he kept it to things he could answer in absolutes. Lightning Shifter...He...she? no...He, but also she. Someone comfortable with both sets of pronouns. Reese was decent at guessing such things, after all, He was a guy who, looked like a girl trying to look like a guy...
"Can you uh, back up a little bit, your body heat is a little too much, and i cant cool the air more than i am without causing problems."
Ozaei's eyes narrowed as they explained what it was they were staring at earlier. Looking down at the book, he shrugged. "Sounds pretty boring but you do you," he finished, placing a hand on his hip and playing with his hair with the other. "Just make a bet with the culin... cirul... culinry... teacher and you're good to go yeah?"
A vein could be seen in plain view as they asked him to back up. "What are you trying to say huh?" Kicking off on his skates, he rolled even closer to them, not even bothering to stop. "Huh? Are you trying to say I'm hot?!" Ozaei was so close now that any closer and he'd accidently shock them if he wasn't careful, so he stopped, thinking about what he just said. "Well I'm HOT but I'm not hot-hot you fuck. Do I LOOK like a fire genasi?!"
Reese narrowed his eyes. The Aggression was uncalled for.
"Any creature with a body temperature above 65F produces too much body for me. If my skin temperature exceeds 70F, i begin to burn, if my core temperature exceeds 80F, i suffer organ failure. My resting body temperature maintains at 30F. If you are made of living tissue, and NOT another Ice Elemental, your body temperature is too much for me to safely expose myself to you." Most of that was nonsense, but it was true that his body was a lower temperature than that of humans and other elemental. Really, any kind of heat, even just a mild warmth, was enough to make him break into heat rashes.
On Que, his face began to dry up and turn red and splotchy, right where Ozaei's face was closest.
Without another word, Ozaei complied and backed up a reasonable distance, sticking his hand out when he did. "Listen I didn't understand a damn thing you just said to me," he stated, still irritated, "But I'm willing to make a bet with ya. Let me charge you up. If you explode you win and I'll pay you fifty. If I freeze to death I win and you pay ME fifty." His face and tone made it very hard to tell if he was joking or not, but being an addict, betting on something was just a thing he couldn't turn down.
Putting his hand down, he scoffed. "Anyway. Think about it. Didn't catch your name either. You look... like a Sarah but more like a Jake."
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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.
Special thanks for the members of TDOM who make suggestions to help make this site better. Even though we can not accept all suggestions, we immensely appreciate it. Thus, we give credit to any additions that you thought of and were later implimented by the staff, because we are glad you give us these excellent ideas.
