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!
The air was cold as the requiem reaper walked calmly around a sizable amount of people, each and every one turning their head to see what on earth was passing them. Salem kept his eyes straight as he felt their souls shrivel in fear; it was just natural after all, and he didn't want to be here anymore than they wanted him alive.
Today, Salem was on a very specific mission. He was to gain flowers to take back to the Purgatory District. None of the ghastly admirers he had wanted to risk being so close to TRS Headquarters, so he had to do it himself, setting his mood to a rather dull one. As he walked on, he noticed something strange... a little girl with a cog? Deciding he had nothing to lose, he walked up to the individual, his face absent of emotion as he looked down with dread surrounding him.
"Excuse me," He said simply, his words absent of tone, "Is that an instrument above your head?"
Sophia blinked at the figure above her. As a Golem, she was less affected by the presence of other undead, although she still something off about this man. Reaching up to the Keeper's Crown, the top piece of her vital mechanics, and the portion that acted as a conduit for the magics she needed to function, she shrugged.
"It gathers magic to power my clockworks." she answered the question and then resumed her task, which consisted of carefully trimming the flowers to allow for the fullest, and healthiest blooms. She paused as she realized this person may be here to find flowers. Her emotions were muted,whether because she had always been a child with such a lack of feeling, or because of the manner in which she was resurrected, no one really knew. She had almost no memories from before here death, so she herself could not be sure.
She turned back to the man and gave a small bowing nod of apology like Mister Togata, the head Gardener would do.
"Do you need assistance in finding a particular specimen or item? I have the entire catalogue downloaded into my Systems, as well as a detailed map." Her tone was at once flat and almost robotic, and yet still belied her shyness and nervousness at interacting with someone.
for all she was hundreds of years old, her mind was still that5 of a 12 year old.
Salem nodded, respecting the piece of magical equipment that was to power this clockwork form as well as her apparent shyness, knowing full well how something gathers and stores magic for use in the body. Determining that she was absolutely no threat of any kind, if anything similar to himself in the fact that he had little social skills, Salem gave a polite stage bow. "Yes," he started off, walking a little closer to see their handiwork; it looks like he came to the correct place. "Something that edges on life and death, love and hate, perfect for a requiem of powerful muse." Music of course was his forte, death his specialty, and so if he could find a flower that mimic those feelings, he was sure it would be a perfect fit for the graveyard he build elsewhere.
Registering the phrase about life and death as a request, she accessed the catalogue. They had several flowers that matched the description in varying degrees. However only one matched the key word search fully.
"I will take you there. The Black Phoenix Rose, Rosalis Phoenicia Mallus. A Hybrid Rose resulting from cross polination of the Black Phoenix Flower of Hell and the Blue Rose of Earth. The flower signifies the balance of life and death, and is also referred to as the Immortal Rose. Burning the rose results in a fuller and bright bloom, while the seeds only sprout over the graves of Murderers. The plant reacts to emotional states of those around, feeding on emotions linked to 'love' during the flowering phase, and emotions linked to hatred during the dormant post seeding phase. The oil from the flower is often used in incense that is said to improve mental flow and creativity."
Her tone was even more robotic, as she began walking toward the Rare and Dangerous Plants section.
As they started to walk off, Salem followed close behind, hands in pockets. He wasn't at all moved, disturbed, or barely even noticed the robotic nature of this person, this thing... oddly enough he felt more relaxed than he did walking around so close to the living.
"Rosalis Phoenica Mallus... a fitting name for a beauty of a flower. It'll help in my construction and decoration. Thank you for your help," Salem said in his usual tone, his eyes mostly focused on his surroundings. "I'm curious, does it also respond to emotional states produced by music? It would be the most perfect flower if it did, but a reaper can dream..."
The question yielded a search of the database, but no result was found. "It is not known. As the flower is primarily used for its oils, and not decoration, due to the effects of the pollen on Earth and Heaven species. That is why it is kept in the dangerous plants section. Undead such as myself are the best suited to handling, as we are not easily killed by poisons and toxins. If you would like, you may test this theory upon purchase of a life cutting, and report the results back here, and i will catalogue the report and findings."
She opened the door, which was charmed so that no living being could open them, only undead, and automatons. the first plant by the door, moved, a large open petal lined with razorblade like thorns moving swiftly, before halting. Brushing the Golem's face with a tendril, it coiled back up and settled.
"Greater Teretect Bear Trap Flower. Heaven Species Variant of the Venus Flytrap Family. They can, and will eat Cherubs, or any creature up to the size of a large dog. They are self aware, and sentient. they can also feel pain, which proved a valuable method of teaching this one to not bite."
Interesting results yielded by the strange, now confirmed to be undead before him. "I'll consider it," he admitted, wanting to bring the flower back to Xia to see if it effects the Earthen species as she claimed. Now, Salem was partially happier, knowing he was in similar company. "I know of a few living things that deserve to bear witness to this."
Watching her open a door which he already knew to be magic imbued in some way or form due to his crimson eye, he stopped short of the doorway, waiting to see what would happen. He didn't flinch when some kind of living plant was produced from inside by the undead girl. "They don't seem to have a soul," Salem replied, looking at the plant with a single bright red eye, searching for something to judge. "Or I'm simply not equipped yet to find the souls of plantlife. I would like both that one and the Black Phoenix Rose. If you have the time, I can show you where they'll be staying."
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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.
