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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The chosen song was admittedly not among her favourites but required some initial on the spot thinking considering it was traditionally a duet. Without a paper to provide direction, she was forced to convert Turning Over a New Leaf into a song playable on a keyboard off the top of her. The song was played more with string-based instruments, but Nyla was pleased to impromptu change the notes to the piano, even warranting the song from Animal Crossing a more uplifting tone. While her fingers played against the white keys, her turquoise eyes glanced towards the parents and their children. There were a few faces she recognized, to which the blonde provided them with a broad smile as a greeting. Most considered her Ines’ guardian (which she acted as such), thus the female shifter was familiar with some of the adults in the area alongside their children.
There were also a few faces she noticed from the cafe where she would occasionally play, a couple even smiling joyfully back towards her. The hunter had become known for her intense work ethic and excellent skills with children. She played with a steady determination, weaving words together on the spot to fixate on a single perspective, Isabelle who was represented by the female vocals. The notion of adding an original twist resulted in Nyla lifting a brow. While in this situation she was managing to do the desired request, she believed artists deserved the integrity of their work. It displayed admiration in her eyes and earned the original artist the attention they deserved. She rarely placed original twists on songs since they felt like creative pieces, and considering the difference in her voice compared to the original artist, it always seemed different. She kept an uplifting tone to most of the song, even being inventive and altering the lyrics to maintain focus on the female singer in the song. While the song itself already contrasted against the hard rock the band song, Nyla desired to stick to a song she thought the kids could enjoy.
He smiled as he started playing base guatiar along with what she was doing. He normally didnt need sheet music he went off what he was feeling. As he played was actually really happy. He was smiling but soon almost as soon as it began the song was over and the crowds left him in peace. He took a moment to take everything in. "Yep looks like they like you so you know what you can consider yourself a member of the band jinx although its still just the two of us" he said. Although he would be lying if he said he wasnt happy but at the same time he wished he had more friends. More people that would join. But he considered himself lucky that even one person joined.
"I hope we have fun, btw didnt you say you had a friend you thought could help me?" he asked remembering her metioning someone. He wonered when a good time to talk to that person was. Would that person really be able to help him? would they want to help? "If you dont mind sometime soon i would love to meet this person. Maybe then i could actually have a girl without making them sick" he said. As he dd matance on his guartar like he did after every time he played it. "That was really fun wasnt it" he said smiling.
Her calloused fingers played against the smooth white and black keys of the piano with an otherworldly grace. The art of music was something Nyla grew up around and later devoted herself to, similar to her artistic parents. They shared the wondrous, imaginative world of art to her to which she shortly began to live in the sublime world of unique perspectives, sounds and images. Occasionally, she would go lengths to research her favourite artists, attempting to understand more about their thoughts and ideas. Attempting to understand or find new meaning in artistic pieces was what Nyla adored, thus her determination to make the performance incredible for the group of youthful observers and their curious parents. Without hesitation, her fingers continued across the keys while the hum of a pick playing against the strings of a guitar joined in the melody.
The shifter's turquoise eyes spared a moment to glance towards her fellow band members, a grin drawing the corners of her lips up. Smoothly, she proceeded to sing the lyrics in the song, her voice managing to remain above the instruments. There were smiles on the faces of the crowd, most enjoying the spontaneous musical performance. Eventually, the song began to close and the crowd began to file out of the room. Afterwards, Nyla clasped her hands together, reaching upwards to stretch her arms and shoulders, soon arching her back. At the mentioning of being accepted into the band, a wide, toothy grin touched her face.
"AWESOME!" She exclaimed cheerfully before her arms returned to her sides.
While Nyla pictured herself being famous for drawing opposed to music, she remained overzealous nonetheless. Spending days playing music for a band sounded amusing alongside an excellent way to earn some additional cash to finally help Ines escape from their aunt and uncle; the lazy couple did not deserve to even be near Ines! At the mentioning of her friend, Nyla gave a shrug.
"I will have to check, he can be pretty busy," Nyla explained.
The female shifter had faith in the weapons smith, although, she wondered how far his abilities went when beyond weaponry. There would be no harm in asking, and if needed she could always put an add out for somebody with higher charm skills if necessary.
”Now that you're a member we need a few more band members a drummer another, regular electric guitarist, a bass guitarist, and some stage crew maybe even some security. Then the band will be all set maybe a few backup singers one male one female. That would give us a bigger range of what songs we could play. But i am glad your a member and that you joined sometime though you should meet our producer hes a bit odd but hes cool i guess. He doesn't get as sick as other around me specailly when hes in animal form I guess he's kinda oblivious to if he's feeling sick. Or he moves around too much for it to bother him cause of how much energy he has. His name is Remmy Gunner if you ever run into him. He's a golden tiger shifter, he's also a model that does photoshoots with lots of exotic/wild animals.” He smiled for one of the first times at someone and even when she gave him the news of not being sure when he could talk to her friend. He still was happy she was his first friend in a while.
There was a wide grin on Nyla's face she jovially stood in the company of her newest bandmate. Being a part of a band could become a pleasant distraction from the frightening world full of terrors and Assembly members. The war between the TRS and AP remained current, the female shifter already being aware there would be no end to the misfortune until finally one side prevailed. The brutality of the world's situation made distractions like this blissful since for a few moments, somebody could avoid the devastating weight of misfortune. A broad grin remained as Vincent continued explaining, mentioning the types of members they needed and providing a blurb about the producer. When the name was mentioned, Nyla failed to recognize it, although, she presumed it was because she lacked interest in fashion, instead wearing casual clothing she believed complimented one another.
There was vague curiosity towards the mysterious shifter Vincent mentioned, Nyla wondering when she would gain the opportunity to meet the man in question. It was obvious the fox shifter would be capable of meeting him considering it would be a requirement as a new member of Jinx.
"I see... I have not heard of him, myself," Nyla admitted.
After a few moments, the blonde's eyes returned to the keyboard as she churned the name over in her head a few times. If anything, she wanted to remember the name for the inevitable meeting with Remmy Gunner. There was further curiosity about the man possibly already possessing means to defend himself against Vincent's curse, but that could only be confirmed with an eventual meeting. The thoughts began consuming Nyla's mind as she fixating on the concept.
”Thats surprising he started life here on a story about how he was raised by tigers at the local zoo or circus it said. But he started getting farrel so they took him from the tigers then he was raised by an older couple. Then he started producing music later the was a model. He's respectful to women but tends to be an ass at times to men cause he has an apha kind of personality towards other guys. Like i said hes strange.” Vincent wasn't sure how else to describe him as he put away the set from the show he had done earlier. ”So what do you want to do?” he asked.
The explanation of the producer's identity proceeded, Nyla quietly listening as Vincent explained further. Details were provided, interesting ones that caused the shifter to pause for a moment. Based on the information she was being given, there was bound to be a few news reports on this mysterious man. A man being raised by tigers in a zoo or circus sounded like news worthy information to share, even as a simply slice-of-life or animal piece for people to glance over. Already, Nyla could imagine the large group of people curious about the notion of somebody being raised by animals rather than people. Everything about suggested a dive into an entirely new culture, allowing for people to learn about animals and their own protective natures and humane behaviour; it sounded like something worth researching. When Vincent mentioned the alpha behaviour, Nyla responded with a simple hmm as she thought for a moment.
A man raised among animals displayed an alpha behaviour around men, it sounded as though Remmy was the pack leader in the scenario. There was a brief pause before the blonde smiled, arriving at the possible answer for those strange manners.
"Well, if you think of it from an animal perspective, its not necessarily weird. In my books, he wants to establish a pack and perhaps treat men in that way so they do not steal the dominance. Think like lions, there can only be one alpha. Male lions even drive other males out of the pride once their old enough to fend for themself, that way the pride's leader can be the sole person mating with the females of the pride," Nyla stated in a factual manner. "Well tigers are more solitary animals, those instincts could have changed because of his experience in the zoo or circus."
A broad grin touched the blonde's lips as she took pride over her intellect, although, most of her information was merely speculation based on the summary Vincent presented. There was plenty of room to be incorrect on her verdict, but she fancied studying behaviours and learning about other people. When the dark-haired man asked about what they would be doing now, Nyla paused, fishing her phone out of her pocket to check the time.
"Well, I should head home soon. I hate leaving my little sister at home alone for too long," Nyla stated.
Technically, Ines was not entirely alone since their aunt and uncle were bound to be home, but Nyla hardly trusted them to look after her precious little sister. The pair could barely look after themselves let alone a young girl. The phone was almost placed back into her pocket, the blonde pausing the glance at Vincent. A smile touched her lips as she closed some of the distance, her fingers tapping the screen to open her contacts.
"Here, give me your number. That way I can text you later," Nyla offered.
The blonde's social prowess displayed itself for a moment, the fox shifter always enjoying to gain more friends to text. There was also the importance of having the band leader's number to gain crucial information about concert dates and practices.
Vincent nodded and gave her his number first time that he has given anyone his number. ”ya although are lions homosexual cause Remmy is” he smiled ”thats what makes the alpha tbing weird” he smiles. when she said she had to go he nooded ”ill text you later sometime”. He felt kinda sad that they were already parting ways but he was also ok with it.
A fair point was provided by Vincent, Nyla's eyes widening as her speculation was somewhat shattered, although, it lead to a variety of new theories. There was the chance Remmy asserted dominance over potential mates, to which the fox shifter supposed she could not judge; although, the idea of being treated horrible for such reasons made her uncomfortable. The blonde made a hasty mental note to be cautious around Remmy and make certain any male friends she gained were cautious in the tiger shifter's presence. The last thing the female hunter desired was for her friends to perhaps face harm should they overstep their boundaries. Patiently, Nyla awaited for Vincent to complete typing in his phone number, soon retrieving her phone from his hands and quickly texting him a 'Hello!' to reciprocate the number exchange.
"There we go!" She stated gleefully. "Glad to hear! See ya, Vincent!"
She turned away, placing her phone into her pocket and providing a nod while she headed towards the exit doors. The female shifter was promptly embraced by the warm air, her turquiose eyes flitting around the area for signs of danger. Once everything appeared calm, Nyla left, heading in the direction of the suburbs with plans to spend time with her younger sister and maybe text her newest friend.
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