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
season
Summer 2022
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.
With April, an activity check has arrived for members to do! Please post on the AC and tag all your accounts, including WIPs and OOC accounts. Failure to post on this AC will result in your accounts being marked inactive or deleted. Please note, due to a late start, the due date for this check has been adjusted for one time and one time only.
stands at 6’0 tall with a compact physique for better stamina to keep up with choreography and lifting fabrics for projects. hide has long, calloused hands from building his sewing/stitching skills and learning to play instruments. he has straight, shoulder length blond hair, usually tied, which was made permanent via a combination of spellwork and potion treatment. he possesses sky blue eyes, the left one darker than normal (closer to a midnight colour) usually hidden by bangs.
for all that he enjoys designing clothes/costumes, hide prefers to dress simple. his go to outfit is a button-up shirt, thin cotton or silk material, jeans or slacks, and sneakers. super casual outfits consist of oversized sweaters, sweats, and a headband. in terms of accessorizing, hide likes to pile on bracelets on his wrists, sometimes a watch too, and rings on his thumb, index, and ring fingers.
DARK MANIPULATION - MASTERED. he can summon and combine various shadows available to him within a ten meter radius, regardless of size. from there he can make directly-controlled constructs or whatever he imagines in his mind’s eye; they can also serve as temporary ‘fillers’ for broken items until the main source is gone (eg. dispersed by light). hide can also cover an area in darkness, especially in the night, since there is an abundance in resources. if he concentrates hard enough he can make ‘shadow puppets’ which are people-like constructs which relay what they see to him and can be ordered to explore and take items if needed; this is a high-energy ability which can only be done twice a week.
SHADOW TELEPORTATION - MASTERED. to use this ability there must be a location in mind, whether it be three blocks down the street or his room since travelling by shadows can be tricky. hide blends himself into a shadow of any size, lands in the middle of a crossroad with multiple paths open for travel, however if having a target will highlight one path over for him to follow. he can bring others with him however they must hold onto him lest they get lost in the neverending paths.
HEALING FACTOR - INTERMEDIATE. in the cover of the night, or a plain dark room, minor scratches can heal almost instantaneously while medium wounds take a few hours. severe injuries, which he avoids since he doesn’t really want to push his healing abilities, are still in the works; at best he can heal them to non-critical levels but they take hours/days and leave marks.
-- WEAKNESS: low stamina -- NATURAL: enhanced senses, night vision
backstory
• born shiraishi ayumu to a family of elementals; he was the odd one since his parents were water and ice while he was dark. a quirk in genetics since the last dark elemental was roughly three generations back. growing up being able to manipulate shadows & blend into the dark was challenging, especially his control was finicky at best during the evening. playing hide & seek with him is difficult since he always found the best spots to hide; luckily he never ‘disappeared’ beyond the borders of his home.
• art was prominent in his house, especially with a mother who was a small-time model and interior designer and a father who was part of the orchestra. he would admire dresses and suits, learn to appreciate colours and placement, and listen to practice sessions hours on end. ayumu enjoyed picking clothes himself to explore and create his own style, had a tendency to draw stick people with detailed shirts/pants, and picked the piano as his first instrument. as he grew older, he continued to hone his artistic abilities without a clear view of where they were headed, only that he enjoyed them. he learned to sew to bring his sketches to life, somehow got roped into the drama club to help them with costumes, and asked his father to teach him to play the violin and guitar. ayumu’s parents were fairly supportive of his hobbies and made sure he also paid attention to core subjects such as maths and sciences in case he ever outgrew his interests (though they had a feeling he wouldn’t, the boy just breathed design and music).
• as mentioned, he was part of the drama club in school, and usually kept to himself. he was known as the “art kid,” bright personality (with matching hair), kind & helpful. unfortunately, his general existence clashed with the overtly toxic ideology of some other male students, especially when their parents would whisper when they saw ayumu modelling his creations and his parents barely batting an eye, and took offense. they made life slightly harder by harassing him down the halls, ripping his sketches, or chucking some of his unfinished creations; the only time they beat him up they tried to jump him after school. obviously, it didn’t work since it was near sunset and there were plenty of shadows around that he encased them with until begged to be released.
• being an idol was never part of his future, at best ayumu thought he would enter the entertainment industry as a costumer designer or part of a ghost band. most individuals usually trained from a young age to audition for a company but he was, for all intents and purposes, street casted while he was playing the piano at the local park. the teen thought it was a prank at first, barely considering the card, until another representative came to his school and formally invite him for an audition. he failed, spectacularly, since he had no dance experience, mediocre singing ability, but his musical knowledge gave him a lifeline.
• fast forward a few years later, after countless hours spent pouring his blood, sweat & tears into learning choreography and singing techniques he somehow managed to debut as a member of PO!SON. it’s still an odd concept to him, debuting when he had no hope years ago, and he reminds himself by always being thankful to his bandmates and their fans/supporters, aiming to be better than yesterday.
misc
• goes by the stage name HIDE (hee-de)
LIKES: iced americano, meat, (full body) portraits, aesthetically pleasing faces, semi-formal clothes. DISLIKES: sour foods, shellfish, rushed deadlines, dry/fried hair, dance practice. HOBBIES: solving puzzles, blogging, sewing patterns, sketching. HABITS: painting nails, gargling with lukewarm water before singing, wrapping fingertips, staying after hours to perfect choreography.
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credits
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.