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 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.
The praise that fell his lips were the sweetest words she's heard in a long time that she felt she could really acknowledge. To know that despite their distance and time apart- that through everything he had still thought so highly of her. Viewed her as this dazzling person even if she felt she's long lost that spark. "It makes me happy..." The brunette could only cling to the warmth of her one true love, the warmth she had been deprieved of for as long as she had. It puts a smile of embarrassment on her face with the addition of faint giggles. As if the years they were unable to see each other never happened, she finds herself falling into the old habits. With Mashita naturally does he invoke this out of her.
Like saccharine, just the sight of Mashita blossomed the sweetest parts from within her. "I've always been scared of being rejected by you." It's ridiculous to think about now but deep down some of that fear lingered. " Maybe you'd hate me for being whittled down and unable to be strong or... or fight the marriage." She couldn't admit to it but the fact she was able to hear just how he viewed her as his one and only stung. Made the fact she was forced into a ceremony and to be another man's wife hurt all the more. It was out of her control and yet Serestia couldn't help but antagonize herself for it. That smile of hers only lasted for so long.
How she wanted to tell him the same but was she even deserving of it at this point? Wore down by emotions she had to stew in over the years. For her, she wished she could've escaped to somewhere new but she remained in the same place. Surrounded by sights and scenery she was so used to being at with the other. Even moments where she'd caught up in this daydreams, turning her head expecting to see him only to be meant with an empty space and tear-jerking silence. The blame was not on her but the parents who put her in such a situation yet the female couldn't see it like that.
"Hearing how you never gave up on trying to come back to me..." Her words leave in yet another pained whisper. "For you to come back to this... to me when I'm like this..." All she felt was apologetic. Mashita waited, struggled and suffered alone for so long. Had to be taken away from home and live a life apart from what he's always known. Serestia wanted to know more yet it feel like that wasn't something that could be done here of all of places.
Her fingers cease movement upon feeling his cup her own. She might've tensed up briefly but it wasn't long before she had eased into his touch. The only minor change was the tremble of her arms. Despite their distance it seemed he never lost the touch of knowing exactly what to say when she needed it the most. Her head lifts up at those words, from the shaking of her pupils and the way tears returned to the corner of her eyes... she was surprised. The fae's lips part to speak and yet no sounds come out. Simply those lips trembled as her dainty hands squeezed tightly onto his.
He... still loved her.
She leans forward into him, letting the guard she put up come undone. Soft sniffling as her head nodded. "No one could ever take your place..." A pause as she shook her head. "My heart belongs only to you... the only one I want to stand by my side is you, Mashita. I've dreamed of this day time and time again..." She poured her heart out to him- gave him herself in complete. "It's not even a matter of being willing. I have been fighting for you the day you were forcefully taken from me...! I... I... won't deny myself any longer..."
She pulls back once more with that hand of hers still squeezing his. Teary-eyed yet the smile on her face suggested she had been furthest from sad. "My feelings could never change... you're still the one I want, still the man I want to be married with and... and spend the rest of eternity with." She laughs weakly as a few tears trailed her cheeks. "Will you still have me... even if I'm... I'm bound by another man? I want to find a way out of this... to be with you..." But she knew it would be foolish to have aspirations of it happening overnight. "Do I really have the right to ask if you can be patient...? You know my parents... y-you know how binding these traditions are but I want to find a way..."
tags:Mashita Ryley words count: 804 out of character: hi
"I'm relieved... I was worried I messed up!" Not often was it that she had a girl-friend to go out with and do fun things like this with! The etiquette of how things worked... she had not one clue! It was nothing she had been taught growing up among the variety of lessons the fae had learned. Her hand moved to brush a few strands of her hair away from her face as the other hand held her purse closely. Today was a day she had been looking forward too- one in a very long time that put a spring in her step. [break]
"I'm more than ready... I'm wanting to see all the cute, cute sea creatures!!" She's giddy and it shows- "Oh! Does this place have like... a brochure or anything like that? I'd love to have it! For keepsakes, you know? I like putting things like that on my wall at home hehe..." Not to mention it'll serve as a good guide for them if Aquarium had one. She liked to read the tidbits of information they provided. It was what they wanted to show them as guests but written down! So Serestia greatly valued giving them a read generally. [break]
The wink doesn't go unnoticed - it earns a chuckle out of Serestia. Zenaide was warm... very much a welcoming person who she was grateful for. Serestia returned the gesture- playfully nudging her gently in return. With Zenaide at her side, she was definitely going to be able to let loose and have some well deserved fun. "Let's go in~ let's go in!" She gently grabbed hold of Zenaide's hand, tugging her along excitedly much resembling a child in this moment. She never really had the freedom to visit places like this as a teenager so now that she could? She was living the life she vicariously wanted too in her youth.
tags:Zenaide Zenith words count: 313 out of character: she cares you zenaide
You aren't wrong but... it's more so I lost control over certain aspects of my life. I can't even get a say in... they kind decide for me? but I've become used to it.
Calico Forest would be perfect!!! Let's go there.
What time and day would be easiest for you? I know Monday's and Thursdays are a bit tricky for me.
It's not hard as it used to be for me to get time out on my own so... I definitely could manage it.
You're making me so excited.
Where should we meet up? I... definitely do think most public places are out of the picture because the risks of being caught together is definitely high.
His words were saccharine, consuming her in a sweetness which reminded of just why she fell in love with him all those years ago. It was if the time and distance they've been apart had miraculously disappeared. "There's something worth looking at here?" It's a comment very unlike her, at least the version of her which he would've been familiar with. She wasn't the fully confident girl she had once been. "Here I thought I looked better than my average lately..." Praises and gestures she had been so used to leaked through with each passing minute they drank in one another's presence. It was clear she was as engrained into him as he was for her; despite her own thoughts the compliments do earn a soft whine as a familiar flush dusted her cheeks. "Mashita..." It was for a few seconds but the feelings that blossomed from the flattering comments lingered until the sudden weight of the ring on her finger kicked in. The guilt churning within her hit her face... and she lost the warm smile she had once more.
Her fingers lock up as she allowed for that realization to consume her. She took the route of silently listening to what he had to say. She had asked to hear about his life since the event after all. "Europe? That's so far... I hate that." It was a soft whisper as a small pout graced her features. Her cheeks had puffed out a little and everything! No wonder... how much she attempted looking she could never. They literally shipped him off and away from her. "I tried for a very long time to look for you but I- I wasn't told anything... nothing at all!" Her voice doesn't go too high but it does crack in frustration. "They must've knew if they put you somewhere close I'd surely... find you..." The guilt hits her once more but this time it neared full force. It sucks her words right out of her mouth and all that leaves is a broken whimper.
She wasn't going to cry again but gods, did she feel like she wanted too. The amount of years she put into search for Mashita... to only be forced to give up after having no trace of a clue as to where he was. When they announced to her what they intended to do with her life since they deemed her incapable of making her own decisions. Judging from the whole situation with Mashita to how obsessed she was even despite how long they been apart. They selected her marriage partner after she refused to hold bachelor events or seeing any potential candidates. When this news reached her- she had done the one thing she never swore she do.
She gave up and stopped living as her own.
She gave up and started doing what they wanted for her and not what she wanted herself.
A marriage to a man she couldn't care any less for took place- and so did the honeymoon which made her cringe. Which devastated her and made fer feel like she had broken every promise she made to Mashita. Serestia gradually lost the life that many claimed on what made her special- a loveless marriage and forced to give up any real desire of her own but of course for the public's eye did she put on a show. Craft the sight that everything was fine and dandy- even to this husband of hers did she play along. The truth couldn't be the exact opposite- deep down she was crushed... and suffering.
Meeting Mashita today certainly helped rejuvenate her but... it wasn't going to rid of that guilt. It wasn't going to set her free from the reminders of all she's failed Mashita in now that he was right here before her. "I really don't deserve to be missed." Her hands shook when he pulled away as she drew both of her own hands back to herself. She felt his eyes on her and it was only in due time the rock on her finger would be noticed- a sharp inhale is taken in as she fiddled with the ring anxiously. "I tried so hard and... and... in the end I couldn't stop them." Her voice was gradually returning to being strained.
"Oh..." A desperate gasp as she pushed back tears that had tried resurfacing. "I've failed you, Mashita. I'm sorry... I tried for so long... and then- they... forced me to get married..." A pause before she softly whispered. "And then I gave up on my own happiness... and wants. I let it happened... and now... I... broke all of our promises- our vows... I'm so sorry."
tags:Mashita Ryley words count: 784 out of character: crying emoji
Who knew a simple response of four words could brighten up the world around her as much as the ones he had given in return just did. There was no stopping the desperate whimper that escaped her throat upon hearing the sentiment of longing being shared. Her darkest fears lingered onwards within the confinement of her mind but small claims like these soon enough would be sufficient and have a hand in washing away the stains of her fears, regarding her no longer being worthy or even wanted by Mashita. Such thoughts plagued her mind on the day to day basis but much like a hero... Mashita shone so brightly that even these thoughts were bound to be cast away and revealed as false.
She wished time would stop in this moment, that she hadn't need to focus on their reconnection happening in the middle of the shopping area. Serestia shoved the reality that the public space and it's witnesses were here to see the two like this far away from the front of her mind. Instead she focused on calming the tears that wet her cheeks, the attempts of calming her breathing. The feeling of his arms were reminiscent of old times and yet... Mashita grew in the years the two were apart. The muscle he had being much more defined, more appealing too. How his hold felt much more stronger than before and how much it took her by surprise that she enjoyed the grip he had on her like this.
She inhaled deeply, taking in his scent which smelt like a very woody and earth-like. A familiar smell of pine she'd recall whiffing in all the times she would hug him in the past. It was a smell she had became well aquatinted with, one she dared even claimed to have recognized as something which helped ease her down. Something the faekin associated with Mashita and for that it only made her all the more emotional but she forced the tears back. Instead letting herself be drowned within this scent and slowly lulled into a sense of ease by the comfort it brought her.
The sounds of her sobs became less and less until there was no more but faint sniffling. Even then it only took a few more minutes before that had ceased as well. Her arms that clung to him were the only thing to not change through this all. Her body shifts but she doesn't pull away at all but she did loosen her grip, enough to where she was able to pull back a little... enough to properly take him in. He wasn't as young looking as she last recalled him seeing... not that he appeared old by any means but the fact he aged and matured nicely showed. It made her heart swoon and stomach do all kinds of flips. "Look at you..."
"You've become so handsome.." One of her arms pulls back so that her hands can touch him, trail her hand to run across the features she had been discussing out loud. The first thing she did was run her fingers down his arm, pausing for a minute. "Stronger too..." The both of them went through change but seeing it live in person made it all the more real. As much as she wished for nothing more but to go back in time so they were able to experience their developments together... there was no way it was possible.
"Would..." She hesitates, her gaze finally dropping to glance between her lap and his face. "Would it be okay if I asked... where they sent you? What you had been doing in the time... we weren't together?" She was hungry to know more; to know what he went through and who the person Mashita Ryley was now in the present. If... he shared the same traits and qualities she remembered him for or if he blossomed into an even more better version of himself. The faekin was eager to learn, to get to know and further fall in love with the man before her all over again.
tags:Mashita Ryley words count: 686 out of character: crying emoji
Being blessed with the gift of friendship was something the heiress had been eternally grateful for. In her life of an up and downs she found herself dissatisfied with the everyday life of having to put on a smile for the sake of appearances... she could never fully admit her true feelings. The only things that would give her the strength to persevere were all minor beyond the friendship she had with the sociable female she intended to meet. A promise of going out to an aquarium together filled the female with excitement; a exhilarating rush of joy... something she hadn't had the pleasure to feel in a while. Zenaide had been one of the only few she had in her life that she still had the freedom to openly express herself with, one of the few people who could bless her with a wholesome feeling.[break]
The buzzing of her phone has her eagerly clicking the popup notification she received from the red haired girl. Her eyes laid sight on the very cute selfie she received, a common but still greatly appreciated pose of a peace sign with quite the most adorable smile she's seen! The picture had already alone been a big mood boost which made the faekin giggle as her thumbs moved to open her own camera application. A quick pick of her making a heart with her fingers was taken and she sent it in return with the caption "I'm on my way! i'm excited!" [break]
Her phone dropped back into her purse with ease as the vehicle she had been in came to a drop. A smile was flashed in the way of her driver-- a man who worked directly with Promised of the Hallowed. "Thanks again! I'll call you and let you know when you can come pick me up." She mumbled softly as she tipped him a nice amount of cash and closed the door of the car behind her. The gush of the cold breeze hits her face and she sighs happily. She had kept her dear friend waiting long enough so she made sure to glance at the picture to reference where she might've been. Her feet moved onwards as her hand closed out of the photo application once she felt she had the picture memorized.
If it wasn't for the fact the picture was taken directly in front of her, the flash of the bright red hair which stood out of the crowd like a sore thumb would've been enough to find her. Serestia lifted her other hand to wave excitedly as she picked up her speed to go near her. "Oh... oh! Zenaide!" The smile on her face only widened as she came to a stop when the distance between them was a fair amount. Her phone returned to her purse while her arm dropped back down long ago. "I'm so sorry for arriving a little later than the intended time. My driver was caught up in traffic."[break]
"By the way! You look so cute! I love your outfit."[break]
tags:Zenaide Zenith words count: 509 out of character: fun time
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