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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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.
[attr="class","hdr-line01 hdr-line"] I'LL BECOME BETTER
[attr="class","hdr-line02 hdr-line"] I PROMISED YOU THAT FOREVER & ALWAYS
[attr="class","hdr-line03 hdr-line"] AND EVERYDAY I WILL PROVE MYSELF, SHOW YOU EVERYTHING I HAVE, AND PRAY YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE ME FOR I NEED YOU NOW AND FOREVER!
[attr="class","hdr-mid02"] Exhaustion reaped Ashton’s bones as he pushed through the double doors of the TRS cafeteria. An ‘mmmph’ escaped his closed lips as he pushed through. The unit two field medic had poured hours into working back-to-back missions, and after skipping several coffee breaks and having a cut-short lunch break, his body insisted on rest. The nephilim’s hand had flowed themselves dried, his magical energy long depleted from the seemingly endless work. Meanwhile, his muscles were worked raw from pushing away, dodging and scurrying towards the injured.
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Additionally, the man’s wing manifestation wore with the healing, his absent wings seemingly aching despite their lack of presence. A hand arrived at his mouth as a yawn pried open his mouth, claiming oxygen for his deprived brain and muscles. The nephilim felt exhausted after the amount of work he put in, alas, there were a few more hours left in the second shift. Fortunately, his coworkers pushed for Ashton to relax somewhere to rejuvenate energy. Though, even then, the blue-haired man was certain they were discussing among themselves who they should call in so they could send him home.
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Hardly a doubt entered Ashton’s mind about their plans to push for his prompt return home. In his present condition, the field medic would be effectively useless to his teammates without the proper rest. Without an ounce of energy to spare for running, let alone healing, Ashton had been reduced to a tired, shuffling mess of a man. His feet shuffled across the floor meanwhile his back slumped forward. In his snail-paced shuffle, Ashton moved towards the closest table in the cafeteria. Lunch had long cleared out, leaving a majority of the tables vacant, however, tiredness left little mindfulness to Ashton.
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If anybody had been stationed at the closest table, the blue-haired man would easily have crashed the party. He was fortunate to possess the brain capacity to stumble towards the table and settle himself down. Analyzing the area around him, however, was beyond the golden-eyed man. The man's arms lifted, resting on the table, one of the other; a self-made pillow. His chin followed, resting upon them as Ashton blinked blearily at the world beyond him. His exhaustion left little room to process the noises or sights around him, rather, everything moved and spoke in distant blurs.
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Words were unacknowledged as the nephilim stared, thoughts churning about his duties. Already forgotten were the mental allegations of being replaced in favour of his rest. The mental words blurred together as he attempted to acknowledge the time left in his shift and the required restores his medical kit would require. Sporadically, his mind jumped to duties owed to his older father. Over the years, Ashton cared for his father, therefore his duties to the household were unspoken requirements that required accomplishing.
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Relaxation became absent to his mind as Ashton avoided the slip away from work-related thoughts. His mind manifested a mental checklist, going through the items and re-checking them as his exhausted brain forgot those already mentioned. There was plenty to do. The tasks upon his list were an endless heap and he was determined to complete them. The duty was bestowed upon himself to repent for his past mistakes, thus, he would carry them out to excellence.
At an average height of 5’9” and a fairly slim and slender body type, making Ashton nothing of particularly interesting. He is somewhat lacking in muscles, carrying an average build with muscles being relatively low in comparison to others. His body is slender with a flat stomach void of anything special, such as abs. As a result, Ashton appears as a slim, somewhat willowy man. His long arms are graceful and slender, Ashton’s legs accomplishing a similar capability. The complexion painted across Ashton’s skin is a pleasant fair colour, lacking severe tanning or paling. Scars are surprisingly lacking on the young man’s skin because of his caution and hard work in defending himself and others.
A facial structure composed of soft curves perches atop Ashton’s neck. High cheekbones well blended into a soft face and accompanied by other soft curves makes Ashton an attractive man. His jawline is gentle, leading down to a slightly rounded chin. Most indicative of Ashton’s face are the brilliant golden-coloured eyes shining bright from his face. In sunlight, they glimmer like an amber and cause many to grow impressed with their breathtaking nature. In contrast to the eyes that shine like ambers are dark locks of navy coloured hair. Shortly cut, but still long enough to drift into his golden hues. Frequently, Ashton’s hair is well-kept, however, maintained in a semi-messy style for the sheer purpose of the look complimenting him.
Without a shred of pickiness, Ashton will wear just about anything that fits him. Despite his lack of care towards a clothing style, Ashton refuses to wear tighter clothes. In his opinion, those clothes are restricting and manifest difficulties in accomplishing his duties as a medic. Otherwise, he tends to wear casual clothing merely because of its availability and low expense. From graphic t-shirts to solid colour long sleeves, he wears just about anything. From Ashton’s wings sprout a pair of grey wings with a soft, navy tinge.
Weather Manipulation -- Intermediate The ability to affect the weather, manipulate it and change conditions. As a nephilim, Ashton can only manipulate a small area and impart from his lack of skill, not much. His weather manipulation is more powerfully influenced by his emotions when they reach extreme points. Under the duress of sadness, it may rain, under the stress of anger, it will thunder and so on and so forth. The most Ashton can do is bring a light rain to water the garden, a soft breeze to cool him or even a brief clearing of clouds to see the sun. In short, Ashton can only affect the weather minimally unless under emotional distress.
Teleportation -- Advanced The ability to teleport to different locations. During moments of particular stress, Ashton will activate this ability to get a fighter out of a bad situation or avoid an attack. Regularly, he does this while fetching someone and grabbing their arm to get them away from further damages. When a terror requires distraction, Ashton will use his teleportation to avoid attack while throwing things to keep its attention. Ashton can approximately teleport in a 3 mile radius, further should he have an envisionment of the place he wishes to go. Alas, consistent teleportation will start making Ashton tired. The further he is required to teleport, the more energy it will take from Ashton. When he is exhausted, teleportation can make Ashton teleport to the wrong location.
Curse/Charm Breaking -- Mastered The ability to break curses and charms through physical contact. As an individual working the battlefield, Ashton places high responsibility atop his shoulders to assure the safety of his fellow man. Thus, he trained himself in the breaking of curses and charms, more so the former. Since he heard of cursed weapons, Ashton began training himself to break the cursed wounds they leave behind. Through physical contact with the curse and intense focus, Ashton is capable of breaking curses. Curse breaking is frequently the more complexion, taking all of Ashton’s focus and energy to work through breaking it, and even then, there are no promises. The more powerful the curse/charm, the more focus and energy it takes for Ashton to break.
Future Sight -- Beginner The ability to see glimpses into the future. Oddly, for this ability it never activates for Ashton. Rather, it appears dormant in his magical index. It is believed that if Ashton’s future sight gets activated, he would receive a severe migraine and pass out. This would be the result of Ashton’s magic being unable to handle the activation of an underused ability.
Wing Manifestation -- Advanced The ability to sprout wings, manifesting them. In approximately 10 seconds, Ashton can manifest a pair of large, grey wings with a navy tinge. These wings have a long wingspan designed to allow him to fly for long periods of time. He can fly for hours on end, regularly swooping and finding joy in being in the sky. Frequently, Ashton weaves through the battlefield to get to a patient and whisk them away. Due to the danger of this type of play, he does not accomplish it in excess. He can fly fast, however, an injury to his wings will bring Ashton crashing to the ground. His wings will disappear and he will be left without them for weeks until the injuries have supposedly healed.
Healing -- Mastered The ability to heal others and oneself, allowing any biological illnesses or injuries to be recovered. As an individual in the medical field, Ashton trained himself in the world of healing. When his future led him down the path of healing, he fixated on it. Quickly, Ashton’s healing can make work of a wound, the injuries stitching together without hesitation. Minor to severe, the young man can cause the recovery of those he deems needs it. This being said, his hands must be hovering over the person at least. If his hands are over the wounds, then the wound will heal faster. The larger the wound, the larger it takes for Ashton to assist the person into recovering. Should he get dragged away from the individual, the healing will cease entirely. Similarly, he cannot heal the dead.
Blessings -- Mastered The ability to bless another individual, giving them strength, speed, energy, safety, endurance and the power to sympathize and send positive vibes. As a medic, Ashton is designed to play the roll of support rather than anything offensive. While his healing assists with the recovery standpoint, but during extensive fights, Ashton will access his blessing to assist. Through physical contact, Ashton can provide an individual minor boosts. While these fail to reach enhancement levels, these can help people be just fast enough to avoid an attack or have the safety to avoid that loosening brick from a building. Without physical contact, Ashton is unable to bless another person. At most, these may work for a few hours.
backstory
Coated in angelic light, Ashton’s father, Kent was a pure man who fell hard for a human woman, Lorraine. Together, they believed they could take on the world and accomplish the dreams and goals they had. Through the initial years of their relationship, they represented a love unbreakable by anything. They were quick to marry, a meagre two years after their courtship because of their intense love. Months later, Lorraine fell pregnant with Kent’s child. Excitement littered the couples days as they snuggled and discussed the future of the creature growing in Lorraine’s womb. If only his father had known about Lorraine’s wishes and intentions to the exact specifications... She wanted an angel child, a difficult feat for a man with a patchy angelic history littered with other species. He never expected their child to lean to the side of heaven, rather, he expected what they received.
Ashton Nichols was born in early June to Kent and Lorraine Nichols. A child birthed a nephilim, to his father’s expectations. He remembered holding little Ashton inside his arms, admiring the baby he had with his wife. Alas, when Lorraine’s turn arrived, the woman appeared disinterested in the child. Faking a smile and rocking young Ashton in her arms. She kept her emotions hidden, feigning the role of marvellous wife and mother, but Lorraine wished for a different life after the birth of her nephilim baby. One without Kent and without little Ashton colouring the walls of her world. In secret she would start meeting other people without the knowledge of her husband. During a majority of the hours she would be there, but every Friday was “Girl’s Night” where she would stay out for hours into the evening.
Through the years, life was a fantasized fairy tale. Mother managed to fake her interest and love between her husband and child. For years, Ashton was tricked into these comforts, becoming close to his father and mother. School started and the blue-haired nephilim proved a happy child derived from what was believed to be a storybook romance. Always, Ashton looked up to his parents, loving them and displaying his cheer in multiple ways. Teachers praised the parents for their well-behaved child, adoring him in their classes. The boy made friends quickly, becoming comfortable with his class and happy. Kent enjoyed everything about hearing the developments of Ashton as a man who wanted to be a father. Meanwhile, Lorraine faked it all, an actress on stage until she fled to the person she cheated on.
At 8, Ashton’s life was comparable to the top of the pyramid. His homelife was stable and everything seemed set in place for his successes... Until the day his mother left... He heard father crying at the kitchen table, staring at the documents laid before him as his son woke, sleepy-eyed. The bearer of bad news to a child he thought the world of... The words were phrased more delicate, but the gist of what Ashton understood was his mother no longer wanted him... He was pulled from school for the day, both struggling under the weight of Lorriane’s senseless and abrupt disappearance. It festered something new within Ashton, emotions he found himself struggling to handle.
Focusing in school proved difficult, the once popular child becoming withdrawn and distant from his fellow students. He shoved people away, falling into a negative cycle of believing himself to be unwanted baggage. As the court proceedings went through, his mother never fought for custody and never expressed wishing of visiting her child. He became anxious about separation, the child occasionally checking on his father in the night, terrified of losing him. However, he never entered the bed and quietly returned to his own. At the time, he feared burdening his father and resulting in him leaving. He bottled every emotion and pretending his mother not wanting him never affected him... but inevitably everything would boil over.
It was a mere few months later when Ashton began feeling a bitter resentment towards his mother. At one point, some kids at school began picking on him, berating him... and suddenly a punch was swung. A mere 8 years old and Ashton was the first swinger who left a kid bawling for the teachers. He was sent home and father showed disappointment, but it was merely the start. Yet, Ashton failed to stop himself as the pot blew over more. The young child became rebellious, starting fights and lashing out in anger to his mom leaving him. He hated separation, yet, he believed himself to be worth hardly a penny. Through his adolescence, Ashton was sent home multiple times and went from beloved student to problematic bad boy. It placed stress on his father, yet, the growing teen failed to notice his father’s ailing health...
He remembered being called to the office, how everybody in the classroom released a scandalous ‘ooooo’ as the 17 year old rose from his chair. Unlike the former times, Ashton genuinely found himself confused. These were among the few days where he behaved himself, having merely displayed his distant mindset. He remembered stepping outside and going to see the principal who brought him into his office. There he quietly informed him... His father, while at work, had a heart attack inflicted on him by stress. Everything rearranged from there as Ashton was taken to see his father by a family friend. The teen finally realized how his actions impacted the one person he never wanted to leave him... and after a heartbreaking hospital visit, he began cleaning his act up.
He behaved better, focused in school and remnants of the sociable boy from his youth returned. The troublesome teen began speaking to the school counselor and getting his life organized before things could become worse. Through his last year of high school he took care of his father while strengthening his abilities. Then shortly after turning 18, Ashton enlisted into the TRS, training to become a medic in order to start helping people. He wanted to make up for the mistakes of his youth, thus he focused on healing. Upon graduating mentorship, Ashton began working full time and has remained in the TRS ever since.
misc
- Likes: Peppermint tea, cinnamon hearts, spicy candy, flying, mint chocolate, cinnamon buns, sleeping in, watching sunsets, stargazing, nature, stuffed animals, rock music, helping, reading, butterflies, rock painting, cooking, dancing, bracelets - Dislikes: Spiders, the Assembly, illness, tight clothing, exhaustion, cleaning, birds, extremely sour candies, romance novels, math, perfume, basketball, country music, needless violence, dogs - Fears: His father dying, terrors, separation, being a burden - When working, Ashton is extremely focused in hopes of making up for everything he did in his past. - Currently, Ashton cares for his father, assuring his health and helping him out around the house. He considers it a requirement after stressing him out to the point of having a heart attack. - Despite being 25 and his father a healthy angel, Ashton lives at home to help out. Beyond worried he may lose his father. - He prefers flying to driving. He finds cars very uncomfortable. - Despite being scared of terrors, Ashton is capable of standing up against them when it is required. He would protect his patient to the end, thus he would gladly push and shove back to keep them safe. - He has troubles trusting motherly figures. With his own mother pretending to be interested in staying and abruptly leaving, Ashton is hesitant to trust. - Ashton has minor separation anxiety. He tends to worry about separating from other people because of the abrupt way his mother left. It tends to become evident in moments of stress since he cannot think straight and wants someone there.
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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.
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