Even paradise could become a prison if one had enough time to take notice of the walls
welcome to Dire Tactics
Oddities are individuals born with extraordinary gifts. Because of this they are hated, feared and generally persecuted across the globe. In an attempt to give them a refuge the billionaire Theodore Ashford has created Ashford Isle. Presented as a Sanctuary for the special some believe their to be much darker motives behind his generosity.
Ashford Isle
A state of the art city powered completely by renewable energy, gorgeous modern building erected against the backdrop of a tropical paradise. It has all the luxuries modern technology can afford accompanied by the natural beauty and serenity only nature can provide. This city is open to all Oddities and their families, along with several hundred A.R.I. employees, it boast a modest population of just over 5,000 individuals consisting of a mix between both human and oddity. This wonderful utopia however is shaded in mystery both metaphorically and literally. The United Nations have dispatched several fleets of O.S.E. ships near the island, this gives the coastline a ominous view.
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updates
1/06/23
We would like to welcome our newest citizens to the island! David, Alice, Lynn, & Emmett welcome to paradise!
1/01/23
Ashford Isle is finally recovering from the massive hurricane and officially back open for business!
chapter 87: wish you were here (tagx3)
Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
Human
Lesbian
loves her Mallory
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Jun 1, 2024 13:26:19 GMT -5
Post by Madison Nottingham-Quinzell on Jun 1, 2024 13:26:19 GMT -5
“I wonder if baby Hunter was doing that. It wasn’t something I seen before” Madison replied. She’d heard biting was possible when it came to young children. So Mallory thought this was a good thing. Couples worked in different ways so perhaps Daphne and Hunter would work that way. “The hotel would be best I think. I also think Mallory might have the answer” she added. This was something you had to keep in the family. OSE Germany wouldn’t look too kindly on such a thing. Especially magic. “We keep this between us”. Mallory Q. NottinghamDaphne Quinzell-JaxonHunter Jaxon-Quinzell
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Jun 1, 2024 17:24:05 GMT -5
Post by Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell on Jun 1, 2024 17:24:05 GMT -5
He had long accepted that his parents were magic, what his mother turning herself into a witch and his father eventually coming along as a half warlock or what not. Biting was just a mild kink but blood was the fastest way to get his magic, part of his magic back so he did not feel so weak as he listened and then took the time to swallow the blood and speak. "I do much prefer to be sane," he said honestly. "Plus it's like a hug and once I have some of the magic back flowing through my system I will feel better and be able to get Hayden to heal my back." He shrugged as he stood up. "Hotel food? I'll deal with it," he said. "I am not going back to jail it is not for the weak at all." He looked at them. "Guys it is crazy coming down off of a high right now. I mean I was truly tripping and I am not sure I'm still not but at least everyone is here," he said as he made hug circle motions. "Life is so good right now." Daphne Quinzell-JaxonMallory Q. NottinghamMadison Nottingham-Quinzell
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Daphne Quinzell-Jaxon
Oddity
female
bisexual
married to Hunter
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Jun 1, 2024 19:16:25 GMT -5
Post by Daphne Quinzell-Jaxon on Jun 1, 2024 19:16:25 GMT -5
"I'm sure you do," she said as she looked at her arm. "Yes hotel food and the hotel is back that way about a half a block," she said as she looked at him. He was being okay. "If you can be good for the four days you can have my blood and not the type of good that is just for show a real true good that says that you want to be good." She did not know why she gave Hunter so many chances but they were here now at least and she had no reason not to. "I came back from New York early for this too by the way but Hunter do not look more into it than it is, my crystal just was not working." Mallory Q. NottinghamMadison Nottingham-QuinzellHunter Jaxon-Quinzell
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Mallory Q. Nottingham
Oddity
female
lesbian
<3 Madison <3
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Jun 2, 2024 7:03:42 GMT -5
Post by Mallory Q. Nottingham on Jun 2, 2024 7:03:42 GMT -5
Hunter's arm circles made her laugh as she shook her head. "Hunter, stop," she said. How much drugs had he did but at least he still seemed calm as she looked at Madison and then at Daphne. "Wait, you cut your trip to New York short to come here but then you are telling him not to look more into it than it is?" These two were cut from the same cloth which made it more funny but she began to walk. "So what exactly is it? You cut trips short? He for sure over does the spoil routine yet it's nothing?" Young mostly straight individuals confused her to no end. "So the two of you agree that you're good enough to have kids with but not be together? There is nothing wrong with that but what there is something wrong with is the both of you dropping everything when the other one is in trouble and labeling that as nothing." Madison Nottingham-QuinzellHunter Jaxon-QuinzellDaphne Quinzell-Jaxon
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Jun 2, 2024 7:19:16 GMT -5
Post by Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell on Jun 2, 2024 7:19:16 GMT -5
He ran his tongue on the inside of his mouth as he listened and then he began to walk. The cooler air felt nice but he so wanted to climb a building but resisted the urge as he listened to Mallory. "Exactly," he said. "I mean that's pretty much it in a nutshell because Daphne's anger will not allow her to love and my lust and addiction will not allow me to love," he said as he stopped and began to slap his hands together. "My hands are numb," he said as he laughed. "They will be better once my body is used to the magic again," he said as he went over and hugged Daphne. "Look Daph," he said. "Let me say this and then you can just let it ponder in your head. First I'm so on a high right now like if you could see the fairies with me you would understand but you are not on this high with me so you can not and thus you do not but listen carefully," he said. "I love you but the way I love you is not the way you want to be loved." Knowledge. "So," he said as he was starting to drool but he quickly wiped it. "Sorry, where was I? Oh, yes so I had no choice but to let you go so now we are just parents." He said as he turned his hands and made butterfly wings. The tips of his hands did shimmer just a little bit. "Oh yes my magic, I can slightly see it too," he said as he went on. "So I am sorry that I made you feel like I clipped your wings, you don't need that you needed metamorphosis, care, all beautiful things, all things that are art in their own way." This boy was so stupidly in his feelings for this girl, magic or not. "So I just wanted to say that and I am most sorry that you had to cut your trip." He hugged her tightly, as if his life depended on it. Madison Nottingham-QuinzellDaphne Quinzell-JaxonMallory Q. Nottingham
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Daphne Quinzell-Jaxon
Oddity
female
bisexual
married to Hunter
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Jun 2, 2024 7:54:31 GMT -5
Post by Daphne Quinzell-Jaxon on Jun 2, 2024 7:54:31 GMT -5
Her art power was so subtle at times and then other times it just took her over. She did not know if it was protection or muse but right now she hoped for protection as Hunter started talking. He most was out of his sanity as she listened and she did not nod or move she just kind of stood there. "Right," she said. That was not how she seen it but she had made her choice and now she had to stand on it. She did not see clipped wings as far as who she was no she seen growth and a better person though still angry at times but still she seen change in good ways but what did it matter. She only knew to stand there and listen because this was also a lot but it did seem honest. Then he was hugging her and she looked at Madison and Mallory as the water colors took over her face. "Hunter let me go you are hurting me." The water colors were dripping off of her as her body went translucent with the colors. She was no complex character she had never been it had always been easy to see her and what she wanted but going after that had hurt her, shown by her slightly seen broken heart. "Hunter seriously," she said as she began to drag him down the street this time and got to the hotel door. They were a mess, a stuck together mess as she finally pushed him off of her. "Get inside," she said as her body went back to normal but her hair swooped up, paint colors through it being held together in a wave of painted butterfly wings. "Also you are going to fix my hair, you and your magic are always setting my paint off." She turned to look at Mallory and Madison and waved them towards her but as she held her hands up the transulcent paints still dripped. "It should dry up soon," she said as she tried to catch it but the squares where the paint touched were changing from black to white and white to black. "Just carefully overstep the black and white ones please," she said as her face turned translucent again and one of her butterfly wings slid down inside of her face and she slightly laughed. "Okay that tickles," she said as she used her hand to guide it out of her face and look at it. She held her free hand up and her crystal attached to her hand and sprinkled a little dust on the butterfly but not harming it as the crystals flew to her face and shined. She put her crystal back and wiped the shining paint off of her face and looked at her hands. Shine was all she seen as she put them up against the door frame and watched the paint and shine cover the glass. "Holy crap," she said as she began to draw stick figures. She was enchanted by this for sure. "This is so pretty and neat," she said. Even when she denied it she truly felt more like a princess more now than ever. She quickly wiped it away which caused her face to go back to normal. "Okay sorry let's get food now please." Madison Nottingham-QuinzellMallory Q. NottinghamHunter Jaxon-Quinzell
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Jun 3, 2024 13:45:34 GMT -5
Post by Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell on Jun 3, 2024 13:45:34 GMT -5
After months of trying to get Daphne to just half believe and accept magic even in his high state he now knew you could not force it on people. "Can I get a hamburger?" he asked the man and then shook his head. "I'll just come make it myself." The thoughts of people touching his food, no. He normally used magic to make it or just do it himself but now, this seemed very new also hot as he found his way to the hotel kitchen. He washed his hands as he started to swat away at the magical fairies that he seen still. "Fries," he said as he looked around for them. Once his food was done he made his way back out to the center of the hotel and sat up against the wall and began to eat his food. It was giving him peace as he chewed and looked up to see them. "Guys this place makes the absolute best hamburgers," he said as he held his hand up and began to look over it as he put his hamburger down and looked at his arm. He smiled down at the magic in his arm and carefully began to touch it. It was warm that he liked as he began to softly hum. It was like a soft lullaby, quiet and still but moving in rhythm as he went back to eating his food. The soft lullaby like sound seemed to hold a still rhythm with Hunter's humming. Songs played on pianos, songs played where no one else could hear them but beats that still held tightly, like the heart and it's own beat, some up and some down and some, well some out of sync no matter what. Accepting that? Epic to be honest. Accepting your growth, your seperation and the turn of your page, the turn of a story that is no longer just yours but one you share with others too. Art? He knew all about that, especially now in different forms but music well music much like his mother and much like his father was always his favorite. He ate his food still wondering if not having it all, was the ultimate have all? If perhaps those keys he had kept hearing his father tell his mother he'd get around to still lay dormant for that was never the plan. Keys, were never his father's story and well he just wondered as he looked at his arm again and he slowly began play the small amount of magic that ran through his body. Each press it's own jump, and yes some of them jumped for hadn't he told all three of them, that the jump was important. One end of the rope, the other end of the rope, and the middle, the middle that wanted to stay where it was but pulled elsewhere , made this new home? What if that was the sound and the rhythm. "Keys," he said to himself for it was time. His mother had flinched a green shade that he had never seen before and that caused a fear to run through him. It broke him, his pieces scattered emotionally and like always it made him different but the mission, still the same. So he turned towards the wall now and moved his plate and he drew. Tiny key after tiny key after tiny key to a melody that he could hear and fairies that he could see but he knew better now than to speak about that. He politely snapped towards his aunts and Daphne. "You guys good?" he asked. Be brave, take the jump, and more importantly be fearless. Mallory Q. NottinghamMadison Nottingham-QuinzellDaphne Quinzell-Jaxon
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Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
Human
Lesbian
loves her Mallory
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Jun 3, 2024 17:28:31 GMT -5
Post by Madison Nottingham-Quinzell on Jun 3, 2024 17:28:31 GMT -5
At least now they were inside the hotel and the display of magic and paint wasn’t noticed. This was a large hotel with a good sized restaurant and everybody got what they wanted to eat. “We’re good Hunter. So how are the little ones getting on?” she cheerfully posed. She also figured Mallory was right about her suggestion. So things might improve later on. Babies did help the process along and they did look like good parents at least. Daphne Quinzell-JaxonHunter Jaxon-QuinzellMallory Q. Nottingham
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Mallory Q. Nottingham
Oddity
female
lesbian
<3 Madison <3
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Jun 4, 2024 7:33:35 GMT -5
Post by Mallory Q. Nottingham on Jun 4, 2024 7:33:35 GMT -5
She had so many questions because as much as they kept saying it was little to no magic she was seeing a lot of magic being used. She was used to it however but then she heard Hunter and seen him not to mention Daphne. She followed Daphne and in turn got to Hunter who must have been extremely hungry which she did expect. "Are the both of you okay? More specifically Hunter for the moment." Her excuse for Daphne at the moment was mental stress and maybe the same for Hunter but he seemed a different breed all together as she made her way inside. "They are fucking nuts," she said to Madison. "Has art driven them insane?" she asked as she shook her head. However her main concern was the fact that they both seemed calm even if it was super weird. "Daphne," she finally said. "You alright girl?" she was going for the one she figured it was easier to speak with. Daphne Quinzell-JaxonHunter Jaxon-QuinzellMadison Nottingham-Quinzell
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Daphne Quinzell-Jaxon
Oddity
female
bisexual
married to Hunter
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Jun 4, 2024 8:57:32 GMT -5
Post by Daphne Quinzell-Jaxon on Jun 4, 2024 8:57:32 GMT -5
"They seem to be adjusting to home now," she said as she found a seat. Hunter was calm still which was better than Hunter being off the walls but it was also a little worrying but for now she was going to focus on the now. "I plan on getting them out into the water when we return and seeing if they take to swimming." "I need a drink, like the hardest alcohol this place has to offer but just one because I can not get too drunk I get loud," she said as she laughed. Hunter Jaxon-QuinzellMadison Nottingham-QuinzellMallory Q. Nottingham
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Jun 5, 2024 13:32:30 GMT -5
Post by Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell on Jun 5, 2024 13:32:30 GMT -5
He stood up and grabbed his food. "I'm going to go and get a table and you guys can join me when you have your food and drinks okay?" He was coming down off of a high a little bit but still was out of his mind mostly. "Oh my god can we get a sweet platter?" It was going to be the end of him and his teeth. "Like with a lot of cookies, maybe some ice cream and fudge." He slowly blinked. "Or just the fudge because fudge is amazing and warm and if either of the three of you say no that makes you a liar." Madison Nottingham-QuinzellMallory Q. NottinghamDaphne Quinzell-Jaxon
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Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
Human
Lesbian
loves her Mallory
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Jun 5, 2024 16:24:26 GMT -5
Post by Madison Nottingham-Quinzell on Jun 5, 2024 16:24:26 GMT -5
“I don’t know my love but things do look a bit better even if it’s strange” she replied. Then added to Daphne “you could try the water babies sessions in the swimming pool. I can give you hand if you want”. An easier was of getting babies used to being in water. Hunter then mentioned fudge and she reminded him “small portions might be best. I’ll give fudge a go but don’t forget the main course first”. So what new thing could she try here? This was the Netherlands and Europeans had different ideas about food. As this was a grab your tray and ask at the servery affair she started with a pasta and peppers salad and choose a roll and some local sliced cheese. Edam she believed. She also got some warm fudge; a small portion. Hunter Jaxon-QuinzellDaphne Quinzell-JaxonMallory Q. Nottingham
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Mallory Q. Nottingham
Oddity
female
lesbian
<3 Madison <3
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Jun 6, 2024 7:09:18 GMT -5
Post by Mallory Q. Nottingham on Jun 6, 2024 7:09:18 GMT -5
She expected the lowest of lows when it came to these children but this was surprisingly not a low she looked at this as a very mute point and good for both Daphne and Hunter. "Cheese eggs and bread," she said. She turned to Hunter. "Hunter do you like keys?" She found it ironic he had to be on drugs to be sensible but she was willing to work with it. Hunter Jaxon-QuinzellMadison Nottingham-QuinzellDaphne Quinzell-Jaxoni hope you and clover are about to do this key adventure i've been waiting so patiently for it. XD
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Jun 6, 2024 16:17:02 GMT -5
Post by Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell on Jun 6, 2024 16:17:02 GMT -5
He was still quiet as he looked over it and then sighed. "Oh no not that I was just thinking," he said. He did that a lot when he did not know exactly what to do but for now sitting and eating seemed good enough though he did not want to come down off of his high at all. Cheese eggs? Well everyone liked different things. "Cheese in eggs seems almost unlawful." Daphne Quinzell-JaxonMadison Nottingham-QuinzellMallory Q. Nottingham
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Daphne Quinzell-Jaxon
Oddity
female
bisexual
married to Hunter
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Jun 7, 2024 8:33:55 GMT -5
Post by Daphne Quinzell-Jaxon on Jun 7, 2024 8:33:55 GMT -5
Did he need all that food? She did not know but she took a seat anyway. "We should do that when we are back, I could use help getting them used to the water because right now I feel like they do not like it much." She also needed to have that looked into but that did scare her. "A whole platter of sweets is the last thing you need right now," she said as she heard something about keys. She wanted to trust Hunter but after seeing Cami and her time with Taylor in New York it was a big no. "Let's hope no," she said to Mallory. Mallory Q. NottinghamMadison Nottingham-QuinzellHunter Jaxon-Quinzell
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