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.
Blueprint is a premade Proboards v5 theme designed and built by punki of Adoxography and Pixel Perfect. Dire Tactics is the work of the mind of Clover. All characters and content are copyright their creators, and may not be replicated without their creators' permission. All images belong to their original owners.
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!
i deserve better and yet (Taylor)
Dr. Cami Q.- Carter
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female
bisexual
married to Taylor
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Aug 5, 2023 12:39:36 GMT -5
Post by Dr. Cami Q.- Carter on Aug 5, 2023 12:39:36 GMT -5
"Well, guess I'll be returning this," she said as she looked it over in the mirror. Welcome to CHAPTER 2. "Shame I really was hoping we could renew our vows and such," she said as she heard the knock on the door. "Well there's Taylor," she said and she did not want to open the door naked so she had to open the door like this. She carefully opened it and looked at him. "Come on in, the girls are sleeping but should be up soon. Where did you plan on taking them today?" she asked as if she was not standing in a wedding gown at all. Dr. Taylor Quinzell
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Dr. Taylor Quinzell
Human
male
bisexual
married to Cami and Carter <3
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Aug 5, 2023 13:02:47 GMT -5
Post by Dr. Taylor Quinzell on Aug 5, 2023 13:02:47 GMT -5
Whatever she said went out one ear and out the other because he just stared at her. He shook his head upon remembering how to speak again and it even then still took him a few minutes. "Maybe I should come back later," he said. "I'm not really sure how to handle this co parent in the middle of a divorce thing." Normally he could lean on the fact that they had been friends before they got married but that was not the case. He had thought that they would become friends while they were married and though that was the case here and there it had never started as it needed to. Hence why it was so broken now. Normally he would tell her she looked great but with their status he did not want her to think he was trying to get into her pants. Normally he would also ask about the new baby but was that something she wanted to talk about or was it something they just shared in secret now. For once he was so lost as he looked at her. "Camila," he said. He had not called her that in forever and now he regretted it. "You know I was thinking about that too, our vows," he finally said. He had to make this work out but he was so scared because he had to be fair to all the other women and kids too and he just did not know if he could do that. He wanted to just have happiness and here his happiness was standing in a wedding dress. "So uhm," He had never felt so lost. "I wanted to take them to the star gazing. It was Carter's idea actually, he said take Star and Skylar to see the stars and sky again." Plus Taylor quietly prayed while he was there, something that he had not told anyone. "Would you want to come? I think we could spend time with them as their parents. I mean I think we should spend time with them as their parents instead of trading them off." Dr. Cami Q.- Carter
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Dr. Cami Q.- Carter
Human
female
bisexual
married to Taylor
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Aug 5, 2023 13:55:06 GMT -5
Post by Dr. Cami Q.- Carter on Aug 5, 2023 13:55:06 GMT -5
She could feel his pain and she felt bad for that but she had to stand her ground because if she did not Taylor would never mature seriously and stay that way. "No need to come back later I was just changing," she said as she stepped behind a shade so that she could talk to him but he would not be tempted by her nudity as she changed. "I mean I would hope that we can talk and just be chill about the children, about us but I can feel how much it's hurting you so if you can not I get that." She felt the hurt the worse at night which only made her wonder if he had been crying and not sleeping well as she came out in her pants and tee shirt as she looked for her shoes. "Taylor and what about our vows exactly?" she said as she took a seat next to him now as she listened to him. "I think that is only natural anyway," she said. "I do like that place," she said to him. "I can come if you want me too it might do the girls some good yes," she said. "I will send Carter a thank you." It sure did seem like Carter was the only person trying to make them work out as a couple that was refreshing. "Taylor, l don't want the divorce not really but I do think that before it's final we do need time on the island for you to make sure that this is WHAT YOU WANT. WHAT YOU REALLY WANT." She was tired of sacrificing happiness. "I find out the gender soon, and that is going to sway my decision heavily on how much time I am willing to give you during our time apart. Not in a mean way but I wanted a boy and we ended up with two girls and you got a boy with everyone but me. I guess I thought it was fate's way of telling me you were good with girls and that's what you needed, but a boy would tell me that you were really ready for me raising your other son among all of your kids." Dr. Taylor Quinzell
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Dr. Taylor Quinzell
Human
male
bisexual
married to Cami and Carter <3
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Aug 5, 2023 14:21:32 GMT -5
Post by Dr. Taylor Quinzell on Aug 5, 2023 14:21:32 GMT -5
Taylor turned around when she started changing and he shook his head. "I'm fine," he said. "Brought it on myself so thinking about it myself and simply doing what is the best move at the moment." He took a seat and when she came near him he moved away but he did listen. "Right because I keep telling you that it is you but my actions say differently and that is wrong." He got that. He shook his head. "Well you can just let me know after if you want but you do not have to." This sucked so bad. "This isn't like me using the kids to take you on a date or hang with you I just really do not know what kind of move to make and my brain is starting to overload itself so if I get weird I am sorry." He fiddled with his hands for a minute and then sighed. "I miss you Cami. Like really miss you, your screaming at me and just we text more than we talk now and I miss your voice and this has never felt like this." He put his hands out. "Can I, do we?" he had a lot of half sentences. "Nevermind." He was only so graciously saved by the sounds of his daughters waking up. "The kids are up," he said thankfully. "That's good right? Now we can go on our..not date but parent thing, thing." Dr. Cami Q.- Carter
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Dr. Cami Q.- Carter
Human
female
bisexual
married to Taylor
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Aug 5, 2023 19:02:13 GMT -5
Post by Dr. Cami Q.- Carter on Aug 5, 2023 19:02:13 GMT -5
"I know Taylor, I can feel how nervous you are, yet how excited you are too. It's the advantage of having one of your hearts," she said. "I am trying to navitage your feelings around everyone that you are involved with romantically so I can help you so you can use your words less," she said as she had the urge to touch him but did not. "Also I'm going to hire a baby sitter, we're going to do something else." She took a minute. "You do want to go right?" she said as she went and got the babies and called a baby sitter. "Look I have a tracking app on my phone so nothing is going to happen to the babies. "I was thinking I could either take you down to the brothel or if you are more comfortable and want to stay here, we can do it here." She shrugged. "You never took me on a date so the only way I'm getting any date is if I take you on a date." Dr. Taylor Quinzell
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Dr. Taylor Quinzell
Human
male
bisexual
married to Cami and Carter <3
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Aug 5, 2023 19:59:45 GMT -5
Post by Dr. Taylor Quinzell on Aug 5, 2023 19:59:45 GMT -5
He took a second. "Of course I do," he said "but I can feel you too, that's the whole reason we did this and Cami you are so mad at me and you are so mad at the world that I think we really just need to chill today." This anger was bad so much so that it flushed over him and he did not like that for him or her and he knew better for the both of them. "In the middle of what is a second pregnancy for you and a pending divorce we both need to stay calm." He did not like this feeling because he had never felt it before at all at least not on this deep of a level. "So yes I do want to go but not today." There was something wrong with the both of them no doubt. However not wrong in a bad way. "I don't want the divorce either, not even in the hardest of times but you do deserve more." He had made a promise he was not crying this time. "Everyone does." Dr. Cami Q.- Carter
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Dr. Cami Q.- Carter
Human
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bisexual
married to Taylor
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Aug 6, 2023 8:07:55 GMT -5
Post by Dr. Cami Q.- Carter on Aug 6, 2023 8:07:55 GMT -5
"So we are staying in?" she asked. "Going to be a little weird but easier I guess." Could they even spend time without wanting to yell and hurt the other one? Just something else that she had not thought about and now she was as she took a second. "So feed the girls and then what?" Did they need this yes, did she want to do it, no. "Get to know one another like really know one another?" she asked him. Dr. Taylor Quinzell
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Dr. Taylor Quinzell
Human
male
bisexual
married to Cami and Carter <3
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Aug 6, 2023 9:46:47 GMT -5
Post by Dr. Taylor Quinzell on Aug 6, 2023 9:46:47 GMT -5
"Yes," he said as he went up and got their daughters and made sure that they were still okay. "We never did that either which explains a lot. For instance one thing I really do like is just wearing these loud colored tropical shorts and I like a lot of quiet but sometimes when it gets too quiet I get bored. That's how my addiction to sex started but now that my life is so full I feel like it's extremely less," he said honestly. Dr. Cami Q.- Carter
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Dr. Cami Q.- Carter
Human
female
bisexual
married to Taylor
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Aug 6, 2023 10:45:57 GMT -5
Post by Dr. Cami Q.- Carter on Aug 6, 2023 10:45:57 GMT -5
"I can not imagine you in that but at the same time it truly does fit," she said as she looked over their kids. They did have chemistry to say the least but they, well he was right. That whole getting to know you part had skipped over all of their dealings and that was never good. "Well the first time I thought i was in love i was just blown away and the second time," she paused. "I am currently sitting here fighting for the second time. That is how I know I have changed and not just because of the kids." Dr. Taylor Quinzell
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Dr. Taylor Quinzell
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male
bisexual
married to Cami and Carter <3
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Aug 6, 2023 11:20:19 GMT -5
Post by Dr. Taylor Quinzell on Aug 6, 2023 11:20:19 GMT -5
Love was everyone had talked about how it was so great and he could see that but had he ever been in love? He was not sure he did care for a lot of people but did he label that love? He was not sure so when she started to speak about it it caught him off guard. It, these feelings were strange perhaps tied deeper than he'd been made sit down to realize and now that they were coming out, now that he could feel them he simply wished sometimes that he could not. "It scares me how much I love you and I don't say that with any disrespect to anyone else who has and is currently putting up with me but this," no tears just words, no touches, just words he needed to use his words because his touches scared even him now. "This is literally everything Madison joked that it was I just did not get it then. First thing I think about, last thing I ask to be watched over before I sleep or don't sleep on this island and everything I do not deserve and even in knowing that knowing how scary this is, knowing that we are divorcing is nowhere near as scary as knowing I will still love you and I will never love anyone else this way." This was going to break him and he hated it as he felt himself turn blue. He quickly shook it off. "Anyway, it's okay." She asked for this and he hated that he had gave it to her but she was right. "We need time." Dr. Cami Q.- Carter
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Dr. Cami Q.- Carter
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bisexual
married to Taylor
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Aug 6, 2023 14:21:13 GMT -5
Post by Dr. Cami Q.- Carter on Aug 6, 2023 14:21:13 GMT -5
Where was this raw and honest version of Taylor when she doubted everything? When she didn't think that space but closeness was the answer and now? She could not fold if she did, it would do them no good. She didn't want them all over each other in fits of passion and then angry and yelling, she simply wanted them to be them. Her feeling his heart beat inside of her was also a factor that she had not counted on. "Excuse me a second I think my phone is ringing," she said as she watched him turn blue and excused herself. "Fuck," she said as she walked into her room and crawled into her closet. "I've almost got my phone Taylor," she yelled as she turned her back against her closet and locked the door. "Do not give in to him, do not give in to him." She could not be like all of his other girlfriends and just let him get away with it because he would not stick to being the best version of himself but she could not hide either but she still took her two minutes before coming back out. She did not, her intentions were never to hurt him but she had a lot of anger. At the situation, at him because of moments like this. She stood in the corner as her body turned blue as she spoke to him. "You have to let me be mad at you. I don't want to be mad at you, but you have to be let me be mad at you. Do something to allow me to be mad at you, not something that makes me want to forgive you. We need to work through my anger at you, so say something to piss me off." Dr. Taylor Quinzell
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Dr. Taylor Quinzell
Human
male
bisexual
married to Cami and Carter <3
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Aug 6, 2023 15:06:59 GMT -5
Post by Dr. Taylor Quinzell on Aug 6, 2023 15:06:59 GMT -5
He watched and sat and then she was back but blue in the corner and he looked at her. "No, everything I could tell you is typical me and I have hurt you enough so," he said as he stood up and moved Star and Skylar to a point of safety. "If you are mad, be mad. I have given you reason upon reason upon reason and I will not do that anymore." Her heart was confused rightfully so and yet he still walked towards her. "Want me to tell you what I noticed after you left me in that hospital room?" He did not know why but he noticed the small things only with her. "Tell me Cami, what did the wish cookie say completely?" He had to admit, he did like a woman who was resourceful. "By the way," he said as he leaned down and gave her a hug and whispered. "I love a woman who plays for keeps." He then backed up. "You love me too, you just didn't expect it to come in such amount of flush and now you are running. I get it, but even running you still, how did you say it again?" Dr. Cami Q.- Carter
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Dr. Cami Q.- Carter
Human
female
bisexual
married to Taylor
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Aug 6, 2023 15:42:42 GMT -5
Post by Dr. Cami Q.- Carter on Aug 6, 2023 15:42:42 GMT -5
She looked at him as he spoke. "Nothing to notice," she said. Was he really back on this? She smiled a little and she shook her head. "No idea what you are talking about Taylor." She watched him and the lean and the hug. "Careful please," she said. A woman who plays for keeps? "You are funny, I never knew that." "Love can be overwhelming that much I do agree on and I didn't do it at the hospital, I finished it at the hospital. Baby I love you but the hurt, the need to keep you with me has nothing to with the wish cookie and everything to do with our child creation. Also please stop making it sound like voodoo, I don't do that darkness. All I did was tie us together. Your soul will always be connected to me. Since I couldn't get you to keep it in your pants, I went elsewhere when it came to you Taylor." The fact that he knew though and still was here. "I told you have all the babies you want but when YOU WANT to be here as you do now, you will be. I got tired of trying to capture the horse and so while the horse is wild and out in the field, his wants will always win out. If that makes me playing for keeps, then yes I suppose you do love me." "What I didn't count on was you giving me your heart so willingly, so we will navigate this road of kids and mothers as we need, but home will always call to you. We don't need to be married for it to exist. Should we work through and not get a divorce, it will get stronger and be unbreakable. You see Taylor what happens to us is on you, not me." Dr. Taylor Quinzell
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Dr. Taylor Quinzell
Human
male
bisexual
married to Cami and Carter <3
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Aug 6, 2023 20:49:14 GMT -5
Post by Dr. Taylor Quinzell on Aug 6, 2023 20:49:14 GMT -5
"Very overwhelming," he said. "What? I'm funny all the time we are always laughing when we are not fighting." He wanted to fight less, he needed them to fight less cause it did hurt now. "Child creation is such a hot term but I get what you mean though isn't that essentially kind of what it is?" he asked but still no fighting. Of course he wanted to be here, ever since all the hospital it was all he wanted. Love was so magical too. "I mean we are doing okay right now but this, did you go down and see the adoption lady too?" He felt like he had to know. "Not for adoption purpose but the magic ones?" Dr. Cami Q.- Carter
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Dr. Cami Q.- Carter
Human
female
bisexual
married to Taylor
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Aug 7, 2023 6:27:39 GMT -5
Post by Dr. Cami Q.- Carter on Aug 7, 2023 6:27:39 GMT -5
"Her name is Gigi and of course. I work for Avery so almost anyone does on this island I get notes about. She's interesting though the thing between me and you, all me. Partially why you turn blue now." Taylor was getting all the credit for being all up in her when it was an equal exchange. She did move again though. "I'm done fighting for you and in time you will learn when you want to. However I can not allow you not to be constantly reminded of me," she said. "I am putting up with Makayla and having to bond with your son by her, that's not easy Taylor. Makes me jealous and I do not like that emotion," she said as she looked at him now. "Besides I know you love me, I know that it is deep, and that is all I need but as I help you navigate this, I need to know you are worth it." Dr. Taylor Quinzell
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