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!
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Post by Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell on Oct 27, 2023 6:17:02 GMT -5
"What do you mean?" Hunter asked as he looked around. "I mean I guess I could do it for you mom but still," he said. Hunter was not exactly friendly with animals at all but this cat, this black cat at that seemed to have some kind of thing for his aunt. Maybe the animal just thought she was nice but Hunter on the other hand had been avoiding all of his family because he did not want them asking him about Star or telling him to stay away because he was not going to. He loved her and he was keeping that to himself so that they would no longer fuss at him. He found his way down to Madison's apartment and knocked. "Hey, here's this cat please come take it so I can go to work. Today's my first day at the canopy bar and if I am late I will get fired." Madison Nottingham-Quinzell (i was under the wrong account first time, apologies but here we go now )
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Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
Human
Lesbian
loves her Mallory
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Post by Madison Nottingham-Quinzell on Oct 27, 2023 7:35:59 GMT -5
Ever since the hospital experience that cat had taken a liking to her. And cats being the way they were this cat came and went; before long it would be able to find her on her own. Today it had to be left off by Hunter as she answered the door looking like she'd been cleaning. "Hello Hunter" she cheerfully said and eyed the cat. "Has she made up her mind yet if she wants to stay?" she posed as Madison did wonder if she'd need to name and register this feline. She probally would and that would mean Check having to get used to a cat. "You got a job as well?" she added. They'd grown up so quickly. Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell
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Post by Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell on Oct 27, 2023 8:20:22 GMT -5
"No idea," he said. "Don't they have someone to clean your apartment, Aunt Madison work smarter not harder," he said as he looked at the cat. "I don't know about that thing and the fact that it is a girl means you might want to see if it is fixed. Do not need anymore cats around here than we already have," he said. "I do, I am not living off of mom or dad while I am here and they will not linger that over my head so needed a job. Grew up to be quite resoureful in the end but you look great. Seriously though, your rent includes a cleaning service take advantage of that and use it. Do not do what you pay for in your lease." He slowly tapped his foot. "Welp, did my job see ya around," he said as he turned and left. That was something he got from his father in spades as he stopped. "So," he said as he turned back around and seen her. "Well fuss at me, I know you know about me and Star." He did not expect anyone to understand. "Look I could stand here and tell you why and tell you a pile of crap about us having this connection which WE DO, but I know how this goes. It's wrong and love is elsewhere so yeah. Working through it but it sucks, but working through it still." He was not upset just a bit down but not bad. "Dad stuck me with this stupid romance gene and now I have to watch Star be happy so fuck him all over. Truthfully I hope that Carter guy does not make it." Oh Hunter, watch out your jealousy of your father's life and having kids with someone else who was not your mother was showing. "He had mom and still thought he had to have other kids. Jacob and Gillian are bastards I don't care whose name they have." "As for that cat, well who knows? Magic?" he asked. "Maybe your aura is different now that you are human plus. I have seen my siblings go through something similar or maybe another cat? Hard to know truthfully but maybe it smells another cat on you or a lingering spirit depends on what you believe, have you been feeding it that will make them stay too." Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
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Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
Human
Lesbian
loves her Mallory
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Post by Madison Nottingham-Quinzell on Oct 29, 2023 12:59:23 GMT -5
It had occurred to her that this cat might well need to be fixed. One cat was enough and while Check was a boy he’d already gotten that treatment. “I like doing my cleaning. The person who calls over dosen’t ever have that much to do” she replied as the cat followed her around and there should be something fish related for her in the fridge. “Don’t worry Hunter. If she stays she’ll be seeing a vet” she added as Hunter mentioned Star and himself. She knew as she’d comforted Star after she lost some of her memories. Those that related to him. “I had to help Star after that and I do know what it’s like to love. Your aunt Mallory is the complete package for me but I also know what it’s like to lose at love as well” she added softly. She understood but couldn’t prevent what her brother had done. There was also some honesty being expressed that she’d have to deal with. The situation with Taylor, Cami, Carter and the rest of the harem was complicated to say the least and she could see what Hunter was getting at. Looking back at him she said “your father did make life complicated but I know of another timeline when it was just Taylor and Carter and Tayla was overjoyed to know she had siblings in this time line. I still love you all equally. Jacob and Gillian got adopted and I delivered you while Cami and myself went on a boat trip. I”m not going to forget that”. So it would be good for him to know the other side of the story. Then it was back to the cat. “I have fed it but that’s not usually enough to make one stay. Pets do tend to pick the owners for whatever reasons they have. I don’t know if you had a pet in the future or not but I got a different version of human plus compared to your father”. Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell
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Post by Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell on Oct 30, 2023 18:53:13 GMT -5
It took a lot on anyone and right now he felt uprooted, he felt like even if people cared what did they truly know. "Look, I have a lot of anger going on but it's wrong to take it out on you even in my words so I do apologize for that." He could easily admit his mistakes around anyone but his parents something that he was still working through but knowing them well he thought that put him miles above his father. Equally. No, they were better. "Tayla," he said. "That girl is good at pretending and trust me Tayla and I have our own differences but if she messes with me I am not kidding I will kidnap her and throw her off the cliff." He was going to get therapy while he was here that much he knew. "Cats are, I don't know the word for it but maybe it likes you and yes I had a hamster. One time I thought it was dead but it turned out it was just hibernating, almost flushed it right down the toilet." Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
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Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
Human
Lesbian
loves her Mallory
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Post by Madison Nottingham-Quinzell on Nov 1, 2023 6:44:10 GMT -5
"Just as well you realised that in time. Why the toilet? Couldn't you have buried it in the garden in a little box?" Madison posed. "All the goldfish who died while I grew up always got buried in our back garden near a rose bush". "She really did sound happy to know about all of you. You can state your intentions to me but don't think about doing it. Saying it vents the anger but I vented mine in different ways. The mean girls and jocks who gave myself and Amber a hard time knew pain but not death; there's ways to get even without killing" she added shaking her head. Was she starting to sound like Mallory? Quite probally. Cats. "I really think she does like me. Can't see why since we've a dog but cats think differently. It's not just about who feeds them" she added. Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell
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Post by Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell on Nov 2, 2023 13:17:20 GMT -5
"Yeah I agree honestly. Family is so important to me that this anger that I feel is something I am going to work through because I don't want to be the thread that unspins us. I will just avoid them and put my focus elsewhere." He did not trust Tayla but he would listen to his aunt for the moment. "Well, cats are..maybe you need something?" Not a physical or an emotional thing but maybe something that the cat senses. He thought about his hamster. "When I had my hamster apparently I was going through this realization that eventually me and Hayden would have different lives. It did not upset me, it was no secret and I realized that but that hamster helped me through it. I don't know about cats. Dad would say magic but damn it if I have to hear about the magic one more time I will cut my toe off." Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
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Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
Human
Lesbian
loves her Mallory
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Post by Madison Nottingham-Quinzell on Nov 3, 2023 16:11:54 GMT -5
“Hunter, that does sound like a good plan. You ended up in this timeline for a good reason even if I have no idea what that was” Madison softly replied. She wasn’t telling her parents about this part of island life when they got here for the wedding. It would be too confusing for Hunter’s grandparents for starters. “I don’t know if there is something like that or not. It could just be that we get on” she posed stroking the cat. That was soothing to her and the purring helped too. It felt different to the love she got from Check. “Your father and me did have different lives. We’re not twins but were born close enough together to be twin like. Siblings usually have separate lives in the end even if the little versions of you tag team your parents. I’d always found cats relaxing but they didn’t always let me close. Pets do help in a lot of ways. Especially ones you can pet and stroke” she added. She knew magic was real even if it upset Hunter. Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell
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Post by Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell on Nov 4, 2023 7:12:08 GMT -5
"That is true when you click with something person or not it just makes everything better." Did he feel better? He wanted to say yes but the truth was he was emotionally stunted like his father so who knew. "Yeah I mean I guess I like my siblings, don't, have not really taken the time to get to know them. Doesn't seem worth it in the end and there are so many girls." Why his life was surrounded with women he never knew. "Anyway I have decided that I am going to take the start and make dinner on thanksgiving for all of us. By all of us I mean dad, you, Cami, Mallory, Hayden, Star and Skylar." He sighed. "That is my family that I care about, well TJ and I get along okay but he said he had to have dinner with the Stratins. So I am thinking about renting out that dance hall and us eating there, is this okay with you?" Their family, her family, her side was better. He just had to show them. "We won't get this chance often, oh and Amber," he seemed neutral on her. "Amber too unless she had plans." Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
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Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
Human
Lesbian
loves her Mallory
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Nov 4, 2023 15:20:27 GMT -5
Post by Madison Nottingham-Quinzell on Nov 4, 2023 15:20:27 GMT -5
The Stratin’s were another branch of the family. Not invited to this dinner but they did have their own plans anyway. Then he also invited Amber. She could ask her if she was interested and free that evening. “Things just happened that way. There could have been mainly boys just as easily” Madison advised. Were girls harder to understand? Even she wasn’t sure. Then she added “I’d be up for that and I’ll let Amber know she’s also invited. Also Mallory”. Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell
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Post by Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell on Nov 5, 2023 14:23:04 GMT -5
He was only doing this for Star. It seemed important to her for them to be a family and do gatherings though he knew he'd rather cut anything of his off than to really do it but maybe it would not be so bad. "Maybe TJ, but not Tayla." He was stubborn when it came to that. It did not even feel like a jealous factor she just gave him creepy vibes. "You ever met someone and no matter how hard you look at them and try to see the good, all you see is bad. Not aura or energy but movements and words, that's how she is. Why it angers me so no idea I simply know that her and I, we may be cut from the same tree Madison but her branches are rotten and everything produced from it is too." "Mallory." He paused. "Yeah I like her I think, at least little me? She seems to stay away from me otherwise. Maybe I groped her or something when I grew up, if I did I suppose I should apologize." Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
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Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
Human
Lesbian
loves her Mallory
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Nov 6, 2023 16:49:34 GMT -5
Post by Madison Nottingham-Quinzell on Nov 6, 2023 16:49:34 GMT -5
Maybe TJ. Then Hunter explained why. She’d known people like that as she grew up and as positive as she could be they didn’t get on. When it was family that created problems you usually couldn’t ignore or easily ignore them. “I understand what you mean but I’ve dealt with Tayla on a professional level. Also not all family gets on and that’s usually with siblings. There was people I knew from school I got mad at; bitches and jocks usually but there were others you had a hard time tolerating; the best I could do with them” she replied. “We only know the baby you’s so far and while my hair might have been curiously pulled that has been the worst so far. You’re all adorable babies but I’m sure she’s getting used to the idea of little ones. It’ll take time” she added with a smile. Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell
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Post by Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell on Nov 7, 2023 19:55:06 GMT -5
"I suppose you might be right," he said. "I mean we are only half siblings and that is not bad, it's better than being completely bonded but at the end of the day, she is nicer to most of you so it makes sense. She's a sneaky one trying to let people see what they want to see and not letting them see her for her but maybe my view of her will change over time." Though he could easily see herself murdering her too. Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
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Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
Human
Lesbian
loves her Mallory
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Post by Madison Nottingham-Quinzell on Nov 8, 2023 16:02:33 GMT -5
It sounded like Hunter was going to try and get on with Tayla; on the other hand things may not change. If this timeline crossover hadn’t happen all the parents and aunties including Mallory would have been dealing with the grown up children in the future. It was satisfying to note that a good job had been done but if they’d remember this would remain to be seen. “That’s the thing about the future. When you go back we might not remember much of this. It depends how the timelines work out but I think you will remember it all. It is clear that looking after all of you was and will be a group thing. Literally being raised by the village” Madison softly said as she petted the cat. She would keep this cat if she stuck around. “I wonder if you will stick around” she posed to said cat. Contented purrs followed. Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell
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Post by Hunter Jaxon-Quinzell on Nov 9, 2023 8:53:49 GMT -5
"I agree with that," he said. "I think, I don't think we can go back." He had been thinking about it. "I think everyone thinks it is possible to go back because we came forward but honestly Madison," he shrugged. "It's like jumping as you know. When you jump rope forward it is easier than it is when you jump backwards. Jumping forward allows you to see in front of you and though you do not look down at your feet you know the rope is coming down." He put his hands out across from one another because Hunter remembered the day. No one had talked about it not in the details anyway. His hands had that same magical glow as his fathers though the magic itself ran through his palms, the lines on his fingers and not up out of his hands like Taylor's. He took a second to take a seat on the floor and unlike his father he was calm, concentrated, and focused. Like it or not, Hunter had taken every good quality that his father was trying to get too. The image of a jump rope appeared transparently in his hands going forward. "When we jumped, we jumped backward in time, year wise but our feet went forward. We otherwise were trapped Madison because when I tell you that we were on this same island but there was a glass, a ceiling holding us inside I am not pulling your leg. We felt it every morning and we had to band together to get through." They had broke the glass ceiling so to say. He watched as the jump rope stopped. "When we landed, only some of our feet hit at the same time. TJ and Celeste were in New York, Leila was in New York, and Tayla, I have no idea where Tayla was but I think she got here a little before we did so you see going back would put more pressure on the jump rope and it would break. Madison there is no going back, not without more time." They say why are you here, what is your mission and sometimes there is no answer there are just facts and you have to figure it out. "My siblings have it easy Madison, they are here and they are happy and they have these wonderful relationships and some of them are discovering new things about themselves and we all deserve that but it is I who will have to fix this rope and that is going to take me more time than they think." His name was Hunter and for him to have to hunt out the pieces was simply in his nature. "Mom spread keys on this island for a reason Madison and I am the only one who can hunt them out, and I think well Key number one I think lies within Carter Stratin. I don't think he realizes it, I think key number two has something to do with your cat, and the others I have yet to hunt Mom's clues out yet." Cami was his mother, him and Hayden had protected her when she was carrying them in the womb and they had to protect her now. "Mom's sickest point was when she was carrying me and Hayden and I think she spread these keys because she knows that we are a family that needs fixing. She knows that Dad needs to be better because even though he is, there are parts of dad that are still trying to tun him evil so I need time to put this puzzle together so no Madison I don't think we are able to go back for a while." It was complicated looking at it from the big picture but the pieces one by one were simple. "My mother's most favorite item is a snow globe. There is one in her apartment marked with this year where I come from, which means someone in mom's life gives her a snow globe for a wedding gift or a Christmas gift. I need that globe Madison, so I am going to make sure my siblings behave until Christmas time is over and then I am going to get into mom's apartment and find the rest of these keys. I get the feeling my siblings won't mind not going back for a little while longer." Madison Nottingham-Quinzell
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