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Ten years ago, a mysterious spacial anomaly known as "Hell's Gate" appeared in Tokyo, altering the sky and wreaking havoc on the landscape. The real stars disappeared, replaced by false stars. During this time, people possessing various special abilities emerged, each capable of different supernatural feats - these are known as Contractors. Each Contractor has a corresponding fake star, which reacts to their activities. As such, Contractors are usually identified by their star's Messier catalogue number. Kept secret from the masses, these individuals are known to murder in cold blood, smothering unnecessary emotions with logic and rationale. Their incredible abilities, however, are gained at the cost of their humanity - Contractors are thus named because of an involuntary compulsion to "pay the price" each time their power is used, which can range from eating particular foods and completing meaningless tasks, to self-harm and changing their bodies in peculiar ways. Various nations and organizations around the world train and utilize Contractors as spies and assassins, resulting in violent battles for valuable objects and information.
Following the disastrous Heaven's War, the United States lost its dominant position as a superpower to a mysterious organization named the Syndicate. The story revolves around a Chinese contractor codenamed "Hei" as he undertakes various espionage and assassination missions in Tokyo under the direction of the aforementioned Syndicate.

Evening Primrose
A powerful organization of Contractors led by February, a former MI6 agent codenamed "Amber". They aim to reveal the existence of Contractors to the general public, and to promote their status as a new race/group of humans. Special rights and privileges for Contractors are also on their list of objectives.
Hell's Gate
A mysterious and chaotic area of space that appeared in Tokyo ten years before the start of the series. Its appearance led to the rise of Contractors and Dolls. A massive Gate Wall has been constructed around it to keep civilians—or anyone else, for that matter—from entering. Several countries, including Japan, are cautiously conducting research on the Hell's Gate, exemplified by a top-secret research facility PANDORA built next to the Gate Wall.
Heaven's Gate
Another chaotic area of space that appeared in South America and disappeared five years before the beginning of the series, along with everything in a 1500 km radius around it. Its exact nature at this point is unknown in the series. Its appearance apparently started a large-scale war, one in which Great Britain and Argentina participated. Amber, Havoc, Hei, and his sister Pai, were involved in the War and were adversely affected by the Heaven's Gate's sudden disappearance. The area where the Gate was previously located has become inaccessible. Heaven's Gate and Hell's Gate are located on opposite ends of the globe, and are considered exact opposites of each other.
PANDORA (Physical Alteration Natural Deconstruction Organized Research Agency)
A UN-operated research facility dedicated to studying the phenomena of Hell's Gate. Located on the edge of the Gate within the walls, an international team of scientists examine the properties of the gate via manned and unmanned expeditions within. Paranormal phenomena akin to ghosts are common here, likely due to the lab's close proximity to the Gate. Though run by the UN, it is not impervious to intelligence agencies; both the Syndicate and CIA have infiltrated almost every level of the research center. PANDORA has a heavily armed security force, consisting of armed soldiers possibly of various nationalities and armored vehicles, meant to protect its facilities and personnel.
Contractor
Contractors are individuals who have gained supernatural powers due to the appearance of the Hell's and Heaven's Gates. Contractors are defects that emerge when humans are unable to become Dolls. The existence of Contractors is kept a secret from the general public by most governments around the world, but they are well-known to the higher echelons of society and in the criminal underworld. Contractors possess two other traits that give them a rather sinister reputation: the need to perform remuneration, which is a bizarre, obsessive compulsive "payment" for the use of their powers, and a generally pragmatic, Machiavellian world view. This is described by the Contractors themselves as a lack of emotion in general, but not much evidence exists to verify this claim. Many Contractors exhibit at least some forms of emotion, including love, joy, guilt, and sorrow.
Later in the series it is explicitly revealed that Contractors are capable of experiencing emotions, but that those feelings do not play a prominent role in their thought processes. They are described as being totally rational, and totally amoral. The general rules seems to be that they feel no guilt, and they cannot form or retain social bonds. A normal Contractor cares, in essence, only about their own well-being, and everything is reduced to a cost/benefit analysis: any other issues like laws, emotions, or the question of the sanctity of human life are irrelevant to them.
Doll
Emotionless "mediums" created to mimic the forms of humans. Dolls can form a variety of functions; the most commonly seen in the series is their use of "observer spirits", which serve as reconnaissance. Dolls have different mediums through which they can send their observer spirits and must be in contact with this medium while observing; for example, Yin's medium is water, through which she can send her observer spirit anywhere else there is water. A Doll can also act as the perfect sleeper agent. It can be given the memories and personality of another person and assume a person's personality perfectly, mimicking all their habits, dreams, and feelings until the time is right.
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A[/size]s for Characters, You Can Either Play an OC or The Original Characters.
Contractors:
Hei:
Mao:
Amber:
Suou: Taken
Bai:
November 11:
Mina:
Gemina:
OC Contractors:
Umi: Played by Me
Dolls:
Yin:
July: Taken
Areil and Bernice:
Shinoda:
Maryia:
OC Dolls:
Koumia: Played by Me
Gin: Played by Holly Eve
Humans:
Huang:
Misaki:
Robert:
Oreille:
Gai:
Kiko:
Eric:
OC Humans:
Yukki: Played by Me
Holly: Played by I am The Red Hood
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- ::If Contractor, What is your ''Payment'' and ''Ability?::
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[size=36pt]T[/size]hese are My Oc's and Characters~!
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::Name::
Suou Pavlichenko
::Age::
15
::Contractor, Doll, Human?::
Was a Doll// Now a Contractor
::If Contractor, What is your ''Payment'' and ''Ability?::
Ability--- she has shown the ability to materialize a PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle from her locket.
She is currently able to materialize the PTRD anti-tank rifle and 6 (including 1 in the chamber) of it's corresponding 14.5x114mm rounds, during each activation of her abilities. It's still unknown if she can materialize anything other than said objects. She has only shown to materialize the PTRD anti-tank rifle that resembles the same PTRD rifle in the old shed where she met up with Nika.
An interesting note, is that the rifle retains its damage from previous usage, and requires frequent maintenance.
Marksman: Suou shows proficiency in using and maintaining the PTRD rifle because of her past hunting trips with her father. Thanks to Hei's strict training, she has become more effective in sniping, and is capable of taking down targets from very far away with the help of July's observer ability.
Hand-to-Hand Combatant: She has also had close combat training with Hei. She is now proficient in Hand-To-Hand Combat thanks to Hei.
Payment--- Drains her life force each time she uses it.
::Personality?::
Suou is an easy going girl who likes photography. She carries her camera around wherever she goes, taking pictures of whatever she sees. It is later revealed that she does this for her brother, to whom she gives the photographs to. Although her dad has warned her about her brother (being a contractor), she doesn't seem to mind him, and does in fact care for him quite a bit. Her dad mentions that she lives in the past, as she is always thinking about going to Japan to visit her mother. Compared to other contractors, Suou seems to be more on the gentle side, yet is still obviously undergoing change. She is both close to July and Hei.
::Star Number?::
Unknown
::Theme Song?::
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::Name::
Umi
::Age::
22
::Contractor, Doll, Human?::
Contractor
::If Contractor, What is your ''Payment'' and ''Ability"?::
Ability----Remote Spontaneous Combustion::~
A technique which allows the user to explode any object they have previously "marked", achieved simply by placing their hand upon the intended target. This technique is particularly useful for destroying targets from a distance, without bringing attention to the contractor. This ability is powerful enough to be mistaken for bombings.
Payment--- Regaining Of Human Emotions
::Personality?::
Umi a Contractor with a rather jovial disposition. He is often at odds with the doll Koumia, who sees him to be a non emotional among other things, but he doesn't tend to mind much.
::Star Number?::
BK-555
::Theme Song?::
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::Name::
Koumia
::Age::
18
::Contractor, Doll, Human?::
Doll
::If Contractor, What is your ''Payment'' and ''Ability?::
Ability---
He is a Doll whose observation powers rely on glass as a medium. He has also shown to have amazing perception and directional abilities, as when he gives extremely accurate direction's
Payment: -----Payment is he has to eat Wasabi after using his ability
::Personality?::
Koumia has no emotion as a Doll
::Star Number?::
CL-345
::Theme Song?::
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::Name::
Yukki Ryuuji
::Age::
17
::Contractor, Doll, Human?::
Human
::If Contractor, What is your ''Payment'' and ''Ability?::
N//A
::Personality?::
Yukki was a normal high school girl with a shy disposition, Until her father became a contractor and tried to kill her. She works For Japan's government on hunting them contractors and dolls down.
::Star Number?::
N//A
::Theme Song?::
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::Name::
July
::Age::
Appears to be ten
::Contractor, Doll, Human?::
Doll
::If Contractor, What is your ''Payment'' and ''Ability?::
He is a Doll whose observation powers rely on glass as a medium. He has also shown to have amazing perception and directional abilities, as when he gives extremely accurate direction's to Suou while she is sniping out her enemies.
::Personality?::
He generally doesn't show much emotion and acts the way a doll generally acts. An exception to this case, however, is when he states that November 11 is one of his comrades, a statement that at first astonishes Misaki and November as dolls are not supposed to think outside what they are programmed. Another exception is when he chooses to stay with Suou, and later hugs her.
::Star Number?::
unkown
::Theme Song?::
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