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TDM #11
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It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Yet, solace is found in the lies we tell each other, comforted by the peace of knowing that we're not alone in our depravity, and once on this path, sin itself becomes the lesser of two evils masked in a cloud of normalcy. This is how Duplicity has functioned since the beginning. The divide of power and social standing is overt in that Dominants influence the decisions made both publicly and privately while Submissives cater to the rules presented to them. It is the way of Duplicity to assign random designations at birth with no leeway in altering what has been given. Climate in the Up is far stricter than that of the Down; violating outlined personas for a Dominant or Submissive while in full view of others is punished by degree of infraction. In the Down, many tend to turn a blind eye to these sorts of offenses. To counteract the discovery of the Deceit Gene – a natural "negative" response to all stimuli – the L.I.E.S. program was founded. The program had been designed to introduce new subjects to the current environment and test for the Deceit Gene through immersion in Duplicity's standing society. Sexual impulses and encounters increase the chances of detecting the gene within these individuals. Participants are typically released from L.I.E.S. after a year; however, results have remained unsatisfactory and testing still continues. ... and you’re here! Finally! Welcome to Duplicity. After choosing a door and stepping through to the other side, the first thing that greets you are the enthusiastic faces of people in medical scrubs and pristine lab coats. Their enthusiasm translates to eagerness as they strip you of your clothes to perform a thorough examination—you will be healed, bathed, and given a paper gown to wear until your items can be processed and delivered to your residence later in the evening. You are also given a device that accesses the network as well as the time and location of orientation. If you enter Duplicity into the Up, congratulations! You’re a Dominant, which means you are immediately picked up by a limo after processing and taken to your highrise. Here, it is two Dominants per floor with separate apartments. If you enter Duplicity into the Down, congratulations! You’re a Submissive, which means you are directed towards public transportation with the address of the motel you’ll be living in. Here, it is two Submissives per room with a shared common space for all rooms. Enjoy your free time until orientation! Participation is mandatory by all new and old arrivals. The weather is a mild 62 degrees. |
 It's time for the monthly Duplicity train tour. Seats are in pairs and randomly assigned to Dominants and Submissives alike. Traveling from Fiddler's Square, the train journeys through various parts of the Up, showcasing society and examples of lifestyle. Along the way, frequent stops are made; a variety of passengers can be seen exiting and entering the doors. A Dominant with a kneeling Submissive takes a seat near the front of the train at one stop. A small group of Submissives board and sit closer to the LIERS at another, all seemingly content in their roles. As the tour continues through the Up, the train passes close to the Market and White Wall Bridge and zips by North Park before heading into the Down and bypassing Red Wall Bridge and South Park. The train makes a "final" stop at Riddler's Square, where inhabitants of the Down are instructed to return to their temporary housing. Those who live in the Up are permitted to stay on the train and revisit the same locations while returning. |
 Orientation this month is a little…different. The usual orientation center suffered extensive damage in last month’s massive ice storm, and repairs are underway. Unfortunately, they won’t be ready in time to accommodate the newest batch of arrivals, so instead the city has relocated their operations and sent a skeleton crew to help staff it. This month’s orientation takes place in a vintage event space in an old neighborhood in the Up, the Dashing Gardens Event Center and Conference Hall. The decor was fresh and new when the building was originally constructed, some Not only are the facilities dated, but the planning leaves something to be desired. There is a general sense of chaos and disorganization. None of the staff seem to know what’s going on or where to find things, and attendees will be frequently misdirected into the wrong room or session. Some sessions are cancelled without warning, or turn out completely and bizarrely different from how they were described. Additionally, the orientation center was using Cordispondence’s proprietary software for their planning and accidentally sent out strongly-worded, obligatory summons to citizens who shouldn’t be there. It’s very unclear who is actually supposed to be here and who was invited by mistake. Adding to the confusion is the fact that the building is a bit…strange. Hallways seem to warp locations, and doors lead to different places than expected. Attendees will find themselves alone in a room one moment and locked in with a stranger the next with no seeming way out. Citizens of Duplicity might realize it’s time to get creative ( and busy ) if they don’t want to starve. The staff are less than helpful, and all complaints will be met with a heartfelt apology and a voucher for a free hour in the ball pit, located in the great room. If one can find it. The orientation center staff managed to grab what they could from a storage closet before the center was closed for repairs, so the workshop rooms have a variety of items placed within them to help the newcomers get accustomed to their new roles. There are selections of bracelets and collars for doms and subs to try on, with native dom/sub pairs giving appropriate behavior demonstrations. Any LIErs willing to join in the display and practice on each other earn a gift certificate for one meal at one of any of the participating restaurants sponsoring the event. Other tables contain sex toys, lube, and various edible products to help anyone who partakes get in the mood. There is a book table full of inspiring reads and helpful diagrams, with a much too chipper attendee who is eager to help anyone within range find their perfect kink. If that’s not enough, try the punch. It’s sure to leave you feeling festive, Duplicity-style. |
 As the night melts into early morning, attendees will experience a physical crack and shift. For some, they’ll be brought to their knees or find themselves winded. Others will feel a tightness in their chest or the strange sensation of losing their breath. When it’s over, each person will now bear the physical characteristics of two other people: someone they care dearly for and someone that they do not. The combination of features or physical attributes will be unique; possibly the hair style and color of one but the eyes and nose of the other. What’s even more odd is that, now, desires belonging to the other people are transferred. Strong and overwhelming, satisfaction is a must. |
 Other games found during orientation: » Glory holes with tip buckets on the receiving side. Any kind of sex act will do, though the amount of beads someone gets for their time depends on how good they are, of course. » Public sex. Like a righteous frat party, enjoy the rain of beads that comes with a good performance... or at least an entertaining one. Strip teases are included in this, catch an eye or three and try your hand at sex appeal. » Contests of endurance. Try and outdo another, whether it's outlasting an orgasm or making the other come first, one-on-one or with pairs and more competing against others. The prize is always moderate, the largest sum given to winners and trickling down to the losers. Some even have honorable mentions if they’re generous. |
 (CW: potential dubcon, objectification) By far the largest and shiniest booth comes from orientation sponsors Sexy Metal Incorporated, who have set up a display of their incredible high-tech sexbots. These life-sized dolls are made of extremely realistic material that feels like warm human skin, and come with state-of-the-art mechanics that give them lifelike movement. Engineers show off how the bots can be plugged into a computer and programmed to act any way the buyer likes. They come in a wide variety of customizable appearances and, eerily, some of the bots on display look exactly like people you may know. Booth staff encourage customers to buy these dolls, or to rent them and give them a try onstage in front of the fascinated crowds. If that’s not kinky enough, one of the engineers has purchased a VR headset from another booth, and programmed it to interface with the bot’s controls. Care to slip inside the silicone skin of another person? These bots may appear throughout the orientation, some of them having escaped the display. Staff are attempting to round them up. If you’re willing to help out and provide a distraction for the bot, you could earn a half hour with the VR or a voucher for the ball pit! |
 While not as prominent as the booths handing out sex toys, there are plenty of pop-up fortunetelling booths scattered throughout orientation. These impromptu oracles provide a variety of divinations, including but not limited to tarot readings, tea leaves, and even reading roses. Ask about love, life, death, health, wealth, or whether or not to upgrade your insurance policies. Whatever you ask, though, you’ll find something curious - it may not be literal, and it may not be in the manner expected, but all fortunes somehow come true within the day. |
 A couple days after orientation, the citizens of Duplicity are abuzz with the revamp of the virtual sensation: dualcam.com It's available for free and accessible through any device connected to the city's network. Once the page is visited, most will notice very familiar faces. Was that your roommate? Your best friend? Your Dominant or Submissive? What you're seeing are all the participants of the L.I.E.S. program engaged in live shows of varying content—some sexual, some not. But it is all meant to be erotic in some capacity. Lives streams can be interacted with, and the higher the tip, the more provocative the requests might become. Some might even indulge in personal shows. Whatever the content, the person on the screen is a perfect copy of the participant that's being portrayed but with one exception: their main negative trait of the individual is enhanced the longer the shows continue and their content of choice won't necessarily be a reflection of what they would actually indulge in. The L.I.E.S. staff will not be helpful in any capacity if contacted about the site. There is, however, a way to shut the feed down. Find the location where the live feed is taking place. This will not be an easy task as the background of each live show is decorated but a clever person could ask the right questions. Stop it. Let it continue. The decision is up to the participant. |
Please read carefully. On each Test Drive Meme, there will be a section noting character roles; these will vary each TDM. On an IC level, characters will still have gone through the doors but assignments OOCly are still randomized. When applying, there is a section of the application that denotes whether the character chooses "left" or "right". When participating on the TDM, there will be a third option. Players may link either a top level or a thread (five or more comments from their character) from the TDM and title the link as "Door Pass". This means that the player is choosing to take the designation that they were randomly assigned on the TDM, rather than taking the designation of a door. If the player decides to select a door rather than use the pass, then they are trying their luck; they may get the same designation they had on the TDM or the opposite. Once the application is submitted, players can't change their choice. To assign roles to characters for this TDM, use the following guide: All left handed characters are Dominants and all right handed characters are Submissives. Please remember to mark any necessary content, and have fun!! |
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But in any case, when coming from seeing Klaus after a fight of some sort which they tended to have quite often, he ran into Elijah. Aiden hadn't made a huge effort to greet Elijah and spend any time with him since his arrival. In truth, Elijah is the hardest Mikaelson to pin down sometimes to Aiden.
"Oh hey," he greeted now because it'd be rude not to especially when Elijah probably was not expecting him around here just now.
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At the sound of Aiden's voice, his head snaps up with the supernatural speed he's grown so accustomed to. Eyes widen and he takes a quick measure of the man before him, unsure of what exactly to say. Theirs had never been an easy relationship. He was a werewolf, one of Hayley's. Therefore, Elijah was bound to protect him, and yet-- Elijah never quite knew where they stood with all the bargaining and backstabbing alliances that were made before Aiden's untimely death.
Tampering the surprise in his voice. Elijah steps closer to the young werewolf.
"Aiden. I don't know if this is a welcome surprise, or to say I'm sorry to see you here." He takes quick note to notice that they both wore the mark of the submissive. A mark that Elijah still didn't know what to make of.
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"I'm sure you wouldn't ever call me a welcome surprise," Aiden quips but there's an easy smile in the way that he has sometimes. Where a lot of his kind were contemptuous, Aiden tended to walk the line of trying to get along with vampires.
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"So, tell me, how was it that you found yourself here?" He was just a little more than curious as to when the young man had come, and if he'd changed like his brother or Hayley had seemed to.
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"I died...was dying? And then I woke up here," Aiden says with not much ceremony at all. He was trying to view it as something normal otherwise he'd never be able to deal with all the other crazy shit about where he was currently.
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"I am sorry that you were not spared the agony of death, and that you did not find the peace you deserved on the other side. I know that Hayley did wish it for you, and that you had been given a true werewolf send off." He spoke quietly, and shrugged, knowing that things seemed ever so different here. "I guess we both have to face the same circumstances now."
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"She told me that Josh moved on with his life and he's happy, that's all the peace I need," Aiden says and yet he doesn't know if that's true. He doesn't know the place he could have been if he had not been hijacked here.
"The same circumstances? This ridiculous place...yeah. We're a bit stuck."
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"Yes, I can confirm that Josh has taken to a new life and is back in New Orleans, happy in his new day to day routine staying out of trouble as much as possible." He dropped his hand, and tried for a wry smile, something to give the other comfort. Elijah had much to atone for, and while he was here in this unholy and god-forsaken place, he might as well start. It was either that, or turn on everything he knew to be true and become everything he knew himself to really be. It was a battle he would fight, and hopefully win. Perhaps.
"We are. But someone I met, the same someone who I allowed to purchase me the very fine suit that I wear told me that we can choose how we allow ourselves to be controlled within our situation. We can be leaders or followers, even if we are marked as submissive. I'm not happy to be here one bit, but I do know that you are a leader, just like I am. I will not be content to allow things to go by without offering what help I can give. I may not have my wealth behind me, or my siblings, but I do still have everything that I am. So maybe we can do something while we are stuck." He turned his head a bit to see Aiden's reaction to his declaration, his offer as it were. Where once they had been uneasy company, they could be allies here in this place. Still seeing everything in life as a mission, Elijah knew that he needed as many people as he could find on his side and as his friend. So he would do what he must to accomplish that.
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Aiden rolls his eyes just a little bit. "Jackson is my leader," he reminds him but Jackson's not here and he'd been his second in command basically. Still, what is there to lead here?
"What do you intend to do?" Mikaelson does not hold the same sway here he's sure as it would in New Orleans after all. Honestly, Aiden had a hard time understanding what Elijah was even trying to get at. What is it with Mikaelsons and their pontificating instead of getting to the real heart of the matter.
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There was nothing quite like the moment a victim quietly submits and their heartbeat slows, allowing one to drink their share. Elijah did his best not to kill humans for food very often-- unless the need was great, or they were a menace to society. Then rules be damned.
He nodded at the other at the very clear distinction in leadership. No. That's not what Elijah was trying to do. He was a leader but not in this place, clearly. He just wanted to do his best to keep his people safe. People from his place and time, and Aiden was one of those now.
"Survive, and do it together, rather than apart." He said simply. Trying his best to portray his sincerity.
Yes, he was still Elijah, and yes, he could still be manipulative and controlling, but in this moment, all he knew was that weird things were gonna happen in this place and he wanted people he knew around him, and he wanted to help take care of those people to the best of his ability.
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"Why? Because of Hayley?" Aiden questions because there isn't any other reason he could think of for it.
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But, Aiden is supernatural, and as such, also has a unique perspective on life. Elijah had gleaned enough from Klaus and now Hayley to know just how special wolves and their instincts were.
"Perhaps, but you've come to appreciate us. At least one of us.." He grants Aiden a wry smile of his own in return, slightly teasing the younger male of his enticing exploits with one of Marcel's crew.
"No, not just because of Hayley. Although, I will always watch out and protect her and my brother. But, because we are from the same place, and have been through battles together and apart. This place here wants to tear us apart, as I understand it, and the more allies you have, the better off you are to survive it. I plan on surviving, and thriving. I figure you do too. So, why not do it together? You're a part of Hayley's pack, a part of New Orleans, and I would like the chance to get to know you."
Elijah was almost a bit surprised by his words, but they were completely true. He didn't know of any other way he'd survive being marked submissive in a place like this if the things that Clark had told him about here were true.