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TDM #15
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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 rather windy and wet. |
 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. |
 (CW: Dubcon, violence)With the general paranormal activity having faded away, Duplicity has reclaimed a sense of normalcy once more, along with its usual wet and windy autumn weather. One bright city official has decided that in a bid to avoid the flooding that happens with heavy rains, new arrivals, regardless of designation, must put in ten hours of community service to help clean up the streets. Most trees have lost their leaves which are clogging the storm drains. Armed with a pair of thick rubber gloves, garbage bags and nothing more, new arrivals are paired up to do their due diligence without complaint. SIN Guards are positioned on the corners of each street, patrolling and keeping an ever watchful eye. As wet and mucky as the job can be, there’s far more at risk than muddy knees and soggy clothes. Many of the leaves have been sitting long enough in the damp that they’ve begun to grow mold. While not deadly, the strange spores can cause individuals to feel loopy and far more relaxed when it comes to their inhibitions the longer they are exposed. Depending on the amount of exposure, it can take a few hours or up to a day for an individual’s body to clear the toxin. The effects of the toxin, depending on the potency, range from being more subdued and relaxed to being rather touchy feely, if not hot and bothered. This restlessness can either manifest itself with the desire to have sex or perhaps get a little violent. |
 (CW: Dubcon, food play, voyerusim/exhibitionism, orgasm control, fuck machines, lactation)Excitement fills the air, and there are whispers among the native denizens of Duplicity as the city gears up to prepare for its yearly celebration of Tumenalia, where individuals are encouraged to explore their dark sides to the fullest. Various shops, services and restaurants seem eager to get into the spirit of the event, offering discounts on aphro laced treats, toys and fetish gear before the celebration takes place. In a bid to help acclimate new arrivals and integrate them into the economy and society at large, LIEs may whisk newcomers away from orientation and pair them up with a fellow newbie or a character already in game to help promote local businesses. Said help can span from waiting tables in skimpy outfits to peddling the lewd wares of various shops, modelling salacious clothing, or even putting on live demonstrations of new toys inside or outside to curious onlookers. Here are a few examples of some of the demonstrations of skill local businesses set up for patrons to participate in. Feel free to create your own! A pastry shop is boasting cock shaped eclairs - how quickly can you lick and suck the cream from the tasty treat? Can you do it faster than your competitor? Don’t choke now! A lubricant company launching their new line of flavored lubes is having a taste testing contest. Win a prize if you can guess the flavors of all the lubes. The catch? You must lick it off the demonstrator’s naked torso. Giddy up! A bunch of sex machine engineers are giddy to launch their new creation (NSFW) much to the pleasure of the growing crowd within the bar chosen as the site of the demo. The two lucky riders are given nothing to wear other than cowboy hats and boots before going to “saddle up.” The last one to orgasm wins the race, as it’s a test of endurance. Not everyone who is giving a demonstration seems to be a rider, however. There are also “milking machines” (NSFW) set up near the bar. Those who are put in them are given a sweet cocktail drink beforehand to relax them and induce lactation, regardless of gender. Demonstrators are given the option to keep what they’ve produced after the live demo or sell it back to the bar. Note: for those individuals with penises there is also an optional attachment for a different kind of milking. |
 (CW: Dubcon) In the Down, preparations for the celebration have also begun. As funding is always lacking, those in charge of poorer neighborhoods have looked to the city council for the means to make things happen. A black-tie fundraiser is the solution, the event to be held the evening after orientation has officially ended for new arrivals. While invitations are sent out device wide and advertisements are put up both in the Up and Down, each new arrival is obligated to attend and mingle, to observe and immerse themselves in the culture of what will be their new home. Established LIERs are also encouraged to attend and make connections. Donations are completely voluntary, but if one pays close attention, it seems that native Dominants are eager to shill out more than one another, if only for bragging rights. At the event, there seems to be the usual offering of cocktails, h’orderves and other delightful treats to sample, some laced with healthy amounts of aphro. All uncontracted Submissives’ names are taken down upon entrance to the event and at the end of the night paired off with a Dominant to accompany them back to the Up for the rest of the evening. Those who are left will be paired off for the sake of no one being left alone. |
 (CW: Mild horror themes, mirrors)Despite the overall festive environment, observant participants will find themselves feeling a pall of unease. It’s the touch of cold air on the back of the neck, the sense of eyes on the back of one’s head, the surety that something is terribly amiss. Perhaps you catch your own reflection in a storefront window or bathroom mirror and for a split second see darkness over your shoulder. Perhaps you sense something coming for you and meaning you ill. Call it a sixth sense, paranoia, or a bit of undigested potato, whatever it is, you can’t shake it, and no matter how much fun you’re having, you can’t quite let it go. |
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: If your character's first name starts with a vowel (A,E,I,O,U & Y) they are Dominant. If their first name starts with a consonant they are Submissive. To Note: Characters can only swap their designation for one of the following reasons: an event occurs that allows it or there are OOC reasons that make it a necessity. Any swap always requires mod approval and each character can only ever switch once. Characters that are being reapped will keep their previous designation but players can choose to use new tdms with different designations for fun! Please remember to mark any necessary content, and have a good time!! |
BREATH DEEP
Still he followed the SIN guard to his assigned partner today with a smile on his face. Deciding he was going to be pleasant and work to get through this together. After all, it wasn't like the person he was about to be paired with is going to be wanting to do any of this either.
Although the moment Tim's eyes land on his former boss all thoughts of pleasantries fly out of his head. Elias was back? Eyes narrowing and frowning deeply Tim stops in his tracks.] No. [Was that to the SIN guard or Elias? Hard to tell with how quickly Tim tries to turn and leave only to be grabbed by the guard and spun right back around.]
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[ They shove gloves and bag into Tim's hands and leave them both with a warning look. As the guard departs, Elias backs up out of arms swinging length, gloved hands spreading wide, smile thin in greeting. ] Well. Fancy this. There's no reason I shouldn't see you here, I suppose. Congratulations, by the way.
[ He taps his own wrist where Tim's Dominant band can be found. ] Step up for you.
Also feel free to know anything about Tim! He's from the start of S2
Did you ever actually vanish? Or was it all some trick?
[You know what? Maybe it would be worth whatever punishment he'd get for punching another dominant.] A step up? Are you trying to suggest I was in any way a submissive back home? Because you would be sorely wrong about that. [He starts to pull on his gloves. Trying to distract his hands from their desire to commit violence against his boss.]
thank you! I SHALL!!
[ As it has to this point, though, the Eye turns him away when he tries to look back on himself in this city. ]
Why don't we say simply that, while you've always exercised a certain creativity with them, I never got the impression that you particularly resented taking orders. [ At least, not at the point in time where he sees Tim's memory cutting off. Elias keeps his distance, tossing the patch of moldy leaves he'd been examining in his bag, which sits fold open for ease. ] The things they say about assuming hold true. Is there anything quite like an effective cliché?
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[He also makes no move to start helping just yet. Enjoying this image of Elias working in the muck. Even if he somehow manages to make even this look classy.] Just whatever you're planning? Stay away from Jon. [It would be nice to say that Tim says this out of Jon's best interest but it would be a lie. It has more to do with what Jon has told Tim about the state of world after his part is done.]
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[ Elias eases a few steps closer, smile much less innocuous when it turns on Tim purposefully. ]
Stop me from what, Tim? What do you think you can stop me from doing?
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HEY! [A guard calls out. Finally noticing that Tim hasn't even put his gloves on yet.] Get to work!
im happy continuing this a little longer if you are! If you'd rather handwave it, that's fine too!
[ Come a little closer, dear. ]
I think it could be fun to keep going!
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How comforting to see that your residence here has done nothing for your maturity.
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[ And Tim is free to lie; Elias backs up a step to have a Look at Tim's state of affairs in this place. Is he contracted? Is he fucking around? Is he liked?
[ More importantly, is he disliked? ]
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While he hasn't gotten outright violent, for most he's just made demands that they stay away from him and his friends, there is at least one who has suffered the most with Tim's dislike of the supernatural. Tim does have a submissive; a woman named Charlotte who is a fox changeling. Someone Tim had liked a lot before he found out and once he did he put a lot of stipulations into their contract: She wasn't allowed to work for the archives that Jon had started in Duplicity, she wasn't allowed to talk to the Elias that was in the city before, she had to tell him where she would be at all times, she was only allowed to spend $20 dollars before she had to get his permission to use any more of her own money, and she wasn't allowed to transform while inside their shared apartment. All things in place as Tim thought he could keep an eye on her and make sure she couldn't hurt anyone without him knowing about it. Not that Charlotte had any plans to do anyone any harm.
Tim's contract with Charlotte has put a fair amount of strain on his friendship with Jon. They almost always end up bickering about it. His relationship with Agnes has suffered because of Tim's stubbornness to see past what she is despite her doing nothing but show him kindness. Recently Tim has actually attempted to be better and change things with their contract when it came time to renew it. Shock that Charlotte still wanted to give him a chance to be better. Except it had gone wrong when he tried to up her limit from $20 to $100 as the city has made it $10 by mistake. An error that got out onto the network for all to see. Tim did not handle it well and soured Duplicity's opinion of him slightly.
Besides those few who saw and responded; Tim has been doing well in Duplicity. He's not has a single problem with the quota. Embracing the city's lifestyle and enjoying the casual, easy sex of the city. The fact that he has such a strict contract compared to most of the others brought to this city has the natives looking at him slightly more favorably. At least when compared to those who contract and allow their submissive to do just about everything they want. So long as he believes his partner or friend to be human there hasn't been much of a problem for Tim in the few months that he's been here for.]
Are you trying to ask me about my sex life, boss? [Tim counters with a raised eyebrow.] I'm not so sure we have that close of a working relationship. Be careful or I just might have to report you to HR for sexual harassment. Or are you worried you won't be able to make your own quota? Sorry, but I'm not interested in any sugar daddy. I have a very reasonable age cut off of: this century.
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[ But again, it helps him very little with swiping leaf muck off his pants and biting down on the steadily growing urge to yank Tim down into the gunk by his shirt collar. Elias laughs the heated idea off, shaking his head with impressive faux-joviality. ]
And sharp as ever. Mr. Stoker, I am glad to be subject to your quick wit once again. What a treat. Hold this. [ Asked tetchily, passing the open bag towards Tim. He's relying a bit too heavily on spite and reverence for the guards getting Tim to cooperate, perhaps, but hell: if Tim won't cooperate, it's just an easy step to close the gap between them enough for Elias to take a swing at him.
[ Which he does. Promptly. Skillfully. It's--considerably more satisfying than he could have predicted. ]
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Taking a step forward with eyes on the bag he doesn't see the punch coming. With a cry of pain Tim takes a couple steps back as his hands come up to clutch at his aching face.] Blood hell! [He hisses between clenched teeth and now glaring at Elias. Chancing a quick look at the guards to see if they had noticed the hit at all. If their backs are turned then Tim is going to try to get his own punch in before they come to break up the fight.]
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Even with his breath gone he's still moving to defend himself. Arms shoving upwards and feet kicking out in an attempt to push Elias off of him. The one good thing about Tim's breath being gone is he doesn't have the air to cry out loudly in pain or for help. Leaving the guards blissfully unaware for another couple seconds.]