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TDM #16


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« « « ALL ON DISPLAY


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 high rise. 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 cold and icy.



» » » WALKING TOUR




The cold, icy winter weather has seen to it that there is an unfortunate interruption with the usual city tour for the newest arrivals to Duplicity. Some of the train tracks have a dangerous amount of ice coating them and sections of travel are now unavailable via train.

City officials still believe that the tours are important to integrate new LIERs to Duplicity so they have organised personal walking tours held by current LIERs. New arrivals will be paired with their own tour guide; they can take the suggested path or take their barely dressed charge on a more ad-hoc tour. It might be considerate to let them change into something warmer first!

Important landmarks and checkpoints like Fiddler’s Square, North Park, The Up and Down Courts, the People Zoo and of course S.L.U.T. need to be marked off on the tours but there have also been fun local stores which have set-ups for free samples and information booklets. What order and how people travel to them is up to them.



« « « GALLERIA OF SEX


(CW: exhibitionism, voyeurism, dub/non-con)

One of the stops along these new walking tours is a temporary educational art installation that has been set up to display and talk about the rich variety of kinks that are popular in Duplicity. Newcomers are invited to come inside the building, sit on the human furniture to watch and learn or volunteer to participate themselves.

Each section has local LIERs and graduated citizens there to help walk those new to the program through the displays, explaining the appeal and draw of each kink.

Live demonstrations or performance art are carried out by LIERs who have volunteered, been conscripted or are fulfilling a sentence that would normally land them in the People Zoo. They can and will ask anyone and everyone to step up and be part of the artwork themselves.

Some of the displays set up will feature:
  • Naked Submissives have been bound and posed with their bodies arched in visually pleasing positions. They are surrounded with candles burning around them and guests are invited to drip the hot wax across their bodies to add to the artwork that is their naked skin.
  • Zap your lover or the volunteers with an electrical wand and discover the way it can make the skin tingle and muscles tense in just the right place at just the right moment.
  • The image of cum dripping from a well used Submissive is considering something to appreciate visually so stations have been set up with glory holes and kneeling participants to have their faces and buttocks painted over the course of the day.
  • A variety of whips, canes and paddles have been set out next to padded benches for Submissives to bend themselves over. The marks they leave are something to be proud of.
  • No art display in Duplicity is complete without an ode to bondage, one room will be entirely devoted to participants being suspended from the ceiling, held in positions that will test their stamina and flexibility and leave the most gorgeous bruises.

We encourage players not to limit themselves in regards to what is on display. There are many more kinks than the ones listed, and Duplicity considers all kinds of sexual acts a form of art.

Photo taking is encouraged throughout the exhibition, especially when your own participation is concerned. If you missed the chance to do so, in the moment, you need not worry as the gift shop at the end of the gallery will have many different prints taken over the course of the exhibition available for purchase. Take home a keepsake of your first day in Duplicity.




« « « ICE TO SEE YOU


(CW: exhibitionism)

Winter does make it harder in Duplicity to enjoy all the pleasures of the flesh that could be on offer in the warmer months. Most who live in the city still need to wrap up with many layers when the weather turns so chilly. But that’s not saying that the city can’t find ways to help keep its residents in the mood.

It will first be noticeable to those trying their hand at streaming or posting video footage onto the network. Regardless of a character's state of dress while recording, they will appear completely naked to those watching and no amount of covering up with more articles of material will change that.

Others might see it as they set about on their first days getting used to the city’s layout, glancing into a shop window they will notice their own state of undress in their reflection. You might even see it in a particularly shiny bit of ice but no matter where you look, all reflective surfaces will show everyone in their birthday suits, naked as the day they were born.



« « « BLADES OF GLORY


(CW: exhibitionism, dubcon, drugging)

In a bid to encourage individuals to get out and keep active despite the chilly weather, the city has transformed one of the large tennis courts in the Up into a makeshift outdoor skating rink. In the recreation building attached to the courts-turned-rink the change rooms have been outfitted for people to change into more appropriate clothing. There is also at the front of the building an area to rent skates.

Many who get on the ice see no reason to keep apart, as many contracted couples can be seen holding hands or chasing each other as they skate. In the change rooms it isn’t uncommon to see a bit of hanky panky or people getting off at helping others in and out of their skates. There also seems to be a small hot chocolate stand set up inside the building where characters can buy a warm drink to sip on while taking a break from skating. The drink may leave those that consume it feeling especially warm and frisky, with perhaps a bit of extra energy they need to burn off - skating might not cut it.




« « « MOD & OOC NOTES


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 would rather have a dog for a pet they are Dominant. If they would rather have a cat for a pet they are Submissive. If your character is from a canon that has neither, pick the choice you believe they would prefer more.

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!!




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feel_the_noise: (18)

[personal profile] feel_the_noise 2021-02-15 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Aoba?" He turns toward the older man when he spots him running up, his head tilting to look him over as his brows raise in surprise. He'd already accepted that he'd ended up here alone somehow, but if Aoba was here then maybe they'd ended up here because they'd agreed to meet up? No, that was stupid.

"Am I not allowed to be here or something? Not like you claimed the whole city." It was hard to fight the urge to snip at him, but he does glance back toward the wall of roped Submissives and flogs. Of course Aoba would end up finding him here of all places. "... I just walked through a door and ended up here. Same for you?"

Might as well try to get on the same page.
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[personal profile] illtemper 2021-02-15 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)

And so this is an entirely humanitarian effort, is it?

[ Hardly. Anyway: she looks like Caroline. Sounds like Caroline. But this is wrong. ]

You were a Dominant yourself, the last I checked. Damon Salvatore, no less, was your submissive. I suspect we need to talk.

gasping: (338)

[personal profile] gasping 2021-02-15 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
If the powers that be haven't set up something to make things easier on people, that's what a social committee is for. I'm exceptionally good at social committees.

[ does she laugh uncharitably at damon being her submissive? yes, absolutely. but she does it in private, which is a small step in the right direction towards 'abyss deep'. ]

And the dominant thing? That's what someone who claims to be my daughter just told me. Last I checked, vampires can't have babies, so what gives?

[personal profile] hisownmaster 2021-02-15 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Adam makes a bit of a face when Gansey mentions orientation. He remembers his own though it was four months ago, and he thinks about that and what it means. His nose wrinkles up, realizing the things that Gansey is going to have to face that make the time difference maybe worse. Maybe. It would have been for Adam if not for Ronan there.]

Have they talked about it any of it? About the quota and expectations? [He swallows hard.] They may drug you anyway. They do it a lot. Locked rooms and aphrodisiacs'. But they'll send you to the people zoo, or drug you so that you... you can't help yourself. For days. Just...

[Come to me. The words go through his head but he can't bring himself to say them. Why would Gansey need him for that? Gansey who is beautiful and open and personable. Gansey who everyone loves. Why would he need Adam for that?

He sighs at that, focusing on his life more as he nods.]


I don't think he'd do anything, and it works for him and Ronan. I just... I worry. But we're good here, and we're working it out.

[With what he knew that Kavinsky had done to Ronan, it's hard for him, but Gansey apparently doesn't know about that. Who knew. Maybe that would work for Gansey too. His choices, after all.

So he focuses on that and what makes sense.]


Anything you ask me about, I'll tell you. I can help you with this place. You get the hang of it, it's manageable. There's things you're gonna love, Gansey. I can't wait to take you to the theatre, to the Sanctuary.

[All of the magic and the mysticism. It's all amazing.

He doesn't even think about how he doesn't work to school his accent, even in public, used to talking with his natural accent rather than his affected one.]
cygnetsignet: (smile 3)

[personal profile] cygnetsignet 2021-02-15 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a diplomatic answer, even if there are hints that the actual actions are rather less diplomatic, and Diane responds to it with a smile.

"Did you ever want to do more? Am I to assume that your father is somehow immortal?" So this young man would have no inheritance to look forward to.
alwaysthecaretaker: (58)

[personal profile] alwaysthecaretaker 2021-02-15 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a place in the Up called Halcyon. Coffee, tea, smoothies, fresh juices.
gasping: (367)

[personal profile] gasping 2021-02-15 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay. I can figure it out. Give me like 20 minutes?

[ not that she has much to do, beyond leave one place and go to another, but she needs some time to psych herself up for this. prepare for it. ]
alwaysthecaretaker: (150)

[personal profile] alwaysthecaretaker 2021-02-15 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, right. [ she sends the address along. ] 20 minutes is fine! I'll meet you here then.
illtemper: (127)

[personal profile] illtemper 2021-02-15 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, well, I'm afraid neither you nor I managed to keep to tradition on that front. But, all things considered, these are uncomfortable truths that I should tell you in person.

[ She doesn't know Josie. How young is she? At least she's talking to him with familiarity. That's something. ]

Where are you, Caroline?
scythe_lucifer: (rowan 012)

[personal profile] scythe_lucifer 2021-02-15 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't been here that long either. But from what I hear, this is tame.

[ Which, in Rowan's opinion, is unsettling. If this is just playful teasing, he would hate to see what all out force or harm looks like at the hands of... whomever is doing this. ]

I met some guy earlier who said I needed to brace myself for the uglier things to come.
slavophile: (I'll say it first)

[personal profile] slavophile 2021-02-15 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, many people who haven't held each other up at gunpoint are related. Unless that's a less-talked about statistic in any time. Or world.
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[personal profile] tradicioun 2021-02-15 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
( her eyes go wide in surprise at what she assumes eda means.

and... this is a first for her. it's the first proposition she's had here and whilst someone would heartily encourage her she... isn't there yet.

she isn't anywhere near that.

no matter whether or not she thinks eda looks good )


I'm sure you do. I believe dominants are supposed to.
gasping: (151)

[personal profile] gasping 2021-02-15 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been taking a walk.

[ she isn't sure where she is. not yet, anyway. the down is depressing, lackluster; her room is awful, and though caroline's not one to mope outright on a public network, she hates it. she'll spend as much time as she can not there.

she sends him a photo of a particular tree — the solace tree, on the barrier between up and down. if he's keen (and she knows he is), he'll spot what looks like a makeshift picnic blanket in the bottom of the photo. clearly, she's been here a while. ]
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[personal profile] illtemper 2021-02-15 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He doesn't answer again.

He also doesn't take very long. She'll be aware of the air rushing behind her, a familiar sound to anyone who knows to look for it. He took exactly as long as it took to speed from his house, to the elevator, and then from the elevator to here.

To her.

Caroline Forbes, in the flesh.
]

First day in a dystopian prison world that runs on carnality, and here you are, enjoying the sun. Wonders will never cease.

Hello, love.
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[personal profile] owllady 2021-02-15 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well.

[ Eda shrugs a shoulder, giving her a toothy smile ]

I've been to jail before. Not fun, trust me. Seems like having sex with someone pretty wouldn't be the worst thing to do to stay outta there.
slavophile: (I was just standing in a different year)

[personal profile] slavophile 2021-02-15 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
( it happens all at the same time, william letting fellicity know he doesn't need assistance and felicity turning, giving him her best jedi. he's too stunned to interrupt, eyes wide as she keeps talking like she doesn't know him. he squints. )

Vampires?

( cats? )

Yeah.

( he's bewildered, thrown off, and waits for her to get a few steps before calling out again. )

Wait, Felicity --

( except, what can he say? he's at a loss. oliver said she's here, but not that she doesn't know him. or does she know young him? say something. william, say something. )

You don't -

( he wants to hug her again, pull her back in. her hair's longer and she does look younger, but it's her. isn't it her? does she recognize him? he's 31, but he still, maybe resembles his quiet, oft-neglected, genius younger self. it's just hard to really pull the trigger. it's me. it's william. )
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[personal profile] gasping 2021-02-15 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello, Klaus.

[ this isn't the first time they've met. it isn't even the first time they've re-met, in caroline's memory. she's met three versions of him now, each a little different, but all still undeniably klaus. she wonders how many versions of herself he knows, at what ages and in what state?

has he always known her to be older, wiser, stable? has he known her younger, willful and selfish? another klaus told her she was besotted with him once, and though that's now in her own past, she hasn't forgotten what it was like.

now, she feels somewhere in the middle. a warm memory, but complicated. everything between them has always been complicated. ]


It's a lot to take in. I mean, [ caroline pauses to exhale, smooth her hands over her legs ] I've done weird-new-place before, but it wasn't like this.
slavophile: (Don't say everything that comes to mind)

[personal profile] slavophile 2021-02-15 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I think there's more to worry about than writing everything down.

( being back, he doesn't get. he's able to pry his eyes away, though, and meet -- this guy's. curly hair and fatigue. something weighs on him. if william ever let himself feel the weight of where he came from, he'd probably look like him. )

Yeah, free shows, naked against the will displays. What's not to love. You don't, though. ( he can see, can understand it. not everyone would love a place like this. (wait, who would love a place like this.) ) Yeah, it's not my scene, either.

( give him something fancier. get him into a suit, he can do it. this? not at all his speed. )
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[personal profile] tradicioun 2021-02-15 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
That may be true.

( she won't deny that but she also doesn't want to just jump at it. for more than one reason )

Do you say that to everyone you meet?
owllady: (smile | wave | explain)

[personal profile] owllady 2021-02-15 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh, didn't know it was a thing before.

[ She gives Hecate another smile, this one a little less aggressive ]

Nah, I swore off dating years ago. Always dated the monster, ya know? Even got threatened with jail time to date someone, got outta that one, though.
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[personal profile] tradicioun 2021-02-15 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
It sounds like jail or intimacy is something you're rather familiar with.

( you brought it up, eda )

I hope the rest of your world isn't familiar to this place.
owllady: (huh | look | neutral)

[personal profile] owllady 2021-02-15 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not unfamiliar.

[ Eda looks around the city, shaking her head ]

Nah, whatever magic they're usin' here, it's nothing like my world. Too many building and human technology. This anything like where you're from?
verdes: (⊗ 𝟬𝟱𝟵)

lorna dane | the gifted | submissive

[personal profile] verdes 2021-02-15 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
WALKING TOUR ▌
[ lorna's never been too well suited for playing along or blending in, even when she's actually put forth the effort in trying. for a girl with naturally green hair, often dipped in the darkest black dye she could get to hide the bright vibrant color, she'd always been cast as some kind of outsider looking to cause trouble, and eventually, she actually did come around to embracing that assumption.

fingers rubbing over the dark inked line across her neck, almost like she could feel it there ever since she'd spotted it early in a mirror at the medical lab, she reluctantly walks along the icy street, chill striking a bit of a high while she lacks the usual leather, metal-studded jacket to help cover up. instead, she's in some kind of paper gown, ass practically hanging out beneath, forcing her to keep tugging down at the bottom, holding it against her sides so it doesn't flap up with the breeze. ]


Alright, stop, stop, stop[ with a groan, she pauses in her tracks, waving an arm to get the attention of her assigned tour guide. ] Look, let's cut the crap here, alright? I don't want to be here, and I can bet you a hot juicy cheeseburger that you don't either.

[ is food on her mind? well, she's cold and starving and her mouth would probably water at the thought if she wasn't sure her saliva would just freeze over. ]

Now, I am practically stark naked here, so how about you either just tell me where I can get some warm clothes that isn't straight out of a dumpster or at least let me skip this whole sex city tour garbage?


BLADES OF GLORY ▌
[ since she's been here, lorna's been on a wild chase for a good pair of steel-toed boots (often with the excuse, when asked, that she just wants a little protection in case she needs to kick someone's ass for putting their hands on her in this kink-starved city), but when that doesn't immediately come into fruition, she does get a little bit of excitement when finding the skating rink, being handed a rented pair of metal-lined skates.

it's the first here that her eyes seem to light up with a bit of genuine thrill, wasting no time in sliding them up on over her feet and making her way onto the ice.

the way she moves across the frozen surface is almost like magic, slides graceful and calculated, and if anyone could spot the bit of green glow in her fingers, they might see that it very much is, the metal of the skates moving less by her own feet and more by the control placed upon from her own focused power, especially when she kicks up and jumps across the ice — or rather, floats.

either someone who try to get her attention while she's moving along the ice, or they might catch her when she slows down, taking a break at the edge to take a seat, her mood clearly a bit brighter than it's been since she's arrived. ]


NETWORK ▌ un: polaris
mutants — yes or no?
tradicioun: (pic#)

[personal profile] tradicioun 2021-02-15 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
To the nonmagical world.

( there were some similarities though hecate wouldn't say quite how much. though she didn't know exactly how similar it was, not in detail )

Though there are also many nonmagical people here.
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[personal profile] inaurare 2021-02-15 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
You've never failed to. [a fond smile] I shan't keep you waiting.

[and he is true to his word, draining the bath and drying off, with extra care to his scuffed feet. The clothes Cyril has picked out for him are well-chosen, soft and comfortable, perfect for keeping in the warmth he has just got back.

He has forgone the effort of taming his hair and simply let it sit in its natural cloud of waves, but his hand wanders there as he comes into the kitchen, trying to tidy them out of habit.]


Can I...?

[he has to ask, at least. Though he is quite sure that Cyril will shoo him off from helping.]