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TDM #16


« « « TEST DRIVE MEME » » »

« « « 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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aonachri: (I curse you yourself)

[personal profile] aonachri 2021-01-13 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Snow in July? ... They can do that? [That wonderment is nearly childlike in it's glee. Snow in July, wouldn't that be a sight? Sledding in shorts? Snowmen and lemonade? Snowball fights by the pool? He'd almost forget about the cold. ... Almost, no amount of fantasizing about midsummer snow forts is going to make him forget he's got no pants on in near sub-zero weather.

Not his color, not his style, not even acknowledged; the coat was grabbed and immediately pulled on, numb fumbling fingers managing to zip it shut.
]

Better than frostbite on the unmentionables, miss. And it's very comfortable. Oh but, you've handed me your coat, and we've not even exchanged pleasantries, heaven forfend. I'm Hearne, may I have your name?
curlytop: (73)

[personal profile] curlytop 2021-01-13 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Ehm... [He has to think. Time is hard to track when you're a ghost. Sometimes days passed in a blink, sometimes weeks dragged forever.]

Five years? Six? Four? Not more than ten, definitely.
wearenumberone: (014)

blades; IGNORE THAT LAST HTML FAIL WHOOPS

[personal profile] wearenumberone 2021-01-13 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ the woman naberius has chosen to speak to is... well, perhaps more familiar than she should be. she is pale, and thin to the point of frailty; her red eyes are harsh, and she analyzes the room around her with every calculated glance. not to mention her hair, with a color some red-headed disasters might describe as "anaemic butter."

he didn't speak to ianthe, exactly. but he might as well have.
]

Even a child knows how to stay upright.

[ ...okay, so she's slightly more acerbic. maybe. ]
unfriendlygreen: (006)

[personal profile] unfriendlygreen 2021-01-13 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
... and how long have you been in this city?

[ Moving is never out of the question for him, but sex city isn't his ideal location. ]
sodoff: (pic#14141246)

[personal profile] sodoff 2021-01-13 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
My ensemble? [Okay wait no. He frowns, looks down at himself, and maybe he has a couple of old beer stains still dotting the collar, but there's nothing out of the ordinary about the shirt he's wearing. It's his favorite.] What's wrong with-?

[Nope. Nope there he goes walking away, out of shot, and a disgruntled noise escapes as John leans closer to the phone's screen, as if hoping he could still follow where the fairy had gone. It's silly, and now was by all counts a great time to turn off the mobile before the man came back, but-]

The hell's wrong with my bloody shirt?
aonachri: (Walk a path)

[personal profile] aonachri 2021-01-13 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
You know, I've never seen winter in Tatarus... Or Greece, for that matter. Never actually set hoof out of Ireland before, professional reasons, just can't get away. [Somehow, and it was hard to say when, his hand had shifted, and he'd now move to try and rest it upon Zagreus's leg, the touch light but undeniably present. Present and blatantly intentional.]

I'd love to, they always say you shouldn't drink alone, after all. And it'd be so ill-advised to go against conventional wisdom. I know they took many of us on a tour when we first arrived but please, allow me to give you a more helpful one. [Because what could be more helpful than finding all the best bars in town? Literally nothing, that's what.]
aonachri: (I curse you yourself)

[personal profile] aonachri 2021-01-13 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Oh it's a shirt, is it? [Hope you weren't expecting a helpful answer. There's a lot of rustling going on, heavy fabric being tossed here and there, at one point an oven mitt sails past the screen...

And then he's back. Looking entirely the same, in all honesty, bare from antler tip to hoof.
] Maybe the Emperor's new shirt. [Hint hint. He spreads his arms, the motion inviting all the staring he could possibly muster from the other man.]

Anything?
trifold: (♆ 002.)

IT'S OKAY <3 I'm glad somebody knows him 👀

[personal profile] trifold 2021-01-13 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ The resemblance isn't remotely lost on him, either; it's all he can do not to actually recoil, but luckily, Naberius is as well-bred as he is annoying. His face twitches slightly at the eyebrows, and at the corner of his mouth, but otherwise he manages to control his reaction.

Not that it's worth much, because he's frowning seconds later anyway at what she has to say.
]

What kind of infant learns how to walk on ice? [ He gestures, like, look! It's so much ice! ] That's idiotic.
barenakedspirit: (pic#13868543)

[personal profile] barenakedspirit 2021-01-13 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
“That’s what I said! But would be smart to recover a li-“ Galo cuts himself as a warm hand settles over his chest and grabs on. He blinks. The hand hasn’t moved an inch. “You know,” He says as if there’s not something weird going on. Lio isn’t - to his knowledge - that handsy of a guy but maybe all this ice was flipping some internal alarm off. Who knew.

“It’s better to grab my arm or hands. Are you taking this seriously?” He raises both his eyebrows. “Switch to the hand and I’ll show you a trick.” He glances at the hot chocolate. He doesn’t want to waste it. But drinking from another person’s drink is rude.
curlytop: (37)

[personal profile] curlytop 2021-01-13 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
That...

Is a complicated question. It's my second go round. Last time was just over a year. I've only just got here on this turn.
heavyhitter: i don't believe a single thing i've said (i'm only joking)

[personal profile] heavyhitter 2021-01-13 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
Almost everywhere in the Up, yeah. You get a little more privacy in the Down.

[ Which is why she's never moving in with a dominant, it would suck to live up here all the time. Her eyes find Ainslie again, distinctly unenthused. ]

D'you actually care why they want it? 'Cuz knowing doesn't change anything.
unfriendlygreen: (005)

[personal profile] unfriendlygreen 2021-01-13 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ that just makes him have more questions. ]

Would you mind terribly going somewhere else to talk?
curlytop: (51)

[personal profile] curlytop 2021-01-13 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
[George shrugs and abandons his cocoa in a nearby trash can. He'd rather not be aphro'd to the teeth around one of Magnus' warlock friends.]

Sure. D'you have somewhere in mind? We can go to my flat, or a coffee shop or something. There's a good little bar down the road here if I remember right.
aemula: (grinning)

[personal profile] aemula 2021-01-13 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ Marlo laughs bashfully, shrugging her shoulders. ]

I suppose you’re right.

[ Her expression fades into a frown when he mentions that he’s a ghost. ]

Are you okay with that?

[ She raises her eyebrows slightly. ]

Me? Not much. I’ve got a horse, now!
trifold: (♆ 008.)

[personal profile] trifold 2021-01-13 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, one of those. [ No wonder. It has style, sure, but is there substance? Not as far as he can see. ] Recreational sports. All right, all right, I see now.

[ That feeling is softening his rudeness just a little bit, not making him want to be nice, per se, but at least keep the conversation going. He doesn't entirely know how flirting works in actual application, but suddenly he's extremely interested in what she has to say about ice-skating, and maybe even other things, so that's a start. ]

To it's credit, it is much more visually appealing than some. [ So far so good. He gestures to the skate rental stand. ] Were you...?

[ He's not sure if he's ready to actually try it yet himself, but at the very least the prospect of watching her skate appeals to him. ]
wearenumberone: (005)

[personal profile] wearenumberone 2021-01-13 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ she notices his twitching - visibly, even, her gaze dropping to his mouth for a moment - but doesn't bother to call him out on it. after all, he's probably just flustered.

still-
]

One born in icier climates. [ his scoff earns him the beginnings of a smirk; she generally attempts to be polite, after all, but there is no shame in an earned rebuff. ] You have seen cooler places, yes?
unfriendlygreen: (007)

[personal profile] unfriendlygreen 2021-01-13 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
I was distracted during the city tour, so I am at your mercy.

[ he'd been more focused on his state of undress than the tour itself, he's barely had any time to settle in. ]
carrythetorch: (6 - iok5ZzT)

[personal profile] carrythetorch 2021-01-13 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
What the hell is he doing? Lio looks from Galo to his hand on Galo's chest, then back to Galo. And that's the thing; Galonis right. He isn't handsy. He doesn't do things like this. Lio Fotia is always in tight control of himself, because anything else risks something dangerous given the flame he wields. So this is worrying.

It's also worrying that it's going to be difficult to forget the feeling of solid muscle beneath his fingers.

Without a word he releases Galo's pec and instead takes his hand. A breath. "Of course I'm taking this seriously. ...sorry. I'm not sure why..." Lio trails off.

If the universe were kinder it'd swallow him up here and now. Or at least clear his mind a little. He notices Galo eyeing the cup. "You can finish it if you want. There's not much left, but it's good." Hell, he can still feel the warmth from it.
Edited 2021-01-13 06:23 (UTC)
acumental: (ainslie-screen-125)

ice to meet you

[personal profile] acumental 2021-01-13 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ainslie may not have been able to find clothes that are in any way familiar to her sense of fashion, but she did find something decently warm and decently...decent to wear. And she is wearing it, contrary to her reflection's notions on the matter.

But then there's a beautiful woman complimenting her chest and Ainslie is speechless and blushing and when her wits return it's without the cool polish of years of finishing schools and etiquette lessons. Her hands instinctively raise to cover herself somehow and her voice pitches sharp with indignation. ]


You were looking??
curlytop: (19)

[personal profile] curlytop 2021-01-13 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
[George can sympathize. Those paper gowns are awful.]

Pub it is! They do a decent pint, but the scotch is not worth the price.

[He'll lead the way. It's only a block or so, and he's pretty happy he did remember correctly and that the bar hasn't shut down since he was here before.

He orders a pint for himself, and whatever Ragnor wants. The bartender barely acknowledges Ragnor's presence.]
aonachri: (I curse you yourself)

[personal profile] aonachri 2021-01-13 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
[He's so excited to see what chaos he'll have wrought! He listened, of course, translating the language of the artiste into the more mundane.

And if he were a more mundane, mortal creature himself, he might have at the very least, if nothing else... been a little taken aback at the implications here. After all, what could be more provocative than the reshaping, re-imagining, melding and destruction of flesh, as an expression of art? At best, lascivious, and at worst, an abomination.

He couldn't have looked more openly fascinated.
]

Oh how gruesome... And evocative, you have my undivided attention! Of course untreated material like that won't last, even under the best care. Do tell me, do you have a particular piece, performance, that you consider your magnum opus? Or are you still reaching for that pinnacle? Could take a lifetime, after all.
unfriendlygreen: (008)

[personal profile] unfriendlygreen 2021-01-13 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ He huffs at the lack of acknowledgment. He could be offended, but it's too much of a novelty for him to mind all that much. ]

They take the designations very seriously.
fretful: starboard | ij (001)

[personal profile] fretful 2021-01-13 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ .. his father's house? is this the child of hades? that would.. explain some things, probably.

he gives him a sharp glance, brows lifting. ]
Maybe where you're from. Where I'm from, fate is just something other entities try to impose on the world. Prophecies and the like.

[ it's all a pain to deal with. anyway, wylie shifts on his feet, pushing his hands down in the pockets of his coat instead. ] Anyway, would you like to finish this tour and get out of here? I have no idea where my guide's gone off to.
friendfics: (01)

dragon age: inquisition | varric tethras | dominant

[personal profile] friendfics 2021-01-13 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
(( galleria ))

[ Varric turns down the wax when he gets in front of this particular display, having come in partly out of a sense of morbid curiosity and, well. Of all the difficult adjustments, the general debauchery of it all hasn't been quite as jarring as he expected. Maybe once an ancient, ugly pile of human jerky blows a big hole in the sky and rains demons on you and all your friends for years on end, everything else sort of loses its scandal. Or maybe it was the trip down the deep roads where they misplaced Bartrand's sanity right next to what little was left of the bastard's decency that kicked that off, hard to say really.

Anyway, if it wasn't for the general stench of slave caste oppression filling the air, he'd almost find the sleaze charming. Reminds him of home.

So he wanders through the gallery, stopping here and there to make a mental note of some position or another that's new to him. Never know when it'll come in handy for a book. It's finally at the bondage room that he stops in his tracks, squinting hard at what he sees. He tilts his head this way, then that way, a faintly impressed grimace on his face. ]


Huh, [ he observes to the person next to him, trying to keep his voice low enough that the displays themselves don't hear. ] I didn't know people got that bendy.

(( ice ))

[ The worst thing about the naked reflection business is Varric keeps surprising himself. He doesn't really mind being naked, doesn't really care if he catches an eyeful of anyone else. Nothing wrong with the naked form, all people perfect however the Maker made 'em. Bare skin's better than plaideweave for sure.

The point is, sure, it's weird as hell and he is dying to know what kind of madness is behind all reflective surfaces everywhere showing him naked bodies, but the naked bodies themselves don't bother him.

It's the surprise nudity that gets him, every time. Other people aren't so bad, he can get used to the idea of coming up on a naked stranger. That just happens sometimes, especially around the vicinity of Sera. Varric sees himself naked every day about half past never, so his response to seeing a naked reflection of himself is split pretty squarely between 'is that me?' and 'Maker's ass, that's me.'

Varric is in the middle of transitioning from 'is that me?' to 'Maker's ass, that's me' when he glimpses someone out of the corner of his eye either doing the same thing, or just gawking at him. Either way, he turns to greet them with a friendly grin. ]


Do reflections always look like this, or is this the old Tethras luck at work?

[ References to Tethras luck are universally sarcasm and punctuated with a slow shake of the head. ]
acumental: (ainslie-screen-089)

[personal profile] acumental 2021-01-13 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
Doesn't it?

[ She had been staring at the device they gave her, sat there on the glass coffee table where she left it and all the horrid pamphlets they thrust upon her, but she looks now at Ramir, at first looking for the answer to her question in her face...and then just looking, because she found it.

A spark. ]


Knowing is just half the battle, as they say, [ She relaxes, but that doesn't mean her posture stops being straight (unlike her). Rather, she looks just as poised and proper, but more easily so — she wears it like armor, instead of hunkering behind it like a shield. ] If I know why, I'll know where the leverage is.