duplicitymemes | 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.

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(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.

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(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.

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(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.

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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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[Wandering the city seemed as good an outlet for his feelings as any. He'd not missed how much his power had been dampened upon arrival, and that was... He wasn't sure how to feel about that, honestly, but it wasn't pleasant, that much he could definitively say.

So here he is, no glamour because why bother? He was sure he'd seen a giant, cherry red demon man on the network for a second or two so clearly that was an indication that he didn't have to put on any faces here. Little hooves click clicking away on the sidewalk, munching on some cheap pastry (no he hasn't figured out the value of a dollar yet, if he can afford it he gets it), he stops cold the second his arm is grabbed, one furry ear flicking.]

A spontaneous surprise tourist like everyone else, of course! Who are you?

I am an artiste.

[She looks down at him, this peculiar creature. She's seen her share of nonhumans in the short time she's been here, of course -- but this particular one has such a fascinating combination of features. Antlers, hooves, ears -- but, then, those teeth!]

And you. Are an inspiration.

[Wasp wings and clawed fingers, holly leaves and their creamy white berries dangling from the branching tines of the antlers, a chaotic mash of plant, predator and prey. Likewise, as she looks down at him, he'd eye up her, appearing none too startled nor bothered to be stopped in the street like this by a stranger.

Quite the opposite, considering how those ears flicked up at being called an inspiration. Oh, that was kindling on an already blazing inferno of an ego right there.]

Flattery will get you everywhere, Miss Artiste. Hearne, is who I am, and might I have your name? Unless of course, you prefer the title over it.

[And of course, she wouldn't see any reason to be cautious. She is not a woman of folklore and superstition.]

Ramona A. Stone. Of London, Ontario, before -- all of this.

Were you born that way, Hearne? Or altered?

[Oh that is a whole lot of information! Never has he ever been so thankful for the passage of time hazing old traditions up, thanks Ramona!]

As far back as I can remember, I've looked like this, Miss Stone. [Which wasn't a lie. Babies don't remember too much after all.] What medium do you work in, if I may ask? Musician? Painter? Sculptor? A little bit of everything? I've always had a love of art, myself, exceptional talent is so hard to find. I'm always looking for something new.

[My dude, you cannot imagine how pissed she's going to be, when-if she realises what's just happened.]

Hm.

I am of the flesh. The excision of flesh, the alteration of flesh, the decay of flesh, the union of flesh.

My more pedestrian pursuits have been baubles for the bourgeoisie to decorate themselves with. To own, for a moment, an imitation of true inspiration. Leathers and bone, tanned and carved mementos.

I have done more meaningful works, of course. But -- I don't know how sophisticated the artistic scene here is, yet. A true arranged, performance piece may not be feasible.

Yet.

[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.

[She loves an honest interest -- knows full well not to let it loosen one's tongue, of course, but she is smiling, a curve like a rusty knife.]

I won't know, will I? Until it is all over and done.

I did enjoy Berlin. Though that was when I was -- much younger. [And how that stings.] I would do it differently, now.

And I had a grander work in progress, before I was stolen away. Still barely a third through.

[A wistful sigh]

Perhaps it can be appreciated, for being unfinished.

Oh, no details? No pictures or examples? Not even a description? Do words not do it justice?

Don't leave me in the dark, Miss Stone, I've too active an imagination for that. Surely you could be charitable enough to tell me something about your work, even if it was left unfinished.

[Her smile is tight and cold. ~~Is there anything about her that isn't cold?~~ She won't be that easily baited.]

Now. Now. A work can't stand without context, can it?

What I wonder now is what I might make of this. New framework.

Ah, true. I'll concede to that: you have me upon that point. How am I to understand the message without context?

I suppose it'll take a little time before I can hope to see your work here, in this new context. Can't make up your mind about what to say of a place or it's situation within the first few hours, what an ill informed piece that would be. I'll just have to be patient, then.

At least soaking in the ambiance will give you something to do in the interim.

TDM #16

Ice to See You

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