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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:
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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[ His nanites would take care of true hypothermia, in the end, but it's still unpleasant for right now. While his world might have defeated death through healing nanites, Rowan has no pain-numbing nanites to go along with them anymore. He feels this chill to his bones, thanks to recent memory as well. ]
I think they said something about our stuff going to our new rooms. Wherever that is. I guess the tour's supposed to help but...
[ He huffs out a laugh. ] Yeah, wankers. Totally. [ The word's completely foreign on his tongue, but he can guess what she means by it. ]
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[Nice fuzzy socks, and nice pockets in her pants, and a nice knitted sweater. She's not a fool. It may not be frost bite in ten seconds cold, but Donna had dressed for the cold, plus some.]
And it's only temporary. Dark purple's more my colour.
[Tossing him a grin. But she pauses, and nods. It's easy enough to remember her own arrival, although she had taken the train down to the Down, finding her residence. She'd been alone for some time before getting a room mate, and then waking up one day in the Up instead.]
Aye, in the Down. They give everyone their own place. Still... Probably some daft plan of theirs. Not like there's really much to see... Look! A building! Look! Another building...
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[ He thinks of Scythe Curie, dressed in her lavender robes. He thinks of how she sacrificed herself for him and Rowan and figures, well at the very least he can have a second favorite color. After turquoise. ]
I mean, I rather know than not, I suppose. Where's city hall, for example? I've got some complaints to lodge.
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[Smirking lightly at him as she shoved her hands in her pocket. It's a wry expression that shifts over her face. She'd complained, on the network, although nothing had every come of it. At least that she knew of. Maybe they'd put her on a 'don't fly' list.]
Honestly, you'd get further smacking your head against a wall, if you ask me.
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He wrinkles his nose at the suggestion. ]
At least splatting's fun. [ The remark is quiet and casual. ] Alright, what do you suggest instead?
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[Although Donna would admit that he is easy on the eyes. Then again, so had Lance been, and she knows how that had turned out. She would also admit that no one had done such a thing to her again since then, and in fact most of the people here had been quite helpful.]
No idea. Something more subtle, unless you want to end up in a cell. Like any bloody bureaucracy, this place is a nightmare. More like a puppet and someone else is pulling our strings. Storming the walls ain't gonna happen.
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[ At least, not that Rowan knows about. The petty criminals of his world are put through the finest of bureaucratic hellholes, but Rowan's never become an Unsavory. What he doesn't know, doesn't affect him. ]
And I don't appreciate being anyone's puppet.
[ He narrows his eyes in quiet thought. ] What have you been up to here?
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[Donna does tend to think of things in her own world view, even though she has seen a variety of different planets and aliens since traveling with the Doctor.]
Me? Trying to figure this place out, but then it goes and pulls the rug out from under me.
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Utopia. We have a sentient AI that takes care of everything, knows what works and what doesn't.
[ He cocks his head with interest and tries to change the subject slightly. ]
Pulls the rug out from under how?
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[Excuse her dubious nature, if only because she's seen a variety of different cultures since travelling with the Doctor, and it may be different characters, but similar stories across the stars.]
Came as a Submissive, and now I'm a Dominant, but the powers that be don't even acknowledge it.
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It can't make mistakes, anyway. It's infallible in that sense.
[ But Rowan's much more interested in this designation swap than the mundane facts of his own existence back home. ]
Wait, so you-- There's a way to switch?
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[Still skeptical, as what happens if there is a natural disaster, or all of a sudden a population boost? Does it somehow regulate things like that...?]
Wait. So. Where did this AI come from? Someone made it, or outer space?
[Genuine curiosity with that.]
Oi. Well. Don't ask me to tell you how, because no bloody idea. Maybe it was a Christmas present from this place. Everyone else got something, it seems.
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It just... became. All of human knowledge coalesced into being, into something that could think on its own. We made it, effectively, but without realizing it.
[ He squints at her, disbelieving and confused. ] A Christmas present? [ They don't call it that anymore, but he recognizes the name. ] And you got a change in your designation. You must have been very good this year.
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She gives a little shrug.]
Was around Christmas, and no, no I wasn't. 'though I wasn't bad either. Haven't really been here long enough to be anything.
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He shakes his head to rid his mind of that particular confusion. ]
How long is that? That you've been here? Are you even qualified to be a guide? [ That last part is gently teasing. ]
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Oi! Be nice or I'll lead you into a dark alley and mug you...
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What valuables do you think I'm hiding and where?
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Hmm. I mean, could use a fancy new gown...
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Your wish is my command, Madam Dominant.
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[Not that she actually thinks that he would have kept going.
Maybe...
Although he's a handsome enough bloke.
But she's also not about abusing her position, given that she'd been in the other, and people had been kind enough to help her.]
Let's get you going before you decide to do some polar plunge nonsense and flash your arse.
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Yes, ma'am. Just lead the way.
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Yes, he earns an eye roll from her, although that doesn't stop the smile from gently gracing her lips. Shoving her hands in her pockets, she makes a motion with her head.]
Less talk, more walk. Chop chop before I have to drag your frozen carcass. Because I won't be gentle.
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Promise?
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[Not that Donna seems to mind as she tosses him a cheeky look before continuing. Keep up now.]
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[ He grins sunnily and gets into pace just a step behind her, like the obedient boy he is not. ]
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