duplicitymemes | TDM #16

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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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Technically, Batman was the one who first called me Impulse.

But yeah, it's kinda hard not to. Besides, I have Tim and one of the Dicks as my subs. Which was why we decided to call the place the Robin's Nest.

[Bart shrugs a little, like 'what can you do?' He enjoys his birds, and they're his, which, while sometimes more complicated than he cares to think, is also amazing.]

So. Still Batgirl?

Yes, who else would... Wait. Backup a moment. One of the Dicks?

[Give her a moment to process that. And the only reason she can is that he's still reading as telling the truth to her.

Alternate times. Doubles. And all of this is on top of arriving in sex city? She might need to sit down.]

Currently there are two different Dick Graysons and two Jason Todds. None of whom are the ones Tim and I knew back home. Oh, and a version of Alfred who is from a world where hasn't become Batman yet.

Typical multiverse shenanigans.

This may be typical for you but... There's only one Tim, right? And how do you know we're even from the same place? This could be all completely wrong.

[She can't even start to imagine a pre-Batman Bruce.]

Here? Yeah. He's been here for a couple of years now. And everything about this place is pretty much wrong, but we're here. Stuck, as far as anyone can tell, unless you randomly vanish.

[Bart is bad at explaining, he knows he's bad at it.]

Tim's Robin when you're from, right?

A couple of years?

[Bart's not just bad, he's leaving out so much she has no idea where to even start asking questions.]

Yes, who else is he supposed to be?

This place, it doesn't play by the rules. I mean, I saw Tim back home a lot more recently than he'd been home, which means it plays with time, not just alternate realities. I've been here almost five months, now, and I have no idea what that means back home.

And, well, there was that blonde girl who was Robin for a while...

[Did Cass know Steph? Gods, he hopes so. And hopes that she's not dead or whatever.]

Stephanie...

[If Bart was looking for a way to remind her of everything bad in their own world, he found it. ]

No, Tim is Robin again.

Ah. Damn. I just put my foot in it, didn't I? Grife, I remember what a wreck Tim was. He's always had that weird idea that someday he can put the cape behind him.

[Bart frowns, and considers things, heading for the kitchen.] Can I get you anything? I could use a snack. Especially since this is a long conversation and I'm not even sure I'm the right person to have it. Maybe I should call Tim.

You couldn't know if all of this talk of other times and places is real. And it's not weird, he should have the chance if he wants to.

[She means it. Tim's life had been virtually normal before becoming Robin, some of them had no other choice but he should.]

Tea if you have any. Or water.

[They both seem to agree on the long conversation - maybe this isn't one they should be having. Bart has a good heart but he seems to be racing through things. Not that she thinks he's doing it on purpose, it's just who he is.

That and long conversations are difficult enough for her.]

Uh, I knew that before I showed up here. Time travel and alternate realities are normal Flash stuff, like you guys deal with insane clowns and whatnot. Part of why I totally suck at explaining things to people is that nothing about my life has ever been anything close to normal.

[Still, he grabs the electric kettle to fill it, and then begins warming a proper china pot in the sink. He may not drink a lot of tea, but he's learned that he should probably avoid making his boyfriend's grandfather frown too much when he does so. Then he grabs a glass of juice and a sandwich or three for himself.]

Pretty sure this is one of those weird pockets in reality where you can alter the rules. For example, powers don't always work like you'd expect. Superman couldn't fly out of here, and I can't run on water.

Oh. That makes sense actually.

[She learned the hard way about fighting insane clowns when she went after the Joker by herself once upon a time ago. Would not recommend.]

Superman was here too?

[Does she care about Superman or is it someone else she's concerned about? It may be a little bit of both if she stopped to think about it.]

A Superman, anyway. Multiverse. Kon hasn't been here, at least, not that Tim or I ever knew.

[And that part sucks, because he misses his other best friend.]

Honestly, the only other person here from the same continuity as me besides Tim is Hartley, and I doubt you know him because he's a Central City guy.

[He keeps going through the process of getting the tea ready, then moves to bring everything to the center island.]

Sometimes I almost wish there were more of us.

[Cass can pour her own cup of tea, leaving Bart to work on that snack of his as he talks.]

You wish for people you know, and care about, to be stuck here as well?

[That's hard to imagine. ]

[Bart hesitates for a very long time, especially for a speedster, as he considers how to say things.]

When you aren't sure what you'd be going to home to, it'd be nice to see familiar faces. And there are things I would never have there...

[Tim. They would never have found the time or the nerve to say anything without all the ways this place pushed them.]

It's always so complicated.

Like sex?

[At least that's what she assumes he means. Would he even have time at home? ]

I had girlfriends back home.

[He even enjoyed what they had.]

It's not exactly the sex. I mean, it gets complicated because this place likes to try to manipulate into situations where that's the only way out with drugs and stuff, but no, it's not what really makes things hard. It's the class system. It's the lack of independence for half the fucking population.

[She's not going to point out the two are not mutually inclusive. ]

It's that bad?

[She can tell it is just by looking at him, but there are always degrees to these things. How he felt might be different than what was real.]

I'm pretty sure anything short of death is okay for a dominant to do to a submissive unless the submissive's dominant objects. Hell, there were murders a bit back and the guy was out of jail in weeks.

I know Gotham has her issues, but she's nothing like here. If you have a mark, you can't spend money without having a dominant say you can, even if you earned the money yourself. You can't do anything without permission, really. And fighting the system means they do more things. There are people who used to be dominants who ended up submissives for acting improperly, and the submissives get punished publicly for overstepping.

It's probably worse than you want to know. And fighting is nearly impossible.

That bad.

[It sounded like everything bad in Gotham and then some. Plus sex. It was a lot to take in after just arriving. There had been so much disbelief during and after the Orientation - just hearing everything they expected had been strange. But she had no reason to disbelieve Bart's take. ]

There is always a way to fight even if you die doing it.

Oh, that's another thing. People don't stay dead here. Like, even if you murder someone, they'll just be back after a bit. There was a murder spree and nobody stayed dead. But not, like, undead, thank the gods. Well, there are vampires and werewolves here, but that's totally different.

[He pauses to take a bite of his sandwich.]

Well, fighting is harder because, well, they're monitoring pretty much everything we do. The devices, definitely. And they have these apps you can't delete that do things like randomly share your photos with other people. Not entirely sure that you can delete photos you don't want, say, if you wanted to show a friend something, but didn't really want the world to know.

Remember, this is a place that knows if you had sex. And somehow can tell the difference between solo and cooperative ventures. I don't think the people in charge care about privacy. Keeping the rebellion under cover is important.

[Bart, please take a breath between thoughts as you are spilling them to her.]

That doesn't make it right. [The killing thing. She doesn't kill. Period.]

Tim is here. You should be used to devices monitoring things.

[Bart can't help a dry chuckle at that.]

I actually asked him to make sure I could tell his bugs from anyone else's when I do sweeps. Of course, now that we live here...

[There's a slight smile as he thinks about how nice it is to have a home with someone he l- cares deeply for.]

But, like, you can't spend the night here without us risking a citation. Because dominants aren't supposed to have relationships with other dominants. But two submissives can because only their relationship with their dominant really counts.

Why would I want to stay here?

[She's not used to sharing a space with anyone else. Even when she was staying with Barbara, she spent most of her time either sleeping or training. There wasn't much socializing. ]

[Bart shrugs]

Well, nobody's going to complain about you using the skylight for a door. Or launching off the building from the swings or the monkey bars on the roof.

It took me a while to get used to how empty the apartment was when I first got here. Although Dick fixed that.

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