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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[ Jacob's expression hardens a little, because those words sound judgemental to his ears- like his father would demand to know what he'd done with his day, instead of learning the Creed or the history of their Brotherhood, he'd been climbing roofs and drinking with gangs.

He tries not to think about Ethan now, tries not to assume that's what this man was trying to do. He reminds himself that he doesn't need to conspire with this man, with someone he's only just met. ]

Finding my feet, for the most part. The technology here is much more advanced than where I'm from. Getting used to the laws, and not land myself in too much trouble.

Hm. [ geralt thinks he's going to have a similar issue with the technology. it's not something he wants to let on about because he doesn't want people to think he needs help.

even if he's going to. he supposes he could try and fumble his way through all this and figure it out on his own but maybe asking would be faster.

it just wouldn't be easier. he sighs. ]

I'm probably going to find myself in a similar circumstance. The place I come from is not like this.

[ if that weren't obvious by the way he looks and speaks. ]

Are there any specific laws I should be aware of? I've spent time in prisons before and I suppose I should avoid that.

[ Jacob is lucky, in one regard. He was born at the start of the Industrial Revolution, and therefore change is something he's used to. The training he's had as an assassin has made him adapt easily to new situations, including this one. But for people that haven't had those experiences? It might be tougher. ]

Well, don't accidentally share your post-shower rub-down with the rest of the city, like I did.

[He looks over the man again, and shakes his head]

You're a dominant- so life for you won't be all that bad. Just remember your quota, and that in three months you need to find a submissive to contract with. Although with your looks, they'll probably flock to you.

[ 'with your looks' gets a sidelong glance that lingers before he shakes his head. he knows what he looks like and he knows that he is attractive enough to never want in that department but to hear it used as a positive for...contracting with a submissive is something.

he sighs, peering out at the ice. so, that is to be what he has to do. they're going to make him take charge of someone here when he can barely take care of himself.

somewhere, jaskier is volunteering and doesn't even know why. ]

And how did you decide to share your post shower activities with everyone? That seems like something that would be noticeable.

[ no judgement. there is some slight amusement there if you listen hard enough. and curiosity. ]

[ Jacob can at least laugh at himself at this point. He pulls his device from a pocket, holds it out.]

I assume they gave you one of these? They record sounds and the events around them. Sometimes because we tell them to, and sometimes... well sometimes because the city wants them to.

I'll admit that recording myself naked was my mistake. I was pressing buttons without understanding what I was doing. But it's easily done, if you don't have these things where you're from.

Luckily I got a lot of kind people letting me know where I went wrong.

It's not a mistake I've ever made before but only because these —

[ he taps the device with a finger before pulling his hand back. ]

— do not exist where I'm from. [ wasn't that a huge surprise? but now that he knows the possibility exists here, he'll have to be more aware of things. ]

Hopefully those that saw you were at least entertained? It would be even worse if no one wanted to see what you were offering.

And it was the same for me. I'm sure the people who come from worlds with these things don't make stupid mistakes like that either. But those of us who don't? We have to learn fast.

[But he doesn't seem sad or distressed by it, and to Geralt's words he gives a broad, suggestive grin.]

Thankfully, most of the people that saw it wanted to see it in the flesh. Some of those people are very very good friends.

Lucky for you.

[ geralt's sure there's an audience out there for something like that anywhere. he doesn't know this man past what he's learned today but he can't imagine him being entirely terrible to look at in the flesh.

he sighs, pulling his thoughts away from that particular avenue for the time being. he has other things he needs to focus on. ]

And fortunate that I ran into you so I can make sure that I don't unintentionally give people a show. I much prefer the in the flesh option myself. More enjoyable.

[ Jacob may not have Geralt's height or that shock of long ice-coloured hair, but he's not too bad to look at under all those layers. Short and broad, he's as much muscle as he is banter.

And while the Witcher might be able to drag his thoughts out of the gutter, Jacob doesn't have that amount of self control. He is, in truth, more than happy to descend into thoughts of what the other might look like stripped of all that form-fitting leather.]

I'd agree that in person is the far better way to end up. But as foreplay? It's a lot of fun. That's my experience anyway.

[ He let's his attention flicker up and down the other man once more, grinning.]

Maybe I'll even get to show you some time?

Hm.

[ you'll learn that it's his favorite word but there's no undercurrent of growl or anger in it this time. it's more...intrigue. he doesn't know if that will happen but the possibility isn't terrible.

he even slants a look over at the other man, one eyebrow cocked. ]

Maybe. Though, I am rather hard to please.

[ his face was pictured beside the word easy in the dictionary. ]

[ Jacob responds to that cocked eyebrow with one of his one, and an expression which says I don't believe you. Because in his experience (which, granted, isn't very long. He's not that old, he's lived in a very repressed society before he came here) it doesn't take much to please another man. Not when you have personal experience of what feels good and what doesn't. He hasn't met a man yet that doesn't like having his cock sucked, for example. ]

Maybe you've just not been pleased by the right people?

[And with that, he finished the hot chocolate, thoroughly warmed by it, body tingling with need. He tosses the cup in the dustbin, and gestures Geralt back towards the changing rooms, sure they can find a private little spot]

Want to get out of the cold?

Maybe.

[ geralt knows that he's lucky to have experience quite a lot of pleasure in his life thus far. it's fleeting but coin often gets you what you want.

and that's all right with him. he doesn't need anything more than that (or so he thinks).

his gaze returns momentarily to the people on the ice when the question comes and his eyebrow arches, interest clear in his expression. ]

That might be nice, yes. [ nice isn't the word he wants to use but it'll work. ] Lead on.

[ help a poor newcomer out and all. ]

[ Why pay for what you can get for free?

Jacob leads him towards the changing rooms, which are thoughtfully laid out into little private nooks and once he finds one he likes, turns to face towards Geralt and cocks a finger at him in a "come hither" motion.

And when he's close enough? Both of Jacob's hands grab him by the shirt and yank him down, pressing mouths and bodies together. ]

[ geralt knows what's going to happen as soon as they're in private and he can't deny that he wants it. there's a tingling feeling underneath his skin, something that's making him want this even more than usual.

so, as soon as jacob grabs him, geralt steps forward, fittig his mouth against jacob's and pressing the other man back against the wall, using his bulk to try and manhandle him a bit so he can press closer until there's little room left between them. ]

[ A pleased noise escapes the kiss, one of encouragement, and his fingers begin to pluck at the fastenings of Geralt's shirt, loosening them so he can get his hands on as much of that well-toned flesh as he can.

He knows that the intensity of the heat settling low in his belly isn't natural. He's been here long enough to know that food and drink at festivals and celebrations is commonly spiked with some sort of aphrodisiac. But he doubts that it is forcing him to do anything he wouldn't, it just lowers all those pesky inhibitions.

He does spare a moment's thought for his partner though, even as he grinds himself up against the solid muscles of his thigh.]

Hot chocolate. Definitely drugged.

[ he's not been here for more than a few hours and he's already been drugged. he wishes he could say he's surprised but he's honestly not. it's not the first time he's been drugged and he knows it won't be the last.

now, it is the first time that the drugs are making him react in this way and honestly, he doesn't mind this too much.

at least he's not laying on the ground, dying. ]

Is that a common occurrence here?

[ he asks the question while trying to shrug his shirt off his body, give jacob more of him to touch before geralt decides to find and rip jacob's clothes off. in a minute, he tells himself, in a minute. ]

[The drugs Jacob's been doped with at home were unpleasant, disorientating concoctions and not something he would ever want to repeat. The aphrodisiacs that are part of life here? Tend to only intensify all the lust and desire a healthy 22-year-old feels anyway, so there's nothing he has to complain about.

Well, perhaps the fact that he can't get his hands down to grope Geralt's cock without pulling his own hips back, and he doesn't want to do that.

Instead he focuses on pressing his mouth to the exposed collarbones, letting his tongue trace the delicate line of them, groaning against the other man's skin.]

If it doesn't happen once a fortnight, we start worrying.

Hm.

[ yet another little quirk of this place that he's going to have to remember. geralt doesn't appreciate being drugged but at least this isn't leaving him a slobbering mess who's on death's door, unable to do anything but blubber and await his end.

he can't really say he minds something that makes him feel like this and results in another man pressing against him, mouth hot and seeking on his body. ]

I'll have to remember that. [ and expect that anything he eats or drinks is going to make him feel like this. ]

[ Jacob is too distracted by tugging Geralt's shirt off to reply immediately, instead he pulls back and lets his hands smooth over his flesh, over scars and muscle, before his mouth goes back to tracing over those glorious pectorals, tip of his tongue dancing over a dark nipple, before he moves, grabbing Geralt's hands and setting them firmly on his own waist.]

The normal food is fine. The celebratory stuff tends to be a problem.

[ He pauses, and considers. ]

And sometimes it's in the air.

[ sometimes it's in the air. wonderful. abso-fucking-lutely wonderful. that's just what he needs, to be constantly hard because this place pumps some sort of aphrodisiac into the air.

his response is a grunt and he digs his fingers into jacob's sides, grabbing at the shirt and wondering if he could just rip it free to get at this skin. ]

Perhaps I will just stay inside for however long I'm here.

[ he wouldn't be doing that. he knows he could for awhile and be fine with it but boredom would eventually become too much for him. ]

Could be a while...

[ Jacob points out, but then he's tugging off his shirt before too much damage can be done to it. He doesn't have a huge supply of clothes here, and what he does have are mostly gifts from other people. He doesn't want to try and replace any of them. ]

And you'd be denying us all the pleasure of your company.

[ geralt scoffs, knowing that he is not very pleasurable company for the most part. jacob's caught him on a good way with a good drug in his system.

lucky him. when jacob removes his shirt, geralt steps forward and mouths at the curve of his shoulder, allowing the drug to take hold so he can ignore what's happened to him and why he is here.

he's going to have to deal with it sooner or later but he's choosing later when faced with this right now. ]

[ Later is a great option. Later means right now Jacob can focus on enjoying the body against his, groaning when the heat of the other man's mouth closes on the sensitive flesh, letting his own fingers grasp hard- one in Geralt's hair, the other on his bicep. ]

Fuck.

[He tries to steady himself a little, take a deep breath, and the hand on Geralt's arm moves to grope the front of the other man's trousers, the bulge in his trousers, tracing the shape of him.]

[ geralt wouldn't call himself an easy person in most avenues of life but this one? this one, he's kind of easy so jacob's going to find obvious evidence of arousal there.

and geralt helps it along by leaning into his hand and then biting down on his shoulder, sharp but not hard enough to break skin.

he's not trying to hurt anyone, he just wants more. ]

[ More is exactly what he gets too, the pressure of Jacob's palm against the front of his trousers changing- to unfasten them and slide his hand down against taut muscle and the swell of the other man's cock. While Geralt might worry about being considered easy or not, Jacob doesn't care at all, always charging ahead with whatever idea comes into his head, with whatever he feels most drawn to. In this instance, that's sliding his calloused fingers down over Geralt's cock and curling around him, stroking to help him get fully hard.]

Want me to get you off like this? Or with my mouth?

[ The questions come out eagerly, voice a little rough, pressing himself up against Geralt even as teeth sink in to his skin.]

You can be rough with me, I won't break.

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