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TDM #16
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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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I'll go ahead and let you figure that out in your own time, if it's all the same to you.
And I arrived in late May of last year. Is that abbreviated enough for you?
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[ it's stating the obvious but he doesn't care especially if it means he continues to antagonize oswald. he has to admit that he's impressed that the other man is giving as good as he's getting. he hasn't backed off or resorted to an all out tantrum. ]
Tell me then, since you are the foremost expert on this place, have you been enjoying yourself? Your tour leaves a lot to be desired but what do you think of this place?
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[It's a huffed, irritated kind of monosyllabic retort, though there's almost certainly more Oswald could add to that and Geralt's question certainly seems to prompt it. And perhaps, just to be contrary, that's why Oswald gives him a petulant, pinch-lipped look.]
I thought you made it clear you didn't much care for my lectures in any case.
[At the edge of the street he's been leading them down, Oswald pauses to turn fully, one arm extending toward a fancy little coat and jacket shop and tailor nestled on the corner.]
Now, call me old fashioned, but personally I would want to take a tour in something more substantial than something that is little more than a chemise made from tissue paper.
[If there's something Oswald knows well in this city, it's where to procure clothing in both the Up and Down.]
But of course, if you'd prefer, we can simply continue on. It's your call, as the Unmarked individual here.
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[ geralt doesn't really expect an answer but he thinks he'll get one. he's almost reminded of jaskier though jaskier would be singing right now instead of snapping.
still, the familiarity is at least appreciated. he even smiles slightly. ]
I've done far more in far less, you know. But, if you're offering to help me find some clothes, that might be nice. It's cold.
[ the bottoms of his feet are freezing and that's going to be a problem if he continues to be out here in the ice and snow without boots. ]
I'll even let you lecture me if you help me with that one thing.
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[His face scrunches a little as he shoots back that immature response before stepping over to push the door of the shop open.]
Which is funny considering that while you are an Unmarked person, I would venture a guess that they didn't give you any money, and certainly no pockets to put it in if they did.
[Hobbling his way into the shop, Oswald starts to pull off his own gloves and shiver with the warmth of the interior almost immediately felt.]
And as a Marked person, I am not actually permitted to buy things.
[That's a lie, actually, Oswald's Dominant has absolutely made it possible for Oswald to spend money freely as part of their contract and he knows it. Hell, the clerk probably knows it too from the way they give Oswald a bit of a sideways glance at that, though otherwise keep their mouth shut. And in any case, none of that stops the wide, smug smile spreading across Oswald's face.]
However, what I do have is money. So, why don't you pick yourself out a cosy ensemble and we'll see if we can can find a way to square that particular logistical circle, hm?
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[ did you get a glimpse of his eyes, oswald? he's marked whether he wants to be or not. he blinks blankly at oswald for a few before he sighs, muttering something unfriendly under his breath.
yes, he had been quite content to just irk this man but he knows that oswald is right. he has no coin and no means of acquiring what he needs besides the kindness of strangers.
he frowns. ]
And how might we...square this particular logistical circle?
[ he wants to know what he might have to do before he agrees to anything. ]
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And I was king of Gotham's underworld, but this city doesn't care about any of that.
[Turning away, Oswald stumps his way across the shop floor to slump himself onto the chaise lounge stretching across the large storefront window.]
Well, you can owe me, of course. [He tilts his head up to peer at Geralt, trying to gauge how well-received that suggestion is.]
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[ but geralt gets the idea that oswald knows that. still, if that is supposed to make him kowtow to this man, well, it's not going to happen. there are very few people that geralt would defer to and they are not here.
he watches the other man flit away only to sit down and make a suggestion. ]
I can owe you? [ he never does very well with that sort of thing. ] That gives you the advantage, you realize.
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He doesn't bother to hide a little smile or the way his shoulders shrug up to his ears at the taller man's observations.]
I suppose it does, doesn't it! But you'll have a set of clothes that'll make you warmer and more comfortable much sooner this way.
And, I assure you, I am a business man. Any favours I may call in from you at a later date will be entirely proportionate. You even have my word that I won't add interest.
[So generous...]
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[ geralt wasn't shy and he didn't necessarily mind people seeing him like he was. some people, he knows, would be shy and demure about his nakedness but that was their problem, not his. ]
You seem to expect me take you up on this offer simply because I'm cold.
[ and he was cold but — ]
I'm sure I could find other ways to warm myself.
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In response to the taller man's stalling, Oswald gives an exaggerated eyeroll and a slightly dramatic sigh as makes an exasperated outward gesture with his arms.]
What are you going to do, set something on fire outside and huddle around it to spite me? There's a saying for things like that: cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Are you always this unwaveringly mule-like in response to offers to assist?