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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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[The words are said warmly, as he is so very happy to see her, and serving tea to an old friend would hopefully be familiar enough make her comfortable. There was a lot of things to talk about, after all. Many of them being the opposite of comfortable.
He didn't miss how she looked over him, though he didn't comment on it and decided to take a seat wherever it was convenient.]
I know this is all very unsettling, and I will do my best to answer all of your questions. Though I have to ask first. Have you seen Anakin yet?
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If half of what they say is true.
[She'd been captured before, and a part of her would prefer an arena again...
Padmé does pause a moment at that question, although her voice does remain level. Needless to say, she won't exactly be seeking to try any fares that are offered anymore. No, she'd been a touch more public in her displays of affection.]
Earlier. I was near the skating rink.
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[Many things had been quite shocking when he first arrived, as he is sure will be for her. Obi-Wan perked up though when she mentioned she had met Anakin, though it’s clear she’s not saying something.]
Then you know he is a submissive as well. I hope he told you that it’s illegal here for submissives to have physical intimacy with each other. The two of you will have to keep your relationship hidden, otherwise there will be punishment.
[The Jedi then leaned back in his chair and gave Padme a meaningful look.]
But the two of you have had plenty of practice with that.
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[Five months... How strange that sounds. Padmé knows that with the war, there can be long periods of time when she may not see certain people. It hasn't been that long since she had last seen Obi-Wan. And yet, here he is, and she wouldn't take him for a liar.]
What of others? How long has this been transpiring?
[But her meeting with Anakin isn't exactly something that Padmé would just talk about, at least in specific terms. The hot chocolate had been drugged, and she had been handsy. Not what you would tell your secret husband's former Master.
Or perhaps not to secret.
There's a few seconds where she holds, her mind turning over a variety of things to say. She could deny it, although there seems little point. Perhaps, just perhaps, there is a faint hint of colour on her cheeks. They had tried to keep their relationship concealed, but maybe not well enough.]
... how long?
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For quite some time. Ever since Geonosis really.
[They hadn’t exactly been the most subtle. Anakin even less so than Padme. Aside from some talks with his former Padawan, he had kept it to himself. Allowing them to keep their secret, even if he didn’t really approve of it. Now though it didn’t matter as from his point in time the damage had been done. He was glad to just have them both here.]
As for how long people have been here, I’m not sure exactly. My dominant has been here a year, and there are some even longer than that. How people are even brought here remains a mystery. Some, my dominant included, come from the future of our galaxy.
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After, she had had Anakin as an escort home, to break things off with him, although that had never been Padmé's plan. No, instead they had wed in secret, before two droids. She would like to think they had done a better job at that, often curbing their enthusiasm, meeting in private, often spending time apart.
And Obi-Wan had known.
But of course he had known. Anakin and he had been close, so if anyone would have... Which meant he had turned a blind eye? Geonosis had been the time when Padmé had first confirmed her own feelings, after denying them for so long.]
I see. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.
[Slightly rueful. A soft breath exhaled, as she moves to pour the boiled water into each cup. She passes one over to him to steep, taking the other for herself.]
Yet people do leave? And future? I don't- truly the future?
[As how does that work?]
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I don’t know how it’s possible, but it is. In fact I can say with certainty that I come from both yours and Anakin’s future. Not far, mind you, but the future nonetheless.
[Seeing the both of them here was like reliving the past for him. As if certain terrible things had happened. It was like a second chance, and he was grateful for it despite how terrible this place could be.]
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Of course there are many questions that she would ask, but there is also the debate of should she ask them, and whether she would want to put Obi-Wan in that position. Wrapping her hands around her cup, she mulls it over.]
Alright. And yet you've no recollection of Anakin or I disappearing? The scope of what apparently happens here... It's beyond anything I've ever heard of.
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[Thats all he really could do. As a Jedi he had to accept his circumstances. Even as difficult as it could be sometimes. He knew she had many questions. Though some of them be just couldn’t answer. Yet he had another one for her.]
What is the last thing you remember before arriving here?
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I was about to go off to Scipio.
[Would that be enough?]
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I see. Well. What questions can I answer for you?
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The real question is where to even begin with what she wants to know.]
This place- it truly has nothing to do with anything going on back at home?
[Some faction or side that has taken them. It's not the normal sort of a prison, but it is a prison regardless.]
Gosh I am so sorry for all those typos wow.
No, it doesn’t.
[He could certainly say that honestly. This place was unlike anything they had back home.]
Somehow these people have managed to bring us and others from different places and times. Most are not even from our galaxy.
[He would agree it’s a prison though. Though one he was just trying to live in. Just like before he came here.]
no worries! been there done that as well...
Yet it appears not.]
And is there some underlying agenda? It can't truly be- [It's a little motion with her hand, as if to say everything that they tell us.] Be just what they stated. Their program... Some manner of social experiment?
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Our captors are very secretive, but as far as I can tell it’s as they say it is. They’re looking for some gene, supposedly, or they were. But yes, they require us to have sex. Not doing so will result in penalties.
[He shifted a bit uncomfortably as that would lead to some other obvious information.]
I have not experienced such punishment myself but I know those who have. It’s not something I would ever wish for you.
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[She knows the name, but doesn't quite know the layout yet. It's clearly set up as a city with an area for the different designations, but what else? There doesn't seem to be any space port, at least locally, and what of the rest of the planet? Is there more? It's those finer details that she does want. No doubt an audience has been sought by others, but could she seek one as well with who ever is actually in charge?
She pauses though for moment, going back over what Obi-Wan had said earlier about Anakin and her. About what is allowed and isn't, and the fact that he is her husband. She takes a moment to gather her words.]
Do they monitor it somehow...? This quota. How would they know?
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[Obi-Wan wasn’t sure he would be able to get all the details she wanted. As submissives their options were limited. Padme wouldn’t be able to have the authority she was used to.]
They know when we have sex, yes. Though not with who necessarily unless it’s in public, and I don’t know how. If you’re going to be intimate with Anakin I strongly suggest doing so privately.
[Which raises another point in his mind and Obi-Wan pauses before continuing. It’s best she hear the hard things from a friend.]
That being said you need to know that Anakin has had sex with several people, including his dominant and myself. Also, you can not live with him unless his dominant makes a contract with you.
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Have these appearances been in any place in particular?
[It is going to take a bit to get used to the openness of the acknowledgment of her relationship with Anakin. It had been, in a roundabout way, what Padmé had been seeking an answer to. Yet Obi-Wan had understood it quite clearly. She had never liked the secrecy of their marriage, but had also known that there had been no other way.]
We always have. Tried to, at least.
[Since they had slipped up a few times. Taking a sip of her tea, the rim pauses against her lip. It is something that Padmé had turned over since knowing her husband was here, and apparently had been here for longer than she, although actually being confronted by it is something else.
Her gaze shifts away to glance over the stark walls of her room, so vastly different from her apartment on Coruscant, or even her family home.]
I- I suppose that is an aspect of this place that I will need to reconcile with.
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Only for large gatherings which seem to always end up as a ploy for us to have more sex. Their home was one, it’s where I got this.
[He motioned to the braid that was identical to the one he had worn as a Padawan. While he could have easily cut it off he decided to let it stay.]
And I know you have, but as you will find out, circumstances will make temptation very great to do otherwise.
[It pained him as he saw her struggle. Thus Obi-Wan leaned over, reaching to take one of her hands in his. A comforting gesture as his eyes gazed at her with compassion.]
I won’t deny that it will be difficult. But, it doesn’t have to be all bad. Even a Jedi has little power here. Thus one must be smart in playing by their rules, or at least appearing to. Not only that, you have people here who care about you and will help you.
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But it does seem that this place does have sex on the mind, a lot.]
I had wondered after it, as it seemed like your Padawan braid.
[They'd all been much younger then, the first time that they had met. Yet she owes as much to Obi-Wan as she does to Anakin, and to Qui-Gon, who is still celebrated as a hero on Naboo for his role, and his sacrifice.]
So one must take great lengths to try to navigate their way through this place. It does make living seem rather hard.
[It's debatable whether she would actually prefer the attempts on her life over this, although others had suffered due to that, which has her balking at saying so. She would prefer not to see her friends and family hurt, and carry such a burden herself.
It's back towards him and upwards that her eyes travel as she feels his hand on hers. In some ways it is easier to have those here that she knows, even if she wouldn't wish it upon anyone. In another way, it sounds like they may find themselves in some awkward positions.
She gives a little squeeze back. In her heart of hearts, she knows that she had always liked the subterfuge when she had been queen, of switching roles and turning into nothingness.]
It won't be the first time, and I doubt it will be the last time, will it? We're all used to taking risks, even if they may not be of this nature. Thank you, Obi-Wan.
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[It was all very odd sometimes. That night he had actually turned into his younger, braid and all. Fortunately he was able to go back to normal, even if the braid had lingered. Not that being young again didn't have its perks, but even his dominant seemed to prefer his current age.]
Of course, Padme, you are always welcome.
[He smiled at the squeeze she gave to his hand. His heart swelling a bit with emotion, though he mostly kept it concealed. It was so good to see her again. Healthy and relatively happy even if brought to this awful place. Obi-Wan had missed her terribly.]
If there is anything you need, do not hesitate to let me know. My dominant, Jyn, is very kind. If you need a dominant to vouch for you, for anything, I'm certain we can work something out. Anakin's dominant I'm not as certain about. Though I recommend you find your own quickly as there are penalties for not being contracted as well. Just be wise in your decision, though I have no doubt you will be.
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[That he is a padawan again, even if she finds such a thing to be completely strange. Or a symbol for something? It is a strange thing for this place to return to him, or at least from her current point of view. Perhaps it does make more sense to him who has been here longer.
She's seen how he has grown, and even if she may have once found him cold and uncaring, Padmé knows better now. She would consider him as much a friends as she would Bail or Sabé or anyone else that she is close to. Someone she would trust with her life.
Her lips purse a little, if only because she does not like the manner of it, as if one may pick and choose which novel to read from a shelf. It's not objects though that they are talking about, but rather people that this deals with. And how does one even-? Place an ad? Find someone with a like mind? It seems to be something that trust would be a key element, but trust doesn't just appear out of thin air.]
I don't like it, but it seems my feelings on the matter aren't that relevant. Might I ask- how did you come to find Jyn?
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[There is some humor in his tone, because as far as this place goes, he did feel like he was always learning. His attitude had gradually been changing about this place. He still didn't like how they did things, but it wasn't all bad. Anakin though, he knew, had a harder time here than he did for varying reasons.]
No, I'm afraid they don't care much about our feelings.
[Her question about Jyn though caused his eyes to light up a little as he pulled back his hand. As if she hit a topic that he enjoyed talking about, because he did.]
Quite by accident, actually. It wasn't long after I arrived, and we were on the same train. She happened to sit next to me and I sensed the kyber crystal she was wearing. We talked, and well, one thing led to another. I knew rather quickly that I was not likely to find anyone I was better suited with. So I offered to become her submissive.
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Which insinuates that they don't need to.
[Care, that is, which makes her wonder in turn about this place more. To be so certain... Yet if people come, surely they must go, and if one can figure out how people truly come here, well... She does set her cup down, hands resting in her lap as she watches Obi-Wan. A quizzical air, as he does seem to have respect for this Jyn, if nothing else, and it seems to be a topic that he doesn't mind talking about. She leans forward slightly, listening as he explains.]
No train this time, I fear. We were made to walk. [Not exactly a pleasant day out.] She's from our galaxy then?
[Or is it some fluke?]
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Yes, she is. From the future actually.
[He was reluctant to go too much into that. At least for right now. There was so much that happens in the future that Padme would find upsetting. He didn’t want to lay it on her all at once. Jyn had shocked him with information, though she couldn’t have known how it would affect him.]
She is a remarkable woman and I consider myself fortunate to have found her here.
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