duplicitymemes | TDM #16

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TDM #16

« « « TEST DRIVE MEME » » »

« « « 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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[ As Roy slumps into her space, Riza resists the urge to embrace him. She wants to hold him, support him--but she can't. Not while they might still be observed. Even if this place lacks the enemies from home, there are almost certainly others here who might use a relationship against them. She leans forward, listening to his explanation. All of this sounds right. Her brow knits in a frown. ]

I... I remember her saying you were dead. I lost my mind.

[ The scream tearing from her throat. The sheer overwhelming sensation of hopeless loss and grief. For that terrible moment she had been lost. Adrift. There had been nothing left to live for. ]

I emptied my weapon at her and then... then I guess, I just waited for it all to end. And then I was here.

[ The scientist in him comes to a conclusion. While unsure whether he likes the idea, since the two of them seemed to remember being brought here at different times of the same event, it stands to reason that it was exactly what happened, and Mustang wonders if some portion of each of them are still there in Amestris. The thought is a little disturbing. ]

[ When he hears her confess to losing the will to live, he can't help it. Mustang loses his cool, blowing up at the mere idea of losing her. Doesn't she understand how important she is to everyone? He's terrified of how close he cut it, how easily he could have lost her. ]

You idiot! Never give up on life! You're too important to... the people who love you.

Maybe we're both idiots.

[ Riza tries to smile and doesn't quite manage it. The gesture doesn't reach her eyes. She shakes her head towards Roy, her shoulders moving with a short, sharp, mirthless laugh. ]

You know I have no intention of continuing on my own if it comes down to that.

[ No. He won't accept that -- he can't. He loves her too much to even consider the idea of her...]

Lieutenant. You must never give up on moving forward. Should something happen to me, I need you to keep my ambitions alive, to go forward with everything we've planned, only without me being the figurehead.

You can do it. You must.

[ Mustang reaches up, placing his hands to her face, placing his thumbs on her jaw, his fingers flattening against her cheeks. Realizing suddenly what he's doing, he takes his hands away, breathing shallow and trembling. ]

I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that.

[ Riza goes stiff and tense as Roy's fingers brush her face. Not because it's unpleasant. It's because she had not expected the gesture so openly, not considered he would react so strongly to something she had thought a self-evident truth. She wants nothing more than to lean into his touch. She does, for a brief moment. He is cold, and she wants to warm him--but she needs to contain herself. ]

I'll do my best, colonel.

[ She says it quietly, her eyes focused intently on his. ]

No. You shouldn't have.

Good. I expect you to live until you’re old. Maybe even haggard.

[ It’s not a joke, he means it and genuinely expects her to live up to his order.

Roy returns her gaze, wishing he’d kept his hands where they’d been, drowning in her chocolate eyes and stifling the urge to lean into her and kiss both eyelids to feel them beneath his lips.

Instead, he straightens, chest out and shoulders back.

The elevator stops at the floor leading to the Up. Mustang tilts his head to indicate they should exit now. ]

I apologize, Lieutenant. Where are we going?

[ Same old Roy Mustang. Putting on a brave face for the sake of those around him. There's the smallest of smiles from Riza, though. As if he were joking. ]

I'll do my best to report as much as possible about the advancement of old age to keep you happy.

[ She gestures down the street and leads off again, heading her apartment building. Riza is still getting used to the city, but she knows her way back at the very least. ]

[ Mustang laughs a little because Riza Hawkeye rarely jokes, and that had been pretty damn funny, especially coming from her. It's not unusual for his subordinate to point out how outlandish some of his orders can be. ]

I appreciate your cooperation, Lieutenant.

[ He follows her, his eyes magnets attracted to her steely ass. It's a fine ass, one he once hoped to nail. Now he's grateful it never happened. She's so much more than that. ]

I don't suppose you have something to eat?

There's food at the apartment.

[ A short confirmation that yes, there will be food to sate his hunger. And to help him recover from the cold. She drops into silence, her eyes scanning the street ahead of them in case there might be someone or something to pose a threat. Of course, there isn't. ]

I don't know if you've noticed...

[ She murmurs under her breath. ]

There's quite a lot of surveillance in the Up.

[ Good. Mustang needs the energy to remain awake. For all that he’s had years of experience in alchemy, he’s performed a lot in just the few hours between taking out Lust and his “demonstration” back there.

That and he’d by lying were he to claim he wasn’t hungry.

When she points out the people on guard, people he’d hardly been aware of because they were ubiquitous in the military, he does note a remarkable amount of such people.

A new thought breaches the surface. Roy remembers wondering about her furtiveness on “rescuing” him and played along because she was his, and while her specialty had been keeping him alive... and oh, how he wanted to raise hell with her, but he couldn’t.

Not here and not yet. Still, Mustang needs to know. He needs to understand how furious he should be.

At least their heads are close enough to speak discreetly. ]

Lieutenant. Did you break any laws to get me out of there?

[ What all had he missed when they sedated him? ]

[ While Riza is worried about the people who are watching, she's even more concerned about the cameras and listening devices that seem ubiquitous in the Up. At least in public. ]

Not as far as I'm aware, no.

Good.

[ Now that Riza mentioned "the Up", Mustang realized how much the people here meant by it. Many of the buildings, unlike those of Amestris, towered over them in what looked like at least twenty-stories. While he knew these people to be advanced technologically, he hadn't expected superior architecture. ]

You live in one of these?

Mmhm. They have a building specifically for the new arrivals they sort into the 'Dominant' position. Strange way to run a society, if you ask me. It's like something out of the novels I'd expect Havoc to read.

[ Grump! Not that she begrudges the lieutenant his vices, but it seems like such a strange delineation of society. Though, perhaps not any less strange than wealth, nobility, or military rank. ]

We're almost there.

Good.

[ While thankful for the coat, his feet are cold and beginning to turn as blue as the gown he wears.

But he seeing Riza in her finery unsettles him in a way he finds utterly enthralling. The earrings add a touch of femineity that he rarely sees, and oh... he can’t wait to see her, to watch her make lunch or maybe dinner.

Maybe. ]

That’s dress looks... nice. On you.

[ She hurries along, eventually reaching the designated building and moving to usher him inside with her. At his comment, she cocks an eyebrow. ]

You're picking an odd time to get sentimental on me, Colonel. Not my usual style, but it'll do for now.

[ Whoops. He’s crossed a boundary, and she’s right. He shouldn’t have said that.

That’s twice now. He shrugs it off, wrapping himself in his usual confidence, and smiles as they step through the door into the lobby. ]

Sentimental? Hmm. Maybe I just wanted to see that soft side of you after I defeated Lust. You seemed distressed by the thought of my death.

[ Mustang looks around the building, noting its expensive furniture and design.

Impressive, how you Dominants live.

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Hmph.

[ She lets that comment slide, because it's so typical of the man. She steps into the elevator in the lobby and presses the button for floor. As the door closes, she pulls the foldable communication device from a pocket. ]

I'm not used to that title. It feels strange.

[ Having lashed out when told he was here for sex after being kidnapped, damn it, Roy wondered what the natives meant by Dominant and Submissive. In terms of sex, which this entire society seemed not only to emphasize, but even encourage -- hell, they took people captive to have sex -- he didn’t like what the words implied. ]

Indeed. I’m looking forward to seeing my allotted living quarters.

[ Mustang’s words couldn’t have been spoken in a dryer tone.

Time to get serious. Roy lowered his voice as even since these people planted cameras everywhere, it seemed unlikely that they’d also have recording devices, given it would be too much work to listen in to every conversation. ]

Lieutenant. These people had to have used some kind of technology to bring us here. We need to find out how these devices work and put enough people together to storm that building where we were taken.

[ Riza's voice drops into a murmur and she speaks from the corner of her mouth. She's used to furtive conversations and this is likely a good place as any to have one. She doesn't trust the people who brought them as far as she can throw them. Probably less. ]

That will be difficult. Sourcing weapons will not be easy. I arrived with my service pistol and my revolver, but not much ammunition. I'm not certain how I'll get more.

Don't concern yourself. I'm a human weapon. I'll protect everyone.

[ He's certain of this, having proven himself in Ishval. ]

Oh?

[ The elevator chimes and the doors open up, letting them out into the foyer. It's well-appointed and quiet, with only two doors. She moves across to one and opens it. ]

And what if it's raining that day? Or your alchemy doesn't work here the way it's supposed to?

[ It sets his teeth on edge, the idea of being useless. He hates rain, but there are ways around it if he plays it smart and gets his hands on a lighter or even flint. ]

All good strategies have a contingency plan. Even should my alchemy fail, which strikes me as highly unlikely since this is a planet with tectonic movement, there must be others here who must feel the same way.

We can't be alone in this.

[ He knows it's a hope, not a fact, but if these people are human, wouldn't they want to go back to their homes?

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I doubt we are, sir.

[ She's not trying to be a pessimist, but someone has to consider these possibilities. She gestures around the well-appointed apartment. ]

Have a seat. I'll make coffee. Or tea if you prefer. This place is fully stocked.

[ As she moves towards the kitchen, Riza looks back over her shoulder towards him. ]

Though the fact that people have been stuck here for so long without simply seizing a way home suggests it's more complicated than we think. We may have to be patient, sir.

[ And patience is something they're both good at. Supposedly. ]

Coffee, thank you. With cream.

[ He looks at her with some surprise. As much as he understands her lack of trust -- he certainly didn’t feel particularly trusting toward anyone who lived here -- they needed to leave as soon as it was possible. If not now, so be it. But he had to try. ]

You’re right, Lieutenant. Patience has its place in almost all situations and certainly in this one. I’m not suggesting we gather a bunch of hooligans.

[ He hovers over the luxurious couch and sits, flashing his most charming smile in her direction. ]

Mmm. Very nice.

[ Mustang places his elbows on his knees and brings his palms together before him. ]

I’m suggesting we contact the right people and try to get as many as we can to be involved, to ask them whether anyone’s ever tried to storm the building and who or what we need to be wary of. We need to know about any weapons we may face and everything we may encounter to ensure we aren’t surprised. If someone has tried and failed, those are the people we want to talk to the most. They can help us iron out our plan and disclose what information we need to be successful.

[ Riza bumps about the kitchen. She's not familiar with all of it yet, but she's managed to figure out the coffee maker at the very least. A few moments later, the coffee maker is bubbling merrily away on a warm drink. She returns, passing Roy into her bedroom, and then comes back to drape a blanket over his shoulders. Stay warm, you useless idiot. ]

I'll see what I can find out. Should we avoid association, or do you think they already know of our connections?

[ And then she's back into the kitchen, returning a moment later with two mugs of coffee, one of which she hands down to Roy, just as he likes it. Really, she hadn't had to ask but she does it anyway, out of habit. ]

It's certainly not the situation I ever expected to be in.

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