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TDM #18


« « « 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 quite pleasant for once actually. Sunny and warm. How nice.



» » » ALL ABOARD




It's time for the monthly Duplicity train tour. Seats are in pairs and randomly assigned to Dominants and Submissives alike. Traveling from Fiddler's Square, the train journeys through various parts of the Up, showcasing society and examples of lifestyle. Along the way, frequent stops are made; a variety of passengers can be seen exiting and entering the doors. A Dominant with a kneeling Submissive takes a seat near the front of the train at one stop. A small group of Submissives board and sit closer to the LIERS at another, all seemingly content in their roles. As the tour continues through the Up, the train passes close to the Market and White Wall Bridge and zips by North Park before heading into the Down and bypassing Red Wall Bridge and South Park.

The train makes a "final" stop at Riddler's Square, where inhabitants of the Down are instructed to return to their temporary housing. Those who live in the Up are permitted to stay on the train and revisit the same locations while returning.


« « « BACK ON TRACK




With the train system up and running again after the damage that was done to it thanks to the Rubies, Duplicity’s Department of Transportation has decided to partner with LIEs and their Orientation program for the next batch of new arrivals being processed at the facility. Their aim is to raise a bit of money to help cover the cost of repairs and much needed construction, and they’ll be enlisting the help of LIERs — whether they want to volunteer their time or not.

There aren’t many vehicles in Duplicity, but those who do own cars or even motorcycles are encouraged to take advantage of the warming weather by coming out to get a free washing, courtesy of the city’s first official charity car wash. Should anyone care to make a donation, all proceeds will be going to benefit continuing restoration efforts at the various stations that were impacted by last month’s events. Of course, new LIERs aren’t the only ones invited to volunteer their time and efforts to soaping up some chrome — and there might be some fun perks involved for anyone who pitches in to help get these cars all squeaky clean.


« « « ZOOM ZOOM


(cw: aphro, voyeurism, exhibitionism, public humiliation, fluids, coercion, dub-con, transactional sex)




Even though Duplicity is a place ripe with debauchery and filth in many regards, that doesn’t mean that those who have the means to own vehicles aren’t inclined to keep them clean. Targeting those who clearly have cash to spare, the car wash in the Up put on by the Department of Transportation is an enticing spectacle to behold, whether one is having their vehicle catered to or not.

Volunteers are encouraged to strip down to underwear or a swimsuit and get scrubbing! If they don’t have something skimpy to wear, don’t worry — there are spare hot pants and bikinis to go around. Hoses, buckets, and a variety of colorful liquid soaps have all been provided as well, along with sponges for washing - although using one’s own soaped up body is even better - and towels for drying.

Getting all sudsy and wet seems to come with some added effects depending on which soap is used, such as:
  • Lowered inhibitions/increased libido
  • Substantial increase in production of bodily/sexual fluids (saliva/lactation/cum etc.)
  • Wanting to be humiliated
  • Voyeurism
  • Willingness to engage in public sexual displays
Some of these cars are going to get dirtier before they get clean. But who doesn’t love a show? In fact, one of the services offered is a bit of backseat action with the volunteers, anything from riding the gear shift to stationary road head. Car owners may request to have volunteers get it on in the back while they watch via a dashcam set up on the rearview mirror. It may seem counterintuitive considering the point of a car wash is to clean the vehicle, but engaging in such an act could earn a pretty penny for the fundraiser.

There are other tasks to do at the car wash aside from, well, scrubbing vehicles with your body. Volunteers are also needed to collect donations, greet those who come to the event, hold signs to advertise and entice passerbys, help direct people where to go, etc. These volunteers are encouraged to wear as little as possible or white clothes, especially if they want to enter the wet t-shirt contest held at the end of the day.

All those who participate in the contest will receive tickets for admission to a drive-in movie coming to a parking lot in the near future.


« « « STATION MASTER


(cw: public sex)

To celebrate the return of regular train service, for a limited time, special cards with a magnetic stripe are handed out to riders. At first, it might be unclear what they’re for, but printed on one side is a list with every station between the Up and the Down. Inquire further and their purpose will become a little more obvious: “check-ins” at each station, with special prizes handed out to the riders who manage to achieve a minimum of five (the most common of these being a complimentary night for them and a plus one, if desired, at the Stay and Play Hotel).

However, checking in won’t be quite as simple as a single swipe of one’s card. Scanning the card at any turnstile will offer up a specific sex act that riders must complete, either on the train itself or, if they’re quick, in the station before hopping on. Some acts might only require one person — solo masturbation to orgasm, for example. Others may demand two or even three participants. Better hope you’ve found a riding buddy, or even a possible friendly stranger, because all acts must be completed by the time the train reaches its final stop in the Down before looping back to the Up.


« « « ESCORT ESCAPADES


(cw: coercion)

Following the recent conflict that took place in the Down, LIEs has begrudgingly ceded control of the lower portion of the city to the Rubies and other gangs. Although some territory, including the public housing for LIERs, remains neutral, the area on the whole is seedier than ever. Thanks to this development, LIEs has decided to pair new Submissives up at Orientation with a Dominant to escort them safely to their housing in the Down. Whether the Dominant is just as green as the Sub they’re escorting or a longtime Duplicity resident, adhering to the buddy system is necessary in these tumultuous times. There may also be a few instances where Submissives are paired with one another and entrusted to the care of a native Dominant to help them to their new place of residence. Regardless of who goes with who, no one is to end up going home alone!

Of course, in the spirit of matchmaking, Dominants are encouraged (if the chemistry is right) to spend the night with their Submissive charge, either in the Down or, if the Dominant is feeling generous, back at their place. If they wind up getting it on, both will receive $50 deposited to their bank accounts the next day. Sure, it may not seem like much, but for Submissives especially, who have nothing, it’s better than being empty-handed.



« « « 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 live in the country or out in nature, they’re a Submissive. If your character is a city slicker or would like to be, they’re a Dominant.

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!

Test Drive threads can be used as activity proofs for characters currently in-game.

Please remember to mark any necessary content, and have a good time!!




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vampirella: (0027)

carmilla karnstein. carmilla webseries. ( DOMINANT )

[personal profile] vampirella 2021-06-06 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
ESCORT ESCAPADES.
a. gen prompt
( Carmilla is not sure how she got stuck with this job, having arrived in the city maybe a few days ago. not to mention her spectacular unwillingness to be nice to people in general, it is rather frustrating to be saddled with a stranger to waltz around town with. her annoyance practically cracks in the air around her, and for 5'3 she sure motors down the sidewalk at impressive speeds. almost like she's trying to lose the charge she was supposed to look after.

which, she is. the second they're out of eyesight of city officials, she turns on her heel and gives her company a glare that would probably be lethal if just looking at someone while being incredibly annoyed could actually kill people.
)

Look. I don't know where the fuck we are any better than you do. If you want to figure it out, go do it by yourself. ( she heard the whole spiel about submissives needing chaperones, but if she were on the other side of the fence, she wouldn't want a babysitter, either. )

b. smut prompt.
( if any submissive managed to tolerate her bad attitude long enough, when they're eventually shepherded into a hotel room for the night, Carmilla seems to have relented slightly on her bad attitude. maybe it's because they're off the clock, off the streets, away from prying and expectant eyes. maybe nobody can be that pissy for an extremely long time. maybe the poor soul grew on her, it's not impossible.

in fact, it's highly probable, considering what she's intending to suggest. she sits primly on the edge of the bed, fussing with the line of her shockingly short skirt like it's the most fascinating thing in the room, before shrugging and offering offhandedly (and with no eye contact),
)

Look. If they're going to pay you for it, we can make out a little or something. ( wow, what a compelling offer. hard not to get blown away by the sheer romance of such a suggestion. Carmilla doesn't exactly like fucking on command, but she feels something in that dark abyss her heart used to be for anyone stuck under the mantle of submissive. she can imagine what that is like, and that is exactly where her uncomfortable sympathy comes from. )

TEXT.
so did anybody else end up here instead of dying? is that normal or am i a unique brand of miserable

WILDCARD.
want something else? interested in something more personalized? feel free to pm me or catch me at [plurk.com profile] meowed!
danced: (spk13988262)

escort escapades

[personal profile] danced 2021-06-07 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ if it makes carmilla feel any better, kisa doesn't want to be escorted any more than she wants to do the escorting. but she's also concerned about drawing attention to herself and making unnecessary waves. she's seen the kind of punishment people have been made to endure, and if she's going to go through that, it's going to be for something that was worth it.

pushing back on getting an escort to her job hardly is. ]


I know where I'm going. [ she looks her assigned escort over, raising an eyebrow. ] You want a tour?
old_man: (Default)

[personal profile] old_man 2021-06-07 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
The brightness in her eyes grows with his words. She does have a knack for various species, although some of it is from her previous hosts. Curzon had been particularly close with Klingons, after all. "There are some species that are harder to deal with. Ferengi, in the grand scheme of things, aren't too difficult, once you understand them."

But her smile softens. There had been various reasons for her wanting to take the post in the station, ranging from the change from a ship to having a commander she already knew. "Remind me to stay on your good side."
donateblood: (06)

[personal profile] donateblood 2021-06-07 10:16 am (UTC)(link)

[ He's catching Cherry with a hand on either side of his face, lightly squishing his cheeks together. On one hand, it's so good to see him. On the other... Well. He doesn't want to think of how or why Cherry must have gone through to be here at all. ]

It's really you. What are you doing here?

notcherry: (pic#14946659)

[personal profile] notcherry 2021-06-07 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Those hands on his cheeks it had been too long...his master almost died and while they could see each other they weren't allowed to touch. He was surrounded by faces that looked like his but they weren't him. It was hard to stop the small swell of tears that prick the corners of his eyes.]

It is. [Hands coming up to cover Johnny's.] I'm not sure, I was back home about to do another photoshoot and then I was here?
fanoperator: (pleasant)

wildcard as discussed

[personal profile] fanoperator 2021-06-07 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Huaisang is heading in to his boutique for the day when he overhears someone asking about clothes.

His bright, inviting smile is already in place when he turns, and his apparel speaks for itself to indicate that he knows a thing or two about fashion. "I'd be happy to help."

Nodding politely in greeting, Huaisang fluffs his skirts, primly content about his appearance to a new customer or new friend. "Nie Huaisang of Qinghe greets you."
faectitious: (36)

[personal profile] faectitious 2021-06-07 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Then you ought to be a bit more polite then, shouldn't you? There's no reason for you to be rude when I've done nothing to you.

[Oh but how she'd like to now...]

Being left at a hotel won't do me any good. I need to find my new residence and get out of this awful paper bag.
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[personal profile] faectitious 2021-06-07 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't say I'm familiar with either of those.

[Sorry McCoy, she's not just from an unknown planet - make it an unknown dimension.]

I'm secure, yes. I shouldn't fall.

[Her balance is rather good, all things considered.]
fanoperator: (srs bns)

[personal profile] fanoperator 2021-06-07 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"I hope that's all settled now," Huaisang says, earnest about wanting Morrigan's best interests but not interested in the least in friends of friends. (Including Jon.) Though Huaisang is deeply loyal and empathetic to anyone he considers a friend (even if he's only just met them), he's entirely apathetic to anyone outside of that category. Starving children in someone else's country? How sad for them. An acquaintance who hasn't had lunch? Tragedy requiring critical action.

"Are you eating enough? You seem skinny." Huaisang gently and playfully pinches at Morrigan's cheeks, then gives them a kiss to soothe the pinch. "Who's your dominant these days? Are they taking good care of you?"
fanoperator: (gasp)

[personal profile] fanoperator 2021-06-07 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Filled and surrounded by his beloved, Huaisang presses back against him, wanting to be as close as possible as their hips move together. He arches his neck up as Dorian's hand cups his jaw, lashes fluttering with pleasure at being held and cherished like this.

Crying out Dorian's name as he comes, Huaisang quivers in Dorian's grip, unable to control the waves of pleasure coursing through his muscles. "Dorian!"
lonesome_rodeo: (Jack 13)

[personal profile] lonesome_rodeo 2021-06-07 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
“Yeah, I’ve heard freezin’ ain’t so bad a way to die. I guess it’s best to not think on it much.” Jack stood, pocketin’ his hands when his new friend Leonard suggested they get off the train. He was sure amenable and made his way to the exit door of the car. Checkin’ behind him to make sure Leonard followed, he made his way down the steps, off the train, and onto the street. Looking around, Jack smirked at the other man and, if only 'cause he himself was completely lost, asked, “Which way're we're goin’?”
drmcsexy: (Default)

[personal profile] drmcsexy 2021-06-07 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
how about a few shots and then tell me how you became a dead guy as well. You're not the only one around here, in many ways.

Thanks. This place gives you a chance to find strength you haven't had before. Least it has for me.
pythonidae: (pic#14958212)

snake. black butler/kuroshitsuji. submissive.

[personal profile] pythonidae 2021-06-08 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
Snake is taken from the end of Book of Atlantic. For those unfamiliar with his canon, he is a human-snake hybrid so his skin has scaley parts much like an albino snake. Feel free to PM me with any questions/if you want to plot something!


𓆚 All Aboard/On Display

This is awful.

Waking up being stripped, prodded, and stared at by various doctors had not been how he expected to spend his morning. When he's thrown on the street with nothing to his name but a paper gown he feels all the worse. Without his snakes, the city is... overwhelming. In his travels with the Circus he had seen the rare car and encountered trains, but never any like this. Everything seemed to move so fast that his head was practically swimming by the time he is ushered to the train station.

Yet another building larger than he'd ever seen in all his days. If someone dares to approach the snake-skinned man (either during his shakey walk through the city or on the train itself) he'll jolt just slightly and hunch away in surprise. "...Can... I help you...?"

𓆚 Escort Escapades

Upon finally making it to the designated meeting space, Snake isn't surprised to see others pairing up around him. Whether they were volunteering natives or other Dominants and Submissives who arrived at the same time as him he wasn't surprised to see them pairing off together. Hushed whispers about his scales, eyes, or hair making their way to him yet if he tries to leave on his own he gets told by a guard to sit and wait until he's assigned someone to guide him to his new home in the 'Down'.

Without his snakes, he feels at a loss. Vulnerable. When someone finally approaches him, whether they be a Dominant or a Submissive, he'll glance up.

𓆚 Wildcard.
Edited 2021-06-09 03:21 (UTC)
vintsparkler: (gettin it)

[personal profile] vintsparkler 2021-06-08 09:35 am (UTC)(link)
Dorian knows he won’t last much longer, not when he can feel Huaisang’s body seizing and trembling with such intensity. Words of affection, soft and barely audibly with how breathless he is play on the mage’s exhales. The pleasure is dizzying and the other man’s orgasm does little to slow him down in his own drive for climax.

The tender kissing turns into rough suction as he works to leave a mark in that beautifully pale skin. It’s getting harder to focus and he thrusts with reckless abandon until he’s coming.
donateblood: (05)

[personal profile] donateblood 2021-06-08 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ --Oh. Oh no. He'd heard about this before, alternate versions of oneself, or people being from different times. Still, it's not something he'll trouble Cherry with, and he brushes those tears away with his thumbs, leaning in to press a light kiss to Cherry's eyes. ]

An innocent little Cherry getting snatched by the big, bad city!
notcherry: (pic#14946657)

[personal profile] notcherry 2021-06-08 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[The differences in time was a bridge to cross later. Right now Charles was just happy to see his Master. To touch him again, that itch of hunger was hitting him but he pushed it down. Closing his eyes he smiles the kiss was nice. The teasing words did earn a little playful fight back.]

It's Charles...You think I'm that innocent with a Master like you?
satanism: (025)

[personal profile] satanism 2021-06-08 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
okay, deal. we can trade dead guy stories. sounds like a great time if enough alcohol is involved

that sounds spectacularly unlike me, but maybe i can surprise myself.


( he managed to do it once. maybe he's on a roll. who knows. )
wherenoman: (Default)

[personal profile] wherenoman 2021-06-09 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Fairies...? Should I ask?

Then you have all my something.
wherenoman: (concerned 2)

[personal profile] wherenoman 2021-06-09 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
"I haven't talked to him about her, so I wouldn't be quite sure. Fair warning, though, she's not from...quite the same time as we are. Or quite the same future." She knows about a James T. Kirk who's quite a bit different, at a minimum.

"Fine. Don't experiment on me. Just if you decide to experiment on each other, do me the favor of not telling me about it." Jim is a little worried about how Bones is going to make quota, but it's true that the man is hardly a virgin, can probably handle this.
beloyaltome: (Default)

Lenore | Castlevania | Submissive

[personal profile] beloyaltome 2021-06-09 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
All On Display
It has been a very long time since Lenore has been stripped of her dignity. Now she finds herself in a strange land with powerful, unknown magics, and she has been ejected from the castle where she arrived in nothing but a paper gown.

Her dignity can bear many insults, but this trial is especially difficult. Before she can bear to go forth into the evening and this strange and enormous city, she sits down on a city bench to braid her hair, pulling back the sides and winding them into a thin braid that hangs down the loose mass of hair down her back. She has nothing to secure the braid, but she cannot endure having her hair in an untamed red cloud around her face. Perhaps the braid will slip free as she walks, but she will simply have to stop again to redo it.

“Excuse me,” she speaks, holding the end of her unbound braid between two fingers as she finally arises from the bench. “How do I get … ‘Down’?”


Zoom Zoom
Lenore has been called ‘submissive’ before. But Lenore has never in her life been a part of a lower class. She was born royal, a princess in a castle, and her natural gift for flattery and diplomacy has always kept her in a life of comfort. If she is ‘submissive’ now, she understands that she needs to attract the attention of these upper-class ‘dominants’.

So she is here at the carriage washing event, and she has even put on one of the swimsuits that she understands to be the appropriate local attire for the situation. It isn’t anything she’s familiar with or comfortable wearing. These things are scanty even for undergarments. But if this is the appropriate attire, she will make do.

It’s fortunate, at least, that a part of this event takes place after dark. Lenore is not prepared to die just yet. Armed with a sponge and soap, she scrubs at the strange enclosed carriage in front of her. Any sensible princess knows how to scrub. Later in her life, she was privileged enough to be a part of an elite sisterhood, among women who would never consider scrubbing a floor, and they had servants aplenty to scrub the floors for them, but Lenore still remembers being a princess in a castle where everyone took part in the work.

Dizzy from the strange effects of the soap, she lifts her vivid red eyes to the stranger approaching her, and lifts a corner of her mouth invitingly. “Is this your carriage? Or are you here to help?”


Escort Escapades
Lenore is perfectly capable of taking care of herself. She knows how to fight, and her vampire abilities make her a dangerous opponent to almost anyone. And yet, she loathes having to use physical defense. Diplomacy is always the best option.

So she’s almost pleased about being assigned an escort back to her residence in the down. It’s so pleasant to have someone protecting her, even if she is more powerful than her protector. Dressed in an old-fashioned navy gown with a sweetheart neckline, she smiles innocently up at the stranger who approaches. “I’m very grateful for your protection this evening.”
pythonidae: (pic#14958218)

All on Display

[personal profile] pythonidae 2021-06-09 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Snake had been here for a day by now. There was a sense of relief now that he had a few of his friends back with him. Of course, these friends were three snakes coiling around his person. A red, black, and yellow milksnake residing along his right arm while a much more tan-skinned and triangle patterned pit viper adorns his left.

Around his neck is easily the most noticeable as it is a fairly large boa constrictor that could almost pass as a scarf if someone hadn't taken a good enough look due to his size. His golden eyes glance over toward Lenore when she speaks up and his brows knit slightly together.

"...The Down is straight on this road. There is a large lift surrounded by guards," his voice is soft-spoken as the milksnake on his arm lifts its head to look at the woman. When he speaks again his voice is considerably deeper with a somewhat more uneducated accent: "...says Emily."
donateblood: (06)

[personal profile] donateblood 2021-06-09 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
So hurtful...

[ But it's just mock sulking, of course. ]

I'd never do anything to sully my sweet Cherry!
fanoperator: (smug grin)

[personal profile] fanoperator 2021-06-09 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's all right, my birds have cages and a room at the back. When I was at home, they were a major hobby of mine, but here... I find I hardly ever have time even for the ones I have. I suppose that back home I was... in desperate need of something to love. And here, I have an ample quantity of love, whether romantic or familial." He gives her a warm, fond smile. "If you'd like to see my birds, it would be my pleasure to introduce you."
notcherry: (Default)

[personal profile] notcherry 2021-06-09 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Truth hurts.

[Chuckling softly before he presses his forehead to other man's shoulder.]

Well, seems like "sullying" is what this place was built for.

[Staying pure was not really an option here.]
longsight: (oh?)

Wildcard-ish as discussed after he's been in Dup a day or two

[personal profile] longsight 2021-06-10 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Mey-Rin had gotten used to seeing strange people since her own arrival in Duplicity, but she couldn't help but be surprised to see someone... like this. Almost iridescent scales painting the white haired man's face and body was strange enough, but what had been even stranger was that he already knew her name before she even could introduce herself.

So the walk to the lift was almost awkward. Truthfully, the snakes staring (could snakes stare?) at her weren't really helping either.

"Sebastian had told me about you..." It almost sounded fake, but Sebastian had actually brought him up when she first arrived so she couldn't deny that Snake was a 'coworker' from back home. She knew of the actors that attacked the estate, that she and the others killed but this man hadn't been among them that time. "Are you adjusting alright? Find everythin' you need down there?"