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Duplicity Game Mods ([personal profile] duplicitymods) wrote in [community profile] duplicitymemes2018-10-14 04:38 pm
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TDM #2


« « « TEST DRIVE MEME » » »




« « « OUT OF CLUTTER FIND SIMPLICITY


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.

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 highrise. 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. Either way it's raining! Still.

Enjoy your free time until orientation! Participation is mandatory by all new arrivals.



» » » LIES TRAVEL IN COMPANY




The day after stepping through the door and participating in orientation, LIERS are assembled together in the Up for a tour of Duplicity in its entirety. 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.



« « « A. WAIST. OF. LEEWAYS.




The rain continues to drizzle, but it’s finally slowing enough for the citizens of Duplicity to catch their breath. With the influx of new LIERS, people make quick work of fixing the damages from Tumenalia—a combination of preparation and wanting to welcome more participants to orientation.

Typically, travel between the Up and the Down is rather seamless with the use of the elevators, and with the end of the holiday comes a regular schedule for transportation between the two areas of Duplicity. Yet, mysterious powers are at play once again. Or so it seems. Stepping onto the elevators does not deliver its occupants to their desired location; instead, they are ushered into rooms designed to be escaped. There are a variety of themes, but the most popular seem to be Room A, Room B, and Room C. While they follow the usual guidelines for any escape room, there are a few “catches” that might not be noticeable at first. Each clue is only accessible to those of the corresponding designation. Submissives are responsible for unlocking the first and third of the three clues, and even if a Dominant figures out what it is and how to use it, they will not be any closer to escaping unless the Submissive plays a key role in interacting with these clues.

Things to note about these rooms: the third clue requires some sort of sexual engagement to be considered “clear” of it. After the allotted time of one (1) hour, if those inside haven’t managed to escape, the Submissives will be removed from the room and the Dominants will remain until they can successfully help the new Submissives escape the room. Each time, the clues will be reset and change; they will never be the same.




» » » THE KEY TO HEARTS




Meanwhile, in the Down, a local charity organization has sent out notices for a black-tie fundraiser to be held during the evening to raise awareness of homeless Submissive children. Invitations are sent via the devices, and there are even fliers posted all across the Up and the Down. If in attendance of the event, the waitstaff will be taking down the names of all uncontracted Submissives; no other explanation of what it’s for is mentioned throughout the evening. And while donations are completely voluntary, any contributions made helps to further the main endeavor of the cause. However, it seems most people are present to network and find someone that might fill a contract slot. So, eat, drink, and dance until it all winds down and everyone decides to go home. The only “catch”? Dominants draw the name of one Submissive to accompany them back to the Up, and those who are left will be paired up for the sake of no one leaving alone.



« « « MOD & OOC NOTES



Please read carefully.

Dominant and Submissive TDM assignments: All characters whose first name begins with the following ( A, C, E, G, I, K, M, O, Q, S, U, W, and Y ) are Dominants. All characters whose first name begins with the following ( B, D, F, H, J, L, N, P, R, T, V, X, and Z ) are Submissives. Players with characters that are a number use the first letter to spell that number. To use this TDM as a door pass please link this on your app and place whether it is dominant or submissive.

For the escape room prompt players can make up the clues they find. They may be extremely sexual or something simple like moving a painting off a wall.

Also, any locations throughout Duplicity are available for TDM prompts as well!

Please remember to mark any necessary content, and have fun!!




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dragonfall: (31)

[personal profile] dragonfall 2018-10-16 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ By the Fury what are they teaching children these days. He didn't even get good marks in school--

...

...

Wait.

...what? ]
Explain. [ A beat, before: ] What is a human and how were you created.
wingstosee: (idlethoughts)

[personal profile] wingstosee 2018-10-16 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
sorry?
i mean, sort of. not all the way.
i guess it is a sort of depressing topic.

but also...
i just think i'd be more weirded out if i was the main character in whatever show i was in?

oh! wait actually
does parallel universe me do cool stuff?
like, there's nothing stopping me there, right? it's just a movie.
so maybe i got an actual transformation sequence instead of having to cut it short for the others.
that'd be pretty neat i think?
high_warlock: (014)

[personal profile] high_warlock 2018-10-16 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Instantly, he wants her back in his arms. The curtsy is almost a tease to him, an act so proper when he's sure that they were having a moment just before. ]

One more dance.

[ It's not a beg but the desire is obvious in his voice. ]

Ask anything of me and I'll grant it.
a2brutus: (004)

[personal profile] a2brutus 2018-10-16 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Y'know, human?

[A2 gestures as some distinctly human looking person. Without the huge fucking elezen ears.]

And I'm an Android. A bunch of metal pieces and synthetic rubber to imitate skin. [... What little she has left, anyway.]
ludia: ode to the beauty of the world (f02)

[personal profile] ludia 2018-10-16 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
i could sense you were a kindred spirit!

my poetry would move audiences to tears - pack the halls of the finest theaters in rome! allow me to recite you some - i call this one 'advice to young poets'.


[ no, really. Nero does have some fine verse to back her claim. ]
fuckinabucket: (Cute Little Bird Next Door)

Lies Travel

[personal profile] fuckinabucket 2018-10-16 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, thank you. I was half convinced I was going to be squished in the crowd

[The extremely petite woman gives a small bright life, but really, she's tiny enough that it's a real danger. Sally slides into the seat next to the polite stranger, and the only reason her feet don't dangle are her rather ambitious high heels.]

Well... come here often? I'm here for the posh paper dresses.

[It's meant as a joke; of course they are all displaced here.]
Edited 2018-10-16 19:25 (UTC)
dragonfall: (2)

[personal profile] dragonfall 2018-10-16 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I suspect this is a clue only I can find and solve. [ It had been so the last three attempts, though 'solve' had been a laughable quality. There is very little to solve.

None of the cages are successful. Ironic.

He tries a chair...the stocks...and then, the X-shaped standing restraint, which does have a small lock--

Which, when he tries, clicks quietly, and the restraints open. ]


Hn.

How good it all is remains debatable to me.
dragonfall: (37)

[personal profile] dragonfall 2018-10-16 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ But that is a--

Nevermind. Human. He can see the qualities for himself even if the name is not the same. Moving on. ]


I find that entirely unbelievable.

The thing you describe is a machine. You look nothing like one.
defragmenting: sprite. (✒ i returned everything)

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[personal profile] defragmenting 2018-10-16 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ wow this got 2real 2fast ]

That's not laughable.

Isn't that what everyone wants, on some level? Love of a partner, or a family, or friends?


[ this is actually tough for her to reply to because MY GOD SHE FEELS THIS ON A ... well not a spiritual level, but you know what i mean. ]

But I get what you're saying. Sometimes it feels like there wasn't enough time spent on you, or that you can't spend enough time on yourself, and you get a little lost along the way. Things don't fit as well as you'd like them to, and while nothing is wrong it doesn't feel exactly right either. It's all a part of self-discovery, I think, regardless of whether we're all fictional characters or trapped in a simulation, or even hallucinating all of this.

That's where self-care comes in! Take some time for yourself. Read, write, watch a movie, do something that helps you relax, or helps you see something you never would have thought of before. Take a walk around the block in a new neighborhood if you're inclined to; see something different. Whatever you do, fresh air is a big help!
defragmenting: sprite. (✒ you're dying to... loooove....)

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[personal profile] defragmenting 2018-10-16 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ computer programming is easy. technology is easy. existing outside the realm of what she was programmed to do? not so easy.

so she's going to fall back on something she does know so she can take this conversation in a somewhat branching path. ]


Hey! Keep talking in public too, but I've set up something private for us to talk a little more intimately.

My name's Monika.
larker: (pic#8803925)

[personal profile] larker 2018-10-16 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Anyone under six foot is wholly welcome in Gabriel's eyes. Stupid tall people and their ridiculous tallness.

The bubble of energy gets a brief, curious glance before the archangel shrugs it off. So someone can throw energy around, it's nothing to start a marching band over and Gabriel gives the smallest of shrugs. He'd be more surprised if most of the "subs" in this place actually played their roles than anything.]


If this is the price for saving the world then you shoulda let it burn.
fuckinabucket: (Secret Angent)

[personal profile] fuckinabucket 2018-10-16 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Sally catches sight of those glasses and suddenly she's thinking of Arthur. Would he crawl around on the floor with her for a stray Blackberry? Maybe, or maybe he'd just tell her off. Hard to tell, with him.

"Not quite," she replies breezily; there's no stigma for taking Joy in Wellington Wells. Quite the opposite. Sally doesn't expect it to be the same here, but she has no instinctive avoidance of admitting her drug use.

Unless it's to someone she wants to think better of her.

She does catch his eyes with a small smile, and her pupils are tiny black pinpricks, making her eyes look like glossy grey mirrors.

"I've got a limited supply, until I can cook another batch. Aren't addictions pesky little things?" she laughs a little dryly, picking up a button off the floor and narrowing her eyes at it.
constantblaze: (There's a light I hold before me)

[personal profile] constantblaze 2018-10-16 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, if that's not a sterling character reference...! Vegas, huh? And you still think this is a doozy?

[He digs in his coat pocket, pulls out a pack of cigarettes.]

Smoke?
righteously: ([neutral] 03)

[personal profile] righteously 2018-10-16 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nope, not a hallucination, just one Post Purgatory Winchester who's been giving hand jobs to angels because of magic bracelets, and that's apparently his life now. Please god, someone explain to him when exactly stuff like this started being the new normal? Seriously, who did he piss off?

Aside from. You know. Everyone. ]


Yep.

[ He announces gruffly, popping the p at the end, tilting his head like the picture of nonchalance. ]

Been here about a month already, and it's...

[ He trails off for a moment, because frankly this place is pretty incomparable. It's no Heaven, no Hell, no Purgatory, it's like... ]

HBO with 'roid rage.
Edited 2018-10-16 19:36 (UTC)
genrouzan: (52.)

WINK WONK EEEEY

[personal profile] genrouzan 2018-10-16 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It was delicious, and was absolutely meat. Yes. ]

You were attacking the table pretty singlemindedly. I'm all for raising their food bill as high as it can go, but only if I get to eat as well.

[ He's popping some kind of blini pancake topped with salted fish into his mouth as well. Wonderful. Fancy as heck, and not much of a mouthful one at a time, but tasty. ]
constantblaze: (Took shelter from a shower)

[personal profile] constantblaze 2018-10-16 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Pretty sure this is your stop, pet. Don't worry, it's not exactly a slum by your time's standard.

You might as well get off. Up there didn't look all that friendly, either. [He says, as if he's not immediately going to schmooze his way into the Up when he gets a chance.]
a2brutus: (024)

[personal profile] a2brutus 2018-10-16 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't call me a machine. Androids and Machine's are nothing alike. [A2 replies, venom clear in her voice.]

And if you don't believe me, here. [She holds out her arm, the smooth black metal which might have given the appearance of gloves, is clear.]

Squeeze as hard as you can. It's metal, just like the rest of me.
larker: (Default)

[personal profile] larker 2018-10-16 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ For what it's worth, Jonathan gets a second look but only one of idle curiosity. The guy doesn't look so well but that right now is none of Gabriel's business; it's only a problem later on if Jonathan makes it one and from the look on this guy's face that's the last thing that'll happen.

Most would take pity on how Reid looks like he's walking into a hellmouth without so much as a stick for defense. Unfortunately for the doctor, Gabriel isn't so merciful and the grin on his face promises teasing at the least.]


Oh I don't know about that. Why are you here if you wanted uneventful?
polkayoureyesout: (eyebrow raise)

[personal profile] polkayoureyesout 2018-10-16 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeeah. She's high alright.

He finds the pill and launches himself underneath a woman for it. She draws back with a stifled cry and horrified sniff. Now what to do with it? He's tempted to stuff it into his pockets.

"You sure you can take that stuff with alcohol? Maybe you've had enough for now and want to have the pill for later?"

Hopefully she hadn't seen him pick it up.
Edited 2018-10-16 19:40 (UTC)
constantblaze: (Down through all the years)

[personal profile] constantblaze 2018-10-16 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm, I prefer busty girls in leather for that one. You could have a shot at it, I guess.

[He taps ash onto the floor, kicking his feet up.]

I mean, I'm with you. As slums go, I give it maybe one, two out of five? It's a shithole, but that's all.
lillehavfrue: (Rain washed out its glow)

[personal profile] lillehavfrue 2018-10-16 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Honey. There's something immediately charming and disarming about that, and combined with the dressed down look, the concern over her, it isn't hard for Nerissa to decide she's come across a very decent sort of person. She smiles at him as she takes a cigarette from the pack for herself and shakes her head, quick to reassure.

"No, not so far," she says, voice soft, entirely unremarkable in terms of accent or inflection. "But I haven't had any reason to think that people would give me any trouble here."

She takes a moment to put the cigarette between her lips and light it, take a deep drag, less to calm her nerves and more just because she hates having nothing to do with her hands when she feels so out of place.

"It's nice to know I'm not the only one who needed a break from all that, though."
defragmenting: sprite. (✒ you're dying to... loooove....)

[personal profile] defragmenting 2018-10-16 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, they don't call authors sociopaths for no reason!

And that's true! Being here feels like you've broken free of the constraints of whatever story's been placed on you, don't you think?
larker: (pic#8803916)

[personal profile] larker 2018-10-16 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That's not a normal reaction. Most can barely even notice that Gabriel is something other than human, too wrapped up in their own angst to even pay that much attention. Obviously Gabriel needs to shrug this off before the other tries to dig and he gives a big smirk, putting hands behind his head as he lounges back in his seat.]

What am I? Handsome all day, of course.

[ Unfortunately John keeps talking and it's obvious from the way the other speaks that he has a good idea of who or what Gabriel is. Interesting. Gabriel doesn't know John and for once someone has the archangel's actual attention (as to how long that lasts is anyone's guess).]

Sorry pal, no idea who you are. You got the wrong trickster.
Edited 2018-10-16 19:50 (UTC)
genrouzan: (3.)

[personal profile] genrouzan 2018-10-16 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
What, as in they just don't care enough to cover up their agenda? Then they're overconfident.

[ You're damned right he's rebelling. There are eclairs here, and he's going to consume at least half of them. Come at him, world. ]

Yeah, they don't look like they remember this part of the city exists until the time comes to make their images a little shinier. [ Or to pair people off to bang. Ulterior motives, right? ]
constantblaze: (The measure of my dreams)

[personal profile] constantblaze 2018-10-16 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
No quicker way to John's heart than that, besides maybe offering a cigarette along with it. He takes the flask gratefully, sniffs it, and then takes a hearty slug of whatever's in it - most of what's in it, actually. Never let it be said he's well-mannered.

Screwing the cap back on, he turns and hands it back, reaching over with his other hand to clap the bigger man on the shoulder. "Cheers, mate. You're a lifesaver." Then, wrinkling his nose, he looks sympathetic. "You look like I feel. Long day for you too, eh?"