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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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topscores: (pic#9355233)

[personal profile] topscores 2018-10-17 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Clearly he doesn't know about Nice's Pain here, but he doesn't really want to explain. Just as long as he's reassured he's not going to get ten yen out of the deal!!]

I don't have to sing and dance or anything, do I? That'd be embarrassing.

[He finally finds the first clue, which he starts working on. Since it pointed towards the boombox, taking out a key from a compartment before moving down to the drawers below it to unlock it.]

Since you're talking about a "performance" and all...
friendshipvow: (006)

[personal profile] friendshipvow 2018-10-17 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ There isn't really a polite way to say 'last time I saw you you tried to invade Nohr and kill me and your sibling and invade'— ]

At Port Dia? When you... tried to murder Corrin. And called Corrin a traitor.

[ —so he doesn't try to be polite. Blunt and straightforward works just fine. ]

Did you... forget? You didn't... seem well... when Corrin tried to help you, after.

[personal profile] excaliburnt 2018-10-17 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[MEANWHILE IN ALTER LAND,

She's literally shoving everything over with extreme prejudice. This is not going to take long at all, actually.]
callmenines: @protagonist (pic#11334082)

[personal profile] callmenines 2018-10-17 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
Hey I didn't forget my duty it's just...really complicated now.

[Really, really complicated, and it's not even what this place wants from them that's the worst part of it. It's the knowledge he's gained that he's still struggling to make sense of and swallow, like a bitter medicine.]

And I thought she was going to attack me...but we talked it out. You really need to think outside the box here, you know.
dragonfall: (108)

[personal profile] dragonfall 2018-10-17 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ Every inch of him wants to deny that, to say that he must return, that he must be there, that it must be him--

But like Haurchefant, albeit much more slowly, Estinien had come to trust them. He had come to rely on the Warrior of Light. Had it not been they to fell Thordan and his Knights? If Nidhogg was returned and his own self compromised, they yet remained, and thus far, no foe had stood against them.

It takes effort. Estinien's anger is not loosed easily.

But after a time, his shoulders relax. His stance changes. ]


...I think, for now, our goal should be small scale.

If we can escape this damnable room, we may speak at length, and gather ourselves as best we are able.
thanksapunch: (Default)

i'm so glad i managed to get this journal name for her because it's so good

[personal profile] thanksapunch 2018-10-17 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
[It takes her a moment to realize what's happening before she realizes she only has a split second to make a decision and get out of the situation she seems to have found herself in. And so... that's why she's turning, glancing at the people pursuing her for her answer, and then... well, making her decision right then and there.

She's not actually sure if it's a good idea or not at the moment, but even if it weren't, Lyse is confident she could fight her way out of the situation.

Also, frankly, it helps that he echoed her sentiments on the situation.]


Let's do it. It can't be worse than this, after all. Lead the way?
conscitus: (009)

[personal profile] conscitus 2018-10-17 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ it's a help-ception up in here ]

...Cas?

[ Of course it is. Who else would be this literal, come on Sam. ]

They're basically the early 90s version of emojis. It's... actually never mind. What happened to your phone?

lillehavfrue: (And under the water you scream so loud)

[personal profile] lillehavfrue 2018-10-17 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
She's got her cigarette to her lips when he says that and it means she breathes out a puff of smoke when he makes her laugh, eyes bright with amusement. She'd never actually thought of it like that, how it would sound from the outside.

Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie. Kiss the girls and make them cry.

She likes Hank's version better.

"Maybe that was on purpose," she points out. "Good advertising for the sweet things on display inside."
dragonfall: (42)

[personal profile] dragonfall 2018-10-17 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
Sexual gratification.

Supposedly.

[ He gets up. The chair is not terribly comfortable for someone of his height. If they truly wanted to accommodate im they should have provided a table. ]
shyhara: (pic#12507428)

[personal profile] shyhara 2018-10-17 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
Uh...

[ is that a serious question?? oh my god

Shuichi grimaces, whether from the awkward question of the even more awkward volume at which it's asked, and hesitates a few moments before responding, as if expecting the guy to eventually toss in a "just kidding!!" or "that was a lie!" or something.]


It's, well...like that, I guess?

[He makes a small vague gesture towards the Dom with his kneeling Sub, trying to keep it subtle because pointing is rude.]
hikarichan: (Yet it's not a game)

[personal profile] hikarichan 2018-10-17 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Hikari continues pushing bricks in, or rather failing to, when there's a crash from behind her. And another. And another.

She turns around just in time to hop out of the way of a dresser, keep it from landing on her toes. She's very acrobatic - she lands perfectly on her feet, poised and balanced. Then glares over at Saber.
]

That could have landed on me, you know.
sightlines: (eyes narrowed)

[personal profile] sightlines 2018-10-17 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
Ana accepts his statement quietly, though she's not sure if it's true. Now that she's turned her head to scrutinize him properly with her good eye, he does look tired. She can relate, at least.

"I thought I might take a walk around the city." She smiles thinly, indicates the scenery outside. They're still in the Up, and the skyscrapers glitter bright in the sun. "Since I have been accorded the privilege of freely doing so."
capturingeternity: (You think you know sin?)

i'm gonna go with room B if that's okay!

[personal profile] capturingeternity 2018-10-17 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Dorian breaks his own eye contact to cast his gaze towards the furniture, then the paintings on the wall. He swerves to inspect the latter a little more closely.]

Do you know what sorts of clues we're supposed to be looking for?
lillehavfrue: (Rain washed out its glow)

[personal profile] lillehavfrue 2018-10-17 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
It's not the party.

[That's as much a confirmation as anything else she could say, but she's well tuned to the sight of someone looking for an out, a way to say things they can't say easily or at all, and something like camaraderie makes her reach out to touch his arm.]

We could go now. I don't think we need anything else from this.
wiseass: (pic#11615498)

[personal profile] wiseass 2018-10-17 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
I don't want them

[That human genitalia created her, so probably for the best. You can't unsee your dad's package or undercarriage. Hard pass.]

But I guess I've met people under weirder circumstances
I'm Claire
ikenie: (but when you see him you'll know)

[personal profile] ikenie 2018-10-17 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ yeah, that's exactly the kind of worse he was trying to avoid. but it's probably not much of a leap for Prompto to make when Noctis is being so cagey about this, so he scrambles to do what little damage control he can: ]

No. [ it's insistent, earnest. he doesn't know what happened to the three of them after he went ahead to find the Crystal, but he has to believe that they fought their way out safe and sound. he has to, or he can't— he can't. ] No, we— Ignis got hurt bad in Altissia, but we're all alive, we're fine.

[ less than fine, but. there's one of those selfish secrets. it's too hard to talk about Ignis being blinded for his sake, because after some of the things Gladio said, he's sure they must all blame him for it, and if he tells Prompto then he'll have to see it happen, the moment where the way he looks at Noctis shifts into disappointment. he doesn't know what he could have done better; he just knows there must have been something, that the pact with Leviathan shouldn't have gone the way it did, and Noctis is the only possible reason it did.

he really doesn't want to lie about all of it, though, not least because it would be shitty to leave Prompto in the dark like that. he's already ruined things, and he has to follow through now or he'd just be twisting the knife. if he's going to tell him what happened, then he's going to have to start with. with— ]


Luna. [ his voice sticks in his throat and he swallows it. tries again, and this time it croaks out of him, small and wretched: ] Um. Luna...

[ he's never actually said it. the others tried to console him at first, in the wake of Altissia, before they realised how far down the grief had sunk him, but. nobody wanted to say the words out loud to him, and he never wanted to hear them. what little time has passed hasn't made it any easier. ]
nottevintersoldier: Icon created by me - do not take (Battleworn)

[personal profile] nottevintersoldier 2018-10-17 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
The grip is a bit too much, his own is fairly strong considering he's not a warrior type, but not nearly as strong a Sebastian's and it does get a little bit of a flinch out of him. The clap on his shoulder unsteadies him on his feet, but he'll just take the camaraderie as it is. With introductions out of the way he is quick to work. He finds a few things that could be keys to something, but is easily distracted when the other mutters in frustration when something doesn't work.

The Mage approaches, watching how he picks up a figure and places it in a groove it clearly belongs in, but nothing happens. Considering the pair of them and the idea that that is either a lever, or a very frustrating red herring, he wonders if it matters WHO is activating the keys.

"...let me try." He steps over to him, hand out for the figure. "No offense, ser, I have a suspicion that I am the one that needs to trigger the mechanism. And if that's true, I do wonder if the job is then handed off to you for whatever is next?"
amant: (he smokes in two icons. this is the less)

[personal profile] amant 2018-10-17 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
[There have been a few times in his very, very long life where he's been absolutely positive he's met someone before, and certainly he's admitted to believing in some sort of reincarnation -- but he didn't anticipate feeling it here.

It's so unexpected that he initially dismisses it when it lights the moment he takes note of the gentleman approaching him. Sauntering, not approaching. He certainly did have a presence, didn't he? The smile he offers in return is slightly bemused and he can't help himself, really.]


I am making do with what is given me but it makes me pine for home. Say, I don't usually say this, but you really remind me of someone I knew back there. Have we met, perhaps?

[Sometimes France waxes on for hours, and then other times he gets to the point fairly quickly. It's just something in the man's demeanor that is very familiar to him.]
fairysong: (97)

[personal profile] fairysong 2018-10-17 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Nothing in particular! Anything is fine~]
callmenines: (47)

[personal profile] callmenines 2018-10-17 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Were they around anymore? Humans on the moon had been a lie...but he doesn't want to swallow the truth that they might be extinct. After all, he's literally talking to a human right now so let's think about the present, rather than their personal pasts or futures!]

I can't say I'm really sure what to make of humans yet, but it'd be a lie to say I'm not excited to get to know your species. You are our creators, after all.
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topscores: (pic#9355231)

[personal profile] topscores 2018-10-17 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Nice is just going to squint a bit. He kind of figures there's some bullshit going on, but he's going to have to sift through that.]

I'm not Band-Aid Boy. And what kind of freaky things are you talking? If you're talking about having doing something wild and crazy, I'm out. I'm not doing any stunts or anything like that.

[Clearly he's ignoring the big picture here.]

But will they actually let me go?

[He's not sure he believes that one.]
likethelight: (80)

[personal profile] likethelight 2018-10-17 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ I mean, there will probably be repercussions. But there has to be some hope in rebelling even a little, and without knowing the details of the matter this seems as good as any to Allen. Even if they're just delaying the inevitable—but it would be worse to not even try at all.

Besides! She looked like she could use a hand. And he gives a bright nod to her in response and quickly makes a beeline towards the edges of the room. Quick and nimble! Sidestepping around people a bit like an acrobat at times.

And it's a bit easier for a pair to slip through the crowd than an unaccompanied... well, someone who has a tattoo like hers. Less likely to be accosted and more likely just to get dirty looks for being uncouth. The nerve of them, jostling through a party! Youth.

As a bit of an aside to her, as they will be approaching what appears to be a balcony: ]


You don't mind heights, do you?

[ He promises it's not as ominous as it sounds. ]
capturingeternity: (You think you're bold?)

[personal profile] capturingeternity 2018-10-17 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
[As if on cue, his expression mutes itself to one of sympathy.]

That's perfectly understandable. [Very, really. It's an excellent excuse.] I'm very sorry for your loss, especially the loss of the young before their time.

If there is anything I can do for you, Doctor, please don't hesitate to ask.
abracadont: (distracted | Doctor?)

A. Waist. of. Leeways. (Stephen's a dom this time around)

[personal profile] abracadont 2018-10-17 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Stephen steps off the elevator and into a well-appointed room that's not at all where he intended to go. His gaze hardly starts to sweep over the furniture, though, before it's arrested by the man making polite inquiry of him.

Well, "man" is a slightly loose term in this instance, Stephen reflects.
]

Huh.

[He looks too sharply and too long at the...yes, he's going to say...vampire. That's almost certainly a vampire. Interesting. Possibly a problem, but should be nothing too difficult if it comes to that. If Jonathan has any mystical senses of his own, he might spot that Stephen is riddled with magical energies and parasites hidden to most mortal eyes...and that the cloak on his shoulders, though quiet and still now, practically hums with universal energy.]

I haven't the slightest idea.
shyhara: (pic#12507258)

vaguely mid-game canonpoint for now because endgame is a fuckin mess

[personal profile] shyhara 2018-10-17 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ and whose fault is it that korekiyo is like that hmmm?

Totally unaware of such things, though, Shuichi just startles a little in his seat at the unexpected greeting, looking up at Tsumugi in surprise.]


Shirogane-san...?

[Oh...thank god? Maybe? He actually does not know if this is a relief or not. A familiar face is nice, and Tsumugi has never been as adversarial as some of their other classmates, but she is kind of weird sometimes and not someone he's super close with. And there's something extra embarassing about seeing a familiar face in this situation. It's like bumping into a friend while at the porn store, even if he is absolutely not here of his own free will.]

Oh...yeah. Yeah, you're right. [He shakes his head slightly as if to shake loose those less optimistic thoughts, trying for a smile. It's...not Kaito levels of confident, maybe, but hey, he's done worse.] Are you okay? I mean, this place is kind of...

[Well. Y'know. His eyes may briefly glance towards the Dom and kneeling Sub, but only subtly. He doesn't want to be overtly rude, even to the kinksters.]