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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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lushlips: <lj user="angelkaizer"> (this is a kick)

[personal profile] lushlips 2018-10-17 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
Never say never, darling.

[ Though he isn't entirely sure he would. Even if he's fairly certain he could get the detail right. And the mannerisms, for the most part. But there's still so much that Arthur hides, things he keeps close to the chest. Those missing parts would be a dead giveaway. ]

It's certainly different. A more extreme version of nobility versus the poor, to put it in familiar terms. I can't say I dislike the pampering treatment, but I don't know how I feel about being handed this much, mm, power, so to speak.
offshoots: (Default)

i didn't come here expecting to be in this much pain

[personal profile] offshoots 2018-10-17 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
[he could shake her off easily. he doesn't. there's a shadow on his face as he stolidly stares forward and keeps his feet planted.

he doesn't care if Saber doesn't want Hakuno. he doesn't care if he knows the feeling of not being wanted, either. it's her problem and he's done more than enough by reassuring her it would be fine. she would remember eventually. it's Nero.

he doesn't want her to bleed her heart out for him when she already put the knife in his.

a loud sigh but he turns towards her, scowling.]


You said you contracted with someone here, didn't you? So? What about that Servant? Don't they mean anything? They want you, right? I get it. You miss her. No, you miss the Saber that knows you. But it's not fair of you to focus so much on one person when someone else is right under your nose.
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[personal profile] yamori 2018-10-17 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
No.

[ He lets out a breath, eyes falling closed for a moment as he lets his head fall back against the seat behind him. Iwai had tried asking questions, had tried to get literally any information out of the men busy scrubbing him down, but they were incredibly tight lipped. ]

This is gonna be a stupid question, but I'm gonna ask it anyway. You doin' alright?
mygame: to play by human rules (You're dealing with the kind of spirit)

[personal profile] mygame 2018-10-17 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
[The creatures thinks on that as it pushes one of the sugared treats over to look over the bottom. It speaks to Sam but doesn't look at him just yet. The tilt of its head says that most of its attention is on the table, but Sam isn't going ignored. Far from that. From what the Nogitsune understands, Doms are important and it is currently deciding which it likes best and isn't likely to be a threat.]

[Too bad it doesn't know that it's speaking to a professional hunter.]


I like other things, just not food although my hosts have through the years. It's like watching a filmstrip though. There's no taste or flavour or emotions that you humans attach to things you like or remember. I'm not sure that will make sense to you.

[It turns the question over in its mind before continuing on. How much to give to keep this game in its control. The creature looks up to Sam finally, looking over his face and to his eyes. It bites its lower lip as if unsure and drawing itself back some from the Dom... almost fearful or worried in how it stands now.]

[The whole act is a lie but that is the nature of the Nogitsune.]


I'm a fox, [it says quietly just for Sam alone to hear.] A fox spirit. This isn't where I was supposed to be, but here I am.
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[personal profile] yamori 2018-10-17 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
Who'm I gonna tell?

[ The words are muttered quiet against her lips, Iwai's voice coming out with a bit more husk to it than normal. He soaks it up for a few moments longer, lets the heat roil around inside of him without anywhere to go (yet) before he finally pulls back just enough for a breath.

His younger self would be so proud of him right now.

He straightens himself up and starts walking backwards, using his hold in her hair to pull her along with him. Iwai navigates around to the front of the couch. There's a pause where he shrugs out of his overly long coat, tossing it off to a chair, before he eventually drops down and leans himself back to invite Ivy down with him without so many words. ]


No sense in not being comfortable.
yamori: (012)

[personal profile] yamori 2018-10-17 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ A long, drawn out breath escapes Iwai as he brings himself back again. Akira's a tough kid. Even in a place like this he'd be able to protect himself, Iwai knows that. But if anything were to happen to Akira when he's here, and can do something to keep it from happening in the first place, he'd never forgive himself.

He makes a gesture for Akira to come closer, even as he starts to look around the room. ]


Let's work on gettin' ourselves outta here first, yeah? We can talk about it once we get this squared away.

[ A lot to talk about, he feels. Especially with the... air this place has. ]
yamori: (013)

[personal profile] yamori 2018-10-17 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ The callouses surprise him, briefly, his own touching against hers. But when he sees the flowers it all makes way more sense. He's never known a gardener to have well kept hands. He's never known one to want well kept hands. So he shakes it firmly, no sense in being dainty about it, before he settles back in his seat again. ]

S'it obvious? I'm freshly scrubbed and everything.

[ He rolls back a sleeve to show off the glowing pink skin underneath it. It doesn't suit him at all. ]

Pretty sure they uncovered a new layer of skin.
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[personal profile] afterlifecrossroad 2018-10-17 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
Eichi! You are going to fall if you keep this up.

[ oh my god, why are you like this.

just based on his experiences in both the Up and the Down, though, he can roughly guess what's going on? or what that piece of paper likely says. so he absolutely does lunge forward at eichi to snatch the paper from him because reading it for himself is always better than hearing it from eichi directly, oh god, and it's absolutely the furniture in his way that prevents him from grabbing the paper after eichi takes a step back.

damn it. ]


I don't think so. [ someone sounds snappish, wow. ] I highly doubt it's something that scandalous.
wingedpriestess: (011)

Kendra Saunders | DCTV | Dominant

[personal profile] wingedpriestess 2018-10-17 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
lies travel

Kendra may not be pleased with the situation- there wouldn't be many that were okay with being stripped, examined and put in a paper gown- but she's still loopy enough from the sedative that she's more introspective than outraged. Unfortunately for the time traveling hero, she was in her suit when she arrived- and though it was in her room when she found her way there, there was no way she'd be running around the city as Hawkgirl.

Not yet.

The clothes she found were okay, but just didn't have the same comfort as something from home. It isn't until halfway through the tour that she realizes she hadn't paid attention to anything that was said- and didn't even notice she'd been joined by someone. Her brows furrowed and she leaned closer to her seatmate. "Have you seen anything interesting on this yet?"

It was better than admitting that she wasn't paying attention in the slightest.


the key to hearts

a. during


Being new in town, it wasn't like Kendra was going for any social obligation. Instead, she went because it was something to do, and maybe some good would come from it. The dress she found was something she was comfortable in- and with her hair and makeup done, it was easy to assume the role this place had forced on her. She didn't necessarily want to network or anything like that- she wanted to see who was here. What type of people wanted to attend the party and who really wanted to help versus who came for the food.

She's not particularly sociable still, she's too caught up in her own mind and only remembers where she's at every other sip of the champagne she's nursing. The times she caught other people looking her way, she flashed them a smile, but didn't see the point in approaching them.

This is likely her fifth glass of champagne, but she lost count after the second.

b. after

Kendra didn't care for the idea that they were all to be paired with another at the end of the night, but that didn't stop her from being given a slip of paper and the instructions to find them.

Lips pressed tight, she turned to the nearest guest and huffed out a soft sigh. "I'm sorry, do you know who this is?" she asked, offering up the name on the paper.


wildcard
[ got an idea? come at me with it! wanna plot? I'm here for that too! I will also gladly switch to brackets if that's something you prefer. ]
cowared: (what are you waiting for?)

[personal profile] cowared 2018-10-17 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ What a weird sounding world she came from. It sounds like almost the opposite of what he was born into, but also... ]

That sounds nice.

[ No sarcasm. ]

I'd like to see something like that sometime.

[ In fact, if anything there's something kind of wistful and a little too serious about his expression and tone right now, considering what he's wishing for. ]
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[personal profile] yamori 2018-10-17 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
2B?

[ Don't say it. Don't say it, Iwai. Just keep it in. The joke is too obvious, too on the nose. Kaoru would be disappointed in you. ]

They wouldn't happen to have a nickname easier than that, would they?
homomculous: (Sometimes you worry me.)

[personal profile] homomculous 2018-10-17 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Again, I believe that phrase may describe the city itself. This gathering... seems like simply a symptom of the greater problems.

[She tries to keep her eyes from the mark on the woman's neck as she says that, but they do stray just a little.]

Though I fear that a cure may be beyond our reach.
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[personal profile] callmenines 2018-10-17 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
Nope, no nickname. 2B is already the shortened version of her designation to begin with.

[But now that he's mentioned it, you bet your ass 9S is going to try and come up with a nickname for her. Even if she punches him for it.]

She won't even use my nickname so...
lushlips: <lj user="angelkaizer"> (wet and suave)

[personal profile] lushlips 2018-10-17 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
It's a brief shake, polite enough and serves the function it was set out to do. There's a bit of relaxing though, her smile is just a touch more genuine. Whether it's because she's shaken some nerves or she's adjusted the mask– well, time would tell, really. He isn't about to shatter whatever illusion she's built; he's all too familiar with the roles people use to get by in their day to day. Most of the time, he's imitating them.

"Shall we then? I think now it's a bit stuffy in here." What with the party wrapping up and it mostly being people wandering around trying to find their partners for the night. Eames offers her his arm in a truly old-fashioned gesture.
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[personal profile] finethanks 2018-10-17 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
"That scandalous?" Should the son of a Buddhist temple sound so casual about acts like these? Just what have you been up to here, Keito?

[He's teasing, but there's a hint of jealousy in there, as well. Is Keito really not going to turn red? If he doesn't, Eichi is going to be disappointed... Actually, that just means that he'll have to make sure of it.

He folds the paper up and holds it out of the way, like he wants Keito to jump and reach for it.]
a2brutus: (020)

[personal profile] a2brutus 2018-10-17 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
[It really, really is too much for A2. This pep talk, of sorts. She doesn't deserve it, by the very innate coding in her system. The same coding that tells her to love humans unconditionally, also tells her that she's lesser than them.

They're both kneeling on the floor, but A2 isn't aware of how weird they must look. All she's aware of is that one of her creators is trying to comfort her, and it just proliferates the feelings of guilt.

She tries to be gentle, grabbing Amane's hand that's holding her face to pull it away.
]

I was created to be destroyed. Myself and the others, we were only made as tests, to gather data. We weren't meant to survive our first mission.

[And she can't help but think, it'd be easier if she hadn't.]

[personal profile] antifashionista 2018-10-17 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
There had never been time, it was true. Even if Satsuki had found it within herself to admit the depth of her feelings even privately, what good would it have done? It would have been a distraction, something to keep her from her mission.

Here though, it seems a little different. The way their roles are so clearly defined and delineated makes things seem stark and contrasted. Here, even more so than at home, she has such a complete authority over her friend that it might seem disturbing to some. Satsuki guides Nonon with her into her apartment, firmly closing and locking the door behind her. It's a relief to be out of the public eye, though even here she has a feeling that the roles they play will be important.

"So do you agree, then?" The question hangs in the air for a moment before she adds to it. She has to know. To hear Nonon say it clearly and without complication.

"You'll allow yourself to belong to me?"
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[personal profile] unabatedly 2018-10-17 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ well, that is the exact opposite of what she wanted, but she suppose it's just as well. Neria manages a smile. ]

All right, Jonathan. Or perhaps I'll call you Ser Jonathan until you drop the honorifics?

[ a moment of levity and little else. Neria is silent as she considers him, briefly nodding. her gaze skirts the room. ]

Finding those people might prove rather troublesome, as they would need to be far kinder than what I've seen of the echelon in this city. A Submissive is not allowed to pay for goods or services - a free clinic is just what the Down will need, then, to ensure their well being. Supplies will be difficult to come by for those who practice more modern medicine. [ magic healers like her, after all, will be just fine. ] But I'll see whom I can find. I know several people who have keener eyes than mine.

[ after a moment, she tips her head to look up at him. ]

You would be of great help if you were able to do that. You'd have the best eye for it, being a hea-- doctor. [ semantics. ] It's infuriating how limiting things are for people in the Down.
disinfection: (UNACCEPTABLE)

[personal profile] disinfection 2018-10-17 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
No, it surely does. A fever doesn't kill but it's presence may be cause for concern.

[She doesn't try to hide the mark on her neck. Perhaps she should but she was proud, even with her current status. Beyond that... her gaze match's Iri's. There's something there...

A glint of something in her eyes.]


That's further from the truth than you realize. Nothing is incurable. It's only incurable for the moment!
cowared: (i want some more)

[personal profile] cowared 2018-10-17 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ That's a harsh view on friendship, but the Nian still feels better having been able to make an offer. Whether it was a useful one or not is irrelevant, he still offered it.

He catches himself before he makes the remark "despite it?". He definitely doesn't have the mass that the Nian associates with strong humans.

Besides, the Nian isn't one to cast skepticism on people's physical strength based on their appearances anyway.

Instead he smiles agreeably.
]

Yeah!

[ Ah-- ]

You're welcome. I can also eat more things at once than most hu-- people, but I have been told that is not actually helpful to anyone.
offshoots: (Default)

1/2

[personal profile] offshoots 2018-10-17 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
[she likes him because he keeps candy in his pockets for her. like she's a dog who need to be trained.]

"Therefore" nothing! [fuck, he's starting to feel sick now. but he's too riled to lay back down.]

Isn't it the other way around?! [but he doesn't want to be taken care of. he doesn't want this responsibility. he's done it because

because who the hell knows why Robin does some of the shit he does.]
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emma swan | once upon a time | dominant

[personal profile] sheriffing 2018-10-17 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
LIES TRAVEL IN COMPANY.

[ it's too soon to do anything but take all of this in. mentally she tells herself that once, twice, twenty times over during the tour in an effort to calm her usual impulses. since arguing, fighting, and generally raising hell are presumably all off of the table right now, the only thing she can do is collect any information that she can.

right now, that means taking the tour and learning what she can about this world. she doesn't like it, not any of it (certainly not the power someone must have had to make all of this possible), and while she spends most of the ride silent and stone-faced, eventually she becomes more aware of the person sitting next to her.

probably because she's fairly sure she just missed whatever it was that was said to her.]


Sorry - just trying to make sense of this. [ it's a weary explanation that matches the apology that's already in her voice. she's not trying to be difficult with someone as stuck here as she is, but honestly?

it's hard to feel anything but helpless around here.]


A. WAIST. OF. LEEWAYS. - ROOM B

[ great, they're trapped in yet another place where they don't want to be, surrounded by things they don't want to deal with. and to make matters worse, the decor's even more extravagant here than it was in Regina's office back in Storybrooke; everything from that hideous chandelier to paintings that seem more creepy than dignified.

what the hell is the point of this, anyway?

Emma might not want to do this, but she doesn't want to do any of this and here she is. there's barely an empty surface to lean against so she opts to sit on the edge of the coffee table, arms folded loosely across her chest.]


Is this supposed to be their idea of fun?

THE KEY TO HEARTS

[ her reasons for showing up mostly have to do with seeing this world in action, but she'd be lying if she said she didn't need a drink.

there always seems to be one in her hand tonight, and though she appears to have dressed for the occasion with a gown that's red and form-fitting, Emma's never really enjoyed formal events (and she doesn't see that changing tonight).

she can usually be found at the edges of the room sipping a drink or watching the other partygoers, but at the end of the night she complies with their request and draws a name.]


Are you sure you want to do this?

[ that's probably not a fair question. everything she's seen here says they don't really have a choice.]


WILDCARD.

[ feel free to leave something here, or plot with me on plurk ( [plurk.com profile] swanning ) if you would rather have a different prompt! also, feel free to modify these prompts as needed (tagging mid-escape clues, meeting Emma while she's wandering the crowd at the fundraiser). I'm game for everything! ]
yamori: (014)

[personal profile] yamori 2018-10-17 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ he's gonna call her Hamlet. no he's not.

Iwai looks up when the car finally starts to slow down and he ducks forward a bit to peer out toward the building they've pulled up to and...

Yikes. Things really couldn't be more opposite from the Up, could they? Iwai puts the car into park and pops the door open, umbrella coming up as he steps out and moves around to the other side. He pulls the door open for Nines, motioning with his head. ]


I'll head up with you.
a2brutus: (024)

[personal profile] a2brutus 2018-10-17 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
No. YoRHa units use something else. [She taps her head.] My group was uploaded with human memory data. Each of us got memories of a different human.
sealeted: ('til I'm dead)

man same

[personal profile] sealeted 2018-10-17 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Assassin is Assassin, and Nero is Nero. It's not fair or right to compare the two of them like that. He and I... in the end, he needed a mana source. That's the reason he gave me for wanting to contract, when it happened. ...I-I don't really know how much he actually wants me either, I guess.

[They were both a bit out of their usual minds, thanks to the Tumenalia craze, and—]

Also, there, uh. There was kind of a gun involved? It's... it's a little complicated. He and I need to figure some things out, certainly, but... we're still getting to know each other, too. ...I only just saw her today. ...here.

[Hence the freshness of her pre-champagne misery.]
Edited 2018-10-17 05:05 (UTC)