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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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ultraviolents: but blessed with beauty and rage (i know where i will belong)

[personal profile] ultraviolents 2018-10-15 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ he's always known her, from the moment they first met. she had made sure of that. and maybe parts of it had been orchestrated, tailored to draw the darkness out of him, but it had grown into something more. something genuine. he was the only one who ever believed she could be better, that she was worthy of saving. even stick hadn't been capable of that in the end. ]

Matthew.

[ she remembers. but her view of things are a little bit different. she'd made a choice, when she'd seen nobu about to make the killing strike.

they have nothing now. i took it all away.

she knows why he's saying sorry. it doesn't mean anything. ]
kuroi_taiyo: (6)

[personal profile] kuroi_taiyo 2018-10-15 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
I bet it's not the only thing we've agreed on today.

[ You didn't really go and defend Sinbad after that one particular comment. ]
burnafteruse: (007)

[personal profile] burnafteruse 2018-10-15 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Actually, toots, I’m parched.

[Said with a completely straight face. Harley knows how to be plenty passive aggressive, even when it’s far from warranted.]

Look, sweetie, I get that you’re tryna be friendly, but I don’t think either’a us would exactly describe this as the most pleasant first date. would’ja?

[A beat. She considers this.]

Actually, so far, it’s way better than most’a my first dates.
crimsonlieutenant: (002)

[personal profile] crimsonlieutenant 2018-10-15 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sipping her drink, she's careful to look around them as they speak- more to see what company they were in than to avoid looking at him. Her voice is softer, and a little more carefully guarded as she responds: ]

You don't believe that, do you?

[ It cut her, yes- but she's not going to react here. Not now. ]
tensecondsahead: (2)

[personal profile] tensecondsahead 2018-10-15 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
You're new here, aren't you? [He glances over at her from his position on the floor, then stands, bringing a manila envelope up with him.]

Here you go, boss.
naytheist: (pic#7406063)

[personal profile] naytheist 2018-10-15 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[He takes her hand and holds it tightly, as if he were refusing to let the two of them part.]

We will fix this. [His voice is determined, adamant. The people here are fools if they think that they can keep a Borgia in the Down.]

You must stay with me. My chambers are pleasant enough. [His apartment is spacious enough. There's enough room for her certainly. She can hide with him until he figures out how to solve this dreadful mistake.]
whatsina_name: (Phillip [Smile])

[personal profile] whatsina_name 2018-10-15 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Phillip takes it and the darkness envelops them again, landing them outside what looks like a cheap, fast-food type restaurant. It's not McDonalds exactly, but it's sure close enough.]

Come on, my treat. [If only because they probably wouldn't let Nico buy anything...]
sadico: (*hunger)

[personal profile] sadico 2018-10-15 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ignacio could sense it, the lack of fear in Wyatt. Not only that, but he could smell the aroused response to the proposal, which led him to believe that this young man had experience with his kind. Good, it would make the meal far more pleasant.

He knew he didn't have to put it into words, that they both knew what they were. Still, to prove the point, he leaned in to speak huskily next to Wyatt's ear. ]


I know how to make your tail wag.
sorethumb: (013)

[personal profile] sorethumb 2018-10-15 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[As, ahem, mesmerized as he is by the pair minding their own business, Kija's kneejerk response to someone suddenly speaking close to his ear without warning - he was not even paying attention to anyone sitting down, good gracious - is to immediately stiffen and pretend that didn't just happen. No one is there. How could he be caught being so... rude?!

It's a solid few seconds of silence before he lifts both his hands and slaps either side of his face once, twice, studiously screwing his eyes shut. His face is still so red.]


That's— I haven't seen anything!
defragmenting: sprite. (✒ you're dying to... loooove....)

[personal profile] defragmenting 2018-10-15 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Hahaha, geeze... That sounds a bit intense!

[ are there pictures? she hopes there is. books like that are a lot more fun with visual aides. ]

Well, good thing I like to read! I wonder how many I can make it through before they kick me out of the library.
glamourn: (pic#12634673)

[personal profile] glamourn 2018-10-15 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, she knows! She finds herself quite attractive, and she's willing to shamelessly use it to get what she wants. Though, judging by this place, she won't have to work nearly as hard as she used to.

Still, she smiles, happy with the compliment.
]

Any downer who won't fight over me isn't worth my time in the first place. I need someone totally dedicated.

[ But, a harem does sound tempting. ]

Or, someones. I'm healing from a heartbreak. I could use a few.

[ She says with a surprising amount of chipper energy. ]

Don't count yourself out though. I'm sure you'll have your fair share of fights.
advisors: the amount of times i can't believe his shit is astounding (the stories we say)

[personal profile] advisors 2018-10-15 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
( No, he didn't. And he doesn't seem apt to bring it up, either. )

Or the only thing we share, now. ( Ja'far motions to the shared tattoo. ) Have they taken you to the Down yet?
ikenie: (Default)

[personal profile] ikenie 2018-10-15 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not gonna say no to sleep. [ because when does he ever. ] Gods, that's so weird, though. I saw you just before I got here.

[ left the three of them in a room full of daemons and just had to hope that whole Chosen King prophecy was the real deal. which it wasn't. or it was, but Noctis didn't live up, and he went into the Crystal while the others were left to carry on fighting. did they make it out of there okay? they had to have. all of them already gave up too much for Noctis, and it turns out he isn't meant to live much longer anyway.

he's gone tense again, his shoulders hunched under Ignis' touch, strung taut with guilt and misery. he rubs at his eyes, suddenly exhausted and fighting back a headache that makes it feel like his skull is going to crack open from how much he has to think about. ]


This place sucks.

[personal profile] neverforgets 2018-10-15 03:44 am (UTC)(link)


[ He doesn't realize what a compliment that would be, to be compared to Yoon. ]

Nice t'meet you. I'm [ takes him a second to settle on a name ] Junior. [ By the window pane, hidden behind the heavy curtain, there's a small lever sticking out of the wall. He pushes the ornately cast piece of metal down and hears a click come from the door across the room. ]

All right! [ Big grin. ]
feck: (pic#11317672)

[personal profile] feck 2018-10-15 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
( cain's all too familiar with those kinds of looks. they're the sort that all the fighters had given him in the showers when there hadn't been private ones. the sort that don't go unnoticed, and his expression shifts from annoyed to amused pretty quickly. he could get away with teasing him a little more if he was in the mood for it, but nico's going to have to do a lot more than offer him his jacket to make up for all of this. )

Why? ( there's an odd softness to the question, and still holding his wrist, cain tries to pull him closer. ) Don't like what you see?
likethelight: (18)

[personal profile] likethelight 2018-10-15 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ WHAT A HEATHEN

His fingers snap the thin air right behind it, but he has too much pride to grapple with a scantily clad hooligan over a pastry. Just barely. It's sorely tempting. ]


What are you, soused already..?! [ The party just began!! Was she raised in a barn? Says the grubby orphaned circus waif. ]
defragmenting: sprite. (✒ lives with you)

[personal profile] defragmenting 2018-10-15 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
It stands for "Japanese". JRPGs are well known for being brightly colored and a little off-the-wall. Staples of a JRPG game are things like brightly colored or gravity-defying hair, overpowered and oversized weapons that seem to weigh nothing, slightly sexist tropes like the female character automatically designated the healer...

Things like that!
alternatives: (Default)

haha no worries!!

[personal profile] alternatives 2018-10-15 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
( it takes a minute for allura to understand the meaning but - once she does, there's a small laugh, a hand moving to tuck her hair behind her ear. )

Ah. That's alright. ( she gives a small shrug. ) Probably better, honestly. I feel terrible about this whole ... Domination business.
cowared: (we're sick like animals)

[personal profile] cowared 2018-10-15 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's a good deal older than her, but it's hard to tell from his face. For whatever it is he happens to be, he's on the younger side of his existence, but he's not a kid anymore. He wasted most of his childhood sleeping on the ocean floor after humans banded together to scare him away from their villages.

She's not wrong in part though. He's done a good job existing for thousands of years on his own, but now that he's making a go at living like a human he's pretty clueless about how to navigate the world.

As he puts down the plate he makes a noncommittal noise at her question, and proceeds to shove something into his mouth that starts to slide off his food tower.

He doesn't even really know what here thing she's referring to.
]
precedad: (( 3. ))

[personal profile] precedad 2018-10-15 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ One day he'll be able to crack a smile out of you. You could say it's a similar goal he shares with Ms. Joke but he's a lot more private about it. They clash at times but he knows he and Shouta are capable of getting along with one another if they really try.
He sputters slightly, not coughing and not tasting blood, but it's more of a reaction of surprise. He's really trying to get the hang of having a well respiratory system again since they healed him up. ]


Haha! I see! [ don't ever change, buddy ] I didn't expect to see you here at a charity event, oh, I didn't expect to see you in this place at all.

[ His voice hushes and he crouches down, not entirely invading Shouta's space but he can certainly smell the alcohol seeping off of his colleague's breath. ]

—Have you seen anyone else we know?
[ He's more concerned about getting out of here instead of playing this game they've been set up with. In fact, he's totally on ball for completely ignoring the submissive mark that is seen peeking up from his white collar on his neck.

Yep. Totally cool with that. ]
mostsplendid: (pic#12629245)

[personal profile] mostsplendid 2018-10-15 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
A prince! [Well that changes things quite substantially. Haurchefant offers a much more proper Elezen bow, with the arm gesture and a far more bent back. And even that probably isn't proper enough for someone of Corrin's status.] Forgive any poor manners. I hadn't known.

[An Elezen prince... mayhaps not Elezen then. At least not in his neck of the woods for the time of princes has long since passed. He does not think their kin in the Tweleveswood have any princes either but he could easily be wrong... But Corrin said that his kingdom was gloomy. Certainly not the green and lush Gridania then!]

Started... yes! Of course. We're looking for clues, yes? That sounds like great fun. Like a treasure hunt of sorts. Mayhaps it's best if we each take a half and then switch so someone else gets it with fresh eyes. Looking through drawers in sofa cushions and the like.
trustinthedevil: (097)

[personal profile] trustinthedevil 2018-10-15 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
That's it?

[ He can't blame her for it. But it feels like a punch to the gut all the same.

Matt takes a few steps forward. He's nearly certain that she won't be on the offence, but with a woman like Elektra, it never hurts to be on his guard. He stops when he's close enough to reach out, keeps his hands wrapped around the cane that he doesn't need.
]

I missed you.
hungerneverfed: (vampire | fuck off)

[personal profile] hungerneverfed 2018-10-15 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
I was born a human and have been one for 35 years of my life, sir. [It's not a lie. It's also not an answer to the man's question. Jonathan isn't entirely sure who to trust, yet. The minute the word 'vampire' is out, he's half-expecting McCullum and his Guard to burst through the doors and start shrieking 'leech' at him while shooting guns and crossbow bolts. He might have a tentative truce of sorts with the men, but their fire and their acid aren't easily forgot.]

I can scarce imagine such a world as the one you speak of, though. Do you have some manner of truce and trade with the humans living outside your supervision?
offshoots: (Default)

[personal profile] offshoots 2018-10-15 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
[does he get two for flinchi-- oh.

Robin doesn't flinch. maybe it's because he's so startled that he can't move? her fingers are cool on his hot skin. they catch in some of his hair as he's pulled down while his breath catches in his throat, quiet.

it's an act, sure. but he's not used to a proximity this small. or a voice so near his ear. if he backtracks now, it'll be for nothing. his body's natural reaction was to grip her waist after being pulled down, but he doesn't know he's doing it until he flexes his fingers and the soft material of her forest green dress is felt.

this is an opening move? he exhales, right against her shoulder.]


... Sure. Yeah, that's fine. [she smells like something sweet and clean. he closes his eyes, trying to remember something.] And this should be a good enough response to convince anyone watching.

[his hand moving to the small of her back, fingers pressed lightly into the muscle before he draws her chest closer to his front. his head turns on her shoulder, towards her neck, and a bit of her brown hair tickles his forehead.]
deathkid: (pic#11636917)

[personal profile] deathkid 2018-10-15 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't say that.

[ the words are gruff but his ears are heating up, even as he glares at cain. when he's tugged, he stumbles forward, forced to press a hand against cain's bare chest in order to steady himself. ]

You're going to freeze. You're already soaked.