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TDM #2

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« « « 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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I ➣ ➣ ➣ LIES

I can't kneel. I have bad knees.

[ the words aren't said to anyone in particular but peter just wants that known right now. he is not going to be getting down on all fours unless there was a damn good reason.

and that damn good reason had better be beautiful, rich, and telling him that starlord was the greatest superhero the galaxy had ever seen. if all of those factors were not ticked, peter was going to be walking as the neanderthals were so meant to: on his own two feet.

the rest of the ride, he tries to scrub at the stupid mark on his neck but it does not come off. guess that means one thing: lots of scarves! ]

II ➣ ➣ ➣ KEY

[ now a party is more like it! the music is absolutely horrible (where's the hall and oates? where's the journey?) so good thing peter's got his walkman attached to the waist of his dress pants.

yes, you read that right. walkman on dress pants. he's not going to be dancing to some screechy orchestral music when he can hear the sweet dulcet tones of ac/dc in his head.

he's busily air guitaring near the juice, uncaring of who see him or if they give him a look.

the scarf (yes, he found one) he's wearing doubles as a mic. look, just because he's some weird submissive person doesn't mean he's not going to have fun. ]

III ➣ ➣ ➣ WILDCARD

[ choose your own adventure or hit me up at

spoonishly for plotting. canon point's end of gotg 2 just to keep away from iw for the time being. ]

[Oh good lord; Sally cracks a small smile as she watches the stranger shamelessly entertain himself. Only because she misses him, the young woman thinks briefly of Arthur and then just as swiftly shoves him from her thoughts.

And saunters towards the stranger. A small gloved hand taps insistently on his shoulder and she waits until the headphones are down to speak.]

I'm sorry to bother you, but does that little box actually play music? We only just started putting record players in phone booths where I came from

[Admiring jealousy plays warmly in her voice; there is a curious spark in her pale slate eyes.]

Do you know how it works? Can I try it?

[ someone tap tap taps on his shoulder and peter, frowning, turns around, trying to figure out who's decided to disturb his fun. the woman is not someone he recognizes but that's really par for the course, isn't it? he knows like five people here total and most of those are in passing.

he is a small fish in a big pond and that just cannot be. ]

It's called a Walkman. [ always happy to talk about music, peter plucks the device from his belt and holds it up to her. ]

It's because there's a tape inside of it and -- wait, why are you putting record players in the phone booth? Aren't those for phone calls?

Walkman? That's a little silly isn't it? It plays music; it doesn't walk men

[Though she wants to take the mysterious music box, it occurs to her that so eagerly grabbing at it might be a touch rude. Still, the intense curiosity is apparent on her face.]

So you can stop and listen to your favorite record at any booth, of course.

But nevermind that, how do you use tape inside a box to play music?

[Her grey eyes dart between Peter's face and the walkman]

Can I take a look? I promise I'll be gentle

[ she's looking at his walkman like he looks at a steak and he's not really sure she means what she says. he doesn't know her from adam and he wouldn't even let rocket hold his walkman without making sign a letter that promised he wouldn't get all violent with it. ]

I don't know. Don't know if I trust you.

[ he eyes her curiously, gaze flicking up and down. ] This is the only one I have. I can't do the you break it, you bought it game because I don't need your money.

That's fair isn't it? You've just met me after all

[Not like Sally would hand anyone her Pituitary Extractor... though, that doubles as a weapon. She imagines this is more an issue of sentimental value.]

I'm sorry, I don't mean to be so forward. It's just that I've never seen anything like that before. Can you... please show me how it works?

I won't touch if you'd rather I not

[She's giving you the big soft pleading eyes now, Peter.]

I...guess. [ he doesn't really see any reason not to show her since he'd be keeping the walkman in his hands. so, he pulls it off his waist and holds it up. the tape gets paused so he can open the front slot and pull it out to show her. ]

Music's recorded on this thing. Both sides, front and back. You put the tape in the Walkman and the tape unspools, plays the music.

[ it was probably more technical than that but peter didn't want to talk about technicalities. insert tape, press play, music. ]

That's it.

[He's got her undivided attention. Her head cocks curiously as she examines the diminutive musical technology]

That looks a lot easier to carry around than a sleeve of records

[The basic concept is easy enough to grasp. The music is imprinted on both sides of the tape, much like a record. The walkman replaces the record player.]

How clever! Shame I'm rubbish at building things, I'd love to try and make one. Concept seems simple enough... but I'm all thumbs

[What a snazzy little thing. She's sighs with stale irritation]

Just one more thing the girls aren't supposed to learn

Girls aren't supposed to learn? [ somewhere, gamora was frowning and it wasn't even peter's fault. if she'd been standing here, she would have been glaring at peter just because peter was convenient. ]

What are girls supposed to do where you're from? Barefoot and pregnant and making sandwiches? [ wow, he'd thought every world had gotten past that. ]

[ Wade watches Peter rub at his neck until it's bright red, eyebrow raising more and more until Peter looks at him and he's caught red handed watching this strange man try to rub a tattoo off. Normally, he'd be making quips about it, but really, it was more fascinating to see which would happen first, he'd get the mark off or he'd start bleeding. ]

Oh, don't stop on my account, I'm sure you'll get it.

[ He's got the same mark on his neck, minus the bright red around it. ]

[ peter's hands lower bit by bit, like maybe wade might forget what he'd just seen if he goes slow enough to bore the other man to tears. eventually, his hands up end up in lap and wade's still looking at him. ]

Doesn't come off, huh? [ he rubs his hands together and then lets them drop on his lap. ]

You know, this isn't exactly the tattoo I would have chosen. There anyway to get this changed? Put in for a refund? Get it covered up by a gnarly skull and crossbones?

[ after nearly getting elbowed in the ribs for the third time by his seatmate due to all the vigorous rubbing: ]

Stop that.

[ he actually turns in his seat to address him rather than continuing with the noble martyrdom 'ignoring it' route. ]

Stop what?

[ peter peers over at the other man, an innocent expression his face. ]

You might want to ask nicely the next time you make an order. You now, please and thank you and all that. Goes along way. Not saying I'll listen but --

[ he shrugs. ]

[ an eyebrow raise for a you know exactly what you're doing. ]

Is it coming off. [ deadpan. ]

I think so. [ no, no it was not. but, peter's just going to tell himself it was because then he felt better. let him have this delusion of grandeur! ]

At least I'm doing something. You're just sitting here, bitching. [ well, they were going to be fast friends, weren't they? ]

[ this is decidedly better than having elbows flying in the general direction of his stomach, so. ]

Why are humans always like this?

[ this is general, nonpeter specific despair. don't take it personally. ]

Like what?

[ there were just so many things he could mean starting with squirmy and ending with deciding that dividing society up into groups of doms and subs was a good idea.

he has a lot to choose from. good thing peter's not completely human so he can bitch and judge too. ]

[ he doesn't have a list. he'd start making a list, given that this place seems to have an infestation, and no variety in sight (are they even spacefaring?) but that's too petty

even for him

instead: ] Difficult.

[ what with the squirming and the persistence and the hero complexes and the basketfuls of dumb luck. ]

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