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duplicitymemes2018-10-14 04:38 pm
duplicitymods) wrote in duplicitymemes2018-10-14 04:38 pm
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TDM #2
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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. |
 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. |
 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. |
 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. |
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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he shifts and leans on his left, continuing to look away.]
... That's all it's gonna be, [he says finally, not sure what it'd be like to do anything else.] I bet you've been taking this harder than most of us too, so you're actually pretty lucky you drew someone that you don't have to hide that from~.
[he won't take eichi's hand, but he steps forward and tilts his head.]
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[That's his only response to that, interestingly enough, and his eyes focus in on the hand that's left empty before he drops it back to his side. It's all that he can expect. He turns, at Leo's step forward, and begins to walk back to where they might catch a limo or some other fancy form of transport to the Up.]
Well, perhaps I'm not the sort of person who can survive this place at all. Ah, and without Keito here by my side, who am I supposed to leave things to...? It's really all so troublesome. I can't even die in peace.
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So don't die at all.
[god. does he really gotta be the one who handles eichi now. well, he's not... obligated to, by any means, but eichi has a habit of overdoing things and leo knows how to ease that somewhat. and... they are on common ground here, so to speak.]
Just be a good child and wait for Keito so he can deal with it. ♪ If I've gotta deal with your corpse, I'll just toss you into some ditch and throw a few flowers on you to pay respects~. Here lies that cruel, child-eating monster of a man, ready to return to life once more and haunt any who disturbs his rest..♪
[and is late on their library fees, etc etc. anyway, why deal with feelings and stuff when they can just Not.]
Wahaha~☆! Even if it came from you, that's not a bad idea. ♪ I'll write a screenplay and direct every note. ♪
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[Straight to hell. But that's fine. Whatever's going on in his head, it seems like he's not willing to share, keeping on that performance smile and walking along. But his body seems tired. His eyes, too.]
Come, now. We're going to quickly get out of the eyes of the public so we don't have to obey any strange rules much more than this. I'll make us some tea.
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Aren't I supposed to be the one making tea? Well, you're better at it anyway, so I'll just leave it to you. Do you have anyone yet?
[... any claims. since they're going there and all, he might as well ask.]
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Not yet. [ But the yet is there, because he does want to help. He does understand how it’s needed. ] And what about Ousama-kun? I’m assuming you haven’t stopped to such a level, or something along those lines?
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When you say it like that, it sounds like I don't want to help at all. Who do you think I am? [...] Not yet. I'm, mm, not that comfortable with the whole set up.
[or what they have to do for the program, actually. but he guesses he'll have to get over that at some point.]
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[Leading Leo towards the elevators, he slows his steps enough to make sure they're walking side by side, rather than one in front of the other.]
The truth of the matter is that we've been collected like animals, and with an amount of us branded and labeled as lesser, there's not much you can do at all to cross it. These "contracts" are meant as a way to keep you safe. They may sound optional at first, but I believe they must be quite mandatory.
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it's not right. it needs to change, but how.]
I don't want to be bound to someone I don't know. [which. is unavoidable, right now, seeing as he knows eichi and little else.
but leo's an outgoing boy, he can make friends with others. in time.]
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[Eichi sighs a little, like he's troubled by this personally. He feels troubled, he really does!]
I'm worried for you, you know. This place isn't kind... To someone with a kind soul like yours, no matter what you've been through, you could wind up broken again. A contract could protect you from any damage.
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[leo won't make a scene, probably, but if he were an actual cat his fur would be rising. he's regretfully human and decides to pettily step ahead of eichi, getting into an open elevator first and slamming the "close door" button the moment eichi gets closer.]
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[Himself included, he thinks, but he doesn't even realizing he's begging for that recognition in between the lines. He just knows that it bothers him to hear that, to hear that he was the one who used him, when there were so many others who used him, too. He just brought it to light.
Anyway, he moves his hand out to keep the elevator open, slipping inside.]
By the way, you'd be forcibly removed if I'm not by your side on the way up, so try to behave.
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but he can't stop eichi from getting in, tucking himself into a corner and huffing. there's not going to be an answer to that Clearly Rhetorical question either.]
This sucks~. How far up are you? Do you have a nice view? I bet this isn't any different than your usual though.
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[Another dominant. It's plenty big, though...? Just not nearly as big as his mansion.]
But the view is very nice indeed. I'll let you sleep in the room near a large window, so long as you promise not to crawl out of it.
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[there doesn't seem to be any debate about it, even if he's expecting words.]
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[Eichi insists on that stubbornly, eyes moving back to Leo as the elevator moves.]
You're not trying to rush me to sleep for any reason, are you? I'm feeling healthier than ever [a lie] and I'd rather stay up and enjoy the warm drink. I won't stop you from sleeping, of course.
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"But I want to make tea." What are you, a kid? I don't have a reason to rush you to bed, I'm not going anywhere, there was just that stupidly big, stupidly long party, and I...
[he hesitates a moment, just to find the words, and scowls (more towards himself than eichi) as he pinches the other's cheeks.]
I remember that stupid lie of ours, you blockhead~. Don't think anything of it! Don't even imagine why! I'll tell you right now so you can't make up any silly reasons -- it was such a ridiculous thing, of course I couldn't forget it! That's all!
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Even after what he's done.
His shock fades, and his smile is a little smaller, but it's a little less fake, too.]
Tsukinaga-kun. [Reaching up, he takes those pinching hands away, and his face is now red from the pinching, but he doesn't react otherwise.] No matter how I feel right now, I'd like to stay awake and talk with you, just like in that hospital room before. I'd understand if you'd rather turn your back to me and ignore me, but more than anything, that's what would put my heart at ease.
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... maybe eichi has grown a little bit. a tiny bit, he stubbornly decides, not enough for recognition or forgiveness or-- anything of that sort, but a bit enough.]
Gonna be hard to ignore you when we're pretty much gonna be staying the night together in some way, but I'll figure it out. [his hands stay though, fingers flexing slightly. nervously.] You can make the tea, but if we talk it'll be when you lay down. Just 'cause we're away from all that stuff, from our juniors we want to look good for, doesn't mean you can push yourself, okay?
[he. doesn't have to, necessarily, and leo pulls his hands away to stick them in his hoodie, leaning against the side of the elevator with cheeks toasting in embarrassment.]
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[Eichi says that with a small, knowing smile, watching Leo and his cute blush without saying a word. It's still tense. And it'll never be the same. He ruined a perfectly good relationship, and he knows that won't repair. But at the very least... he can enjoy this company in a new way. He can somehow manage to be granted time like this, even if he doesn't deserve even a second.
The elevator ride is long, but he doesn't bother Leo for the rest of it. He waits until they're in the Up, and then he follows him out (he makes sure to let him exit first) before gesturing in lead in the direction of his own space.
He is tired. He's exhausted. His whole body aches, it hurts to breathe, he's holding himself back from shaking to try to stop from worrying Leo, but he can never perfect it. He doesn't know how long he'll be able to stay up, but the sooner he admits he has to go to bed, the more serious it seems. It's just like that, isn't it? How unfortunate... how unfair.]
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... it wouldn't be bad to live here, even if leo's not into excessive wealth and luxury. there's just no doubt that the beds are ten times as nice if it looks like this. Maybe he will give thought to eichi, Maybe.
but he'll go along as directed, trying not to get too caught up in everything (because eichi does need to at least sit down, nostalgia rising despite the bloodied time apart) as they go to eichi's lodgings, and he'll be patient as the other unlocks the door or what have you himself. leo's never pitied him and he won't start now, but keeping an eye on him is different.]
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