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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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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.

[ she's feeling more than she's capable of expressing, at least without things potentially becoming violent, and she doesn't want to fight him. not here, not now. this place is too unfamiliar and there's too much that she still doesn't know. about what's happened since she'd died, about how this place, how long he's been here, how long she's been gone, who else could be here. ]

What did you expect?

[ he comes closer and she doesn't step away. but her hands do tighten into fists. ]

How long have I -

[ she doesn't finish the question. she's not sure she really wants to know the answer. ]

You. How long have you been here?

[ had he arrived the same time she did? were they taken from the same moment on that rooftop? why had they been kept apart, if so? ]

What do you remember?

[ He laughs, a puff of breath more than anything. She doesn't beat around the bush - none of the women in his life do - and he's not surprised that hasn't changed.

He's glad for it, too. ]

I've been here a few weeks. At best. I still don't really know what's going on, I'm just trying to settle in.

[ That is the easy answer. The second one comes following a pause, while he passes his tongue over his bottom lip in thought. Is there a delicate way to talk about it? And if there was, would Elektra even want that version? ]

I remember your funeral, if that's what you're asking. It's been a few months.

[ Enough to have him start thinking to give up the Devil until he got here, and realized that he couldn't. Or that he didn't want to. ]

I'm glad you're here.

[ she wouldn't. and he knows enough to know that. but the words 'a few months' followed by 'funeral' make her breath catch in her throat. so she really was dying. and then she'd been brought here, for another purpose she hadn't agreed to.

what good is a second chance if her life still isn't her own? ]

What have you seen?

[ aside from her. and that he's glad to see her is something of a surprise, not an unpleasant one, but she's still too shaken from learning how long she's been gone to process it. ]

[ He has a lot of guilt about her still. And even if she's dead where he comes from, she's here, and that does something alleviate some of that. The fact that he's sure he'll never really not be at least a little bit in love with Elektra Natchios helps, too.

He resists the urge to make a joke about not seeing anything at all. ]

They had us go to seminars. Lectures and demonstrations on how to be good Dominants and good Submissives. [ He'd told someone there that Elektra would make a better Dominant than him. Matt keeps that to himself. ] We had a festival last week. It brought out the bad in people. And ... Now you're here.

[ she doesn't bother correcting herself; he'll know what she meant by it. he mentions seminars and demonstrations and it sounds as insane to her as being brought back from the dead. although if it's a role everyone's got to play, she supposes it is important to know the boundaries. ]

So it would seem.

[ and she's glad to see him. she really is, if only to have him as an anchor, to confirm that the things she remembers are real, because nothing about this place seems possible. ]

I don't think we should keep talking about this here.

[ That seems to be Matt's lot here. Something familiar in the madness.

He smiles at the corner of his mouth. ]

Of course. My apartment isn't far from here.

[ He has no idea what Elektra's distinction is. Matt won't ask, either. Instead, he holds out his hand to her. ]

Come on.

[ she arrived in the clothing she'd died in, which she's currently dressed in for lack of any other viable options. ( there had been the paper gown, but no thank you. ) the armor is off, but her throat is still covered by the red collar, the fabric disguising the designation she'd been given upon arrival.

she looks at his hand for a moment, not sure she wants to accept it. she does after a moment's deliberation, fingers curling tight around his palm.

she'd died for him. he said he'd run with her. and now he's here, glad to see her alive and willing to help. but it's been months for him. she doesn't know where they stand now. ]

[ If Matt's honest with himself, he'll always have a weakness for her. He tried once to push all of that aside and it hadn't done anything. Why bother fighting it now? And maybe, to some degree, a part of him is hoping that they can slip back into that new footing they'd found before it got taken away.

Either way, when she takes his hand, Matt feels the most calm he's felt in a long time.

As they walk, he keeps her close. Not that he's worried she'll get swept up in the crowd. For one thing, this isn't New York, and for another, she's the most capable person he knows. He does it more for himself than anything, doesn't really speak much until they get to his building. ]

I've been told these apartments are very nice, and I assume generally out of my price range.

[ she doesn't feel calm so much as she feels assured. she's been capable of taking care of herself since childhood and this city and its scientists and its purpose don't frighten her so much as anger her. but navigating it with him is a far better prospect than navigating it alone.

she doesn't talk either, watching him as they walk, looking for evidence of the time he's told her has passed. there's maybe a bit more facial hair, and beneath the glasses he wears for the public's environment the circles under his eyes look a little bit darker. the corners of his mouth look like they've been pulled a little further downward, but right now they're curved up in a not-quite smile, which she finds herself returning. ]

They're not bad. It's not exactly my penthouse, but I'm not complaining.

You'll have to suffer like the rest of us.

[ Once they're alone, just the two of them together in Matt's apartment, he's not sure what to do. A part of him wants to reach out suddenly and hold her, and tell her again he's sorry. The reasonable part of him isn't sure she would enjoy that.

He does, at least, squeeze her hand, then go to find them a drink. ]

I don't know where you're ... Being told to go, but you're always welcome here. You know that, right?

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