duplicitymemes

Entry tags:

«tdm

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!!

» » » MAIN NAVIGATION « « «

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

A lot happened leading to those things happening. It led to Sindria having even more allies and in a position to negotiate. Not that I have any clue how he started doing that- I was in the Dark Continent.

[ And in this case... Judar's actually serious about what he's been saying. Then again, Ja'far's seen how he was as a child- obviously only feeding certain parts of information to manipulate responses. With them so far removed from their world, however? There was no point. ]

There's plenty of things Sinbad did that you'd have trouble believing, too.

( Ja'far definitely is cautious about just accepting what Judar is saying point blank, but he does recognize that the magi little in the way of needing to manipulate quite as much, too. It was... strange. )

Oh? Really, now. Just what wouldn't I believe?

You know how Alibaba's a lot like how the stupid king was, right?

[ Look at Judar- he must've grown up if he's using the pipsqueak's name. I mean- the bastard prince- I mean... Well, he's acting however he feels like right now. Never mind that Judar's part of the reason why Sinbad lost that 'bright' disposition. ]

After that was set up, Sinbad decided to 'challenge' him. By that, I mean tossing him into the trade business and wanting to crush that guy's dumb optimism and everything. Having him use one of the 'slum' countries to go against Sindria Trading Corporation.

[ Corp instead of Company. Yup. ]

( what.jpg at all of that )

I can see Sin wanting to challenge Alibaba, but crush him? That's not... ( He frowns, pausing. No, Sinbad would do anything to keep things controlled, even if it meant...

He scowls, crossing his arms. ) A Corporation? And... the trading company, again? What about Sindria itself? He wouldn't just leave it- ( UGH. SIN, WHAT DID YOU DO )

Not...? Bullshit.

[ They both know it's possible. Judar knows even more, because Sinbad has Seren inside of him, and she was the pinnacle of going through any lengths to ensure the best for her people. ]

Wouldn't just- You know damn well that he'll even abandon the stupid kingdom if he thought it'd be better for his plans with the world. To unite it, without wars? Looking away metal vessels because they're the biggest risk? How long was that idea around? He was looking past Sindria since what happened to the first one- he just couldn't leave that be in the beginning- and you know it.

( Thanks, he hates this. But absolutely knows Sinbad would, and could, do all of this. And... he'd still follow him, despite that. Would help him.

He just keeps on scowling, his arms staying crossed as he thinks about it all. ) I can't say I completely agree with the way he apparently went about it, but... to keep the world safe, the results speak for themselves. It's what he's been working for most of his life.

And in the end, he finishes what the organization wanted in the process.

[ How's that for the full cycle of events? ]

Not that you knowing would change anything. You'd follow along and do whatever was set up by him. Whether or not you had the choice...

What the Organization wanted? No. He wouldn't. ( At that, he puts his foot down. That's ridiculous, Sinbad's been fighting them since he was a child. ) Unless their desires changed to "keep the world at peace" in those three years, you must be joking.

( That last one gives him pause, though. ) What do you mean, whether or not I had the choice?

The intent was different, and sure, the process, but what their aim was had been completed by him.

[ But in the end, it went further than what they wanted and went to what He wanted. Not that Judar felt like talking about the whole mess that was David. ]

You wouldn't get it if I explained. Your puny work-filled brain has had enough trouble as it is.

And just what was their ultimate aim then? As far as I know, we haven't figured it out, besides causing calamities and sorrow.

( Ja'far tsks. )

And I'm surprised your puny brain has thoughts besides where to get your next bushel of peaches.

My-

[ See, that just gets you an actual shove of his foot against your head (that's called a kick, Judar, even if it's not for harm.) ]

A puny brain wouldn't be able to absorb and take the entirely of Magnostadt's knowledge and people after it was forced into a situation like Sindria. Even Sinbad only managed half that.

[ And he's one of the few that could run so many different spells at once- some in his sleep. ]

This just proves how much Sinbad didn't tell you. They offered him a deal back then, you know. I know because the hag was bitching about it afterwards. All of that, and everything they've been doing, was to draw out Il Ilah.

( He scowls at the kick, pushing Judar's foot off of him.

Ja'far had wondered, even suspected, so the idea of him getting an offer from Al Tharmen isn't exactly a surprise. And Sinbad turning it down, one way or another is less of one.

But. Magnostadt? Their knowledge? Being forced into a situation by Sindria? And what is Il Ilah. )

I have no idea what you're even talking about at this point.

[ Into a situation like Sindria, but that'll never be repeated again. There was enough understanding there that going any further into this explanation was useless. ]

I don't have the chibi's power for showing people the past, and while I know how to use clairvoyance magic, I don't feel like showing off what I know and have been through.

This is what I meant by you never getting it, though. You're already lost.

It's less I'm not going to get it and more I don't know about these things you're talking about. It hasn't happened yet for me, or at least been mentioned. To me, Magnostadt's the country of magicians that is on the verge of both Reim and Kou invading. I don't know how or why you'd gain their knowledge, let alone what Sindria would have done to put them in a "situation."

And Il Ilah? What is that? Is that part of Al Tharmen? What they want? A person? You're not explaining, you're just saying and expecting me to know. I'm not the Ja'far three years from now.

I... I didn't say Sindria put them in that situation. I said they were put in a situation like the first Sindria. Except it was of their own conscious doing.

[ Stop lashing out at him. Just stop. He can't be himself and Aladdin. Stop trying to put him in that position. ]

I can't explain it all, Freckles. Most of what would make sense of everything took hours at a summit, with the chibi magi using his 'weird power' to show the origin of everything. I can't show that because some parts were so boring that I tuned them out. So stop flooding me with questions and go one at a time like a normal person.

( Like the first Sindria? No... Ja'far looks sick, worried, and just. No. Nothing like that should ever happen again. )

Fine. I... tell me what Il Ilah is, then.

... Father? God? It's got a few names I heard. It's the power that made the world. Al Thamen were obsessed with bringing it back, so they made those dark spots to draw it to the world again.

[ Yes, that was the whole reason for putting Sindria through its original turmoil. Can you tell that mentally, Judar is tired. All of this was a rush and constant thing he had to deal with. He didn't want to process everything all over again. This is why he stayed Fallen, dammit. ]

The difference is that they were a lot closer and caused a lot more black ruhk at Magnostadt. Probably because they were generating it for their own purposes.

( Made the world? What... He shelves that for a moment, that would take a while to process. )

Generating black ruhk? So they are tied to Al Tharmen, then?

Not directly. They made deals with and shared developments with them, though. To avoid getting sucked up in Al Thamen's plans. They just wanted fuel for their 'magician's city.'

[ Do you see why it was hard to explain? A lot of this is a 'see it to believe it' matter, and the seeing it hadn't happened yet for Ja'far's end.

But he debated before sharing a tidbit. ]

The black metal vessels from the Fog Troupe were designed there. So was Alibaba's curse, if I remember right. Your magician already traced that part of everything, right?

( Ja'far frowns, tsking in thought. They'd suspected that, but to get a possible confirmation of it... That was worrisome. )

We had our suspicions, but we weren't sure if they were outright working with them or not.

The old man running the whole thing would trade tools like that with anyone to keep his operation going.

[ So Al Thamen got what they could from Mogamet and went from there. ]

Wonderful. So those rumors were true. ( Why did the world have to be garbage sometimes. )

What happened to Magnostadt then? How did it... become like the first Sindria?

[ Because people were garbage. You didn't need the organization for that. ]

People interfered with the furnace and tried to make things right. So it got out of hand and drew in more people, including the old man. So after it all broke apart, I absorbed all of the black ruhk.

Furnace? They were doing more than just creating the tools, then?

The people they were keeping for siphoning energy were tossed into the furnace when they were too weak to carry on with their lives. Down there they're put though depravity, which fuels other research even further. That's the kind of furnace they have.

[ Or... something like that. He vaguely knew how dark it was. Then again, as a magi, it was easy to tell how messed up of a place Magnostadt really was. Glistening on the outside with a bunch of pus underneath. ]

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject