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duplicitymemes2022-01-10 07:43 pm
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TDM #22
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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. ... and 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. Enjoy your free time until orientation! Participation is mandatory by all new and old arrivals. Winter is here and snow flurries are common in the Up while the slush collects in the Down. |
 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. |
 As a particularly heavy snowstorm blows across the city, Duplicity finds itself blanketed in white. The morning after the storm, many citizens seem to be in a particularly mischievous mood and snowballs are a common sight flying through the air. A projectile meant for someone else may hit you square in the face if you're not careful — and then it's on. Joining these impromptu snow battles is encouraged, no matter a person's designation, and even Submissives teaming up to pelt unsuspecting Dominants with snowballs is generally taken in the spirit of good fun. Not everyone is throwing snow, of course — some are rolling much larger balls and shaping them into lewd snow figures. Those feeling chilled after playing in the snow may experience the urge to warm up with someone else, skin to skin. Whether they're a stranger or a familiar face, holding hands, kissing, or getting down and dirty with the nearest willing partner is invigorating. It might even be the only way to really feel warm again. |
 (cw: aphro, humiliation kink) Want to make some quick cash? After exiting the train in the Down, there seems to be a questionable character hanging about the station. Dressed in a trenchcoat and looking more like a flasher than the businessman he claims to be, this shady recruiter offers easy money in exchange for a simple delivery. Just take a package and drop it off at the address on the label. Really, that's it! Stop asking questions. Should characters decide to open the package themselves instead, they'll discover one of the following: glitter — so much glitter, lube (appears normal, but actually contains hot pepper and will cause more than a mild tingling sensation if used anywhere sensitive), a package of flavored condoms mysteriously labeled "every flavor" (none of them taste good), candy or perfume containing an aphrodisiac that, in addition to the usual libido-boosting effect, will also cause an intense craving for humiliation. It seems to be one of those services that allows one to send anonymous prank gifts, and they're hiding behind LIERs as couriers. There's no return address or company information on or inside the package, except for a card marked Encoded Sin Corp — which does not seem to be a real company if the name is searched. Whether characters end up delivering the package — maybe even to a fellow LIER — or get into some trouble along the way, someone is getting a nasty surprise. |
 (cw: aphro, dubcon, excessive fluids, exhibitionism, public use)A small winter market has been set up along one of the major streets in the Up with stalls selling a variety of goods ranging from knitted hats and scarves, soaps, scented lotions, candles, jewelry, artwork and assorted crafts to hand-dyed bondage rope and kinky leather accessories. Food and drink stands are plentiful as well. Strings of lights crisscross the street between the roofs of the shops, providing a cheerful glow, and there are tables set up in the street itself for people to sit and chat while having a snack — if they can stand the cold. Some of the most popular treats being sold are hot chocolate, eggnog, marshmallow snowmen, and sugar cookies decorated like snowflakes. Of course, their popularity may have something to do with the effects they produce when consumed. • The hot chocolate simply gets one all hot and bothered. • The eggnog may cause heavy production of sexual fluids, a desire to be filled or covered with someone else's cream, or all of the above. • The marshmallow snowmen will make those who eat them want to invite others to use them as they please, desiring nothing more than to be molded into the perfect fucktoy. • The sugar cookies seem to induce all sorts of different cravings — after all, no two snowflakes are alike! These effects tend to last at least an hour and may, in some cases, last up to a full day. One of the jewelry shops sells an unusual selection of compass pendants and bracelets. The compass arrows spin round and round lazily while the pieces are on display. Once worn, however, that changes. The arrow will settle on a direction, but instead of pointing north it will lead directly to another person. Perhaps you should speak to them? You may even begin to feel magnetically drawn to them yourself… In the event that two people have compasses that point them at each other, the attraction will be even stronger — nearly impossible to deny. There is another shop which sells intricately designed pocket watches and small clocks. When these timepieces are stared at for an extended length of time or picked up and handled, characters will feel a brief but strong connection to their past and experience a vivid flashback to some moment that was, in whatever way, meaningful for them. After reliving the memory, they will feel compelled to speak about it to whoever is nearby. |
Please read carefully. On each Test Drive Meme, there will be a section noting character roles; these will vary each TDM. On an IC level, characters will still have gone through the doors but assignments OOCly are still randomized. When applying, there is a section of the application that denotes whether the character chooses "left" or "right." When participating on the TDM, there will be a third option. Players may link either a top level or a thread (five or more comments from their character) from the TDM and title the link as "Door Pass." This means that the player is choosing to take the designation that they were randomly assigned on the TDM, rather than taking the designation of a door. If the player decides to select a door rather than use the pass, then they are trying their luck; they may get the same designation they had on the TDM or the opposite. Once the application is submitted, players can't change their choice. To assign roles to characters for this TDM, use the following guide: If your character likes it hot, they are a Dominant. If your character prefers the cold, they are a Submissive. To Note: Characters can only swap their designation for one of the following reasons: an event occurs that allows it or there are OOC reasons that make it a necessity. Any swap always requires mod approval and each character can only ever switch once. Characters that are being reapped will keep their previous designation but players can choose to use new TDMs with different designations for fun! Test Drive threads can be used as activity proofs for characters currently in-game. Please remember to mark any necessary content, and have fun!! |
text; un: greatestarcher
Wait, really? They drug stuff? That's so messed up!
...and quota, right. That's the whole 'sex-three-times-a-month-or-else' thing. They really enforce that? Like, actually?
[She's going to get back to contracts but she can't just--not ask]
Cool username though. Is that like--a nickname? A last name? A cool--superhero alter ego? Like the man behind the mask?
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And it is.
[ There's no point in sugar coating it. If she's new it's better that she knows sooner rather than later anyway, rather than running into these things without even knowing. Or more of these things anyway, most people have already gone through the Orientation thing by the time they hit the network.
He's more than slightly tempted to tell her it's just a name, no relation to anyone in particular, but that wouldn't hold up for very long when just about anybody from his Earth might recognize his face at this point. And from someone with that username? Yeah, they know. ]
Like Hawkeye?
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[texted very vehemently, with all the ire a twenty-two year old with a giant chip on her shoulder can muster. She hopes it translates through]
Yeah. Just like Hawkeye.
Wait, is this Clint?
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[ Whatever she's expecting he's not looking forward to the inevitable disappointment. ]
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Are you Clint Barton?
Hawkeye?
Like the Avenger?
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[ It feels like that was a lifetime ago. ]
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Clint.
Oh my god. Hi.
I can't believe it's you.
I thought I was alone here. Did they grab you at the same time? Were you at the farm? Are the kids okay? Laura?
Do you know how we get out of this place?
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I'm not the Clint you know.
Seems to be happening a lot lately. People expecting me to be someone else.
No one knows how to get out of here yet, but if we figure something out I'll pass it along.
Personally I don't have anything to go back to.
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But you--
You are Clint Barton, right?
Hawkeye?
Former Avenger?
And you do have things to go back to! [grumpy cat, meet your eternal optimist. Sorry??] I mean, I don't know--you've got kids, Clint. A family.
[Sorry, she's just having a hard time reconciling the man so attached to his children and wife that he managed to take down an entire mafia offshoot in five days to make it home for Christmas with the man here saying he doesn't have anything to fight to get back to]
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Does he want to believe that's in the cards for him? Obviously he does.
But he's also been told about universes where he's dead, he just doesn't know if he has it in him to be optimistic.
He doesn't know if he could go through getting his hopes up and having it all crumble like dust. ]
I don't know if you're from somewhere Thanos doesn't exist, or somehow your Avengers managed to pull off some elaborate time-traveling plan to fix it, and somehow it worked, but that hasn't happened for me.
I don't know if it even can happen for me.
I left an apocalypse.
[ And if he does go back, and they do try? Natasha dies.
And he can't stop it.
And he still doesn't know if any of it worked after that. ]
Like I said, whoever you know, I'm not him.
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Look, she's worn through your grumpy exterior once. She'll do it again. She snorts and gives herself a full count of ten before she responds. Yelling at him isn't conducive, even if it is somewhat therapeutic and would feel nice in an otherwise very shitty week]
I am definitely from a place where Thanos exists.
I lost half my family and friends in the blip, thanks.
But yeah. The Avengers stopped him.
Half of everyone was gone for five years but you stopped it. You and the rest of the team.
Natasha and Iron Man--
You know.
Whatever, I'm saying even though you left an apocalypse, there's a whole future in front of you. One where your family is back.
[Yeah, she can't fix the Nat part, she can't, but--he has to realize it's not hopeless]
The person I know was you at some point, right? Means you're the same man, under all of it. Somewhere in there.
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He has to focus on what's right in front of him right now. One day at a time.
Ruining this kid's optimism wouldn't be helpful for anyone either, so he's not going to bother trying to argue. ]
Maybe.
[ Which is as close to a concession as she's going to get right now. But it's something, better than she would have gotten say, six months ago when he was first dropped here. ]
Were you going to give me a name at some point or did you want to just keep me guessing?
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Right.
She can do this. And Clint's still here, which helps, it helps, it really does. This is fine.]
Oh shit. Sorry. Kate. Kate Bishop.
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So you're new here.
And you're a Submissive. Not the greatest place to be but not the worst either.
The accommodations are shit. The food's not much better, but they do make sure no one starves.
The plus side to being on this side of things is that they care a lot less about what you do as long as you're not actively pissing off a Dominant.
So try not to do that if you can avoid it.
If anybody gives you trouble you can call me.
[ And, after a pause. ]
Does the name Ronin ring any bells?
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Or, whatever they say passes as a buffet.
...right
[Has she maybe already gotten into a fight on a train with a group of them and then also yelled at another one until a Bard stepped in? Potentially. But he doesn't need to know about that just yet. The 'call me' part--that. Well. That helps a lot. She didn't think you cared, Clint.]
Got the username saved
[she'd be pre-sorry for your inbox, Clint, but she's not actually apologetic about the amount she's going to contact you, so--]
Ronin? Yeah, of course it does.
It's how we met, actually.
I stole the suit.
Saved a dog.
People thought I was Ronin.
Tried to kill me.
You saved my life and then we saved Manhattan together.
So.
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[ Because he honestly isn't in the mood for that right now, but he does want to get a better idea of exactly who he's talking to, and maybe... work some things out between them. He doesn't know. They'll just have to figure it out. ]
... Right.
Don't drop that name here, it'll get you in the same kind of trouble.
[ Especially with the gangs. They spend a lot of time fighting each other, but pretty much all of them hate him. ]
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No.
Okay. Maybe like a little one
[ugh, apparently she can't lie to her partner, even if her partner isn't exactly her partner right now]
but not a big one, and honestly if you get me enough food, I'll be busy eating and probably can't do much talking anyway.
Wait.
Are you still like.
Actively Ronin-ing here? Like actively actively?
Oh shit, I should have probably put that on a private message.
Sorry.
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Like I said, you're on the rough side of town.
I'll send you an address, meet me there in about an hour and we can get lunch.
And you can skip the motivational speeches, I'm fine.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure I saw a guy get beat up the other day.
Like.
Shit's crazy. New York alley crazy.
See you in an hour. We'll see about the speeches; sometimes you don't know what you need. Don't worry, I can read you like a book. We got this.