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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!! |
Re: All Aboard
How are you not freezing to death?
[A bit of a shiver, despite the relative warmth of the train car.]
Yea, no.
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Sharing a body with a Shade has its perks.
[She responds nonchalantly.]
Sorry to break it to you, but your complaint is a bit more literal in this place. If you're lucky, you'll find a partner (she refuses to call them Submissives) to Contract with and be less likely to have to sleep with strangers, though you gotta watch out for many of LIEs tricks. They weren't fucking kidding about that Quota garbage they tell you at Orientation. And if you somehow manage to dodge all that? They drug you and send you to some rehabilitation center where anyone can have their way with you. It's bullshit.
[At least she can talk about it now without her whole face lighting up a bright shade of red. Though right now, there shouldn't be any risks of finding herself in that situation]
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A shade, huh? And what's that?
[Anna shifted, pulling her knees down from the seatback and twisting to face the woman as she talked. Or was it another lecture? It was kind of hard to tell at this point. She did try to keep her face passive, but at several points her hazel eyed did go wide for a moment. Especially the last bit about rehabilitation.
The girl was a horrible poker player.]
That does sound like bullshit and it ain't happening.
[Said with a nod, her rejection of the notion enticing out her native drawl to a more noticeable level.]
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[As for the question of what a Shade is, she holds up her left arm, letting some of the Shade magic seep through as a black smoke-like substance envelops her wrist and hand.]
Shades are monsters from my world that deserve nothing more than a painful death. I made a deal with a devil to get revenge on my Grandma's murderer. Wouldn't recommend it.
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Nah, just stubborn as hell.
[Her eyes naturally followed the other woman's movement. She had noticed the bandages, they were hard to miss after all, but thought they were more for decoration. Apparently they were more disguise.
When the 'smoke' started to seep through the bandages to cover the woman's hand and wrist, Anna's eyes went wide. She could sense the magic of it, foreign...alien, but nonetheless magic. Glancing to the front and rear of the passenger car quickly to see what the reaction was to the woman's display, then back at her.]
Your name isn't Faust is it?
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This is the arm of a Shade. I was dying when the asshole came to me and proposed the deal. I wanted revenge, so I took it.
[She blinks when asked the question and shakes her head.]
No, it's Kainé. Why?
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It's a story form back home. Guy makes a deal with the Devil, finds out the Devil doesn't play fair, shit goes south. We call it a Faustian bargain.
[Tilting her head a bit from curiosity.]
So was it worth it?
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She nods with the explanation, but sighs before answering the question.]
I spent half my life trying to kill the bastard. Even with the powers of a Shade, it wasn't enough for me to do on my own. A guy named Nier helped me finally get my revenge. After that? I didn't see much reason for continuing. Nier changed that. Gave me a reason to live.
So I dunno, if you believe in fate and crap like that, it could have been. But I'm stuck with it now, unless you know a cure for possession?
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Unfortunately not, everything about it, I've seen in movies and the first step is calling a priest.
[She glance around the train car, then back at Kainé]
Unfortunately, I got a feeling any 'priests' around here aren't all that up on their Latin.
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Yeah, well I'm not fond of priests, or priestesses. So good.
[She says it quietly, but there's a little bit of spite in there.]
Anyway, it's got its perks. I can weild magic, I'm strong as fuck, and have a shit ton of stamina. I can also take a hit. It's why I got a job at the Arena.
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[Anna certainly heard the undercurrent in the tone. It was a reminder that things were different for every one.]
Ugh, a job.
[The girl rubbed the bridge of her nose. That was something else she was going to figure out. On top of, being A Dominant, how to avoid everything, and get home. That last one, she wasn't sure where to begin with that.
We're supposed to get one right? This isn't an all inclusive sort of deal, at least what you want to include.
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[Kainé quickly replaces any walls of vulnerability regarding the subject and raises an eyebrow at the distate in the other woman's voice over getting a job. She looks thoughtful for a moment.]
Depends on if you give a shit about the person you're contracted to. I mean, unless you wanna end up in jail. That's an option too.
I think there's some kind of stipend or something too. I dunno how it works.
[Oh, poor, Kainé, she doesn't know it's from the videos LIEs takes of the Dominants. She hasn't clued in to the constant surveillance yet.]
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That is the way it is supposed to work. Being forced, or coerced into things is pretty fucked up. [Of course her context was completely different from an entire society, global?, based upon it.
[She clarified her response. Anna's general frustration with the entire situation made her rather disgruntled about 'settling' in.]
It ain't like I don't work, I'm a singer back home. Got my own band and everything. I quit my job about siix months ago so I could concentrate on that, plus I could.
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[She scoffs. Kainé had already heard that the person in charge is actually a Submissive, which confused the hell out of her. Then Anna mentions singing and a band and Kainé looks thoughtful.]
I think there are a few clubs you could probably get a job singing or something. At least you don't have to rely on a Dominant to get you the job.
[She then frowns.]
There might be other things required of you though...
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Turn about fair play and all?
[The witch frowned a bit, she wasn't really planning and being here that wrong. Besides she had put in plenty of work to get where she was. Starting from scratch again was a bit disheartening.]
Let me guess, mandatory casting couch sessions? [A snort, as she rolled her eyes.] Figues.
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[She gives the other woman a look of sympathy. At least her job she just gets to kick ass. No strings attached. Though there were those Fright Night matches that could have very well ended in the same way. Kainé had dodged that bullet though.]
I'm guessing you're headed to the Up provided housing? I live there too. I can show you around?
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A bit of a nod as she rummaged in her jacket pockets to pull out her phone. Tentatively tapping on the screen.]
Yea, this is where they said I was assigned. [Flipping the screen to show Kainé.] I wouldn't mind, cause I think I don't want to get lost here.