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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!! |
cry cry all the way home also this is me all night so /parks
Me? ( yes, you, dean. and his eyes draw squarely on the third pancake as it sizzles. ) I went three, four years without thinking about real sex. For me. Not including - me time. Always been women. Lotta women for a long time, few women that stuck but eventually, my family, my brother, this kid that we took care of, Jack, they mattered more. I got older. The world got uglier. ( God himself took away his free will. He snaps out of it, finally looking up. ) I don't know. I know what my dad'd say about it, and how I've reacted before. Guy hits on me, I -- I'm not smooth. But, I've been curious. ( He holds Steve's gaze... Right. Pancake! He slides that one - as it fights to get off the pan. Shit, Dead one.
He lifts the pancake on the spatula and tilts his head. Is it a goner? ) Aren't we all curious?
i'm right here with you tbh
holding dean's gaze before he turns away causes him to swallow. had he been holding his breath? ]
Never really thought about it, but you're right. Things changed. Your priorities do too. [ there's a soft pause, slowly shifting to stand like he's planning to move around the kitchen island. he does, but he's speaking as he goes. ] I'm not exactly the best person to be giving out that kind of advice, but I think if it's something you want – [ steve takes up the plate and holds it out, expecting dean to deposit the clearly burnt pancake onto it. ] You should go for it.
You only live once, right? It's better to be honest with yourself.
i saw the new scream, i thought about going to the bar, omicron yada yada . here w wine
( You get +1 burnt pancake. )
And if I don't know what I want, outside of -- not knowing what I want.
( Cas or even beyond Cas. There's a plate and a pancake between them or Dean might do something stupid. Instead, he pours another healthy dollop of batter. And then, as nonchalantly as he mentioned sex... ) I've lived more than once. Died -- I lost track how many times. At least eight. ( Plus over one hundred in Sam's tango with the freakin trickster. )
I had that, no time but the present, screw it all phase. That was before the first time. ( He does what the equivalent of giggling would be for Dean. ) That involved a particularly naughty threesome. Twin sisters. That carefree, nowhere to go but down thing wore off. Soon, I just had an expiration date.
( He flips the perfect pancake. )
Between you and me? ( He looks up. ) Think I passed my last one.
yesss a perfect end to the night
I try to give advice as Steve Rogers these days. [ because he'd carried and ruined that mantle, especially once he'd split up the team and gone rogue. that might have been the first time he'd ever really done something for himself, too. ] But hey. You've got time, and even if this isn't the greatest place, the opportunity to be curious.
[ is that a safe thing to say? it feels like it is. dean's been nice company the entire night, and the least steve could do is reassure him. which is easy to do when there's not so much tension building between them. or is that just something steve's noticing on his own? ]
You know, you still look good to me. [ a pause. he clears his throat a little. wow, suddenly he feels awkward. ] I mean, with the expiration date and all.
right?
( He's not someone that carries that kind of against the grain guilt, except when he has to do what he must and someone loses their life in the process. )
Former expiration date. You're hitting on a dead guy. ( He pauses, sliding the last pancake on to Steve's plate. He flips the burner off. ) Not that you're hitting on me. People look good for all reasons. ( He turns back, chest to plate Steve still holds. ) But, I do look good.
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steve immediately forgets everything they'd been talking about – what was that about human rights? is he supposed to be commenting on that? – and almost forgets the part about dean straight up telling him he's dead. that's not unusual to steve. not really. he's seen a lot weirder, a lot stranger. he'd gripped dean's shoulder and felt how warm and alive he is, besides. ]
Yeah. [ talking seems very awkward now. ] You do. [ another pause. elaborate, steve. ] Look good.
[ the one arm he'd had tucked across his chest drops, still dumbly holding onto the plate. ]
You, uh, wanna share these?
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I can always split a short stack.
( His hand covers the bottom of Steve's, steady, as he maneuvers the plate to the counter behind him and steps forward. )
But first. You think I look good, Steve Rogers?
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not a warning. just a slight buffer. ]
Does it matter what I think? [ a poor deflect. ]
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( But he doesn't move closer, or lean in. He leaves the impetus for Steve. He didn't think he'd get here with any guy not Cas and - not any time soon. But, the conversation wound its way around. And he is a good looking guy. )
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[ which isn't answering his question, though his fingers do curl a little tighter into the fabric of dean's shirt like he's considering pulling him closer. what would his friends tell him to do? go for it, probably. but everything is complicated, and his thoughts are pretty scattered right now.
their eyes meet, his mouth quirking slightly. ]
That might be my character flaw.
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( Not a reason that'll work on him, especially with the crinkle of his shirt in Steve's fist. )
Thing about me, I tend to either fixate on someone's character flaw and hate em for it, or begrudgingly lean in. ( As he physically leans in, for the record, lips very close, but before he lets either of them chick out, he pushes his lips to Steve's, hand still under the former captain's.
Cas told him to explore. )
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it's awkward to keep his eyes open, so he squeezes them shut to kind of focus on the way it feels. warm, real. it's the first comforting thing to happen to him since he showed up there, too caught up in what he'd left behind to figure out what he should do. dean's not soft like the few other kisses he's shared, but his mouth is pliant. there's the taste of alcohol, the smell of the bar and the outside. the pancakes.
the kiss ends when steve turns his head slightly, but it's only to breathe. they're close enough their noses touch. ]
Would you consider that fixating or leaning in? [ because steve might kiss him again to check. ]
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I don't hate you.
( that's all he gets before he's cutting off steve's break for oxygen. he far from hates steve, but this is a three in the morning, post shift, captain america kiss. and that means he lets go. he stops thinking about what sam or his father or anyone might think and he lets himself feel steve's lips and slip his tongue in. )
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he moves, finally, meeting that tongue with his own and dragging him closer. because it's not as if he hasn't kissed anyone in his life. he knows what he's doing, and it's nice being this close to someone again. it's the smallest things a person can forget, and before he can overthink it, he gets an arm around dean's waist like he's not planning to let him go any time soon, an embrace that's solid while he finds his footing and tests what sort of way someone like dean likes to be kissed. ]
lmao the hunt of stubble.
Dean turns them, his back to the counter now, plate of pancakes forgotten as he equally explores what works with Steve. maybe he doesn't have expectations and that's why it feels like this. the dramatics of his hands surrounding Steve's face wears off as he lives in the kiss and his hands explore downward, running along Steve's arm and his side. )
shh i saw nothing
he turns his head to break the kiss, fumbling with something to say. ]
I didn't ask to stay to – [ no, that's the wrong thing. ] This isn't something I usually do.
[ maybe also the wrong thing, but he wants to be clear on it anyway. ]
but the internet is forever
Okay, Katherine Heigl.
Dean tips Steve's chin up. )
Hey. I wasn't looking for this, either. But you find something, you take the moment whenever you can. You don't want to do this, fine. I'm new to all of this, I could just as well share that plate of pancakes. But, I'd much rather ignore that plate of pancakes.
my memory isn't though :')
he meets his eyes, a look there that clearly says maybe he should live a little. it's never too late for that. ]
I'm not sure what this is, [ steve admits, but he steps in as close as he can. they're flush against one another now. ] But I think I wanna find out.
[ even if just a little. ]
neither is mine :')
talk about crowding. dean has nowhere to go but forward. literally. the intensity propels him forward again, capturing steve's lips. )
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it's probably better not to think, which is exactly what he does when he drops his hands and grips dean in a way he can turn them around and lift him to set him on the island countertop. ]
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his hands run along steve's back, grazing over his t-shirt. his boots haven't come off yet, they'll need to be unlaced if they go there. steve's shirt, too, should go, plus dean's button down and undershirt. he catalogues, overthinking, letting himself settle for this, this kiss. )
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they could do this, do something. he could carry him into the other room to find a more comfortable place besides the kitchen. he could be close to someone when he hasn't been that close to anyone in a very long time, and it's that thought that kind of jars him, breaking the kiss and turning to press his face against dean's shoulder. ]
Sorry. [ it's muffled but genuine. he isn't even sure what he's apologizing for. ]
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You don't have to be.
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I might need some time. [ to work out what's in his head. there's a longer pause. ] And I'd wanna take you out somewhere.
[ like a date because that's apparently a thing of his. ]
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he is still holding the guy, and he's not graceful with extricating himself from someone's body like this, and like he did with the kiss in the first place, he's letting steve take any leads.
he can't hide the arousal that's come to life, but he doesn't press forward or try to make it any more apparent. the kiss, the lift, it was all hot. it's okay for it all to have been hot and nothing more yet. )
You wanna take me out.