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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!! |
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He held her close, pressing his face into her hair for several long moments as he just took it in. Unable to stop the tears that welled up in his eyes as he had been certain he would never see her again.
“I was,” he said softly, but with a voice filled with emotion. “Oh my dearest, I was.”
But now he was here, and so was she. For the first time in what felt like forever, everything felt right again.
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Jyn only had the last few days to mourn a life without him, but those few days of being back here, alone, made this embrace all the more potent. He pulled her to him and hugged him deeply. It was a kind of hug that conveyed so much without words. Her chin rested on his shoulder as she raised herself on her tiptoes. She squeezed him back. This hug might have only been after a short leave for her, but the impact was just the same.
She was certain she would never see him either. And here he was once again. Comforted by this fact, she pulled away slowly, just enough to look him in the eye as a hand gently touched his cheek. “Did you go home, too?” She asked.
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“Yes,” he said softly. “Though not right away.” The memory of it all causes him to swallow hard, the emotion welling up inside. “I waited for you,” he admits. He had waited and mourned. Almost an entire month he had deeply felt her loss. It was only due to the kindness of a friend that kept him from missing his quota. Though even after that it was still difficult.
“I waited as long as I was able,” he continued. “But I managed to find another dominant. Someone who was very kind to me. I was with him for a few months and then I returned home.”
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She didn’t know what to say back. Telling him it was okay was hollow and untrue. She couldn’t even guarantee him that it wouldn’t happen again. They both knew their relationship was on borrowed time. But one think she could alleviate him of was any worry about quotas or anything else he needed to do to survive.
“I’m here now,” she told him softly. All she wanted was him to be safe. While it might have a twinge of jealous arise just from wanting to be the one with him, they had already had an open relationship when it came to sexual needs that the city was involved in. But she wanted to convey that none of it mattered now.
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"Yes," he said softly. Mustering a smile and raising his hand to put it over hers. She was here now, and that is what mattered. While it was true they had agreed on an open relationship, and he had made some attachments to others, she had always come first. It would be no different now.
"Let's find a quiet place, shall we?" Right now he just wanted to be with her. Someplace peaceful and private, away from all the hustle and bustle and prying eyes all around them.
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But those were conversations for another time. Their reunion was much too important. When he suggested leaving, she nodded. She wasn’t really wearing clothes too appropriate for the snow, but being in his embrace made her momentarily forget. All thoughts of the market did as well.
“Of course,” she nodded. Knowing the city there were a number of places they could slip into or just return to her place. He would never need an invitation there.
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Once she agreed to go, he smiled and wrapped his arm and cloak around her. The thick fabric and the closeness of his body would help to keep her warm. It wasn’t the first time. I remembers doing much the same thing during the festivities the last winter they had spent here together.
“Where are you staying? The dominant public housing I assume?” He wasn’t at all disappointed if that was the case. They had many good memories there. It would be like starting over again.
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“I am, yes. I only returned a few days ago. Everything we worked hard for is gone,” she told him quietly. It was disappointing, and she couldn’t hide that in the sound of her voice, but it wasn’t the first time she had to essentially start over. Jyn was used to doing more with less.
“You can stay with me as long as you like.”
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“They’re only things, Jyn. They can be replaced.” He was a Jedi after all, and letting go of objects was part of him. Plus it was far easier than letting go of people.
“And… I actually know what happened to most of it.”
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“They weren’t just things though. They were pieces of our life together,” she replied back. It wasn’t that she cared so much about the couch or the bed or the small little items placed in their apartment. It was theirs. She had created a business that was meant to help others, a small beacon in this bleak and corrupted city.
But she also knew if they did it together once, she could do it again. “You do? How long was I gone?” She asked. Clearly they both must have come back recently, so he might not have an answer to how long she was gone herself, but there was a pang of guilt that he might have been her for so long without her.
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They both know the way to the dominant apartments, and so the walk is easy and relaxed. “If my sense of time is right, I would say nearly a year now. I’ve been gone for about 3 months I believe.” She was right though in that they had built a life together here. It wasn’t an easy loss and yet… “We have both lost a great deal. Both here and in our home galaxy. To me, it doesn’t matter so long as I have you.” She was the most important to him. When she was gone, those things hardly seemed to matter, and yet they had been all he had left of her.
“As a submissive I wasn’t allowed to own property,” he began to explain. “I kept the business going as long as I could and stayed in our building as long as I could. But when I needed a new dominant, and found one, everything had to be turned over to him. His name is Albert, and he converted the warehouse into a photography studio. I was in the process of moving into his cabin before I left. Your things I had packed up and put into storage. They should still be there. I can only assume he kept some of my things.”
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“I’m so sorry I was gone so long,” she said softly before listening to his own journey without her. It might have been a blow to hear that her warehouse had been turned into something else, but she knew she could work toward that same goal again.
“We’ll figure it out. Even if we have to start over again. At least we are together again.”
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Something else dies cross his mind though and he hesitated before deciding to tell her. “Anakin left as well,” he said softly, his heart aching at just the mention of it. “Not long after you did. And I haven’t sensed him since I’ve come back.”
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Her face fell somewhat, frowning. It was clear she cared about him. They had been through a lot together in the city. He was one of the first people she talked to about dying. “I hope he gets to change the future like he wanted,” she said softly, still unaware of his fate and how much it was connected to her own.
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Following her through the building, he still kept his arm around her, even if he didn’t have to. Wanting that physical contact between them. Which is how it would be until they made it to her apartment and she let them in.