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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!! |
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He glares, and pushes the plug a little harder against him.]
Go ahead and try it.
[Which is not a wise thing to say to his asshole of an ex-partner, but Chuuya refuses to be scared of him.]
If you think I can't still get back at you, you're wrong.
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[All this time, and Chuuya still hasn't learned to think ahead and consider the consequences of his actions. Or, rather: he just insists on ignoring them, doesn't he? How someone can live that way - and survive that way - is something Dazai will never -... No, that's a lie: he understands. Of course he does. But it's still something that makes no sense, something that shouldn't have gone this well for so long, and so he dislikes it.
Dazai doesn't fit into the world; he never did. But for people like Chuuya to be equally successful against all logic, and actually satisfied with life to boot, is still extremely frustrating.
But Dazai knows that Chuuya isn't bluffing, and so he'll desist for now - though he will ever-so-gently push that plug away from his throat now, thanks. You're messing up his bandages. >:| ]
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He drops the plug, lets it fall down along Dazai's body, because he wasn't planning on keeping it anyway. He just grins at the attempted insult.]
Exactly. It won't work to stop me.
[If he's successfully annoyed Dazai, then that's a win. He shoves his hands in his pockets, feeling a bit cold all of a sudden, after all the snowballs he made earlier.]
I know you were hoping for easy leverage, since you can't keep up.
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[It's a dry statement, though, not intended to rub anything in. If that were Dazai's mood, he would have made trouble for Chuuya already.
Instead, he picks up that dropped buttplug, turns it around in his hands, before giving a little 'ah!' of joy as he supposedly belatedly gets an idea, and sticks it as a nose on a nearby snow man. Who knows what joy it might yet bring someone? ... or, indeed, who cares to think about that too much?]
Is that really what you think?
[Dazai, not being able to keep up? What a joke! Admittedly he's starting with something of a disadvantage, but he'll catch up in no time - and, in fact, the information Chuuya gave him has already saved him a lot of effort in that regard. Thanks, Chuu~!]
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(And Dazai is annoying but familiar.)]
What else am I supposed to think?
[If Dazai is hiding behind his status as Dominant, he means. He does know Dazai doesn't have to, but half the point of the argument is deflecting away from the fact that Chuuya really isn't happy about being a submissive, and hiding his own feelings on it.]
But I'll go easy on you. Since anything else would force me to have to put up with you more than I want to.
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[Not quite a fair accusation, but as long as they're going with the cheap and exaggerated insults, Dazai can do that, too. In more practical observations, though: as Dazai tries to rub his snowy hands warm with little effect, he belatedly cares to notice that Chuuya, too, is shivering. (Well, it's a nice distraction from how cold his own hands are, anyway!)]
Shouldn't you find someplace warm? Someone is going to mistake you for a snowman before long.
['Cause you're small!]
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Shouldn't you? Or did you get lost.
[Actually, he wouldn't mind going inside somewhere, but it's never tempting to return to the Down, and there are no places he can really go here. He needs to figure out which cafes or bars are submissive friendly, where he can go without a Dominant, but he also doesn't really have any money.
This city really has messed with his mind, anyway. He's even thinking he could use some body heat to warm up, but he doesn't actually feel like finding someone.]
If you need help finding your apartment, ask someone else.
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But this does give me an idea... [Dazai turns thoughtful, gaze drifting in the supposed general direction of his fancy new living quarters. Whatever may this nigh unparalleled genius have thought of now? Perhaps it could even be (shockgasp) lewd?!
Well, he might, if he thought Chuuya wouldn't just be the wrong type of ass about it. As it is:] ... You're just about the right size for a hand warmer!
[More reasons to regret not actually wearing your coat, the way a normal person would: now Dazai can stick his hands under your arms for warmth. Not even for tickling! (... Yet, anyway.) Just to get warm.]
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[And you really can't argue with that logic, can you, Dazai? Because if there's one thing Dazai loves to do, it's to annoy Chuuya. Clearly that's why he's here, and clearly that's why he's not leaving.
Dazai moves, and Chuuya should be reacting, but he doesn't. He'll blame it on being cold later. He should jump back, expect some prank, maybe snow down the back of his --]
What the hell are you doing?!
[He hadn't expected that, and he's not sure how to react? He's mostly just surprised because he was expecting worse.]
When did I say I wanted to touch you?!
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Expecting worse is probably sensible, but, for whatever reason, Dazai thinks this is enough, for the moment. Not that he was so sure about that before touching Chuuya, but this really does feel pretty nice. Maybe it makes sense that such a firecracker makes for a decent kairo?]
You're not touching me, though? Clearly I am the one who is touching you.
[He wiggles his fingers a little to demonstrate. Or just because it's fun to get away with this while he can, who knows?]
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Except that Dazai is still a dick, and Chuuya can't just give in like that.]
Stop that. Go buy yourself some gloves or keep your hands still.
[But keep your hands still and he... Doesn't actually mind. He guesses.]
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[Actually, the details here are a little suspicious all around. But there's no need to jump to conclusions, even if Dazai has an idea or two. This is pretty innocent, anyway, and nothing he can't use to his advantage - as he had.
He will stop not-quite-tickling Chuuya for the moment. Not because Chuuya told him to, of course! But because he never planned to keep at it for too long. Besides, Chuuya does feel nice and warm...]