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TDM #31
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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 LIEs 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 LIEs 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 high-rise. 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 for all new and past arrivals. It's the hottest part of the summer. Prepare to sweat. |
 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. |
 (cw: aphrodisiacs, dub-con, groping, public nudity, public sex) It's summertime! To beat the heat, LIEs has decided to throw a pool party directly following Orientation at one of the city's public pools! Attendance is mandatory for new arrivals and strongly encouraged for everyone else. New arrivals are provided with (skimpy) swimsuits to wear, but LIERs who have been in the city a while have the option of bringing their own gear. Of course, skinny dipping is allowed as well, and there are many spots on deck for people to tan themselves. Speaking of tanning, why not help out a fellow LIER by rubbing some lotion on them? Or, if you want to avoid a burn, get someone to put sunscreen on your back? The formulas of the complementary products that LIEs provide may or may not have a mild aphrodisiac added to them, but at least you won't burn and you may get that nice golden tan you've been chasing — all over! While one end of the pool is reserved for people to splash around in or float casually, there are numerous games and water activities for people to join in on as well: In a sexy twist on Marco Polo, though in Duplicity the call and response is "lucky" and "get me," the seeker must try and tag other players by tugging at their swimsuits. They'll be rewarded with 30 seconds of foreplay, groping and whatever else they can accomplish within the time frame. Dominant and Submissive pairs face off against one another in piggyback chicken fights or jousts using inflatable toys and suggestively shaped pool noodles. Are those dildos stuck to the bottom of the pool? You bet! Dive down and retrieve them before handing them to the next person behind you to toss in and dive for or just collect as many as you can. There is, of course, the option of using said dildo on yourself or someone else for others to watch and enjoy on the pool deck. No judgment here. For those who prefer a slightly more private option, there are curtained cabanas available and it's easy enough to duck inside with a partner for a quick tryst. |
 (cw: aphrodisiacs, dub-con, altered mental states, miscellaneous kink) Whether it's the obnoxious, telltale jingle that signals the arrival of ice cream trucks, or the vehicles happen to be spotted in their various parking spots all around Duplicity — including some smaller carts made to navigate the narrower streets of the Down, it's obvious that they're popular considering the warm summer weather. It seems the locals can't get enough of the cool, sweet treats on offer — and, even better, the trucks are offering free samples in addition to selling regular sizes. Popsicles and soft serve ice cream are on the menu, and each frozen bite has its own unique set of effects. The menu: Want sprinkles with that? Enjoy your added aphro! |
 (cw: dub-con/non-con, pet play, leash and collar, training/discipline, exhibitionism) A new public park has recently been built on a formerly empty lot in the Up. The bigger sign on the gate reads "Dog Park," and the smaller sign adjacent to it includes the posted rules that all people need to abide by in order to enter. If you're curious about what such a structure entails (after all, there are dogs in Duplicity), you're in luck: today, there's a meet-and-greet being hosted for pets and their owners, sponsored by a local "pet" shop, with banners advertising the event posted at each end of the park. This is a Dog Park, alright, but it's intended for a very specific kind of play involving the LIERs who want to wear the collars in question as well as the LIERs who are interested in holding their leashes. Even if you've never harbored an interest in it before, don't worry — random bystanders will be enthusiastically pressured to join in by event volunteers, so you might find yourself wearing a collar or holding a leash in very short order regardless. All pets must be collared and leashed properly in order to enter the Dog Park, and owners must remain in close proximity to their pets at all times. There are toys for tugging and fetching, a few pieces of special playground equipment, and more than enough space to run around. There will also be obedience challenges issued to various pairs at random, just to see how in sync both pet and owner are with one another. If you decide to participate and remain on your best behavior, you might even earn a nice treat in addition to a pat on the head. The pet shop will be handing out goodie bags consisting of take-home collars, as well as animal tail plugs and other sex toys and gear, to everyone who takes part in the event, willingly or not. |
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 the assignments are OOCly 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 is a night owl, they are a Dominant. If your character prefers the daytime, 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 tag on 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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( there's an extension of her thoughts to let ororo know where she is, guiding her gently in a strange location )
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But she's back in the air and following that tug, wondering at her luck. But also, must it really be a wonder? Out of them all, this is Jean's brand. ]
How are you faring? What do you recall? [ Business first. Feelings can come after! ]
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( she wasn't still naked, she'd gotten her uniform back, the lovely blue number she'd last seen ororo in. she opens her mind, letting those last memories work across, the victory they'd just had both against cassandra and then in the un )
( Are you safe? )
( jean knows that she's coming but it's as much a flip of the question than anything )
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I'd just prefer to continue this in person. Where are you, my friend?
[ She's landing shortly, in the general area that Jean has led her to. ]
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Ororo?
( said as a question even though she'd more than mentally confirmed that it was her )
It's good to see you.
( to have her with her )
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That relief turns into pointed surprise, though, at the mark down her throat. That... is very new. ]
I am glad to see you're... well, all things considered? Well enough, at least?
[ Her hands stray down that uniform. ] I see you've gone back to these shoulder pads.
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there's a lot of relief in it, comfort, and she'd confirmed long before that ororo really was ororo. even something as simple as this comforts her, reassures her that no matter what they're going to face it'll be together and they'll survive )
Walk with me.
( she loops her arm into ororo's when they break, resting her other hand on it, walking close in step currently aimless in destination )
I never took them off since last seeing you. ( her head tilts to look at her, curious ) Tell me everything.
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So it's easy to settle into old motions. Walking arm in arm, happy to take her in - physically, and that respectful psychic touch. They're not heading anywhere, but Ororo leads them in a particular direction anyway.
(Shopping. They're going shopping.) ]
I will. Anything you need or want to know.
But I think the most important thing to broach is that you were here, before. Just a month or so, perhaps? [ She swivels her gaze down to glance at her, one brow raised as if she already knows the answer to her next question. ]
You do not remember?
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she finds it, glimpses but not yet reading too heavy, pulling back again with that surprise. she wants to know of that time but also-- )
No. ( and the thought of something being in her head and altering it doesn't sit well. it isn't easy to change her head ) I wish that I did know. That I remembered.
( because they both knew that jean could see it but it wouldn't make the memories hers again )
I've seen what people think of this city and our captors, the messages that they're given. ( that she also was given ) It doesn't feel the whole truth.
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In all of them, Jean is there - and she had no strip down her throat. She clasps her fingers over the hand on her arm. ]
It's not the whole truth, no. But we know very little. They lie, yes, but they keep us in the dark more often.
More troublesome is their power over us. [ She gives Jean a wan smile. Those are definitely not words she'd use lightly, and definitely not to refer to herself or Jean. ] They are capable of making us bend to their whims regularly.
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You're still here and for some reason I wasn't.
( and the idea that she'd left without ororo doesn't even enter her mind, there isn't any way that it would happen )
A grand illusion, a mindscape, true containment... ( there were things that could stop and hold them, jean had been susceptible to them before but it took true strength ) We do still have our powers. There's a reason they left them even if they wish us to be compliant.
( her sigh is more frustrated. it was being kept in the dark that was irritating and if ororo was still here... did she have the truth of it or was it too much that none of them had yet found a way out. and why remove her, alter her memories and bring her back? why now give her this stripe? )
The line on me now feels like a statement, more than having my memories altered.
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Perhaps. I would not put it past them. They leave us with some of our power - but not all of it, as I am sure you've already noticed. Enough to convince us we are... capable of terrible things, if they needle us in the right ways.
Sometimes that means sex. Sometimes it just means hurting people for the sake of it. [ Her grip on Jean becomes more protective. For both of them, that latter threat was more concerning. There was (usually) no limit to what they could do. All that stopped them from certain destruction was their own will, their own principles. ]
The mark down your throat is another thing, another exercise of power. [ Her expression turns a little grim, a little apologetic. ] You'll find a lot of your liberties challenged or outright stripped from you, I'm afraid.
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but there's a lot that ororo's right about, a lot that jean has to get used to: her powers do feel a little dimmer, more limited than the limitless potential she's used to, almost as if she were the girl still training her powers capable of much less.
but it's not a mindset that she's going to fall into, not letting a limit placed on her stop her from what she may need to do: there's a reason why they're x-men, why they're leaders: it isn't their powers )
I've noticed some things in looks and the thoughts I've read. ( the citizens here and their distaste and disapproval of her being near, the opinions in submissives ) I'll be okay.
( she's died and been reborn, been through things that are far worse. and jean isn't alone.
but she lets herself briefly be distracted when the shops that ororo's leading them to start to come into view, a little amusement in her next question ) Are you trying to distract me with clothes or do you have an occasion to dress for?
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She also knows that alone, Jean won't be able to buy anything like this for herself. She'll probably even notice the difference in treatment they'll get the minute they walk into a store. Best to get these things done now. ]
Also? It is summer here. We don't have anyone to impress other than ourselves. The selections can be... racy, but it won't take much looking to find something flattering.
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Like this? ( she lets it linger for a few seconds before there's a little haze as the clothes shift in the illusion to a different outfit ) Or this?
( a little longer before it falls away and jean nudges them into the store )
And you, Ro, are telling me you haven't impressed anyone lately?
( or wanted to? operation: get your best friend laid )
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Have you ever known me to fail at impressing anyone, Jean? Even when it isn't my express purpose to.
[ ... it doesn't really answer Jean's question. But it's fine; she'll bring them over to some clothing racks that hold things similar to what she'd projected, earlier. With the right sizes too, because of course she knows what size Jean is. Jean can run her own operation however she wants, but Ororo just wants to make sure her friend looks good, okay. ]
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( when your best friend uses your full name because you're avoiding her question. please.
but she will happily look, unlinking her arm as she looks at the clothes, acting for a few minutes as if she's dropped the topic.
and then, without looking up from the cardigan she was pulling out to hold up )
Who are they?
( innocently. gossip with her!! )
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Hush. I'll gossip with you later when we're somewhere private.
If you must know who else is here - Logan and Kurt have a cabin on the outskirts of the city. Nate is living with a dominant of his own in an apartment up here as well.
[ Also all innocently, because Jean should know these things. Nate's her son! ... And if she says Logan and Kurt's names with some affection, well, Jean would pick up on it. Though she'd never need to try that hard to impress them. ]
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When did he get here?
( that motherly instinct to be a little snoopy and make sure he's okay and looked after. checking out his dominant? on her mental to do list.
the cardigan does at least get another look before being hooked over her arm, moving on to find a blouse and some jeans. one outfit coming up )
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Scott had been here too. He was sent home not long after you were. I am not sure if that was intentional on our captors' part.
[ That alone is a thought exercise by itself. But other than that... ] Nate is his parents' son. It's not easy to check in on him. You'll have to say hello soon, when you've caught up on everything here.
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Will you show me?
( let her see something of scott, the vibrance of his life that she knows, was heartbroken to hear had changed whilst she'd been dead. and even though her own return was impossible hearing he'd been here seemed more impossible. but maybe it had been before he'd died, maybe those details weren't important. she just wanted to see him for a moment.
a moment that, if ororo opens her mind, she'll read and let pass, let fall, letting her heart hold onto that moment to make herself be in this moment again )
You mentioned Logan and Kurt's cabin. Where do you live?
( renewed focus: find an outfit, get back to ororo's so they can really talk )
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But in this city, her memories of Scott Summers are careful cups of coffee, an occasional spar in the gym. Passive aggressive reminders to go take care of yourself, to make sure people are checking in on you. Terse get-togethers for meals, but with the sense that they are both trying, because of how much they mean to each other despite everything. ]
Logan and Kurt have better memories with him, I'm sure. And Nate, of course. [ A light touch of regret. She should have tried a little harder to bridge whatever gap there was between them. But they were both stubbornly alike and that made things difficult for everyone around. ]
[ All that aside, she keeps a hand around Jean's, as she internalizes the rest of her concerns. ]
I have an apartment here in the Up. Provided by the city for all Dominants - while your quarters are... they should be in the Down, a train and an elevator ride away. [ She squeezes her grip over Jean's fingers. ] But you can stay with me until we settle the rest of your needs. [ There was the matter of a contract, of course. She'd offer it, but only once they're truly in private. ]
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but here she has a friend comforting her, offering a smile back, a tight squeeze of hands and lets that wave of calm drift over them both to let her know she will be okay )
Then I'll come to you.
( as often as she can, every time, not making ororo feel covered or trapped in the down as it could hit her. not when they could also have the skies of the up )
And-- ( she holds up a blouse as if asking for judgement on it but really it's seeing it in a better light before jean tucks it to her, jeans quickly found after ) I've found something. A starting point.
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So... later, then. They'll figure it out. For now, Ororo just smiles at the selection of clothes before nodding to the fitting rooms and the counter. ]
When they ask, I will say that I will pay for them. [ This time the tinge of apology in her voice is sincere. ] Don't be too offended, and save your outrage for when we can discuss the ins and outs of this place later. Alright?
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so for now jean accepts it, trusts in ororo and lets her lead them on, keeping quiet (even if her expression isn't) until they're out of the store )
I trust there's a lot you'll have to fill me in on. ( both things she needs to know and those unfortunate things that they've promised ) Nicer things too.
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