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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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Something must have happened. Dinah’s mind whirls with incredulous theories. Have they convinced Rosita that Dinah was a hallucination? Did they stage a mock execution or a burial? Did they actually kill her and make Dinah forget?
She feels rage building up too, the sort that chokes and burns deep inside. Fuck this place.
She dials Rosita back, the anger making her spit her words at the device. It’s a message tone, which suits Dinah.
“Ro? Fuck you. It’s fucking me. They’ve dragged my ass back, scars and fucking all. Get your ass to the beach. Clearly we need to talk.”
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So she listens to the message, and afterwards she's still not convinced - they destroyed the firepit, together, not five minutes before Dinah threw her phone into the ocean - but she does know she's definitely going to quash this bullshit.
An hour later, Rosita still in her SIN guard uniform is walking down the beach, jaw and shoulders tense, dark eyes hard. She is going to beat the holy shit out of whoever is trying to fuck with her, and then throw them in the Zoo for the week, she swears.
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At the sight of the Sin Guard approaching, Dinah stands up warily. She's been here all of five minutes. How can she possibly be in trouble already? Unless it's for yelling at Rosita? To her surprise, she realises that the guard is Rosita.
"The fuck, Ro? You still with the shitheads?" Dinah chuckles, though truth be told, the moment she realised that it was Rosita, her stomach had flip-flopped. She feels a bit sick with nerves. Is Rosita mad at her for ditching out?
Dinah catches herself and smiles awkwardly. "I mean, hi. I mean - the fuck happened to your eye?"
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Fact: people disappear from here. Fact: sometimes they come back, and sometimes they're different.
Fuck.
She does not let herself hope. When she sees Dinah, when she recognizes the shape of her, she has no idea what to feel about it - no idea what to even say, but then Dinah takes care of that for her, and for just a moment her anger wins out.
"Yeah, I worked fucking hard to stay with the shitheads." She swallowed her pride, she subverted her pain, and she made them take her back because she's still here and she still has the same job to do that she always did. "What about it? Where the shit have you been?"
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Dinah’s smile fades. “Didn’t you get sent home? Have you been here for all this time? Has… everyone?”
It’s beginning to dawn on her that the Creator hadn’t lived up to his promise to send the LIARs away.
“What the actual fuck, Ro?”
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"No. He was teaching us a lesson. You've been gone for four months. You were just gone."
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“Are you - stupid question, right?”
She starts again, a familiar stutter creeping into her voice.
“Is that how your eye got cut? A lesson?”
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She puts a hand out to stop Dinah from winding up further. Everything else takes a back seat.
"You really don't remember? You're really just... back now? You're good?"
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“I remember Roman and all of that shit. I remember-“ her voice catches. “ - Faith. Losing her. And I remember - they said we were going home. I chucked my device. We trashed the Back Door and - fuck - Insecurity.”
Her hand goes to her backside where Roman’s initials are scarred into her flesh. She remembers those. She remembers the scars on her neck from Zsasz.
“I remember being in line with you and Jacob. We said we’d fight it, but they pulled me out of line. Fucking didn’t get a real chance to fight my way out before they’d got a damn gag in my mouth and shit. They said they were sick of my trouble, to fuck off home. Then I woke up in my apartment back home.”
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Rosita has lost so many people that she knows exactly how to do it these days; she has no idea how to get one back and for a moment she just stands, stupid, fingers flexing and relaxing.
Then, all at once, like a switch flipping it seems to hit home: "Can I hug you?" she asks, her voice thick.
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Since she’s come back, she’s not allowed herself to be emotional. As her memories have returned, she’s channeled her distress into anger, which has fizzled and burned through her. The minute Rosita’s in her arms, Dinah breaks. She sags into Rosita, and though she’s quiet, her cheeks are wet with tears.]
I’m so sorry, Ro. I’m so sorry I wasn’t there. I’m so sorry I couldn’t stop them.”
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She's still plenty strong and steady enough for this though, and even if her throat feels tight and she has to make an extra effort to breathe, she doesn't cry. She pulls Dinah in and she holds onto her, close and fierce, and she's shaking her head even as she hears what she's trying to say.
"It's not your fault. It's okay, it wasn't your fault," she insists, firm even if her voice is a little rough.
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“I’m gonna try my best not to leave again,” she says. “I ain’t leaving you to get hurt again.”
She feels guilty though. If she hadn’t been pulled out of line, Rosita wouldn’t have ended up with a fucked up eye. Dinah’s not good at much, but fighting is definitely one of her strong suits. Or, Dinah reflects grimly, they would have gone after her and Jacob over Rosita. Either way, she hugs Rosita just a little tighter before she lets her go.
“So what now?”
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"I think being close to me is only going to keep making them focus on you. I -" She shakes her head. "Jacob is gone, too. They sent him home too."
And she hasn't really had to deal with any of that more than it takes to move on, except now Dinah is back. Fuck.
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She swallows. “Fuck, I need a drink.”
It’s so overwhelming to be back here, to remember it and to realise how duplicitous the Creator had been. It’s so overwhelming to step back into the shoes of a submissive once more and to dampen her recently found spirit down. Dinah sets her jaw.
“Can we do this together, Ro?”
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But it's one thing to say to hell with consequences she didn't have to endure. Rosita was the one stuck here, knowing she was responsible for both of her contract partners being sent home. Knowing what they were willing to do to teach her not to be defiant, to put her in her place.
What they might have done to Dinah and Jacob if they'd been there.
"I do care, Dinah. You weren't there."
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She licks her lips. “I should have fought harder to stay with you. I’m sorry.”
There’s a pause. “What did they do to you?”
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She hates it, but she has to keep that at the back of her mind rather than out in the open or she won't be able to hold onto it for when she needs it most. For when it would be the most effective.
She shakes her head. "Nothing I want them trying out on you. I fought, too, Dinah. They had nothing they could do to make me do what they wanted, and they knew that, so they just... did whatever they wanted."
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“We need to fight it. Them. We need to fight and resist even - even if it makes our lives hell. We can’t keep letting them -“
She shakes her head, frustrated at how powerless she is.
“How the hell do we fight?”
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"Cause too much trouble for too long and they can just get rid of us, and those that are left are starting from scratch. But not everyone has the stomach to play along."
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“I wanna show them. Show them I’m knuckling under. I mean, if you wanna help me? We can make a show of it together. Show them we’re playing our roles. And maybe pick up where we left off in private?”
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"I think the designations are to get rises out of us more than to match our natures." But that's just speculation and Dinah has asked a genuine question, so she refocuses.
"I just picked up a second contract, Di," she finally admits, quiet, raising her eyes to the other woman's. "But you'll have time. And it doesn't mean I'm not... happy and sorry both to see you."
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That’s a relief because Faith is back and Dinah can’t imagine either partnering with anyone else.
“Faith’s back as well. I - I mean, probably? I mean… if you needed to.”