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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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Cal is silent for a moment, eyebrows shooting up incredulously. He shakes his head and mutters something about people calling HIM dramatic.
"Buddy, one of my closest allies is a Nightsister, if I said all that I'd be pretty kriffing hypocritical," he's also touched the Dark a few times himself, once out of pure rage, once out of pure necessity. He's not about to crucify anyone for having to do that. Instead he just gestures to the train, "You're not exactly doing a whole bunch of 'evil' here just sitting on a transport and meditating with your spooky holocron. If you were say... murdering babies and setting buildings on fire that would be another story."
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"Murdering babies and setting buildings on fire aren't exactly something I'm known for, no." Not that he's a saint, but he has lines that he won't cross. "Sorry, I'm just used to hearing certain things whenever I run into Jedi."
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That and he's been slowly working through things about the force and his identity as a Jedi lately and what is and is not right isn't as clear cut as he was led to believe. It's left him more open minded then most.
"Cal Kestis by the way," he sticks his hand out. Little awkward because of the back of the bench between them but he's being friendly.
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"But, what do you mean about there being few Force sensitives left? Because last time I checked the galaxy was brimming with them." He wonders if Cal was raised in some obscure corner of Wild Space or the Unknown Region, somehow never hearing about what's been going on between the Republic and the Empire.
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"Have you been stuck in a bacta tank the past few centuries?" he frowns and then quickly amends, "That's uh, that's not sarcasm by the way, the last guy who didn't know about the state of the galaxy had been stuck in one for like two hundred and fifty years give or take a decade."
He folds his arms, leaning them against the top of the bench's back.
"Light side, dark side, doesn't seem to matter. Between the Purge and Project Harvester unless you bow down and subject yourself to the Empire and enslave yourself to the Emperor's will, you're hunted down and killed for committing the crime of being Force Sensitive. And that's the good ending. There's also the horrific torture that awaits you if you get yourself captured."
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"I don't know what you were told, but the last time I checked, the Sith Empire and Galactic Republic had gotten themselves into another war with each other. The Emperor has been silent for so long that the Dark Council are pretty much doing his job for him. In fact, before I got here I saw an announcement by the Supreme Chancellor that the Emperor had been killed."
It sounded as though it had happened recently too. Not that it changes much. The Dark Council will continue to rule the Empire as if Vitiate wasn't even there in the first place.
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"Okay. So. I think we've got a discrepancy here," his fingers are moving like he's still counting, "So from MY point of view you weren't in the theoretical bacta tank for a couple hundred years. You were in the tank for about three and half millenia. Maybe four. Maybe more. I'd need more details. So unless you remember climbing out of one of those recently or I'm in a hell of an interactive vision of some kind there's some serious sort of time travel tomfoolery going on."
He's developing a headache and he hasn't even gotten caught up in a force echo today his life is the worst.
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"I don't suppose the name Satele Shan means anything to you? Or Darth Malgus? Or the Treaty of Coruscant?" All things that most Jedi of his time period should know about.
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Which is probably not the confident right away of course I know those names answer that is probably desired.
“From history class,” he nods firmly, confident now in his earlier calculations, “I think I was pretty on the ball with my guess of about three and a half millennia.”
He pauses a moment and then adds, “This whole day has been weird and alarming in ways I really don’t wanna think about but that’s like especially karked up, huh?”
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"Yes. Very karked up."
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"Yeah, uh. Sorry," he reaches over and gives him a sympathetic pat on the arm. What is his life that he's whisked away to a whole new galaxy and is apologizing to a Sith Lord from three and a half millennia ago?
"So uh, what were you reading on your spooky holocron? Some kind of horrifying ritual? Instructions to raise the dead?" he desperately changes the topic and it's literally the only thing that comes to mind.
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"Nothing quite so dramatic. Just reading up on Sith history. I've been meaning to make my own holocron, with my history and ritual knowledge."
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"History history or your perception of history? People usually claim the former when they actually do the latter," he sighs a little. As a psychometric he has an... odd history with history so to speak. He sees it constantly, through his own eyes, "I'd argue about inaccuracies all the time in class. Got me in trouble a lot."
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Typical human arrogance.
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"I'm rather bookish, so I tend to remember these things."