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TDM #37
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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. Submissives are provided with a plain black pleather collar to wear and Dominants are given bracelets made of the same black pleather. The simple design is an immediate visual indicator that they have not yet signed a contract and they will be informed that more elaborate or personalized styles are a privilege reserved for those who do. Enjoy your free time until Orientation! Participation is mandatory for all new and past arrivals. Prepare to sweat. It's fucking hot. |
 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: dubcon, costumes/uniforms, roleplay, modeling/photography) To fundraise for much needed renovations on the Subway halfway house in the Down, LIEs has decided to put together a pinup calendar featuring LIERs. As a part of Orientation, characters will find themselves forced to dress in different sexy thematic outfits and pose accordingly, depending on what month they are assigned. Not all pinup poses are based on holidays or months. Some characters may instead end up being dressed and posed in sexy, sensual parodies of certain jobs, such as firefighters, nurses, mail carriers, mechanics, etc. Some photos are taken in pairs, so Submissives may find themselves posing as a prop for a Dominant — furniture, pets, something appropriate for their designation… Uncontracted Dominants and Submissives will be given randomized prompts to pose for, alone or as a pair. Those who are contracted aren't off the hook, however; the only thing their status affords them is a choice of what month or prompt they have to strike a pose for. They may also be allowed a more creative role, with Dominants acting as directors for the shot and posing the Submissives. No one is allowed to leave until they've been photographed, so say cheese! |
 (cw: dubcon, food play, exhibitionism, sexual compulsions) A new dessert shop called The Big Lick has opened in Duplicity and partnered with LIEs for a special promotion for all newcomers to enjoy the tasty treats they have to offer. Each Dominant at Orientation will find they've been given two free vouchers, with the stipulation they can only be redeemed for a treat if they take a Submissive along with them to share. New Submissives will find that even without a Dominant they can still get in on a taste of the action by showing up and agreeing to put on a little show with a popsicle or melty cone to promote what's on the menu. What does promoting involve? Well, that's fairly obvious when one enters the shop. A few small elevated circular stages are placed around the establishment where selected Submissives are expected to put on a short show for eager customers. These 'shows' may involve deepthroating a popsicle, licking whipping cream seductively off another's fingers or being hand fed dessert on their hands and knees by eager Dominant customers. While their menu is still being worked on, the specialty items up for order each have their own unique quirks: Twin Pop - A fruity popsicle that must be split with another person. Whoever is left with a smaller side must have the other seat themselves on their lap until they both finish their treat. Eating it too quickly may cause brain freeze, so be careful and savor it slowly! Gelato - A luxurious dessert that makes your partner's lips look and taste irresistible — so irresistible that you can't help but kiss them right there in the middle of the shop. This wouldn't be a problem if the impulse to kiss them again and again would just die down before the gelato melts. Shaved ice - Syrupy shaved ice served with milk and a variety of tropical fruit, this refreshing dessert will cool you down so much that you'll be desperate to share body heat with someone for an hour. |
 (cw: public nudity, exhibitionism) As the summer progresses, the temperature climbs to unprecedented levels of heat. It's bad enough in the Up, but the Down is steadily becoming more and more uncomfortably muggy and humid. To beat the heat, the city has installed temporary water misting stations in the Up along the main city streets and also within squares and North Park. Access and use of these misting stations is completely free and brings much needed relief to those who find themselves out and about during the hottest parts of the day. They spray at random and may catch pedestrians just making their way around the city unawares. Due to leaky pipes and runoff from above, some of this water may make its way into the Down as well to splatter on the heads of its inhabitants at random. The leak above South Park is particularly bad. While addictingly cool and refreshing, this water isn't always your run-of-the-mill H2O. Contact with it may cause individuals to feel like they must strip down to their underwear — or even further. Some may go so far as to partake in exhibitionist acts. This effect will last for a few hours after someone dries off, but will be ongoing while they stay in the spray. |
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 would prefer to cool off with ice cream, they are a Submissive. If your character would prefer to cool off with ice cubes, they are a Dominant. 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!! |
the big lick
Sometimes, though, a man just wants a fucking gelato in a flavour he hasn't had since he was back in his own world. Saffron-mango. How can he pass that up?
And so here he is, a solo Dominant who's managed to find a table on his own, which is apparently as good as an invitation to some people. It's in a moment of distraction that he ends up with whipped cream on his fingers--he'd looked away, cone in hand, a melty drop had dripped, and then the next thing he knows there's this blond guy taking hold of his wrist.
It's unexpected. And it's forward. And goodness but he does have striking blue eyes. He also, in an instant, has Vrenille's absolutely undivided attention. He hasn't had a first taste of the gelato himself, but even without tasting it, he's already watching the lips of the young man as he bends towards his hand.]
Well, that'd be a shame. Certainly wouldn't wanna waste any. [He would have licked the drip off his fingers himself--wasting it was never really in the cards. But he allows his wrist to be moved, his hand to be lifted pliantly. Permission granted. Now he just waits to see what the man will do with it.]
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You need to give a bit more attention next time. I'm not in the market for cleaning up after men.
[ not that his words bring about any roughness in his handling of that wrist in his hold, still careful as he lifts it up to his slightly bent over height. ]
But — I'll let you off with a warning. [ there's a bit of a playfulness in the sly grin that follows, unable to hold back his own temptation at a bit of charm, regardless of the receiver, as he leans down, parting his lips over the thumb first, sliding out his tongue to collect the first drag of whipped cream, the lick helplessly dragging against skin in the process. ]
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And yet here you are.
["In the market" or not, he's performing the act with dutiful diligence, and Vrenille as no quarrel with that, his own smile cheeky and playful as the delicate warmth of this stranger's tongue traces carefully over the hills and valleys of his knuckles, the little while trail of whipped cream gathered up and disappearing between his lips.
It's very neatly done, and it's certainly a very pretty picture, and whatever protest he made at the outset, apparently the blonde does very well "cleaning up after men" because in the short span of time since the performance's start, Vrenille's expression has shifted into something more serious, more focused.
They're still playing, of course, and they still have an audience, but when he reaches out to touch the young man's hair, the gesture's not about anyone else here--it's zeroed in, like everyone around them has completely ceased to matter.
Two fingers sweep the fall of hair back from his face, and he doesn't even so much as brush his skin with the tip of a finger. Just his hair, which Vrenille holds aside as he shifts the angle of his hand to offer a lick of the gelato itself, not from his skin but from the cone. After all, it too might drip unless someone licks it.]
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but surprisingly, the man before him seems to be following along with this little game that's started, and sanji maintains that contact of his eyes as he collects each sticky drip from bare skin. for all his complaints about the whole ordeal, there's no half-assing in his efforts, every swipe of his tongue diligent in a way that practically massages each finger with intentional strokes of his licks.
when his hair is brushed, it only seems to accent the bright of his eyes, like the blue of the skies before a storm, his gaze never breaking, intent on not backing down from a presented challenge.
there's a noise that borders a chuckle when the cone is tilted towards him, and with nothing but a slight raise in his brow to communicate, he angles his head to let lick along the side of the gelato that's nearest to melting, making a slight show of how the white drip of it catches on his tongue. and when some of it begins to dribble from the corner of his mouth, he carefully licks it up from his skin and swallows it down his throat. ]
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They just so happen to make quite a striking pair. Some men simply seem to know how to provide service to others, how to make it into an art, which is the sort of skill much valued in a Submissive by the locals of this town. So there's a murmur of approval as the display continues--a Submissive being rewarded for his willing deference by a Dominant. The audience loves it. And when Vrenille leans in, the lock of blond hair still resting against his fingers, and licks gelato from the other side of the cone, there might well be a few breaths held in the crowd around them.
It really is good, the mellow hay-sweetness of the saffron and the distinctive tang of mango, and he doesn't notice right away that there's anything strange happening, maybe because he was so focused on the young man's mouth already.]