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TDM #41
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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. The first hints of spring are in the air. Large piles of snow still linger, but precipitation has turned to rain and the breeze gets a little warmer every day. It's time to swap out wool coats for umbrellas and turtlenecks for tea dresses! |
 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: cockwarming, lap sitting, frottage, edging, public sexual acts, public displays, public transport) Far too many people can’t seem to follow directions. Reading a map shouldn’t be that hard, so LIES has taken it upon themselves to update their usual city tour to refresh newcomers and graduates alike. This month’s orientation includes a more in-depth tour than the usual train ride, coupling it with bus routes that lead groups through various stations and stops that show off some of the city’s most notable landmarks. To your left you will see Fiddler's Square, and over on the right you will see the greenhouse, opened just last year. Enjoy this drive along the coast! The beach looks lovely and the lighthouse stands proud and watchful, but the city recommends against visiting either one. Isn't the business district much lovelier, with all the fancy hotels and lively dance clubs? Dominants and Submissives both new and old are required to take or give the tour at least once, depending on how long they have been in the city. Those who have lived in the city for over six months will find themselves given maps to follow and brochures that describe various places in town; they are paired with newcomers who haven't been here quite as long, and are still learning what the city has to offer them. Whether a tour guide or a member of the tour group, Dominants will be given priority seating, while Submissives are expected to either kneel at their feet, sit on their laps, or even stay standing in trains and buses that, curiously, are always packed. Everyone’s taking these tours, so it's no wonder these carriages are so crowded. Something strange happens on these tours, though. It starts small and faint, but the longer you spend in these crowded buses and trains, the hotter you feel - and the people surrounding you look more and more attractive. But this is Duplicity, and no one will bat an eye if the Submissive on a Dominant’s lap starts humping them in front of everyone else… After all, it seems like everyone else is already also doing the same. The strange part? No one can get off. No matter how far you take it, or how long you try to climax - you just can't. No one can. No one's getting off on this tour, not until the bus or train makes it to each pre-planned stop. Please mind the gap as you disembark, and try not to come all over the concrete the minute you step out of the vehicle! |
 (cw: randomized kinks, exhibitionism, transactional sex) The tours aren't all about sex on the go. While the tour guides are given maps and brochures to study up on, the tour-takers are given little stamp cards and instructions to complete a fun stamp rally. Visiting each of the locations on your card can get you an adorable stamp, and completing the stamps will get you a fun and useful prize! Participating locations include: ▪️ The Aquarium ▪️ The Library ▪️ Cupid's Castle ▪️ PUSSY Academy ▪️ The Obelisk ▪️ Riddler's Square ...and more! Every card is different, and will take you all around the Up and the Down. The catch - you don't get a stamp until you use your device to scan an official code found in stamp stands at each stop. Doing so brings up a pose to be done with at least one other person. Make sure to pose quickly, a camera somewhere in the area will flash in a few moments to take your photo. Some photos are fairly straightforward - a kiss to the cheek, or a slap to the ass. Others are a bit more involved - giving a blowjob, or getting pegged. Don't complain, some unlucky people might get something convoluted (can anyone truly bend that way? Time to find out!). You get unlimited tries to take the perfect picture - so if you don't manage it the first time, simply scan again and strike another pose. Unfortunately the pose won't change with any additional scans, so make sure to do your best with what you’ve been given! Completed stamp cards can be exchanged at the Orientation Center for a loaded money pass! Particularly valuable to Submissives (uncontracted ones, or ones who want to buy things by themselves), money passes are honored all over the city, and can be used to purchase necessities without a Dominant’s signature. The pass is valid for a whole month, and has enough to cover a month’s worth of decent warm meals, a few indulgences, and maybe some appropriate clothes for the season. Buy whatever you need to impress the Dominant of your dreams and secure a contract that suits your needs. |
 (cw: clothes play, optional crossdressing, optional transactional sex, public sex, mirror sex, exhibitionism) In a bid to attract new customers, the boutique Delicate Desires has partnered with LIES to advertise their shops as a one-stop-shop for new arrivals to get their hands on necessities they’ll need to make their lives easier and more enriched. With every completed stamp card, Submissives will also receive a coupon for 40% off anything in the store. Get a frilly, lacy outfit for every occasion! If you don’t have any cash or failed to complete your stamp card - don’t fret! Find another Submissive who is willing to spend money on you from their own pass, or find a Dominant to spoil you - with the outfit being one of their choice, of course. There are changing rooms available for customers to try on outfits and one may find that when they look at themselves in the mirrors of the store, their self-confidence spikes. It doesn’t matter how good or bad they may objectively look, they’ll feel like the hottest person to ever grace Duplicity’s streets. If said boost in confidence comes with feeling hot and bothered, well, the clerks won’t mind if the rooms are used for a quickie, so long as you’re, well, quick about it. They're expecting a lot of customers! A competing store next door, Allure & Adorn, has decided to use this opportunity to try and lure customers into their own shop, boasting that their clothes are just as good - if not better! - than the ones offered next door. They will also accept the money passes that Submissives may have earned during the stamp rally, but their prices are a little less favorable than the boutique's. Their outfits, instead of their mirrors, seem to make those that wear them feel prone to showing off and indulging in exhibitionist activities. No fucking in the changing rooms here though - this store has class! Go out on the streets if you wish to indulge in that sort of behaviour. |
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: All new arrivals on this TDM are 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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[he raises his hands and leans back against his seat, looking Rude over.
Focusing in the hilarity of the situation feels a lot better right now than to think too much about ... anything else really.]
Yeah, sure. Why not. Nothing like a good fuck to get accustomed to a new place of living, I guess, [And to be fair, he feels like having his brains fucked out sounds like a really good idea right now. Forget about a few things for a while.]
Lemme guess. You're on the leader board? If ya say no, I'll be mocking you for the rest of your days.
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Well, there are people here with powers, not just Zack. I think we have an actual god too. And magic. Not materia but actual magic.
But yes, of course I am on it.
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[If there ever was a judging look from Reno, this is it.]
I've seen you use your fists against fucking summons, don't tell me some sparkles bullshit is gonna beat you, or else I'll have to reconsider everything 'bout you.
[Not like he doesn't need to anyway, after everything he learned today.
Shaking his head, he downs the rest of his drink, feeling not even slightly buzzed. But given the time of day, maybe that's a good thing. Or maybe not, considering the roller coaster of emotions and thoughts that are going around in his head]
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Want another drink?
[Rude finishes his own drink as well. He feels like he needs one. ]
Have they given you a roommate in Down housing?
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[he shakes his head, and while he tries to look serious, there's till that little smile tugging on the corners of his mouth.
This almost feels normal again.]
Yeah sure. Don't mind something stronger either. Just in case you were wonderin'.
[Reno scratches his head and tries to think]
Haven't really been there yet, cause I figured clothes were more important? Normally my walks of shame don't take the whole day and the whole way through the city.
[nor does he feel shame, but that's beside the point]
But I think they did gave me a name, [he thinks for a moment] Max .. Maxi .. Maximoff, or something like that?
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[This time Rude makes them something much stronger for their drinks. The only think that isn't alcoholic is the icecubes. He puts it down in front of Reno when he comes back with a bit of a smirk on his face. ]
I hated the housing, but my roommate was pretty nice.
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oh gods, this is what he needs right now, after ... Well, everything he learned today.
He tries not to let his thoughts linger on a few of the things Rude told him today, he's been good a suppressing and ignoring things for years after all. The alcohol definitely helps.]
That bad, huh? Haven't been there yet, not met the guy, so we'll see. How'd I get outta there?
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Taking a deep breath, and dragging a hand over his face, he eventually looks at Rude again.]
So if that whole contract thing with Tseng goes trough, I'd be able to live with him, but I wouldn't be able to live alone, or with anyone as long as I'm not their fucking property?
[another huff]
That's worse than the Shinra issued apartments, man.
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[He takes a breath and then nods.]
It is fucked up. I was very close to ask Dorian to sponsor a place for me when we first signed a contract. But he already owned two houses, so I didn't.
That is one thing you can do. Tseng is renovating a beach house, so he might have two places too. Maybe you can stay in one of them, at least part time.
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So we're not allowed to spend money, we can't get a place to live .. what if the contract, for whatever reason, gets eliminated, what then? Right back on the streets?
[He's bouncing his leg in frustration and chews on his fingernails, needing an outlet for that energy that keeps bubbling up inside him with every new wave of rage]
Is there anything we're allowed to do on our own without anyone having to sign a fucking permit first?!
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And if your dominant leaves or disappears you get one month before you have to move back to public housing. I think if you decide not to renew it is straight back as soon as it is over, unless you have a new contract all lined up
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He's trying to hold himself back and not making a scene, but only because he doesn't want Rude to pay the price.
So he grabs his drink instead, almost downs it completely and then crosses his arms in front of his chest, leg still bouncing, even faster now]
This whole thing is a shit show. Why would anyone agree to any of that?! When I signed up to become a Turk, I at least somewhat knew what I was gettin' myself into, but I'm not even given a choice here,
[He keeps his voice low, hissing the words more than speaking]
My life's not about anyone but myself, fuck whatever they want me to do.
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Well, we're Turks, we get the job done and right now the job is just to survive this place. [He has lost count of how many times he told himself that in the first six months here. ]
And I don't think any of us LIErs agreed to it. We were all brought here from somewhere else.
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[He rolls his eyes, but he can't really blame his partner. Maybe if you're feed these things long enough, you start to believe them as well.
Just like the good ol' Shinra propaganda. Funny how things have changed.]
But this isn't a job. This is supposed to be our life from now on, and I'm not even getting paid for it, so that sucks all the way. And not in the fun way!
[he wipes his thumb over the condensed water collecting on the outside of his glass, his attention caught there for a moment, before he continues.]
You said if one doesn't follow, they end up in jail? Can't be too bad, though? I mean, we've seen worse places than jails.
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There are worse places than jail. There is the people zoo too. Basically somewhere were dominants can buy you for the night. There is the slut center where you get sent if you act too out of line for you designation. It's "re-education". Supposedly. [Rude had managed to stay out of that place. ]
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The further explanation that he gets first makes him snort,]
Slut center? Now that sounds like a place I'd fit right in,
[But then Rude continues and the words sink in, and Reno can just stare.]
The fuck?! A people zoo? And you get bought for the night? Is everyone here a hooker now?! I'm not judging, but once again, I'd like to at least have a fucking choice and say in this?!
And what the fuck does re-education even mean?!
[His temper is rising again, disbelief making his voice rise, and his eyes narrow, getting that dangerous glint in them that promises nothing good]
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Having a contract is your best way to have a say in things. As for the bigger things... People are working on it, but it has recently been cracked down on again. When I first arrived, submissives didn't all have to wear collars.
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So he still glares, arms crossed in front of his chest and his leg bouncing more and more as he gets furious]
Well. What a good thing that I'll be once again part of Tseng's team then,
[He rolls his eyes, but at least it means that Tseng knows him and can guide him accordingly. If Reno wants to, of course.]
So what, it's gotten worse again? Now they have to wear them at all times,
[he tugs on the cheap standard issue pleather collar that he was given upon his arrival.]
Don't mind them normally, but at least give me something more stylish and comfortable to wear and let me decide when to take the damn thing off!
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[He casts a quick glance at the rest of the bar before he reaches up to pull his own off and show it to Reno. It is expensive looking, clearly handmade. The black tooled leather is covered in gold in places. And it looks like it is made to choke if you pull on the ring. ]
I picked it out, I am sure Tseng is happy to let you decide on your own. It doesn't have to be this big either. It just have to clearly be a collar. And last I checked you can take it off inside your home.
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[the sarcasm in his voice is thick, and yet he still rolls his eyes on top of it.
But he does glance down at Rude's collar and from what he can tell about collars from personal experience, it is very well made and surely been a lot of work.]
So, can I also get several, depending on my mood and fashion choices of that day?
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Yes. Your dominant is supposed to wear a bracelet that matches it.
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[He starts grinning]
Let's see how outlandish I can make them, just cause Tseng has to wear something similar?
[Though he tries to recall if he has even seen a bracelet or anything similar on Tseng when they met.]
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[Rude grins at the thought of Reno trying to get creative with this. He almost pities Tseng.]
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Though yeah, probably not starting with the most extravagant one might help. For now.
[he shake ships head, hardly able to believe that he's already talking so easily about getting a collar.
Well, to be fair, it is a nice accessory, even though he would prefer to decide for himself when to wear it or not.]
Any special places I can look for some?
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