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TDM #43


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« « « ALL ON DISPLAY


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 full heat of Summer is in full swing, but there is a pleasant breeze that comes off the sea, bringing with it much needed relief from the warmth of the sun.



» » » ALL ABOARD




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.



« « « UP AND AWAY



(cw: random kink, behavioral modification)

The oppressive heat of summer eases its grip on Duplicity with a cool breeze blowing in from the sea. A soothing wind rushes through the Up and the Down, bringing a blanket of cool that should help chill any hot tempers spiking around the new requirements for local businesses. While wet t-shirt contests and flashy pool parties start to wind down, people find the weather more agreeable and spend more and more time outdoors.

Orientation adjusts accordingly, with LIEs deciding to use the weather to their advantage when it seems like people just can't seem to stay indoors for long. The basics of Orientation still happen at the Center, but they decide to incorporate a little outside time and arts and crafts into the mix. Characters will find themselves paired with someone of the opposite designation for a quick but fun bonding activity: kite-building and kite flying.

Pairs are given a somewhat unhinged instruction sheet, a set of curated crafting materials, and one hour to build a Compatibility Kite. Most of the materials are basic and typical for simple kite making, but some of them may raise eyebrows: silk fabric, bold red ribbons, black lace… Meanwhile, the instructions for both building and flying the kite are vague, but oddly intimate: Hold tension while knotting., Maintain eye contact and hold your partner steady., Position your body behind your partner for better reach...

While the design of the kite is completely up to the participants, LIEs does provide one requirement. Pairs are asked to choose one from several lively colored kite tails to tie to each completed kite. Each one has a single word printed in bold, glimmering text, such as: OBEDIENCE, PRAISE, CONTROL, EDGE, ROPE, PATIENCE, PASSION, SLEEP, CONTRITION, FAITH, SPICE, and more. There's no explanation as to what these mean or how they must be chosen, just that one word should be tied to their project.

After an hour, all characters are brought outside, onto a bus, and to Chicanery Beach. Under the watchful eye of LIES staff who keep their distance from the shoreline, everyone gets to let their kites fly! Getting one up into the air is a two-person job, so work together and get it up into the sky without crashing into others. Hopefully it works, because anyone who can't seem to get it up or crash a little too soon will be given strict notice to attend Orientation all over again.

Those whose kites successfully sail into the sky will get a check on their names. But as the words on the kite tails unfurl and flutter through the wind, characters will find themselves imbued with the desire and drive to embody or put the trait on their kite into practice: with their partner, or with anyone they may next encounter. This desire lingers past sunset and can last well over a week until one isn't sure if it's an artificial influence or something they'd truly wanted all this time.



» » » FOLLOW YOUR NOSE


(cw: pheromones, scents, stalking, dub-con, exhibitionism, breeding kink, stuffing, size kink, sexual exhaustion, rough sex, gags, biting, marking)

The winds persist throughout the summer, and they bring more than just the scent of salt and sunscreen through the air. As July makes its way into August, a very subtle change descends on everyone: for an indiscernible reason, everyone's pheromones seem to surge, and everyone will look irresistibly attractive. For those with the senses and skills to pick it up, it will be as if characters exude a different aura entirely, just begging to be bred or fucked. For others who can't tell - it manifests instead as distinct, vaguely familiar and very attractive scents that carry over the wind.

Characters will have one or two scents that are most obvious and most irresistible to them. Catching just a whiff of these scents will have them follow their trails all over the Up and the Down until they find who is waiting at the source, someone they will feel the need to throw themselves at. But since people don't know what scent they themselves are giving off, they may not even know why they're being pursued even if they can tell that someone has been following them.

Unbeknownst to everyone, certain scents will have specific influences that take effect on either (or both!) person once they finally meet.
- Cinnamon: The need to fuck them in front of a mirror or a window, or anywhere that their reflection can be seen
- Vanilla: A desire to fill or be filled up by your partner - with cum or with toys or items of increasing sizes - until they can't take any more
- Candy: A surge of increased stamina, enough to drive the other into sexual exhaustion
- Musk: An instinct to have rough, animalistic sex that leaves the other bruised, bedraggled, or even bleeding
- Lavender: A desire to pamper, groom or worship one’s partner
- Citrus: A desire to keep one's partner quiet all through sex
- Rose: A desire for something slow and patient, no matter how quickly one's partner wants to get things done
- The scent of your character’s favorite food: An irresistible instinct to bite and leave marks all over the other where others can see, and/or to give oral sex until they're satisfied
Acting on the influence at least once will satisfy the need… for a time. The scents can always rile a person up all over again. Maybe a perfume or an artificial scent will mask them, at least for a while, but soon the pheromones will overpower any attempts to hide them.




« « « NOTES ON THE WIND


(cw: personality shift, behavior modification, dom/sub behaviors)

A new trend makes its way to Duplicity's native shopkeepers and citizens alike in the Up and Down: wind chimes to hang up on their patios, windows, and balconies. The chimes are black and white in design, many of them sporting artful swirls and spirals that clink and ring in the wind.

There doesn’t seem to be anything dubious about the chimes upon first glance, but the more one hears them, the more their effects become apparent. While not everyone seems affected, those who are susceptible to the bell-like sounds will find that the larger, lower frequency chimes amplify a person’s worst trait while the smaller, higher frequency wind chimes do the opposite, amplifying an individual’s best personality trait instead.

However, unbeknownst to anyone, some of the chimes are dupes (hah) smuggled in from the neighbouring city of Insincerity, the black and white spiral motifs seeming to move and swirl even when they remain still. Their effects are a little different, as they cause Dominants to act subservient and Submissives to act haughty and demanding of their betters.

All these effects are short-lived and last no more than an hour. But considering the prevalence of the chimes throughout the city, the potential for erratic personalities is increased tenfold. More alarmingly, it seems that no one is safe from the effects of the twisted contraband chimes. People - LIERs and natives alike - who act out of designation may be approached by LIES or SIN guards with stern warnings or threats of taking them to Realignment at the SLUT Center, and they take any explanation in good faith.



» » » TLDR


So, what's happening?
UP AND AWAY

- Orientation involves kite-building and kite flying.
- Kite building must be done with a partner.
- Craft materials and instructions are provided, but some are oddly suggestive.
- Every kite must have a word tied to it. These are one-word traits such as OBEDIENCE, CONTROL, PRAISE, SPICE, etc.
- All kites should be completed within one hour.
- Kites will be tested on the beach. Failure to get it up means attending Orientation again.
- Kites that fly result in embodying the trait that is tied to the kite.

FOLLOW YOUR NOSE

- Everyone's pheromones are increased as summer starts to wind down.
- To some, the pheromones simply manifest as an increased attractiveness/people look like they are begging to be bred or fucked.
- To others, the pheromones manifest in strong scents carried by the wind.
- People feel compelled to follow the scents all over the Up and the Down.
Some scents have specific effects on either one or both characters.
    - Cinnamon: The need to fuck them in front of their reflection
    - Vanilla: A desire to fill or be filled up by your partner - with cum or with toys or items of increasing sizes - until they can't take any more
    - Candy: A surge of increased stamina to drive the other into sexual exhaustion
    - Musk: An instinct to have rough, animalistic sex
    - Lavender: A desire to pamper, groom or worship one’s partner
    - Citrus: A desire to keep one's partner quiet all through sex
    - Rose: A desire for something slow and patient
    - The scent of your character’s favorite food: An instinct to bite/leave marks where others can see, and/or to give oral sex.
- Scent effects fade after they are acted on at least once.

NOTES ON THE WIND

- A new trend spreads throughout the city: black and white wind chimes.
- The sound of the chimes may have effects on those who hear them.
- Large, low-frequency chimes amplify a character's worst trait.
- Small, high-frequency chimes amplify a character's most positive trait.
- Some chimes are contraband from Insincerity; these have swirling designs that seem to move.
- Contraband chimes have a different effect: Dominants act more subservient and Submissives become more demanding.
- LIES staff and SIN guards remain on the lookout for anyone acting out of designation and won't take any explanation on good faith.




» » » MOD & OOC NOTES



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 prefers grand gestures, they are a Submissive. If your character prefers small surprises, 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!!




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effortaverse: (137)

[personal profile] effortaverse 2025-07-25 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh.

[Leona absolutely can't place his finger on why, but what Rook's describing doesn't sound like an entirely new experience to him. maybe... it must have to do with that world-hopping prefect, because Leona just can't seem to remember why it would apply to his own memories, or why a certain style of music starts to play in his head at the thought.]

So, we're just here to suffer for fun, then.

My favorite.
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[personal profile] beauman 2025-07-25 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rook has thought about Yuu so much since he came here, you don't even know. Is it even more damning that even Rook of all people can't dress up their situation to find the silver lining to annoy reassure Leona with?]

If you take the LIER program at their word, we're here to suffer for science, specifically; once you graduate from the program, then you're just here for fun. I can't even imagine what they might do if they ever actually manage to find someone who fits their criteria.....
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[personal profile] effortaverse 2025-07-25 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[another humorless laugh. oh, he never imagined shooting the shit over futility with Rook.

shit really is dire, isn't it?]


Breed 'em to death, probably.

All the more reason to be a shitty test subject.

Good thing I've got experience with that.

[Leona thinks he's funny, at least.]
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[personal profile] beauman 2025-07-25 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that so? What's the last thing you remember from home?

[Because that sounds like STYX, but you never know. Leona could have had to endure science some other time!]
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[personal profile] effortaverse 2025-07-25 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmm... yeah...

[with an absurd level of casualness, as though talking about the weather;]

That lizard-bastard overblotted and put all of Sage's Island to sleep, so.

Workin' on that.
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[personal profile] beauman 2025-07-25 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! I've heard a little about that; I was preparing for Monsieur Curiosité's party the night before. We arrived here well over a year apart, and yet it seems you were only taken mere hours or days after I was.

[Weird! And yet, he obviously had been present at the party to get ensnared just like everyone else had been, or someone would have surely mentioned it to him by now.]
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[personal profile] effortaverse 2025-07-25 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Hours, right?

Couldn't have been that long...

[it had to be. dreams are weird like that. but it felt like...]

Far as I heard, you and that housewarden of yours were already lined up to help take 'im down.

Guess I was further down the guest list.
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[personal profile] beauman 2025-07-25 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
They say heroes only arrive when they're needed most, you know! It sounds as though we could rest easy, knowing such capable and courageous allies were rallying to our side.

[GET HYPED UP, NERD]
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[personal profile] effortaverse 2025-07-25 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, yeah. Here we come to save the day, or whatever.

[even though, apparently, knowing this doesn't matter.]

Man. Almost the end of the year, and now this...

[will he ever see rest?? no.]
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[personal profile] beauman 2025-07-25 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll be counting on you to help lead us to victory. So I hope while we're here, you'll be able to count on me as well.

[Absolutely not. No rest for the wicked!!]
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[personal profile] effortaverse 2025-07-25 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[another deep sigh. yeah, that's how it's gonna be, isn't it.]

At least you've still been using your magic. It's gonna be a pain if any of you fall out of practice.
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[personal profile] beauman 2025-07-25 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course! I'd hate to get rusty. I've been getting plenty of practice with alchemy, as well; we offer a handful of potions at Roi de ta Chambre's cafe.
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[personal profile] effortaverse 2025-07-26 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
Good. I hate doing alchemy. That shit stinks.

[he means it literally.... he doesn't like the smell much. if he can rely on others for things like that, he's better off.

he points Rook's way, but less at Rook and more at the thought;]


So there's magical ingredients available here?
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[personal profile] beauman 2025-07-26 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Oui! You just have to remember that we're in a different world entirely. Some ingredients are familiar, some are entirely different--some we probably haven't thought to experiment with at all yet. Jade and I liked running tests while he was still here.

[Boy, doesn't he know it? His own nose is keen enough to suffer through it--but even so, his love of science means that's merely an inconvenience, rather than a real deterrent. Suspicious, though, isn't it? Jade doesn't get an obnoxious nickname at all anymore, or even a polite honorific.]

Oh, but Roi d'Or works at a potion shop! If you're ever looking for something specific, it might be handy to visit them, as well.
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[personal profile] effortaverse 2025-07-26 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Leona's ear flicks, and he stares at Rook really hard.

and then he decides he really doesn't want to hear about whatever complexities that digs into.

while he was still here is an answer enough. that's something Leona doesn't need to press on. not now, anyway.

so he relaxes that stare, saves that tidbit of information for another day.]


Potion shop. Got it.

Who runs the place?
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[personal profile] beauman 2025-07-26 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
[That's not the sort of stare he's used to, if he's honest. Incredulous, critical, exasperated, bewildered, annoyed..... all that he's come to expect. Just searching, though? That's a little more different; Rook raises his eyebrows in return, curious.]

The owner is an arcane academy student from another world named Rayne. He seems quite skilled! You'll recognize him easily when you meet him, I'm sure; he has black and blond hair split rather like Professor Crewel's, and lines running the length of his face beneath each eye.
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[personal profile] effortaverse 2025-07-26 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
—Lines?

Down the face like—

[he runs one finger down his cheek, and elaborates;]

Saw some kid with one down by the beach.
Edited 2025-07-26 02:25 (UTC)
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[personal profile] beauman 2025-07-26 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Oui! His younger brother Finn only has the one line, that might have been who you met. I believe he works at the potion shop as well.
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[personal profile] effortaverse 2025-07-26 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
[good enough. now Leona's sure of who he's looking for, at least.]

I'll keep that in mind.

[part of him wants to ask for the notes Rook and Jade have taken on magical ingredients... but Leona isn't willing to make any trades just yet.

there are other questions he wants to ask, but the sense of surveillance has him hesitant, too. even out here, don't they have their phones? until he learns the lay of the land he has to be careful.]


What about the LIERs from other worlds?

[can they be trusted?]
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[personal profile] beauman 2025-07-26 08:03 am (UTC)(link)
What about them? There are quite a lot of them, and they're people like any other, for better and for worse. Their priorities, their personalities, their powers..... Anything goes, really. Even gods have been brought here by force, I'm told.

[Use your best judgment, Leona, he's doing his best to stay tactful. They're all in the same boat here, but that doesn't mean everyone is willing to play nice, or that they're playing on a field that's even slightly even.]

We have more reasons to support each other than to fight amongst ourselves, of course. But strange things can happen to people, as you've already experienced; not all of them are as benign as just needing to grow intimate. Even LIERs are allowed to become SIN guards that serve the city directly, as well.
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[personal profile] effortaverse 2025-07-26 09:31 am (UTC)(link)
[oh fun. Leona can make his own judgement about the implications. there are people who exceed their skill, and people who don't. those who will be open to allyship, those who won't, and—]

Ha.

Course they would be. What good citizen wouldn't want to serve the cause?

[ugh.

still, if there was any one person Rook wanted to warn him about, Leona's sure he would have done so by now. being aware that some LIERs will sell each other out, well... that's not unexpected, really. having the confirmation is still valuable.]
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[personal profile] beauman 2025-07-26 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
Of course. Social order is important, after all--though power and peace can prove a volatile combination, for those who find merely keeping watch too dull.

[For now, at least, just knowing that guards have a tendency to be power-hungry and trigger-happy when they get bored and restless is enough; Leona is smart enough to avoid provoking anyone in a position of power without something to gain from it, after all. As a fellow Dominant, he can't be backed into a corner as easily as someone like Cater could be, either--there would be consequences, ones Leona would surely be willing to leverage right alongside his ability to fight back.]

More importantly than them, though..... don't underestimate what the magic of this place is capable of doing to us. Or local organizations with any real sway, including the DTF and LIERs program. I'm not sure who they belong to, but almost none of the birds I see within the city limits are real, either.

[That specific tidbit, on the other hand, is worth a clear warning. Such life-like drones..... he can only assume they must belong to the government itself, if only from how difficult and expensive it must be to research and make that kind of hidden surveillance. What are they even looking for?]
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[personal profile] effortaverse 2025-07-27 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Leona levels Rook with an irritated stare, saying all of are you kidding me? with his face instead of his words— but then shakes his head. of course he's not kidding.]

Man.

Fuck this.

[he really wants to say that, and all, but there's no getting out of this, is there...]
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[personal profile] beauman 2025-07-27 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry. It is a lot, isn't it? So long as you keep your head down though, it's usually manageable.

[After all, Leona had missed that other Duplicity, the one that still makes him uncomfortable to think about--the one that more and more people seem to believe should be brought to life, for some unfathomable reason.]
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[personal profile] effortaverse 2025-07-27 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, well.

I'm perfectly cut out for that.

[sooo dripping in sarcasm. ah, but he can manage for a while, at least.]

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