duplicitymemes | TDM #4 ( revised )

Entry tags:

«tdm

TDM #4 ( revised )

« « « TEST DRIVE MEME » » »

« « « HERE WE ARE AGAIN

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 L.I.E.S. 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 L.I.E.S. after a year; however, results have remained unsatisfactory and testing still continues.

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 highrise. 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 by all new and old arrivals.

Oh, and one more thing. It's fucking cold. Better bundle up.

» » » LIES TRAVEL IN COMPANY

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.

« « « END IN THE DISCORD

While the societal climate between Dominants and Submissives remains somewhat neutral throughout Duplicity, there has been the occasional whisper of defiance and call for equality. Yet, demonstrations and visible proof of this unhappiness spreads faster by word of mouth on a day exactly when you need it most.

Welcome to Autonomy, a "traveling" nightclub that is never in the same place twice. People wanting to attend only learn of its lucrative location and password hours before it opens for business. Tonight, I choose the third door will get you inside and into the temporary freedom club Autonomy has to offer. In this circle, there are no assigned designations and no consequences for taking a role that isn't the one given by society. So, a Dominant may become the Submissive they've always wanted to be—or vice versa. Dominants and Submissives alike are able to mingle without repercussion and be themselves. Food, drinks, and private areas for more intimate – or if your preference is sexual – encounters are provided. Donations are accepted at any point during the night to further Autonomy's attempts of spreading the fulfillment that comes from being untitled.

On the night you choose to visit, Autonomy is holding a random lottery for temporary connections. When entering, you have the choice of submitting your name into this drawing to be paired with someone else in the club regardless of designation. A short while later, a message will pop up on your device with the name and information of your partner, and whether or not you choose to meet them is purely at your discretion. Having more than one connection isn't completely unusual either.

» » » TABLE IT FOR LATER

Gratification of being a successful Dominant or Submissive isn't necessarily simple. Learning curves are to be made, and mistakes will happen. Led by a Dominant and Submissive couple – Miriam and Victoria, who have been paired for twenty-two years – a monthly meeting for unattached Dominants and Submissives is held in the conference room of Morning Wood motel in the Down. The meeting starts a few minutes after nine and has no designated end time. The couple introduce themselves and explain the purpose of the meeting: learn the proper method for a new kink and possibly find your perfect partner. The space is intimate and well-stocked with refreshments.

To begin, Victoria, while blindfolded, balances on her hands and knees with her back perfectly level. Her partner, when ready, places various items on the level surface–a full cup, a plate. The Submissive is meant to hold the items until the Dominant believes she's reached her limit. The exercise is one of trust and understanding. The demonstration is a short one, followed by Miriam removing the blindfold and soothing her Submissive. The words are whispered low and with care, clearly a method that is specific to this couple. The process is concluded with the pair handing out workups, videos, and answering questions. Anyone wishing to practice Purposeful Submission can do so in the open room with a random volunteer, aided by the couple, or can find someone to take to one of the rented rooms. Sex may follow any scene but is not necessarily included. Experimenting with unattached Dominants and Submissives allows for new relationships to form.

« « « MOD & OOC NOTES

Please read carefully.

On each Test Drive Meme, there will be a section noting character roles based on birthdays; these will vary each TDM. On an IC level, character will still have gone through the doors but assignments OOCly are still randomized. When applying, there is a section of the application that denotes whether the character chose "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 characters who have blue eyes or one blue eye and another color are Submissives. All characters who have brown eyes or one brown eye and another color are Dominants. Characters with any other color eyes are Dominants. To use this TDM as a door pass please link this on your app and place whether it is Dominant or Submissive.

Please remember to mark any necessary content, and have fun!!

» » » MAIN NAVIGATION « « «

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[1: LIES travel in company]

[LIES is what they called it. It seemed fitting. A city split into the roles of Dominants and Submissives - and oh she found out real fast how literal terming it after the sexual fetishes was - as a set of... castes? Is this what it was?

She supposes she's fortunate, as they tour the Up. Gleaming high rises, luxurious accommodations. You're a Dominant, they had said, and you get to live in the lap of luxury.

The Submissives, though... she didn't understand. From what she'd ever known of D/s relationships (and she didn't read much, but while she's bad at interpersonal relationships, there's plenty of books on the subject)... it was the subs that held all the authority. All the power. It had to be that way, or it made everything in the relationship imbalanced. Made it... more like slavery. Took away the agency of one of the parties.

No... that's what this is, isn't it. She raises a hand to her jaw, strokes it as they move through the Down, and she sees it... it's... a ghetto. A slum. Somewhere to put the undesirables. Those who should have all the power are relegated to being treated like second class citizens.

Is this intentional?

Deep in thought, Makoto continues to stroke her thumb over her chin, staring at the floor by her feet, until one of them is nudged by a passenger walking off the train.]

Oh I'm sorry...

[She looks up, draws her feet back in. If they're a Sub, maybe she'll get a weird look for it. If they're not, well, then either way-] May I... ask you a question?

[2: End In the Discord]

[She would... not let this place defeat her. It wasn't like it was asking much, just... for her to be far more sexual than she had ever wanted or thought she could ever be in her life. But the problem with Makoto is that she is stubborn and competitive at the best of times, so she would not let it defeat her!

... Oh god, what is she doing here...

It's not that she hates being a Dominant - quite the opposite, by the very nature of someone called Queen she's very well suited to it. It's just that... she hates the way this place makes her do it. And the fact she's expected to be on all the time, or so it seems. Society says she is a Dom by her very standing, so she must be all the times.

So she steps into the club, fingers tightening to knuckle whiteness. It's not that she wants to be a Sub, she just... wants a break from having to be so controlling all the time. She starts to understand why her sister gets so stressed. It's almost worse to be this way.

The fact she has to expand her horizons drives her into throwing her name into the hat, and then immediately retreating to a corner near the bar to keep from being noticed.

Once she gets the buzz-buzz on her phone, though, she knows she has to do this. Why not, right? It has... to be done.] Um... hello. [Her voice cracks a little as she asks] You were matched with me on the drawing?

[A+ first impression, Makoto.]

[3: Table It For Later]

[Time number two for Makoto Niijima to be so lost in thought she's not paying as much attention as she should.

... This class seems to be promoting a healthy Dom/sub relationship. It's an exercise in trust, in care, in... equality. Which means that people here do understand how these relationships are supposed to work, so then-]

If the people here understand what makes a healthy dominant and submissive relationship... [Is she mumbling out loud to herself, or to your character? Either way, she's speaking just loud enough for a passer-by to hear her.] Then why is the society itself built on the unhealthy version of it?

[Super Sexy Talk ft. Makoto Niijima, who is not breaking off to do her own thing with other people, but instead rubbing her chin and thinking her thinky thoughts.

If you think that's hot, you should hear her ramble on about the lawful implications of this entire place. She can even cite specific articles of Japanese law. Super sexy.]

[4: Wildcard!]

[Hit me up with your own prompt or at

Reslari]

Yeah, sureー

[he says those words rather instinctively, only paying half attention before he realizes that he recognizes that voice which makes him whirl on his heel and.

just.

oh.]

Makoto?!

[he didn't expect to see her here, of all places and while he's glad she isn't a Submissive like he is, this isn't the best way to reunite.]

[Reunite is an interesting way to put it. She doesn't feel like it's been that long since they've seen each other.

But, of course, this place is... well. A thing. She's been here five minutes and she doesn't like any of the implications, but there is... someone she wasn't expecting. Suddenly, it all seems less important.]

A-... Akira? [And... is he heading for the door? They seem insistent on trying to get him off, so she abruptly stands.] What are you doing here?

I've been here for a while, actually.

[a few months in fact, and while the others seem insistent that he get off here, he just tries to reassure the others that he's helping a friend, that he already has a contract and they seem to accept that answer as he finds himself sighing.]

You just got here, right?

Makoto Niijima | Persona 5 | Dominant

1

no subject

no subject

Tim Drake | DC Comics | Submissive

no subject

no subject

1

no subject

no subject

2

no subject

no subject

2! Slightly 4'd.

O7

no subject

2

no subject

no subject

I

no subject

3

no subject

3

no subject