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TDM #4 ( revised )
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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 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. |
 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. |
 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. |
 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. |
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!! |
Holo | Spice and Wolf | Dom
[Immediately after the orientation-- like, immediately afterwards, when you've just exited into the cool winter air towards the limousines-- a young-looking woman with a hood covering the top of her head stops in her tracks a few paces ahead of you. Sorry if you collide. (No she's not).
She whirls around, and her expression is one of surprise and concern; she grabs your upper arm with one hand and jabs a finger at the limousines with the other.] What are those? Do you know? Tell me!
[Her nose wrinkles and she sniffs the air; she makes a face.] These contraptions... what purpose could they possibly serve, other than making the air smell foul? I do not like them.
[2: Marketplace]
[If cars were surprising to Holo, the Up Market is something else entirely. It's astounding. It's larger than any market she's ever seen in any city she's ever been to. There is bread, there is alcohol, and most importantly, there is fruit. There are apples.
The only problem is that she doesn't have any money. Or rather, she doesn't have any idea how to access the money she supposedly has. What is this plastic card supposed to do, anyway?
Again, you'll find yourself accosted by a young woman, though this time she's not wearing a hood, and you can see that on the top of her head are two wolflike ears, perked straight up.] I want to eat apples. How do I use this [she holds up the money card] to buy them? Show me.
[3: Autonomy]
[Holo does not know what a nightclub is, but she's heard people talking about it in excited, hushed whispers-- her sensitive ears pick up many things that people think are properly secret-- and so has made it her mission to find whatever it is that they're talking about.
She almost leaves right away. It's crowded and loud, too loud, uncomfortably loud, and it smells terrible. But one of those smells she recognizes: liquor.
It turns out, she can just give the merchants here her plastic card and they give her free booze! That's amazing. And there's a lottery, too? That sounds fun!
If you're her match, a notification pops up on your screen with her face-- ears and all-- and the name "Holo the Wise Wolf. Currently drinking in Room E."
It's not really a room as much as it is a section covered in blankets and pillows and cordoned off by a thick red curtain, but if you go there, you'll find her indeed, a large mug of beer in her hands and her clothes... not on her. Scattered across the pillows. She's naked and completely shameless about it as she drinks her booze.
Also, it's not just the ears. She's got a very fluffy tail that she's currently draped over her front like a blanket. Her eyes flick up as you enter.] And who are you? I hardly mind drinking with company, but it is rude to barge in on a maiden's bedchambers, is it not?
[She says, not sounding upset about this.
Like, at all.]
3 ♡ my god i love spice and wolf i couldn't ignore this.
the wise wolf. she has seen many foxes call themselves such, but a wolf is new.
out of courtesy - or perhaps because it is not shuten douji if she is seen without -, two small bottles of sake are brought to the room. but the surprise is not that her new company is drinking from such a large mug, but that she is such a perfect fit.
a naked wolf, and an oni that is only truly adorned in her open kimono, some would say. )
oh my. and after i was so intimately invited to join the drinking... ( now there are two totally upset girls in the same company, coincidentally with alcohol in their hands. once the door is carefully closed, shuten ignores the mild hostility to join her fated company. come drown your sorrows, holo... ) i received a message that someone called 'holo the wise wolf' would be in this room drinking... and judging from your lovely assets, that would be you, would it not?
now, how about we leave all this strangers meeting behind and drink? it can be such a bother. ( straightforward, honest, what have you. in truth, the sake is just too tempting. ) shuten douji. now that we know each other's names, how about a toast? fufu. we are two lovely maidens, after all...
i'm so happy so many people know and like it?? was not prepared for that
She does, however, recognize the sharp odor of alcohol, but not a kind she's familiar with. What sort of grain made it? Now she's curious.] Could I really be any other? That would be quite the coincidence.
I am indeed the wise wolf of the harvest, Shuten Douji. Will we toast with what is in those bottles of yours? If you are offering, the wise wolf most humbly accepts.
[She's very, very curious. The tip of her tail flicks back and forth.]
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( a small jest, for shuten waits not a second to pour holo her share so graciously, not a single drop to waste. ) a toast to our fated meeting, two beautiful women accompanied by such delicious alcohol, fufu... a rare moment of bliss. ( and not a single second to waste, either, carefully and yet sensually enjoying that poisoning liquor that warms her petite body so. )
haaahh... alcohol really is the best... and to think i found such a good brand here, too... i hope it suits your taste, fufu...
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[Holo scoots over to make room for Shuten, but only slightly; if the oni's state of undress bothers her, she does not remotely show it.
Luckily, she has a free glass for the sake. She sniffs the air again as it is poured.] I am not familiar with this type of liquor. It is not wine, it is not beer, nor is it whiskey. What is it?
[She takes the glass, swirling the colorless liquid around, and takes a sip.
It's an unusual flavor.] I could not call this my favorite, but its taste is very agreeable all the same. It's sweet.
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a shame, truly, that she could not share such wonders with this girl. but for now, she would make do. ) it's sake, a wine made with rice. i'm sure it's quite different from what you've been drinking. a liquor that is much more enjoyable when drinking from a fine container, with a good company... fufu. no wonder it tastes sweeter than usual...
things I have researched for playing holo: the spread of rice into medieval europe
roleplay makes us all just a bit more knowledgeable, source says
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The long cars? Those are limousines. I believe they are here to take us to our new abodes!
[ She makes a gesture as one of the new Dominants is lead towards one of the open doors and gently ushered inside. ]
Surely one of them is waiting for you, too.
[ Since this girl clearly has no tattoo. ]
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It sounds like they're transportation of some sort, but there's one big problem.] If they are meant to be carriages, where are the horses? Or even the mules?
They lack anything to pull them to our destination.
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They're powered by engines. Essentially, under the front of the vehicle there are a series of cylinders. Inside these cylinders, flammable fuel is used to create small explosions that propel the vehicle forward.
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Then she decides it makes no damn sense.] Surely you must have meant the back of the vehicle? Would explosions not push the vehicle away from them, not towards them?
[She's envisioning something where something keeps exploding and the force of the explosions is what moves the car.
It's very unsafe, in her mind.]
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If you think of the explosions as feet on the pedals of a bike, each one pushes the pedal down, and the force rotates the axle that holds the wheels.
[ She uses her hands to demonstrate, holding them flat, palms down, and moves them up and down in alternating directions. ]
Clever, isn't it?
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It's when he pushes aside the curtain and steps past it that he stops dead in his tracks for a second, eyes quickly zeroing in on the wolf lady sitting on top of the pillows wearing absolutely nothing whatsoever. And drinking! So the drinking part was accurate, good, that's... no he still needs a second to process her lack of clothing, uncertain if this counts as rude or not.]
I uh, [She doesn't actually sound mad about this, so... he's assuming that means he can at least stay for a minute, right?] Sorry about that, I should have at least said something, I didn't mean to catch you... naked.
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[She takes her mug back in both hands and sips it.] But you have not even once averted your eyes from me. You must be a bold man, perhaps?
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But! Enjoying the view aside he offers her a friendly smile.] But I'm getting ahead of myself here, people call me Reverie, it's nice to meet you Holo!
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[Another sip of her mug.] I have never met a man with hair your color, Reverie. Is it unusual where you come from?
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Taking it all in stride, he grins and laughs heartily.]
Hahaha! A curious soul, are you? That's great, Mama looooves people with inquiring minds! [Yes, when he says "Mama," he means himself.] Those are "limousines"! They're a type of vehicle that fall under the category of "automobile"... Though most people use the word "car" these days! It's designed to transport many people at speeds faster than horses☆
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If Madara is perceptive, he may see the shape of the top of her hood change slightly, flattening just a bit as she flattens the ears on the top of her head.] You are saying that it is a carriage?
But... without horses, how does it move?
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Haha, it's a bit complicated, but if I had to put it simply... It moves using a machine called an "engine," which moves something called a "motor" to make the wheels roll. To keep the engine moving, you need "gasoline"... though recently, some of them can use "electricity"!
[Hmmm... Well, he had to take his motorcycle out to run errands, anyway, so...]
Would you like to try out a smaller version of it? They do say some people understand better through experience and sight!☆ If you wait right here, I can bring it out.
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She gets "wheels," though. She knows what those are.] There are smaller versions?
I do not understand these strange horseless vehicles, but I would like to see those as well, yes.
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So, nodding.]
Alright, sure. I was going to pick some up too, so I can do that.
You've never had a bank card or anything before?
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I did not get this card from a bank. I got it from our supposed hosts.
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[Makoto stares back.]
There's something inside it that a machine can read, and when you want to use it, you give it to a person, and they put it in their machine. It tells the bank how much money to take from your account and put into the store's.
[She paid attention in Economics Class.]
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[She brushes her hair back over her shoulder.] It matters not, really.
How do I use it?
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a young woman with pointed ears and a tail? there's something you don't see every day, particularly in a place like this - she stands out.
he glances at the card she's holding up to him and raises a brow before looking at her directly in the eye. she's rather bold about striding up to just anyone and waving her... strange card around. truth be told, percy's never seen anything like it either, but far be it from him to act like he doesn't know what he's doing. straightening up a bit he nods towards the man hawking his wares - bright, red apples. ]
We'll ask the vendor for a few apples and we'll see.
[ he walks towards the vendor now, and gestures to the young woman with her card, clearing his throat. ]
My good sir, [ when we roll charisma, we roll high in this house apparently - 18 ] my young mistress would like to purchase three of your finest apples.
[ the vendor glances over at holo and then back at percy with a brief pause and then a small smile, tallying up the cost and holding out his hand towards her. ] And now, if that card is for payment, then I believe you give it to him.
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She frowns.] I understand how to purchase something at a market. I have done so many times before. [And she usually has them bill Lawrence for the coin!
She lifts the card.] What I do not understand is how this could possibly be payment. It does not make any sense. [And yet
the merchant accepts it anyway, and swipes it through the register.] Apparently, it is not the only thing not making sense here, however.