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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!! |
OH BOY HERE WE GO
No, he's pretty sure that's 6O peeking in the window of a flowershop...which of course she is. If he were to find the bubbly Operator anywhere it'd be a place like this, wouldn't it? Whatever he was doing in the Down, whatever he had planned? It's all discarded and forgotten in favour of meeting her. He moves quickly, unable to keep the smile off his face. Sure, it sucks that she's here in a place like this, but at the same time...she's here?
6O had always been one of the more friendly units to him whenever he returned to the bunker, and even though she wasn't the Operator assigned to him, they still had chatted here and there from time to time. She was one of the more...emotional ones up there under the Commander's thumb, and thanks to that he'd been fond of her.]
Hey! Hey 6O-! Over here!
[He's waving as he jogs up to her, coming to stop right as he reaches her side. Thank god he doesn't actually have to breathe.]
You okay? When did you get here? Oh man...I can't believe you're here!
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9S? [Face, voice, HUD icon all check out.] 9S!
[Behind 2B's, his is the most welcome face she could see here. 6O never precisely went out of her way to befriend him, considering... circumstances she doesn't like thinking of. But he'd always been fun to talk to. Unlike many YoRHa, he never really chastised her for being herself.]
You're here too! Oh, wow, it's good to see a familiar face, this is all so- [How can she even begin to sum it up? Earth(?), life, hugeness. People. So many people. Humanity, alive and well. It's all impossible and yet every sensor and nerve and analytical process in her confirms it's real.
There's no word in her vocabulary that fits the sheer volume of definition she wants. She sweeps out her arms instead as if to encompass the whole scene.
Oh, he asked her a question, didn't he?]
I'm fine! Um, a little overwhelmed, but everything's still attached, you know?
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[Thank God she's okay.
He vents an audible sigh of relief as he watches her swing her arms out wide, unable to suppress the thankful smile he's wearing. Unlike other designations, Operators weren't made to be deployed planetside. That's not to say he thinks she's helpless but...this place wasn't kind to their kind, especially those who were designated to be subordinate.]
Looks like you found the flowers, huh? Pretty, aren't they?
[Of course she was overwhelmed. He was by the very nature of being a Scanner - he can't imagine what it'd be like for an Operator, especially one who had such an interest in Earth in the first place.]
Have you been here long? Has anyone tried to do anything to you? Everything's functioning as it should?
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Not long! A little over a day, Bunker time? Nobody's tried anything weird, I promise. [Couple of creepy comments from the locals, but they didn't do anything...] And I already told you I'm fine, silly. What about you?
[They gave him a mark like the one she's got... She's not at all subtle about looking it over.]
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[He waves discussion of his well-being off flippantly, scanning the area around them to make sure they're more or less alone.]
I've been here for a couple months now. I know it's weird and doesn't make much sense but there's a bunch of stuff I have to fill you in on. Remember the unit that was on the run? That Command wanted us to hunt down? Well she's here and I'm contracted to her.
[Before 6O can say anything or fully express whatever shock she might have he continues, gloved hands up and palms turned outward - a plea of sorts.]
A2 isn't bad like everyone thought she was and she isn't a threat here. Yeah, she has some major beef with YoRHa still but honestly it's not unwarranted. I trust her, so I hope you can trust her too.
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[6O is giving him a perfect impression of a deer in headlights right now while she tries to wrap her head around this. He can't seriously mean her! After everything she's done (okay, he wouldn't remember most of it but,) why would he put her in charge of her? Could it be a case of mistaken identity somehow, or a different A unit? No, that's silly, A is an obsolete model type, it's not like there are any others running around...
9S. 9S, buddy, this makes no logical sense. 6O grimaces behind her veil, almost all excitement wiped away (for a moment at least) by shock and concern.]
I think I'm going to need you to run that by me again.
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[Ah, shit, he's totally killed her buzz, hasn't he? That's not what he meant to do and it shows as his expression drops along with his hands.]
It's really not safe down here for people like us. You'll come with me, right? I won't let anything happen to you.
[Someone's a bit...on edge...]
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[seriously, don't leave her out of the loop :( she gets enough information secondhand as it is...
6O hesitates a bit after he makes his request, fidgeting nervously with one of her braids. Of course she trusts him, but this just doesn't sit right at all. And what does he mean, "not safe"?]
I'll go, but you're telling me everything.
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Sure, sure, I'll fill you in I promise.
[At least she's actually coming with him.
But now he has to deal with A2. Shit. Sending off a quick message of Please don't get mad buuut one of the Operators I care about showed up so she's coming over don't kill her- 9S turns to 6O, an idea hitting him. Why tell her when he could just show her?]
You're set up to receive near field data transfers, right?
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Of course!
[actually that's probably a decent chunk of how Operators communicate with each other on the job, what with the whole cloud computing thing
In any case, it's a good idea. Saves time and reduces the chance of misunderstandings. 6O kind of wishes she'd thought of it first; another Operator probably would have. 21O, maybe, she's all about efficiency.
(But speaking of data transfers, that reminds her: where's Pod 153? It's not like him to leave her— whoops, it— elsewhere... she's used to seeing 2B and 9S's pods always floating along behind them, even on the Bunker where they're not strictly needed.
Just another item to add to her growing list of questions.)]
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[Their abilities have always been impressive to 9S at least, especially for someone as nosy as he was. Sure, he was good at collecting data and finding it, but processing large amounts of it was something he wasn't set up to do. Not to the same scale that the Operator units were anyway.]
It's um...kind of a lot so I'll transfer it over when we're somewhere a bit more comfortable, okay?
[It's easier to have an existential crisis when you're already sitting down.]
It shouldn't be too long of a walk to the elevators that'll take us up to the other city here. [Thankfully.] What were you up to before being reactivated here, 6O?
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No problem. You did say it was a long story.
[She winks at him. As always, it doesn't take long for her usual bubbly, optimistic cheer to come back to the forefront, especially with so much to be excited about!
6O falls back a step as they start walking, content to let 9S lead the way since, well, he actually knows where they're going and she really doesn't.]
The usual. When you guys took down that machine, uh, "Eve?", that gave us a lot of work to do.
[Behavior never before seen from the machine lifeforms. New patterns to analyze as they scrambled to fill in the void left by the twin machines that had anchored so much of the network. An awful lot of structural damage that the humans will just have to deal with on that promised day when they get the chance.
Plans for a strike while the enemy was down.
... It's a guilty relief that 9S, at least, apparently won't be there for that. No doubt he'd get sent straight into danger.]
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The mention of Eve though has him frowning, the final remnants of the blush she'd instilled within him leaving. That reminds him-]
Adam's here, by the way. You should be careful around him...not that I need to tell you that. [That was sort of common knowledge.] He's not an immediate threat and the two of us have come to a sort of...understanding if you will. That said, there's no need for you to be hanging around with him.
[She needs Adam like she needs a hole in the head.]
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She gets a little stuck going over possible scenarios for his revival for a moment and effectively misses the part about them having an "understanding". Heard, but not noted.]
This is a lot to take in, 9S. [She giggles weakly, just to let him know she's not angry, and starts walking again.] You're making my head spin.
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[Shut up, he tells himself. Shut your mouth and just keep it that way until we're back at the apartment.
But he can't manage to be completely silent. It's just not how he functions.]
I'll be more mindful. Sorry.
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No, no, it's okay!
[6O almost runs the words together in her hurry to get them out and smooth things over. She reaches to rest a hand on his shoulder, mostly to comfort him, a little bit to ground and comfort herself.]
Please don't feel bad, I know you're just trying to help!
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I know...I just got carried away. [When does he ever not though?] Still, I should know better.
[And what do you know? They've reached the elevators. Letting 6O enter first he follows inside after her, making sure everything seems to be in working order before they start their ascent. A ding signals their eventual arrival, doors opening up to present to 6O a much nicer cityscape than the one they had just been in before.]
It's not far from here now. Just a short walk away.
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She hopes he knows she's grateful for his presence anyway.]
It's gorgeous.
[is the first thing she says on stepping out of the elevator. It's one thing to see the Up from a train, but quite another to be standing there on one's own two feet. 6O finds her eyes drawn upward to the heavens- clear for now, seemingly endless blue. So this is what the sky looks like through an actual planetside atmosphere...]
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[He can't help but smile at her reaction, knowing all too well what she must be feeling at the sight of it all. He had a similar experience himself, when he'd first set his eyes on the Up. He can only imagine it being that much more for her. This is her first time on a planet, after all. The weather seems to be cooperating too, the chill of winter aside, and so with a gentle touch of gloved fingers to an elbow, he moves to nudge her into following with him.]
If you think that's pretty just wait until you see a sunset.
[Or sunrise. Both were equally impressive and two experiences he and A2 had enjoyed together. Hopefully he'd get the chance to share it with 6O.
His and A2's place is just a few blocks away, just like he'd promised, and the whole time he's careful to keep his head down while keeping an eye on her. As strange as his Scanner getup seemed to some people here, for the most part wearing it was an advantage. The blindfold and collar around his neck were seen as positive things for a submissive to voluntarily wear, and so he opts to wear them when he goes outside. If it's seen as pleasing to the populace of this place (not to mention what he's used to) then why not keep it up?
The last thing either of them need right now is trouble, and thankfully they don't run into any of it.
Opening the door to the lobby he lets her in first, then it's up another set of elevators before they arrive right outside the flat he's been living. Nervously he unlocks it, making sure to take off his boots once he's inside. Then off come the gloves and the visor pre-preemptively. A2 hates when he wears it at home, and so he's taken to not doing so. That means 9S' pretty blues are on display as he pockets the HUD and turns back to face 6O.]
Well, um, this is it! It's nothing fancy but it's pretty nice? I've a room and so does A2, and there's a sitting room just off to the left. Oh! And the kitchen down that way, along with the bathroom. You're free to explore if you want or I can show you around? A2 isn't home yet so...
[So they've both a little more time to get settled, thankfully.]
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[Isn't Earth tidally locked, though? Seriously, she's going to have to start making an actual list of questions. Pull up whatever their OS's version of Notepad is and begin putting this stuff down somewhere until she has time to grill him about it properly.
6O looks quite the opposite role to him on their way back with her head held high, the fall of her veil obscuring her submissive mark. Nothing that would immediately strike the locals as an unsuitable companion to a blindfolded sub, and so they don't give her a lot of second glances on the way to the flat. Not that she'd notice- she only has eyes for their lovely surroundings (and 9S's position, naturally.)
Once they get there, she takes him removing his visor as a cue to reach up and unfasten her veil, though it seems a little strange to do so. There's no reason to take either thing off? His boots coming off makes more sense. The Down is a far cry from the sterile, monochrome corridors of the Bunker.]
Is it okay if I just leave my shoes on for now? It's just, you know... [they're a little less quick to get on and off, being so high.]
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[Much to his disdain.]
I'll clean up whatever mess is left later or Pascal will get it. Oh-! That's right! Hey Pascal!
[There's a sudden beeping that comes from the other room, the sound of motored whirring coming closer. Soon enough a Roomba will roll into view and beep up at 6O excitedly. Even though it's a series of beeps, it'll be automatically understandable to the two of them, since 9S programmed it. Essentially it's saying hello, in a very R2D2-like fashion.]
I modified him and gave him basic AI so he could perform his job better. He's a little man made machine that was here when A2 and I arrived, but apparently they're mass produced here as floor cleaners. He does a pretty good job. Cute, huh?
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Aww, look at you! You're so little-!
[She crouches down, not a small feat in those heels, to get a better look at the round little robot. Curious, she sticks her hand out to touch the top of its casing.]
So your name's Pascal, huh? I'm 6O, nice to meet you!
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If you crush up crackers and let it suck up the crumbs it gets really excited.
[Yes. A2 and 9S feed their roomba, don't @ them.]
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[And what more can a little machine ask for than to get excited about performing its function, really. Cute... 6O gives it a little pat on the top before she stands up. 9S invited her to explore, so it's time to explore!
The living room is the obvious place to go first. She heads that way, and makes a delighted sound as she spots the aquarium.]
That's so cool! Did you catch these, 9S?
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[He's grinning now, eagerly joining her side, pointing at the various fish behind the glass.]
I didn't catch them, but A2 and I bought them. There are stores here that sell fish and other aquatic animals. A lot of research was put into the setup 6O, but I think it worked out well.
[And then because he knows she'll say yes he offers:]
Wanna try feeding them?
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i have no suitable icon for this have the crazyface instead
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