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TDM #6


« « « TEST DRIVE MEME » » »




« « « I REPEAT MYSELF



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.

... 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 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 other thing: it’s sticky and humid. Gross.



» » » BUY A TICKET




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.



« « « THE HOUSES OF PLEASURE




Standard orientation is over quickly. New arrivals are allowed to settle into their new living arrangements and are given access to the city. Explore. Make connections. On the third day, all devices light up with a message from LIES. Orientation 2.0 is about to start, and it does the moment participants tap the screen of their phones.

After arriving at the designated location, standing on the front step of a large house, a man dressed in nothing more than a small cloth wrapped at his waist will open the wooden door and guide arrivals inside one by one. In the main room is a large brass tub filled with warm water and fragrant oils. The bath is relaxing, no one will have the desire or willpower to abstain from this, and the style of dress is one of the following: a simple sheer gown with thin underwear beneath or a soft robe with a thick belt. The first denotes a particular status - the servant, concubine, companion, prostitute, jeweled bird, whore. There are many words for the role, but they are those chosen by the person who is being paid for the service. The second is an elevated status, and those dressed this way are given a solid gold coin to spend on the person of their choosing.

Visitors of Lupanar are placed in their roles at random. The companions are led to rooms where they are laid out comfortably in any manner of style—placed on a bed, draped in a swing, tied up and blindfolded. Afterwards, they are then visited by their patrons.



« « « INTO THE WOLF DEN




Lupanar is in full swing. The night edges forward as patrons visit one or many rooms, companions satisfy their visitors, and the procurer who runs the establishment gracefully handles any disputes or misunderstandings. Lit candles line the stairs and hallways, casting an eerie glow on anyone who chooses to slip a panel aside and watch the acts occurring in the room behind that wall.

As the night melts into early morning, companions and patrons alike will experience a physical crack and shift. For some, they’ll be brought to their knees or find themselves winded. Others will feel a tightness in their chest or the strange sensation of losing their breath. When it’s over, each person will now bear the physical characteristics of two other people: someone they care dearly for and someone that they do not. The combination of features or physical attributes will be unique; possibly the hair style and color of one but the eyes and nose of the other. What’s even more odd is that, now, desires belonging to the other people are transferred. Strong and overwhelming, satisfaction is a must.



« « « BROKEN GLASS




The second floor of Lupanar is a dedicated space to a series of private and public glass rooms. Companions, styled as requested, are placed inside to act out anything the patron desires of them. They may dance, strip, or pleasure themselves, but the key thing to remember is that glass separates the companion from everyone else. You may look, but you can’t touch.

The third and final floor of this esteemed brothel is an entirely open area with space at the center for an ongoing orgy. Patrons may lay with one another, companions can indulge in sex or sleeping, and generally either participate in public sex with someone else while watching others. So, join in or take a seat.



« « « 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, 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 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. Characters born in January, March, May, June, September, and December are Dominants. Characters born in February, April, July, August, October, and November are Submissive. Characters with an unknown birthday are Submissive.

To use this TDM as a door pass please link this on your app and place whether it is Dominant or Submissive.

» Players can use any part of the setting to create test drive prompts. Check out the locations page!

» The Houses of Pleasure: Characters will touch their phones and close their eyes. They will then be in the new setting. It won’t be apparent whether characters were transported there or if it’s something similar to a dream. If characters ask any NPCs or later ask LIES, they will be told that it’s up to them to decide. Characters can return to Duplicity after making a payment or receiving one. If you choose to have your character not participate in this part of the test drive then they will have a glitch on their phone that doesn’t allow them to access the invite to Orientation 2.0.

» Characters that play the role of companion may be dressed or situated in their room in any number of ways. They may be put into Elizabethan era clothing for a lord and lord/lady/servant/stablehand roleplay scenario. Or perhaps the companion is dressed in a clown costume. We don’t judge. Get wild.

» Into The Wolf Den: Characters become the physical embodiment of two people. Someone the character loves and someone they hate. Mix and mash features at your leisure. Have an even mix or let one dominate the other. Characters will also experience the desires of those other people and want to satisfy those urges.

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




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nocts: (34)

[personal profile] nocts 2019-05-11 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
There are always options- with some patience and smarts. It also kind of depends on a little bit of luck for opportunities, but Noct never found that lacking in this place. He nods back, glad that he had somewhat calmed the guy down.

When he's sure that they won't be disturbed by other passengers (a few dominants looked like they were going to call in the police), Noctis motions with his head to the corner of the train and steps over.

"Don't look at her or acknowledge her. Resident Dominants thrive off of riling people up with scenes like this and shock value they bring," Noctis keeps his voice barely above the whisper. "Don't give her that satisfaction."
nighttemplar: (7)

[personal profile] nighttemplar 2019-05-11 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I am. The year I am from is 1850. I have gathered that I'm far from the furthest back and there is quite a bit of learning I have ahead of me.
theboywholived: (001)

[personal profile] theboywholived 2019-05-11 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
He knows he shouldn't talk about it, even if the whole thing's over, even if Voldemort's dead and defeated and all of the horcruxes destroyed. He still knows better than to tempt fate. So he discretely raises a hand as if to say he means no harm and addresses the other elephant in the room.

His parentage.

"James and Lily," he says, as if he needs to clarify. He might. He gives Regulus a shrewd look. He knows about the young man, but doesn't know any details, not really. Slytherin, Seeker, Death Eater. Sirius had never talked at length about his brother. It didn't seem to be a subject he altogether enjoyed.
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[personal profile] despitethenora 2019-05-11 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[What would happen if someone took the device apart? Aloy quirks an eyebrow, considering it -- and doesn't decide to discourage him from conducting the experiment.]

I, uh. Don't know those terms. Before I came to this city, I thought machines ran on blaze, and that turns out to just be a chemical that happens to burn.

[For all she knows, he's actually onto something. And hey, he's got her curiosity up. The same quality that had her wanting to explore places that people warned her were too dangerous or any sane human to go.]

Want an audience? It'd be nice to know what an aethographic transmitter is. Plus, I'm great at salvaging parts.
theboywholived: (Default)

[personal profile] theboywholived 2019-05-11 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that much Harry can understand and work around. He hates it, because that kind of behavior usually does work on him (and Ron) even if they know what it's about and what it's being used for. But the other young woman, the Submissive, doesn't seem to be in any kind of mortal danger or distress either, which makes the situation just a touch easier to swallow.

He keeps his head down for fear of his looks getting the better of him and setting off another commotion. He slides into the seat next to the young man and folds his hands in a frustrated sort of way at his knees.

"So we just sit here and twiddle our thumbs for now?" He tries, too, to keep the annoyance mostly out of his voice and succeeds.
indecent_butterfly: (Are you sure about that?)

[personal profile] indecent_butterfly 2019-05-11 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[They would be quite happy to find Lucifer in Duplicity. It wouldn't be the first time he'd been taken, and at least then, they'd know where he was.]

Greetings then from one to another. One is called Mad Hatter.
timeheister: (022)

LET THE GAMES BEGIN.

[personal profile] timeheister 2019-05-11 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[At first Scott hadn't recognized the other with his back turned, backpack and tote masking himself until the man turned to face towards him. Eyes open wide in immediate shock, awestruck as he stares down the familiar face with a slack jaw. It wasn't often he was rendered completely speechless, the fellow Avenger standing there silently for a long time until a look of pure joy falls over his features.]

Tony?!

[Taking a few steps forward boldly, smile practically beaming as he tries best not to cry out in tears of joy at the sight of his once enemy turned friend.]
fixating: (do you walk in the shadow of men)

[personal profile] fixating 2019-05-11 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Fine. Good. They won't talk about it. He's paranoid, and rightly so: if any of his Death Eater ex-friend and associates show up and catch wind that he defected, he's as good as dead all over again, and probably after a few rousing rounds of torture. Not exactly high on his to-do list.

"Naturally," Regulus replies, because of course it's her. Even he could see that going on in their last year of Hogwarts, while he was still behind them. He lofts an eyebrow at the look Harry gives him, before speaking again. "Remus will want to see you then, and Dora I'm sure."

Calling them by their first names is oddly companionable for a Death Eater to be doing.
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[personal profile] sathan 2019-05-11 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Mary Wardwell.

( because, even with another servant, like hell is she truly revealing herself. not without being face to face )

Are there others?
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[personal profile] theboywholived 2019-05-11 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
That's about the last thing he expects to hear out of a Death Eater's mouth, ex or no.

He startles, but instead of reeling back, he leans forward, desperate for more information. He ignores the part where Remus and Tonks are dead in his time, too excited by the possibility that they're alive and well here. And together. Of course, together.

"Remus is here? And Tonks?" He makes an unnecessary grab for Regulus' arm, as if the other young man needed another indication that this was important and serious to Harry.

"Where are they? I have to find them."
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[personal profile] godforged 2019-05-11 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Crimson eyes blink against the sudden light when the blindfold is loosened, then focus on the human beside him.

Barely more than a boy. Pale, pretty. Probably not much of a threat, though Kogi would prefer not to underestimate anyone at the moment. Particularly not in the situation he's found himself in. Which is....]


A sex thing?

[Kogi takes a second or two to look around the plush room, down at the sheer bit of nothing they gave him to wear, then back at what the boy himself is wearing. And then up at the faint blush coloring the boy's pale face. And maybe it doesn't seem so far-fetched, really? Not after being sent out into the city wearing a flimsy bit of paper, and then pampered with a long, luxurious bath.

So there's no more snarling or snapping, just a look of mild confusion.]


That is... not the sort of trap I expected. This place makes no sense. [He looks back over his shoulder, not quite able to see what's binding his wrists together, and nods to the boy.] I would appreciate it.
nocts: (32)

[personal profile] nocts 2019-05-11 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Noctis himself looks a tad bit frustrated at the thought of 'twiddling thumbs' and just sitting around. But there's nothing much else they can do right now. He nods.

"For now," he says slowly, glancing out of the window to see where they are, then looks over to the other guy.

"This City has been working on this for years, maybe decades. Getting it to change its ways is a difficult, tedious and time-consuming task." He sighs, "Especially if the Residents themselves don't want it to be changed..."
indecent_butterfly: (Indifferent)

[personal profile] indecent_butterfly 2019-05-11 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Being called is not being named. If nothing else, their name is the one thing they are good at not sharing.]

There are no others from this One's world. One could not say from your own. Other demons, devils, and servants are all here as are many others.
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[personal profile] metamorphing 2019-05-11 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Whispering in classes, apart from Potions, has always been a specialty of hers as well. She moves easily enough, sitting next to him and leaning in to answer easier.

"I've been here for about four months now..."

It's a lot of questions- she should know to expect them... And she'll do her best to answer what she can. With a furtive glance towards the stage, she looks back at Harry and frowns. "They brought us here- I'm still not sure how. And we just got the bad luck of the draw, is my guess. I can't find any rhyme or reason for who's put where."

How is any of this allowed? She chews the inside of her cheek for a moment, trying to figure out the best way to answer. "This... it's their culture... And they have some sort of magic as well as advanced muggle technology to coerce everyone into cooperating."
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[personal profile] nighttemplar 2019-05-11 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[He holds her down the best he can given the circumstances. It's not the first time he's had a tussle naked. It's not the most enjoyable thing. There's far more pleasurable thing to do when naked then try and survive a hissing frightened vampire. But this is where he is now.

He doesn't really blame her for her snarling accusation. He'd already said he thought she was here to kill him. He snaps back, far less flirting and far more cold.]
If I wanted to kill you, I already would have. I just want out of these blasted things.

[He'll hold still for her, practically sitting on her. He feels the pressure around his wrists let up and seconds later, she's shoving at him again and he's very quickly moving back, rolling off her and off the bed, not caring that he's now hiding nothing at all. He's too busy ripping off the blindfold.] I do so like being right. You are lovely. But that's besides the point right now.

[As he speaks, he rubs at his wrists a little.] The point is, you really don't know what I am, do you? Did your Hive Queen not warn you when she metamorphized you? About the soulless?
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[personal profile] fixating 2019-05-11 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Woah, kid, that's really intense.

Regulus nods, although he instinctively jerks his arm back from Harry's desperate grab for it. He's still anxious about touch from anyone other than people he trusts, and those are hard to come by. "They were here before me," he explains, "and I think they're the only ones, unless someone is hiding."

The thought makes him look away, frowning, before he looks at Harry again. "He runs a book shop," he finally says at length, "and she works there. They're usually there during the day. I could show you where it is. It's in the Up, so people may question us, but I have a contract and we can say you're on the way to discuss one."

The lie comes easily, because of course it does.
bulldoginnit: (Default)

[personal profile] bulldoginnit 2019-05-11 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
i wouldnt know bruv

this place seems pretty bit but i aint had chance to explore too much yet so maybe youll get lucky in the down yeah?
bulldoginnit: (consider)

good I'm glad :D

[personal profile] bulldoginnit 2019-05-11 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Eggsy pulls his eyes away from the kneeling people and back to Scott. ]

Thought did cross my mind, yeah. So what is it?

[ He comes up with one more guess. ]

You like a stunt man or somethin'? Or like motion capture, that sort of thing?
sathan: (☀ 𝓈𝑒𝒹𝓊𝓂 𝒶𝒸𝓇𝑒)

[personal profile] sathan 2019-05-11 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Our worlds may be less important. We all serve Lucifer.
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[personal profile] moneytwin 2019-05-11 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Compared to Vex, Imoen’s changes are subtle. She likes the glowing eyes, gold the colour (and gold the currency) having long held appeal to Vex’ahlia. And If Imoen is uncomfortable with the colour, she certainly hides it well.

The comment earns a salacious grin and the arc of an eyebrow. “Is that so?” A show for Vex? Rather than the other way around? “And what sort of show did you have in mind?” Especially when there’s so much to see around them at present.
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[personal profile] bloodbinds 2019-05-11 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Noted. Which is why the moment he rolls off of her, she rolls in the opposite direction, off the bed on the other side. Never mind the indecency; it's not like any of that's important, though she ties the belt around her waist a little tighter in the off chance that she needs to run.

(She's a vampire. She shouldn't be running; she should be killing. But whatever he is, whatever he's capable of, she doesn't know the extent of it just yet.)

With the distance between them, everything changes again. Her strength comes back, her senses, the fangs, the paleness. The hunger. Ava uses Auspex to get a good, clear look at him and what she finds...doesn't make sense. There's nothing there, no indication if he's an enemy or a monster or something like her. It's just...emptiness. She keeps her gaze level on him, the muscles in her legs tight, ready to spring or fight. ]


What the fuck are you even talking about? I don't know what either of those things are.

[ She's decent at manipulation but this...this is honest. His words don't mean a damn thing to her. 'Metamorphized'? ]

I don't know who you are. I don't know what a soulless is. [ Maybe he means 'vampire'? But he doesn't feel like one. ] What, exactly, do you think I am?
bulldoginnit: (smile)

play the game

[personal profile] bulldoginnit 2019-05-11 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Maybe it just takes a thief to spot a thief. It's been a couple years since Eggsy's really had to steal anything, and he doesn't do it for fun, mostly because it would be frowned upon in his current profession. But he knows the signs of it because he did that sort of thing for most of his life, and he was good at it to boot.

The lady he's watching is also good, but it's always been his job to be aware of things others aren't, to avoid getting caught. And it's his job now, or was before he got zapped into this weird city, to watch people for intelligence and whatnot. He watches her for awhile before he move, standing behind her on purpose for a minute before backing up into her - also on purpose, though he's pretty good at this, so it doesn't seem like the set up it is. He realises she might catch on. He stands out because of the bright orange stripes on his jacket and the matching adidas logo pasted on it. Chav style isn't exactly common where they are, seems like.
]

Oh, 'scuse me. Was you doin' somethin'? Sure I could give you a hand if you like.
indecent_butterfly: (Say that again?)

[personal profile] indecent_butterfly 2019-05-11 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
That is like saying all gods are the same. You may wish to be careful before suggesting such a thing. There is one here who takes great offense at hearing how his loving God is not the same everywhere.

His apparently takes issue with vampires.
godforged: (💮 37)

Houses of Pleasure

[personal profile] godforged 2019-05-11 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kogitsunemaru didn't really understand any of this at first. This whole place is confusing, disorienting, and he can't sense the presence of any of his fellow sword warriors or his master. He's alone and for once, completely out of his element.

But now? Clean and draped in a plush robe and given a coin to spend on whomever he chooses... now Kogi understands. He was forged over a thousand years ago and has had more masters than he can recall, after all. A brothel isn't a completely unfamiliar concept. He's never used one himself--never even visited one since manifesting in this human body--but he understands.

When he enters the room he's still not entirely sure he's going to make use of it. Not in the way these people clearly expect. It just seems like a better idea than wandering the hallways all night. And at least the man on the bed will make for pretty company to pass the time.]


Hello. Do you mind if I come in?
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[personal profile] sathan 2019-05-11 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't need to tell me about him. I was merely suggesting the familiar presence of others of a similar mind.

And then perhaps those differences could become strengths.