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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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goneforawalk: (i couldn't breathe)

[personal profile] goneforawalk 2019-05-16 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ curiosity is fine. he doesn't mind it. he minds being treated like an actual experiment without his consent, but that's not happening here, so he's not struggling with it. he lofts an eyebrow slightly. ]

I'll let you know now, literally no one is going to be able to answer that question for you. None of us know any answers. Not yet, at least.

[ now both eyebrows raise at that mild disbelief. ]

You've been kidnapped and brought across worlds to somewhere completely new, and a vampire is what trips the bullshit meter? [ he sounds amused, in any case, then shrugs. ] Like Stoker, yes, though the end isn't particularly accurate to what really happened. A lot of embellishment. Some outright lies, as well.

[ at the sun comment, he pauses, briefly unsure how to explain. ]

I am--or well, have been, altered from my original form. I'm inured to sunlight, and crosses, and silver. I used to be affected by all of them. I'm also very old, so over the years I've become stronger. I'm only tired in the daytime. It's inconvenient.
entheogens: (34)

[personal profile] entheogens 2019-05-16 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
[He casts a mild gaze around them at the stares they're drawing. Not that Aurus cares about being stared at since he was already being stared at even without some overly-emotional donut-obsessed man flailing about at his feet and making a scene.]

Normal. [Like the irony of the word speaks for itself.]

Maybe, [he says it like it's just a suggestion,] you ought to take more care to avoid waste then. Though I imagine the birds will appreciate your accident.
entheogens: (3)

[personal profile] entheogens 2019-05-16 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
[For flipping over the chess board, Loki's done an impressive job of scoring a point. Check, as it were, though perhaps not yet mate. Not quite.

Aurus doesn't even bother to point out that Vrenille's illusions tend to be tangible, as with most Tyrian mesmer magic. It's hardly the salient point. Not when he's suddenly face-to-face with his guildmate (with Hakkyuu's best friend, since that's still ultimately how he always thinks of Vrenille first, and therefore always in a sense as his junior--the peer of his former student). And certainly not when he's faced with this strange flash of Vrenille as somehow both unmistakably himself and a sylvari at the same time. How is that even possible?]


Bring that one back--that last one. [Like Loki has just turned the page too fast in a catalogue Aurus is perusing, and the fact that he's clearly taken offense to the whole "taken in by an illusion" thing is completely beside the point. They certainly don't need to trouble over little things like apologies, do they?] That's very good.

[There, close enough. And he'll comment on all the rest presently, all right? He just wasn't done looking yet.]
camebefore: (always one change away)

[personal profile] camebefore 2019-05-16 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
[To treat anyone in that manner would be the height of rudeness. Unthinkable in Hannibal's opinion.]

I'm a doctor. I've studied the human body inside and out. A 'vampire' isn't exactly in keeping with what I've learned at Johns Hopkins. I am still considering the part about jumping worlds. But I am curious. It don't offend you with these questions, do I?

[Because what is the protocol for questioning a vampire on their state of undead? Direct is always the best route from what he has discovered. But there is a thought that comes to Hannibal as he watches his device in Alucard's hands. Something that is bothering him.]

What year is it? For you?
the_fairest_flower: (Default)

[personal profile] the_fairest_flower 2019-05-16 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
"That's good to know," he quips, seeming pleased by the answer. "I suspect you're right, though. I can't even remember how I got here and yet here I am. Ready for another."

Jamie sips his drink, deciding that he likes the floral flavor of it. He wonders, absently, if he should be more cautious. At this point in the night he isn't sure that he cares.

"Jamie. What are you, Ereuvir?"

Blunt, perhaps, but wrapped in a coy tone to lighten the blow. Ereuvir's features are-- striking, and Jamie's had a long night, but not long enough to forget himself entirely.
the_fairest_flower: (to the water)

[personal profile] the_fairest_flower 2019-05-16 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
"I think there's a very flexible definition of what this has to be," he says as he moves further into the room, still toying with the gold coin between his fingers. "We just have to agree to some kind of exchange."

Jamie considers, and with a flick of his wrist, the coin disappears for the moment.

"So what do you propose? And what should I call you?"
goneforawalk: (my demon friend)

[personal profile] goneforawalk 2019-05-16 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ alucard cants his head aside while the other man speaks, a little like a curious dog tipping to hear better. his hearing isn't actually bad, he just does this when he's particularly interested in something. ]

I'm very difficult to offend, so please don't worry about that. There is a lot of--misinformation, out about my kind, it's honestly natural to be questioning and skeptical if something doesn't fit the given knowledge.

[ he's thoughtful a moment, but the question stills him and he glances at the device, then back up to him. ]

For me, at home, it's 2030. Here, it's 2019.
yoursavior: (uhhhh)

[personal profile] yoursavior 2019-05-16 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ Loki crosses his arms, levels him with a look. ]

I won't.

[ The answer is curt, and a little bit petulant, but–really, he is a god, and gods don't take orders, they give them. Even if the praise Aurus had finished with has left him with a confusing, inexplicable sort of pleasure, which is ridiculous, given how patronizing it had been. He's perfectly aware of how good his illusions are, anyway–he doesn't need anyone to remind him of it.

It's not the worst thing, though, when it happens, he concedes. Still, it isn't enough to earn his forgiveness, and he continues on. ]


I know your name, too. Aurus. You're one of their...what's it called. Guildmates.
sometimespawnskillkings: (pondering his point)

[personal profile] sometimespawnskillkings 2019-05-16 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
Temple grins. He thinks he’s going to like this man.

“Call me Temple,” he says. “And to be honest, I don’t think this is as simple as you think it is. I mean, maybe it could be but I doubt it. The LIES program wants us to have sex, after all. So if I gave you my communication device in exchange for your coin, for example, I don’t think it would get us out of this.”

And besides, Temple’s communication device is just about the only thing Temple has right now and can trade - unless the man wants his gown or his underwear - so it would be a really bad idea to exchange it.

He sighs.

“I really wish it was that simple, though.”
camebefore: (it's over)

[personal profile] camebefore 2019-05-16 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
[The head-tilt is enough to make Hannibal wonder though about the creature's hearing. Legends read that vampires could hear most anything, had a range beyond even what canines could pick up. He speaks a shade louder, enunciating his words better. The accent can confuse people at times or him not using the proper word for what he means.]

[The questions that had been piling up in his mind are shuttled onto a less important track as that information puts the air out of him.]


2019? [For a (thankfully) few seconds, Hannibal goes as pale as Alucard. Shock after shock have been piled on without more than a blink, but this? Here it is that year?] It was February of 1951 this morning. The temperature was thirty degrees Fahrenheit with snow and sleet alternating in Baltimore, Maryland.

[In the space of a few breaths, a handful of seconds, this teenager has control of himself again despite, or because of, reality being so forcefully altered.]

I should love to have my microscope if I could talk you into letting me examine a sample of your blood.
mygig: (14)

[personal profile] mygig 2019-05-16 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
[That only gets a chuckle from Dante, the jabs so familiar that he actually feels suddenly at ease with whatever Nero may throw at him. It's as if this place had been missing something.

Or he had been missing something. Hm, best not to think about it, anyway.

He follows, leisure walk even to counter Nero's hurried pace.]


The card? Kitty Cat gave me. She's... what people here call my Dominant. Allows me to pay for things even though I'm not with her. [A shrug. He doesn't care for nor about the whole societal system here.] I'm sure you'll get one of these soon enough.
entheogens: (47)

[personal profile] entheogens 2019-05-16 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh fine, be that way if you must, Loki.

Anyway, isn't this all just a surprise a minute--this discovery that his own reputation precedes him. That's a strange and unexpected bit of news. And also "their"--"you're one of their guildmates." More than one.

This conversation is bouncing about all a bit pell-mell, like popcorn kernels over heat leaving quite a few questions still left "un-popped," and rather important questions too, things like how Loki knows Vrenille and how in the world Vrenille "became," temporarily, a sylvari, but now something else has just jumped the queue, and he gives Loki a questioning frown. This place has grown both more interesting and more strange in very short order.]


Who else is here?
possessedpriest: (✞11)

[personal profile] possessedpriest 2019-05-16 08:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ Rio stands first so that he can get into the train's hall and allow his temporary companion to do the same. ]

Then, I've chosen a lucky time. What is it you do, Sabo?

[ Rio is formal, but he's not so formal as to add 'Mr' in front of someone's first name. ]
goldenglasses: Maker on LJ (Oh... fuck YOU! You moron!)

[personal profile] goldenglasses 2019-05-16 11:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Not just stares, but whispers as well. About another LIES submissive that doesn't know their place. Or perhaps about another dominant who can't do their job properly. Not that anyone seems to care to do anything other than talk.]

My accident!? Your accident you mean! I wouldn't have dropped them if you hadn't been standing there and made me drop them!
notcharming: (Default)

[personal profile] notcharming 2019-05-16 11:44 am (UTC)(link)
Ereuvir has mostly just ignored the attendants, let them kind of do whatever, flitter around him like butterflies. Elsewhere, they are probably more insistent but one thing he will say about this place is that oftentimes, if you are more or less doing what they want, they'll leave you alone. Mostly.

The line of rudeness was likely really back with the first question, actually, but Ereuvir doesn't seem to mind. In fact he chuckles and shakes his head,

"Just a... hm... a personal choice, I suppose," it wasn't as though he had to have this form. It's just the one he's settled into over the years. "There are a lot of people from a lot of different realities thrown together here, as I'm sure you've been told," he smirks slightly, "Whether or not you believe it is another matter. If I tell you the truth, you're likely going to either presume that I'm insane or that you, yourself are."

He looks around at the attendants, the way this place has been presented,

"I think I can see the shape at this point," he says, of the environment and the smirk slides into a smile, wry, but genuine, "Perhaps you'd like to buy me for the night, so we can continue our conversation? That seems to be the name of the game this evening. Though I warn you, they aren't fond of letting you go until you've seen their games to... hm. Completion?" he has no idea what this young man's opinions on sex are, so he errs on the side of delicacy for the moment.
notcharming: (Default)

[personal profile] notcharming 2019-05-16 11:51 am (UTC)(link)
Ereuvir laughs softly to that, grins,

"What are you?" he returns, "My senses have been utterly thrown off by having people from so many worlds in this place, and I don't think you're one of mine anyway, even tangentially." He takes a sip of his wine, considers Jamie for a moment. He doesn't really care if people know, has never made it a secret, but even in his own world he wasn't invited to a lot of parties. He never particularly cared about the social snubbing or the fear in his own world. He had a job to do, after all, and who cared if people didn't like him. He wasn't made to be liked.

But here it's a bit different.

"Are you going to run away if I tell you I'm the Lord of the Underworld?" he asks, finally, more curious and amused than anything else, "Or are you going to try to press me to join the orgy just for the novelty of it?"
devilbreak: (24)

[personal profile] devilbreak 2019-05-16 12:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay there was a whole lot to unpack there.

Nero doesn't really try to hide the fact that it's sounding a little weird. All this Dominant and Submissive stuff. Dante would be the second, maybe third (sometimes he doesn't listen) person telling him to find a Dominant to mooch off of.]


Kitty Cat the Dominant. Right.

[He doesn't think he'll be doing any of that, but he nods anyway so Dante won't fuss.]
devilbreak: (29)

[personal profile] devilbreak 2019-05-16 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Not gonna lie, but none of that sounds--wait, what?

[Quivering mess? What the actual hell. 70% of the time what V says goes right over his head, but he doesn't think that's the case this time. It's probably exactly as it sounds. He doesn't want to find out, but part of him wants to try anyway. How can he settle to accept this? On one hand V, and Dante were here, on the other hand Urizen--no. Apparently it's no longer an issue?

So, in typical confused Nero fashion, he smiles and shrugs.]


If you've survived so long, it can't be so bad. It's probably some weird demon dream. We'll wake up eventually to find no time has passed and fuck them up. Easy. Hand me my pants.
mygig: (41)

[personal profile] mygig 2019-05-16 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dante knows how weird it all sounds because it had sounded weird to him, himself. ] Trust me, I've tried fighting the system.

[Not so much filling the quota that this place seemed to implement. Dante had, surprisingly, little trouble doing that. He hasn't even gotten slapped by a lady for all his cheese, yet, and he feels like there's something missing. The only idea of what happened when you missed it was by testimony, people asking him for help with that, because they've experienced the repercussions of it and didn't want to repeat it again.

But trying to go back to hell to make sure that his brother didn't leave again? Yeah, that had been an ordeal. A very frustrating one, to boot. It had been a blessing that Vergil had made his appearance in this place soon enough.]
If you don't choose one, heard you'll be randomly assigned one. Don't know if you wanna go that route, though. But it's your call.
wildphase: (Default)

The Houses of Pleasure

[personal profile] wildphase 2019-05-16 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Carden's been more led through the halls than gone himself, the attendant's seeming willing to assist him. He's definitely shown a willingness to try to be more... well... what they want him to be, with his designation, but the thought of being sexually Dominant is still one that sits oddly with him, with how little he understands about how. But this is supposed to be "orientation" right? So they're at least a bit more helpful.

Which is how he's ended up here, with someone new. Someone he can be helpful to, they suggest, before they close the door behind him. He's skeptical, but he walks over, looking at the other man not exactly critically or lustfully, but more like he's a problem to be solved.

"I guess this is kind of a formality," he says, of the coin between his fingers, "though they'd probably let me leave to spend it elsewhere." He tries for a kind of comforting smile, "They're probably not going to let us out of the bathhouse until we've both had sex, that's kind of how this place works. So I guess in that sense, yeah, I'm going to go along with this. But if you want to spend some time not having sex, I'm okay with that too." He does move over to the bed, though, to sit on it, propping himself up on the headboard.

"If I leave, they're just going to send someone else in, though."
blue_eyed_devil: (Ah shit.)

arsdrhmkjl;

[personal profile] blue_eyed_devil 2019-05-16 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Obviously.

[The drawl is heavy in his voice. It even echoes the dry note of another half-demon, both sarcastic and flat as he leads Nero away from the guards. Whether he is actually being sarcastic or genuinely agreeing with Nero is up in the air. Unlike Dante, he doesn't try to add context to his words. Instead, he moves on to the question.]

If there is a way home, it won't be on this train. They're going to keep everyone contained here, their little pets, and you can't break their chains by sitting.

They've closed the doorways to other worlds.

[So that's a thing. There isn't an easy way out.]

You're subject to their will for now.
devilbreak: (25)

[personal profile] devilbreak 2019-05-16 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't like the flat tone the word came with, but leaves it alone.]

Yeah, alright. Let's go then.

[Nero doesn't like how any of this sounds so he picks up his pace to put more space between himself and the guards.]

Then all we have to do is find a way to open them.

[Spoken like someone who doesn't truly understand the gravity of the situation. Deep down he does have a sinking feeling that he's going to be stuck here for an indefinite amount of time, but his brain won't let him give up on escaping. He's not sure why he's wired that way, but he is.]

What about you? You're free to do whatever you want because you don't have a mark. Do you even want to escape?
devilbreak: (22)

[personal profile] devilbreak 2019-05-16 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[How could anyone be okay with any of this?

Nero doesn't want to believe that Dante, THE DANTE, has resigned to being someone's plaything. Even if it did give him a credit card. He actively tries not to think too much about it, and instead keeps his complaints to himself.]


How long do I have to choose one? What if the person I choose isn't interested? What if the person I randomly get assigned to is a douchebag or a sadistic witch or something?

[He has a lot of Reasonable Concerns. Definitely not complaints.]

The apartments are disgusting so obviously I want to find one fast, but I'm not eager to...have to do that shit again. It's one thing if it's just you and for shits and giggles, but if someone wanted me to seriously...ugh.
sometimespawnskillkings: (shining prince)

[personal profile] sometimespawnskillkings 2019-05-16 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Temple doesn’t feel quite ready to concede yet but the man is right. Neither of them can get out of this till they have sex. He doesn’t like it but that’s how it is.

So Temple forces a smile onto his face and says, “You make a good point.”

He takes a deep breath, steeling himself to continue.

“And since you seem like you’re actually decent and the next person to come in might not be, I’ll let you have me,” Temple says, his voice haughty, talking like the roles are reversed and he’s the Dominant and the other man the Submissive. “And yes, I would like to spend some time not having sex.”

Just talking like that makes Temple feel a little bit better, a little bit more in control of the situation. Like, he is Mark Temple, Terrorist Supervillain, not Mark Temple, Sim Trooper Submissive. Even though, in reality, he’s both and neither side can really be separated from the other.
mygig: (16)

[personal profile] mygig 2019-05-16 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a slight twitch to his lip.] Couple of months. I'm sure you'll think up of something.

[He's not the kind of guy to spoonfeed everything to Nero, and never has. Mostly because he wouldn't know how to, but also because he has some faith in Nero making the right decision when the time comes.

If he doesn't, there will be some ass kicking to do, but hey. That's not that bad a deal.]


Look, you don't have to do anything if you and your Dom set that up on paper. Of course [he waves his hand dismissively] there will be someone who's into the whole "kneel and ask permission" shtick, but if that's not you, then it doesn't have to be.

For instance, Kitty Cat and I? Without getting into details [you're welcome, Nero] we've had a contract for months and we've done absolutely zero for a long time and never nothing we didn't want to do. But best not leave that to chance, right?

Or worse. [He points to his own throat.] To the people who gave us these. About that, don't think too much about it. It seems pretty random to me.