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TDM #8
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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. ... 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. The hellish summer heat is finally starting to subside, and the cool breeze suggests autumn is approaching. |
 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 weather’s getting cooler, and people have begun transitioning from summer clothing to the sweaters and jackets of early fall. With jackets come pockets, and with pockets come a bizarre uptick in robberies. Then again, perhaps the correlation is flawed. In the Down, getting robbed is a constant threat. Gangs of street toughs look for lone or inattentive people who look like they’ve got valuables on hand. Uncontracted Submissives are particularly easy to rob, since authorities have little time to bother with a lowly Submissive without a Dominant to advocate for them. One particularly nasty gang of young adult men, the Bulldogs, hangs out near the train, looking to ambush unwary Submissives fresh out of Orientation. They are prone to violent muggings and will simply beat up their target and leave them in a gutter when they’re finished robbing them. In the Up, the streets are nominally safer, but there have been reports of a group of college-aged Submissive women taking advantage of their designation to attack travelers. They, too, stand near the train and the orientation center, looking to seduce passersby into an alley where a group of them can beat and mug their victims, usually Dominants looking to capitalize on their pretty appearances. But you’re truthfully at risk anywhere in the city. The new arrivals are easy targets, and any brazen thief might get the idea to make some quick cash. The authorities are spread too thin to help, but perhaps LIErs can look out for one another? Or they might just get in on the thievery. Everyone’s out for themselves, after all. |
( CW: potential dubcon, drugs, BDSM/sexual torture, prostitution, public use ) Surrounding a large building near the orientation center in the Up, banners and fliers announcing the beginning of the inaugural Duplicity High Tech Sexpo, a trade show for businesses and manufacturers of adult novelties. Since this is the expo’s first year, admission is free and many excited volunteers are handing out vouchers all over the city. These vouchers can be exchanged for goods and services within the expo, but have no monetary value outside of it. Even if you refuse them, you’ll likely find two or three of them tucked into your bag or pocket. Inside the expo hall, there are dozens of booths pitching a variety of entertainments. Many offer interactive demonstrations, showing off their tech for the crowds of interested onlookers. Competition is fierce, and booths try to attract attention and customers through any means necessary. There are private rooms all around the expo for potential customers to try out the products. Booths will also happily accept volunteers for demos, or try to recruit them by bribing them with cash or free samples. There’s a nasty rumor going around that some are recruiting volunteers via more illicit means, like drugging and dressing them up, but surely that’s an exaggeration… Some of the smaller booths sell more traditional toys and accessories: leashes and collars, specialty lubes and massage oils, fetish gear, strap-ons, dildos and vibrators in myriad shapes and sizes, and other basic items. Others advertise apps for the devices, the most notable of which is HUGGR (which LIErs may recognize as a poorly rebuilt sex-themed version of a certain other app.) The closer you get to the big-ticket sponsor booths, the more elaborate and fantastic the products become. One of the most eye-catching demos is for the Climax VR Headset. You and a partner both wear a VR headset, which displays a collaborative virtual scenario. Both partners can alter the setting and surroundings however they like, and any sexual activity conducted in VR transmits real sensations to their bodies. You can come together without ever physically touching. Symphony Hydraulics have a large, loud booth where crowds gather to watch perhaps the most outrageous demo: a variety of fucking machines. Volunteers get stripped, strapped in, and turned on, brought to screaming orgasms in front of the whole crowd. There is a fifteen minute break between demos on each machine, as some poor intern hurriedly washes and sanitizes them between uses. In the interim, they offer smaller, portable versions for sale or rent at the expo. (Some may note that a few of the Symphony Hydraulics staff members look a bit familiar.) Does all this high-tech equipment have you overwhelmed? Wish you could go back to a simpler time? Sir Robert’f Bedroome Provifionf (sic) is helmed by historical reenactor Robert Plum, who has also created his own line of medieval torture device-themed sex toys. Need a chastity belt to keep your Submissive all to yourself? A rack with an attached spreader-bar? An iron maiden with soft vibrating silicone ticklers inside? All the stocks and whips and chains you could ever need? Sir Robert has you covered. Of course, everything on display is harmlessly altered for sexual novelty purposes, but one might also ask to see Sir Robert’s “special” merchandise in the back. Perhaps the most unassuming booth at the expo belongs to Grandma Hattie’s Snacks and Sweets. Grandma Hattie, a kindly old Submissive, has partnered with a tech company to produce what appear to be completely normal vending machines, stocked full of her tasty homemade bread, snack cakes, and other baked goods. Vouchers are good for a free sample of any treat from a vending machine. They taste amazing and have no apparent odd effects-- until 10 minutes after consumption, when you suddenly gain an insatiable craving for a random kink. Your craving will dominate your thoughts for three hours, or until it is appeased. |
 (CW: potential dubcon, objectification) By far the largest and shiniest booth comes from expo sponsors Sexy Metal Incorporated, who have set up a display of their incredible high-tech sexbots. These life-sized dolls are made of extremely realistic material that feels like warm human skin, and come with state-of-the-art mechanics that give them lifelike movement. Engineers show off how the bots can be plugged into a computer and programmed to act any way the buyer likes. They come in a wide variety of customizable appearances and eerily, some of the bots on display look exactly like people you may know. Booth staff encourage customers to buy these dolls, or to rent them and give them a try onstage in front of the fascinated crowds. If that’s not kinky enough, one of the engineers has purchased a VR headset from another booth, and programmed it to interface with the bot’s controls. Care to slip inside the silicone skin of another person? |
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, characters 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: In celebration of our one year, pick whichever role you want for your character! » A Pocket Full of Pennies: Feel free to come up with any free-roving gangs or petty criminals you like for your characters to tangle with. » New Flesh Like A Glove: Characters can spend money on items at the expo, or may exchange vouchers for what they want. Each voucher has a value of about $5 within the expo and they may be acquired by finding them, having them handed to characters/stuffed in their pockets or bags by expo volunteers, or paid them in exchange for “volunteering” at booths. Characters may indeed try before they buy, either out in the open or using one of the provided private rooms with a partner. The expo has a staff of unpaid student interns tasked with cleaning and sanitizing products if they are used but not purchased. Grandma Hattie’s snacks can inspire characters to have any kink you may desire. » Perfection of the Digital: Sexbots can resemble any player characters, including brand new arrivals/test drive characters. They can also resemble characters that yours knows from home. The engineers have no explanation for this, and the one who identifies himself as the designer will shrug and say he gets inspiration from many places. The sexbots are hot-ticket expensive merchandise, so security is tight around the booth. Characters who attempt to steal or destroy a sexbot (for instance, one who looks like themselves) will be quickly set upon by guards, who are meant to eject them from the expo. However, many of the guards will take bribes from other booths to provide them model “volunteers,” drugged into complacency. If characters want to acquire a sexbot permanently, they will have to buy it or exchange a hefty 50 vouchers for it. Please remember to mark any necessary content, and have fun!! |
A Pocket of Pennies
She figured the guy could probably look after himself but she still strode forward to get herself involved. She was quickly cycling through her different options as she covered the short distance, finally settling on greeting him as she reached his side with an easy smile.
"Hey, babe. I lost track of you for a minute there." She told him, giving him a brief look as she reached to take his arm. She had caught him warning the girl but now she added it was a cold look of assessment. Clearly sizing the other one up and then her friends with no sign of worry. It was the kind of look that said she had no problem taking them all on if she had to and there was a damn good chance she would win too.
"Ladies." The single word held the same note of warning before she focused on the guy and gave his arm a bit of a tug. "Come on, we need to go find our shit and our place."
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He was grateful for the save, not wanting to fight a group of girls if it could be helped. The situation would've been more likely him fending off as many blows as possible until they tired themselves out or were stopped. He only hoped the save was an actual save and not something worse. He'd yet to see what his luck was like in Duplicity between suddenly waking up in a foreign city yet not having to be designated as a submissive.
"Sorry about that, Sweetheart. I got turned around a bit. Not much help from the locals either," he uttered and played along with only a glance at the ringleader who had the other group of girls close in on him.
Shadow would gladly walk for as long as his savior found necessary. "You've got that fierce look down. Thanks for the save." Now came the part where she'd tell him what it would cost him which Shadow hoped was something he cold afford. He glanced at her a little cheerier than a man about to get jumped normally would.
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But just because she had succeeded in pulling him away didn't mean she forgot all about the girls or forgot to keep track of them. Even as they walked away, she gave a quick glance over her shoulder to watch the girls swarming the ringleader. Not so many that she wouldn't have been able to handle herself but she didn't really want to get off on the wrong foot on her first day.
Focusing ahead as the distance grew between them and the girls, Faith started to relax though she didn't let go of the man too quickly. She might as well keep up the ruse for a bit longer and it wasn't like she minded. He was cute, she would give him that.
"Yeah, well, it wouldn't be the first time I've had to scare off a group of women looking for something." She replied smoothly before glancing sideways at him, smirking. He seemed pretty cheery about the whole thing. "But it's no problem. I figured it wouldn't hurt helping another newbie out."
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There was something about her that reminded him of his... undead wife. Ex-wife? Wedding vows were 'till death do you part' so he needed to get used to calling Laura his ex.
His mind quickly returned to the woman at his side. She was easy on the eyes, and definitely alive. "And I believe that's not your first time having to scare a group of women off. I doubt it's even your second or third time," he quipped through a smirk.
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There you had it. Yes, she was new.
"What can I say? I'm a popular woman." She returned the quip with a touch of amusement and no real clarification. It was much more entertaining to flirt with him as he checked her out again whether he knew that he was doing it or not. It wasn't like she minded since he was more than easy on the eyes as well. So she thought she would make nice and introduce herself. "I'm Faith, by the way."
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Maybe he was also a little starved for a physical connection. It wasn't that he hadn't had sex since getting out of prison. At least, he thought he had sex. He'd woken up with scratches that indicated as much. Shadow felt like he had sex but woke up alone in bed with no memory of going to bed with anyone. ...He'll keep that to himself.
"Shadow," he replied after she gave him her name. Faith. Of course that was her name. This all had to be another dream. "So, Faith... were you a celebrity before here? Since you're popular and all." The banter was easy and fun under the circumstances. Anyone watching them wouldn't have a clue that he nearly got jumped by a gang of ladies.
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None of that mattered at the moment as she remained focused on the man beside her instead. She caught the hint of amusement when she said her name which made the smirk linger before she shrugged. "Maybe a small one but not in a good way. I did a little bit of time in a correctional facility after getting roped in with some bad people. That's where I learned to deal with unpredictable groups of women real fast."
She was downplaying bits and pieces but he didn't need to know that.
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Shadow looked back in the direction they were walking. "I got roped in by a wife who wasn't who I thought she was." He'd leave out how said wife had banged his best friend while Shadow served time on a heist that had been her idea in the end. Instead, of dwelling on the past, he moved away from the piece of history and tried to focus on the present.
"How much of those classes at orientation did you suffer through?" There was also the matter of the 'sexpo' recommended by orientation to attend that he was vaguely curious about. Shadow wondered if he'd find Bilquis there but wouldn't want to subject Faith to any of the said goddess' antics.
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She chose to be quiet then as he started to talk about the reason why he ended up in jail or so she was guessing. There was a brief glance when he mentioned his wife not being who he thought she was but she followed it with a shrug. Honestly, she didn't see why people bothered with the whole idea of marriage but she recognized not everyone had the same issues she did about things.
"I don't know, I blocked it out after a bit. I prefer to learn by jumping in feet first and getting hands-on." She replied, glancing around. "Plus it all seems pretty straight forward, right? Some people have power and some don't but it all revolves around sex. Add that into trying to do the right thing as much as you can and you've pretty much described life, right?"
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He forced himself not to think of important women in his life, conversing with the woman on his arm about their present circumstance. "Any of this shit seem real to you? I feel like I'm stuck in a weird dream. One that has its perks," he flirted lightly in the end. She wasn't exactly wrong in her description of life. His had been similar to that until his sperm donor waltzed into his life. Shadow forced that thought out of his mind other than to ask Faith his question.
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"It's a bit off, not going to lie, but it's not the strangest shit I've ever seen either. I'm used to weird and....yeah, you're kind of right about the perks." She agreed, acknowledging and returning the flirting as she met his gaze again. "I mean, at least the view is nice so far."
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Shadow smirked when Faith agreed about the perks. It was better to play it casual and look forward than flirt further. For some reason, he didn't want to assume she meant him as the view Faith complimented. He'd been a victim of assuming in the past and wouldn't easily repeat that mistake. His eyes fell away although her gaze had connected with him.
"So where to? Someone suggested to get away from the expo and not look back," he commented while keeping his eyes ahead.