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duplicitymemes2020-01-12 10:22 pm
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TDM #10
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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 weather is a brisk negative seven during the warmest parts of the day. |
 It's time for the monthly Duplicity train tour. 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. |
 Along with the usual Dom and Sub seminars and demonstrations, the powers that be have decided to try something a little more friendly. After attending the mandatory classes, all characters are invited to a (mandatory) social mixer! There are beverages and light snacks, and mingling is highly encouraged. Also, all participants have had their clothes removed and replaced with long shirts ( they are allowed to keep their undergarments, but nothing else is allowed ). Said shirts have the phrase “Ask me about _____!” plastered loudly and proudly on the front. It could be a character’s deepest, darkest secret, their most negative trait, or something embarrassing they had happen to them. Each participant is given a clipboard, pen and a piece of paper and are tasked with “asking” three others about what’s written on their chests. Once they’ve completed the task and handed in the assignment they’ll receive their clothes back. Of course, the long shirts can be removed, but that means you’ll be stuck in the nude or in your undergarments until you cooperate. |
 Not into your long shirts? Want to complain or refuse to participate? There’s another option! Unruly Dominants and Submissives will find themselves locked in a private room with a bed, stuffed together into a get-along-shirt. There’s no escaping the garment either, until certain conditions have been met. Written on a flip chart in the corner of the room are the tasks that need to be accomplished to “get along.” Are the two supposed to share a kiss? Sing a romantic duet together? Say the alphabet backwards in sync? The whole point of the exercise is to find that synergy a Dom and Sub pair are supposed to have. Maybe this isn’t the best way to find it, though… When the conditions are met the shirt is removable or rippable. Otherwise no matter how hard the characters struggle they’ll find themselves unable to get the pesky thing off. |
 Many local businesses have adapted to the timing of newcomers, and take advantage of the incoming crowds to do a little marketing. Stationed throughout Duplicity in LIEr-adjacent places such as the train station, the Up Apartments, the Down Motel, and the orientation center are representatives for local businesses and companies handing out free samples and hoping to attract business later. This month, there’s a particular presence by Harbroken Industries, a cosmetic and beauty company. They’re pushing free samples of their new pheromone perfume sprays, delicately scented and guaranteed to work. Sample bottles are freely available, but some overeager volunteers are taking the department store approach and spritzing unwitting passersby. The citrus scent is energizing and bright, inducing a talkative state where users cannot get enough conversation, and lose any internal filter for their words. The strawberry-vanilla scent is sweet and comforting, like a warm hug, which users will get a lot of with their new obsession with physical affection. Cedar-sandalwood makes those who use it tough as nails, angry and ready to pick a fight over the smallest slights. The cinnamon-pear scent makes its users feel adventurous and curious, and maybe a little TOO bold about trying new things. And predictably, the patchouli spray inspires “free love,” with an aphrodisiac effect that gets worse over time, unless taken care of quickly. The scents will wane and the effects will fade after six hours, or after the urges they cause are fulfilled. These volunteers are so eager to make a sale that it’s entirely possible to be hit with more than one spray at a time, so maybe take the long way around these areas if you’re looking to avoid them. |
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: Count the letters in your character's full name ( first, last, middle or whatever combo that they have ). If it totals twelve letters and below they are a Dominant. If it's thirteen and higher they are Submissive. Please remember to mark any necessary content, and have fun!! |
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he pulls it out, flicking it between his fingers, and at his side, the angel sighs like a mountain settling, burning out of existence in a clap of flame. the last licks of holy fire fade in the air, and jitter pushes the card back in the deck, lacing the ribbon back around it. ]
Phillip, [ he repeats quietly, as if to memorize. for a moment more, he says nothing, shifting from one foot to the other. ] .. I have.. some say in my owner here?
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...Yeah. And even though that's technically what it is, most people probably wouldn't treat you like someone to be owned, if you didn't want that. [This is more intense than he expected this conversation to be and he walked over to see a giant horrifying angel.] ...What's your name?
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I'm an Executioner, [ he says after a slightly anxious moment. ] My number is 5833. [ then, because he expects that might need more explanation: ] We're tools of the Fae Queen, though.. many of us are leased to other nations.
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O...kay. Is there something you want people to call you? [Seriously he's not calling you '5833'.]
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instead, his glance finally lifts, briefly and uncertainly meeting phillip's. ] If you pick something, I'll answer to it for you. [ it's technically not his place to choose, and even if it was, it's cold here and he's been standing in one place long enough for what body heat he retains to begin seeping through his inadequate layers. it's making him feel tired and slow and stupid. ] I don't have an attachment to a name. [ that's not.. true. but he doesn't know this person, and he won't say otherwise yet. ]
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So instead he sighs, rubbing the back of his neck. He doesn't know what would be most helpful here, or how much his help would be wanted, so--] Let's... do you like coffee? Or tea, or something? I'll buy you some and you can ask whatever you want about this place. I know it's... a lot.
[And even though he's blatantly sidestepping some issues, he imagines whatever this guy's world is like is making it all the more 'a lot'.]
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forcing his eyes not to drop, he jerks his head in a short, small, slightly breathless nod. ]
Water. My diet is restrictive. [ and he hasn't had time yet to sort out if his body can handle local teas. either way, getting out of the cold will be welcome. ] .. Thank you.
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[He'll lead the way to a nearby cafe and gets them both drinks- Jitter gets water as requested, but Phillip suspects he might need coffee for this. Unless Jitter has any clear preference, he'll go ahead and put them in a little booth out of the way.] Have you had orientation yet?
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he curls both hands around the cup, glance flicking back up at the question. ]
Yes. [ a pause, blinking slowly. ] I had difficulty concentrating. [ it had been important, so he'd done his best, but he knows he missed things. normally, he'd have a junior executioner to take notes for him, but it hadn't been an option this time. ] I remember to be deferential. That I'm required to sexually satisfy someone three times a month by law. That.. the program is a year..?
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Yeah, the program's a year. Not a hell of a lot changes when you're done with it, though, you still have to have a contract. You've got three months to find one, and then they last for three months so you can choose to let them lapse or renew. They are very serious about the contracts and quota so I wouldn't try testing them.
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In six-hundred years, I've always belonged to the queen. To change from owner to owner every three months..
[ that sounds dreadful, but he supposes it must work for some who aren't accustomed to the sort of existence executioners have. ]
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You can stay with the same Dominant after the three months if you want. And making a contract permanent is an option, but usually that gets taken pretty seriously. [please don't sign up for a permanent contract with someone you don't really know please.]
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still, the idea of having a hand in choosing who he'll contract with, even temporarily, is a little overwhelming. how does one make that decision? how does one even go about asking?
his brows twitch together faintly, lips tilting downward. ] .. How did you choose your.. submissive? [ is that the term here? ]
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So... I have two contracts. One was just pretty simple, we both needed a contract and we get along alright, mostly stay out of each other's way. The other was a weird situation you probably won't run into, we were already friends if I hadn't contracted with him someone else who wouldn't have been nice to him would have, and then we kind of decided we liked having that connection to each other.
[this is a massive understatement about the possible love of his life but ha what is talking about feelings??]
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I see. [ he gently pushes his glass aside, hands curling together, thumb tracing one of the markings on his fingers absently. ] Yes, I doubt I would run into that situation. [ he's a thing. he's not allowed to form personal attachments with people. ]
The first sort seems.. wise. [ the small frown returns. ] Not just any being, even a human, should have access to my power.
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What are your powers? [He can control those 'angels,' apparently, but that doesn't mean much to Phillip.] You could put in a contract with someone that they wouldn't be allowed to order you to use them.
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I can bind the souls of the angels I kill. .. All of their gifts thereafter are mine. [ his fingers drift over the cards, finding several and touching them gently. ] I've lived very long for one of my kind. I can be.. choosy with the angels I take now. And.. Executioners are, by virtue of our breeding, immune to all Other magic. [ his glance lifts again through his lashes, anxious for a moment, then flicks away again. ] .. The queen keeps me close because of it.
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Depending on what counts as 'Other', there might not be a lot of him here. Most people are human. Or... something close to it at least. [He probably doesn't count.] ...You should be able to find someone who won't use you.