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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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Still it feels somewhat familiar that there's someone here who comes from the same place even if it's clear they don't know each other.] Jyn Erso. [She shakes his hand. Really she's not sure of titles or even what is supposed to happen after this mission. If there even is anything after Scarif. It's pretty dire, still pushing to send the Death Star plans to whoever was fighting in orbit.]
Have you been here long?
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Jyn Erso. As in daughter of Galen Erso.
[ He belatedly realizes he's still holding onto her hand. He releases it, shaking his head in something like disbelief. That mission she mentioned, now he knows exactly what she's talking about. But obviously she's from some point before or during those events that made her a hero. Otherwise she wouldn't be standing in front of him right now, alive and well, and seemingly completely unaware.
She's shorter than he thought she would be somehow. He'd also never considered the idea that she would be really attractive, but that's not the first thing on his mind for once. ]
Sorry. I've only been here for a few weeks, it's just... Anyone who's in the Resistance these days would know exactly who you are.
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So she stands and lifts her chin to address him.]
He isn't who you think, [She tells him, eyes hard and jaw tight. Of course she hasn't realized that he's from her future, quite a bit in her future. She's purely assuming that he knows the name from her father.]
In fact that was what my mission was. [Maybe she shouldn't be openly talking about it, but she's already gotten the 'you're far away from home' speech. She just doesn't know how screwy time is.] Captain Cassian Andor and I are on Scarif, extracting the weakness in the Death Star, something my father built to include.
[She actually has them on her in her room, but she has no idea if they or even her and Rogue One gets off the planet.]
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No, no, I didn't mean it like that. I know all about what he did. Without him, and you, there wouldn't be a Resistance at all.
[ Both of his parents would have died before he was even a thought, and the planet he called home would have been turned to dust. Not to mention the fate that the rest of the galaxy would faced if the Empire had crushed the Rebellion then and there. It wasn't the only pivotal moment, there were countless more he's heard in stories from the war, but it was a big one.
It might be easier to just tell her, even though it's probably going to be hard for her to understand. It's not exactly easy for him either. ]
This mission you're talking about, where I'm from that happened a couple of years before I was even born.
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We did it then? They got the plans? I-I still have them, not that it does me any good here.
[The guarded almost accusatory look she was previously giving him is all but gone, a look of relief and contentment washing over her face.]
Director Krennic had just appeared as I tried to re-calibrate the satellite. And then I was standing in front of two doors.
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You did.
[ He tries not to look too surprised at hearing that she has the plans. Would it be weird to ask to see them? Yeah, it definitely would. He won't do that. But he kind of really wants to. ]
If you hadn't, we never would have destroyed the Death Star. That Rebel base you came from, on Yavin 4? That's where I was born, about two years later, after the war ended.
[ It'll help her to know that much, at least. ]
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Jyn knew what was at stake. Of course her motivation was more person, to clear her father's name and make sure his death isn't for nothing, but when he tells her that he was born on Yavin 4, there's this sense of relief, of bolstered hope, of a realization that it isn't all in vain. She was right all along, as hard as she tried to convince the Alliance, that she had moved the other pilots and fights to go with her.
Her smile shines brighter, unable to hide it even if she wants to. It doesn't matter that they're both wearing next to nothing. She reaches out to touch his arm just for reassurance.]
It's over? The war? We did it? [There's a niggling to ask about how, when it seems so bleak, when the beaches were blowing up, and Scarif's shield is still up, but somehow it works. Somehow someone was listening up there, and they got the plans.]
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He's still reluctant to share that specific information, though it's likely to come up sooner or later. In the meantime he'll let her have this, the bright smile knowing that everything her father sacrificed has been for something, that her own efforts weren't in vain. ]
The Empire fell. [ He clasps a hand over hers, warm and reassuring. ] It wasn't as easy as just taking out the Death Star, but like I said, if they hadn't been able to do that, then they never would have had a chance.
[ Eventually he might remember the shirts. Or at least his own, since he knows all about hers. ]
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