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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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Mia goes... visibly stiff, as if she has just got a massive full body cramp. In a way, the feeling is comparable. So stiffly she looks to the side so see... yeah. It's her, but not her. The younger her. Livelier, brighter, even in a place such a this. Her mouth opens, but Mia kills the sound she's about to make. No, she's not going to "Mom" her, because younger Felicity never saw her. Shouldn't she know, though? Mia's not so sure.
But what she's sure about is that Felicity would probably have a hard time coming to term s with her daughter being stuck in a place like Duplicity.
So now she's basically staring, mouth slightly open. ]
They- they'll know better than to try something once they wake up.
[ And a moment of awkward silence later. ]
Drink?
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but she sees the girl tense and wonders if she's okay, passing the motion off as being startled after thinking she'd beaten everyone else down. with that in mind, felicity stays to the side, but in her line of sight so that she doesn't accidentally catch her off guard again — even with that shock still on the other woman's face.]
Sure. But... how 'bout not here. [she says it with a quick motion with her fingers around the scenery of bodies on the floor.] You really don't wanna be here when they wake up and this — [she makes a motion to the line on the woman's throat, a line that she's missing.] Ending up in the People Zoo right after you get here? Not a good look.
[she nods.] I have a place and some booze. My treat.
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Mia frowns at the display of knocked out people. What's the problem with that? It makes her look badass and intimidating.
But her mom is offering her to go to her place to drink. It might be a bit underhanded of her to not reveal who she is and to actually go with her but...well.
She stands up, finishing the already served glass. ]
Okay, fine.
Wait, did you say People Zoo?
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and then the question comes and felicity makes a definite felicity face and nods.] A lot less fun than it sounds, especially for people with the — [she stops, drawing a non-existent line down her throat.] When they get in trouble and have fines that they can't pay and no Dominant to pay them? They get sold. And they stay there until the fine is paid.
[felicity sighs, then nods to the door.]
Come on. I live in the Up, near the beach. It's nice, you know. [her tone turns wry.] For the city.
[and once she makes sure the young woman is following, she makes her way toward the elevators that lead to the better part of the city. no one questions what a dominant is doing in the up and, from there, it's a fairly easy get to the house. If one were to look at various surfaces, they would see framed photos of a life that no longer exists, a man holding an infant, and a little girl playing with a dark haired woman that may or may not be considered family.]
Just, uh. Make yourself at home. I'd offer to cook, but it's not really my thing and my, uh. Live in chef just disappeared. [she's clearly not pleased about it, whatever it is that happened.] I can order something?
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Felicity's explanation of the People Zoo makes Mia... well, shiver a bit. Her expression turns dark though. Darker. She can fill in the blanks just as well.
Mia is silent during their walk to the Up. Eyes open, she takes in the details (and throws hella stink eyes to anyone staring at them). She also can't help but stare a bit at Felicity now and then. Walking a bit behind the woman, she has to fight the need to... hug her? Yeah, among other things.
Inside the house, Mia wanders to the pictures. Yeah, she's seen those. Her mouth twists a bit, but she bites down and keeps herself from tearing up. ]
You mentioned drinks?
[ Excellent life choices. ]
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Drinks. Right. [cupboard. glasses. different cupboard. bottles of booze that she's collected (and been gifted) in the year and some odd that she's been here.]
I got vodka and tequila... some kind of whiskey... [wynonna's favorite, so felicity's sure to keep it on hand.] Rum? The rum's never gone in this house.
[ha? she gives a weak laugh and clears her throat before just:] Have you been here before? I feel like we've met.
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She knows it's a bad idea. It'll only cause Felicity pain and there's oh so much shit she would have to explain, including why she and her dad (and William, oh God, William) didn't go to her. It's tactically sound to keep her in the dark, to protect her from something she most likely won't want to know anyway. She knows this, but still...
Still, it's her mom.
It's only one word, but it comes out ragged and wobbly and broken. ]
Mom.
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the last time felicity saw her daughter, mia was three years old. the whole thing felt like years, but she'd been gone from the city for a week, and now her daughter's here? they've taken some of her biggest friends and allies and this is what they're bringing her instead? is this what they think is going to make up for what they've done? seeing her daughter subjected to... everything she's been through?]
No. Mia, no.
[felicity feels the tears well up in her eyes, wanting to deny what is so obvious now that it's been said, even as she walks around the kitchen island to practically yank the young woman into her arms.]
Oh, Mia, I'm so sorry.
[for leaving her there(?), for having her here, for not recognizing her, for hugging her so tightly... and more.]
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She's been mad at her, she's hated her, then she came back to feeling like she wasted so much time of her life resenting her. But she was already gone in her time, and in the past... she couldn't see her in the past. So now she's here, in the weirdest place, hugging her mother. Mia is not sure if her father would approve or not. Well, he's not here to tell her, is he?
...Is he? Well, she'll worry about that later. ]
It's okay... It's.
It's okay mom. I'm okay.
[ After a fashion, so to speak. ]
There's so much I have to tell you.
[ But for now she's going to hug her a bit more. ]
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You can tell me anything.
[there are tears in her eyes, even as she pulls back, clears her throat, and attempts to compose herself. she's still trying to take everything in about her little girl who isn't so little.]