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TDM #34


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« « « ALL ON DISPLAY


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 LIEs 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 LIEs 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 high-rise. 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.

Submissives are provided with a plain black pleather collar to wear and Dominants are given bracelets made of the same black pleather. The simple design is an immediate visual indicator that they have not yet signed a contract and they will be informed that more elaborate or personalized styles are a privilege reserved for those who do.

Enjoy your free time until Orientation! Participation is mandatory for all new and past arrivals.

Winter is here and snow flurries are common in the Up while the slush collects in the Down.



» » » ALL ABOARD




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.



« « « LOVE IS BLIND



(cw: sensory deprivation, coercion, dub-con/non-con)

One of the workshops at this month's Orientation pairs Dominants with Submissives for an exercise in blind chemistry. Literally — they'll all be blindfolded before meeting their partner and the blindfolds must stay on! They will be encouraged to explore with their other senses, such as touch and taste. Kissing is the bare minimum of what's expected, though no one will stop them should they want to take things further…

Each pair will get around 10-15 minutes together (unless they really hit things off) before switching to a new partner.

Some participants may also be tapped for a secondary exercise in which Submissives remain blindfolded, while Dominants are not. Dominants may do as they wish with them and may choose whether to keep their partner or swap blindfolded Subs back and forth with other Dominants.



» » » DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW


(cw: aphrodisiacs, public sex)

With fresh snowfall blanketing the city in white, a festive winter feeling still hangs in the crisp air. Throughout the Up there are horse-drawn sleigh rides being offered on discount to Dominants and their Submissives to enjoy. Newcomers are also given tickets at Orientation in their goodie bags to use for a ride, so long as they do it with someone else, whether it be a person of the opposite designation or even as a Submissive pair. Just no pairs of Dominants! Sit back, relax, and cuddle up close to your companion as you listen to the sleigh bells and the muffled clip clop of horse hooves through the snow.

The weather is finally cold enough for Duplicity's outdoor skating rink to open for the season and it does so with free skate rentals, so long as skaters attend as a Dom/Sub pair. It's common to see pairs skating together, holding hands, or Submissives dutifully on their knees to help lace the skates of their Dominants. Those who don't have a partner to skate with are not so subtly encouraged to find one by the staff. There is a small coffee stand inside adjacent to the skate rental counter that sells snacks and warm drinks, most of them laced with mild aphrodisiacs. Pay no mind to those who decide to warm themselves up in other ways in the stalls of the locker rooms — there's plenty of room for everyone.

The New Year seems to leave people in high spirits and it isn't uncommon to see citizens of all ages playing in the snow together, whether it be making snowmen (some rather well-endowed), snow angels, or whipping snowballs at one another. The fun seems to be infectious and, even if you're not the type to indulge in such frivolity, you may find yourself compelled to. The more one plays in the snow, the stronger the urge to warm up with someone else may become.



« « « MERRY AND BRIGHT


(cw: aphrodisiacs, dub-con, sadomasochism, altered mental states, sexual compulsions, excessive fluids, spontaneous orgasms, bondage, cockwarming)

Snowflakes are falling on the tents and stalls of the annual winter market that lines the streets around Fiddler's Square. Strings of light criss-cross the square, providing a cheerful glow against gray winter skies and the cold nights, and there are tables set up in the street itself for people to sit and chat while having a snack — if they can stand the cold. Booths selling everything from soaps, scented lotions, candles, jewelry and other crafts to colorful bondage gear and winter themed sex toys are arranged in neat, easy to navigate rows.

The most popular food and beverage stalls are giving away free half-size samples — in limited quantities, get them while you can!

  • Candy Cane - Licking these sweet candy rods will quickly make characters want to lick all kinds of other things — depending on the amount consumed, this may be silly or sexual.
  • Hot Chocolate - Comes in three flavors: milk chocolate increases masochism, dark chocolate increases sadism, and cinnamon spice increases either dominance or submission in accordance with one's designation.
  • Eggnog - May cause heavy production of sexual fluids, a desire to be filled or covered with someone else's cream, or all of the above.
  • Mulled Wine - Leaves one feeling warm and aroused and compelled to engage in dirty talk.
  • Toffee - Sticks to your teeth, doesn't it? Characters will become incredibly clingy, both physically and emotionally.
  • White Chocolate Cranberry Tart - This is an odd one. Those who consume it will find themselves suddenly orgasming from unexpected stimuli. Maybe it happens when they laugh, when they get into an argument, or even when the breeze hits them just right. The only consistent factor is that it wouldn't normally be considered something sexual.

    These effects tend to last an hour or two and may, in some cases, linger for up to a full day.

    Meanwhile, if you're looking for something a little more lasting in terms of warmth, why not try one of the booths hawking some winter accessories? Ranging from thick, plush scarves to soft mittens, there's nothing out of the ordinary about these offerings, at least at first. Those who do make a purchase might find their new knitwear comes with some unexpected urges, ones that only become more pressing the longer these items are worn and will persist even after their removal.

    Scarves, for instance, will make the individual suddenly compelled to participate in some bondage (either giving or receiving), while anyone wearing mittens will experience a sudden and insatiable desire to engage in some type of fingering — even if it's not exactly specified where. Meanwhile, if you happen to be donning a winter hat, you could very well find yourself facing the urge to pursue some… warming, either with one particular body part or a more general exchange of sharing heat with someone else. It's cold out there!

    The best thing anyone can do right now is bundle up and snuggle up. Effects from the winter wear will last until the specific desire is sated, and after that, there'll be nothing out of the ordinary about these knitted purchases at all.



  • » » » 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, characters will still have gone through the doors but the assignments are OOCly 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:

    If your character is more inclined to fight, they are a Dominant. If your character is more inclined toward flight, they are a Submissive.

    To Note: Characters can only swap their designation for one of the following reasons: an event occurs that allows it or there are OOC reasons that make it a necessity. Any swap always requires mod approval and each character can only ever switch once. Characters that are being reapped will keep their previous designation but players can choose to tag on new TDMs with different designations for fun!

    Test Drive threads can be used as activity proofs for characters currently in-game.

    Please remember to mark any necessary content, and have fun!!




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    chokedout: (106)

    private;

    [personal profile] chokedout 2024-01-13 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
    What was that?
    you'll do the hard boring work
    so that this babe may flourish????

    sounds like a great business proposition
    chokedout: (095)

    [personal profile] chokedout 2024-01-13 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
    They couldn't pay to keep me away. Literally, probably.

    [He's actually offended he disappeared, tbh.]

    Apparently some things changed while I was missing time but like, no biggie?
    fightcoded: (pmbDDPc)

    private;

    [personal profile] fightcoded 2024-01-13 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
    absolutely not what i said
    but i can technically do taxes
    its just arithmetic under purposefully complicated instructions
    what exactly am i getting out of this arrangement then?
    chokedout: (096)

    private;

    [personal profile] chokedout 2024-01-13 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
    100% what i heard but agree to disagree

    and idk
    what do you want out of it
    fame, fortune, a signed photo of yours truly??
    fightcoded: (yv9C6YT)

    private;

    [personal profile] fightcoded 2024-01-13 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
    webcam partner when u want one
    there was a time when me n some pals
    were going to start a porn studio
    that fell thru
    and ive yet to cross it off my bucket list
    invicto: (two.)

    merry and bright

    [personal profile] invicto 2024-01-13 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ One thing that James has learned by now, for all his life and especially here, is not to trust a stranger's gifts. To be fair, James doesn't really trust anyone to begin with, and so far it's served him well in the city.

    That doesn't mean he doesn't have his fun; this time around, 'fun' apparently means watching everyone else partaking in the drinks and enjoying seeing the results. Plus, it gives him a good idea of what he may be in for if he does decide to help himself to something.

    He isn't planning on engaging necessarily, but the man's attire strikes him as familiar (intimately so), and he finds himself wandering closer— just in time to hear that line. Probably not aimed at him, but he's going to take the bait regardless. ]


    Poetic. [ Said with a wide, far too amused smile on his face. ] I'm sure you'll find plenty of that around here, too.
    chokedout: (154)

    private;

    [personal profile] chokedout 2024-01-13 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
    that sounds like fun, deal.

    what made it fall thru???
    i'm shocked it hasn't happened yet
    you know what you must do
    fightcoded: (Y5Y55NI)

    private;

    [personal profile] fightcoded 2024-01-13 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
    a studio requires a lot of money
    something i dont care abt nor have a lot of
    plus im a sub
    so id need a dom to moonlight as the owner
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    [personal profile] lastrequests 2024-01-13 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
    ( his fellow passenger's huff of laughter is met with some of his own, a long drag taken from the smoke he places back between his lips. slight tilt of his head, brow raised, he hums. )

    It'll cost you.

    ( a beat. )

    Not whatever you're probably thinking.

    ( payment of the sexual currency, he means. he's looking for information, not a blowjob. wild, right? )
    chokedout: (093)

    private;

    [personal profile] chokedout 2024-01-13 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
    start amateur, work up to it

    but i feel you on the sub front
    we just have to get our claws in rich daddies
    (i still retain my daddy status don't even @ me i'm a good switch)
    not_actually_a_bad_guy: (Default)

    [personal profile] not_actually_a_bad_guy 2024-01-13 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
    "We do have non-alcoholic stuff too, a coffee might help. If you want a cold shower there is a bathroom right there." He points to the one closest to the entrance as he opens the door.

    He moves to the kitchen to put away the few things he got and start brewing coffee for himself, no matter if Cloud wants it or not. "Given that you are not trying to kill me I assumed a lot has happened between where I am and you are."
    fightcoded: (SZmk4ww)

    private;

    [personal profile] fightcoded 2024-01-13 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
    u will always be a daddy in my cold black heart
    never fear

    1stclasspuppy: (pic#15802662)

    [personal profile] 1stclasspuppy 2024-01-13 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
    [Kissing Cloud was something he'd never thought he'd get to have. To feel those soft plush lips against his like they did was a blessing probably sent from aerith herself. It had to be. She was always os mysterious and had even brought it up to him once when they were together how he often mentioned his one friend Cloud who he'd take to bars sometimes with the hair as golden as the sun and eyes as blue as the sky she was so afraid of. He always thought Cloud was properly named, the man was the sky and even looking back now he can see this is still the man he thought so highly of.

    Looking back he does notice Cloud's not looking at him and he hears those words for another kiss. It's tempting, but should he be so greedy? Shouldn't they talk about this more and maybe see if this is something they'd regret later once sober?

    When the elevator arrives Zack's quick to pull Cloud in, almost picking him up again and closing the door before anyone can join them, he keeps Close close to him. His smaller friend pressed against his chest and his arms protectively around him.]


    Maybe...I just...I don't want you to hate the idea later. I'd like to kiss you all over, Cloud.

    [His grip on him tightens with those words as the elevator beeps and they reach his floor. He does carry Cloud this time to his front door, struggling to find his keys to get the door open.]

    Can you...reach in my back pocket for me?
    mostdeadly: (resting face)

    [personal profile] mostdeadly 2024-01-13 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
    Right...

    [Gamora isn't affectionate towards animals particularly. Honestly, it takes her a goos while to admit feeling affectionate towards anyone really.]

    Do you keep horses? [For something so unimportant really, this woman sure is keen on them.]
    quantumphaysicist: (Default)

    [personal profile] quantumphaysicist 2024-01-13 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
    [Whatever is lurking in the youngster - a dark fae of some kind? the offspring of an Elder God? An elemental based on the fabric of time and space itself?? - remains calmly quiet, as it awaits the right moment to emerge or make itself known.]

    November of 1928. I'm hazy as to the exact date. Too many days on end, at work. I have a sense we're at some point in the relative distant future, though I'm not sure Mr. H.G. Wells ever envisioned a future quite like this, unless he dabbled in the kind of novels that the bookshops tuck away under the counter. [The human face of the other blushes and he might avert his eyes slightly, modestly even.]

    But I'm being rude, aren't I, rattling on like this and not introducing myself properly. I'm James Oldham-Jaquith. I'd shake your hand, but I'm still getting my head around the etiquette of this place.
    theperfectamount: (side-eye)

    [personal profile] theperfectamount 2024-01-13 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
    [Malcolm rolls his eyes, and definitely wills himself not to look down at the cigarette on the arm rest. Though, he does make sure his own arm is in no vicinity of possibly making contact, folding both of them across his chest.]

    So there might be exceptions. You know what's an even greater minority than that? People who're into licking ashtrays.
    laserhawk: (Flashback)

    [personal profile] laserhawk 2024-01-14 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
    Even them.
    laserhawk: (Introversion)

    [personal profile] laserhawk 2024-01-14 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
    [ deadpan. ]

    That's never been a problem. There's always a niche for cyborgs and fetish.
    chokedout: (122)

    private;

    [personal profile] chokedout 2024-01-14 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
    as i should
    fightcoded: (pUdh8nv)

    private;

    [personal profile] fightcoded 2024-01-14 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
    🖤
    restored: (cw | 008)

    [personal profile] restored 2024-01-14 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
    Good. You ain't even brought me a drink yet.

    [Not that it'd be enough to get him to drop to his knees. But hey, as long as the guy isn't planning to use his designation against him, Bucky has no reason to keep on the defensive.]

    What're you after then? Cause there's not much I can get here that you can't.

    [Between his lack of a job, and his soon to elapse contract, he's well aware of just how much tougher things are going to get in a few weeks. But for now, well, he can at least try to help out.]
    lastrequests: lastrequests. (pic#14627771)

    [personal profile] lastrequests 2024-01-14 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
    Information.

    ( it's said with a blow of smoke away from his fellow passenger here who happens to be a submissive, from the mark running down his throat. )

    I'm trying to rule out the possibility of this being some upside-down version of the US or even Earth to begin with. Alternate reality, if you will. Thinking I'm in some other dimension given the fact that I don't recognize any of the head honchos both spiritual and otherwise here.

    ( there's not a greek pantheon, christian god, norse myth, or anything else relating to the occult and supernatural that he's familiar with. therefore, he's thinking he's not in kansas in anymore, toto. )
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    [personal profile] lastrequests 2024-01-14 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
    ( alright. that gets a huff of laughter out of him. brief as it is. )

    Yeah. Bet there is. Here and otherwise.
    restored: (cw | 025)

    [personal profile] restored 2024-01-14 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
    Don't think anyone's pinned down exactly what this place is yet. Multiverse, alternate realities, different dimensions, different worlds...

    [He trails off with a shrug, his gaze flicking round the carriage, and the few hints that show that some of the people here aren't quite as human as the others.]

    There's another version of me here. Same name, similar stories. But not identical. Somehow, this city is able to pull us all in and keep us trapped here. No one's figured out how.

    [And the "why" of it all makes just as little sense now as it did the day he arrived here.]
    laserhawk: (Reflection)

    [personal profile] laserhawk 2024-01-14 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
    I just meant the forced, constant aspect of it.

    [ sex doesn't bother him much. it's the emotional stuff dolph struggles with. he can turn things off for mindless sex. ]