Welcome to the Dollhouse

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THE DOLLHOUSE AU MEME

The Dollhouse. It's luxurious. It's beautiful. Enough so to remind any visitor of a spa: there are little ponds, arranged rocks, sliding doors that disguise massage facilities, gyms.

But the Dollhouse isn't a vacation spot. It's a twisted, high-brow brothel.

Inside, the Actives, blank, erased, and docile. Their handlers, charged with protecting the Dollhouse's assets. The programmers, who create whole new personalities to imprint on their blank slates.

And outside: the clients, ready to pay for people made to their exact specifications.

HOW IT WORKS:
1) Comment with your character and canon, and of course any preferences on scenario/roles.
2) That's it! Simple, yeah?


THE ROLES
1) Active - For some reason, you have signed away years of your life to be someone else's fantasy. Paying debts? Running away from something? Or were you forced into this life?
2) Handler - It's your job to keep the Actives healthy and happy. Their life and their well being rests in your hands, and they're more helpless than a child before you.
3) Head of the Dollhouse - You keep the whole thing running. Negotiate with the clients, approve the jobs, and make sure all the financial items stack up.
4) Client - You're here to have your fantasy come true, or to buy the perfect tool for the job.
5) Doctor, programmer, attendant, security or other Dollhouse personnel - Your job is secrecy, or it's to heal the Actives when they come back from their engagements, or it's to pick out costumes and props or create the imprints themselves or work on technology.
6) Other - maybe you're the hero charging in to the rescue, or the detective investigating rumors of this underground slave house. Maybe you're something completely different - this one's a wild card!

THE SITUATIONS
1) In the Dollhouse - a yoga class, a carefully prepared meal, a massage, arts and crafts time, or heading down to sleep. Maybe they're coming back from an engagement or heading out on one. Maybe they're new here.

OPTIONAL HIJINKS:
- Security breach! Everyone go into lockdown, we have intruders.
- Staffing problems: Maybe a handler's abusing the actives, or there's a mole in the Dollhouse. Either way, someone's going to get fired.
- Injury: Someone got wounded on their last engagement.
- Bleedthrough: Perhaps two Dolls remember each other, despite having their minds wiped. Perhaps a Doll is speaking of things that happened to them before they were here. Either way, there's a problem.
- Nightmares: They should feel safe in the sleeping pods, but sometimes the subconscious has other ideas. Hopefully there's another Doll or a handler there to comfort them.

2) On an engagement. The Active's been imprinted, and it's time to take them to the client.

TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT:
- A romantic engagement: Who are you - a student, a rich prince, a motorcycle enthusiast, a dominatrix?
- An illegal engagement: The perfect burglar, or assassin, or thug.
- An altruistic engagement: You're there to read books to kids in a hospital, or to assist the Red Cross, or to reform a soup kitchen.
- Other: Could be a chef, or a wedding planner, or a security consultant. Maybe a doctor or midwife. Maybe something truly off-the-wall, like an ancient barbarian or a specific historical figure. Sky's the limit!

OPTIONAL HIJINKS:
- Disaster: the Active is lost/kidnapped/trapped.
- Programming Flaw: an unforeseen personality trait surfaces, or the programmed life has some unexpected drawbacks.
- Successfully completed: the Active now needs to come away, relax, and get taken back to the Dollhouse.
- That was NOT according to plan!: the Active goes off-book.
- Who's watching?: The handler is killed or incapacitated. What happens to the Active?

3) Becoming a Doll - Someone's selling away five years of their life. Why? What happens?

OPTIONAL HIJINKS:
- Forced: It's not your choice. You have to sign away your life.
- Willing: All you want to do is escape.
- Last moments: What do you do with your last few moments as yourself?
- The grand tour: What do you think of all those empty Dolls everywhere?

4) Returning to civilian life - Your tenure as a Dollhouse Active is over. You've lost five years of your life. What's next?

OPTIONAL HIJINKS:
- Do you meet another doll? Do you recognize them?
- Memories begin to surface. Memories that aren't yours.
- Someone on the street recognizes you, but you don't know who they are.

5) Apocalypse - Everything is Jossed all to hell. Dollhouse technology is loose and it's destroyed the mind as we know it. Only the Actives are safe.

OPTIONAL HIJINKS:
- Same brain, new body: You've transferred yourself to a new body, so as to live longer.
- Mindless: One of your friends has become mindless and feral.
- Sanctuary: You've built a town in the midst of the ruins.
- Reset Button: Time to put everyone's mind back the way it was - but at a price. No one will be able to remember what happened since the apocalypse. Is it worth it?

6) Other - Wild card! Any other situation you'd like to explore.

Comments

Claire Temple | MCU | OTA

[night_nurse]

[Support staff, medic. Possibly also an active or handler.]

Eames | Inception | OTA

[neededforger]

[Any of the above, pretty much the only thing he wouldn't be is a head of house.]

Shuri | MCU | OTA

[memetic_princess]

[Programmer, for sure.]

Gabreel King | OC | OTA

[malecompanion]

[Probably a client, but could be an active, though one best suited to romantic or altruistic engagements.]

Alanna Calrissian | Star Wars OC | OTA

[lady_calrissian]

[Regular client or head of house is most likely.]

Pepper | MCU | OTA

[indeediam]

[Probably head of house, or stand-in/deputy/second-in-command despite being the public face of the house.]

Finn | Star Wars | OTA

[haveanamenow]

[Active, I think, or former active still staying around as support staff of some kind.]

Arthur | Inception | OTA

[domsconsigliere]

[Active, client, or former active and current handler.]

Techie | Dredd | OTA

[clan_techie]

[Reluctant programmer or rescued active from a house that 'lost' his original memory file. Maybe both.]

Eliot Spencer | Leverage | OTA

[90minutesofsleep]

[Active? Handler? Client? Busting in to rescue somebody? Could be anything, really]

Leia Organa | Star Wars | OTA

[vadersotherheir]

[Head of house, probably dollhouse as therapy for soldiers returning home kind of deal.]

Q

[scrabbletilemug]

[Programmer is most likely, but may be an active or a client]

Klaus | Umbrella Academy | OTA

[ouiking_ouija]

[The Academy as a Dollhouse? Experimenting with imprinting superhuman abilities on people? Maybe just signing up as a doll in a last-ditch effort to escape his abilities? Maybe a client, even.]

Buffy Summers l BtVS/Angel l OTA

[all_choseny]

[active doll, willing, any scenario]

Natasha Romanoff | Marvelverse | ota

[brushpass]

(super down for cross canon! likely she'd be an active doll with a preference towards illegal engagements. she could also rock a "security that doesn't know they're a doll" role.)

Agron | Spartacus | M/M

[bloodforged]

((Either active, security or hero bursting in. Agron is probably programmed to be a gladiator unless time travel is a thing aswell. Probably forced into it aswell would he be active. ))

[seductiontactics]

(ooc | If you're down with time traveling being a thing, would you be up to play something with Connor as possible security/hero? )

[bloodforged]

((OOC: I'm up for that))

[seductiontactics]

(ooc | Before I write a starter, I realize I worded that badly. Would you be good with being Connor's security/hero. )

[bloodforged]

((OOC: Yes I'll be fine with Connor being that.))

[seductiontactics]

[ Some would consider it a waste of talent to pull a skilled warrior from a time before his own and use him to guard a Doll. The lucrative financial gain is obvious, but more importantly, isn't someone unaccustomed to technology less likely to know how to stop the process should they decide they no longer want to work for the House?

Perhaps that's the reason, but Connor doesn't know. Connor, or Uniform as he's called while a Doll, doesn't know many things. Outside of those moments, what he knows is dependent on the mission.

All along, Agron watches over him, protects him. Connor, even in his most wiped, realizes that. Even while implanted, Agron's a familiar face, but the Doll can never figure out why. It helps, though. Like today, when a mission goes sideways and Agron has to play the protector and pull Connor from danger.

Trained to fight like all the others, Connor was tasked to blend in with the crowd and protect their customer, but when the man's enemies were far greater than expected, both the target and the Doll were pulled from the operation. Connor's in the van now, face covered in sweat. He's Johnathan today, a member of a local guard agency who specializes in these things.

His head shakes. ]

We pulled too fast. My team, we could have done more.

[bloodforged]

[They where in a way in a similar spot. Both slaves under the House. Agron, a gladiator with memories that helped him little in a time where everything was different and Connor a man not allowed to keep memories. Alas they had one another and Agron indeed worried about Connor's well-being. Not only because it was his one stable point in this life, but also because he had come to care for the man of many identities.

Which was why he now sat there watching Connor carefully. He had ignored his own wounds in favor of making sure Connor was fine. It was unusual that something went awry and Agron was still riding on a wave of blood-thirst and adrenaline. What it meant in the end was something to concern himself over later once back at base.]

A good soldier knows when to pull back from overwhelming enemies Jonathan. [He mused.] Your team did as much as they could. A second longer and you'd have to contend with wearing their deaths upon you conscience aswell.

[seductiontactics]

[ Connor knows he's right. He knows it, feels it, but the frustration remains. He doesn't like failure. ]

Yeah. Yeah. I guess so. It's just...

[ His eyes finally settle on Agron, and something in him softens. The doll in him never questions who Agron is or why he's in the Doll's life, but if one person can soften any personality, it's Agron.]

You're also really hurt. Preaching at me before caring for your wounds, huh? [ Unless programmed differently, Connor has a habit of smiling a bit to the side, one end of his mouth raising more than the other. ] Listen to what you're saying and then take your own advice.

[ Grabbing Johnathan's bag, he pulls it over and removes the med kit. It's part of his training. ]

Shirt off. I'll do an eval here.

[bloodforged]

[He glanced down upon his torso and rolled his shoulders. Another scar was nothing to the collection he already got.]

I wasn't "preaching". [He responds, slightly offended at the accusation.] It was a... what's it's called... "pick-me up". I don't want you to blame yourself. As for my wounds, I'll survive.

[He'd as requested though, pulling off his shirt of what was still an unknown material to him. Softer than cotton but more sturdy than silk. Beneath his shirt on the other hand, fresh injuries shared place with old wounds and scars. He was bleeding a little from where a bullet had greased him but besides that, most were simply bruises from knuckles and smaller cuts.]

[seductiontactics]

Relax, it's just an expression.

[ As Agron undressed, Connor opens the kit and looks through his supplies, though it's been untouched. ]

Doesn't look too bad. You're going to feel it in the morning, but not a lot of blood.

[ Applying some alcohol to a bandage, he reaches over to clean the wound. Though he's careful and his hand is steady, the alcohol itself might sting. ]

Guess I really should thank you. You had my back there. Not a lot of people do.

[bloodforged]

[Agron pursued his lips as he felt the sting. It was pain he could bear without much trouble.]

You're my friend Jonathan. I would go through death for you. [He said reassuringly] There's no need to thank me for something I consider an honor.

[seductiontactics]

[ His head shakes, but Jonathan doesn't look up. ]

No, we have to ... In our line of business, it's important to always say what we need to say because we might not be around tomorrow. So, I want you to know. Sometimes, even if I have a team, it feels like I'm almost alone.

[ That's a characteristic that has been slipping in from his Doll state. They were aware of it, as many conversations were recorded, and actively trying deeper wipes. ]

Except you. I know you always have my back.

[bloodforged]

[Connor's words pained him more than anything. He knew the weight of slavery all too well. But he had still had his memories, his brother. Connor didn't have anything but him. He reached out and squeezed Connor's shoulder trying to reassure him, empty as it may be.]

I'm here for you Jonathan. You do not have to feel that way because I'm not going anywhere. [He said, aware of how hollow they were. Tomorrow this would all be gone. Connor would be someone else. He wished he could help but he did not know how.]

[seductiontactics]

[ He offers the same crooked smile which seems to be shared only between them. ]

Yeah. I know.

[ Exhaling, he laughs and finishes the bandages. ]

Nothing too bad, right? Sorry for getting weird on you. I guess I'm more shaken than I thought. Tonight, we're drinking. On me.

[ A night that could never happen. ]

[bloodforged]

[He's tempted to just suggest that they'd just run off. But he knows it's impossible. They couldn't do that even if they wanted.]

You're not weird. A drink sounds like a good idea.

[seductiontactics]

[ Instead, the van takes them closer to the Dollhouse, where Jonathan will die, discarded along with the other personalities that Connor has held throughout his time there. Maybe this side, the side that feels connected to his handler, will stay, but little else will. ]

Good. I'll just debrief, get cleaned up so I don't freak some poor guy out with the blood, and then we'll hit the bars. Man, I could really go for a hamburger right now. I'm starving.

Ganymede (Olimpos) OTA

[miniaturegarden]

(ooc | Likely a doll. Down with having fellow dolls. )

Leon S. Kennedy (Resident Evil 2 Remake) OTA

[raccoonrookie]

(ooc | Preference for a doll. Down with having fellow dolls. )

Archibald "Archie" Andrews (Riverdale) OTA

[sensitivejock]

(ooc | Doll preference. Down with having fellow dolls, too. )

Dean Winchester (Supernatural) OTA

[keepfightin]

(ooc | Preference for the doll. Down with having fellow dolls, too. )

Chuck Hansen | Pacific Rim | M/M

[pricklykoala]

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