## An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by KP Presents » Sun Jul 22, 2012 3:01 pm

How I Spent My Summer
By Suzanne Holderness
When the summer holiday started, I thought it was going to the most boring time possible - stuck with my cousin Alicia all day in the same house. I love my Grandma and Grandpa, but the thought of having to play games with a girl two years older than me made me feel icky. And as for big cousin Alicia, I think the fact her dad’s not going to be the next Baronet made her a little bit standoffish, even with me.
As I discovered, however, it was actually the most fantastic time I have ever had - and it was all thanks to some new friends that I made. The first was a girl called Heidi that Alicia had been writing to for a few years. Grandma Holderness had offered to pay for her to come and spend the summer with us, so when this bright eyed girl with short blonde hair and a funny accent turned up with Alicia on the first day, I liked her immediately.
Alicia had been in a funny mood the last few times I saw her, ever since her house was robbed, but Heidi seemed right at home when we met at Grandma and Grandpa’s house, She told me all about her friends in the USA, and how she lived there, but she kept the best secrets for later - and it was two new friends that helped her to reveal them.
I met them on the second week of the holidays, when their grandma, Granny Craig as Grandma said to call her, brought them to Holderness Manor where Grandma and Grandpa live. When they came into the playroom, I looked at the first girl. She was the same age as me, with long blonde hair, but she smiled as she told me her name was Cassie and we started talking.
The other girl, her sister, was called Jenny, and it turned out she knew Alicia. I got the feeling they were not real friends, especially when I told them what Grandma had said about something that happened to them just before the holidays started.
That was the beginning of the greatest summer ever.
Cassie told me what had happened to them, and I asked if they could show me what it was like - to be tied up. Cassie tied my hands behind my back, and then to my waist, and followed up by tying my ankles together. I actually liked it - a lot, but when I asked Alicia if she wanted to play she said no. I didn’t know it at the time, but she was stills cared after what had happened to her.
So Cassie tied Jenny up, and then Heidi tied up Cassie. It turned out she was something of an expert - we heard all the tales later. That day, however, took a really special turn when we got free, and Jenny and Cassie showed Heidi how they had been tied.
Alicia had slipped out while they were doing this, to see when lunch was, but she came back with a man dressed in black, with a mask covering his head. He had kind eyes, and a nice smile, but he was actually a robber, who had come to steal some of Grandma and Grandpa’s things. He was a nice man, though, who joked as he examined Heidi, and the proceeded to tie all four of us up the same way.
The really funny thing was that Cassie was encouraging him, so that by the time her left all five of us were on our tummies, with ropes so securely tied around us that we had no chance of moving. We could not talk either - our mouths were stuffed with cloth, a strip if very strong sticking plaster over our lips and a scarf tied so tightly over that it pressed into my cheeks. We could not move our heads either =- the scarf was tied so that we could not do that.
I should have been scared, but I wasn’t. Cassie wasn’t, Jenny wasn’t, Heidi wasn’t. Ali - Alicia was a little scared, but there was nothing she could do about it. We were like that for a while, before Mrs Bridges, who looks after the house for Grandma, found us and freed us.
After that, nothing about the holiday was the same. As we talked downstairs, I saw Alicia talking to Heidi, and almost every day after that I spent at least in part tied up and gagged.
It turned out Alicia asked Heidi top teach her how to tie up someone - at the time I thought it was because he wanted to beat her own fears. She needed someone to practice on - and that someone was me. The only time that did not happen was the once or twice a week we spent with Jenny and Cassie at their house. Otherwise, Alicia would practise tying my arms and legs together as Heidi watched and gave her hints.
At first she wasn’t very good, but I played along. She got better however, so that before long I would be like a salami on the bed, unable to move or talk as she gagged me with scarves, with tape, with plaster - with just about everything.
I asked if I could tie her up as well, but she kept saying no. Heidi saw that as well, so when Alicia would be busy with Grandma in the afternoon she started to teach me a few tricks as well - and I found a willing practice partner in Cassie when we spent time at her house.
She was great, willing to let me tie her as she tied me in all sorts of ways. And she even allowed me to practise on her, so that I got pretty good at it, even if I say so myself.
I was even there when Mister Craig found out about the games. I would be petrified to tell my parents, but he just told us it was all right if we asked permission first. He even tied us together, to show he was good at it as well. Then Jenny turned up, and he tied her 0- and then Mrs Craig. Granny Craig joined in as well. I wish I could have stayed longer, but I had to go. It was only the next week that I heard all about the amazing day they had spent with their parents and granny.
Mind you, the weekend they stayed with us was just as amazing, if only to see big brave Alicia have the most amazing hissy fit. She had tricked Heidi into challenging Jenny to an escape contest, after she had tied Cassie up and Jenny me. What made it even more exciting was that we were all dressed in our best dresses - Grandma and Grandpa had invited the Craigs to come to dinner, and I asked if ti could be a more formal one. I really wanted to see Cassie’s wedding dress.
Anyway, once we were all bound and gagged, with lovely white tape over our mouths and heads, Alicia just let rip. She called Jenny and Cassie all sorts of names, and accused them of making me one of them, of not honouring the Holderness name, and more sins than I had heard of at High Chapel. I mean, I am proud of being a Holderness, but this was too much.
Fortunately, Grandma showed up and made Alicia stop, after which she cried and cried and cried. I think she had been keeping a lot of things to herself, and they all came out that day. Once she had stopped, Grandma and Granny Craig told Heidi, Cassie and me to hop to our bedroom for the night. That was a new experience - I had only learnt to do that that night - but I got very good at it very quickly. When Jenny and Alicia eventually tried to join us, we hopped right past them and headed downstairs for supper.
That night Grandma told us the legend of the Holderness Shadow - a real family ghost story. I didn’t believe it - not then, but we all had a good night’s sleep and then went for a picnic the next day, where we were gagged and played all sorts of games, until ti was time for them to go.
After that Alicia was a lot nicer, and we all played the games with each other, taking turns to tie each other up rather than me been the dummy every time. We also played more openly at Grandma’s house - it turned out she and Granny Craig used to play the same sort of games as well.
Last week we went to dinner at the Craig house - well, that was the plan, but instead we walked in on a gang of men who had tied up and gagged not only Jenny, Cassie and Granny Craig, but also Mrs Craig and their aunts, Miss Craig and Mrs Brown. We were marched upstairs, but the gang thought ti would be enough to tie our wrists and ankles, and gag us with one strip of tape. After the training Alicia and I had this summer, and all the experience of Heidi, Jenny and Cassie?
Twice w escaped, twice they tried to bind us tighter, until eventually they gave in and tied us a securely as the grownups. I was tied to Alicia, but as we sat there I could have sworn I saw a shadow move in the room. I thought of Grandma’s story, but it just could not be true - could it?
Anyway, Grandma eventually came to the rescue, and we learnt a whole new set of secrets about the Craigs. I can’t write them down here, but let’s just say they have as much history as we in the Holderness family do. I also saw how brave and fearless Grandma is, and how much fun it can be with Cassie - even if the others were a littel upset. Miss Craig gave me a big hug anyway.
So that’s how I spent my summer - mainly tied up and gagged, but also making great new friends, learning new things and discovering my cousin isn’t that bad a person. It’s coming to an end, though - I start school again next week, and Heidi leaves this weekend to go back to the USA. I hope I get to see Cassie and Jenny regularly after this, but I still have to ask Grandma and Grandpa, not to mention Mother and Father, about that.
Still, it has been a great time.
“Suzanne? It’s time for supper - come down please.”
“Coming Grandma,” I called from the room as I looked at what I had written in my diary. I really did wonder what would happen if I handed this in as my holiday homework, but I had that essay already written.
I was spending the night at the Manor - tomorrow was Friday, and then I had to go home for school. As I locked my diary and hid it in my bag, I wished Heidi and Alicia were there that night as well. They weren’t - Uncle Simon and Aunt Anne had taken them out for a farewell dinner for Heidi. So I was here, on my own, with Grandma, Grandpa and Mister and Mrs Bridges for company.
At least tomorrow I would get to see Cassie - we had an invitation to spend the day with them.
I put on a green dressing gown and a pair of slippers and walked down the stairs. Granma and Grandpa were in the front room drinking from a cup as I sat down and Mrs Bridges handed me a mug of cocoa.
“You need a good night’s sleep, Suzanne,” Grandma said as she looked at me, “We have an early start in the morning.”
“Very well, Grandma,” I said as I sipped my drink, the warm liquid helping me to feel very very tired. I wanted to be bright and awake for the visit tomorrow - Cassie had promised big surprises.
I gave Grandma and Grandpa a good night hug, and made my way up to my bedroom, taking off my dressing gown and slippers and lying on the bed in my white nightie. As I drifted off to sleep, I wondered what the next day would bring...
I felt the light rather than saw it, and opened my eyes to see what was going on. It was still dark, but there was indeed a bright torch shining in my eyes. Before I could say anything, however, I felt a gloved hand been placed over my mouth, and heard a voice that sounded like Grandpa saying “Sit up and keep quiet.”
I did as I was asked, and felt my hands been taken behind my back, something sticky and stretchy been wrapped round my wrists as I felt them been ted tightly together. The hand was taken from my mouth, but before I could say anything a strip of something was pushed down over my mouth. IT took me a few minutes to realise ti was the brown fabric plaster, as it held my lips tightly together.
Whoever was shin the light in my eyes stood back as I was made to stand up, and my dressing gown put over my shoulders. They mad me walk out of the room, down the corridor and the stairs, and out into the night air. I could see a thin strip of red on the horizon where the sun was starting to come up, but before I could look at it the side of a van opened up and I was helped inside.
Grandma and Mrs Bridges ere sat by the side of the van, looking at me as I was made to sit next to them and my ankles taped together with the brown tape. They also had their hands behind their backs, and their ankles taped, with a die strip of plaster over their mouths.
“Whtsgnngnnn,” I mumbled to Grandma, but she just shook her head. As I looked where her eyes were looking, I saw a woman sitting there, dressed in a black jumper and trousers with a balaclava over her head. She put her fingers to her lips as I heard an engine starting and we were driven off - somewhere.
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### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by Tom Ford » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:51 pm

Well, it’s a great start to what’s turning out to be a great story. That start in the morning already made this one feel epic.
I wonder why Suzie didn’t think much of spending time with someone two years older? I mean for kids, two years isn’t much, and they can play together just as well. In fact, Jenny and Cassie, when they are playing, sometimes seem the same age even if they were two years apart. Jenny could naturally revert to being as childish and as playful as Cassie when she wants to. Maybe Alicia was considered “stuck-up” and would disdain “childish” games and pursuits that Suzie likes, that is why the age gap of two years seem more terrifying than usual! I hope that Jenny could influence Alicia to be less “mature” less grown up, and enjoy being a kid while she’s still a kid, especially now that she enjoys tie up games.
I am beginning to think that Suzie got tied up more times than Cassie. Well, at least since that robbery with Mr Small. I don’t think even Cassie got tied up everyday—at least before her Dad knew—Jenny isn’t that sadistic! But Suzie’s summer, everyday, has been all ropes and gags, before and after Alicia’s lesson in life. But I don’t think she minds! In fact, it may become a habit and miss it when she’s back home. Who would tie her up everyday back home? Does she have siblings at home who didn’t spend the summer at Holderness Manor? We know Alicia’s big sister Angela didn’t—maybe Lady Holderness only wanted one child per family each. If Suzie has, I have no doubt she would introduce them to tie-up games, if a brother (who would be the second in line after their father for the baronetcy), how to tie her up, and if a sister, both how to tie her up, and someone Suzie could tie up too!
So it was Suzie who was responsible for that dinner being so formal…
Isn’t Alexander Suzie’s father, not uncle? I mean I remember Mr Craig asking about who the ninth baronet will be, and Sir Desmond said that his son Alexander, Suzanne’s father, would be the heir. Or is Uncle Alexander her mother’s brother who coincidentally had the same name as his brother-in-law?
So they made this look like an actual kidnapping! I wonder who that woman is? I suspect one of Cassie’s aunts, but because of the hint “strangers in our midst” maybe not. Perhaps one of the relations of Alicia and Suzie that we haven’t yet met?
Anyway, it came a little earlier than expected. So might we expect part two on Monday too?

### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by Imp Caesar Augustus » Sun Jul 22, 2012 8:18 pm

Great start to another great story! How about in the next Heidi story, the one where she just got back from England, she might do something similar to Suzie and write in a diary or journal so we can all know how she viewed things across the pond? Then after that, revert to the third person point of view? I mean, we had Jenny's, the Cassie's, now Suzie's and I have no doubt in the future Alicia's, perspectives, so why not Heidi too?

### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by William F Somebody » Sun Jul 22, 2012 8:59 pm

I thought Suzie and Cassie would believe in the Holderness Shadow more than the twelve year olds. They seemed very scared of it during the storytelling. Maybe she doesn’t want her classmates to know she believes in ghosts, even if she does?

> KP Presents wrote: As I discovered, however, it was actually the most fantastic time I have ever had - and it was all thanks to some new friends that I made. The first was a girl called Heidi that Alicia had been writing to for a few years.

So Heidi and Alicia’s already been writing each other for a few years now? Maybe when they were just very little? I wonder how did they discover each other to begin the correspondence? That is why Lady Holderness offered for Heidi to visit. Maybe Heidi or Alicia can tell us? They were pen friends for so long that it seemed that they were real friends!

> KP Presents wrote: At first she wasn’t very good, but I played along. She got better however, so that before long I would be like a salami on the bed, unable to move or talk as she gagged me with scarves, with tape, with plaster - with just about everything.

I have a feeling that Alicia really really enjoyed gagging her what to her was her bratty noisy nosy little cousin! And maybe it was literally everything! Let’s see—other than what she said, handkerchiefs, sponges, small plastic balls, tiny stuffed animals—I can just imagine Alicia looking around the room, seeing something, smiling, picking it up, and saying, “Hm. I wonder if this can fit into your mouth. Let’s see, shall we, dear cousin?”

> KP Presents wrote: I was even there when Mister Craig found out about the games. I would be petrified to tell my parents, but he just told us it was all right if we asked permission first.

If Uncle Alexander, and I suspect, her Dad, Alexander Holderness, was involved in this, I don’t think she needed to be petrified about the games. Besides, I think, like the Craigs, the Holdernesses penchant for tie up games may be genetic, and Suzie's Dad, I suspect, also played tie up games with Suzie's aunts, particularly his older sister Anne, Alicia's mother. Maybe Suzie can play openly at home too. Does she have siblings to play with?
Speaking of Uncle Alexander, that’s her uncle on her mother’s side, right? Because it doesn’t make sense for two brothers to have the same name. Am I right?

> KP Presents wrote: When Jenny and Alicia eventually tried to join us, we hopped right past them and headed downstairs for supper.

Suzie might have mixed things up a little. Dinner, or supper, was before they were tied up! After they went downstairs, they were freed, and changed into their nightclothes before her grandma told about the Shadow!
If Suzie handed that over as homework, I don’t think her teachers would believe her. They would mark it off as the work of an overactive imagination!
I wonder why Suzie, and by extension, Cassie, wasn’t invited to Heidi’s farewell party? I mean, she was only two years younger than them. And what of Jenny? Was she invited to Heidi’s farewell party too? Anyway, I suspect that they were kidnapped on the way home, or at the party itself) and stashed somewhere else, maybe at the Craigs, or we might see them in the van with Suzie.
Anyway, great start!

### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by John Kennon Smith » Sun Jul 22, 2012 9:38 pm

Great start to a great story!

### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by KP Presents » Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:31 pm

> Tom Ford wrote:I wonder why Suzie didn’t think much of spending time with someone two years older? I mean for kids, two years isn’t much, and they can play together just as well. In fact, Jenny and Cassie, when they are playing, sometimes seem the same age even if they were two years apart. Jenny could naturally revert to being as childish and as playful as Cassie when she wants to. Maybe Alicia was considered “stuck-up” and would disdain “childish” games and pursuits that Suzie likes, that is why the age gap of two years seem more terrifying than usual! I hope that Jenny could influence Alicia to be less “mature” less grown up, and enjoy being a kid while she’s still a kid, especially now that she enjoys tie up games.

The relationship between Suzie and Alicia is very different from Cassie and Jenny - not just beacause they're cousins, but because of the fmaily history. So Suzie tends to think of Alicia, and be default Heidi and Jenny, as more adult.
At least, that's my excuse.

> Tom Ford wrote:I am beginning to think that Suzie got tied up more times than Cassie. Well, at least since that robbery with Mr Small. I don’t think even Cassie got tied up everyday—at least before her Dad knew—Jenny isn’t that sadistic! But Suzie’s summer, everyday, has been all ropes and gags, before and after Alicia’s lesson in life. But I don’t think she minds! In fact, it may become a habit and miss it when she’s back home. Who would tie her up everyday back home? Does she have siblings at home who didn’t spend the summer at Holderness Manor? We know Alicia’s big sister Angela didn’t—maybe Lady Holderness only wanted one child per family each. If Suzie has, I have no doubt she would introduce them to tie-up games, if a brother (who would be the second in line after their father for the baronetcy), how to tie her up, and if a sister, both how to tie her up, and someone Suzie could tie up too!

There is a reason why Angela was not staying - find out more soon...

> Tom Ford wrote:Isn’t Alexander Suzie’s father, not uncle? I mean I remember Mr Craig asking about who the ninth baronet will be, and Sir Desmond said that his son Alexander, Suzanne’s father, would be the heir. Or is Uncle Alexander her mother’s brother who coincidentally had the same name as his brother-in-law?

Note to self - do not proof read when dog tired. Alicia's father's name is Simon, as has now been corrected...

> Tom Ford wrote:Anyway, it came a little earlier than expected. So might we expect part two on Monday too?

Maybe...
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### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by KP Presents » Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:34 pm

> William F Somebody wrote:So Heidi and Alicia’s already been writing each other for a few years now? Maybe when they were just very little? I wonder how did they discover each other to begin the correspondence? That is why Lady Holderness offered for Heidi to visit. Maybe Heidi or Alicia can tell us? They were pen friends for so long that it seemed that they were real friends!

You will find out - eventually...

> William F Somebody wrote:I have a feeling that Alicia really really enjoyed gagging her what to her was her bratty noisy nosy little cousin! And maybe it was literally everything! Let’s see—other than what she said, handkerchiefs, sponges, small plastic balls, tiny stuffed animals—I can just imagine Alicia looking around the room, seeing something, smiling, picking it up, and saying, “Hm. I wonder if this can fit into your mouth. Let’s see, shall we, dear cousin?”

Did anyone ever tell you you have a cruel mind....

> William F Somebody wrote:I wonder why Suzie, and by extension, Cassie, wasn’t invited to Heidi’s farewell party? I mean, she was only two years younger than them. And what of Jenny? Was she invited to Heidi’s farewell party too? Anyway, I suspect that they were kidnapped on the way home, or at the party itself) and stashed somewhere else, maybe at the Craigs, or we might see them in the van with Suzie.

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### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by KP Presents » Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:00 am

As the van moved down whatever road we were travelling on, Grandma put her head on mine and moved it from side to side, to show she was all right. She was wearing a long lime green nightdress with a woollen cardigan over her arms and shoulders, and smiled as I looked past her at Mrs Bridges. I had no idea why she was here, but she was, her toes wriggling as she looked down her dark blue cotton pyjamas. She looked at me and winked as well as the van turned a corner, and we continued on our way.
I wanted to say something, and more than anything I wanted to know who this strange woman was. She said nothing, however, just sat there and watched us as the van slowly came to a halt, and we looked at the side as the door opened.
The two men who had brought me down the stairs were standing there, dressed like the woman in black with masks over their heads. “We need to move them quickly,” the man who had spoken to me said, “We’ve had word that others are on their way.”
Others? I said something like “whtfrss” as I was picked up and carried out of the van. I caught a glimpse in the dawn of a large set of doors before I was carried in and down some stairs, into a large cellar. There were a set of mattresses set in place there, and as I was laid down on one I noticed that three other girls were already there, dressed in their nightclothes. Their wrists were also crossed and taped together behind their backs, as I could see from the way they lay, and their ankles were taped together. As I looked closer, and saw the long black hair that fell down the neck of the one nearest to me, I realised just who they were.
“Lsha?” I said, and sure enough Alicia turned over and opened her eyes to look at me. She was wearing a pair of blue silk pyjamas, and as she saw me lying there she crinkled her face up and mumbled “hlosqrt” under the plaster strip over her mouth.
At that sound, both Jenny and Heidi rolled over and looked at me. They too were wearing blue silk pyjamas, so I wondered just how long they had been here and who had given them these clothes.
I heard the footsteps on the stairs again, and looked to see the two men carrying grandma down. Looking at Alicia, I saw that she had rolled back over and was waving her hands at me. That was when I saw the fabric plaster holding her fingers together, and realised the others were the same.
“Mtoooo,” I mumbled, and as if to answer the masked woman came over and unfastened the dressing gown over me, rolling me out of it before she started to wrap the plaster around my hands, forcing my fingers together. I liked the feeling, but I still wanted to know how long the other three had been here.
As Mrs Bridges was carried down, the woman walked over to Grandma and taped her fingers together, and then Mrs Bridges. They then smiled as they looked at the six of us and walked off, leaving us alone.
“Hlgrls,” Grandma said to the other three, “gdnggt?”
“Ysfnks,” Heidi said as she sat herself up. “Slptwl.”
“Gddd,” Mrs Bridges said as she slid herself up and looked round. “Ndsdstng.”
I was amazed they were taking it so well - until I realised that Grandma and Mrs Bridges may know something we don’t. “Grdnmmwtsgngnn,” I mumbled, but before I could answer that there were more heavy footsteps on the stairs and I saw a masked man carrying Cassie down in his arms.
She was wearing a long white nightdress, and when she turned her head and looked at me I could see she was also gagged with a wide strip of brown plaster over her mouth. Now, we could all of us have pushed this off eventually, but for now we were content to see what happened as Cassie was laid out on another mattress. She turned and looked at me, saying “mrngszzze” as I looked at her taped ankles.
There were two sets of footsteps on the stairs, and this time I saw Mrs Craig been escorted down the stairs. She was wearing a blue dressing gown, and I could see the hem of a nightgown underneath. Her hands were behind her back, and I could see a strip of plaster over her mouth as well. Looking at Cassie, she rolled over to show me the socks which covered her hands, and the tape that held her wrists tightly together.
“Hveagdnntttgrls,” Mrs Craig said to the other three as she saw them sitting up. They all nodded as they watched her ankles been taped tightly together, and then the two masked men walking out of the cellar. Mrs Craig looked round and then sat back. I could see she had been to the hairdresser, and her hair was cut into a short bob now.
Grandma looked round the room, but before she could say anything the door opened again, and this time all five of our captors came down, escorting between them Granny Craig, Miss Craig and Mrs Brown. They were all wearing night clothes as well - Granny Craig had on a black sleeveless nightgown, Miss Craig a strappy top and shorts made from cream silk, and Mrs Brown a pair of red cotton pyjamas. I could see as they walked past that they too had socks on their hands, and their wrists taped together with the brown plaster. Each of them also had a headscarf tied tightly over their hair, covering their heads as they were each made to sit down on a mattress and their ankles taped together.
“Wlwltgngslhrrr,” Granny Craig said as she looked at all of us. “Whndthegtu?”
“Tsmrnng,” Grandma replied as she nodded over. “Ndu?”
“Brkfst,” Granny Craig said, and I suddenly realised that I was hungry. As I looked round, I saw Cassie slide off her mattress and wriggle over on her bottom towards me, forcing herself to sit by me as she looked round the room.
“Whstfr,” she said as she nodded in the direction of the mattress she had moved on. I wondered what she was talking about, but when I looked over I got the point - there were two spare mattresses there. I looked round the room, then said to Alicia “Lshe - s njelplng?”
“Nnnnn,” Alicia said as she shook her head. I could see she was unsure as to what was happening as well, until we heard new footsteps on the stairs.
This time two women came down, carrying a blonde haired girl between them. The heels of their boots clicked on the metal stairs as they came down carefully, one holding her arms and the other her legs. They were dressed as the others were - black jumpers and pants, with balaclavas over their heads. I thought it was quite exciting - especially as I had figured out who the others mainly were, but I had no idea who these two were or the mystery girl.
The girl herself was about the same age as Alicia, Heidi and Jenny, and was wearing a dusky vest top and knee length shorts. She was barefoot, but I could see rope bracelets around her left ankle and right wrist. She also had a blindfold over her eyes, as well as the brown plaster strip over her mouth, but she seemed happy enough as she was placed on the mattress. Her ankles were obviously taped together, and from the way her arms went behind her back I presumed her wrists were as well taped as the rest of us.
I looked round the room again - we had six adults, in the form of Grandma, Mrs Bridges, Grandma Craig, Mrs Craig, Miss Craig and Mrs Brown, and six kids - me, Cassie, Jenny, Alicia, Heidi and the mystery girl. As I sat wondering what was going to happen next, and sorta glad there were no shadows around, a voice came from out of nowhere.
“Welcome, ladies and girls, to Capture Court. You have all been brought here to show your skills and prowess, and to enjoy yourselves as well as amuse us. Breakfast will be served - as soon as you have managed to free yourselves. When you are freed, make your way up the staircase to the dining area.”
I recognised the voice - it was Grandpa, and that meant that this was all part of the game. I looked at Cassie, Cassie looked at me, and we turned our backs to each other, looking over our shoulders as I tried to grab the sock over her hand with my taped fingers.
Grandma and Mrs Bridges had a similar idea, but in their case, Mrs Bridges was trying to peel the tape away from Grandma’s fingers. I looked over to see Granny Craig trying to free Mrs Craig, Miss Craig rubbing her cheek on the shoulder of Mrs Brown, and Alicia and Jenny rubbing their faces on the mattresses.
What was really intriguing me was Heidi. She had not taken her eyes off the blindfolded girl since she had been carried down, her head cocked to her side as if she recognised her, but was not sure. Eventually she slid off her mattress and scooted across the floor on her bottom, making her way over as the mystery girl rolled from side to side.
“Mgggggphwoar - that’s better,” I heard Alicia say, and as I turned to look at her I saw that she had managed to peel the tape away from her mouth and was looking at me. “Hey Suzie,” she said with a smile, “Glad you could make it. The three of us spent the night here.”
“Whbrtu?”
“Dad - we got home from the restaurant, and suddenly he told us to change into these clothes and taped us up. Seems someone had a word with him,” she said as she looked at Grandma. She just shrugged and went back to watching Mrs Bridges peeling away the tape from her fingers.
“Udbtrrhlps,” I mumbled as I was struggling to grip anything. “Let me get Jenny free first,” Alicia said as she turned and got on her knees, while Jenny rolled onto her side and held her wrists out for Alicia to try and peel the tape away with her teeth.
While we were talking, Heidi had reached the new arrival, and was nudging her in the back with her chin. The mystery girl turned over at the nudge, and moved her head up and down to dislodge the sleep mask from her eyes.
“IDNTBLFFT,” Heidi screamed through her gaga s the girl finally forced the mask off. “NTLLYY - WHTRUDNGHR!”
“Lkngfrufcrs,” the new girl said as she turned and offered her free fingers. Heidi sat herself down and turned round, looking over her shoulders as the girl started to peel the tape away from her wrists.
Miss Craig looked over at us, the tape hanging from her cheek and said “Hi Suzie - I have some news to tell you, but it can keep until later. Right now, I’m starving.” She turned and said “Turn round Connie - I’m going to do the old tape pull on your wrists.”
“Llllrrt,” Mrs Brown said as she turned and offered her wrists, just as Jenny was freed. She sat up, pulled the tape from her mouth and then from Alicia’s wrists, before they both untied their feet.
“Grannies first, I think,” Jenny said as she walked over and started to untie Granny Craig, while Alicia took care of Grandma. “Hwhtbtsss,” Cassie hissed as Granny Craig brought her hands round and rubbed her wrists.
“Untie the girls next, Jenny,” Granny Craig said as she turned and started to help Mrs Craig. Mrs Brown had already had her wrists freed, and as she helped Miss Craig I felt my own wrists been separated.
Taking the tape off my mouth, I said “So you spent the whole night here,” as Grandma released Mrs Bridges, and Jenny Cassie.
“We sure did,” Jenny said as she hugged her sister, “We had a nice meal last night, and...” Her voice trailed off as she looked at Heidi, who was hugging the other girl before releasing her from the tape as well. “I don’t believe it,” she said after she had removed the tape from her mouth, “What are you doing here?”
“I came over to make sure you got home safely,” the blonde haired girl said in a similar accent to Heidi’s. “I wasn’t sure I could trust you to get back, given what you told us. Robbed by polite men and thugs in masks? I thought that only happened to us at home!”
“Errr,” Alicia said as we all stood up and rubbed our mouths, “Heidi, who is this?”
“Oh I’m sorry,” Heidi said as she helped the blonde to stand up and hugged her again. “Girls, folks, this is Natalie Jenkins, my - well, my cousin if truth be told. Natalie, this is my pen friend Alicia and her cousin Suzie, and this is Jenny and Cassie Craig.”
“Pleasure to meet you,” Natalie said as she waved to us. “I’ve heard an awful lot about you. And this must be Lady Holderness," she said as she looked at Granny Craig.
“Right age, wrong woman,” she said with a smile, turning Natalie towards Grandma, “This is Lucinda Holderness, I’m Miranda Craig, Jenny and Cassie’s grandmother. This is her mother, her Aunt Cassie and her Aunt Connie.”
“A pleasure to meet you, Natalie,” Lady Holderness said as she watched Natalie try to curtsey, “but I am not royalty.”
“Hold on a second,” Heidi suddenly said. “If you’re here, then....” She let the sentence trail off as she sprinted for the staircase and ran upstairs.
“Now why did she run off - does she need the toilet?”
I laughed at Cassie’s comments - she always knows the right thing to say. Still, as we climbed the stairs, Natalie at the front talking to Grandma, I did wonder - why did Heidi run off like that?
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### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by Tom Ford » Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:54 am

I think I have an idea why Heidi ran up! Nice to see Natalie here! Too bad we’ll only see her in England for one tale, but oh well! I guess the reason that they are there is to 1) fetch Heidi back to America and 2) have a holiday in England while they are at it.
Boy oh boy! That’s some game they have there. There are six adults and five girls! It would a bit of a challenge to keep track of it all, but it would be worth it. Anyway, there are four games as described in the hint. Is this the first game, or is this just a preliminary and the real games would start soon? Well, I say real games because I would assume that that is where they would be really tied up where they cannot escape, right?
Anyway, I hope at breakfast or somewhere done the line, Heidi, Jenny, Cassie, Alicia, plus the others could tell each other exactly what happened, the circumstance of their capture, etc., so we can have a full picture of the events leading to this morning!
Anyway, I suspect that right after the events of Family Time, Mr and Mrs Craig, as well Granny Craig, began planning the next tie up event. Then, after Suzie’s Sleepover, when Cassie and Jenny asked their parents if Heidi, Alicia, and Suzie could have a special day with them just like they have, they also contacted, maybe through Granny Craig, Lady Holderness to see if they were agreeable to a surprise game. Then of course, after Surprise Visitor, Mrs Brown, Captain Craig, and Mr Brown got roped into the scheme. Then, Heidi’s folks called Lady Holderness to inform her that they will pick up Heidi, and to keep it a surprise for Heidi, so Lady Holderness, knowing that Heidi played similar games at home, also asked them to participate, which they agreed.
The mystery was that so many adults agreed to participate, and manage to coordinate and plan it all, and at the same time, keep it a secret and utterly surprise the five, no, make that six girls!!!
Anyway, I know this is redundant, but Natalie in this story is 13, right?
Hm, would they take another trip out to Holderness manor, then back to the Craig household?
It would be sad that events like this would end once school starts. But maybe not. There could be games like this on Halloween, Christmas, etc. and maybe even the occasional weekend where the girls would be kidnapped and totally surprise the girls.

### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by KP Presents » Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:09 am

> Tom Ford wrote:I think I have an idea why Heidi ran up! Nice to see Natalie here! Too bad we’ll only see her in England for one tale, but oh well! I guess the reason that they are there is to 1) fetch Heidi back to America and 2) have a holiday in England while they are at it.

I could not possbily comment - yet...

> Tom Ford wrote:Boy oh boy! That’s some game they have there. There are six adults and five girls! It would a bit of a challenge to keep track of it all, but it would be worth it. Anyway, there are four games as described in the hint. Is this the first game, or is this just a preliminary and the real games would start soon? Well, I say real games because I would assume that that is where they would be really tied up where they cannot escape, right?

Consider this the aperatif...

> Tom Ford wrote:Anyway, I hope at breakfast or somewhere done the line, Heidi, Jenny, Cassie, Alicia, plus the others could tell each other exactly what happened, the circumstance of their capture, etc., so we can have a full picture of the events leading to this morning!

All will be explained...

> Tom Ford wrote:Anyway, I know this is redundant, but Natalie in this story is 13, right?

Yup
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### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by Imp Caesar Augustus » Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:46 am

What an exciting story!

### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by William F Somebody » Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:03 am

They were at the Craigs, right? Or were they at someone’s else house, like the Browns? Suzie seemed not to recognize it as she was carried into the cellar. I would assume that Cassie has brought her to the cellar while she was visiting at least once. Or was it the darkness of dawn, plus the surprise of it all, that made it all so fuzzy?
John Craig must be relieving his childhood, especially with both his sister as his captives, just like old times. And the sisters too must be thinking the same thing an relieving their childhood too! It’s big brother again tying them up! Maybe the three would spend some time telling each other, “Remember when we were kids, you used to… and now you’re doing it again!”
Hm, I assume that the adults brought clothes for Suzie and the others here, so that after or just before breakfast, when all the captives have to change into their everyday clothes—unless they would be tied up all day in their nighties and pyjamas! I wonder, would the captors dictate what they would wear (which because this is for the kids, should all be modest or cute), or do the kids have the choice in it?
I would guess the 6 little girls, including Natalie, would spend the entire day, except maybe for breakfast or lunch, the occasional snacks, and the time between games, bound and gagged. As for the adults, the men of course, would be captor throughout. As for the adult females, maybe they’d alternate captors and captives, in some scenarios they’ll be tied up with the little girls, while on some, they’d join the men in “tormenting” the little girls?
And maybe the little girls could tie up each other, or one of the adults, before they themselves get tied up and gagged!
Speaking of breakfast and lunch, they’re a lot—about eleven females plus the men—Dave Brown, John Craig, Sir Desmond, Mr Bridges, about fifteen, plus the relations of Natalie and Heidi (which I think would be here if Natalie is here too)! I don’t think they’d fit in a single middle class dinner table. Is the table of the Craigs, or whoever’s home it is, enough for all of them? Maybe there would be shifts? Example, all the kids will eat first, while the adults will wait while tied up, and while it’s the adults turn to eat, the kids could then take their turn to be tied up while waiting for the adults to finish eating. I imagine that breakfast, with all of them free at once, would be chaotic with them all trying to eat at the same time! I guess it would be Sir Desmond and Lady Holderness who’d pay for the food of such a large party.

> KP Presents wrote:As I sat wondering what was going to happen next, and sorta glad there were no shadows around, a voice came from out of nowhere.

Ah, so she does believe in the Holderness Shadow, and even kinda scared of it! She shouldn’t! If she believes her Grandma’s stories, then she knows its only their to protect her.
Anyway, I’m looking forward to when they’re all tied up for real—which means they can’t escape, or ungag themselves without help from someone free! I’d like that they be able to move, like hop, or shuffle, or scoot, but without being to free themselves, or talk to each other intelligibly. Maybe Cassie and Suzie can once again be up to their old tricks like disappearing from one place to another while tied up and gagged?
I imagine that the adults were prepared—they have enough duct tape rolls, as well as microfoam tape, to last the day, as well as enough stuffings that they can be gagged without reusing some of the gags, and enough rope to tie them up securely.
Anyway, great update, KP!

### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by KP Presents » Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:15 am

> William F Somebody wrote:They were at the Craigs, right? Or were they at someone’s else house, like the Browns? Suzie seemed not to recognize it as she was carried into the cellar. I would assume that Cassie has brought her to the cellar while she was visiting at least once. Or was it the darkness of dawn, plus the surprise of it all, that made it all so fuzzy?

Actually, they're - nah, you'll have to wait until tomorrow.

> William F Somebody wrote:Hm, I assume that the adults brought clothes for Suzie and the others here, so that after or just before breakfast, when all the captives have to change into their everyday clothes—unless they would be tied up all day in their nighties and pyjamas! I wonder, would the captors dictate what they would wear (which because this is for the kids, should all be modest or cute), or do the kids have the choice in it?

Yes... and No... and Maybe...

> William F Somebody wrote:Speaking of breakfast and lunch, they’re a lot—about eleven females plus the men—Dave Brown, John Craig, Sir Desmond, Mr Bridges, about fifteen, plus the relations of Natalie and Heidi (which I think would be here if Natalie is here too)! I don’t think they’d fit in a single middle class dinner table. Is the table of the Craigs, or whoever’s home it is, enough for all of them? Maybe there would be shifts? Example, all the kids will eat first, while the adults will wait while tied up, and while it’s the adults turn to eat, the kids could then take their turn to be tied up while waiting for the adults to finish eating. I imagine that breakfast, with all of them free at once, would be chaotic with them all trying to eat at the same time! I guess it would be Sir Desmond and Lady Holderness who’d pay for the food of such a large party.

We have identified potentially nineteen - For the girls, Suzie, Cassie, Heidi, Natalie, Alicia and Jenny. For the women, Lady Holderness, Mrs Bridges, Mum, Aunt Connie, Aunt Cassie and Granny. There are up to seven captors that we have seen as well.
I'm thinking buffet and/or BBQ...

> William F Somebody wrote:I imagine that the adults were prepared—they have enough duct tape rolls, as well as microfoam tape, to last the day, as well as enough stuffings that they can be gagged without reusing some of the gags, and enough rope to tie them up securely.

I think they have enough with them...
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### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by William F Somebody » Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:26 am

> KP Presents wrote:We have identified potentially nineteen - For the girls, Suzie, Cassie, Heidi, Natalie, Alicia and Jenny. For the women, Lady Holderness, Mrs Bridges, Mum, Aunt Connie, Aunt Cassie and Granny. There are up to seven captors that we have seen as well.
> I'm thinking buffet and/or BBQ...

19 people! And more potentially!!! This is turning out to be a grand family event between two families, even three! It's like a wedding or a christening, and a reunion (well literally. Heidi and Natalie had reunion,and I suspect more in the next chapter)!
It must have been a logistical nightmare to organize. Good thing Sir Desmond and Lady Holderness is rich enough that they could shoulder the cost as well! I wonder if they'll pay extra to Mr and Mrs Bridges for participating? And I'd imagine the Craigs would try to insist in sharing the cost of all this! I wonder, is anyone of the adults an overall director of events to make sure everything runs smoothly? Of course, if there is one, it can't be one of those who can be tied up!
I imagine that there might be a lot of pictures taken if it were not for the privacy and the actual event!
This really is a grand event! In the truest sense of the word.

### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:44 am

A great update! Thanks!

### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by Tom Ford » Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:39 am

Additional comments.
So Mr Brown is part of the captors, right? I wonder, does he have any background in TUGs before this? If he isn’t, I’d imagine that he might think the request of Mr Craig rather strange, but acceded to it as a friend. Anyway, so can he tie someone effectively and gag them too? I’d imagine that John must have given him a crash course in ropework and gags with Connie and Jennifer (Mrs Craig) as models to demonstrate and practice on. And also Mr Bridges.
And the same goes for Sir Desmond. Would the baronet also tie someone up, or is he just a participant but not one of those who will do the actual tying? Maybe he also ties up Lady Holderness “for fun” when they were younger or even presently if you know what I mean.
I guess this is late august, so Suzie was taken from her bed at about 6:00 a.m. Would the game at sunset, which would be about eight p.m., or would it continue until they sleep at night?
And April’s here, right? Has she arrived? I hoped she comes early so she can partake most of the fun!
It seems that it was Alicia peeling off the tape and using her teeth to undo Jenny’s wrists bonds that led Jenny being free. Jenny then in turn untied Alicia, and Jenny and Alicia untied their respective Grandmas. Jenny then freed Suzie, then Cassie, while Lady Holderness freed Mrs Bridges and Miranda Craig untied Mrs Craig.
On a completely separate sequence, Miss Craig got her gag off then used her teeth to untie Mrs Brown’s wrists, who then untied Miss Craig.
Finally, on a completely separate sequence, Natalie freed Heidi, not with her teeth, but with her fingers, as she unlike the others, had her fingers free. Heidi then freed Natalie.
Whew! Did I get it right? I got confused at first reading, then finally got it upon closely rereading it.
Anyway, that showed two things. One, fingers should always be immobilized (socks would do, but it should be taped to the arms so it can’t just be pulled). Gags are useful not only for preventing making plans between captives, raising the alarm, but for preventing using the teeth to pick knots, and to peel tape. So gags must be effective. (Another reason why fingers should be immobilized. The fingers can be used to peel away even tape wrapped around the head, let alone a single strip of tape, or a single big knot behind the head! And even so, the end of the tape must be behind the head so it can’t be easily found.)
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### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by William F Somebody » Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:41 am

One other thing.

> KP Presents wrote: I looked at Cassie, Cassie looked at me, and we turned our backs to each other, looking over our shoulders as I tried to grab the sock over her hand with my taped fingers.

They put on a dressing gown over Suzie when she woke up, and I assumed that the tied it in front so it won’t fall away in the van. That means that her hands were covered by the dressing gown and hidden behind it. But then, her hands were taped and she can reach Cassie’s hands. However, it wasn’t mentioned that it was removed, so I assumed that she still has it. I imagine that her dressing gown was removed when her fingers were taped, or was it merely pulled up by whoever taped it? If so, she can't grab the sock over her hand as the dressing gown blocked it.
and

> KP Presents wrote:
> How I Spent My Summer
> By Suzanna Holderness

Shouldn't that be by Suzanne Holderness?

### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by KP Presents » Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:51 pm

> William F Somebody wrote:One other thing.

Both easily fixed
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### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by KP Presents » Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:54 pm

> Tom Ford wrote:Additional comments.
> So Mr Brown is part of the captors, right? I wonder, does he have any background in TUGs before this? If he isn’t, I’d imagine that he might think the request of Mr Craig rather strange, but acceded to it as a friend. Anyway, so can he tie someone effectively and gag them too? I’d imagine that John must have given him a crash course in ropework and gags with Connie and Jennifer (Mrs Craig) as models to demonstrate and practice on. And also Mr Bridges.
> And the same goes for Sir Desmond. Would the baronet also tie someone up, or is he just a participant but not one of those who will do the actual tying? Maybe he also ties up Lady Holderness “for fun” when they were younger or even presently if you know what I mean.

Who is going to do what will be revealed...

> Tom Ford wrote:And April’s here, right? Has she arrived? I hoped she comes early so she can partake most of the fun!

April? She's around there somewhere...

> Tom Ford wrote:Whew! Did I get it right? I got confused at first reading, then finally got it upon closely rereading it.

So far, yes, but pay attention - there will be a quiz later...
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### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:12 pm

Oh and please update soon.

### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by KP Presents » Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:31 am

As we approached the staircase, I asked Cassie “So what happened to you this morning? Was it your dad who brought you?”
“Me and Mum,” Cassie said, “I was woken up in by Dad putting his hand over my mouth as I lay in my bed. He told me to be quiet, and then handed me the socks which I put over my hands. He then told me to roll over, and taped both the cuffs to my arms and them my wrists to each other, before I rolled back and he smoothed the plaster over my mouth. I already knew this was a game, even with the black mask over his face, so I didn’t try to take it off.
“Not that it’s as easy as duct tape anyway - that fabric really sticks to your face. Anyway, I got up and he took me downstairs, where Mum was already sitting with her wrists covered and tied, and a strip of brown fabric over her mouth. He sat me next to her before taping my ankles, then went to open the car doors.
“He came back, walked Mum out as she winked at me, then came back and carried me out, strapping me into the back seat before he drove us here. What about you?”
“Similar thing,” I said as we started to walk up the staircase, “Except I’m fairly sure it was Grandpa and Mister Bridges - oh, and there was this strange woman in the van that brought us.”
“You did not recognise her?”
“No - for a minute I wondered if it was Aunt Anne or my other cousin, Angela, but she was too tall to be either of them.” When we got to the top of the staircase, we saw an open doorway along the corridor, and we could hear laughter from the other side. We walked down and into the large room, to see Heidi been embraced by a taller, older version of her, the blonde hair falling over the shoulders of her black jumper.
“Why didn’t you tell me you were coming,” Heidi said as she looked up into the older woman’s eyes.
“What, and spoil the surprise,” she said as she rubbed Heidi’s hair, then let her go and walked over with her hand extended as Grandma came into the room. “Lady Holderness, I cannot thank you enough - not just for looking after Heidi, but for keeping our trip a secret from her.”
“It was my pleasure Mrs Strong,” Grandma said as she shook the ladies hand, and I realised that this must be Heidi’s mother. “When we heard you were planning to come over, it made perfect sense to incorporate you and your sister into our plans for today.”
I looked across the room to see Natalie standing next to a tall, thin woman with dark hair, who was also dressed in a dark jumper and trousers. It took me a few moments to realise that this was the woman who had sat in the back of the van, as she and Natalie walked over.
“Miss Cabot,” Grandma said as she shook the other woman’s hand, “It is a pleasure to finally greet you properly.”
“The pleasure is all mine, Lady Holderness,” she said, “and please, call me Veronica. You must be Suzie,” she said as she looked at me, “I’ve heard a lot about you - and I take it this blonde haired tearaway is Cassie?”
“That’s me,” Cassie said, “so you are Heidi’s aunt?”
“That’s right,” she said as she out her hand on Cassie’s shoulder, “so why don’t you come and get some breakfast, and you can tell me all about yourself.”
I hadn’t noticed the smell of fresh baked bread before then, but as I looked round I realised that there were three trestle tables set up, laden with bread, cakes and fruit, as well as pitchers of fruit juice and flasks of hot drinks.
“Come on,” Grandpa said as he waved to the assembled group that had come in, “Dig in. We have a very busy day ahead of us.” Next to him was Mister Bridges, Mister Craig and Mister Brown, all smiling as they hugged and kissed their wives. Jenny, Miss Craig and Granny Craig were standing in a small group, so I walked over to join them.
“Hello Suzie,” Granny Craig said as I came closer, “I was just explaining to Jenny here how the three of us were brought here today.”
“Yup,” Miss Craig said with a smile, “We need to thank my darling sister for the unexpected start to the day. Mum and I stayed at her place last night, only for Dave - Mister Brown to wake us at some god forsaken hour, with three pairs of Connie’s gym socks in his hand and a wicked expression on his face. He gave us a pair each, told them to put them on our hands and - well, I guess you can figure out the rest.”
“So does that mean we’re going to have a day of fun and games, like the Saturday Cassie told me about?”
“The Saturday? Is there something you haven’t told me yet, Mum?”
Granny Craig had a smile on her face as she looked at Miss Craig. “Later, dear - but do you think we can take these headscarves off now? My head is itching.” She reached up and pulled the scarf off, to reveal her grey hair had been cut into a page boy style.
“Wow, when did you get that done,” I said as I watched Miss Craig take her scarf off to reveal a similar cut, while Mrs Brown did the same thing to revile a slightly longer cut, layered at the back of her neck.
“Well, duct tape is not kind to hair,” Miss Craig said, “and besides, I needed to get a new style for my new job.”
I was about to ask what that was when Granny Craig said “I’m starving - let’s go and eat.”
For the next half hour or so, we all sat round in little groups, talking and eating, before the clock in the room chimed nine o’clock. I watched as Mister Craig stood up and said “Good morning, and welcome to a very special day. I’d like to thank you all for accepting the invitation, and I’d especially like to welcome our guests from the other side of the pond, Amy, Veronica and Natalie.”
The five of us clapped and whopped as they stood up and made a small bow. “I’d also really like to thank Sir Despond and Lady Holderness, for finding this house for us to use for the day.”
“It was our pleasure,” Grandpa said. “For those of you who have never been here before, this is actually an old retreat that my company uses for business meetings, team building exercise and the like. I have arranged for it to be entirely at our disposal, for the duration of the day. We will have a buffet lunch later, and a barbecue for dinner. Mister and Mrs Bridges will take care of that for us, with a little help from some friends.”
We all clapped at that news as well, as Mister and Mrs Bridges blushed.
“Now then, let me explain what is going to happen today. This is a special day, to both mark the fact this is the end of the summer holidays, and the girls are all going back to school next week.” That made the four of us boo quietly, before Mister Craig continued “It is also a chance to say goodbye to Heidi, who has been with us these last few weeks, and also to celebrate the way all the girls have bonded together as a group.”
“Very funny, Dad,” Jenny called out, which made us all laugh.
“Now given the games they all like to play, we have decided to make that the theme of the day. Girls, like it or not you’re going to spend most of today very tightly bound and gagged - any objections?”
He looked at the six of us, but before we could reply Cassie said “With our favourite gags to keep us quiet?”
“With a variety of ways to make sure you won’t be heard,” Mister Craig said, which made us all laugh again. “Now, some of the adults will play the games at different times, but not all of them. You’ll learn what I mean by that was the day goes on.
“Before we play the first game, we all need to get washed and dressed. Girls, if you go out of the room and up the stairs, then you will find your outfits for the first game and warm water behind the first door on the left. Mum, can you go with them and make sure that’s the only door they go in?”
“Of course, John,” Granny Craig said with a smile.
“For the rest of you , Lady Holderness will lead the way. She’ll also explain what is going to happen, and who gets a break from the first game. Girls - I and Mister Brown will be up in about fifteen minutes to prepare you and explain the rules.”
We followed Granny Craig out of the room and up the staircase, where we saw a row of doors leading off from the balcony. She opened the first one and ushered us in, where we saw on one side six sets of clothes neatly folded and stacked on a bench. On the other side were six bowls, steam rising from them, as well as a set of soft towels and bars of soap.
She closed the door on us as we grabbed the soap and started to wash our faces and hands, before drying them. Alicia walked over to the piles and saw that each pile had a piece of paper on them. Picking up the one that had her name written on, she looked at the clothes and then said “I think you and I are going to look the same, Jenny.”
Jenny walked over and picked up the short sleeved pale green top. “This is our PE kit,” she said as she looked at the top, “and that looks like yours Cassie.”
As Cassie walked over, I looked at my pile, and it was indeed my PE stuff - a white t-shirt and shorts, with knee length white ankle socks. “So are we doing something sporty,” I said as I pulled off my nightgown and then put the t-shirt on.
“Something like that, I think,” Alicia said as she removed her pyjamas and put on the shorts and polo shirt, watching Jenny as she did the same. They had black knee length socks, while Cassie was putting on a yellow round necked t-shirt and shorts with matching socks.
“Looks like we get our soccer clothes,” I heard Heidi say, and as I turned round I saw she was putting on a red short sleeved top and shorts, with matching socks. Natalie had a similar outfit, so that once we were all dressed it looked like we were ready for a game of football.
There as a knock on the door, and Mister Craig came in with Mister Brown. “All ready I see,” he said with a smile a she handed each of us a pair of white sports socks. “You need to put these on, and then turn round and put your hands behind you back.”
I pulled the socks over my arms and turned round, watching Cassie as she did the same. Mister Brown stepped forward with a roll of what looked like thin white plastic tape, which he used to tape the cuffs of the socks against me arms, before moving down the line.
“Now listen carefully girls,” Mister Craig said as he put my hands together behind my back, palm to palm, and started to tie them together with soft white rope, “Mister Brown and I are going to secure all six of you, and leave you sitting on the bench with the door open. When we leave, you are free to go and explore the other rooms, and in each room is one of the ladies. You need to see if you can recognise them, and say hello to them, in turn.”
He tugged the rope between my wrists, making it feel wonderfully safe, and then fixed them behind my back by passing a length of rope around them and my waist, cinching it between my hands and back. I then felt a length of rope around my arm, over the sock and below my elbow.
“He’s doing his special tummy tie on you,” Cassie said as she looked at me, and I felt the rope going round my arms and tummy, fixing them in place before he tied it off and turned me round.
“Sit down,” he said as Mister Brown came and knelt in front of me, a length of rope in his hand. “Cassie’s dad has taught me a few tricks,” he said as he put my ankles together and passed the rope round them, pulling them tightly together. It looked like had learned a few things, as he passed the rope round and between my ankles before tying it off, and then passing another length around my legs below my knees.
One by one Mister Craig bound the arms of all six of us, moving down the line and making us sit down as Mister Brown lashed our ankles and legs together, the legs below and above our knees. As I watched, I tried twisting round but I was delighted to find I could not move very much at all.
“Feels nice, doesn’t it,” Cassie said as she twisted round next to me. “This is a bit like how those men made us the night before the end of last term - I wonder if we’re going to get the same sort of gag.”
“Not quite, poppet,” Mister Craig said as he came back to me, “but something similar.” He held a handkerchief, a large one, in front of my mouth and popped it in as I opened as wide as I could, before he pulled the knot he had tied a length of white towelling into my mouth as well, wrapping the ends round my hair and tying it off at the back.
As he moved to Cassie, Mister Brown brought over a large brown shawl, which he had folded into a thick band with the triangle pointing down at the front. He pulled that over my mouth, the cotton pulling against my cheeks and against my lips as he passed the ends round each over at the back of my neck and knotted them together. He then did something surprising - bring the ends back round my neck and tying them against the top of my chest. He then took a length of string and tied one end round the knot, before pulling it down and tying the other end round my rope belt.
He repeated this on each of us, Cassie raising an eyebrow and mumbling “sssddndndndsnddffrrtnnt” as her uncle did the same thing to her with a red shawl. Jenny got a black one, Alicia a grey one, Heidi a white one and Natalie a green one.
“There are five rooms,” Mister Craig said as he and Mister Brown left us sitting on the bench, “Have fun exploring. We’ll find you at about eleven for a break.” They left us to look at each other, wondering who was going to make the first move.
I thought it would be Cassie, and I think Cassie thought it was going to be me- we tend to be the ones who move about most. So when Alicia pushed herself up and onto her feet, and started hopping to the door, it took the rest of us a moment to realise what was happening. We quickly followed her, going into the corridor and hopping to the first door along. Alicia was already there, staring wide eyed inside as we caught up.
“Cmmmnnnnnn,” I said as I nudged her and she hopped in, followed by the rest of us. Sitting on the floor in the lotus position was a dark haired girl, I would say about sixteen, looking at us over a white tape gag. It took me a few minutes to realise who it was, and even then it took Alicia saying “Njla?” with her eyebrows raised to confirm it.
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### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by Tom Ford » Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:49 am

Well, well, well, it seems the day’s gonna start with our heroines doing some exploring! Looks like the adults appreciate their mobility even while tied up and gagged, shown most dramatically to the others in Surprise Visitor, and also in previous stories. Anyway, I hope that during this exploration, they get to go up and down stairs! Cassie and Suzie enjoys doing that, and I’m sure the other four girls appreciate the challenge. I wouldn’t put it pass them to hide somewhere at eleven o’clock to make sure that the adults to have a devil of a time looking them!
So it’s as I suspect! It was Heidi and Natalie’s Moms! I bet they thought that their Heidi would be spared the ropes once in vacation in England, so they must have been surprised by the news that Heidi brought! And it was a joyous reunion! Not only of the Strongs, but Alicia and her sister Angela, if I interpreted Alicia’s “Njla” correctly.
Speaking of Angela, I think one of the rooms would be April. Heidi would have difficulty guessing the identity of some of them, I reckon, as she only knew some of them once or twice, like April. But Natalie would be left out! She won’t be able to have the surprise and expressions of recognition that the English girls would have, and she would just follow the five go and look what to her were total strangers, unless her Mom or Heidi’s mom were there too.
So this was a retreat! Well, the advantage of this, like Holderness manor, was that they could play outside too without any one snooping around! Maybe they could explore the ground too tied up if they have enough time. It’s summer anyway and there’s lots of time.
Well, that’s a unique gag, the large shawl! I’m sure they can’t push it out. It was stated that it was tied on their chest, that it was not mentioned that it was knotted at the back of the neck. Only “passed round each over at the back” of the neck. If it wasn’t knotted, only tightened, somewhere along the line, it would loosen and just fall off their faces, and with only the towelling cleave gag holding the wad in their mouths and we know how effective that kind of gag was in Surprise Visitor.
How about a “guess what she’s saying while gagged” game? Where the gagged girls would say something, and the adults would try to interpret it, and the girls would nod or shake their heads to say if it was correct? Or one of the adults would write something that a gagged girl would read, and another adult would guess what she read. That way, they could really gauge the effectiveness of the gags, because if they could understand most of it, then it’s not that effective.

### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by KP Presents » Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:59 am

> Tom Ford wrote:Well, well, well, it seems the day’s gonna start with our heroines doing some exploring! Looks like the adults appreciate their mobility even while tied up and gagged, shown most dramatically to the others in Surprise Visitor, and also in previous stories. Anyway, I hope that during this exploration, they get to go up and down stairs! Cassie and Suzie enjoys doing that, and I’m sure the other four girls appreciate the challenge. I wouldn’t put it pass them to hide somewhere at eleven o’clock to make sure that the adults to have a devil of a time looking them!

Could be...

> Tom Ford wrote:Heidi would have difficulty guessing the identity of some of them, I reckon, as she only knew some of them once or twice, like April. But Natalie would be left out! She won’t be able to have the surprise and expressions of recognition that the English girls would have, and she would just follow the five go and look what to her were total strangers, unless her Mom or Heidi’s mom were there too.

This has been taken into account.

> Tom Ford wrote:Well, that’s a unique gag, the large shawl! I’m sure they can’t push it out. It was stated that it was tied on their chest, that it was not mentioned that it was knotted at the back of the neck. Only “passed round each over at the back” of the neck. If it wasn’t knotted, only tightened, somewhere along the line, it would loosen and just fall off their faces, and with only the towelling cleave gag holding the wad in their mouths and we know how effective that kind of gag was in Surprise Visitor.

I made a boo-boo there - one of three I've corrected, but there are probably others.
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### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by John Kennon Smith » Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:11 am

Great update!

### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by Tom Ford » Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:42 am

By the way, I hope you don't mind, but...
And, at this point in the last three or four stories, we already know the title of the next story. Do you already have a title for the next story after this tale? If so, could you share it with us?
At eleven was a break. How long would this break last? Maybe only a bathroom break where they'd be tied up immediately after they left the bathroom? Or for only a change in clothes? I mean, with lunch so close at that time, they would be untied anyway for a long time, probably thirty minutes before they would be retied.

### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by KP Presents » Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:49 am

> Tom Ford wrote:By the way, I hope you don't mind, but...
> And, at this point in the last three or four stories, we already know the title of the next story. Do you already have a title for the next story after this tale? If so, could you share it with us?

An Education: The New Teacher

> Tom Ford wrote:At eleven was a break. How long would this break last? Maybe only a bathroom break where they'd be tied up immediately after they left the bathroom? Or for only a change in clothes? I mean, with lunch so close at that time, they would be untied anyway for a long time, probably thirty minutes before they would be retied.

That depends on how quickly they get rounded up...
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### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by Tom Ford » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:01 am

> KP Presents wrote:
> An Education: The New Teacher

Thanks.
I suspect that title would have two meanings: the fact that its back to school for the kids, and maybe it would have something to do with someone teaching new tie up tricks. Or something like that.
Well, that's the only thing that I could guess from the title. We'll just have to see. It would happen on the first week of school, right?
Anyway, do you already have a narrator for that story?

### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by KP Presents » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:04 am

> Tom Ford wrote:

> > KP Presents wrote:
> > An Education: The New Teacher

> Thanks.
> I suspect that title would have two meanings: the fact that its back to school for the kids, and maybe it would have something to do with someone teaching new tie up tricks. Or something like that.
> Well, that's the only thing that I could guess from the title. We'll just have to see. It would happen on the first week of school, right?
> Anyway, do you already have a narrator for that story?

Yes, Yes I do...
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### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by William F Somebody » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:52 am

This story gives new meaning to the expression, “Children should be seen and not heard!”
I can only admire how they organized all of it! Good thing that Sir Desmond made available his retreat for this one. I would have thought that Holderness Manor would be appropriate, but I guess that won’t give the girls a sense of being kidnapped, if only pretend, for the girls if they are hauled to a familiar place. And the way they made it such an event! The only thing missing is a formal invitation complete with a program of events! Hm, maybe there is already such a thing, with only the organizers knowing what events would transpire?
Well, yesterday, we have counted nineteen people. Let me make a list of it all so I can keep track of it. The names are from Suzie's perspective, of course!
The kids - English
1. Suzanne “Suzie” Holderness
2. Cassandra “Cassie” Craig
3. Jennifer “Jenny” Craig
4. Alicia Bowden
The kids – American
5. Heidi Strong
6. Natalie Jenkins
The parents
7. Mr Craig (John Craig) – Cassie and Jenny’s Dad
8. Mrs Craig (Jennifer Craig) – Cassie and Jenny’s Mom
9. Miss Cabot (Veronica Cabot) -Natalie’s biological Mom
10. Mrs Strong (Amy Strong) – Heidi’s Mom
11. Uncle Simon Bowden – Alicia’s father
The Grandparents
12. Grandma (Lady Lucinda Holderness) – Suzie paternal and Alicia’s maternal grandmother
13. Granny Craig (Miranda Craig) – Mother of John Craig, Cassandra Craig, and Connie Brown
14. Grandpa (Sir Desmond Holderness, Eight Baronet) - Suzie paternal and Alicia’s maternal grandfather
Others
15. Mr. Bridges (George Bridges – Sir Desmond’s hired help
16. Mrs. Bridges (Kate Bridges) – Wife of Mr Bridges, housekeeper to Sir Desmond’s estate
17. Mrs Brown (Connie Brown or Aunt Connie) – John Craig’s youngest sister, aunt to Jenny and Cassie
18. Mr Brown (Dave Brown) – Connie’s new husband
19. Miss Craig (Captain Cassandra Craig, or Aunt Cassie) – John Craig younger and Connie’s older sister.
That is only for yesterday. We may have also:
20. Angela Bowden – Alicia’s big sister
21. April – Cassie and Jenny’s babysitter (I wonder what her family name is?)
22. Aunt Anne Bowden – Alicia’s mother and daughter of Sir Desmond (she would make an appearance, right?)
23. Dad (Alexander Holderness) – Suzie’s father and the heir to the baronetcy
24. Mom (Susan Holderness) - Suzie's Mom and the next Lady Holderness
Plus more that may be revealed.
Is there anyone I got wrong, or forgot?
So the adults would dictate the choice of clothing for the rest of the day. Even if they are given a choice later on, the fact that adults were the one to select the clothes to bring here meant that they would choose among the clothes the adults brought with them. I hope later on that the girls would wear more ladylike clothes at least after lunch. Maybe the clothes would progress from very casual in the morning, like the PE clothes they have in the morning, then it would progress to casual, then informal, then formal, then evening “white tie” clothes in the evening! It would be a very formal BBQ! Of course, the ropes and gags should always be strict and tight! Maybe their hair could be fixed and make up applied, while they are already tied up!
Already looking forward to the next part, KP!
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### Re: An Education: Last Day of Summer

Post by KP Presents » Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:04 am

> William F Somebody wrote:And the way they made it such an event! The only thing missing is a formal invitation complete with a program of events! Hm, maybe there is already such a thing, with only the organizers knowing what events would transpire?

You may well think that, but I couldn't possibly comment...

> William F Somebody wrote:Well, yesterday, we have counted nineteen people. Let me make a list of it all so I can keep track of it. The names are from Suzie's perspective, of course!
> The kids - English
> 1. Suzanne “Suzie” Holderness
> 2. Cassandra “Cassie” Craig
> 3. Jennifer “Jenny” Craig
> 4. Alicia Bowden
> The kids – American
> 5. Heidi Strong
> 6. Natalie Jenkins
> The parents
> 7. Mr Craig (John Craig) – Cassie and Jenny’s Dad
> 8. Mrs Craig (Jennifer Craig) – Cassie and Jenny’s Mom
> 9. Miss Cabot (Veronica Cabot) -Natalie’s biological Mom
> 10. Mrs Strong (Amy Strong) – Heidi’s Mom
> 11. Uncle Simon Bowden – Alicia’s father
> The Grandparents
> 12. Grandma (Lady Lucinda Holderness) – Suzie's paternal and Alicia’s maternal grandmother
> 13. Granny Craig (Miranda Craig) – Mother of John Craig, Cassandra Craig, and Connie Brown
> 14. Grandpa (Sir Desmond Holderness, Eight Baronet) - Suzie's paternal and Alicia’s maternal grandfather
> Others
> 15. Mr. Bridges (Hm, wonder what’s his first name) – Sir Desmond’s hired help
> 16. Mrs. Bridges (First name unrevealed) – Wife of Mr Bridges, housekeeper to Sir Desmond’s estate
> 17. Mrs Brown (Connie Brown or Aunt Connie) – John Craig’s youngest sister, aunt to Jenny and Cassie
> 18. Mr Brown (Dave Brown) – Connie’s new husband
> 19. Miss Craig (Captain Cassandra Craig, or Aunt Cassie) – John Craig's younger and Connie’s older sister.
> That is only for yesterday. We may have also:
> 20. Angela Bowden – Alicia’s big sister
> 21. April – Cassie and Jenny’s babysitter (I wonder what her family name is?)
> 22. Aunt Anne Bowden – Alicia’s mother and daughter of Sir Desmond (she would make an appearance, right?)
> 23. Dad (Alexander Holderness) – Suzie’s father and the heir to the baronetcy (this, I’m not sure. Will he appear?)
> Plus more that may be revealed.
> Is there anyone I got wrong, or forgot?

So far so good. Some of the questions you raise may be answered later...

> William F Somebody wrote:So the adults would dictate the choice of clothing for the rest of the day. Even if they are given a choice later on, the fact that adults were the one to select the clothes to bring here meant that they would choose among the clothes the adults brought with them. I hope later on that the girls would wear more ladylike clothes at least after lunch. Maybe the clothes would progress from very casual in the morning, like the PE clothes they have in the morning, then it would progress to casual, then informal, then formal, then evening “white tie” clothes in the evening! It would be a very formal BBQ! Of course, the ropes and gags should always be strict and tight! Maybe their hair could be fixed and make up applied, while they are already tied up!

Loath as I am to give away what's coming, it may be worth bearing mind that garden parties can also involve - entertainment...
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