## Karate

Post by Paulscot » Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:25 am

On an unusually mild Friday evening in February, Gemscot, Paulscot and several of their friends were laughing and talking as they left their weekly Karate class and walked towards the cafeteria in their local sports centre. Although some had changed, most were still wearing their white karate suits with various coloured belts and trainers.
In the cafeteria, they bought their drinks and gathered round one of the large tables, dropping their bags on the floor around them and hanging their jackets or coats over the backs of the chairs. The conversations and laughter continued.
â€œIâ€™m nay the wuss you are!â€ Paulscot teased his sister, sat immediately to his right, as he put his empty glass on the table.
â€œOh, really?â€ Gemscot replied, sparing a discreet wink to Katescot, sat to Paulâ€™s left.
Katescot is Paulâ€™s tall, slender and very pretty girlfriend, with long curly dark brown hair tied back in a pony tail.
Gemscot removed her black belt as she and Katescot put their hands on Paulscotâ€™s shoulders and forced him facedown onto the table.
â€œHey!â€ Paul laughed.
Using a figure of eight, Gemscot tied Paulâ€™s arms very tightly behind his back with her belt. Their friends laughed and teased Paulscot as they did so.
â€œHeâ€™s never escaped from anything Iâ€™ve tied him up with!â€ Gemscot laughed, admiring her brother.
Gemscot and Katescot left Paulscot tied up and the conversations and laughter resumed.
â€œReady?â€ Gemscot asked, about half an hour later.
â€œArenâ€™t you going to untie him?â€ Jason asked.
â€œNot a chance!â€ Katescot laughed, putting her blue and white Adidas tracksuit jacket on over her karate suit and leaving the zip unfastened.
Gemscot lifted Paulâ€™s blue and white leather motorcycle jacket off the chair and hung it carefully and neatly over his shoulders, leaving the zip unfastened.
The gang made their way out of the sports centre and walked to their respective homes, saying their â€œgood nightsâ€ as they did so, as though it was perfectly normal for one of their number to be tied up with his sisterâ€™s karate belt.
The walk home took about twenty minutes. Although some people spared them amused glances, no comment was ever offered at the sight of three youngsters walking home in karate suits with one having his hands tied behind his back with his sisterâ€™s karate belt.
Gemscot opened the front door, and lead Katescot and Paulscot into their affluent middle-class Edinburgh home. The house was deserted. Their parents were both on the night shift, and their younger brother was staying with his grandmother as he always did at weekends. Katescot was sleeping over.
â€œStill no escaped, bro?â€ Gemscot teased, as Katescot lifted Paulâ€™s jacket off his shoulders and laid it neatly over the back of the sofa.
â€œCan we nay leave him tied up all night?â€ Katescot laughed teasingly at her boyfriend.
â€œVery tempting!â€ Gemscot laughed.
The girls teased Paulscot a bit more and then Gemscot finally untied her brother. Paulscotâ€™s wrists had been tied very tightly behind his back for nearly ninety minutes and his hands were numb. Paulscot rubbed the circulation back into his hands.
The trio changed into their pyjamas and had supper. Then they said prayers and went to bed.

### Re: Karate

Post by xtc » Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:21 am

I like the way you use certain words (e.g. "spared" . . . glances) and I like the unapologetic use of Lallans (or whatever it's called these days) dialect.
Careful punctuation is also a blessing in assisting this reader's understanding of the narrative.
One quibble (Isn't there always), if I may: the use of the site names grates a bit. In my opinion it would be better to use "normal" names just as you probably would at home. Please accept this quibble as a token of respect for a good, well told story that could, for me, be just that bit more credible.
Wassail!
Xtc
Boxer shorts are cool,
but little speedos rule!
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### Re: Karate

Post by Paulscot » Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:29 pm

Hi Xtc!
Thank you for your posting and your kind comments.
I was unsure whether I should use sitenames or real names - this is my first posting. Gemma (Gemscot) says its fine to use her real name in our stories so I will be using proper names in future - please excuse me this time.
Best wishes
Paul