## An Education - Lisa's Surprise

Post by KP Presents » Fri Sep 11, 2015 4:12 am

Well, I have to admit – it had to have been one of the quietest summers I had ever known, and now it was nearly at an end.
We went away as a family for a week to France, which gave us all the chance to kick back and relax, as well as for Charlie to practice the French he had been trying to learn. The cottage Mum and Dad had found was nice, the sun shone, and a great time was had by all – but I missed my friends as well.
Charlie and I had also spent a week at Eric’s farm, as the guests of his parents, while Mum and Dad had a few days away themselves. Louise and Fiona came over as well while we were there with Frank, as did Mary Holmes – must have been something there that attracted all of them...
Ah who am I kidding – it was great to have the time with Eric, and we went for a few walks together in the woods round the house.
Where were the rest of the gang? They were invited down to the house of a friend of Suzie’s grandfather. And thereby, as I learned over the course of the holiday, hung a tale...
This house – actually a great big Tudor house – was the main setting for a new film that had been released called The Awakening, and it was set in Victorian England – lots of costumes and dances and so on. Mum’s really into that sort of thing, so I knew she wanted to see it, but – pay attention, this could get complicated.
Markson Manor, as the house was called, was the family home of an old friend of Lord Holderness, Suzie’s grandfather. His son was the director, and apparently his daughter was an adviser on the costumes or something. Anyway, Lord Holderness was one of the backers of the film, and in return Alicia and Angela were offered a small part in the film. So they spent some time down there in the late spring and early summer.
Still with me? Good – because as a way of saying thank you, they were invited to spend the weekend at Markson Manor, so they went down with Jenny and Cassie, Patty and Rachel, and Suzie.
Now, I know what you’re thinking – all of them gathered in one place, and a big country house at that? What could possibly go wrong?
It’s okay – I’ll wait while you get the laughs out...
So, there they all were, with Viscount Markson and his daughter – and an armed gang breaks in and holds them and the daughter hostage for the weekend while her father is made to withdraw money from various places.
Yup, you guessed it – somehow, they ended up with Jay Edwards and his friends looking after them, so they spent the entire weekend tightly bound and gagged. Some people got all the luck...
And even more – they were wearing costumes from the film at the time?
I know it sounds ridiculous, but they had all the fun – and I got even more jealous when they came home, and I got to see one or two things.
The first of which was the film itself – once the news broke of the break-in, a lot of people wanted to see the film, so a few days later Mum and Dad took me and a very reluctant Charlie to see it in our local multiplex.
It actually was a really good film – well made, and a decent story, but the costumes... I found myself wondering what it would be like to wear those clothes, and I even felt a little jealous of both Alicia and Angela when I saw them there, much larger than life on the screen. They were very much in the background, but there they were, at a garden party, and a grand ball, as well as elsewhere. It gave me goosebumbs to see their names in the credits as well.
The next day I went across the road to see Cassie and Jenny, and they told me everything that had happened that weekend – wearing those gorgeous clothes, and how it felt to be tied up while wearing them. I found myself wondering what it would be like to be wearing those clothes, how I would feel...
I talked to Mum about it that night as well, and she told me about the times she had to wear similar costumes, when she was a student. She mentioned something called a corset, but just said it was the way they looked so slim.
Like I said, the movie proved very popular – I saw some of the critic’s reviews in the paper. So when I heard that Viscount Markson was planning to come and visit Lord Holderness, I wondered if he was going to get his money back.
I also heard that Angela and Alicia were going to be going to the States for a week, to visit her cousin over there. I’d met Sarah and her husband, as well as their children, and liked them – Mum and Dad are two of their godparents, and we went to the States last year to attend the Christening and on a holiday.
That’s also where we met some of Alicia’s American friends – especially Heidi Strong and Cindy Elsworth. I got on well with both of them – especially as we have a mutual love of tie-up games. In fact, I knew they and some of their other friends had been, like me and Charlie, through some very scary situations, and that Sarah had helped them to get over those times.
Ach – I promised myself I’d not go back there again. Where was I?
Oh yeah – costumes and vacations. A couple of days before they went off, Angela called round to see Mum – she had been given a brochure of the costumes used in the film, with colour pictures, and Mum wanted to have a look at them.
I sat and looked through them as well, looking at the pictures and one in particular that caught my eye.
It was a pink dress, with buttons up the front, and long sleeves that flowed out with white cuffs on the wrists. There was a white lace collar, and the skirt of the dress reached almost to the floor. One of the nicest things about it was the pink bows that were on each sleeve, and around the skirt of the dress, as well as the way it seemed to just hang on the woman, with her thin waist.
“Do you like this one, Lisa,” Angela said to me, and I just nodded silently as she looked at me. I was too busy imagining myself in it, walking round a garden party and drinking tea from delicate bone china...
That had been a week ago, and I knew they were due back tomorrow morning, as I sat in the front room, watching an athletics meeting on the television. I was wearing a blue t-shirt and denim shorts over black leggings, and black trainers with black socks. I’d got into watching this sort of thing, and given Eric had called to say he was going somewhere with his family, it was one way of passing the day. Charlie had already gone off somewhere, and Dad was at work.
“Hey,” Mum said as she looked in the door, “I need you to head down to the shops and pick up some milk.”
“Okay Mum,” I said as I looked out of the window. The sun was shining down, so I took the money Mum was holding and set off without my coat.
It really was a warm day, and I wasn’t paying much attention as I walked down the road, passing the entrance to the path to the Cottrell farm as a grey van pulled up by the side of the road.
So when I walked past, and two pairs of arms reached out and pulled me inside the van, I barely got time to catch my breath before I saw the man, wearing a boiler suit and a balaclava covering his head as he looked at me.
I barely had time to register as my hands were pulled behind my back, and heard the sound of duct tape coming away from a roll as my hands were made into fists and covered in sticky tape. As I felt cotton pulled up my arm, and then rope around my covered wrists, the man kneeling in front of me produced a folded cloth from a bag and held it in front of my hand.
“I really hope this is a game,” I said quietly before I opened my mouth, and allowed him to push the cloth in as the rope was pulled between my arms, and then my ankles were put together and tied. While this took place, the man took a knotted strip of cloth and used it as a cleave gag on me, before he produced a roll of white tape and wrapped it round my head.
“Swwhthsgnnn,” I mumbled, only to have my world plunged into darkness as a black cloth was tied over my eyes, and I felt the van move off.
As I felt the van bump over the road, I hoped Mum knew what was going on – and then realised she must have. After all, we had gone shopping that morning, and like a complete idiot I realised we had picked up milk then...
So this was a game of some sort – which left the question of who had invited me to play in a way I could not refuse. The only question really was, who else and where?
The van stopping was my clue we had arrived, as I felt the ropes going round my upper body, sitting around my waist, stomach, as well as below and above my chest, each band cinched between my arms and body as it was tied. I felt something else however – the gag tightening, as something else was placed on top of the band of tape, something in addition to the cloth which I felt as it was tied at the back of my neck.
My ankles were untied and I was helped to stand up, as I stepped out of the van and onto gravel, then stone and wood, before I was helped to walk down some stairs. As I reached the bottom, I could hear some other soft mumbles.
The blindfold was removed from my eyes, and I blinked and looked round as I recognised the cellar at Holderness Manor. The two men helped me to sit on a folding bed, as I watched them bind my ankles and legs with more rope.
Suzie was on the bed next to mine, wearing a pair of bib shorts over a striped t-shirt, long socks and trainers, just as tightly bound and gagged as I was, with a red scarf tied over her mouth. Next to her was Patty, looking at me as her glasses sat over the black scarf, and then Rachel. Both girls were wearing short sleeved blouses and skirts, and seemed to be totally at ease.
Further over were Louise and Fiona, Louise in a blue cornflower print dress, and Fiona in a white sundress, both also tightly bound and gagged.
“Sgldlducldmktt,” Suzie said as I was helped to lie down on the bed, and a rope tied from my ankles to the foot, before the two men left. There were two more empty cot beds, and I figured I could guess who was going to be occupying them before too much longer.
Sure enough, a little while later we heard footsteps on the stairs, and the equally tightly bound and gagged Cassie and Jenny came down. Jenny was wearing a v-necked sweater and jeans, with black ankle boots, while Cassie had on a black polo shirt and shorts.
“Hgrrtthgnngslhhrrr,” she said as she was helped to sit on the camp bed, both of them watching as their ankles and legs were secured, and then tied to the foot of the bed.
“Enjoy the afternoon,” one of them said, and my eyebrows shot up as I recognised Charlie’s voice, before we went out.
“Keeethn,” Patty said as she looked up, “whsnntstnggg?”
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Post by John Kennon Smith » Fri Sep 11, 2015 7:31 am

What fun!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Fri Sep 11, 2015 7:37 am

Great start!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Fri Sep 11, 2015 7:42 am

So that's Lisa's surprise!

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Post by Imp Caesar Augustus » Sat Sep 12, 2015 9:18 pm

And so it begins. Lisa and the other girls get into trouble at once!

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Post by Tom Ford » Sat Sep 12, 2015 9:38 pm

So what is going on in the intro to the new story? Of course, this much is obvious. The boys kidnapped the girls in a manner similar to that of "Coming Together" presumably for the purpose of welcoming the returning Alicia and Angela from their trip across the pond.
I do wonder how Lisa will spend her time just lying on the bed, doing nothing, and being able to do nothing, since bound and gagged as she was, she could not escape at all, nor could she spend the time talking, since she was too tightly gagged with the addition of the duct tape (not that she knows it was duct tape, as cloth covers the duct tape of other girls). Lisa would wonder what exactly was happening, and the other girls would not be able to tell her, since they won't be understood even if they tried.
Would she spend most of her time sitting or lying down? I would say sit, since she doesn't want to lie down on her own arms and hands if she could help it.
How about they would "talk" and Lisa would try to figure out what the others were saying? For example, Cassie would try to explain their adventures of "Coming Together" while gagged, but Lisa would interpret her grunts and think she was telling a story about Jay Edwards, while Fiona would think Cassie is telling a story about their date with Bobby, and Louise about more tales in Markson Manor. Lisa in her mind would imagine that Cassie is talking about Jay, and the other girls would think she was talking about other things.
Then Lisa would ask more questions about Jay Edwards, and Cassie would be interpreting her grunts as questions about Coming Together, and answer accordingly. Lisa would think that Cassie was replying on her questions about Jay Edwards.
So when their gag was released, Lisa would ask about what did Cassie say about Jay again while gagged, and Cassie would reply that she thought they were about Coming Together, Fiona about Bobby, and Louise about Markson Manor, and all would laugh as the "gag talk" and extra gag really made spoken communication difficult if not impossible!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Sun Sep 13, 2015 6:01 am

Great chapter!!

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Post by Eddie » Sun Sep 13, 2015 7:28 am

Great Story!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Sun Sep 13, 2015 7:40 am

Great update!!

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Post by William F Somebody » Sun Sep 13, 2015 10:55 am

Thanks for this tale, KP!
Seems to me that the fun has already began! Like what was said earlier, this is really like Coming Together, which would explain how the others are so calm. Lisa should be too, since she was part of that adventure. But Louise and Fiona did not, so they might need to have some explaining done to them. Still, I think they would know that the mere fact that they were in the cellar would indicate that it was a game, way before Charlie spoke.
Lisa would probably think another party is happening after this.
Looking forward to the next update, so they can explain it to Louise and Fiona, who I assume would the most surprised among them all! Would the captivity extend to the time of arrival of Alicia and Angela? Let's see.

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Sun Sep 13, 2015 10:58 am

Please please update really really soon!!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Sun Sep 13, 2015 11:00 am

Hope you update soon!!

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Post by KP Presents » Mon Sep 14, 2015 3:08 am

“Keeethn,” Patty said as she looked up, “whsnntstnggg?”
“Dnttsksmmm,” Cassie said as she wriggled on the bed, “smmnngrbddssthm. Fmllrttthh.”
“Ntjeedwrdsggnn?”
“Nfmmllssfng,” Cassie said as she looked at me. “Ntthfrsttmtshpndd.”
“”Whstgnnthtnn,” Louise said as she and Fiona tried to sit up – only to fall onto their backs again. The room laughed as Jenny said “Llrrttclmdnnnwww.”
“Shwhddugtthrr?”
“Tknnfrddd – uuu?”
“Nkshn.”
That’s the problem with gag talk, you see – it really is incredibly difficult to understand, and for some reason, with this gag tighter than usual, that was even more the case.
As they tried talking to each other, I sat myself up and looked round, trying to figure out what was going on here. The last time this stunt was pulled was the Christmas before last, when we were all brought here for a party – only that time, they kinda sorta forgot to tell our parents they were doing it. That got Bobby, Colin and Martin – the boyfriends of Cassie, Jenny and Alicia – into a little bit of hot water, especially with Colin’s Dad – Detective Superintendant Barry Hampton, of Holderness CID.
However – given the fact I knew Mum had sent me out for no reason, I was fairly certain this as a game – which was more than Louise and Fiona did as Rachel and Patty sat up and tried to explain what was going on.
I looked over at Jenny, who was shaking her head and giggling into her gag, while Suzie and Cassie looked at each other.
Eventually, after a while, we heard the door to the cellar open, and the men who had brought me in walked down – along with a few friends, in a variety of heights, but all wearing boiler suits and black balaclavas.
“Ekkeke, spprrtmmm,” Suzie said as she watched one of them set down a tray. Going by sizes, I guessed we had Bobby, Colin, Martin, the Cottrell boys, and Charlie – so I really hope Tommy was there for Suzie’s sake. Each of them was carrying a bed tray, with a domed dish and a glass of juice on it, as they set them to the side of the room, and then stood by our beds, helping us to sit up as they slowly untied our upper bodies.
“Do not touch the gags,” I heard Bobby say, “Only remove them when we tell you to.”
“Wthshttymhmngnfths,” I mumbled as my captor released my arms.
“Do as we say, and everybody gets to go home afterwards,” he said, me smiling as I recognised Eric’s voice. So we all sat nice and compliant, as our hands were uncovered and we all rubbed our wrists.
“All right,” Bobby said as the tray was placed over our laps, “you may remove the gags.”
I reached behind my head and untied the scarf, and then looked at the others, as I saw the silver band over the white.
“Dcttpp? Uusdddcttpfrwhtttpp?”
Cassie and Patty nodded as we unwound the silver band, and then the white band, before the soaking wet cleave gag and cloth came out of our mouths. The masked captors gathered up the material, and then left us to look at each other.
“Okay,” Louise said as she looked at Cassie, “what in the name of all that is good and nice is going on here? Fiona and I went to see the Cottrell boys today, but we didn’t get as far as the drive to the farmhouse before we were pulled into a van, trussed up and brought here!”
“Oh yeah – you hadn’t found out about our games back then,” Cassie said with a smile as she sipped her drink, “I think we’re been invited to a party.”
“A party,” Fiona said, “that’s one heck of a way to send out invitations! I take it they’ve pulled this off before – and who did it anyway?”
“At a guess? My darling brother and his friends for starters,” Suzie said as she lifted the dome off, and cut into her fish. “I was planning to have a nice quiet day in the treehouse, with a few books and some snacks, but as soon as I went into the larger of the rooms I was grabbed from behind, blindfolded, and then felt someone covering my hands. You can guess the rest – ropes, gags, journey, and hey presto I find myself in here with Louise and Fiona.”
“You sound as if this is an everyday occurrence,” Louise said as she picked up a chip.
“Sometimes I think it is around here,” Jenny said as she took a drink. “I’ve lost count of the times I’ve been surprised at home with someone covering my mouth.”
“For good or bad reasons,” I asked as I tried to put some peas on my fork.
“Both,” Jenny said as she shook her head. “Take today – I was finishing off some pre-work for history, when I had a cloth clamped over my nose and mouth, and a very, VERY familiar voice told me to breathe deep, and let the chloroform do its work.”
“They pulled the pretend you’re been put to sleep trick? I really hope that familiar voice was someone you trusted.”
“Implicitly,” Jenny said with a smile, “so I pretended to fall asleep, let him tie me up and gag me, and carry me to a van. I could hear Cassie there as well?”
“I got the classic ‘hands behind your back and do as I tell you’ line – although he did make me gag myself first before he tied me up.
“Which was nice.”
I shook my head as I saw the smile on Cassie’s face, so I told them how I was taken off the street.
“What about you two,” I said as I looked at Patty and Rachel.
“Well,” Rachel said with a giggle, “we were playing at my house. Mum had allowed us to tie her to a chair, with some rope under her tummy and her ankles tied to the crossbar. She was then watching as I tied Patty up – lightly, it has to be said. Mum’s still a little tender about these things.”
I looked at Patty as she nodded, and said “So there I was on the couch, Mrs Rigg in the chair, with a scarf tied between her lips, and Rachel had just tied a cleave gag into my mouth, when this masked guy walks in and grabs her – and then a second one comes in and helps to tie her up, gag her, and then blindfold both of us.”
“Now I think of it,” Rachel said, “Mum was laughing all the way through it. I should have known it was a setup then...”
“So this is all a big game?” Fiona laughed and said “all right – I guess I can get with that, so what happens next.”
“One of two possibilities,” I said. “Possibility one – we get untied, told to put on party clothes, and get taken to a party upstairs.”
“And possibility two?”
“We get untied, told to wash and change into night clothes – and tomorrow is a really interesting day.”
“Right now,” Cassie said, “let’s enjoy supper – and then we can see what happens next...”
Once we had all finished, the boys came back and took our trays away, the boys came back and untied our legs one by one, as we were taken to the bathroom. I was third, as I saw Cassie and Suzie come back wearing long white nightgowns.
“Go in,” Eric said to me as he opened the door, “and prepare yourself for bed. You’ll find your nightdress on the stool in there.”
Going in, I saw a towel, soap, and our toothbrushes and toothpaste. There was also a folded white gown, which I glanced at before I stripped off and cleaned myself up.
Once I was washed and cleaned my teeth, I put my dirty clothes into a wash basket, and then put on the gown. It was really old fashioned, reaching the floor and covering my arms, with a lace collar and gathered cuffs.
As I walked back in, I saw that Cassie and Suzie were both in the process of being secured, as one of the boys handed me two sponges, and held up a roll of silver tape.
So – holding sponges in fists, taped over fists, socks over hands and socks taped to arms? Check.
Ropes holding my wrists crossed and together behind my back, and then rope around my waist, holding them in place? Check.
Bands of rope around my stomach, and above and below my chest, the latter annoying and confusing the hell out of me as they ribbed on me, particularly after he cinched them under my arms? Check.
Cloth in mouth, knotted strip of towelling, white tape round mouth, silver tape over white tape, and folded white cloth over all of that? Check.
Helped to sit down on bed, watching as ankles are secured? Check.
Band of rope around the skirt of my night gown, below and above my knees, holding the skirt of the night dress against my legs? Well, that was new, but it was that or he lifted the skirt up, so I lived with that.
Secured to the bed as I tried to get comfortable for the night, and watch all the others end up the same way as me? Check – but what was interesting to me was that the others all seemed to accept the long night dresses – even Louise and Fiona, although I guessed they had been told something.
Anyway, we were all on the beds, the lights turned off, as we slowly drifted off to sleep...
When I woke up the next morning, I rolled over and looked round, surprised to see that Cassie and Jenny had already gone, and the other girls were still sleeping. I looked to the stairs as one of the boys came down, and stood next to me, his finger to his lips.
“Sit up,” he said quietly, “I’m going to untie your legs, and then you need to come with me.”
I nodded as he untied me from the bed, and then removed the ropes from my legs, before he walked me up the stairs. I could see it was still fairly dark outside as we walked up the staircase and to one of the toilets.
“Now then,” he said as he started to unite my arms, “I will untie you, and uncover your hands, and then leave you. You may then remove your gag, and shower. Once you are finished, put on what you find and come out.”
I nodded as I shook my arms, and then went into the room. Removing my gag, I took off the nightgown and then stepped under the shower, letting the hot water wash over me as I cleaned myself up.
When I stepped out, my clothes and the gag had gone, and there was a bathrobe waiting for me. I put it on, the water dripping from my hair, and went out of the room to see my captor waiting for me, yawning before he saw me standing there.
“Sorry,” he said as he saw me, and I realised it was Bobby, “come with me please.” He walked me to one of the bedrooms, and then showed me in. Lying on the bed was a towel, and what looked like a short white nightdress.
And that was it – nothing else, so I dried my hair with the towel, as well as the rest of myself, and then looked for my bra and panties. They weren’t there, so I took off the robe and pulled the gown over my head, looking at myself as it covered me to my knees.
“Okay,” I said quietly, “what’s going to happen next?”
“Good morning.”
I slowly turned round at the familiar voice, my jaw dropping...
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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 14, 2015 5:39 am

Nice!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 14, 2015 6:51 am

Now the real fun begins!

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Post by Tom Ford » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:02 am

And so the new day dawns… who and what did Lisa see? I presume that Cassie and Jenny had already seen whatever it was Lisa saw.
But first, I’d like to say that the day before was quite an experience, especially for Louise and Fiona, who never had been kidnapped like that before. Though it must have been boring at times, when they can do nothing but wait. Still, they can reflect, they can imagine, they can savor the ropes, especially that one on the chest…
It was so sweet of some of the boys to take less… violent ways of kidnapping the girls. Colin and Bobby in getting Jenny and Cassie was particularly sweet and trusting, but the one where they joined in tying Rachel’s Mum is the best!
And now, the girls, including Lisa, will see what’s really going on. Did Lisa see one of the girls coming back to England from New England?

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Post by Tom Ford » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:04 am

A tiny quibble, KP.

> KP Presents wrote: Going by sizes, I guessed we had Bobby, Colin, Martin, the Cottrell boys, and Charlie – so I really hope Tommy was there for Suzie’s sake.

Tommy should be Brian Hampton since that is Suzie's boyfriend. Or alternately, Suzie's sake should be Patty's sake.

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:34 am

Great chapter!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:31 am

great update

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Post by Imp Caesar Augustus » Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:36 am

Ah, so Lisa, I suppose will dress up, since all the clues lead up to that possibility.

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:38 am

Please please update really really soon!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 14, 2015 4:25 pm

Hope you update soon!!

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Post by William F Somebody » Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:36 am

And so the day, and Lisa's first surprise, ends, and another begins. What will be Lisa's new surprise?
It was really nice for some of the boys to be more gentle in their kidnapping. Their method serves the same purpose, and makes it less violent and less likely that there would be someone hurt, and more importantly, shows the trust that the girls would give to their kidnappers.
And so we get to Lisa without any underwear save her white nightgown. What is next?

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Post by KP Presents » Wed Sep 16, 2015 1:06 am

“It’s called a chemise,” one of the two women standing there said, and I realised it was Angela speaking, but she certainly did not look like Angela. And I wasn’t just talking about the fact both of them were wearing balaclavas so that only their eyes and mouths could be seen.
It was the clothes they were wearing. Angela was wearing a light blue Victorian style dress, with darker trim. The top of the dress was cut to look like a jacket, with buttons down the front and an open collar t show what looked like a white blouse, and white cuffs that came to the white gloves she was wearing. The skirt flowed out from her waist – her impossibly slim waist – and covered her feet. Finally, she had over the balaclava a bonnet, tied under her chin with a ribbon the same colour as the trim on her dress. It looked vaguely familiar, as if I had seen her in it somewhere before.
The other girl was as tall as Angela, and was wearing another Victorian dress, this one with an olive green blouse effect on top, and a tartan checked skirt with a lace like trim a few inches from the hem and a black fabric round her slim waist. She was also wearing cream gloves, and a brown bonnet with a lace trim, tied under her chin with a cream ribbon.
Something Cassie had told me about when they were held hostage at Markham Manor came to mind – that the women, Mrs McPhee, had dressed as a governess, complete with the balaclava, to play along, and I realised what was really going on here.
The two masked women put some piles of clothing on the bed, and then looked at me. Angela smiled as the second girl said in a West Country accent “the next thing you need to put on is these.”
She handed me what looked like a pair of white capri pants, that looked as if they would come half way down my calves, but when I looked closely I noticed there was a small problem with the par between my legs.
“What the... Are you serious?”
“Oh yes,” Angela said with a smile.
“But... I haven’t put on my underwear yet, and this...”
“Trust us,” the other girl said as she smiled, “you will understand why you need to wear this later. For now, let us help you to put them on.”
Well, it took several attempts – my foot kept going in the wrong hole – but with Angela’s help, I finally got them on, feeling very strange as a breeze blew there and the chemise was tucked in.
“Now then,” the second girl said, “you can put on these stockings and shoes.”
Well, that was easier, as I put on the white knee length stockings and put on the lace up ankle boots. “Why am I putting these on now,” I said as I stood up, feeling very strange already.”
“Now that,” Angela said as she picked up something that looked like a white sheet, with bars in it and laces, “is a very good question. We’re going to put this on next.”
The other girl walked behind me and passed it round me, Angela fastening it in front of me. She looked at me, and smiled, as she said “ready?”
“Ready for WHAAAAAOOOAAA,” I said as I felt the laces behind me been pulled tight, and I literally could not breath for a moment. This new garment was pulled round my stomach and waist, making it very difficult for me to catch my breath.
“Look at me Lisa.”
I looked in to Angela’s eyes as she said “slow, deep breaths, use your chest rather than your stomach. In... Out... In... Out...”
As I copied her, I realised my chest was moving up and down much more, and the faster I breathed the faster it went, but eventually I got the idea. When I had, I realised it actually wasn’t that bad – until I tried to bend down, and realised I couldn’t!”
“And that,” the other girl said, “is why you had to put the stockings and shoes on first. Ready to continue?”
“Sure – but what comes... I had to ask didn’t I?”
The girl was holding up what looked like a series of steel hoops, with leather straps running down to hold them together, and a strap round the waist. As she held it, it was flat, but then she placed it on the floor.
“This,” she said, “is a cage crinoline. You see the way our skirts flow out from our waists? Well, this is what helps us to do that.”
I looked at Angela, who lifted the skirt of her dress up to show me the cage underneath.
“It looks heavy?”
“Actually, it’s very light – the hoops are light spring steel, and the leather is strong and thin. Truthfully, this is lighter and far more comfortable then wearing five or six petticoats to get the same effect.”
“And how on earth do we get through narrow doors?”
“It’s flexible – you can gather in the cage and skirts to get through doors and narrow spaces, and it will snap back into shape afterwards. So, if you would stand in the centre of the cage?”
Nodding, I stepped in and waited as Angela pulled the cage up, the hoops falling as she tied the band round my waist. The other girl had been right – it did feel surprisingly light.
“One word of caution – you need to be careful when sitting, because you cannot lean forward, and if you sit too quickly or in the wrong way your skirts will fly up. So, all those lessons you learned on grace or deportment come into play for this time.”
I nodded – but I couldn’t resist the idea of jumping up and down, watching the hoops move and swing like a bell as I did so.
“Now,” Angela said as she picked up what looked like a white linen skirt, “the first petticoat. We put two on, to hide the shape of the cage when the dress goes on, and also to give the shape we need.”
As I put them on, I looked down at my white body, and then gasped as I looked at the dress Angela was holding up.
“But... But that’s the dress from the catalogue!”
“Yes, it is,” Angela said, “and you are going to wear it today.”
I was stunned, but as she lifted it over my head, and I put my arms through the sleeves, it felt so soft and wonderful. The other girl watched as Angela buttoned up the front, and then said “have a look at yourself in the mirror.”
As I looked on, I looked wonderful, the dress fitting me like a glove.
Which was what Angela handed me next – a pair of soft pink kid leather gloves, which I put on as she tied a pink bonnet to my hair by securing the ribbons under my chin.
“Now then,” Angela said, “my friend and I need to see to the others, so I want you to make your way downstairs for breakfast.”
“Thank you,” I said, giving a little curtsey before I left the room and walked slowly along the corridor. As I got to the top of the stairs, I lifted my skirts slightly and walked carefully down, breathing slowly as I reached the bottom.
“Good Morning, Miss Lisa.”
I smiled as I turned and saw Mrs Bridges there, wearing a long sleeved black dress and a white apron.
“Breakfast is currently been served in the dining room. If you would make your way through?”
“Thank you,” I said as I walked down the corridor, past the portraits, and then slowly opened the door.
“Hey Lisa – sleep well.”
“I did thanks,” I said as I looked at Cassie. She was wearing a blue dress with a checked pattern and dark trim, the top like Angela’s and with a white collar and cuffs. She also had on white gloves, and a large bonnet with black ribbons tied under her chin.
She and Jenny were standing by what looked like a buffet, her older sister wearing a long blue dress with a black trim on the top half, and again white collar, cuffs and gloves. She had a small cap perched on her head, and both of them were moving as if nothing unusual was going on.
“You get used to it,” Jenny said as she looked at me, “just remember what Angela told you. At least these fit better than the ones at Markson Manor.”
“That’s easy for you to say,” I heard someone else say in a North American accent, and I turned to see a blonde haired girl sat at the table, wearing a light grey dress with purple cuffs and a purple underskirt at the bottom o f her dress. Her bonnet also had purple ribbons which hung down the front of her dress to her waist, and then more ribbons from her waist to the hem.
“You remember Heidi, don’t you Lisa?”
“Of course I do – and Cindy as well.”
“Hey Lisa,” the dark haired girl next to Heidi said from her seat. She was wearing a peach silk dress, buttoned up the front, and a peach hat with feathers on her head.
“What are you two doing here?”
“Well, right now, getting used to having to breathe a different way in these things and having breakfast,” Heidi said with a smile. “Grab some and come on over.”
I helped myself to some food, and then walked over with Jenny and Cassie, watching them move as if they were wearing jeans and t-shirts, before they sat themselves down on the seats. I took my time, making sure my skirts did not gather or flip up as I sat down, but I also soon discovered with the corset on there was no way I could slouch.
“Deportment and manners,” I said to myself as I straightened my back, sat back and began to eat.
“That’s the secret,” Jenny said with a smile, “with these on, you have to be a real lady.”
“Can I ask a question? Your dresses...”
“Yeah,” Cindy said, “we’re all apparently wearing dresses we picked out of the catalogue Angela showed us. She brought a copy over to the US for us to look at.”
“Oh wow,” I said quietly as I ate some ham, “so this is all because of what happened at Markson Manor?”
“Partly, I think,” Cassie said, “although I’d love to find out how they got these dresses up here.”
“Angela must have known for sometime this was going to happen,” Heidi said as she picked up a glass of orange juice and sipped from it.
“And yet she didn’t say a word during the entire trip – neither did Alicia.”
“Hey Nats,” Jenny said as she looked to the door, “I like that one.”
“It does suit me doesn’t it,” Natalie said as she came in. She was wearing a reddish brown dress with a light tartan print, and a peach bonnet with silk ribbons tied under her chin.
“How does it feel?”
“Not as bad as I thought it would,” Natalie said as she went to the buffet table, “although I did have to persuade her to do my own thing with it.”
“Oh lord,” Cassie said, “you’re not...”
“I am,” Natalie said as she raised her skirts, to reveal her bare feet and the bottoms of her pants.
“Lord help you if we go outside today,” Heidi said with a grin.
“Oh come on – it’s not the first time I’ll have walked to the lake and back barefoot. Now this does smell good...”
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### Re: An Education - Lisa's Surprise

Post by KP Presents » Wed Sep 16, 2015 1:14 am

Okay, you can guess what's coming...
First, for those who did not read The Mystery of Markham Manor, some illustraions of how Lisa dressed...
Undergarments
The corset
The cage and petticoats
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### Re: An Education - Lisa's Surprise

Post by KP Presents » Wed Sep 16, 2015 1:17 am

And then - the girls!
Angela
The Mystery Girl
Lisa
Cassie
Jenny
Heidi (L) and Cindy (R)
Natalie
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### Re: An Education - Lisa's Surprise

Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Sep 16, 2015 6:16 am

Nice!!

### Re: An Education - Lisa's Surprise

Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Sep 16, 2015 6:21 am

What beautiful clothes!

### Re: An Education - Lisa's Surprise

Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:07 am

Great chapter!!

### Re: An Education - Lisa's Surprise

Post by Tom Ford » Wed Sep 16, 2015 10:07 am

What wonderful developments! Though not surprising, since there are enough clues, like Lisa looking at the catalogue, and Gerri visiting.
And so Lisa is introduced to Victorian dresses with complete undergarments! What nice reactions to the open drawers, the cage, and of course, the corset! It would be nice to see how they will spend the day.
The real surprise is seeing Heidi, Natalie, and Cindy. Looks like they went across the ocean with the Bowden girls, and got roped in. I assume that Angela knew in advance that they would go to the UK, otherwise, she wouldn’t have planned to have them participate in the activity.
But it was probably a big surprise to them! They only vaguely have learned about Markson Manor, and they also watched the movie, but I would bet that never in a million years would they have guessed that they would have worn Victorian outfits the day they arrived, or the day, but the first full day in England would be in costume.
Can’t wait to see when they attempt to run or jump!
When dressing Cassie and the ones who’ve gone to England, I assume that the girls dressed themselves, and the teenagers merely helped them wear the corset.
All in all, a nice update.