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The Reception Game
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A rather roguish Game of Dare played and pickpocketed out at a fancy dress wedding reception
Cadence Abbot,Craig Abbot,Ginny B. and Brian Mc
Mystery Chicanery thief jewel tomfoolery prank pickpocket romance trick shenanigans
The Reception Game
Chapter 1
A forethought
“The wedding was a bit over the top. The bride wanted her girl’s dresses to be something they would wear out again. A nice thought, but the gowns she found were a little too long for anything but formal evening wear, according to our girls who were asked to be part of the bridal party. The maid of honour wore a red silk version; the six Bridesmaids wore theirs in black satin.” Each of the girls had also been presented with a matching collection of Swarovski rhinestones “traditional classic darlings”! The jewellery, when added to the girl’s ensemble, further enhanced the red carpet like the atmosphere of the Bridal party coterie’!
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Intro of the story proper:
“A few years ago, “Ginny” was watching some type of show when I heard her squeal out. Our Golden Retriever ‘Sam’ meandered back in to see what all the fuss was about? I obediently followed. Ginny pointed out to us a model who was wearing, rather fetchingly I might add, a long black satin gown. That’s m’ gown Ginny exclaimed, you remember, the one I wore at “Sheila’s” wedding, the one where my necklace was sn…., But at that point her attention was diverted back to her program. Squirrel I teased as Sam and I watched with her.
It was a gown strikingly very similar in colour, cut, and material to the one worn by Ginny ( and me sister) at a chums wedding years before ( and winningly worn several times hence I might add). It is a pretty thing to behold my charming Ginny sporting it, and in its time, it has born witness to a few goings-on that most ladies wearing a gown like that would never encounter…….”
Chapter 2
Story Proper begins
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This story is true and is really pretty much told as it happened.
What we did may sound daft, but read and understand the circumstances, plus realize we all were pretty well lit up with the drink.
I will plead guilty at having enhanced certain aspects of the story.
For indeed, the truth can be stranger than fiction… and coincidences occur, both sweet and bitter….. as I’m sure someone once said.
So here goes it….
My twin sister and our friend “Ginny” were invited to join a school chums bridal party. The groom didn’t have enough to go around so my sister’s boyfriend “Brian” and I was pressed, not unwillingly, into service.
As I stated earlier, the wedding and reception were both over the top posh. So much so that our opinions, and subsequent escapades, were still coming up amongst us as a topic of conversation at our local haunt The ‘Poet and the Peasant Pub’, kept by Brian’s Auntie and Uncle...
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The Wedding proper was held at the local Cathedral. A rather decadent place built with a hearty clash of gothic/ medieval styles; with black stone towers, Lancet arches, and fly away buttresses.
Inside one finds white marble columns, oak pews blackened with age, intricate woodwork and ghostly while statues. All lit with hanging diamond shaped antique glass lights and colourful lead glass stained windows depicting a horde of medieval era religious scenes.
I twas a fine backdrop for the rather glamorously attired guests in attendance. The wedding ceremony itself would have been an interesting tale in and of itself, but that telling will await another day, for mine has its’ beginnings at the Reception.
The Reception was held in the basement, a grand place with an opulent ballroom, well-stocked bar room and elegant dining area. The subterranean basement was decorated richly along the same grand lines as the interior of the ancient Cathedral above.
We were some time at the reception when my Ginny , who had been held up on her way back from the loo by a snobbish dowager feeling the need to criticise someone, regained her seat by plopping down with a loud woosh.
That was a chore, being picked apart by that “lovely !” creature. she exclaimed cynically, whilst adjusting her loose brooch. We all just smirked. I had received the same treatment from the lecturing prig earlier that evening.
Well, to be honest, my twin sister and Brian just actually were smirking at that. I believe my attention at the time was rather more occupied on the area where Ginny’s Brooch lay, which was the proper cause of my smirk! (naughty me)
Finished, Ginny than leaned against my sister, and, still reeling from being inappropriately chided, made a snide comment about the flimsy clasps on the shimmering jewelry they were wearing. My Sister, touching her necklace, told her, “ no worries, luv, no one would nick them anyways, they are only rhinestones”. Except my ring isn’t, said Ginny looking down at the ruby ring she was wearing on her pinky. My sister, thinking a minute, retorted “Then one never knows… “, It looked like she was going to add something to that, but at that point the band restarted, and we joined the swarm of fancy dress gowns, silky dresses, suits and tuxes worn by the chic guests as they herded to the dance floor.
As we headed off, I was still perplexed about what had been going on in Sis’s head that made her come out with that reply, and I swear she had stolen a look at me while saying it. But as I had watched her pull at an earring to emphasize how loose the sparkling jewel was, a seed was planted in my head about a subject I myself had always found rather intriguing, pickpocketing jewelry!
Chapter 3
Chicanery
Much later that evening, found Brian, my sister, and I alone, and probably more than a little drunk (always a precarious time with us). As Sis and Brain chatted on about a topic I had soon lost interest in, I started to watch Ginny, who had been asked to dance by some twit with shifty eyes in a red silk shirt, (open collared), who had rudely cut in on us. As I watched Ginny’s swishing gown liquidly move and flutter about in quite an interesting exhibition, I found meself mesmerized by the beckoning manner in which her healthy display of rhinestones were tantalizingly sparkling about( as they had been all evening). I looked back at my sister, and her own show of jewelry, also sparkling up nicely against the smooth black satin backdrop of her own matching gown...
Still not being able to shake me twin’s earlier comment about nicking jewels, nor its answer, out of my head, I waited for a lull in conversation to finally chance asking my twin about her comments.
She looked at me, having to think back a bit about the question, ( As I said, we were more drunk than sober by then), placing a nicely ringed finger to her lips, while regrouping her thoughts. Got it, she exclaimed! Proudly remembering what had triggered her memory, and with that, she started to explain.
When she was a tyke of about 7, there was a show that she had seen on the tele that centered on this group of people trying to reform a thief. Believing that he had turned a new leaf, they threw a fancy dress dance for him in honour of his new ways. During the dance, he cut in and danced with each of the three ladies who had been trying to teach him the errors of his ways. From one he slipped off her long diamond earrings, from a second her diamond necklace was lifted away, but me sister was unsure what the scoundrel took from the third. Sis had reckoned that the earrings and necklaces that she and Ginny were wearing that evening, looked a lot like the ones worn by ( and nicked from) the ladies on that show.
Now, as me twin described the thief’s antics, certain emotions awakened, rearing their tantalizing heads; my mind began wandering in some deep waters, pulled bout by some deep personal emotions. Cause I had been sitting on the couch with her when as quite young children, we had seen a repeat of that episode.
As it happened my sister had been outside earlier playing dress up in one of mum’s old party frocks and was still wearing it, along with a set of costume pearls. Suddenly, that day, I wanted nothing more in the world than to lift the pearls she was wearing. I simmered over it for the rest of the program, getting to the point of actually laying my arm on the back of the couch, inching my fingers towards the clasp of her pearls laying there upon the back of her throat. But then the show ended, and I got no closer to stealing anything more than a touch of a quite soft old evening gown. After the show ended, I warily suggested we go back outside and play Robin Hood (my sister has always been into his story).
We did, and as Sir Robin led her to his hideout, conveniently located through a thicket of Hawthorne’s, the pretty Maid Marion’s pearls mysteriously melted away.
That is when I had I had my epiphany, hitting me like a brick wall! Waiting till sis finished her story, I pointed out to Ginny, and asked the pair, If Ginny had been the third lady he had danced with, what jewels do you think he would have found easiest to lift from her while dancing?
Chapter 4
A Devious Dare
Brian, always the more pragmatic of the group, snorted, that rot only happens in stories and movies mate!
I said I would bet it can be done!
This quid says I can lift a piece of Ginny’s jewelry with her never noticing. Sis chimed in, you wouldn’t dare, but she was looking at me like she knew the answer already. Brian caught her tone, and took me up on it, betting me the quid that I couldn’t get away with lifting her necklace,( I liked his choice, it had been a necklace that “Sir Robin” had first lifted from me sisters neck that day in the woods long past).
At this time the music ended, and Ginny swished back to rejoin us. As we played mute about our plans, we welcomed the damsel back and acted like there had been nothing in the world goin on amongst us while she was out dancing.
We drank and talked for a bit more, and I was all but certain that Brian and my sister had all but forgotten the wager.
But I hadn’t, nor had I been able to keep my eyes from studying the glittery rhinestones Ginny had draped around her pretty throat. When a slow song started up, I rose and asked Ginny to a dance. I caught Brian’s eyes, and read the dare reflecting in them, so we were still on with the wager.
Leading Ginny to the dance floor, we embraced, and danced to the pretty song beginning to play, it twas a slow romantic one ( lady in red If I recall correctly). Ginny was absolute pure heaven in my arms, and I found me self so entrapped by her charms, that all ambitions to be a thief and make an attempt upon her lovely rhinestone necklace fell to the wayside.
As the song was ending, I caught a look from Brian across the dance floor, noticing that he smugly was looked at Ginny’s throat. I did not want to lose me quid on principle (I swear), so as the dance ended I held onto Ginny, waiting. Soon a second song started, disappointedly a more fast-paced one with a Latin beat. I spun Ginny around onto the floor before she had time to catch a breath, we danced, like the song which played says:
And we… danced like a wave on the ocean, romanced
We were liars in love and we danced
Swept away for a moment by chance
And we danced, danced, danced
And dance we did, hot, furious and fast. A couple of times I spun Ginny around, and the poor girl already a bit tipsy, fell against me, giggling. About the third time I spun her, she stopped, and dropped backside into me and began to do this sort of gyrating move, slithering up and down my front side, with her hands held high above her head, her longish ginger hair had fallen over one shoulder, exposing her necklace in all its fine brilliance. As her warm, sweaty figure slipped up and down against mine, I watched the back of her throat, eyeing the necklace as it sparkled opulently in the dim lights. I started Studying, intently, the sparkly chain with its simple hook in eye clasp.
She brought her hands down behind me back, crossing them behind me waist. My right hand went to the front of her waist, holding onto her squirming, satin slippery sweating figure, pressing her warm body tightly against me.
My left hand went up to her shoulder, gliding along with the glossy slick fabric of her black satin gown until I reached her necklace. It only took seconds for my fingers to lift up, and slip off the hook from its” eye”, letting the shimmering chain slither down the front side of Ginny’s satin clad breasts. My right hand left her waist, and traveled nimbly, tingling, all the way up the front until my fingers grasped the dangling chain. My left hand let go, and the necklace whisked down the front of her perking bosom, tightly covered by the glossy black satin bridesmaid gown. The whole bit of thievery took me only a few chords of the music, but it seemed to be carried out in slow motion in the process.
We finished out the song, me basking in the fact that my gyrating partner was innocently unaware that her shiny necklace had been pinched, and was now residing in her dance partner's vest pocket!
I will admit feeling a twinge of regret that it no longer could be seen glittering from around its’ mistress’s now bare throat.
Chapter 5
The Race to be unnoticed
We made our way back to the others, Brian had a smug look on his bearded face, I knew he was up to something. As I sat down, he whispered double it or nothing mate, that she notices it’s missing before we leave. I nodded, taking him up on it.
So, the game was still on, and for the last two hours that we stayed at the reception poor Ginny became the unknowing centre of our somewhat devious game1
Brain, eagerly waiting for Ginny to notice her missing necklace, tried, for the most part, to remain mute. I sweated it a bit, but his saboteur’s tactics failed.
I’ll admit I hadn’t thought it out before agreeing, but what probably should have been a suckers bet, with a million ways for Ginny to notice her necklace was playing hooky, apparently was going with the long odds for me to win.
I sweated it a bit, but no-one else amongst the crowd pointed out, or even seemed to care that Ginny was no longer wearing her necklace! Even the bloke in the open-collared re shirt, who managed to steal Ginny away for another dance, failed to say anything. Which made me a mite curious as to where his attention span had been focused.
Even when me sister tried to help Brian out by playing with her own jeweled necklace while she held Ginny’s attention during the conversation, and then again in the ladies' powder room flashing her necklace in the mirror, she failed to cause a reaction!
Through all this, the poor creature never quite caught on that her necklace had been lifted from her throat! Unscrupulously nicked away on a whimsical bet while innocently dancing!
And continued danced with me she did, all of us thoroughly enjoying the rest of the evening’s attractions, along with the bit of fun we were having at poor Ginny’s expense.! But I made damn sure that our poor victim had the time of her life for my repentance.
Then during our last slow dance, I did start to harbour the prickling thought of trying for another of Ginny’s baubles. But the thought of winning 2 quid from Brian, who in his time has won a bit more from me than I from him, kept my thoughts of further thievery in check! I knew my spirit was weakening. Fortunately, we left soon afterwards….
Chapter 6
Innocents Abroad
We finally left the reception after midnight and made our way along the ten city blocks back to the hotel where Ginny and my twin sister shared a joining room with Brian and meself.
Ginny walked calmly with us, unaware of the picaresque devils that were us, keeping pace beside her. As were making our way through a short cut in a wooded Provincial park, we stopped in a small isolated glen and circled around Ginny. Sis was grinning as she asked poor unawares Ginny; So luv, whatever did happen to your necklace? Gin’s reaction was absolutely, rewardingly priceless.
Ginny, a relatively innocent soul, who is prone to believing most anything told to her, started, and her hand went to her throat, feeling about fruitlessly, as her rustling glossy gown and remaining jewels glistened darkly sparkling in the full moons’ light.
“M’ necklace, why it’s gone? , where did it go! she pleaded helplessly, her thought patterns and speech a little slurred by her rather intoxicated condition. We then got into it, playing dumb along with her, and tried to figure out the “mystery” I said the last time I saw it was when that seedy bloke cut in, and I ran my hand up her back, feeling the shivers going down her spine, did the blighter touch you like that, then luv. No she said, then thought hard, no she repeated, he couldn’t have, he was a proper gentleman, and it was only rhinestone like your sister said.
I don’t know said Brian, never trust any gent who doesn’t wear a tie to fancy dress! He had to ‘ave been up to no good, that one!
My sister then commented that the bloke may " have not noticed no difference", and she held out her own necklace, I’m glad he didn’t ask me to dance.
No, Ginny shook her head, her long earrings flickering a frenzied fire out from her let down ginger hair, no one could have lifted them like that, I’d have felt it….I’m sure of that…!
She looked desperately around at us, then seeing the look on upon our faces, Ginny froze with the realization that we had all been up to something, and, then a smile of relief showed up on her pretty face, as I held up her necklace, sparkling in front of her eyes. A sly look of understanding that we had been up to something crept into those dazzling green eyes, as she told us now to spill it out.
We explained the whole tale as Sis helped Ginny place her necklace back on. Ginny, with her usual good humor, said she had never noticed a thing, and it probably was a good thing we weren’t real thieves because if her necklace had been diamonds, it would have been worth a small fortune. And shame on us for having her believe it was that poor blighter in the red shirt.
We wouldn’t’ make very good thieves I agreed we drink too much. She just smiled, a curious-looking gleam creeping up into those witchy green eyes of hers. Let’s get going before we meet a real thief then, urged my sister, all this talk about someone thinking our jewels are real is giving me the right chills.
Our drunken little group then merrily, if not a little more guardedly, made our way home...
Chapter 7
Farewell My Lovely
This next bit is my favorite.
We rode the elevator up to the boy’s room, as the girls called our room, where we drank beer, danced to music and talked on a bit about the reception. The girls stayed in dress and I happily soaked up the rather pretty picture the pair of admirably attractive girls presented with their long sheets of straight hair now just hanging down, their “diamonds” sparkling and all other assorted frills enticing.
About two hours later found Brian and myself sitting on the couch in kind of a hazy stupor while holding onto our beers. Ginny and my sister were standing directly in front of us, holding beers of their own and giggling over some girlish nonsense, the hypnotic swaying of their longish glossy black satin gowns slowly putting me to sleep.
Brain, draining his beer, got up to get another, bumping against my sister and playfully grabbed a handful. My sister started giggling at him as he sauntered off grinning, turning her figure so the brooch at the centre of her gowns’ waistline almost whacked me on the nose. Half asleep I reached over and gingerly lifted it up.
Looking up at the girls I saw that neither was paying no never mind towards me. Ginny, however, laid a hand on my twin's shoulder, drawing her close so she could whisper some girlish secret about Brian. I continued on and was able to undo the brooch and slip it carefully off without notice. I slipped her jewel into my pocket; waiting until I could think, now that I did the deed, just how I would tease her about it.
Brian stopped on the way back and reset the music, a slow song came up. Sis went to him, and the pair started dancing. I rose and took Ginny by the hand, followed suit, leading her to the bit of a dance floor we had cleared. She was again, pure heaven in my arms and my hands slipped liberally up and down her smooth, slinky gowned figure.
Ginny smiled! I knew that smile and realized that something was going on behind her pretty green eyes.
She flicked back her sheet of ginger hair and leaned against me. I saw you, she huskily whispered, her voice putting a tickle in my ear. Saw me I asked, not getting it. I saw you lift that dame’s diamond brooch, Ginny said in a sultry voice as she looked over towards where my sister was dancing, (no, she was actually swooning), in Brian’s arms.
Now mate, you see that one over there, in the black dancing with the bearded gent? I looked over, as she continues, look at ‘er necklace, I have a fancy for diamonds, and if you don’t want me to call security, I suggest you get hers for me, darling, she said with conspiracy-like tones, acting like she was some old-time actress in a movie. I loved the devilishness of Ginny’s role play idea and it did not take much to toss me, whole heart and soul, into the assignment!.
Chapter 8
To Please a Dame
Now wide awake, I got fully into Ginny’s game. As we continued dancing, my eyes watched Brian and me sister, taking careful inventory of all the “dames” sparkling jewelry. Sis turned, and caught my eyes looking her over, she blushed, and not knowing what was really going through my mind, smiled at me. As I smiled back, my eyes drinking her fetchingly attired figure up!
I was imagining that all of her ample collection of rhinestones so prettily positioned on her figure, were real diamonds. And that I was an actual thief plotting to nick her lovely sparklers. I looked into Ginny’s eyes. You have a deal miss, I whispered, making my voice deep and throaty, as I imagined meself as some, albeit drunk, Humphrey Bogart type character in some grittily shadowy film noir style black and white movie.
The song ended and a second, even slower one began playing. Brian and my sister were still locked into each other’s arms, but I felt that the time to make my move was now. Throwing Ginny a wink, I went over and cut in, Brian looked drunkenly at me like “whattsup chap,” but Ginny was right behind and swirled him conveniently away before he could properly react.
And as I took the pretty, wide-eyed with innocence looking “dame” into my arms I found it exciting that she was oblivious to my nefarious intentions. Naïvely unaware, that in indifference to her own words earlier, someone did now want to nick the jewelry which was quite so merrily dangling from her svelte figure. Now, don’t forget at this point to me she was no longer my sister, but a sweet innocent victim weighted down with desirable loot. And I? I was nothing more than a suave thief deliciously hungering after her bright baubles, albeit, a slightly inebriated suave thief!
I bided my time, appearing to look into my twins/victims half-opened eyes ( she was really quite lit by this time, as we all were), my mind was working overtime on how the best approach to reach my objective. Then it came to me, quite clearly, and so Bob became my uncle, and I began his suggested approach…. And if I would have dared say so at the time, I executed my bit of jewel thievery like a pro…. That is if there are actually pros at this sort of thing1?
Employing the same method that I remembered the thief using in the Gilligan’s Island episode to remove his dance partners necklace, I began to compliment my twin on how devastating her and Ginny looked both looked that evening (no lies), slowly moving my one hand up the slick material of the gown covering her back as I whispered my praise. Easily I reached the dangling part of her hook and eye necklace with its’ glittering rows of “diamonds”. She ate it up, blushing and closing her eyes, naively cooperating by tilting her head down, exposing even more of the back of her throat, and laying bare the chain of her “diamond” necklace. As she fawned over my words of (not false) praise, I subtly lifted up the chain of her necklace, whilst my free hand held her ever so her tightly around the waist. For the second time that evening, I could feel the heat emanating from my victim's squirming figure. As well as again feeling me own heart pounding a storm.
I gently used my free left hands’ fingers to unhooked the clasp, and let the necklace fall over her one shoulder. Sis never felt it hanging, or noticed it as I peeled it off her chest (whisking along her gown smooth as silk) and pulled it over her gown’s satin shoulder till it slipped sparkling down behind her. I held it hanging loose behind her back for a few turns, still pouring out the compliments, until I pocketed it, letting it join her purloined brooch.
Meanwhile, Brian had left Ginny to go to the loo, and I saw Ginny, who had been eagerly watching all of it, give me a wink. Then she turned and stole out the apartment door, her longish slinking gown slipping through behind her as she closed the door. I made ready to make some excuse to break away from my sister and head after her with my loot.
But just as I opened my mouth to make that excuse, Sis pulled her arms behind me head, and laid her own head back on my shoulder and closed her tired eyes, getting into the music’s deep beat. One of her longish rhinestone earrings just hung there sparkling, mocking me to touch it, and like Ginger's diamonds, I saw them as quite ripe for the picking.
With the prize within my grasp, I momentarily forgot about the departing Ginny, and I made my move. I found meself trembling a bit, as I reached up and placed my hands gently alongside her ear, her eyes still shut, my victim smiled prettily. The rest of the maneuver was surprisingly easy, as I glided my fingers down and slipped it off the earring in one effortless motion. The sparkling beauty came away from her sweaty ear as smoothly as an ice cube moves along a steaming hot grill ( I actually did have a thought like that).
I held it in one fist for a bit, watching my victim, she had not felt so much as a tickle on her earlobe, as I had removed her earring. Relishing in my success, I looked at it dangling and shimmering in my hand behind her back. Then, as I secured her diamonds away, I thought about trying for the other. But thought better of it, knowing Ginny was just waiting on the other side of the door.
I finished out the dance, taking my sister's hand with its dazzling bracelet and rings, and admired them while I kissed it, the “Dames” Bracelet tantalizing slipped down along her wrist and brushed against me knuckles. At that moment, we both heard the toilet flushing, and my twin looked over her shoulder laughing. As she did do, I saw an opportunity opening up and taking her dangling diamonded bracelet in me fingers, tugged it down ever so discreetly. Surprisingly the clasp popped opened ( right about being flimsy luv, I silently agreed with my twin’s earlier statement)!
I daringly pulled it free from around her wrist and slipped it in me pocket just as she turned back around to face her dance partner. I could see in her eyes that she had not felt nor noticed anything out of place.
“I’d better be off after Ginny”
I said, clearing my throat, and then, with no fanfare, let go of her hand. It dropped to her side, rings flashing, purloined bracelet gone from where it had, with cheeky regally, had been holding shimmering court all evening.
“Nice doing business with you!”
I said, bemused as I watched the puzzlement creep into her half-awake eyes while I backed away from her towards the door.
And that chaps, is how I left her. With my grainy black and white movie still playing out in my mind.
She just was standing there puzzled, a wealthy lady in fancy dress, unknowingly watching the dashing stranger leave, along with the “fortune” in her jewels she had foolishly been wearing in a dive like this!
. She innocently watched me as I left the room with her “diamonds” in my scoundrel’s possession!
Chapter 9
A Quite Curious Encounter
Ginny came swishing into view from around the corner as I shut the door with a subtle click.
I smiled fully as she came up to me and started to say something to her, eager to caw about my evil deviousness.
She smiled and place a finger to my lips. Her hazel green eyes smirked as she said “Not yet lad, let’s take a walk away from here, what needs to be done next is best done in secret.”
“You mean the jewels “ I started to ask but she shushed me.
“That and ... other things laddie she said with a sly look in her eyes!
So we took the stairs down and made our way out into the unusually light foggy evening!
For the world was now ours, as we made our journey together, hand in hand.
We ended up making a very long stroll in the Provincial Park, and reentering the same isolated, secret glen we had been in earlier.
It was not until then that We proceeded to continue acting out the role-playing game we had started at the apartment.
Ginny went to the middle of the clearing to wait, pretending she was smoking, like a moll from a gangster movie.
I circled and watched her sparkling figure, black shiny gown and glittery diamonds, moving without purpose in the shadow of the glen.
And as I did, my thoughts wandered a bit, and I remember reflecting ( not for the first time) how in the older black n whites, the heroine, or villainous, is always wearing gowns, elegant long gloves, and jeweled to the sparkling hilt.
Then she walks alone to and then waits in some dark alley or other desolate spots for her contact, or hero to show up, much like Ginny was acting out now.
So how is it that those fancy dressed and well jeweled unescorted dames, always manage to get to those spots and can wait around in them alone, in those movies, and nary ever meet a ruffian who strips them of those pricy looking sparklers they are flaunting about?
Just saying!
After murmuring a brief prayer that my thoughts were not about to be tempting fate of that type to occur to us now that I had been thinking it, I came out of the shadows and approached Ginny/femme Fatales.
Keeping my left hand in my pocket like I was carrying a heater.
“Hey sister, I said, been waiting long?”
“No, she whispered, did you get the goods.”
“Hot as ice I said proudly.” producing the necklace I had liberated from the dancing “dame” and dangled it hypnotically in front of her eyes.
As I showed Ginny my take from “the dame”, she squealing over the fact I was able to acquire the “Broads” necklace of dripping “ice”.
Playing a thief’s role, I kept mum about Acquiring the Dames earring, no honour amongst thieves I thought mischievously.
Which in the game we were playing, proved to be the right move.
As Ginny admired the necklace we both laughed over what the “dames” reaction would be when the jewels were discovered missing.
Then suddenly my cohort got a serious look in her eyes!
Then she, putting her hand inside the skirt of her gown, raised it and stuck it into my side like a pistol.
“Now lad, the Dames fancy broach, and I won’t yell bloody murder
for the Bobbies now, will I!”
I sighed dramatically while I reached into my pocket and handed the sparkler over. She looked at it delighted, then stowed it
“So luv, do I make a proper Femme Fatale or not ?”
“Not bad my luv, but not evil enough, should ave riffled me pickets!” I said, pulling out the glistening “diamond” earring.
“Really !” She’s shrieked, checking her ears as If I was holding her on of her own!
Realizing she still had em, she smirked
“Took those off her to? Just like a man to always take a lady for all’s she’s worth!”
“Well, with double-crossing Dames like you around, a poor pickpocket has to make his living somehow!
Besides, I left her an earring and her rings! Didn’t I now, luv?!
“Are you sure you didn’t take them also you weasel and are holding out more on me lad!” Ginny teased as she tried to put a hand in my tux jacket pockets
I grabbed her and we began to struggle as I tried to grasp onto her slippery figure laughingly.
As we snickered, Ginny caught my eyes and then we got off on a tangent about jewel thieves, then jewel thieves in love, and ended up re-enacting the “lure” scene from the movie ‘To Catch a Thief” ending up producing fireworks of our own making, as “the femme fatale “ Ginny lost all her jewels as well as her perceived “innocence”...
“kiss me you fool!” Cut, roll the credits...
Later, and a wee bit disheveled, the two of us then made our way back home, as the cock crows, receiving a few odd looks from the occasional early morning lorry drivers.
The End
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I didn't make this cake. It was for my grandson. A vanilla with strawberry filling made by my daughter-in-law for her son.
I was tagged by Stellas Dolls, Kathi (Frau_E.) and Oronis. Thank you, ladies! :-)
Spring is finally here! The snow is melting, the temperature is rising, and the sun is finally coming out to shine!
Game Goal: Catch your doll in some direct sun rays, soaking up the rays while wearing sunglasses!
If you see this game, please feel free to join in! And feel free to tag me back (Zyris De'Lat). I would love to see everyone's creative
fun! ^^
Here's a shot I grabbed of the Series 12 Video Game Guy trying to level-up in his new favorite FPS. Frag this!!!
"El agua apaga el fuego y al ardor los años, amor se llama el juego en el que un par de ciegos juegan a hacerse daño". Joaquín Sabina
I give my films to friend of my friend and i don't know how he scan this (with what) and he crop my black borders :(
THANK YOU SO MUCH for ALL NICE WORDS and EXPLORED
Polish soldiers have recently invaded the Czech Republic and have taken the country by storm. In just a matter of a few days troops moved from Krakow over the Czech-Polish border, first taking the border town of Ostrava and working south along the E442 Highway and have just pushed into Brno.
Resistance along the E442 route was little to none as the Czech military was completely unprepared. The few units in towns along the way to Brno were swiftly captured or eliminated.
Polish GROM Commander Nikolai Kumiega, shown here in a grey helmet, inspects a hastily constructed machine gun nest that Czech resistance placed to slow incoming Polish troops, it is assumed that the man being arrested was a Czech soldier who didn't leave with the rest of his squad. Most of the soldiers in the area retreated and pulled out of Brno as the Polish Army has the city occupied. Little resistance is expected as they push into Prague in the next day or two.
Polish State News
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For LMG.
Much better scene than my last one, just one more until I get the Czech Republic! More land for Poland! :D
Happy Birthday to my 6 yr old grandson! So thrilled to watch his athletic performance, and produce this post-game portrait .
Game: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Mods:
- HD Reworked Project
- Super Turbo Lighting Mod
- High Quality Faces
- No Dirty Lens Effect
- No Screen Water Drops
- Realistic Contrast Textures
- Realistic Contrast Textures for Characters
Tools used:
- ReShade 3.0
- Nvidia Ansel
Unlucky Evening
Cadence
First off, I would like to thank my twin brother for writing this out as a story. A brilliant part of his recent birthday gift to me.
It is a written memory-based loosely on a dress-up play game we used to act whilst in our sixth form years. We called it the “Cons game”.
Named after Conner, a lad I once met as a naive young teen lass while attending a dress-up dance. Conner attached himself to our group, joining our table, dancing, and acting as a chum. As he took a breather, Conner offered to watch over our things as my cousin Micke and I went back to the dance floor. Well, as our backs were turned, the Git snuck off with Micke’s wallet along, with the expensive gold lamee clutch purse I had “borrowed” from mum. It may have been a wee bit less painful if I had actually asked mum to take it.
“Con’s game” borrowed from that unsettling occurrence. Except that it evolved to where it was my jewels that were taken from me using various deceitful devices. Then we introduced the French jewels thief Arsene’ Lupin into the mix and the game grew into even more cunning as elaborated attempts upon tricking me out of my valuables were dreamed up. This by far eclipsing a mere purse snatching by a common rude twit of a thief.
Of course, after reading through my brother’s story “ gift “ I knew where he got his inspiration to write it from. I had been showing off the black gown I have purchased to wear at a dance next month(still need to lose a few pounds yet)when he came into the room. I also was wearing my rhinestones, which match the “diamonds” in the story, though the gown in it is pure fantasy.
My brother is picking me up after the affair. So I am expecting he has an ulterior motive and I may have a “price to pay” for the ride home. Lol.
So with that, all background said, here is the story he wrote for me. (with maybe some embellishments by, me-giggles)
Con’s Game: An Unlucky Evening
Cadence had been having a smashing time at the royal ball.
It was an upper-class posh affair that requires one to dress appropriately at their very best. No holds barred, sky’s the limit.
She had risen to the occasion, in her opinion. Confirmed by the way attention had been coming her way by the various(and varied) tuxedo-clad males that were in attendance. She felt that her look was not very far off the mark set by the other richly attired ladies there.
But all the dancing and drinking she had been doing finally took a toll and she found herself rushing down a long corridor leading to a ladies powder room. ( no mere loo’s here ).
Fortunately, it was not too crowded, and by the time she had finished, found herself alone there.
She took the time before leaving to fix her mascara, apply more apple red lipstick, and admire the overall effect of what she had chosen to wear out that evening.
A long midnight black sheath gown of luxurious(and expensively sleek)satin. The gown’s appearance was that it had to have been poured onto her figure, it fit that tightly. Smoothly outlining the subtle bumps and curves of her rather pleasantly youthful figure.
Her jewels, all diamonds on silver chains, sparkled and shimmered in the incandescent light above the mirror. The same showy fireworks of sparkles she knew had been displayed while dancing on the ballroom floor. As she had caught herself multiple times silhouetted in one of the long mirrors that lined the dance floor.
She decided to wear her long cascading diamond earrings. Loving the glittering effect they made swinging in and out of her long freshly washed reddish hair. To increase the effectiveness of her dazzling earrings, she had not worn any necklace.
One black satin gloved wrist held her decadently wide, diamond cuff bracelet. Cadence also wore one solitary ring, her finest. Cadence wore it on the index finger of her right hand. It was a quite large diamond encrusted cocktail ring that flashed like the powerful beacons of a surfside lighthouse. At the v of her gown, nestled just below her breasts, she had pinned a long, valley fern leaf-shaped, a diamond brooch, the most expensive piece of jewellery Cadence possessed and one that spent most of its time in her father’s bank box.
Sighing happily, she finished applying her lipstick, remarking under her breath, into her reflection as she pulled back on her long blush satin gloves…
“I must say, you look brilliant this evening Luv!”
Smiling with conviction, Cadence then headed back out to the adventures ahead that she knew was awaiting her back at the ballroom
She did not have long to wait:
For no sooner had she entered the corridor before the door had time to even close, a smooth, gloved hand was placed around her eyes, while another was delicately placed just below her heaving breasts, as Cadence had been duly startled.
As she was pulled back against a warm figure, a male voice, with a heavy, heavenly, French accent said…
“Allo Sarah you minx, caught you at last.
Cadence, a wee bit disappointed, answered back in a teasing tone.
“If I was Sarah, that you did, but unfortunately you have hold of the wrong “minx,” my devious capture…”
Cadence felt herself swirled around by strong arms, which did not appear to be in sync with the delicate way his hands had been placed along her figure.
She found herself facing a far too handsome Frenchman. A full tux-wearing gentleman complete within a monocle in his mischievously twinkling left eye and a neatly trimmed mustache. A dead ringer for a 30ish David Niven (the actor who portrayed the Raffles character)
He lifted Cadence’s black-gloved hand and holding down her fingers, kissed it gently on the back, apologizing as he did.
“Bon seigneur je suis tellement désolé , I am so sorry miss, but you are the mirror image of my dazzling friend Sarah. I do hope you can forgive me. Perhaps the honour of a dance would repair my boldness ?”
Cadence smiled, pleased at the tantalizing offer so gallantly extended. She gave him her hand and he led her off down the darkened corridor.
A waltz was playing and the mystery man proved to be an adept dancer.
As they swirled around in and out of the other couples, Cadence introduced herself.
Her partner smiled and again apologized.
“My manners have left me with my blunder. Of course, dazzling Cadence, my pleasure to make you acquaintance, my name is Arsene’. “
Cadence smiled, then closed her eyes to soak in the dance, and the titillating feeling of being held by this dashingly suave gentleman.
After a minute Arsene spoke again, his words warningly cutting into Cadence’s reverie.
“Allow me, madam, to apologize once again for startling you as I did. Especially under the circumstances…”
As his voice trailed off Cadence opened her eyes wide with puzzlement.
“What circumstances, Arsene?”
Arsene’ looked deeply into her eyes, appearing surprised that she did not know.”
“‘Ave you heard, no? The police, Mademoiselle, they have tracked a notorious jewel thief here this evening!”
As Cadence gasped, Arsene’ quickly twirled her in a circle, as he dispelled her concerns over his announcement.
“No worries dear Cadence, you are quite safe with me. Trust me, a thief would not be admitting himself to one he planned to rob, now would he?”
Cadence shook her head In agreement, her earrings swaying from under her long red hair, sparkling merrily. She happily saw that Arsene had noticed them.
The newly met couple now danced on, twirling in and out in rhythm with the slow chamber music. Cadence had had her eyes closed. Feeling another lady’s gown swirl by her, she now opened them.
The lady in question was wearing a real diamond tiara. Cadence watched for a few seconds thinking how the lady in her fancy satin ball gown looked like a princess, and may have actually been.
She turned to her partner, who was also watching the same lady with a look upon his face that appeared to be one of savoring. She could see the tiara’s diamonds sparkling in the reflection of Arsene’s eyes.
She mused to herself for a moment, relishing in a few more beats of the dance, musing that what if the tiara-wearing lady’s partner had been the thief Arsene had mentioned. After a few more seconds of pondering, Cadence boldly spoke aloud her thoughts.
“Arsene, what if that lady’s dance partner was the thief, what would he do? I mean, how does one go about stealing jewels at a Ballroom dance ?”
Arsene’, lost in thought also, jumped a little at the question, looked down at Cadence, and chuckled his answer.
“Ah sweet Cadence, apologies not paying attention to my partner, and most sincere ones for planting that seed of worry in your mind.”
He smiled winning you into Cadence’s eyes. Not saying anything, she simply shivered with delight as he divulged his thoughts on the matter …
“For it was upon my mind also. My guess is that he could not do anything but look and admire. One would not believe he could do nothing else. For how could even a renowned jewel thief steal without his pretty victim’s notice? What trickery could he possibly use? Eh Mon Cherie ?”
Cadence nodded her head in agreement, her curiosity happily placed in check as she said.
“Your right, it’s not as if a thief could very well trick her into giving her jewels over to him?”
“Arsene’ looked his dance partner over, pursing his lips in thoughtful examination.
“Very well put. And as for my not giving you my full admiration, let me repair that at once.”
“I have been meaning to give you a compliment. Your earrings Mademoiselle, they are rather breathtakingly beautiful, may I ?”
As he asked this, he lifted Cadence’s left hand and, with his fingers over hers, guided them into her silky hair lifting the hair off one side of her face, exposing an earring in all its dazzling beauty… Then slowly repeated the performance on the other side using her right hand to pull back her long red hair, obviously admiring the jewel dangling there.
Arsene’ started to say something, but at that moment the music came to an unexpected stop. The dance had ended far too soon for Cadence, who was still very much caught up in the enchanting moment.
They followed the group of dancers heading off the floor.
Stopping at the edge of the dance floor Arsene’ took Cadence’s hand thanking her for the dance.
As he kissed it as she asked him if he would like to go and have some champagne.
Arsene’ placed his arm around her waist he guided Cadence from the dance floor while apologizing.
“Mon Cherie, I must take leave of you. And this wonderful gala.”
Cadence felt her heart drop. She had been looking forward to spending more time with her newfound friend. She found herself discarding etiquette, pleading with him, the words leaving her mouth before thinking.
“Arsene, couldn’t you stay for one more dance?”
He looked at her fondly as she realized her faux pas…. And promptly began to make amends
“Sorry, I didn’t mean that. Silly of me, now it is my turn to apologize. I realize you are a busy man…“
Arsene’ took her up by the hand, Smiling as his eyes looked over her puppy sad face before catching her gaze.
“Ah my sweet Cadence, how can a mere mortal refuse such a charming request. Arsene’ shall do it, postpone his business to spend a few more precious moments with such a charming lady. Yes, that will be best. ”
As luck would have it, the music was starting back up. As the lights now dimmed, Cadence was thrilled to realize was a more modern, jazzier beat that was now being played.
Arsene’ led the willing Cadence back in retreat to the Ballroom’s polished dance floor.
An arm around her waist, the other holding her hand high, Arsene’ propelled Cadence into the thick of the now again crowded dance floor.
It was a vigorous and invigorating cotillion type of experience as Arsene’ expertly led his partner in circles and loops . She could barely catch her breath as he twirled her around several times with Cadence ending up backside against her partner, laughing merrily.
The music suddenly slowed and the couples took a more formal position.
As Arsene’ twirled her around, Cadence found herself face to face with him, looking into his eyes as he practically beamed into hers. Their figures touched, almost embraced. Cadence felt the points of her breasts slightly being massaged as her partner move up against her figure. Relishing, she closed her eyes firmly to absurd as much of the enticement as possible.
Arsene‘s figure moved even closer, causing Cadence to almost squeal in a decadent ecstasy as she leaned back her head, soaking in the moment.
Arsen’s fingers slipped in alongside her face and lifted up Cadence‘s silky long hair above her head. Then letting it fall back down, ran his fingers back alongside her upturned face. Cadence had kept her eyes pressed shut relishing the moment, not ever wishing it to end.
Arsene’ placed his closed hands upon her satin-clad shoulders as hers went to his waist.
Maintaining that position, the couple then made a swirling twirl, their now hot figures brushing up against one another’s as they managed to make a complete circle of the ballroom dance floor before the musicians began to enter the final chords of the music.
Arsene’ slipped his balled hands down along from Cadence’s shoulders till they fell behind her. His left hand then went around her waist, where she could feel it pressing against her while he pulled Cadence in closer to him. His right hand pulled her left from his waist and held it up.
Cadence finally opened her eyes and locked into Arsene’s deliciously happen gaze. He winked at her and she smiled.
All too soon, again for Cadence, the chords waned and the chamber music ended and faded away.
Arsene’ gazed tenderly down upon Cadence’s upturned face. He found her gleaming with delight.
“Come,” he said, placing his arm around her svelte waist walking Cadence towards the main exit.
Drained, She submissively allowed him to do so, still caught up in the rapture of the moment.
At the cloak check, Arsene’ let her go and went up to the booth.
Cadence waited obligingly as he reclaimed his evening cloak, top hat, and walking stick.
Once retrieved he put on his top hat and cloak before turning turned to face her.
“Au revoir ma Jolie mademoiselle Cadence, thank you for being such a lovely partner. I could hope to have encountered no one more endearing and promising this evening …”
He took up her limp hand and kissed it on the back. Her ring sparkling like the fire the still fawning Cadence had felt stirring deep within ever since meeting Arsene.
Gracefully letting go of her, he tipped his hat with a wink of his eyes.
Arsen’ then turned and walked out the door with a proud skip to his step, not looking back.
Amazed, and still utterly speechless, Cadence watched him disappear through the door.
Placing a hand just underneath her breasts, once again heaving with her astonishment. Cadence marvels over what all had transpired since she had gone off to the loo, sorry, a powder room.
“That was quite riveting in its way .”
Cadence murmured to herself as she stroked her fingers along her slick gown.
Indeed, it was quite interesting how a bit of mistaken identity could be …could be such ….!?
Cadence had stopped frozen, as her fingers felt around the lower neckline of her gown
finding nothing….
Horror stricken, Cadence went up the full-length mirror on the wall next to the cloak check stand to verify that which her fingers appeared to indicate.
“My broach, it is gone. lucidity mulled it over, coming to an all to obvious conjecture…
“The scoundrel must have nicked it while distracting me over being Sarah !”
“That man had absolutely no conviction!”
In shock, Cadence looked over at the still swinging exit door.
Her mind going darting back to how a gloved hand had so slickly went around her chest, as the name Sarah distracted and drew away from her attention, to anything else going on…. Like a brooch being removed from a gown!
Then she froze. Something else was decidedly not right. “
As she quickly pulled back her hair to reveal a startling revelation that jolted her entire being
“No, it’s not possible, how could he?”
But the stark reality was evidenced by the bare earlobes that she was staring at. Her lovely earrings were bloody well…. gone!”
Had he been testing the water while admiring her earrings, during that first dance?
Had he decided the earrings were too difficult, then the music ended so he was just going to be happy with her lifted broach? Then she had talked him into a second dance and he saw an opportunity come knocking again?
“What a gullible twit I am. “
Cadence muttered as she looked towards the old iron strapped oak exit door
Arsene, you devious, devilishly rotten bugger!”
Cadence yelped to the empty exit not caring who heard.
Then, without grabbing her red taffeta wrap, scurried out through those doors into the cool evening outside, in hot pursuit of the conniving Frenchman Arsene’, and Lucidity's recently nicked diamond jewellery!
Gamer Girl II
After last week, and hearing all of your support of my gaming habit I have come to the realization that you were all correct and that my gaming “addiction” is indeed a passion and not what I previously described it as.
In coming to this conclusion I decided to take my controller plop down on the sofa with some chips and a drink (unfortunately not mountain dew gamer fuel) and played for a couple of hours. I did go a bit back in time to the classics from the mid-2000s on the Xbox 360. I had a blast revisiting such classics as Halo, Gears of War, and Forza Motorsport.
All in all my so-called “addiction” to gaming is not an addiction at all but just a great way to pass time and have fun. It's always an excellent way to turn a bad day into a good one.
Chica Gamer II
Después de la semana pasada, y de escuchar todo su apoyo a mi hábito de juego, me di cuenta de que todos tenían razón y que mi "adicción" a los juegos es de hecho una pasión y no lo que describí anteriormente.
Al llegar a esta conclusión, decidí agarar mi control, dejar me caer en el sofá y me serve algunas papas fritas y una bebida (desafortunadamente no era Mountain Dew Gamer Fuel) y jugué durante un par de horas. Retrocedí un poco en el tiempo a los clásicos de mediados de la década de 2000 en Xbox 360. Me divertí mucho revisando clásicos como Halo, Gears of War y Forza Motorsport.
En general, mi supuesta "adicción" de juegos, no es una adicción en absoluto, sino una excelente manera de pasar el tiempo y divertirse. Siempre es una excelente manera de convertir un mal día en uno bueno.
Ici, en avant-première, l'affiche de la saison 9 de "Game of Thrones". Je n'avais pas de dragon; j'ai pris un tigre; c'est quasiment pareil.
My nephew about to practice football
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Love this moment of the year when everyone send their coolest pictures. Thank you all for this great year full of amazing Flickr streaming. They really get more and more stunning each year. I ADORE this community, so creative with nothing but positive energy !! Consider yourself tagged and be proud to show your pictures !
Xoxo
This weeks BTS video featuring some more game of throne epic battle scenes!
Check it out: http://www.vonwong.com/blog/gameofthronesstark/
Credits:
MUA: Lisa Marie Charron
Models: Lisa Marie Charron, Anne T, Anick Morel, Steve Ka Coté, Catherine Carpentier,
Assistants: Renaud Lafreniere, Sylvain Mailhiot, Adil Boukind, Jeffrey Vincent Malo, Guillermo Castellanos, Didier Deedz Kaade, Lily Kan, Aric Lee,
Video: Claudel Desir, Jonathan Golino
Clothing: Dracolite, Veronique Lortie, Ateliers-Nemesis