Arranged misstresses

[MusclesBaby]

ooc: I'm in guys.

Conor DuPrai
26
son of a wealthy Jeweler

bic:

I survey the room silently from my position against the wall. My father is around somewhere, scouting for mistresses no doubt. In truth, so am I. But for far better reasons.

I sip my drink like the gentleman I was brought up to be, yet I hate this world. Women are not property, and yet they are being sold as animals. Why? Because their parents are too poor to pay.

I shudder as I realize that perhaps the ladies here view me with the same disdain as I do the others of my respected social position. How utterly ironic.

I keep silently to myself, casting my eyes around the room, searching for just the right one. Yes, I will buy a mistress, just as my father wants. I will pretend to do my duty, before the maiden mysteriously disappears, her parents suddenly free from all charge and protected from the law. At last, my connections will come in handy.

 

[FeatherLight]

ooc: Why didn't you tell me you had posted, MB? Good God, I could have gotten in here so much faster!

Lilya Ponray
22

bic: I cringe against the wall as the bloated, disgusting aristocrats rake their eyes over my gown and my body. Damn them for making my mother spend her last true amount of money on this wretched cloth. I'm being forced to become someone's mistress, much like the other girls around me. I don't know for sure, however, for I keep to myself as a "lady" ought to.

I try to shrink into the shadows, seeking the darkness to cover the alluring make-up my mother etched onto my face. My breasts are pressed too high, too close together, and the itchy corsette is hard to breath through. I yearn to let my hair down, let it fall around my shoulders. Instead, it's pinned up, pushed tightly back as the fashion of the Queen persists.

I send a silent prayer to God as I continue to wait, praying for my mother's health, for my strength, and for the courage to go through with this as a young man approaches from across the floor.

 

[LittleRedDevil]

OOC: I'm sorry I haven't been able to post. RL is getting a little insane. It's the end of the semester and all that. I won't be around for a while, so if someone wants to take my character, that's fine. I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to leave you hanging like this. Bye for now.