Miss Manners: May a lady stab her date with a sharp hair pin?

We had a lovely dance at the ball. He was charming. When my coachman was not waiting to take me home as I expected, he respectfully offered me a ride. With the rain pouring down I accepted gratefully.

I do my best to be polite, demure and sweet. I read the ladies' magazines avidly following their advice on manners. But when a so-called gentleman slides next to you and proceeds to put his hands around my neck, I don't wait to find out if he is after my diamond choker or my virtue. I promptly stuck my mother's sharp ruby hairpin into his hand. As he cried out in pain, I flung the carriage door open and ran into the night. Of course, I grabbed my parasol as I left. Miss Manners says a lady always carries her parasol.

Running in a balldress soaked with rain was like dancing with a heifer thrown over your shoulder -- neither graceful, swift nor good. I glanced over my shoulder. Oh no! He left his coach. Even in this dim light, I could see his glare as he gave chase.

We both heard a sound in the trees. Looking up, I saw above me a giant balloon with a rope dangling down. Some fool inventor experimenting with lightning again. What had I to lose? I dropped my parasol and grabbed the rope.

Great! The balloon pulled me above him, out of his reach. Oh no, a sudden updraft lifted me high above the trees. As I dangled looking down, I wondered what Miss Manners would do. This had never been covered in her column.

As I flew above some soldiers, I called down. "Shoot me down!" When they commenced firing, I yelled in panic, "Not me! Shoot the balloon!" I know Miss Manners says a lady never yells, but I believe in this instance I might be forgiven.

Pop, pop, pop went their guns. Pop went my balloon.

What a night. There are words Miss Manners said ladies never learn nor speak. Hmmm, maybe I'm not a lady. She should try falling from the sky and see what words she doesn't say.

Ruffles and a taffeta crinoline slowed my descent. Happily I touched ground and accepted the soldiers' escort home. I thought tomorrow I'll pen a letter and ask Miss Manners, "When may a lady stab her date with a sharp hair pin?"

Location: One Caress, Beck
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Beck/119/183/23
1/30/2019 note : no longer exists when I went there today

Windlight: Region settings
additional lighting provided by Lumipro on myself and Taylor
on scene 3, intermittent lightning lit the tree so took a couple tries

Credits:
Normally when I do credits I list everything in the scene. Since there are 4 scenes here, it's too much this time so I'll list one primary object in each scene. The sim design is much more elaborate so I apologize in advance to any builders/creators that see their stuff but I didn't list it. I do believe in giving credit where credit is due and normally do.

Setting:
Sim designed by Squonk Levenque and Miuccia klaar
Ultimate Weather Rezzer PINK (for large areas) by (Christopher Coffee (xavier.novelli))
Scene 1:
"Alone" Abandoned Fountain by The Looking Glass (Sharni Azalee)
Scene 2:
Iron Oak - Sculpty Med prim-Winter-Mature1 by Dolly and Lilith's Garden Centre (Lilith Heart)
Scene 3:
Iron Oak - Sculpty Med prim-Winter-Mature2 by Dolly and Lilith's Garden Centre (Lilith Heart)
large realistic rainy clouds by Illusions (Venus Adored)
Scene 4:
Toy Soldier_52 by Decor Depot (Leo Maven (styx.maven))
balloon -- have to find it again, lol

Kayla Woodrunner
Giselle Gown - Red by Evie's Closet (Evangeline Miles)
Widow Glove - Red by Dead Dollz (Kiddo Oh)
Sparkles Red (shoes) by Facepalm (TealSwan (tealswanmesh))
The Kylie Choker - Thick by Amala
Eternity Rubys ring female 1.0b by Bandit (Mr.Bandit (anthony77777.bandit))
Sweetheart Bracelet by Cae (Cae (caelan.hancroft))
Diamond Snowflake Necklace by Xia's Boutique (Xia (xia.devinna))
Umbrella black by (Zonei)

Hair: Wind [+Chest] by Truth Hair (Truth Hawks)
Eyes: Ada Eyes - Green by Avi-Glam (kendra.parfort)
Head applier: Mashell's secrets #7 "Dolly" (ST Milk) by Insol (Insol (almercury))
Skin: Maitreya Yang Mi Skin Applier by KG Boutique (Sabrinita (sabrinitabonita))
Head: Alice V4.10 by Catwa
Mesh Body - Lara V3.5 by Maitreya
Avatar Enhancement Feet High by Slink
Avatar Enhancement Hands V2.5.1 - L - Elegant by Slink
Avatar Enhancement Hands V2.5.1 - R - Casual by Slink

Taken on: January 24, 2017

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