Archivist note: This post is from an older recovered archive.
==Initial Post==
((Posted by Phaedra Wickentower on June 22, 2010))
“Sugar.” Phaedra growled, slamming the door to their apartment behind her, “The sugar, the cretin has hardened my sugar.”
“So?” Underby drawled, standing up from the dressing table, shedding his silk robe and turning his back to her, “ Lace me? Make Pip pound it back to powder for you.”
“He already is. It cannot go on like this! That creature has flattened my rolls, sanded my flour, cracked my eggs and now, and NOW, the sugar!” She took hold of the laces on Underby’s corset and started tightening them with vicious jerks.
“You should have taken care of this already.” He said between little gasps, “You’re slipping, getting lazy.”
“Nonsense,” she hissed, “I’m top of my game.”
“You’re distracted.”
“Of course I am! That rotten little imp has made it impossible for me to turn out even a basic French bread, little less a proper cake or pie!” She ran the laces round his waist and tied them off in a knot.
“It’s not the bread I’m talking about,” He said, shifting his petticoats, “The red one, don’t you think?”
She lowered the gown over his head and picked up the button-hook, doing the tiny row of buttons along the back, “What do you mean then?”
“Baroque.”
She jabbed him through the laces of the corset with the hook, “Don’t.”
“Mind that hook, lover,” He smiled over his shoulder at her, “take care of the goblin, that’s an order.”
“You don’t order me.” She nearly pulled the final button off the dress in vexation, slamming the hook down and starting to pace the small room.
Underby sat again in front of the dressing table, smoothing the skirts over his knees, “Don’t I? Come here, Phae.”
She paused in her pacing and let him reach out and take hold of her, pulling her into his lap. She sat stiffly. He frowned at her.
“What happened, Phae, did he reject your advances?” He ran a finger delicately along her neck and she shivered.
“Don’t be ridiculous. No one rejects me. You’re confusing me with yourself.”
“Ah, now, that’s my lovely little cobra, you just need something to sink your teeth into.” He picked up a pot of rouge from the table and dipped his pinky into it, smoothing it along her lips.
“I do, perhaps, need to sink my teeth into something, at the very least.” She smiled against his finger.
“You’re magnificent,” He purred, pulling her tight against him.
She softened, suddenly playful, “Am I?”
“Yes, you are.”
==Comments==
*Comment by Mr Underby on June 22, 2010 at 5:10pm
poses in front of full length mirror
*Comment by Tepic Harlequin on June 22, 2010 at 5:16pm
errrrr….. corsets…. ummm…petticoats….. dresses?…. Mr. Underby…..? EEEWWWW!!!
*Comment by Victor on June 22, 2010 at 5:18pm
ok….thats just….creepy…i mean REALLY creepy…
*Comment by Jedburgh Dagger on June 22, 2010 at 5:27pm
now there is a persistent visual image I did not need.
*Comment by Phaedra Wickentower on June 22, 2010 at 5:27pm
That dress is the finest Paris fashion, honestly, you peasants have no taste.
*Comment by Grendel Footman on June 22, 2010 at 5:34pm
“Why I ask, this doesn’t make much sense, that a man of my stature, should have to wear a dress, I mean what may I inquire, were they thinking on that day, when they settled ona dress that ohhh looks so ga-ayyy ”
*Comment by Cyan Icewolf (Cyan Rayna) on June 22, 2010 at 5:34pm
Well I wouldn’t understand why Mr. Underby needs a corset though he seems rather thin enough don’t you think?
*Comment by Phaedra Wickentower on June 22, 2010 at 5:39pm
Support.
*Comment by Mr Underby on June 22, 2010 at 5:43pm
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rNMOlewSvvM/SWvWtFXJMtI/AAAAAAAAA7c/ZPCXAtqp41s/s400/corset3.jpg
*Comment by Skyler ‘Artful Dodger’ Gant on June 22, 2010 at 5:49pm
As Tatsuya Mr. Underby…Corset…Dress? By the stars, that is an image that’ll be burnt into my mind forever. I’ll send the Underbys my Therapy bill now thank you very much. Oh, and Mrs. Underby, Your baked goods were never that good to begin with. So don’t worry what that pesky fool did to ruin them. If anything, he did us all a favour with what he did.
==Comments (page 2)==
*Comment by Pippin Jollygoodfellow on June 22, 2010 at 6:31pm
I hear grinding and clattering… cor, is that silly clockwork dragon tryin t’ speak agin? when will it ever learn?
*Comment by Verlia Bilavio on June 22, 2010 at 7:18pm
Peasants? Peasants?!
throws her hands up in disgust and then realizes these words are coming from the baker
*Comment by Pippin Jollygoodfellow on June 22, 2010 at 7:28pm
miss Phae bakes because she wishes to, not out of need… she comes from old money i’ll have ye know!
*Comment by Pocket String on June 22, 2010 at 7:55pm
What gets delivered tomorrow I wonder? Oh, the cleverness of me!
*Comment by Skyler ‘Artful Dodger’ Gant on June 22, 2010 at 9:06pm
As Tatsuya Ah, Pip. The little kid who thinks he is a grown up. Are you trying to act all tough with your so called mean remarks? I say dear boy, You need a time out for all that rudeness. Such a naughty boy. Oh Mr. Pocket, may I suggest a tad of cement mixed with the next batch of flour?
*Comment by Gabriell Anatra on June 22, 2010 at 9:12pm
If a man is going to wear a dress at least make it leather with spikes and such.
. . and weapons. Lots of weapons.
Well, kind of like some of the vampires do, actually.
What? . . that’s why they’re called vamps to begin with.
*Comment by Grendel Footman on June 22, 2010 at 9:33pm
I don’t know, Underby doesn’t make me think ‘vamp’ as much as ‘wormy’
*Comment by Mr Underby on June 22, 2010 at 10:29pm
Several women in the greater Babbage area would disagree. I do alright.
*Comment by Mr. W—— on June 22, 2010 at 10:36pm
covers his mouth and turns for a brief moment..hand outstretched, protectively in front
~Cough~
recovers, wiping his chin “Ugh…I think retched in my mouth a bit there.”
((Very well written.))
*Comment by Zaida Marie Thibideaux Gearbox on June 23, 2010 at 7:14am
Dere someting wrong wid a man dat wear lady’s underwears.
==Comments (page 3)==
*Comment by Queer Hermit on June 23, 2010 at 9:54am
Oh, let the poor man have his hobby. It gives him something to do in his spare time. I think Ms. Wickentower enjoys seeing him in self-imposed bondage anyway. By the way, with all the shops available my dear lady, shouldn’t we be thinking of moving to a “friendlier” neighborhood?
*Comment by Ryne Beck on June 23, 2010 at 11:28am
/me makes mental note filed under “Odd and Disturbing People”…
*Comment by Elleon Bergamasco on June 23, 2010 at 11:52am
… really hoping that’s not the corset of mine that went missing in the great Zombie infection of last fall…
*Comment by Ceejay Writer on June 23, 2010 at 12:13pm
Pfft. If his private hobby is crossdressing, you lot should be relieved its nothing more dangerous!
*Comment by Phaedra Wickentower on June 23, 2010 at 12:19pm
Miss Writer is, as usual, the voice of reason. Miss Elleon, the corset is custom, have no fear. Miss Hermit: It’s the principal, the feline should learn to control her employees properly.
*Comment by Zaida Marie Thibideaux Gearbox on June 23, 2010 at 1:26pm
(( Just pointing out that in the 1890’s cross dressing would have been seen as dangerous. In 2010 – I concur with the pfht.))
Why would anyone want to wear a corset whether dey man or woman? Dey not lookin’ very comfortable to me.
*Comment by Phaedra Wickentower on June 23, 2010 at 1:57pm
((Point heard, response goes thusly: Fortunately we live in the alternate 1800’s, otherwise all these women in pants and short skirts and revealing tops would be in trouble too, wouldn’t they?))
Discipline, Miss Gearbox, and a desire for the perfect figure.
*Comment by Grendel Footman on June 23, 2010 at 2:51pm
((now all i can think of is that scene from Wild Wild West with Will Smith when tey’re discussing fake boobs and for the record, long as it’s not Underby in a short skirt, I think we can all be grateful))
*Comment by Fono Heninga on June 23, 2010 at 3:25pm
((It wasn’t unheard-of for a gentleman to wear a corset to maintain a dashing figure, either))
Head on one side Red? I would have expected something more in a deep plum on Mr. U, as his colouring tends more towards ‘winter’.
*Comment by Mr Underby on June 23, 2010 at 3:40pm
I’ve been known to wear red.
==Comments (page 4)==
*Comment by Fono Heninga on June 23, 2010 at 4:53pm
I stand corrected! Suits you sir.
– ;P
*Comment by Mr. Tenk on June 23, 2010 at 4:59pm
not to mention the kimono…
*Comment by Queer Hermit on June 23, 2010 at 5:05pm
GASPS
