<div align="center">(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo267/itjusthurts/bdsm.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Welcome to the Baron Dartmouth's School of Manners</strong></span><em>(please note no posting here – GM's only)</em><br/><br/><em>“As one enters the gates to their new home, they will see in the wrought iron arch the words 'Baron Dartmouth's School of Manners'.  The long driveway to the main building is lined with trees and artfully placed flowers.  It opens out onto an old style grey brick building with well manicured lawns.  It is a building rich in history and old money.  One can only wonder where it all comes from.  Students and faculty gather in the dorms, behind the main building.  Also a brick building as lovely as the first.”</em><br/><br/><br/><strong>This is where students and teachers, can find all their induction notes, links to all the threads and descriptions and pictures of the various settings in the school.  If you would like a picture or description added for your own room or classroom please PM  the GM or her assistants (see below) or post in OOC</strong><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Introduction</strong></span><br/><br/><em>To whom it may concern,<br/>It has come to our attention that you have been put in a situation where you face possible sentencing do to crimes you may or may not have committed.  We are offering you a chance to correct this.  By agreeing to enter into our school, your charges will be dropped and you will be given the skills and resources to reenter society as a productive member.  You have only to complete the requirements and provide certain services upon your graduation.  This is an opportunity you do not wish to refuse.  We will provide education, employment and stipend.  Only sign the contract within and another at your graduation and you will have limitless possibilities at your disposal.  You have only one week to postmark the contract upon receipt.  A life of without freedom or the freedom to choose?<br/><br/>The HeadMaster of<br/>Baron Dartmouth's School for Manners<br/><br/>The premise is, you are selected to be trained to become part of a secret society.  A Society that believes in Mastery and control.  The Society takes from the dredges of Society or from those with nowhere to go and gives them the opportunity of a lifetime.  Enter into Society and learn to be a Prime, the ultimate Master of your life or a Honey, the perfect well cared for submissive.  But don't feel the road to gain such an esteemed place is easy.  The punishments at failing can be severe and the road to success paved in torture and humiliation if you are a Honey.  For the Primes, who can resist a life of wealth and position, or be trained for darker purposes.  Oh, there are the perks unknown to the outside world.  You have only to find out what they are.<br/>What will it be?  Prime or Honey?  Do you have what it takes?  Pleasures untold in exchange for your loyalty</em>.<br/><br/><em>Though this game is BDSM based, it is not solely sexually based.  I would like to delve into what is behind the bondage as well as its more carnal aspects.  I do wish to have posts that are more than sentences.  I do expect a few paragraphs so that there will be much for a responding player to work with.</em><br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>THE OOC THREADS:</strong></span><br/><br/><strong>1. 'Wanted' and all newbies post here (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=79066.msg3470612#msg3470612):</strong>The original wanted and story thread idea – kept up to date to lure more honeys and primes – also where newbies and old hands can post a profile and have it accepted for entering the game; ask any questions and introduce themselves.<br/><br/><strong>2. The OOC chat thread (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=79877.msg3513934#msg3513934):</strong>For everything not in character, ideas, questions and social chat for players – please keep your OOC to this thread and keep the story threads as clear  as possible – thank you<br/><br/><strong>3. Character thread (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=80186.msg3531546#msg3531546)</strong>When accepted, all characters are posted here, the template for details is on the wanted original thread (no 1 above)<br/><br/><strong>4. This thread:</strong>Where, why and how, lots of links, and possibly timetables and announcements.<br/><br/><strong>Our Beautiful GM is Lady Kitsune<br/>Assisted by DiverseDesires and Brian Boru and Rog the Rake<br/><br/>Questions on the OOC chat and the wanted thread will be answered by whoever is around first, final arbitrator is Lady K – PM us for any private questions or problems, the doors are always open.</strong><br/><br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">STORY THREADS</span></strong><br/><br/>Please note – at the top of all your story posts please put your character name, who you are with, and where you are, as an example:<br/><br/><em>~ Instructor Michael, with Philippa and Callum; in the Primes' Lounge ~ </em><br/><br/><br/><strong>The Primes Dorm and Lounge]: (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=80682.msg3556207#msg3556207)</strong>When accepted, all characters are posted here, the template for details is on the wanted original thread (no 1 above)<br/><br/><strong>4. This thread:</strong>Where, why and how, lots of links, and possibly timetables and announcements.<br/><br/><strong>Our Beautiful GM is Lady Kitsune<br/>Assisted by DiverseDesires and Brian Boru and Rog the Rake<br/><br/>Questions on the OOC chat and the wanted thread will be answered by whoever is around first, final arbitrator is Lady K – PM us for any private questions or problems, the doors are always open.</strong><br/><br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">STORY THREADS</span></strong><br/><br/>Please note – at the top of all your story posts please put your character name, who you are with, and where you are, as an example:<br/><br/><em>~ Instructor Michael, with Philippa and Callum; in the Primes' Lounge ~ </em><br/><br/><br/><strong>The Primes Dorm and Lounge (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=80682.msg3556207#msg3556207)</strong><br/><br/>Down a short corridor from the main hall is the double doorway to the Primes' lounge, about two thirds of the way down one side there are doors to the Prime Dorms.  At the far end a staircase leads to the honeys' dorms.  It's luxury in a nutshell, a perk for just the primes, and although it is in the student area, prime teachers will also often be found there.<br/><br/>“The stunning high-ceilinged room, had tall windows all along one side looking out onto the landscaped gardens, and been furnished like a top class country estate hotel or club house.  It would be easier to say what it didn't have than what it did, but it spoke of money and power and was both beautiful and intimidating it's size and opulence.  At the end of what would have been the ballroom probably when the house was built a staircase swept up to the level above, so the honeys were going to have to walk the whole length of the room every time they needed to get to their dorm she thought, smiling wryly”<br/><br/>Every student Prime has their own suite – with their name on the door.  The suites have a sitting room/study/practice area; their bedroom and an en-suite bathroom.<br/><br/>At the end of dorm corridor is a gym, sauna and steam room.<br/><br/><strong>The Honey's Dorm, Lounge and Gym (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=79871.msg3513707#msg3513707)</strong><br/><br/>The Honeys' have a bedroom each (unless they want to share), and their own en-suite bathroom.  Their name is on the door, and there is a panel which a prime can slide over to say there is one in the room which means no-one will enter without knocking and waiting for the prime to say they can come in.  There are no locks on the doors, and any teacher (either prime or honey) can enter at any time.  The bathroom looks as if it has a lock, but this can be opened simply with a coin from the outside.<br/><br/>The gym is at the end of the corridor, a very large room, as large as the Primes' lounge.  “Large, windows along the long side opposite the door.  Half the room is a wooden floored open space with the shorter wall all mirrors. The other half is full of standard gym equipment, that end wall also mirrored.  Water bottles with the students' names on lined up on the window ledge, with a water fountain nearby.  Pile of gym mats by the door against the wall.  The wall with the door on also has some attachment points and a cupboard<br/><br/>Next to the gym there is a small sauna and steam room.<br/><br/><strong>The Classrooms (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=80368.msg3540943#msg3540943)</strong><br/><br/>Every teacher has their own classroom, pictures and/or descriptions need to be PM'd to the GM to be added below.  These are large enough to take all the students in the present year.  There is one lesson a day from 9am to 12 noon.  These are scheduled and arranged, by Brian Boru and Diverse Desires, the final timetable and changes to the post below by BB.  Students not present will be NPC'd to the level they have set in their character posts.<br/><br/><strong>Teacher Lounge &amp; Teacher's Off-site Residences (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=80369.msg3540955#msg3540955)</strong><br/><br/>This thread is for the actual Teacher's lounge within the school – no students allowed – for socialising, planning etc.  Teacher conferences will be held here for planning, scheduling and announcements.  This thread is also for the places that they live.  Please remember put at the top of your posts, your locations, to avoid any confusions. As with the classrooms teachers wishing to have pics or descriptions of their own residences below PM the GM's or post in OOC<br/><br/><strong>The Great Hall, Kitchens, Dining Room, and Gardens (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=80683.msg3556222#msg3556222)</strong><br/><br/>As one enters the foyer, it opens into a Great Hall,  which is set sometimes for special occasions, events or demonstrations, otherwise it has some couches set in groups and a stage at one end and is normally where socialising between all the groups take place and also where public punishments take place.  There is a storeroom with cages, crosses, horses and anything a Prime could wish for, if needed.<br/><br/>“The kitchen is in the back of the house, any chef's dream and fully maintained.  Meals are cooked by a staff member at certain times of the day.  At weekends and any other times you are on your own.”<br/><br/>Dining room: dark wood refectory style tables with sturdy chairs, seating from four to twelve.  They can all be joined together and arranged in different ways for special events and meals.  Breakfast is help yourself from long tables and serving areas at one end, lunch is the same with a selection of hot and cold light meals.  The evening meal is served to the table as in a restaurant, but beware honeys, lessons must be well learned during the day, this meal is at the discretion of the instructors! Also Honeys have to have duty as waiters here too<br/><br/>Gardens, formal lawns, wooded area, all within high walls, totally private, laid out with little gardens within gardens, summer houses, lakes etc yours to imagine.<br/><br/><strong>Recreational, Pools and gym (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=80932.msg3567542#msg3567542)</strong><br/><br/>Linked by a glass corridor there is beautiful indoor pool, with some jacuzzis and hot tubs; a gym which can be used by everyone, both staff and pupils, along with a sauna, steam room, and if the guys want games rooms, billiard rooms etc – just ask OOC<br/><br/><strong>In Town (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=80684.msg3556234#msg3556234)</strong><br/><br/>Bars, restaurants, cinema, parks – for socialising, public training and/or humiliation – honeys cannot go out without a prime or an instructor, student primes need permission (can just be NPC'd as long as it is not during an event or class).<br/><br/><strong>Need To See The Nurse (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=81121.msg3576489#msg3576489)</strong><br/><br/>This is the medical thread.  All examinations, emergencies, illnesses and what not are taken care f here.  Of course, if you just came to have the nurse check you out, then by all means come and play.  The facilities are state of the art, including X-rays, Pharmacy, Triage and Recovery Rooms.  There is also a Dental area for the Dentist who pays a visit now and then.  Beware of him, he likes his payment as soon as he's done.<br/><br/>((OK so I thought the next posts could run like this:))<br/><br/>by Lady K<br/><br/>1.Headed “Pics and descriptions of Prime bedrooms”<br/>2.Headed “Pics and descriptions of Honey bedrooms”<br/>3.Headed “Pics and descriptions of Classrooms”<br/>4.Headed “Pics and descriptions of Teacher's Homes”<br/><br/>Next post BB<br/><br/>5.Class schedules and announcements<br/><br/>Next post DD<br/>6.General Info, Links to inductions, important lessons/rules