By Anonymous on Sat 9 Dec 2000 at 18:00
This is a repost of a review I wrote of last month's Rapture, for the benefit of anyone reading here who is thinking of going to the next one...
On Friday (17th November) myself and my little brat went to Rapture, a monthly event which is held near Birmingham. It was particularly nice to go not only because I had not been there before but because a couple of friends were having a pagan joining ceremony to back up their collaring (they collared last year and will have a legal wedding in a year's time - so this was a wedding in spirit still).
That took place early and then the club started to fill up. The play equipment was excellent, as you would expect from Roissy Workshops (this particular club is a Roissy arranged event). The venue was nice too, quite large and roomy until late into the night.
Not so pleasant was the club owner - but I will give him his due in that he was appallingly rude to all and sundry, male/female top/bottom Dom/me and sub ... when he searched my bag he asked me if a bottle of curl enhancer really was a hair product. Good job for him it wasnt mace !
I had a fabby time - met some IRC people I have known for a while but not encountered, including a lovely lady named Flora who is very well known in the Leeds area and is in the process of writing a book about bdsm. I managed to swat the arse of a Dom I havent seen for a year and completely confuse him - last time he saw me my hair was almost down to my arse and with short hair he didnt recognise me : )
moogie had fun ... as well as being whacked silly by me I turned him over to a couple of ladies I know well, and he spent QUITE some time in the grope box. Not so nice was the TV Mistress who came over to the table ostensibly about a piece of wedding cake and started to play with his nipples whilst I was flogging him. She was very subtle about this and did it out of my line of sight but he handled it well just showing her the tab on his collar (hey he's a slut but he is MY slut and I am the one who decides if I give him away or not).
Equipment ... there were at least three spanking horses, four or five bondage platforms including a really nice big solid bed (how I long for a house with a cellar!), several queening thrones, only one St Andrew's Cross (caused queuing) and my favourite, a lovely rope web.
Music was a) GOOD and b) loud enough to hear but not in any way loud enough to disturb conversation. The mix of people was comfortable without a surfeit of unattached males on the prowl, although naturally there were the odd few "Desperate Doms in Dom Leather Pants!!!!" around. I didnt find any humour in some of their behaviour at all <looks at the ceiling>...
So... all in all Rapture is a good 'un ... well worth the travelling and people were there from both South of London and from Yorkshire etc.
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