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Chapter 4 by Obedient Lorelei Obedient Lorelei

What party should we read about?

A New Year's Eve street party

The streets of the city were packed all the way along the river where the promised fireworks display would be most visible, not to mention the roofs of skyscrapers and any pub or restaurant able to offer outdoor service past midnight. **** flowed freely, along with other, more illicit substances, although the heavy presence of both police and private security did much to restrict such activity. In total, the council would estimate over fourteen thousand individuals attended the event, most of them strangers to one another. Around three quarters were male and the vast majority of both sexes were under the age of forty.

The number of bodies in close proximity and thermal mass of concrete in the buildings did little to offset the late December chill, hours after sunset, but for many people, warmth played second fiddle to style when choosing an outfit for the night. There were as many bare heads and hands as hats and gloves, most coats were fashionably tight-fitting at the expense of extra insulation and women in particular seemed willing to sacrifice comfort for attention, with stockings and high heels providing scant protection from the cold. Some girls even turned up in miniskirts and open-toed sandals, relying entirely on thermal hosiery to keep the goose bumps at bay.

Music blared from dozens of different sound systems, encouraging partygoers to dance life back into their frozen limbs. Even in the areas between clashing songs, youngsters could be found boogying to melodies only they could hear through their earbuds or headphones. After dancing, drinking, eating and (inevitably) flirting were the next most popular activities. Mostly this was all good natured, but with such a large gathering there were bound to be a few incidents and first aiders were kept quite busy. Police made a small number of arrests for ****, but wherever viable sought to solve disagreements diplomatically, so that media reports of the party would show the city in a positive light, with as little reported crime as possible. The only exceptions were robberies and racially motivated assaults, which earned the perpetrators an immediate trip to the cells when apprehended.

All the hotels and rooms for rent were booked solid over the Christmas and New Year period, so when flirting went a little too far, most people had nowhere to go for an amorous tryst. A few went all the way back to their vehicles, but authorities turned a blind eye to fornication in alleys away from the main drag. Toilets, so often used for quick copulation between strangers in urgent need of relief, were rarely available, due to being occupied for their intended purpose. In fact, temporary urinals were erected in many back streets, but since they weren't suitable for women, a number of **** ladies found themselves caught short with little alternative to squatting in the gutter or relieving themselves in the river. Some men also did this, despite having facilities they could use and although no action was taken at the time, there were legal consequences afterwards for people identified as outraging public decency.

At midnight, a substantial number of slightly-sozzled revellers found themselves hugging or kissing perfect strangers in between the traditional sing-along, which led to another spate of jealous accusations and more work for the first aiders. As the pyrotechnics lit up the sky, people began to lose their restraint and police had to start issuing warnings for drunken behaviour and damage to property, mostly accidental. In the case of young women, these warnings came with a requirement to attend a punishment session the next morning. The council had allowed for littering in its plan for the night and only women were targeted for leaving their rubbish behind, their punishments including having to clear up the mess left by other partygoers.

The party slowly broke up in the early hours and the authorities gently encouraged anybody who'd fallen asleep in the street to find somewhere to go where they wouldn't freeze to ****, including offering free public transport to anyone who'd not made arrangements beforehand. Although free, any women needing this assistance would find themselves paying for their thoughtlessness in a rather more physical way later.

By the morning of the second of January, the city was cleaned up and back to normal, with the misbehaving women all thoroughly chastised.

What aspects of discipline should we examine further?

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