A group of four came through the camp this week. What was unique about them? They were Very Well Dressed, as if going to a ball. The ladies had on 3 layers of toulle skirts over satin bodices and floor length skirts. They had on stockings and 4 inch heels which you could only see when they picked up their skirts to walk. Their dresses were matched by their gemmed clutch bags.
Each lady had on a crown with colored stones. One lady had a sash that stated, "Ms. Global Warming". The other lady's sash stated, "Ms. Climate Change".
The men had on tuxedoes complete with colored cumberbund. The cumberbund matched the color of the dress on the lady they were escorting. On their lapel was a matching boutonnière. Each man had on spotless dress shoes. Each man also had on a sash. Partnered with Ms. Global Warming was "Mr. Green House". Partnered with Ms. Climate Change was "Mr. Nuclear Winter".
Mr. Nuclear Winter took a pocket watch out of his coat pocket to check the time. Shiny time piece, it was. Beautiful. A piece of civilization. Everyone noticed it! Mr. Green House told him to put it away.
"Put that away. You're garnering unwanted attention from the crowd." Then he smiled at the crowd.
Everyone talked about these four for days and days, weeks and weeks. We saw two of them one day at the trading post. They were wearing their new utility jumpers. They were also trading in their outfits for extra non-credits items. They really haggled with the man.
"We don't have much use for dress up clothes." "Are you kidding me? They're worth $2,000!" They decided to keep their clothes and rent it out on special occasions. I can't wait to hear the follow up on this!!
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