Petticoats

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Petticoats (also, underskirts) were first released in 2013 at Return to Coraesine Field.

It should be noted that some verbs act differently when the petticoats are worn with the gown as a separate item as opposed to laced with the gown. In most cases, when laced with a gown, the gown takes on the active verbs. When worn as a separate item, the petticoats maintain the verbs.

Analyze

You analyze your frilly white petticoats and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions, but the creator has stated that "The item has restrictions on changing the noun."

The creator has also provided the following information:

This frilly white petticoats can either be worn beneath a gown or laced into one to change the gown's description.  The frilly white petticoats are fully unlocked and trapped for LACE, UNLACE, WEAR, REMOVE, TURN, PUSH, PULL, RUB, POSE, CURTSY, SASHAY, and DANCE.

The frilly white petticoats may be altered as long as it remains some sort of underskirt or petticoat that would be acceptable as part of a gown alteration.  It is not intended to be lingerie or risque.  Keep in mind that the petticoats will not be visible in your inventory when you are wearing it alone.

TURNing the gown while laced with an underskirt will cycle through lacing styles of over, with, pinned over, pinned high over, gathered over, layered over, and front-split over.  Custom lacing styles can be added by a willing merchant.

Tier 1

Usage

Verb Style First Third
LACE Petticoats with gown You layer your blue dress over your frilly white petticoats and lace the petticoats into place, leaving you with a sky blue dress over some frilly white petticoats. XXX layers a sky blue dress over her frilly white petticoats and laces the petticoats into place.
REMOVE Petticoats (not laced with gown) You discreetly unhook your frilly white petticoats beneath your white pinafore and slip the petticoats off before stepping out of them. XXX adjusts the folds of her blue dress, gathering the skirts in closer around her body.
REMOVE Gown (laced with petticoats) You slowly slip off your blue dress, dropping the wide skirts to the floor and carefully stepping out of the dress. XXX slowly slips off her blue dress, dropping the wide skirts to the floor and carefully stepping out of the dress.
UNLACE Petticoats from gown You carefully pull the ties holding your frilly white petticoats into place beneath your blue dress and separate the two garments. XXX carefully pulls the ties holding her frilly white petticoats in place beneath her blue dress and separates the petticoats from the dress.
WEAR Petticoats (not laced with gown) You step into the frilly white petticoats and discreetly pull them up over your legs and into place beneath a sky blue dress, carefully layering the folds of the wide skirt over the frilly white petticoats. XXX adjusts the folds of her blue dress, fluffing the wide skirts out about her.
WEAR Petticoats (not laced with gown), Worn You discreetly adjust the fit of your frilly white petticoats. None
WEAR Gown (laced with petticoats) You step into the wide skirts of your blue dress and pull the dress into place, carefully layering the folds of the wide skirt over the frilly white petticoats. XXX steps into the wide skirts of her blue dress and pulls the dress into place. She then adjusts the folds of her blue dress, fluffing the wide skirts out about her.
WEAR Gown (laced with petticoats), Worn You smooth your hands across your hips and adjust the wide skirts of your blue dress. XXX smooths her hands across her hips and adjusts the wide skirts of her blue dress.

Tier 2

Adds fluff verbs, including PULL, PUSH, RUB, and TURN. Turn changes how the petticoats appear when laced with the gown. Viable options: over a petticoat, pinned over a petticoat, pinned high over a petticoat, layered over a petticoat, gathered over a petticoat, front-split over a petticoat, spread out widely from the hips over a petticoat, arranged neatly over a petticoat.

Usage

Verb Style First Third
PULL No gown That would be indecent! You aren't wearing a proper dress over your frilly white petticoats! N/A
PULL With gown (laced or not laced) You gather the wide skirts of your blue dress in your hands and hike the hemline up slightly to reveal the frilly white petticoats beneath. XXX gathers the wide skirts of her blue dress in her hands and hikes them up slightly, revealing the frilly white petticoats beneath.
PUSH No gown You place your hands on your hips and wonder which dress you should wear over your frilly white petticoats today. XXX places her hands on her hips as a thoughtful expression crosses her face.
PUSH With gown (laced or not laced), Not Standing You push the wide skirts of your blue dress down, trying to tame the fullness of the petticoats beneath. As soon as you remove your hands, however, the skirts spring back into place. XXX presses the wide skirts of her blue dress down, but as soon as she removes her hands the skirts spring back out to full volume.
PUSH With gown (laced or not laced), Standing You press the wide skirts of your blue dress down against your legs so that the skirts, bolstered by the fullness of the petticoats beneath, extend out behind you. As soon as you remove your hands, the skirts spring back the other way, swinging back and forth like a bell. Good luck with doorways. XXX presses the wide skirts of her blue dress down, but as soon as she removes her hands the skirts spring back out to full volume, swinging back and forth like a bell.
RUB No gown That would be indecent! You aren't wearing a proper dress over your frilly white petticoats! N/A
RUB with gown (laced or not laced) You run your hand over the folds of the wide skirts of a sky blue dress, feeling the fullness from the petticoats beneath. XXX runs her hand over the wide skirts of a sky blue dress, gently adjusting the fall of the fabric.
TURN With gown (not laced) You discreetly pinch the waistband of your frilly white petticoats and adjust the fit underneath your blue dress. XXX lightly runs her fingers across her hips, smoothing the lay of the wide skirts of her blue dress.
TURN Gown (laced with petticoats) You adjust the way your blue dress rests atop your frilly white petticoats, resulting in the look of the laced garment changing to a sky blue dress with some frilly white petticoats. XXX adjusts the lay of the wide skirts of her blue dress, briefly causing the frilly white petticoats beneath to show.

Tier 3

Tier 3 adds the verbs CURTSY, DANCE, POSE, and SASHAY. You should not target your petticoat or gown when you attempt to SASHAY RIGHT, LEFT, or BEHIND.

Usage

Verb Style First Third
CURTSY No gown You take one step back with your right foot, drawing it behind your left, and dip into a low curtsy. XXX takes one step back with her right foot, drawing it behind her left, and dips into a low curtsy.
CURTSY With gown, Not Standing You fluff the wide skirts of your blue dress about you on the ground. XXX fluffs the wide skirts of her blue dress about her on the ground.
CURTSY With gown, Standing You gather the wide skirts of your blue dress in your hands and, with impeccable posture and grace, drop into a low curtsy. XXX gathers the wide skirts of her blue dress in her hands and drops into a low curtsy while maintaining impeccable posture and grace.
CURTSY With gown, Standing, Self Target Gathering the wide skirts of your blue dress in your hands, you cross your legs and lower yourself to the ground, making sure your skirts are evenly distributed about you. Gathering the wide skirts of her blue dress in her hands, XXX gracefully lowers herself to the ground and fluffs the wide skirts of the dress about her.
CURTSY With gown, Standing, Target Gathering the wide skirts of your blue dress in your hands, you glide over to YYY and sweep into a low, graceful curtsy before him. After a moment, you rise, looking YYY steadily in the eye. Gathering the wide skirts of her blue dress in her hands, XXX glides over to YYY and sweeps into a low, graceful curtsy before him. After a moment, she rises, looking YYY steadily in the eye.
DANCE No gown That would be indecent! You aren't wearing a proper dress over your frilly white petticoats! N/A
DANCE With gown, not laced You take up the wide skirts of your blue dress in each hand and spread your arms out to each side as you dance, swishing the fabric of the dress and the frilly white petticoats back and forth as you sweep across the area. XXX takes up the wide skirts of her blue dress in each hand and spread her arms out to each side as she dances, the tiers of the dress and the frilly white petticoats beneath swishing back and forth as she goes.
DANCE With gown, Self Target Feeling saucy, you grasp the fabric of your blue dress in each hand and pull upward, revealing your calves and much of the frilly white petticoats beneath! You kick your legs merrily as you swish the fabric of your skirts side to side in a jaunty dance. XXX takes up the wide skirts of her blue dress in each hand and lifts them high, revealing her calves and much of the frilly white petticoats beneath! She kicks her legs merrily as he swishes the fabric of the skirts from side to side in a jaunty dance.
DANCE With gown, Target, Not Grouped or Target not Standing You take up the wide skirts of your blue dress in each hand and spread your arms out to each side as you dance around YYY, swishing the fabric of the dress and the frilly white petticoats beneath as you sweep through the area." XXX takes up the wide skirts of her blue dress in each hand and spreads her arms out to each side as she dances around UUU, the tiers of the dress and the frilly white petticoats swishing back and forth as she goes.
DANCE With gown, Target, Grouped and Standing You take YYY's hand in one hand and grasp the wide skirts of your blue dress in the other and twirl through the area with YYY in a graceful dance. XXX takes up the wide skirts of her blue dress in each hand and holds the skirts out to the side as she and YYY twirl through the area in a graceful dance, the tiers of the dress and the frilly white petticoats beneath swishing back and forth as the pair dances.
POSE No gown You discreetly smooth your frilly white petticoats, pull back your shoulders, and inhale slightly, sure that you look as refined as you feel. XXX straightens her posture and adopts a refined pose.
POSE With gown, Kneeling You kneel forward briefly and rearrange the frilly white petticoats beneath you so that your blue dress's wide skirts pool about you like petals on a flower. You interlock your fingers and hold them under your chin, aiming at looking pretty and dainty. XXX fluffs the wide skirts of her blue dress out about her like petals of a flower. She interlocks her fingers and holds them under her chin, simpering prettily.
POSE With gown, Sitting You fluff the wide skirts of your blue dress about you on the ground and place your hands neatly in your lap, smiling prettily all the while. XXX runs her hands across the wide skirts of her blue dress that pool about her on the ground before bringing her hands to rest folded in her lap, smiling prettily all the while.
POSE With gown, Prone Laying on your stomach, you clasp your hands under your chin and prop yourself up on your elbows. You kick your feet back, sending a spray of fabric from the wide skirts of your blue dress and frilly white petticoats flying! Laying on her stomach, XXX clasps her hands under her chin and props herself up on her elbows." As she kicks up her feet, XXX sends a spray of fabric from the wide skirts of her blue dress and frilly white petticoats flying!
POSE With gown, Standing You smooth the wide skirts of your blue dress and pull back your shoulders, sure that you look as refined as you feel as you turn gracefully, your frilly white petticoats swirling gently in your wake. With perfect posture, XXX adopts a refined pose and she turns gracefully, the wide skirts of her blue dress swirling gently in her wake.
POSE With gown, Standing, Target You smooth the wide skirts of your blue dress, pull back your shoulders, and catch YYY's eye. Sure that you look as refined as you feel, you simper at him before turning away gracefully, your frilly white petticoats swirling gently in your wake. XXX adopts a refined pose and smiles at YYY. With a simpering smile, she turns away from him gracefully, the wide skirts of her blue dress swirling gently in her wake.
SASHAY With gown, not laced You sashay along, displaying your frilly white petticoats! XXX sashays along, displaying some frilly white petticoats!
SASHAY With gown, laced Taking hold of the wide skirts of your blue dress with one hand, you sashay about gracefully, the skirts swinging to and fro in time with your steps. Taking hold of the wide skirts of her blue dress with one hand, XXX sashays about gracefully, the skirts swinging to and fro in time with her steps.
SASHAY Right/Left Taking a fistful of fabric in your hand, you lift one side of the wide skirts of your blue dress as you perform a sashaying circle to the left. XXX lifts the wide skirts of her blue dress as she sashays in a circle to the left, the skirts swirling after her.
SASHAY Self Target You sashay about in a circle with your head thrown back and arms wide, the wide skirts of your blue dress swinging back and forth like a bell as you move. XXX sashays about in a circle with her head thrown back and arms wide, the wide skirts of her blue dress swinging back and forth like a bell as she moves.
SASHAY Behind Self Target You take a few graceful steps backward, the wide skirts of your blue dress swinging back and forth like a bell. XXX takes a few graceful steps backward, the wide skirts of her blue dress swinging back and forth like a bell.
SASHAY Right/Left Self Target Taking a fistful of fabric in your hand, you lift one side of the wide skirts of your blue dress as you perform a sashaying circle to the left. XXX lifts the wide skirts of her blue dress as she sashays in a circle to the left, the skirts swirling after her.
SASHAY Target You sashay gracefully up to YYY, the wide skirts of your blue dress swinging back and forth like a bell as you move. XXX sashays up to YYY, the wide skirts of her blue dress swinging back and forth like a bell as she moves.
SASHAY Behind Target You sashay gracefully to stand behind YYY, but the wide skirts of your blue dress dash any hopes of this being a good hiding place. XXX sashays gracefully to stand behind YYY, the wide skirts of her blue dress swinging back and forth like a bell as she moves into place.
SASHAY Right Left Target Not Grouped "You gather the wide skirts of your blue dress in each hand and sashay in a graceful circle to the left around YYY, dipping low with each step. XXX gathers up the wide skirts of her blue dress and sashays in a graceful circle to the left around YYY, dipping low with each step.
SASHAY Right Left Target Grouped "Taking up a fistful of fabric from the wide skirts of your blue dress in one hand, you hold the skirt out at arm's length as you twirl with YYY as you sashay in a graceful circle to the left. XXX lifts the wide skirts of her blue dress and holds them out at arm's length as she twirls with YYY as they sashay in a graceful circle to the left.
Petticoats Information
Type Fluff
Item Classification Clothing
Item(s) Applied to
Alterable Yes
Light/Deep
Tiered Yes
Number of Tiers 3
How to Unlock Merchant
Certificate
Item Verbs
CURTSY DANCE LACE POSE
PULL PUSH REMOVE RUB
SASHAY TURN UNLACE WEAR


Additional Information

At some point, the analyze for petticoats was changed. The previous analyze read as follows:

The creator has also provided the following information:

This ivory silk underskirts can either be worn beneath a gown or laced into one to change the gown's description.  The ivory silk underskirts are fully unlocked and trapped for LACE, UNLACE, WEAR, REMOVE, TURN, PUSH, PULL, RUB, POSE, CURTSY, SASHAY, and DANCE.
The ivory silk underskirts may be altered as long as it remains some sort of underskirt or petticoat that would be acceptable as part of a gown alteration.  It is not intended to be lingerie or risque.  Keep in mind that the underskirts will not be visible in your inventory when you are wearing it alone.