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Characters: Frigg and Bes
Date/Time: May 1st.
Location: A room in L'Hotel de Jeu Ancien
Rating: Probably just PG with these two
Warnings: TBD, but probably only a little language at worst
Summary: Frigg and Bes must work together.

Frigg had gone to bed in a simple, long-length nightgown. She had been looking forward to some sleep that night as she had been making the final preparations for her move out west. So when she moved and suddenly found her arm around a body, her first thought was "Did Apollo sneak inside?" However as she wakes up she realizes that wasn't possible and then gasped when she saw the stranger in her bed. "Dios mio!" she gasped out, quickly moving away and out of the bed. Except when she did, she noted the chain on her wrist, linking her to the sleeping man.

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"Great." He looked around the room. "How about we check all the drawers and under the furniture first? Just to see if there's a key around. Then, if that doesn't work... Uh, we'll think of something else."

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"Sounds like a plan," Frigg says, coming out of the bathroom. "You got dibs on the drawers or the furniture?"

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"I'll take care of the furniture," Bes offered. "That way I can haul it away from the wall and stuff."

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"That works for me. Let's get to it." And Frigg wastes little time rummaging through the drawers.

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Bes kept the chain between them in mind for the most part as he worked, allowing slack to hang between their wrists, never quite noticing the space they had. After checking beneath every piece of furniture he could reach while tethered, he next set to moving a nightstand and the dresser away from the wall to peer behind hem.

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Frigg meanwhile did a meticulous search through every drawer, carefully sifting through every piece of clothing.

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Finally, Bes sighed. "Nothing here, there, or anywhere. They couldn't make this easy, right?" Before he could continue, though, he froze and stared at the chain between them. "Uh, Frigg? Wasn't the chain much, much shorter when we woke up?"

He lifted his cuffed wrist, the length of chain rattling a bit in response, and blinked. Somehow they had achieved a distance of about half the room between them... All without realizing it.

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"It rarely is, hon." Frigg turned at Bes' question and blinked in surprise when she realized he was right. "Now how the heck..?"

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"Not a clue but it's a good sign, right?" Bes risked a hopeful smile. "If we can make it grow, then we can make it go away, too."

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Indeed, they could do just that. Deeming that this pair had actually come to a mutual accord, they were rewarded.

On one of the beside nightstands a small golden key appeared. No fanfare or shining light drew the attention to herald its arrival. But should either deign to notice, their freedom was granted.

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"Yeah, that's true enou-hey!" Frigg said in surprise when the key ended up in her line of sight. "That wasn't there before!"

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Bes turned to follow the direction of her eyes and his face brightened in a big smile. "No, it wasn't but that sure looks like a key to me." Without hesitation, he crossed to the nightstand and picked it up. Then he returned to Frigg's side, took her manacled hand in his and set to work applying key to lock.

It worked!

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"Great! Throw some clothes on, hon, and let's find the others."

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"Sounds like a great plan to me." Bes quickly undid the manacle on his own hand and tossed the chains and cuffs to the bed with a noisy clinking. Then he returned to the dresser to find a shirt, socks, and - in the closet - he found shoes in his size. He was ready in less than five minutes.

Then he approached the door. He hesitated for only a moment before trying it. He released the breath he didn't know he had been holding when the knob turned easily and the door opened. "Do you want to lead or should I?"

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Frigg patiently waited for Bes to finish dressing.

"I've got no preference, but I'll lead if you want."