Originally Posted by: Dungeon Master
A lot of time passed between the tie up games that Tessa played with me. My parents were out all day. Jean watched Ben and me. Tessa had the day off so came over to spend time with Jean around lunch. Being 9 years old, I wanted to play an April Fools joke on someone, but being 9 and not given to acts of mayhem, could not really think of anything. I just wanted to yell “April Fool.†During lunch I tried to think of a joke that involved salt, but everyone was watching. So my plan for mayhem fizzled. Tessa and Jean thought this was cute. Among other things that I did.
“Do you guys remember when you tied me up?†Tessa asked.
“Yes. Why do you bring this up?†Jean said.
“Last week, I let my kids tie me up,†Tessa said.
“Really? Why would you do that?†Jean said incredulous.
“They wanted to play a game. I suggested we play rescue the princess.â€
“What’s that?†I asked.
“I pretended to be a Medieval princess who was kidnapped by bandits.â€
“Were your kids the bandits?†Jean asked.
“The bandits and knights.†Jean and I laughed. I had played both sides in plenty of games, usually with Josh.
“Can we play?†I asked.
“What do you want to be? Bandit or hero?†Jean asked me.
“Both!â€
“That’s so cute!†said Tessa, “My kids were fighting over it at first.â€
“Al can play any part. Except the girls,†said Jean.
“Yup,†I said.
“I’ll play with you guys,†said Tessa, grinning.
“We can play, you guys have to start while I do the dishes,†said Jean. So Tessa, Ben and I went downstairs. Ben wanted to watch TV. As soon as he was happy, I charged Tessa but she caught me.
“Hold on a moment, how about this: you and I go get Jean,†she said with a huge grin.
“Okay!†I said. Tessa and I gathered up the tie up supplies. Tessa waited just inside the doorway to the unfurnished side of the basement, a foot or so away from the stairs. I went to wait with her, but I kept giggling. Tessa slapped her hand over my mouth. Now I wanted to hand gag her.
“Go wait with Ben,†Tessa told me. She let go and I followed her instructions. I wanted to see Tessa get Jean. Jean did not keep us waiting any longer.
“I’m coming,†she said. We could hear her footsteps. “Have you tied Tessa yet?†she said as she stepped off the stair. Tessa took this as a cue and pounced. She grabbed one of Jean’s hands and hand-gagged. Neither was very quiet. Jean fought back with her free hand. I imagined my minion had captured Princess Jean. But Princess Jean knew how to fight. Or I was grossly overpaying my henchwoman. The next thing I knew we were wrestling on the ground. Jean was free and trying to grab Tessa. I hand-gagged Tessa with both hands, then remembered released her and went after Jean who grabbed me, let go to fend off Tessa who retreated, grabbed me and let go. There was much grabbing of wrists and tickling any exposed areas. Laughter mixed with battle taunts. Then someone asked Ben for the rope. My brother obliged by picking up the rope and holding it to whoever was closest. I thought the au pairs had ganged up on me when they lifted me up and carried me to the bed. The melee continued there and ended when we got tangled in the rope. As we were untangling ourselves, we figured out who caught who.
“I think we’re all prisoners,†said Tessa.
“So who gets tied up?†I asked.
“We all get tied up,†said Jean.
“How do we do that?†I asked.
“Ben, can you help?†asked Tessa.
“Yes,†said Ben.
“Who ties up who?†said Jean.
“I want to tie up Tessa,†I said.
“I want to tie up Jean,†Tessa said.
“I want to tie up someone!†said Jean.
“We can take turns,†said Tessa. The rest of us agreed. Tessa and Jean flipped for turns. The loser got tied up first. Jean bound Tessa hands behind her back and gagged her with a cleave gag. Tessa sat on Jean bed and let her wrists be tied. Then Jean hand-gagged me from behind and tied me the same way next to Tessa. And she through a blanket on us. Tessa tried to escape. As the knight in shining armor, I had attempted to save Princess Tessa but fell into the Sorceress’s trap.
“If she hadn’t taken my sword,†I thought, “I could get out of here!†I could hear the Sorceress and her imp talking about what to do with us.
“Tie them to something,†Ben said.
“I’ve got it,†said the Sorceress. She took the blanket off of us.
“Wht nwh?†Tessa grunted. The Sorceress tied us back to back and threw the blanket back on. Tessa moaned quite a bit. Soon we were untied.
“Okay, now it’s my turn!†said Tessa. Her grin was back. She had a cute grin. Stay tuned.