Thirty minutes. Chris grappled for another key, grunting as he fumbled it and heard it clatter on the floor. The cuffs limited his motion and flexibility quite a lot. He growled into the gag, tugging for a moment at his restraints. Half an hour to feel among what was dozens from the sounds of it. He absolutely intended to get loose, the question was if he could manage in time. So much of the room to search... and he had heard Violet scattering the keys with her foot.
Rolling onto his stomach again, Chris forced himself to think for a minute. Maybe there was a way to expedite this somehow. It'd help if he could see... actually, that was solvable. The blindfold was one of those easy to put on ones, the type a less kinky couple might use to help with falling asleep. If he could tilt his head correctly and maybe nudge it against the floor at the right angle... He got to work. The floor was smooth concrete but still. It'd probably not take lo-
Got it. He winced a moment at the light, eyes adjusting before quickly glancing around. He could see the keys now, a handful of distinct piles. Chris processed the number of them, hope faltering. It was a lot more than he realized mentally. Getting caught up in that was going to guarantee his failure though. He managed to roll over to the group near him with determination. It would be easier grabbing and testing them now. Plus he could get a look at the locks better. He grabbed a key and glanced at the wrist locks. Once he did though he paused, squinting and then opening his eyes in surprise.
The ankle locks and the one on the chain connecting to the wrists were silver and brass, respectively. Any of the grey metal keys scattered could be the right one for those. The wrist ones, though, were black. They only owned a few locks with that color. And one of those had a key set that was black also. The key that was in his hands slipped and clattered to the floor. Chris' eyes scanned quickly, widening as he spotted a black key a bit away on the floor. He scooted towards it with effort, a couple grunts along the way. It was a long shot, sure. But fifteen to twenty percent odds against the sheer unlikelihood of the rest of the keys? It was worth using a minute. Fingers wrapped around the black key, a brief struggle before he got it lined up with the lock proper-
-Click-. It went in. And then it TURNED. A quick motion and the lock clicked open and a cuff slipped off his wrist. "Fgh YSS!" The cuff slipped off easily, a groan of discomfort metering his excitement. Chris' arms felt distinctly sore, the longer period restrained having made a bit of an impact. Carefully, he pushed into a sitting position before going to unbuckle the gag. That made him wince hard. Compared to his shoulders and arms, his jaw really ached... it didn't want to close right either after having the ballgag for so long.
As Chris flexed his jaw muscles slowly he looked to the nearby key pile. Now that his hands were free, the fumbling from before wasn't slowing him down. He started working through the pile as quickly as he could. There wasn't a way to know for sure how long he had, but he'd bet at least another ten to fifteen minutes. And with hands free that'd be enough. One after another, the pile of tested keys rapidly outgrowing the pile of unknown ones...
None in that pile were what he needed. But the next pile bore fruit. One of the ankle locks opened up for him. His knees had gotten a decent chance to stretch some already thanks to the connecting chain being useless without the wrists secure. But it felt nice to stretch them a bit more also. Slowly, he got up and looked over himself. One wrist cuff and its chain were still locked on. Same for his right ankle and the cage Violet had mercilessly put on him. He winced at the memory of the ice, then narrowed his eyes and looked to the door.
Five or so minutes... he didn't need the other padlocks unlocked to flip this scenario around. He instead moved to the restraint rack and grabbed rope. After consideration, he also grabbed a penis gag with it. Studying the room for a second, he moved to the wall next to the door and took his place. Where he was, the second Violet opened the door he'd be able to make a move. She wouldn't have time to process much before he sprung the ambush. His grin took on a faintly wicked aspect to it. It'd be HIS turn, soon enough.
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The timer went off, a high pitched trilling sound echoing through the living room. Violet's eyes snapped from the tv to the alarm. She quickly turned it off before grabbing the tv remote and doing likewise with it. Wasn't like she was committed to the show she was watching anyways. Through that whole half hour, well, almost half hour, her attention had been mostly on the subtle clicks of the timer and her hand between her legs. Reluctantly, she got up and stretched before grabbing the keys to Chris' locks and turning eyes towards the stair to the basement.
Twenty five minutes. It really was cruel of her to shorten the time, but he wouldn't know about that little robbery until later. Besides, those extra five minutes weren't going to be much use. The sheer scale of the task had really hit her while feeling herself and made her all the more horny. Him down there, desperately trying to find the right key among a veritable scattering of them, unable to see... Chris truly was hopeless. It really would take a stroke of luck... though she doubted her husband had gotten so lucky.