Locked

So the premise here is powerlessness. No playing along. No cheating. No willing suspension of disbelief. When the lock clicks shut, I want to be completely and totally powerless.

In order to do that with an online dominatrix, there needs to be a release mechanism. there needs to be a way out of the lock that the slave can access, but has no control over. Furthermore it has to be 100% safe and reliable.

THE ICE METHOD

I’ve blogged about this one already. You put some ice cubes in a mesh sack or a stocking, put the top of the sack through a ring, and then tie off the top of the sack or stocking to a point high up. Then you can attach the keys to the ring. Eventually, the ice will melt, and the ring, along with the attached keys, will fall to the ground.

This works if the slave is bound in such a way that he can’t reach the keys while they’re hanging. For the record, one ice cube tray (12 cubes) will last about 4 to 6 hours when placed inside the sack. This may vary depending on how full the ice cube tray is, what the room temperature is, airflow, and how thick the sack or stocking you’re using is.

Another, simpler option is to simply freeze a key inside of a large block of ice. Plastic-ware containers of various sizes can be used to make ice blocks with various melting times. This would be practical for a lockup of anywhere from 1 to 12 hours.

With the ice blog, again it will need to be suspended above the slave and out of his reach. I have some wire shelving in my closet. If I put the block up there, eventually the key would melt through and fall to the floor. I could make some netting out of dental floss or something and hang it from that.

If I ever get a dog cage, I could put a block of ice with a key on top, and then lock myself inside. I think I’d like to try that. though my first instinct will be to lick the ice through the bars to accelerate the melting. It might be better then if the block was made of something nastier than water. Then there’s the mindfuck element…..do I wanna lick it in order to get out sooner?? Either way, it will be dripping all over me, lol.

TIME RELEASE METHOD

This one is simple. I have a time-padlock. It can be set for any amount of time between one minute and 99 hours. You set the time, then get ready to set the lock. Next, you push a button and you’ll have five seconds to insert the shackle. At the end of those five seconds, the locking mechanism engages, and then it absolutely positively will not yield until the time is up. There’s no reset button. No manual override.

Reviews on Amazon were mixed. It seems this is a fragile instrument, so it’s not really suitable for wearing or carrying around. However, I could use normal locks, and then put the keys inside of a steel box. Then that box could be locked with the time-lock.

COMBINATION LOCKS

This only works for combination locks that have individual dials and can be reset to any combination. First, I’ll hold the lock in my hands without looking at it and set the combination randomly. Then, I’ll place it down on a table, and take a picture. Next, I will send that picture to my captor. Then I will delete all traces of that picture. Then, once the lock is engaged, only my captor will know the code. I won’t.

So the release mechanism is obvious, I have to wait until my captor gives me the code. Until then, I’m stuck.

There is also a website out there called Emlalock. It’s got kind of a clunky interface, so I need to learn more about it. But basically it’s a website that automates exactly this scenario. You randomly set a combo, take a pic, upload it, delete your own copy of the pic, and then the website will email you the picture after a specified time. this would be an effective backup if my captor was unable to communicate the code to me for some reason. However, it would require me to have access to email, which isn’t always conducive to the captivity scenario.

SAFETY

Ms Cassandra has expressed concern about the safety of all of these activities. I’m not an insane person. I’m a father and a responsible adult. I wouldn’t be doing any of this without robust and reliable safety measures.

The ice mechanisms are virtually foolproof. Unless the climate suddenly drops below freezing, while indoors, I should be safe. As added insurance, I can tie some twine to the keys that is long enough to reach the floor. that way in the extremely unlikely event that there is some kind of snag, the keys can still be pulled to the floor.

The time lock is disappointingly weak. The shackle isn’t solid steel like a normal lock, it’s made of a coated steel wire. Household wire-cutters will destroy it in a cinch.

Some of the combination locks that I have use this wire-shackle mechanism as well. There is also the possibility of cracking a combination lock. In other words, you just try every combination until one works. A 3 digit combination can be cracked in under an hour. A 4 digit code would be longer, but not an impossible amount of time.

I do have one lock that is very sturdy and secure and uses a 5 digit code. That would require some additional backup measure. Any sturdy lock with a key would also fall into this category. For this, there can always be “A key that does not exist”. The absolute final last resort safeword. It can be in a sealed envelope. Or it could be placed inside on of my steel boxes, and then that box can be secured with a plastic numbered lock. At least then it could be verified.

I already mentioned that household wire cutters would make short work of many of the locking mechanisms I’ve mentioned. The steel boxes that I mentioned aren’t exactly Fort Knox. They could be bent and pried open by brute force. A lot of the bondage gear that I have that can be locked, is also made of leather, so a sharp knife is really the only backup key I need.

The amount of suffering I endure may influence how willing I am to destroy my stuff. Most items are less than $20 so I imagine there is a breaking point. Though I’d really rather not do that. Replacing things can get expensive, and frankly I’d rather be spending money on upgrading to more secure gear. Ultimately I’d like things to be prison-level secure where I’ll have to rely solely on “the key that dose not exist”, and whatever consequences my captor attaches to that.

I’ll have a phone to call for help in any dire circumstance. And if the building caught fire and I had to go outside, I’d just have to endure the humiliation of doing it in cuffs. Someone will likely show up with a key.