EXER: a first line, anyone?

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Original Posting Jan. 17, 2016

Mitsuko took me out for a walk around one of the local malls this afternoon, since it was chilly. Wandering around, watching the crowds, wondering what they were all doing there, my eye was caught by the blue glitter around the wrist of a young girl, maybe six or seven years old. Then I realized it was handcuffs! One fastened on her wrist, the chain dangling down, and the other fastened on the wrist of a plump brown teddy bear, jiggling and dancing along beside his young friend. The handcuffs were a bright metallic blue, like a beetle or perhaps peacock feather?

Anyway, as I was pondering on just what led to this juxtaposition, I realized there might be a writing prompt there. So...

They had handcuffed us together.

There. That's your starting line. Who got handcuffed together, why, and what are they trying to do as the odd couple who are literally chained together? You decide. The old escapees, one from each group that can't stand each other, but now they need to work together to get away? Or maybe something more modern, like my young friend and her teddy bear? Pick your two characters, get the cuffs on them, and... Tell us what happens!

Write!
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