
Red Bandana Gang: The Amateur Kidnapper's Errors
Chapter 1
Saturday, April 15, 2017
"Is it a plan?" I ask Serafina Randaccio.
"I can do it," the sweet girl responds, "But I am-a… still a-new to this."
"Look, Serafina," our third conspirator, Janie, adds, "You've gotten good at tying people."
"For real! You're awesome at this stuff! Just follow Janie's lead, OK?" I encourage her.
"I don't a-know, but I try-a my best," the native born Italian smiles, "We do this, OK?"
"That's the spirit! Red Bandana Gang rocks!" the nicknamed Gangsta Jock cheers her on.
"I want to call my boy for a bit first," Serafina excuses herself.
Serafina is new to TUGs, the newest member of The Cool Girls' Club, the most awesome group of friends you've ever seen. Our pledge is simple: to love each other unconditionally. TUGs are an amazing way in which we express that love. Now, we have an Italian, a rower, who is also a first in the CGC's incredible membership.
We're the Red Bandana Gang. I'm wearing my favorite bandana of all, my classic red paisley as a headband. Serafina, or Sera, and Janie have Western paisley bandanas. The former wears hers as a kerchief, but Janie has a headband. Janie, like me, has her hair in a braid. Both put effort to ensure the floral emblem is visible and centered above the bridge of their nose. Aren't we cute?
What's a Bandana Gang? It's a game of sorts. A bunch of CGC members team up and wear the same color bandana like a criminal gang. The game is to kidnap an agreed set of girls! On this occasion, the goal is to kidnap both of my and Janie's roommates and three of our friends!
Red has always been my favorite color. Strawberries, cherries, flowers, maple leaves, Christmas lights, and so many more things are wonderful red. I'll wear red shorts, shirts, socks, bandanas, and even underwear. Janie and Sera also love my favorite color as one of their favorites. We've got this for our motivation. It's the CGC, where it's all love and friendship through TUGs.
It's with cause. I suffer from a colorblindness called tritanopia and see the world as shades going from bright blue to bright pink with no greens, yellows, oranges, etc. Is it any wonder red would be my favorite color? My own eyes, a very Danish blue as my surname Kristensen suggests, are distorted ever so slightly, so I know not what people see when they admire my irises.
Why kidnapping our roommates? Because TUGs are the best game in the world? I love to play no game more with my friends and love the feeling of being tied up and tying up others and how it builds trust. They're fun to play with my friends, but it's a bonding experience, LOL, when I play with my closest friends. We build more than trust; we're sharing our time together. During a game, we even help each other to burn off energy or stress or just to explore ourselves more.
Meet me, Jenny Danielle Kristensen, a girl others call "petite." I'm soooo short, standing at just 5'1" and have Scandinavian blonde brown hair that is often kept in a braid. It's a Red Bandana Gang for sure because I'm wearing all red except for my sneakers, which are canvas black ones. My shirt is a tank top because that extra movement makes a big difference during kidnappings.
Meet my friend, Janie Patterson. Janie is huuuggggeeee, over 6 feet tall! I feel so small next to her. Her heart is so much bigger though. Janie suffers a lot from her own mind, and we implore her to seek counseling even though she refuses to do so out of embarrassment. It's all red with her, even the socks and sneakers and simple plain t-shirt. Red barrettes hold her bandana right where she wants it any time she wears one. Is it any wonder she's the softball team's star hitter?
Meet my new friend, Serafina Randaccio, who came to America from Italy several years ago. A mother, the first to join the CGC, Sera struggled to accept that mistakes can become blessings. I tell her to revel in the thrills of motherhood, and she seems to be listening. There is some trauma of some sort, but she hasn't discussed it with me. All I know is that she loves her son! Her shirt is a t-shirt with a V neck, very appropriate for a girl with a mischievous streak.
"Shall we go a-kidnapping?" Sera sheepishly asks.
"Sure!" I bounce like a bunny and turn away.
"How are you so freaking happy all the time?" Janie asks me, stopping me dead in my tracks.
"Ummmmm," I pause, unable to answer that question, "I just… am?"
"Oh, there must be more to it," the Italian uses her most endearing voice.
"I'd have to think about it. If I don't have an adequate answer after this, you may tie me up."
"That's a deal," Janie fires back.
"We're definitely holding you to this," Serafina quickly adds while fluffing her hair.
Sera lives alone in a single dorm. Upstairs from her is the dorm shared by our first three targets: Joy, Hannah, and Joyce. What different personalities these three can be! We're all also aiming to cheer up Joyce, in part, because she recently went through the worst seven months possibly. Last June, her father died from a heart attack; in November, her boyfriend kidnapped her and attacked her when she ended the relationship; finally, this January, her mother was killed by a wrong-way drunk driver. She had lost so much: her parents and her humanity. We're crying; are you?
Joyce is a large portion of our motive. Janie and Sera in particular love Joyce as a best friend. I suggested the kidnapping game as a way for them to dote on her. As risky as it sounds, we plan to tie up these three; go back to the apartment I share with Janie and kidnap those roommates; then Janie will return to the dorm to be with Joyce, Joy, and Hannah. It wouldn't be much of a story if those plans didn't fail! Come on! Let's go!
I bounce up the stairs. Janie takes them 3 at a time. Sera takes them normally but with a spring in her step. It's nice because our friends have the first dorm, right next to the elevator and the stairwell, and we joyfully knock on the door. I can tell Joyce opened the door since no one can be seen when she does so because she stands behind the door and keeps the slide lock in place.
"Who's there?" her sullen voice asks fearfully, worried that someone is seeking revenge on her.
"It's us!" I bounce some more, hoping to transfer some rope bunny energy into the dorm.
"Your friends!" Sera reaches in to slide the chain, taking an authority only we girls have here.
"Let's go!" Janie pushes the door open like a boss, knowing Joyce and she are dear friends.
"Whoa!" Joyce gets pushed out of the way with ease, but her eyes say, "I'm safe now."
"And shut it!" Janie shuts and blocks it, "This is a Red Bandana Gang. We're in charge."
"But where's Hannah?" I notice that one girl in particular is absent.
"We're not telling," my friend Joy smirks at us, daring us to kidnap her.
"Screw you!" Joyce defies us, and I see a Pink Bandana Gang was interrupted by us.
Joy is inspirational despite her spiritual struggles. The pink kerchief on her head is more than an ordinary bandana; it's her head covering. Joy covers her hair in the old style to remind herself to pray and to help herself resist temptation because she has strong sexual desires for girls and men alike and has fornicated with many over the years. This is why she wears an ankle-length skirt in a matching pink hue and a brown t-shirt. Her sneakers are a cute purple (as I see purple), and her hair is long and ashen blonde, darker than mine but blonde. I love the Gangsta Girl so much!
Joyce has a rare pink bandana headband, held by hairpins like usual. A pink t-shirt and a short denim skirt are her clothes, and her shoulder length hair is brown-blonde. There is loneliness in her eyes despite the meek soul that inhabits the body, scared because we are all she has since her mother and father are dead, and her half siblings both have children older than her. Life is never fair. Sadly, God leaves the world to operate in accordance to physical laws He ordained; when He intervenes, it's called a miracle. My four-eyed friend is in need of some love.
"Look at how happy Jenny is," Joyce interrupts and starts crying, "I need a hug."
"Awwww, Joyce," I am more than happy to oblige, "Having a bad day?"
"Yeah… Joy thought a little adventure would cheer me up," she adds, "And you've brought it."
"Then it's perfect that we came here to tie you up and take you away in suitcases," I said to her.
"Mmmmmph!" I hand gagged her, and she went limp in joyful surrender to me.
"Janie and Sera, get the Joy-ous girl!" I order my colleagues.
"Mmmmm!" the glow of love shines in Joyce's eyes.
Now I am not too strong because of my size but am fit and can out wrestle Joyce without really any trouble. The thrill of kidnapping is less than the thrill of being kidnapped, but there is much for me to gain from being the kidnapper. This is wanting to see my friend be happy and have fun because many of us care about her. It probably sounds shallow right now, but…
I know what it's like to be sad. It was just after Thanksgiving in 1999 when my big brother died, before my fourth birthday. Scarring me are memories of watching him go from a happy boy to a deathly ill pale thing without any hair. Cancer took my brother away, and that was the toughest life lesson I learned. I felt even then God must have moved me to bless me with so many good memories of a time in life that most forget because my mind has many memories of being young and playing with Daniel before he left this life. Like Janie here barely remembers anything from before she was 6. Reaching back into 1999 like it was yesterday is too easy. I miss you, bro.
I cross Joyce's wrists and tie them tightly and cinch them well. I love tight ropes and tie them in a similar fashion; cinching makes it harder for Joyce to escape. Tying her ankles next to ensure she doesn't walk away! I prepare a traditional Cool Girls' Club gag, a gag shared with us by the TUG sorority of which Hannah, Joyce, and Joy are all active members. It's a blue rubber ball for use as a dog toy, 2 inches in diameter; the ball is hollow with holes on the sides. Through both holes a green bandana is threaded, and the ball fills Joyce's mouth like a ball gag. I tightly crank the knot of the bandana. She was a girl scout who played TUGs with her troop; take no chances.
"Gmmphhh" Joyce groans and relaxes in what she considers to be a loving captivity.
"How you doing, Sera?"
"Pretty good!" my friend beams.
"She's doing a fine job of taking out the Pink Bandana Gangster," Janie continues holding Joy.
"Mmmmmm!" Joy has a similar gag, but with a black bandana.
I keep it simple for the moment with tying up my friend, binding her thighs together and adding a tight breast harness. She and Joy are tied similarly at this point and consent to us continuing to add more bonds. Sorority girls like their double waist and crotch ropes. Another rope ties up their thighs below their waist with one last rope going below their knees. It's pretty good.
I love tightness best of all though, bindings and gags included. Tape gags are the best way to add tightness to a gag, like 8 layers of it. I love it! Cranking on the tape is so much fun, and Joy gets it worse because hers comes from Janie. With little effort, the girls are stuffed into the suitcases, and we casually wheel them out of the dorm as has been done to them, me, and others dozens of times over the years. It's a fun secret we keep.
In the next chapter, I'll talk more about why I love TUGs and introduce you to more friends.


