A truly immobilizing timeout followed for the bare-skinned truants, who were roped shoulder-to-shoulder with their backs against a square concrete post. Gagged with microfoam tape, Harmony and Natalie battled with dwindling hope against the rope web controlling their arms and legs and raised up on small bare feet pinned to the post. Although they were more than adequately restrained, a taut coil callously added around their waists intensified their captivity.