Shit. Shitshitshitshitshit...

[alexisjane]

Fuck.

I've totally just written myself into a corner. I need the Hive Mind!!

Character 1 is in the ICU. I was going to have the nurse give Character 2 his effects and Character 2 was going to take the keys to his apartment and blah blah blah

But I just fudging realized that Character 1 is the victim of a crime and so all his effects would have been logged as evidence...including his keys..

FFFFUUUUUU!!!!

So, how does...

a) the nurse have his keys, or
b) Character 2 become motivated to go to and/or get into the apartment.

...

GO!

Thank you so much for all the help! : ) xx

Comments

[wings128.livejournal.com]

*tentatively raises her hand*
Could the apartment be one of those that has a window onto a fire escape, which in this case has been left ajar?

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Spare set from a friend, or a hider key? Someone came and gave him a spare set as they knew he wouldn't be able to get in, or Character 2 knows where the hider key is?

Xx

[reggie11.livejournal.com]

Right so the cops took the effects which would have been wallet, phone and keys. Did they also take his clothes? If not he could have had a spare key in the lining of a jacket (shut up, I do it because I've lost my keys so often) which was found as a nurse was folding it.

The keys were overlooked/dropped by the ER staff/paramedics in all of the kerfuffle and not noticed until after the cops left. Or the keychain was broken and although the cops took the keys, one or two were shaken loose and then found on the floor of the area he was first brought into and worked on.

C1's apartment isn't key-locked, it's a keypad, and C2 has secretly watched him enough to know the code.

[reggie11.livejournal.com]

PS: I want to read this so bad, you have no idea, lol!

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

I think your idea of the door being unlocked is fine - perhaps C2 goes to the apartment intending to break in and finds it already unlocked. And if C1 did just pop out it's plausible he left his door unlocked and his keys (or spare keys) inside.
This sounds intriguing by the way! Looking forward to reading it.

[meus_venator]

What about a 'hide-a-key' scenario, where C2 has seen C1 forget his keys before and he has one spare stashed somewhere.

[blackrabbit42.livejournal.com]

Also, if C2 is really intelligent, there's this: http://www.memecenter.com/fun/2784441/but-keep-it-in-secret Scroll down and view the third comment from the sherlock fandom on Tumbler.

Alternatively, if C2 has time and patience... many key boxes only have 6 numbers, so there's only 6,666 possible combinations. There's a 50% chance that the correct combo would be one of the first 3,333 that he tried, 25% that it would be one of the first 1,666 he tried, etc. My dad once found a really nice bike lock on a trail, and brought it home. Everyone was teasing him, because it was locked, and he didn't know the combination. We tried, and the combination was the 558th we tried, it took much less than 10 minutes.

[saltandburnboys.livejournal.com]

Does character 2 know character 1? Are they dating/good friends? Could he be the person who character 1 gave his spare key too coz he trusts character 2 more than his neighbours?

xx

[debauchedsock.livejournal.com]

I have nothing useful to say, I'm just really glad you asked this because this is such an interesting thread LOL.

[crucis01.livejournal.com]

Lockpicks?

[reapertownusa.livejournal.com]

If it works best with Character 2 having the keys for later justification then I'd just rewrite so that the keys either didn't end up in evidence or were released from it. Even if by following strict procedure they should be there, you the writer are the master of the universe and can manipulate those slippery keys into any place you want.

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

This might be too late -- but how about he has pet hair on his clothing and so whoever *should've* logged the keys with the other effects gave the nurse the keys so the pet wouldn't starve. :)

...even if there is no pet -- it could be a motivation. The pet could have belonged to someone else if you don't want that complication.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I'm in favour of the keypad option - you can often tell which keys are used because they get shiny with being touched so much more than the others, so it would just be a matter of trying a few different combinations of the shiny numbers until he hit the right set (or he knows the combo because of reasons... maybe ICU guy uses that combo for other things which your sneaky boy is privy to)