From:	Kama kama@*******.net
Subject:	Holiday Adventures (was Re:Quiet)
Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 1999 16:46:04 -0500 (EST)

On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, David Buehrer wrote:

>
> Hmmm....
>
> How about changing the premise.
>
> The runners are hired to steal something that's locked up in a vault on
> one of the top floors of a corporate building (think Die Hard).
> However, it's a pretty easy job because the Johnson has inside info and
> passcards that can get the runners up to the floor and open the vault
> easily. As the runners are entering the last password to open the
> vault in comes the family (Dad, Mom, Daughter, Son, Daughter) to get
> Mom's present (stored in the VP's desk). In the confusion (how can the
> VP be entering his office when he's allready in his office (passcard
> used by the runners)?) the computer activates the time lock on the
> vault. The runners have to wait until 6:00 a.m. the next morning
> before they can open the vault. The can't let the family go because
> they'll tell security. They can't geek the family because the Johnson
> told them "Don't hurt anyone."
>
> Stereotype the family. The mother is easily frustrated by the father,
> and vice versa. The oldest daughter will try to seduce one of the
> runners. The son is infatuated with one of the runners. The youngest
> daughter is psychopathically cute. Occasionally the runners will have
> to avoid the security guard doing his rounds.
>

I like this in a number of ways. Now, how to combine these . . .

Maybe the meeting spot is not a picnic location. The runners are hired to
birn gthe three kidnappees to an office. They are given security passes
and all the codes to get inside. Dad arrives with Mom. He KNOWS what the
security procedures will be and deliberately punches in the same code a
second time locking them all in the office until morning. They can't geek
anyone, becuase if they do, there will be some hard quesitons when they
are going to leave in the morning. they can't blow thier way out, becuase
if thye do, the guards will be alerted. They have to sit tight and WAIT
until morning when they can walk out quietly wihtout anyone noticing.

In the mean time Mom is ranting at DAD for setting this up - she doesn't
want to see these ungrateful louts if they can't be bothered to come on
their own. They can't stand each other and resnet Mom for being to busy
for them. Etc. Etc. Etc.

Throw in a few attempts at Matricide and Fatricide that the runners have
to prevent as well as the wondering guards (I hope they didn't bring any
large weapons that will be hard to explain on the way out) and you have a
party.

Kama