(Originally Posted Wednesday 6-28-17)
The red dress was the standout here, particularly how long it was, suggesting we just came from a fancy party. We replace those stairs with ones to a private jet and we’ve got a wealthy girl here. But we’re also on a roof so we could imagine a private helicopter coming to pick up a VIP.
Not sure who the VIP is. Maybe the daughter of a rich business man. Maybe she’s an up and coming business woman herself or a recently famous model.
The story I’m thinking about here is less about the VIP and more about the job to abduct her. The next question would be who’s POV would the story be told from? The bodyguards or the mercenaries hired to grab the VIP?
If she was a model then we could easily use Nick in his Nick Summers role as he fights them off.
But I’m leaning towards using a merc team as the main characters. Either a new crew or maybe a group already mentioned somewhere. Maybe the Death Jesters were hired. If they were hired then who the VIP is/represents is more important so as to justify the expense at hiring the Death Jesters.
Or maybe this is just the first phase of an operation.
If we go with this being a new group, maybe this is a warmup/ trial run for a bigger job. If that’s the case then who this VIP isn’t as important since we’re just showing the group in action and seeing how good they are.
Lots of options we could take this story in.
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