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(Originally Posted Wednesday 8-7-19)<\/p>\n

What caught my eye with this one was the nighttime\/dark vibe. Like it\u2019s an alley or small street, or even underground, which I like best.<\/p>\n

The description said, \u2018clay idol for Durga Puja\u2019, which is the most awaited Hindu festival in Eastern India.<\/p>\n

I know nothing about this, which I think is part of the draw. It\u2019s an area I haven\u2019t set anything in yet (and I\u2019d have to do a bunch of research) but the idea I have is maybe the calm before the festival.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s in a few days and there\u2019s places getting ready for it and something important is underground.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m thinking there\u2019s two brothers, both prominent Indian business men. But one is kinda shady. And they both want this item and plan to steal it during the festival when it\u2019s crazy busy.<\/p>\n

The shady one hires a team of criminals and thieves to get it. The other brother hires a team of mercenaries. Which I think a good subplot would be how this annoys his head of security who feels like he can get a team together to handle it and not bring in foreigners\/outsiders for the job.<\/p>\n

Instead of making up new characters from scratch for this one, I already have several characters who could do the job and even better they\u2019re already rivals, so it would make sense for them to be against each other too, just like the brothers.<\/p>\n

This feels like it would be more of a novella length story too, with a lot of build up to the festival and then a lot of gunfights happening underground.<\/p>\n

Just need to figure out what they\u2019re fighting over and who\u2019s going to win it in the end.<\/p>\n

#WednesdayWriting #TheMercSeries #Ideas #ThinkingOutLoud<\/p>\n

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