I'm increasingly drawn by this idea of a group of thieves who've been botching this leap second-based gem heist over and over for yearshttps://twitter.com/qntm/status/615572970879234048 …
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They keep getting the timing wrong and then quietly exfiltrating, intending to try again when the next leap second happens in ~18 months
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But it's been going on for so long that it's also a major part of the last 10 years of their lives. It might even be their only constant
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They get married, move countries, raise kids, they serve a little time for other reasons, but this one gem heist, they keep coming back to
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Steve's life essentially went to hell in 2016, but at least he'll be able to see the gang again on New Year's Eve
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I feel as if there's a deeper story there. None of them are really there for the gem anymore. They kind of know it's futile anyway
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Heist plots don't generally play out over the course of years, do they? This might be a novel angle.
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If only I knew the slightest thing about writing character drama
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