HT2004OneTrueMatt
From Simreal
From the One True Matt
Guide Abduction
If we end up going with an alien invasion script, I've got a fun idea for the guides and it wouldn't be too difficult to do.
Partway through the trail, Guide #1 sends the group on ahead through a crawl tunnel or something, but never comes out of the tunnel. Guide #2 picks up the group there. A station later the group finds Guide #1 asleep in the middle of the trail with a radio collar or tag or something on them. The guide's been tagged and released by the aliens, but has no memory of it. The transponder or whatever it is can't be removed. A station later some shadowy figures suddenly grab Guide #1 off the rope and haul him away, never to be seen again.
I think we could pull this off with two extra guides. If we have a guide shortage on any given run night we can just skip it without harming the plot. All we need is a couple of stations with a little bit of a walk between them for the guests and a shortcut for the abducted guide. It would also give guides a short "off-camera" breather in the middle of the trail. Never a bad thing.
