"Wanna play checkers?"

"What have I said about hostage checkers?"

"You said 'no'. Y'all are doing a great job being boring though."

"Not my fault Angie's bossy."

"I still think you're doing the wrong thing."

"It's her thing!"

"But yer kidnappin' to get what you want. That's a villain move. The villains always fall into a bottomless pit at the end of the movie." Maybe  that will be convincing.

"Bottomless? So, what, you starve to death?"

"I think they just don't like putting blood on TV, so a pit means dead."

"She has a point, Angie."

"Please, that would take ages to dig."

"It only needs to be so deep to look bottomless. I guess the bottom is supposed to be spikes or something."

"I'll take my chances."

Meanwhile, the plan is underway.