Rough/draft

# Minimum Outline

Gate is mean to cone, just wants to enjoy it’s hobby.
Because of being mean, it loses the golf ball.
Nobody wins.
Cone forgives the gate, and they get the golf ball back with teamwork.
They are friends.

# Minimum Viable Plot Beats

– Gate opens and closes for people as they pass.
– Cone alerts for obstacles.
– Gate looks left and right
– Gate Plays golf, alone. Enjoys itself.
– Cone ‘awakens’ and approaches gate. First, watching. Golf?
– Cone bothers the gate. Wants to play golf.
– People pass (visual punch line, freezing this ‘argument’ as they return to duty).
– Gate just wants to play golf alone.
– Cone harasses gate who tries to ignore it.
– People pass. One of the people finds the golf ball, and takes it. “oh cool!”
– Now both gate and cone are sad. Dejected.
– a few people pass. They do their jobs. Gate a bit ‘slow’
– Person who took golf ball returns, tossing the golf ball up and down, on the phone, pacing left/right.
– Person walks up to gate but gate doesn’t open. “Yeah, i don’t know, a defective unit or something, won’t let me pass. Yeah, I hate these things too”
– Gate stops the person and cone knocks into them as the person tosses up the golf ball, causing them to drop it. Gate lifts, the person passes, chased off by the cone.
– Golf ball is returned
– They play golf together, now friends.