In Class Exercise

In our story class we were grouped up and told to write down 3 characters and a situation revolving around a container. We understood that the idea behind this exercise was for us to jot down the first things that came into our heads and not really think to much about each individual component of the story. In the end I don't think people liked our idea but I think we were the only group that had done the practice the way it was meant to be done.  

Strangely enough this is an odd idea that I may want to come back in the future -

Peter - 6'0, mustache, heavy build, combat trousers, wheel chair bound, 40's & unemployed.
Jason - 5'9, inspects food for a living, thin & gaunt, wears smart clothing, always touches his eyes.
Jessica - 5'4, cousin of Jason, Peter's girlfriend, stoner, secretary at a law firm, distinctly average in every way.

The 3 characters are at a family party and are out in the garden. Their relatives don't like the trio very much.

At the bottom of the garden there is a steep drop. At the bottom they see a coffin, it appears to have just been dumped there by someone.

Peter uses his upper body strength to open the lid.

Inside is a body of an alien.

Each one stares at the alien and each one begins to see a person from their past lying there in the coffin.   

Time ran out and that was as far as we got, utterly bonkers story but we really did just write down the first thing that came to mind. Might be worth having a go at doing this exercise again sometime.