In two, you have time shooting the lightbulb into the cup.
In four, you need to time shooting the sprinkler after he's sat down already.
Good story line.. just very sluggish.
Perhaps a team bonus? If you use 3 characters from the same background, your whole team receives some type of bonus that's related to their group? (i.e. undead have extra drain, ninjas have less chance of being intercepted, etc.)