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PROMPTS FOR ACTION, CHAOS, AND DRAMA *  a collection of lines for the more dramatic adventures

put the gun down. now.

nobody leaves unless i say so.

quick! hide!

everyone's out to get you.

can you still walk?

how much money did you lose?

looks like we're stuck in here for a while.

someone has to stay behind.

get down!

i think i'm gonna be sick.

you have my word.

it's too dark in here. i can't see anything.

we're gonna have company!

did you kill them?

shut your eyes. don't look.

is there a problem here?

drop your weapons.

we'll never make it in time.

i think he's one of them.

we can figure this out! stay with me!

hold your breath!

let me make you an offer.

wait, do you hear that? something's wrong.

when i say go, go!

can you think of a better plan?

i'm taking you to the hospital.

i'll get the money, i swear.

someone started all this, and i'm going to find them.

i'll get you out of here. i promise.

we're running out of road!

if you kill me, there'll be nowhere else to hide.

i'll tell you how this is gonna go.

brace yourself!

give me your gun.

where the hell do you think you're going?

i don't know! i'm all turned around. i can't remember where we came from.

give me the password.

i never should have come here. this was a mistake.

do you even know why you're supposed to kill me?

don't give up. please don't give up.

this is going to get nasty.

you should sit down.

i'll cover you.

what's the combination?

shit! the door's jammed!

think i broke something.

this is a terrible disguise. i'm going to get caught.

we need to find something to stick under it to keep it open!

we both know what has to happen here.

i'm staying! i'm right here! i'm staying!

nobody has to get hurt.

we can't let them win.

someone's been here.

this was your idea!

you take the left, i'll take the right.

is that the best you can do?

please just let me live.

hold on! there's more of them!

i'm ready whenever you are.

they're dead, and it's all my fault.

i can't walk. can you carry me?

it's time to end this.

quick, through that door. i hear someone coming.

you just blew our cover!

i'm afraid it's a bit more complicated than that.

can you hotwire a car?

is the wall moving, or is that just me?

no! i'm not leaving without you!

i'm not against you, if that's what you're asking.

the current's too strong!

i think that's blood.

shit, it's a dead end! we're trapped!

hold my hand. we can make the jump together.

oh my god. he's reaching for something.

why didn't you take the shot?

we should get moving before they come back.

this isn't what i signed up for.

do you smell that? what is that?

are you with me?

let's go over the plan one more time.

we've got a serious problem here.

these people will kill you if they have to.

the door's locked. it needs a six digit code.

i think we lost them.

we might be stuck.

which way did they go?

i can't wait to get you back to the room.

let me drive this thing.

there's not enough room for both of us.

it wasn't supposed to happen like this.

you're bleeding.

i'm not sticking around to see what happens.

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Dissociation Starters

FROM THE EMPTY

“No… I’m not hurt.”

“I don’t…”

“… Sorry. Say that again?”

“Sometimes I just … do this. It’s fine.” 

“No, it’s bad, but I’m. Like. I’m fine. Just give me like, ten minutes.”

“I don’t - I don’t remember.”

“You waited how long?”

“… I don’t like [trigger].”

“Will you walk me home?”

“I love you, I just… I can’t… I’m dissociating.”

“I.. don’t know how I got here.”

“I didn’t feel that. At all.”

“Did I zone out?”

“Don’t touch me.”

“My name is [name]. I’m [age]. I live in [place]. My name is [name] -”

“I can’t think of anything to do that isn’t stupid, canyouhelpme?” 

“How did you find me?”

“I think I’m in [different State]. Will you come?”

FROM THE FULL

“Hey. [Name]? Look at me.” 

“I’m right here.” 

“How long have you been sitting here?”

“What happened?”

“Your shirt is on backwards.” 

“Is it okay if I touch you?”

“It’s windy today. This bench has a nice texture, don’t you think?”

“Do you mind if I sit with you?” 

“Okay, I’ll be here.”

“Hey - come in. Don’t worry about it. I’m glad you came.”

“Drink some water. It has ice.”

“I’ll run a shower.”

“Let me wash it for you.” 

“I can’t clean you up if I can’t touch you. Will you give me your hand?”

“We’ll ride it out. You’re safe here.”

“I’ll put on a movie.”

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                               I TRIED CALLING . . .

          I TRIED CALLING YOU A HUNDRED TIMES . . .

                                BEGGING YOU TO TALK TO ME

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I didn`t think you were trying to seduce me. Come on. How could that thought not have entered your head? 

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                               I TRIED CALLING . . .

          I TRIED CALLING YOU A HUNDRED TIMES . . .

                                BEGGING YOU TO TALK TO ME

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coldreads​: 

HER FIRST QUESTION NICKS and once again, he is in that attic above, a burrow of carmine dried and echoes and paper. A nightmare unending. But the large gulp of tea, scalding, reckless, comes as a wake-up call. And too quickly, he dons a veil of humor, however frayed it might be. 

( He can’t let her come too close. Not this time. )

“ Oh, come now, denial is boring. No need to be so shy, you were excellent! Can you do Britney Spears, too? Early work, if you don’t mind. ”  He wears that showman’s smile well, decades of practice. But he’s distracted, pulled taut, and his delivery suffers — not quite as jaunty as it usually is. Still, Jane keeps on, now comfortably seated on her office sofa. 

“ And what do you mean what am I still doing here? I am working, Lisbon, toiling away. Keeping my shoulder to the wheel. If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us. ”

           She is walking a tightrope. Toeing the high wire with no net beneath, inching further into insanity and desperate not to fall. A  RIGHTEOUS FAITH  to give him despite unjust actions. A sick pit in her stomach warning to the worlds they stood apart, facing off only feet away but quizzing him with stare. Brow raised, lips parting to exasperate defensive protest. 

( Yet, she elaborates excuses to herself, starving conviction of an off-ness. )  

Tired. [ The first excuse. ]    Jane being Jane. [ Wary but wise, the second. ]    A bad lunch, long day, hard case.  [ avoidance of plausible reality, held out on belief he’s come to trust her      that he’ll tell her when he’s ready , whatever is going on. She just has to wait him out      not a problem . ]                               until it is.

         “ Jane . . . ”  his name drawls on her tongue, vowel fondly held while dipping to warm the consonant in syllable. Pointed look cautions him, treading thin on jest of songs. She fights the ghost of a smile, tapering it down to deprive showman of amusement. The attempt executes effortless at an inward grimace.    He’s keeping something.    She crams the thought deep, stuffy and stuck inside her head.     ( Uncomfortable , but another step forward and kept steady in balancing act . )  

         Twitch shifts arms to cross beneath her breasts, weight shifting her hip off where lip of desk bites.  “ Yeah ? That mean you’re going to start maintaining your half of the paperwork ?  ”  Amusement peaks, words full at the back of her throat and rhetorical against flick of tongue. Thin brow perches higher before softness strides to concede banter,   “ what’s up ? What’ve you been doing? I didn’t see you down here all day . ”          

( The worry is harder to hide . )   Tired. Jane being Jane. Bad lunch, long day, hard case. . .  

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WHERE SHOULD YOU BE KISSED ?

PALM.

you give and give. you are a    [ gentle heart ] ,    b r o k e n    but still  STANDING        always lending a hand for those who need it,   expecting nothing in return.   you     ( deserve )   someone taking your hand and kissing your open palm, the hands which have    SELFLESSLY   helped so many others.

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[ RELIEF ]   lived short until relentless tease, catching her   red   handed . Lips part, mouth agape to mute words. Coherent sentences fail the evident surprise drawn on raised brows, double-taking the blonde momentarily.  “ I      ”   The vowel chokes itself to abruptly end.  A thought that everyone had gone home, bullpen empty and the couch vacant. QUIET after a drawn week. Silence to a longer day.  ( THE SONG STUCK IN HER HEAD, LYRICAL MANTRA CAUGHT BETWEEN HER LIPS AND DAINTY HUMS HELD AGAINST HER TONGUE. )  As hip comes to rest at edge of desk, arms crossing, stunned agent dissolves in witted effort to avoid the consultant having the upper hand.  A poor   defense   pleading the fifth while her cheeks warm, but it comes no less in opposition.    “ I have no idea what you’re talking about . “ 

DENIAL meets infallible amusement. 

“ What are you still doing here , anyway ?  Don’t you have anyone better to harass ? ”   

@alwaystrains​ : “How long have you been standing there?”

“ OH, NOT LONG. NOT LONG AT ALL. ”  There is a flare of sincerity, a façade of innocence that falls apart as quickly as it appears. He is a charming artiste, a seasoned liar, but this is a ruse he has no intention of pursuing.  ( The truth is far more entertaining. )  And for just a moment, Jane lingers behind a turquoise cup of souchong, the split of a smile barely there, barely visible, before he begins again.

And this time, his amusement is undeniable.

“ But I must say — your rendition of Wannabe would put even Posh Spice to shame. Bravo, Lisbon! Bravo! Girl Power, indeed. ”

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—  ❛❛  //  𝙵𝙻𝙰𝙼𝙴𝚂  𝙾𝙽  𝚃𝙷𝙴  𝚂𝙸𝙳𝙴  𝙾𝙵  𝙼𝚈  𝙵𝙰𝙲𝙴  !  (  a  collection  of  one-liners  from  the  unparalleled  piece  of  cinema,  clue  (  1985  ).  please  substitute  pronouns  as  needed. )

❛ do you know who i am ? ❜ ❛ what a god forsaken place. ❜ ❛ sorry. i’m a little accident prone. ❜ ❛ i’m merely a humble butler. i buttle, sir. ❜ ❛ the female of the species is more deadly than the male. ❜ ❛ someone has to break the ice so it may as well be me. ❜ ❛ i think most men need a little practice. ❜ ❛ i’ve certainly seen you before but you may not have seen me. ❜ ❛ it’s a hoax ! i suggest we all leave. ❜ ❛ there’s no way out. all the windows have bars and all the doors are locked. ❜   ❛ that sounds like a confession to me ! ❜ ❛ in fact, the double negative has lead to proof positive. ❜ ❛ being killed is pretty final, wouldn’t you say ? ❜ ❛ it’s a matter of life after death. now that he’s dead, i have a life. ❜ ❛ i enjoy getting presents from strange men. ❜ ❛ a candlestick ? what’s this for ? ❜ ❛ someone tried to grab the gun from me in the dark and the gun went off. ❜ ❛ you locked me with the murderer, you idiot ! ❜ ❛ why were you screaming in here all by yourself ? ❜ ❛ there is safety in numbers, my dear. ❜ ❛ who would want to kill the cook ? dinner wasn’t that bad. ❜ ❛ there is only one admitted killer here and it’s certainly not me. ❜ ❛ flies are where men are most vulnerable. ❜ ❛ husbands should be like kleenex : soft, strong and disposable. ❜ ❛ life after death is as improbable as sex after marriage. ❜ ❛ okay, put the corpses on the sofa. ❜ ❛ we’re trying to find out who killed him, where, and with what. ❜ ❛ no body. there’s nobody. no body in the study. ❜ ❛ no man in his right mind would be alone together with you. ❜ ❛ well, i could use a drink. ❜ ❛ what are you afraid of ? a fate worse than death ? ❜ ❛ get your mitts off me ! ❜ ❛ what the hell, i’ll go first. i’ve had a good life. ❜ ❛ i have nothing to hide ! i didn’t do it ! ❜ ❛ in order to help you understand what happened i shall need to take you through the events of the evening step by step. ❜ ❛ i was in the hall. i know because i was there. ❜ ❛ i hated her so much it - flames … flames on the side of my face. ❜ ❛ if i was the murderer why would i reveal to you how i did it ? ❜

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                               I TRIED CALLING . . .

          I TRIED CALLING YOU A HUNDRED TIMES . . .

                                BEGGING YOU TO TALK TO ME

est. 7.13.2023 indie. priv. sel. teresa lisbon badged by quinn (21+)