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SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) SENTENCE STARTERS. warnings for alcohol, implied alcoholism / addiction, and mentions of blood, violence, and murder.

Refresh my memory.

That's very refreshing. Now what's the password?

Well, if you gotta go -- this is the way to do it.

Hey. I want another cup of coffee.

Who's gonna raid a funeral?

Some people got no respect for the dead.

First thing tomorrow we're gonna go out to the dog track and put the whole bundle on Greased Lightning.

You're going to bet my money on a dog?

Suppose Lake Michigan overflows?

Don't look now, but the whole town is underwater.

I WANT ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE.

You're wasting the taxpayers' money.

If you want to, you can call your lawyer.

These are my lawyers -- all Harvard men.

Shut up, will you? I wonder how much Sam the bookie will give us for our overcoats.

Sam the bookie? Nothing doing! You're not putting my overcoat on a dog.

Look, stupid, he's ten to one. Tomorrow, we'll have twenty overcoats!

Oh, it's you! You've got a lot of nerve--

Now, look, ___, if it's about Saturday night -- I can explain everything.

What are you -- a couple of comedians? Get outta here!

Good! Then you won't be needing your car!

We didn't see anything -- did we?

No -- nothing. Besides, it's none of our business if you guys wanna knock each other off.

You ain't going nowhere.

I don't like no witnesses.

We won't breathe a word.

You won't breathe nothin' -- not even air.

I think they got me.

You don't see any blood?

Where are we running, ___?

As far away as possible.

Running away? From what?

Don't get me started on that. Want a drink? It's bourbon.

I don't want you to think I'm a drinker. I can stop any time I want to -- only, I don't want to.

That's the story of my life. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.

Boy, would I like to borrow a cup of that sugar.

Look -- no butter, no pastry, and no sugar!

Would you mind rejoining the living? Goose it up a little.

We got time off for good behaviour.

I'm not very bright, I guess.

I wouldn't say that. Careless, maybe.

Going to catch yourself a rich bird?

I'm Cinderella the second.

I wish they'd put us in the same room.

Don't get burned, ___.

Would you mind moving just a little? You're blocking my view.

Look, if you're interested in whether I'm married or not--

I'm not interested at all.

Well, I'm not.

That's very interesting.

How's the stock market?

This happens to me all the time in public.

Would you mind moving along, please?

Been waiting long?

It's not how long you wait -- it's who you're waiting for.

Isn't it amazing how they get those big fish into those little glass jars?

They shrink when they're marinated.

I'm engaged!

Where did you pick up that cheap trick?

You ever been in Chicago?

Us? We wouldn't be caught dead in Chicago.

Don't call us -- we'll call you.

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MISC FALLOUT SCENARIO PROMPTS. pulled from moments in various games. warnings for death, violence, drugs, alcohol, bugs, etc. add + REVERSE to change up who's doing what.

[ 22 ] - our muses explore vault 22 together.

[ DEATHCLAW ] - our muses are caught in a small space. there is an indeterminate amount of deathclaws outside.

[ GLOW ] - our muses explore the glowing sea.

[ STIMPACK ] - sender gives receiver a stimpack.

[ MADRE ] - our muses search for the treasure of the sierra madre.

[ DIVIDE ] - our muses explore the divide.

[ LUCKY ] - our muses get kicked out of a casino.

[ SYNTH ] - one muse is suspected by the other of being a synth.

[ BOUNTY ] - there's a price on sender's head. receiver is either hunting or hiding them.

[ IDES ] - our muses kill caesar.

[ GOODSPRINGS ] - our muses share a drink in the goodsprings saloon.

[ GRAVE ] - our muses dig a grave.

[ SNEAK ] - sender steals (or attempts to steal) something valuable from receiver.

[ RADIATION ] - receiver has radiation sickness. sender helps out.

[ FROZEN ] - sender was frozen in a vault (utp if they're pre war or if they just got caught in a situation). receiver is the first person they see upon thawing.

[ RIGGED ] - sender shot receiver. receiver is now chasing receiver through the wasteland. they meet.

[ SCORPION ] - sender has been brawling with giant radscorpions in the thorn. receiver reacts.

[ EGGS ] - our muses are on an ill-fated hunt for deathclaw eggs.

[ MEGATON ] - sender blew up megaton. receiver reacts.

[ UNDERWORLD ] - our muses explore the underworld.

[ TRANQUILITY ] - our muses "wake up" in tranquility lane.

[ AWAKE ] - sender nearly died. they wake to receiver, who's fixed them up (to the best of their ability).

[ RAIDER ] - our muses bargain with raiders.

[ BULLET ] - our muses have a shootout.

[ FISH ] - our muses see fish. maybe for the first time.

[ BOOMER ] - our muses attempt to get into boomer territory without being blown up.

[ LOCKPICK ] - sender watches receiver pick a lock.

[ HACK ] - sender watches receiver hack a terminal.

[ EMPTY ] - our muses get stuck in the big empty. brains optional.

[ SHROUD ] - our muses argue about who has to wear the silver shroud costume (and then - optionally - go run heroic errands).

[ SMOOTHSKIN ] - sender is pretty damn sure they're a ghoul. receiver is hellbent on convincing them they aren't.

[ TINKER ] - sender requests help with fixing something from receiver.

[ STAR ] - our muses find a sunset sarsaparilla star bottle cap and are attacked by a treasure hunter.

[ MOONLIGHT ] - our muses camp overnight in the wasteland.

[ DINKY ] - our muses enjoy the view from the top of novac's resident dinosaur.

[ EDUCATION ] - receiver teaches sender a little something about a skill of their choice.

[ ANIMAL ] - receiver watches as sender hangs out with wasteland wildlife.

[ STORM ] - our muses are caught in a radstorm.

[ HEARTH ] - sender shows receiver their home.

[ RECIPE ] - sender teaches receiver a recipe at a campfire on the trail.

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AMERICAN GODS SENTENCE STARTERS (PART ONE). warnings for: death, alcohol, allusions to prison.

"Call no man happy until he is dead."

"Who the fuck's Herodotus?"

"Says here you've been a model inmate."

"You're lucky. You have someone to go back to, you got a job waiting. You can put all this behind you."

"I love you. Something feels weird."

"Hello. I love you too. What feels weird?"

"It feels like if we could only get a storm, everything would be okay."

"It's like one of them good news, bad news jokes, isn't it? Good news, we're letting you out early. Bad news, your wife is dead."

"The moral of the story is this: don't piss off people who work in airports."

"Changes are coming. There are certain decisions that will have to be made."

"You are where the forgotten wait."

"If you are to survive, you must believe."

"Believe what? What should I believe?"

"That was kind of you."

"Kind my ass. I've got a job for you, _____."

"Aren't you going to ask what kind of job?"

"How do you know who I am?"

"Oh, it's the easiest thing in the world to know what people call themselves. A little thought, a little luck, a little memory."

"You don't have a job waiting for you at home. You have nothing waiting for you there."

"There may be a little risk, of course, but if you survive you can have anything your heart desires."

"Information and knowledge: two currencies that have never gone out of style."

"Put the money beneath the statue."

"You're a liar."

"Of course. And a good one. But I'm not lying to you about this."

"I don't want to work for anyone with worse luck than me."

"He's hustling you. He's a hustler."

"I don't like you, _____, or whatever your real name may be."

"When we're done, I'll be gone. And if you piss me off, I'll be gone too. Until then, I'll work for you."

"So, one glass of evil, vile fucking mead to seal our deal, and then we are done."

"There. That's a coin trick for you."

"I need to know how you did it."

"I did it with panache and style. That's how I did it."

"Sounds like a hell of a lot of work to me. It's easier just to pick them out of the air."

"It's the simplest trick in the world. I'll fight you for it."

"Foolishness, _____. Watch where you put your words."

"Hey, _____. Why are we fighting?"

"For the joy of it. For the sheer unholy fucken delight of it. Can't you feel the joy in your own veins, rising like sap in the springtime?"

"I look like shit."

"So what are you? A two-bit con artist?"

"_____? Did you escape, or did they let you out?"

"Good night, _____. I'm sorry."

"Hello, _____. Don't fuck with me."

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FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS SENTENCE STARTERS. warnings for: guns, violence, death, murder.

What in the goddamn…?

Let's keep this in the groove, hey? Smooth moves, like smooth little babies...

Baby, the odds may look long, but that's just because we ain't done rigging them. I won't toss the dice until we are.

Look, I ain't a harbor for illusions. I ain't expecting to get out of this shin-dig alive.

Can you spell detention? I'll tell you how I spell it: DEATHtention.

You are in the LIBRARY. Be quiet here and filled with SHHHHH.

I am lord of this institution. Where once, long ago, I was a student here. Now, I am its OMNIPOTENT GOD-PRINCIPAL.

______, you're about to have your FAVORITE treat - a VISITOR. Won't that be nice? DON'T eat the visitor, boy. Don't. Please.

What YOU ask is of NULL importance! _____ besieges us, there are more important things to worry about than DATA and FACTS!

ENOUGH! Stop filling my precious brain cell units with irrelevant data!

And… I wonder why it didn't hit me before, until I saw that memory in your hands.

How gracious of you. A mannerly killing.

Can't have brains moving around of their own volition.

In short: Brains, a heart, and courage... spine. I think there was a story once where a band of murderous thugs sought these things.

The ghosts aren't real? That changes everything.

Baby, this little reunion of ours? Chalk me up as a no-show.

I'm familiar with the care and handling of explosives.

How hard can it be? Just light them and throw.

I'd love to debate you on this, but there's no time.

No way. I'm not going to torch myself for your amusement.

It would be pretty funny, wouldn't it? Oh, don't look at me that way. I'm sure you'll be fine.

_____ is dead - what a mess you've made!

There will be no repeat of the trouble we had last time, I trust?

Even now? On the brink of battle?

You'll need a disguise, then. Or overwhelming firepower. Whatever works.

You must be, like… a brain in a jar!

Frontal assaults on casinos? Not good for business.

You have an interest in this even if you're too stupid to know it. If you have an interest in breathing, you have an interest in this.

They have no idea what other cards I'm holding. It's a strong hand, believe me - I dealt it to myself.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised. It'd be like them to keep paperwork.

I don't have friends here.

We'll kill more with two of us.

You only trust strangers?

Besides. I was on break when it happened.

I want you to find something out for me. I don't know if there's anything to find, but I need someone to try.

Gonna be hard covering you when I can't move my legs.

Goddamn it! Don't sneak up on me like that. What do you want?

Let me aim that for you next time.

You're hiding something. Spit it out. You owe me.

You got no right asking me that. Drop it.

It's just something I'm not ready to discuss. With you or anybody.

That part of my life is over now. So is this discussion.

Must've been one hell of a miscommunication.

Yeah, well. That's how they wrote it up in the report.

Life has a way of punishing you for the mistakes you make. Big enough mistake, punishment can take a while.

You're like a switchblade stuck on flick.

Shhhh… we're hunting shitheads.

All this planning won't matter much when the bullets fly, anyway.

No sense trying to hold the past between your fingers when it's nothing but dirt.

That fucking monument outside?

Started? Took to it like a fish to water... well, if you know what a fish is.

What the hell is a fish?

They're like birds, except they stay underwater.

Anyway, I've seen pictures. One guy even had one above his bar in Redding, except it was made of Pre-War plastic.

Greetings, _____. The disappointment you are about to experience delights me.

Can I order room service?

Am I punching too much? I get carried away.

You mean like this melee weapon right here in my hand at this very second?

Are you talking to me, or a future _____ who is not already doing that?

He always does what he feels is right. Usually that's a great quality.

Sure, I left them. But that didn't mean I'd ever be free of them.

We always make enemies, never allies.

Hold on. I see something I want to punch.

But at least I got the chance to try. At least I know for sure that there was nothing I could do.

Wow, _____ is looking for you, huh? What do you think he wants? Bowling partner?

But… you don't have a "this is good news" expression on your face.

Well, welcome, then. I'm _____. I live in a hole in the ground.

Well that shouldn't be a problem for me. I can't afford anything like that.

I've heard they shoot lasers from their eyes.

I just kind of drift from place to place.

I'll be honest. You're the first person I've run across out here that looks like she can really handle herself.

Aw, you really know how to make a girl feel like a stray cat.

He was dead when I got there.

This better not be about the meaning of life.

Damn, son, you look like ten miles of bad road.

Are you following me?

I saved your life so I kinda feel responsible for you is all.

I'll let that slide seeing how you gotta mind full of vengeance for that no-good polecat and all.

Yup, but this is getting a might embarrassing - people are going to start to talk.

That's a puzzle, all right. I'm sure it's nothing.

What in tarnation was you thinkin'?

I'll thank you not to touch my plunder.

Meaner than a rattlesnake, ain't ya?

To the Bone Orchard you go!

Seems they made like a ghost.

Won't help you none to lay low.

The Boss is pretty clear on this. I can't let you in unless you're by your lonesome.

You did a super job wrapping things up! And I'm not just saying that because I have to!

Here's a print-out with some additional information!

What? Did you expect me to applaud your efforts to support a deranged warlord?

That wig is going to haunt my nightmares. Seriously.

That one… had a little kick to it. The poisonous kind of kick.

Ahh, that feels better. I might not die for a while yet.

Am I dead? Is this Heaven? Oh. Hi _____. Guess not.

Will the medical wonders of the post-apocalyptic world never cease?

Back to the tomb, I suppose. If you need me, et cetera.

Strange how dead bodies appear wherever you go.

As the old saying goes, two's company, but three's a small army. Okay, I'm paraphrasing a bit, but you get the idea.

Wait, wait, wait a second. What's going on? Am I playing Vergil to your Dante?

I've woken up worse places. Not many, though.

That's sounding dangerously close to a plan, _____.

Alrighty then, I'll just head out. Alone. By myself. Into the dangerous wastes.

If I buy it out there, I want twelve mariachi bands playing at my funeral. A medal might be nice, too.

I'm not exactly a mercenary, but taking out scumbags of this magnitude wouldn't cause me to lose any sleep.

Why don't you make like Odysseus and get lost?

For as lack of adornment is said to become some women, so will this place, without your presence, bring delight.

I've run out of witty ways to tell you to leave, so why don't you just go?