LA by Night: What I Am sentence starters
sentences taken from s1ep5 of the VtM chronicle LA by Night. edit as desired. the transcript these lines were copied from, including credits to transcribers, will be linked in the replies of this post.
tw: violence, death / undeath, panic, foul language
“Where were you? I was worried about you, man. I’ve been, like, texting you.”
“Dudes came to kill us, and you were like, nowhere to be found.”
“Could we avoid having the whole plague of Egypt thing?”
“Because I totally believe you when you tell me things.”
“Food, parties, boys, girls, whatever you want. It’s all here to have a good time. ”
“This honestly puts us in a position to be able to make things better.” – “Or make things worse, or die.”
“I’ll protect you, [name]. It’ll be fine. It’ll be fine.”
“Sure, why not? I only just met you, but sure. Sure. Go ahead.”
“I’m better than you think I am.”
“You get over missing it. It gets better.”
“I knew it. I knew there was something wrong.”
“I have good gut instincts on things like this and I was right.”
[text:] Two things. One: I don’t know. Two: Don’t text me again.
“So, you really do need my help.”
“Alright, well, I have a few requests.”
“What do you want? What do you need?”
“I have several types. But, I think my very favorite is the scum of the earth. ”
“This is why we can’t have nice things, you know?”
[comes in for a hug] “I really was worried about you, man.”
“That’s great. Please don’t touch me.”
“Doing okay?” – “I’m sorry, that’s a complicated question even though it’s very straight-forward.”
“I’m not going to lie. It’s not easy. It’s not supposed to be easy.”
“You’re fucking bad-ass.”
“There’s no such thing. You can’t care too much. ”
“You are special. Don’t lose that, don’t let them beat it out of you. Keep it.”
“I want to go hang out in the steam tunnels with you and the rats!”
“Oh, for fuck’s sake. You were here the whole time? ”
“I couldn’t give less of a shit about anyone else here. Except for [x].”
[text:] I’m at your disposal.
“It’s nice to see you. You haven’t been around for a while.”
[text:] You know you love it. You know you love it.
“It’s alright. It’ll be okay.” – “It’s not okay. It’s not okay. I don’t know what to do. I don’t know—”
“It’ll be okay. You’re not alone.”
“Oh, for fuck’s sake. If we’re going to do this, I recommend not doing it around here.”
“I guess it’s got to happen sometime. Might as well be tonight.”
“If you hurt [x], I will execute you.”
[blatantly insincere] “No. Stop. Help.”
“Listen to your friends, babydoll.”
“I know you’re angry, you’re right to be angry.”
“Who the fuck are you and what gave you the right?”
“I appreciate you validating my feelings.”
“You are frankly deeply interesting. I’ve been watching you for quite a while.”
“There’s something about you that honestly I think the world shouldn’t do without.”
“That was some amazing arson. I mean, I’ve done my own arson in my time but I know good work when I see it.”
“I made a judgement call. I’m not apologizing for it.”
“You know what I’m capable of. As long as you speak honestly… I think this might work out all right for you.”
“We can step into my office and have a pleasant conversation, or I can turn up tonight where you live and then the conversation will be a lot less pleasant. ”
“I’ve had a long week, alright?”
“You don’t look like you are feeling well at all.”
“Human interactions are fucking exhausting.”
“This is the opposite of great.”
“This was not what I wanted. I didn’t know what else to do.”
“You were too good for the earth.”
“I think you’re going to do great things.”
“I’ll tell you anything you want to know.”
“Okay. Well, I fucking hate you—”
“Yeah, no one got hurt. Except you.”
“Maybe you should have just let me die.”
“We don’t let things happen. You take a stand and you deal with it.”
“If something needs changing, you change it, and if a building protects something evil, you burn it to the fucking ground.”
[text:] I’m sorry baby, I can’t make it, I’ll explain later.
[text:] Trust me. I love you. Be safe!!!!
“Learn from my mistakes.”
[crashes through a window]
“Hey, did you hear that?”
“Tell me what I fucking want to know or I’m going to rip your head off.”
“Hey! Party time, right?”
“You should get out of here.”
“It’s getting very, very strange.”
“When they disappoint you, when their answers disappoint you, just find me.”
“I’m sorry, babydoll, and I’m so proud of you.”
“Do you feel that they deserved to die?”
“No, no, shut up! No! You’ve done enough!”
“Plan B is just to kill him.”
“It’s okay to be calm for now. You can always murder later.”
“You’re just in the wrong place at the wrong time. It’s not personal, it’s just- It’s just business.”
“Well, boo fucking hoo, bro!”
“You don’t have to do this.” – “Yeah, yeah, we do. There’s no other way for us.”
[high-pitched, pitiful attempts to speak]
“Happy Unbirthday, babydoll.”
“I don’t think you’re a bad person.”
“What could possibly go wrong?”
