i'm no one's first pick

𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀  𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐒  𝐌𝐄     .     .     .     𝐀𝐍𝐃  𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄  𝐈  𝐎𝐖𝐍  𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀

(   𝗂𝗍  𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆𝗌  𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗒  𝖿𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀  𝗌𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾,   𝖻𝗎𝗍  𝗌𝗈  𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗒  𝖿𝗈𝗋  𝗒𝗈𝗎  𝗀𝗎𝗒𝗌  𝗍𝗈  𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗀𝖾𝗍.  ) 

𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓  /  𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄  /  𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐄  𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐗  𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐘  𝐎𝐅  𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐋𝐄  𝐓𝐕'𝐒  𝐓𝐇𝐄  𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆  𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖,      𝖺𝗇𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗋𝖾𝖽  𝖻𝗒  𝘻𝘢𝘯𝘻𝘢

a selection of lines from the 2025 film wake up dead man. modified for rp purposes.

so, you're a fighter, then?

we need fighters today, but to fight the world, not ourselves.

the world is a wolf.

you start fighting wolves, and before you know it, everyone you don't understand is a wolf.

you give me one more shot, and i promise i'll do that.

spirit's got me. let me at him.

i know you're used to flying solo, but i'm here to serve.

if i can stave off that demon, you can.

take my confession.

wealth and the power that comes with it is eve's apple.

his day came at last. i was there.

that holy man's final act of grace was to keep the corrupting evil out of wicked hands.

the darkness of that story was the bedrock of this place.

i found it a tough read, but he pinned all of his hopes on it.

i believed they could heal me. suckered. dipshit moi.

to take someone's faith and exploit it for money is the ultimate evil.

i understand wanting to believe.

i'm so sorry your little coup failed this afternoon, [name].

you all seem scared to death of that guy.

man needs to forgive and start living his life.

it seems like you're intentionally keeping them angry and afraid.

right now, you're angry. you should be. it'd be dangerous if you weren't.

i'd see you're helpless, and i'd do it again and again.

anger. anger lets us fight back, take back the ground we've lost.

are you gonna get angry and fight?

the anger felt less calculated. more unhinged.

i should warn you before you walk out of here, the town is talking.

i was happy the old man was dead.

you're welcome. come in, come in.

it's hard to be in here and not feel His presence.

i kneel at the altar of the rational.

it's like someone has shone a story at me that i do not believe.

listen, you want to kick me out, you go right ahead.

do these stories convince us of a lie? or do they resonate with something deep inside us that's profoundly true?

i'm gonna lose that, and ... and lose my purpose, and i'm frightened.

i ... i don't know how i'll live.

everyone thinks i did it. i didn't do it.

in my heart, maybe i did, and the way it happened was some kind of miracle.

i don't know. i'm lost. i don't know.

would you allow me to help you?

what i see is not a guilty man in torment, but an innocent man tormented by guilt.

no, no, no. i don't belong here.

if you want absolution, then you need to go through this with me.

i need to know you understand the situation.

i'll do whatever it takes to save it. to cut you out like a cancer.

this should not exist in our real world, and yet, here it is.

your original sin has stained this place.

we have all the pieces laid out before us now.

this can't be impossible. there must be a piece missing.

see, i think there's something in there, in your head, that i need to solve this case.

why'd i think i could lie to you and get away with it?

oh, no, you didn't lie. i knew you wouldn't. you just didn't say the dishonest part out loud.

i did it to save the people who believe in him just a little disillusionment.

the spirit really moved him today, huh?

this is devious, it's calculated against me.

you have listened to this flock's stories with empathy and grace, but we're done with that now.

we must discover what happened that night, and what this flock of wicked wolves is hiding.

he was a con man. miracles and supernatural power of god bullshit.

i still wanna believe. how sick is that?

you shut your mouth, you little shit weasel.

if made public, it could ruin people in this room.

you promised if i stuck with you, you could heal me.

i don't need you to be a saint.

you are your father's nightmare.

you cannot buy god's healing.

will you pray for me?

i'm feeling pretty alone, um, right now.

i remember, i knew he was in trouble and i kept going and going until i felt him break.

i killed him with hate in my heart.

we are here to serve the world, not beat it.

you knew all along and you toyed with that poor kid like a cat with a mouse.

news is gonna spread fast and i don't want any lookieloos.

flee into the dark, you murderer!

i'm guilty. i have to confess.

this might get unpleasant. i mean, more unpleasant.

i have to do it of my own free will or it won't mean anything.

if you'd like to confess anything, this seems like a pretty great place to do it.

last night, that same sin rose in me in a moment of fear and rage.

i'm sorry, that was dramatic, but i needed you to stop talking.

is this you sparing our faith or being respectful or something?

i told myself it started with pure intent. but the truth is it started with a lie.

with defiant pride, i confessed.

all my life, i was not the bad one. i was the good one. the faithful one.

it all went according to plan. oh, god.

i didn't reckon the cost.

anything for you, my angel.

he trusted me. because he loved me.

i have lied, i have killed, and now i have topped it all off with a real doozy.

𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘵.ᐟ

" mother fuck, we’re destroyed. "

" somebody had better be dead, buddy. "

" who died? "

" he’s been singing about the same fuckin’ plane crash for fifty years. everybody’s still dead, move on! "

" that was an award worthy shoehorning of the world harvard into conversation, "

" we’ve been trying to deal with this quietly. "

" i was trying to protect you. "

" i was trying to give you space like you asked me to do! "

" don’t drag america into this! "

" this affects me! "

" you think chemistry just comes in a bottle and we go out and buy another one at whole foods?! "

" i feel like __ died. "

" that’s exactly why you’re the pro that you are. "

" i can’t feel anything. "

" i’m telling you something, it’s for your own good. "

" blow me, __. "

" you don’t push back, you incinerate. "

" there’s a lot of sloppy work done around here, mainly by you. "

" try to be more agreeable, for chrissake! "

" i am fucking agreeable! "

" don’t take that tone! you sound like a bitch! "

" you’re just out here trying to raise some hell. "

" there’s a human cost! "

" she’s throwing me under the bus. "

" do not touch that remote. "

" there are consequences in life. "

" what a load. "

" it’s too bad we can’t always throw a crisis at her. "

" you are part of this family. "

" you are part of this family, and we will get through this together. "

" i was talking to him about the truth. "

" you get hot too fast. "

" i accidentally said fuck, okay? and then i got mad at myself and said fuck again. "

" they can’t just take my life away. "

" people are gonna wanna know what you did or did not know. "

" i am so happy to see this face. "

" we can cuddle and we can make snacks and watch the british cooking show. "

" it’s just the worst day of my entire life. "

" what the hell kind of name is lorelai anyway? "

" maybe she’s bored or complacent with success, i don’t know "

" it’s kind of funny how the entire world of broadcast could just fall off an edge in a few years "

" news is awful, but the world is addicted to it. "

" dream worlds are essential. "

" there is some unspoken sexual fantasy to co hosts. "

" i know you love her. i know she’s your gal." 

" fuck you, new york. "

" i look forward to you whispering in my ear to stop fucking up. "

" all studios are pretty much the same. "

" all studios are pretty much the same. huge adrenaline, incredible intelligence, desperate ambition, huge egos. "

" there is no way that she did not know that she was being filmed. "

" people are idiots, am i right? " 

" do i look tired? "

" yesterday must have been so difficult for you. "

" you seem a lot more relaxed today. "

" life in general is just sort of exhausting. "

" we reporters, we see how the world works. "

" as reporters we are trained to never let our personal emotions enter the story. "

" __, be nice. "

" once you villainize someone, there’s nothing left but to go to war with them. "

" In leadership, decisions have to be made. "

" you can’t just have empathy for everyone and do nothing. "

" so you’re a diehard reporter? "

" the truth matters to me. "

" i didn’t know i was being filmed. "

" i think people are wanting more transparency in journalism, "

" the truth is what we are all striving for. "

" I came to tell you that I am so mad at you. " 

" i will never ever get over it. "

" you left me alone! "

" how can you be mad at me about that? "

" i’m mad at you because you are selfish! "

" you’re a self indulgent asshole! "

" i think you’re jealous because of our history. "

" you stole my life with this. "

" you left me in the woods with a pack of wolves. "

" i live a really strange existence. "

" i live a really strange existence and it is isolated as shit. "

" i gave up everything for this. "

" you’ve put me in a position of having nothing. of having no one. "

" you’re my partner. "

" we lived a life that we’re never going to get back. "

" you can’t be my friend. "

" please don’t say that, it’s so ignorant. "

" i’m sorry you’re such an asshole. "

" i wouldn’t use those words together if i were you. "

" oh, this is so never going to blow over. "

" they were going to replace you! "

" you’re just trying to fuck with my head. "

" you’re destroyed and you want me destroyed. "

i’m back in town. 

well that’s not fair, is it? 

bitch. 

stop the train! 

you look like crap. 

i hit him first this time. with an ashtray. so he’s a little blue. 

you’ve been gone for almost a year. 

i saw a girl kill herself. 

when you’re a poor little orphan foster wretch, anything’s possible. 

i haven’t seen her in like a year.

any second, someone’s gonna ID the body, and it’s game over. 

you’re damn right. 

suddenly you don’t give a damn, i get pissed. 

you’ll probably take off again. 

i panicked. where’s your wit gone? you haven’t called me dipshit all day. 

you don’t have to babysit me, dipshit. 

i know this thing has got you all twisted up, but you gotta forgive yourself. 

i’m having trouble with detail, so i’m not sure i should say anything at all. 

try to separate mistake from result. 

can we get the elephant out of the room? 

the last thing i am is special. 

if that was my boyfriend, i’d jump in front of a train too. 

the whole sad point is nobody would notice if i died. 

let me finish what i started and the i’ll come back for you and her, yeah? 

you’re gonna disappear again? 

you’re already dead. 

it’s gonna be an intimate memorial piss-up. 

you know what, first though, you need a shower and a xanax. 

are you back on the meds? 

call me or i’ll squeeze your bloody bollocks in a vice– 

it was always fight or flight with her. 

i still want us to be together. it can work, yeah? 

someone shot her right in front of me. 

there’s blood everywhere! 

you need to get rid of the body! 

i can’t figure out why she killed herself. 

i have a knife and i will stab you in the face. 

i was mad at you so i decided to blow all the money from your stolen coke on it. 

why are you suddenly dressing like a punk rock ho? 

you’re not ready for this. you need to take more time. 

i can see it’s killing you, but you stopped talking to me months ago. 

i can’t keep waking up every night, checking your breathing, worried you’re mixing your meds, booze, god knows what else – 

i’m not dirty. i just freaked out. 

i told her to freeze. she didn’t. she ran. 

you’re making me nervous. 

they’re gonna start to dig. and if they dig, they find the pills. 

i’ve got to carry what i did. 

do you want a cuppa? 

i think whatever she found out drove her nuts and she topped herself. 

i’ll call back at midnight. 

why would you go in my room? 

rock and roll. 

who am i speaking to?

i’m a few, no familly too. who am i? 

why lord, why me? i never wanted any part of this. 

do i wear a huge ‘kick me’ sign on my back?

hide your ugly face on the way out. 

i had to go to bed, bath and beyond, okay? nobody wants to admit that. 

what the hell did you say to the shrink? 

what are you gonna say to change her mind? 

what’s the difference between a mood stabiliser and an antipsychotic again? 

why do you have to be such a hard-ass? 

i just need you to be my backup, okay? 

you’re gonna shoot me while your kids are sleeping? 

i was running from my own shit. 

she was losing it. like, clinically. 

you’re not supposed to be parked here at night. 

do not shoot me please! 

you point a gun at my brother again and i will kick the living shite out of you! 

last i checked, it was illegal, let alone impossible. 

am i going insane? 

body’s chewed up pretty bad. 

i think that some idiot didn’t realise they were burying a body next to an active quarry. 

do you have a criminal record? 

wasted youth, alright? 

wow… welcome to the trip, man. 

let me see your weapon. 

just give me an hour or two to get up to speed for christ’s sake.

if you ask me about that money one more time, i swear to god, it’s going in the shredder. 

do you know who shot her in the head? 

who’s killing us? 

that’s good. try and keep your sense of humour. 

you think someone’s jerking your chain? 

i should probably get back to my real job now. 

you could rob me blind. 

we’re hoping you realise you can’t run away from this. 

you cannot hide in minimalist furniture! 

i think you’re being a bitch.

how would you like it if i started pulling this schizophrenic hot-and-cold crap on you?

the body dump doesn’t match the professional hit. 

this perp’s got some deep-seated spiritual problems. 

i think he went into one of the abandoned buildings here. 

i should have had your back. 

look, shit happens fast, okay? 

i’m not gonna let you drive me home like an invalid. 

hey, you’re not gonna hug me, are you? 

now can you please tell me what in the hell happened to your face? 

it’s not about revenge.

she was on this killer’s hit list and now i am. 

if she’s not dead, we need to find her. find out what she knows. 

i just need some time to myself. 

name me one homicide ever pinned on a female sniper. 

female killers tend to suffer from chronic detachment. isolation breeds sociopaths. 

you could have killed me, but here we are. 

anybody else feel like they have a target on their back? 

i don’t think you understand the situation here. 

you’re a punk! be one! 

no wonder she wants to leave.

you’re like a completely different person these days. 

it’s this case. it’s a bitch. 

we don’t bring that shit in here, right? 

what’re you gaping at? 

you ever fight a woman? 

they do say, crazy makes you strong. 

if you’re hearing this, you found a body. 

you’re different than the others. 

i think i’m dying. 

i came out the woodwork. where did you come from? 

i’m sorry about this but it’s very important that you keep this a secret. 

well, unleash the doves. world peace must be right around the corner. 

i came back to prove that i could, but i’m not doing anybody any good. 

so the killer is still out there? 

you’d stab me in the eye with a nail file? 

you’re shaking like a leaf. 

there’s the gun you wanted. 

last time i checked, i’m the only one defending us. 

i’m gonna shoot his balls off. 

i don’t leave prints when i burgle. 

she wasn’t messing around, was she? 

you silly bitch, would you get your fanny out of there? 

i’m entitled to a little privacy. 

you were the one who introduced me to punk rock. 

stay in school. 

you bitch! you faked it! how could you goddamn do this to me?! 

are you still concerned about her mental health? 

how’d you do it? 

we were on top of the world! 

we were parasites. 

is every man in your life a complete wanker, except me? 

i’m about to go in and shoot him in the balls. 

this is our chance to get answers. 

i thought you handed in your sidearm. 

well, apparently, i’ve got a stalker. 

i didn’t mean to get all tangled up with you. 

if she really is dead, how do i know you didn’t kill her? 

she killed herself because the man she loved turned her whole life into a lie.

this is a sick test, isn’t it? isn’t it?!