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Writing / roleplay prompts based on quotes collected from the script of the movie Wake Up Dead Man (2025).
β So you're a fighter then? β
β In my previous life yes I was a boxer, I lived on the streets and did some other things. β
β I don't believe that. β
β Start fighting wolves, and before you know it, everyone you don't understand is a wolf. β
β You give me one more shot, I promise I'll do that. β
β I let you down, and whatever the disciplinary council decides, I understand. β
β Between us, I think he's a real son of a bitch. β
β You are welcome here. β
β I have envied the power of great men. Envied their influence. β
β Sheβs my angel on earth. β
β I've been meaning to install a security camera anyway. β
β I'll do it. I'm handy. β
β I suppose you could make yourself useful. β
β Ok ... so what's the deal with that? β
β She was an angry, spiteful woman. β
β We must protect our loved ones from its corrupting influence at all costs. β
β As months passed, I realized the darkness of that story, it was in the bedrock of this place. β
β Is it nice having him back? β
β My dad valued loyalty, so I've always valued that too. β
β I've given up a lot to be loyal. β
β It's hard, connecting with people in a genuine way. β
β People are just numb these days. β
β Maybe if you get back to fundamentals, basic building blocks of how to genuinely inspire people. β
β What inspires you? β
β Nobody has a sense of humor anymore, that's the problem. β
β To take someone's faith and exploit it for money. It's the ultimate evil, don't you think it is? β
β I feel protected, safe. β
β Feels like we could take on the whole world. β
β I've found the value of new people coming into my life is they can see walls that maybe sprouted up in my heart that I'm not even aware of. β
β I built up so many walls of anger, addiction, violence, so no one could touch this guilty wound I had. β
β Why haven't you told him? β
β This feels kinda weird. β
β I can handle whatever this is. β
β Right now, you're angry. You should be. β
β Anger lets us fight back. Take back the ground we lost. β
β I had hatred and rage in my heart that I had never felt before. β
β I didn't even try to sleep. β
β So how's all this make you feel? β
β The architecture interests me. I feel the grandeur. β
β You're being honest, it's good. β
β Telling the truth can be a bitter herb. β
β You can always be honest by not saying the un-honest part. β
β I guess the question is, do these stories convince us of a lie, or do they resonate with something inside us that's profoundly true? β
β Without that purpose, I'm frightened. I don't know how I'm going to live. β
β She thinks I did it. β
β Everyone thinks I did it. I didn't do it. β
β Will you let me help you? β
β What I see is not a guilty man in torment, but an innocent man tormented by guilt. β
β This was dressed as a miracle, but it's just a murder. I solve murders. β
β Yeah I've changed my mind I don't think I should be here β β
β Look there, not the mythologized monster in your mind, but flesh and blood β
β It's cruel and legally very, very shady. β
β I've been expecting this. β
β How are you holding up? β
β I haven't slept in thirty six hours. β
β Believe me, I'm happy you're here. β
β When you showed up, I made a false assumption. β
β It thumbs its nose at reason, it desecrates the bedrock of my soul. β
β I stole it. Arrest me. β
β You should go home and rest. β
β Can I do anything for you? β
β Leave. No one wants you here anymore. β
β I think you should get some sleep. β
β I'll drive you back. β
β Ok you're freaking me out now. β
β Would you do something for me? β
β Why did you do it? β
β Why. Why protect him? β
β It was just an impulse. β
β Yes. You see what's at stake. β
β They're trying to ruin me. β
β You see the enemy we're up against. β
β Always the true threat comes from within. β
β May I have a moment? β
β The hour approaches. The hour I have warned you about. β
β You look like you work here. β
β Don't flatter yourself. β
β Shut your dusty dick-hole. β
β Keep your mouth shut you little shit weasel. β
β I've been thinking about what her life must have been like. β
β Who was the mother? β
β And there I was, the loyal little idiot. β
β He is my heir, my son, and now the world is going to know it. β
β That's so condescending. β
β You are a dangerous man. β
β I promised you nothing. β
β Why are you doing this? I don't understandβwhy? β
β You can't follow my path. β
β Together we can build a real empire, as father and son. β
β Like ... in Star Wars? β
β We fought last time we talked. β
β You're not alone. I'm right here. β
β I don't know the whole picture. Not yet. β
β Oh god. What the hell happened? β
β It's ok, my love, it's all ok. β
β It's not great quality, but ... what am I looking at here? β
β I did it, I killed him. β
β I need to see. Please. I need to see. β
β This might be unpleasant. β
β I have to do this, and I have to do it of my own free will or it won't mean anything. Don't stop me. β
β Okay. Now. What really happened? β
β I told myself it started with pure intent. β
β He didn't trust her like he trusted me. β
β Her dark life of desperation, a prisoner of shame and judgment, it was her one way out. β
β I know where he hid it. β
β Where is it!? You little shit, tell me! β
β My one purpose, and I had failed. β
β It all went according to plan. β
β I knew it was a terrible thing I had done. But I believed in what it would accomplish. β
β Anything for you, my angel. β
β How did it go so wrong? β
β I understood why he did it. β
β This I did with hatred in my heart. β
β You're really good at this. β
β Don't press your luck, son. β