a dialogue collection of prime assets, ex-pops and victims acknowledging murkoff:
Prime Assets:
coyle:
- no acknowledgment
gooseberry:
- “Do you think those friendly scientists have been moving things around again?”
- “It doesn't feel right. The children don't seem the same.”
futterman: “Have you forgotten to take your pills, darling?”
“Everything's a little bit wrong. It's like we're living the same day over and over, and over...”
- “Do you ever notice, Daddy, how the, the kids who aren't quite...”
futterman: “The fucking idiots.”
“Yes, Daddy. How the f... slow children always hide in the same place.”
franco:
- “My father killed my mother, you know that? Doctors? You listening? I had a new mom every year. The last one... She knew how to mother, lemme tell you.”
- “How do you come up with this shit? You want to kill a guy you just kill a guy. Any child could tell you that.”
- “Suddenly fuckin' Murkoff is worried about worker safety. Get the fuck outta here.”
- “You think Murkoff can protect you? You got another fuckin' thing coming.”
kress twins:
- otto: “Rest on my shoulder. We'll escape this place, and it won't be long. No-one can truly control us.”
arora: “This is not even a prison, it's a puppeteer's box. All our dexterous little sumpters will set us free and elevate us to our rightful position.”
- arora: “I keep dreaming of Father. With his scalpels and tinctures.”
otto: “Father's nothing but dead, he can't hurt us anymore. You held his heart in your hands.”
arora: “That Doctor talks like he thinks he's our father. I hate him.”
liliya:
- no acknowledgment
Ex-Pops:
the pusher:
- “Have you learned yet? You better. Or they'll just keep stitching you up and sending you back.”
- “Easterman said, it's a science market. The results sell themselves.”
- “It's Murkoff brand, of course it's safe.”
the nighthunter:
- “‘Works like magic’ they said. ‘You'll be a night owl. Great fucking bird of prey.’ Dumb sons of bitches.”
jaeger:
- “I'm your how high.”
- “She tells me where to find you.”
- “The lady says kill.”
berserker:
- “Doctor said. Said blindness wasn't a weakness. It's... It's a doorway. For a miracle.”
- “The therapy is working.”
- “Am I learning, Doctor? Am I trying hard enough?”
- “Watch me, Doctor.”
the pouncers:
- “Jesus, Clyde.”
female grunt 1:
- “The Doctor. Easterman. He'll make it go away. All of it.”
- “See, doctor? I'm paying attention.”
- “I just want to get out, too.”
female grunt 2:
- “Are you watching, Doctor Easterman?”
- “The doctors make you do it to yourself.”
- “The doctors want us to play.”
- “No coincidences. No accidents. The doctor has a plan.”
female grunt 3:
- “Somewhere in the archives is a picture of my son.”
- “Watch me, Doctor.”
male grunt 1:
- “They told me about you.”
- “They just want me to help you.”
- “The doctors see. I’m learning. All the time.”
- “Look! I'm doing it! Please. Just let me go.”
- “I have to. They’re watching.”
male grunt 2:
- “I’m your how-high, Doctor Easterman. I’m trying.”
- “The doctors are watching. You have to be good.”
- “Don’t make me leave. I love it here.”
- “The doctors said... said I had to...”
- “Easterman's gonna set us all free.”
- “Lucky you. Getting out of the experiment.”
- “I'll find 'em, Doctor, don't you worry.”
male grunt 3:
- no acknowledgment
male grunt 4:
- no acknowledgment
Victims:
the scapegoats:
- “Please. If you can hear me. Keep your distance. There's a bomb. They put a bomb in me. Fuck.”
- “Don’t do this to me. I’ve got a son. He was barely walking last time I saw him. I just wanted to get home to my boy.”
- “If you can hear me, don't trust the nurse. Don't trust any of them.”
- “He said he was gonna help me. Said they'd make me better. Is this better? Do I look fucking better to you?”
- “Why would they want to hurt me? I'm just like them. I was them. Can't they fuckin' see that?”
- “Easterman. Easterman, please, I understand now...”
- “They wouldn’t work with me. I just wanted to help. I’m a get-along guy.”
- “Doctor! I'm cured! You don't have to...”
- “Easterman, you motherfucker, you can't...”
the snitch:
- “Easterman? Are you watching? Can I come out now. Please...”
- “Is this the therapy? Doctor Easterman? Am I getting better? I... please. I think I'm better. I'd like to come out now, please.”
- “Please take me back to the Sleep Room now. Doctor?”
- “I’ll do anything you want. Just get me out of here. Please. You know you can't trust them, don't you?”
- “You god damn... dogs. You really think following Murkoff's orders is going to get you free? Look what it got me. Fucking look at me.”
- “This hurts. This hurts so much. Why are you helping them. What's wrong with you?”
- “I did everything Murkoff wanted me to. Just like you're doing now. I'd get better. I'd be free and powerful. Fucking look at me now.”
- “What did Easterman tell you? Whatever he said he's lying. I'm like you. I'm one of you. Why would you want to hurt me?”
- “I thought it was a job. I thought it was a job. I saw the sign. Recruitment center. I just wanted a job.”
- “You think hurting me will get you out of this place? You pathetic shit. Murkoff's gonna kill your gullible ass. Or they’re gonna hurt you until you want to die.”
- “You can’t do this. It won’t help you. They’re LYING to you. Oh, you pitiful sons of bitches.”
- “I don't want to die like this. Like a fucking... dog. You kill me here it'll be you in that chair someday. You know that, right?”
the judge:
- “Huh? Oh god. I'm in the judge's seat. No. Oh, fuck, no. I was supposed to get out...”
- “Where am I? What... Oh. You sons of bitches. You evil sons of bitches. Where am I? What... Oh. Dear god. No. No...”
- “It's just a doll. I'm alive. I survived this long, doesn't that mean something?”
the union boss:
- “Please, Doctor Eastman… I’m your how high.”
- “I’ll go back. Just please don’t make them drown me.”
- “It's not too late, Easterman. You can pull me out of this. I'll do anything.”
- “He'll kill them. He'll kill them and they'll send me back.”
- “Doctor Easterman… I know you can hear me! Please just don’t make them do this.”
- “I’ll go back to the trials. I’ll do the work. I’ll believe whatever you want.”
bootleg jesus:
- “They know what they're doing. They know. And they're still...”
- “Tell Easterman. Tell him I've learned.”
- “Ask them if I'm redeemed.”
the idol (more to be added):
- “The doctors said I’m an imbecile but I can work. I can do lots of stuff…”
- “I’m not meat. I’m not Bob. My name is Erik and I want to go home.”
- “I tried to play along.”
- “I thought if I went along they’d leave me alone.”
- “Doctor Easterman, can you make them stop?”
- “Why are you letting them do this to me?”
- “Nobody told me I was beautiful.”
the deviant:
- “Doctor F. U. Doctor fuck me. I'd fuck the doctor.”
male mule 1:
- “Maybe if they fail we go back to the sleep room. Maybe there’s still a chance.”
- “All that arm wrestling and I can’t fucking manage to get my arm free.”
district attorney:
- no acknowledgment
bootleg futterman:
- no acknowledgement
the politician:
- no acknowledgment
the lot:
- no acknowledgment