❛ atlantis: the lost empire ❜ sentence starters
“It’s just a myth, isn’t it? Pure fantasy?”
“Well, this is it. I’m finally getting out of the dungeon.”
“They can’t do this to me!”
“Besides, we need you here. We depend on you.”
“You have a lot of potential, [ NAME ]. Don’t throw it all away chasing fairytales.”
“Maybe the cold water will clear your head!”
“Who – who are you? How did you get in here?”
“I came down the chimney. Ho, ho, ho.”
“Relax. He doesn’t bite… often.”
“They said if anything were to happen to them, I should give it to you when you were ready. Whatever that means.”
“I’ll show them, I will make them believe!”
“You hear that, [ NAME ]? I’m going to the afterlife with a clear conscience by thunder!”
“If I could bring back just one shred of proof, that’d be enough for me.”
“Our lives are remembered by the gifts we leave our children.”
“You will not regret this! Boy, I am so excited, I – I can’t even hold it in!”
“Carrots… Why is it always carrots, I didn’t even eat carrots…”
“Blondie, I got a bone to pick with you!”
“Hey, junior, if you’re looking for the pony rides, they’re back there.”
“Gunpowder, nitroglycerine, notepads, fuses, wicks, glue… and paper clips, big ones. You know, just office supplies.”
“Yes, this should be enriching for all of us.”
“Back, foul creature! Back to the pit from whence you came!”
“So I said to him, what’s wrong with my meatloaf, and he says to me – ”
“Geez, I used to take lunch money from guys like this.”
“Hard to believe he’s still single.”
“You wanna do my job? Be my guest.”
“Melt the butter and bring out the bibs, I want this monster served up on a silver platter!”
“Don’t move, don’t breathe, don’t do anything… except pray, maybe.”
“Yeah, yeah, thank you very much, shut up.”
“You’re so skinny if you turned sideways and stuck out your tongue, you’d look like a zipper.”
“Somebody’s gonna have to suck out the poison… Don’t everybody jump up at once.”
“They can smell fear just by looking at you, so keep quiet.”
“About time someone hit him, I’m just sorry it wasn’t me.”
“There were not supposed to be people down here. This changes everything.”
“You presume much to think you are welcome here.”
“Our weapons allow us to remove obstacles we may encounter.”
“Some obstacles may not be removed by a mere show of force.”
“A thousand years ago you would have slain them on sight.”
“We were once a great people, now we live in ruins!”
“What they have to teach us, we have already learned.”
“I have some questions for you, and I’m not leaving the city until they’re answered!”
“You are a scholar, are you not? Judging by your diminished physique and large forehead, you are suited for nothing else!”
“All I can remember is the sky going dark and people shouting and running…”
“Don’t forget to eat the head! That’s where all the nutrients are.”
“We are like a stone the ocean beats against. With each passing year, a little more of us is worn away.”
“Oh yeah, I swim pretty girl – Pretty good, pretty good! I swim pretty good…”
“Why don’t you lead the way, because… I have no idea where we’re going.”
“Hey guys, what’s going on…? What’s with all the guns…?”
“I mean, I would’ve told you sooner, but it was on a strictly need-to-know basis and, well… Now you know.”
“What’s to know? It’s big, it’s shiny, it’s gonna make us all rich.”
“For once, do the smart thing.”
“You will destroy yourselves!”
“I’d suggest you put a bandage on that bleeding heart of yours, it doesn’t suit a mercenary.”
“Well I know, why don’t you translate, and I’ll wave the gun around!”
“All will be well, [ NAME ]. Be not afraid.”
“Hold your horses, loverboy.”
“But that’s what it’s all about, right? Money.”
“It’s called natural selection! We’re just helping it along.”
“That was an order, not a suggestion!”
“This is wrong and you know it!”
“You pick now of all times to grow a conscience?”
“Nobody got hurt! Well… maybe somebody got hurt, but… Nobody we knew!”
“Internal bleeding. There’s nothing more I can do.”
“What a nightmare. And I brought it here.”
“My burden would have become theirs when the time was right. But now it falls to you.”
“I followed you in, and I’ll follow you out. It’s your decision.”
“Oh, my decision? Well I think we’ve seen how effective my decisions have been.”
“Of course, in my experience, if you hit bottom… the only place left to go is up.”
“I didn’t say it was the smart thing… But it is the right thing.”
“C’mon, we better make sure he doesn’t hurt himself.”
“We’re gonna come in low and fast and take them by surprise.”
“I’ve got news for you, [ NAME ] is never surprised and they’ve got a lot of guns!”
“Great, well do you have any suggestions?”
“Holy smokes! You told me he only had guns!”
“What I said was they’re never surprised!”
“Okay, now things are getting good.”
“Alright, this is it. Any last words? … Yeah, I really wish I had a better idea than this!”
“That’s it, unless someone wants to jump.”
“Well I have to hand it to you, you’re a bigger pain in the neck than I would’ve ever thought possible.”
“Tired? That’s a darned shame! I’m just getting warmed up!”
“Ah, I don’t think the world needs another hero.”
“Nervous breakdown. You could say he went all to pieces.”
“I’m gonna miss that kid. At least they’re in a better place now…”
“I hope this piece of proof is enough for you. It sure convinced me.”
