&. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐧 (𝐞𝐩𝐬. 𝟏-𝟒) 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.
( dialogue prompts taken from episodes 1 - 4 of max's the penguin (2024), created by lauren lefranc. feel free to edit and change as you seem fit.. )
❛ i see you've made yourself at home. ❜
❛ so this new deal you got going... maybe i can help. ❜
❛ you know what i like most about you? you are who you are. you couldn't change if you tried. ❜
❛ you got a girl? good looking guy like you... ❜
❛ can you imagine? to be remembered like that? revered? ❜
❛ you really think people’d make a float of your dumb face and march it down the street, chanting your goddamn name? ❜
❛ you messed with the wrong fucking guy on the wrong fucking night. ❜
❛ you’re gonna do everything i say. or else i’ll murder you and, uh... anyone you care about. ❜
❛ what do you think of this? it’s a little air freshener. aqua paradise. you smell it? ❜
❛ we used to go there every day in the summer. you know, we’d mix the flavors for a suicide. you ever mix the flavors? ❜
❛ i ain’t trying to get in your business, but... i need an alibi. ❜
❛ i asked for extra pickles, and they give me two? so what, a normal amount of pickles is one? makes no goddamn sense. ❜
❛ there’s a nice sunrise behind you. you should take a look. ❜
❛ i could help you with whatever it is. whatever you need, whatever it is, all right? ❜
❛ well, maybe it’d be useful, keeping you around. for now. ❜
❛ but if you step out of line just once, i swear to god, i’ll gut you like a fucking fish. do you understand? ❜
❛ all right, listen, if i don’t come out... nah, i’ll be fine. you’ll be fine. it’s gonna be fine. ❜
❛ you know, maybe you don’t like me. that’s fine. i’m an acquired taste. ❜
❛ i’ve been rehabilitated. ❜
❛ you’ve really moved up in the world, haven’t you? ❜
❛ are you nervous? i’d hate for you to feel nervous with me. ❜
❛ you know, people underestimate you, but not me. i’ve always known you were capable of more. ❜
❛ this city is meant to be yours, sweetheart. what are you gonna do to get it? ❜
❛ the world wasn’t built for guys like us. that’s why we gotta take whatever we decide is ours. ❜
❛ but i gotta know. no bullshit. can i count on you to pull through? ❜
❛ i know who you are. i know what you are. i don’t work with people whose loyalty is for sale. ❜
❛ i’m gonna run this goddamn city. and i want you in on it. ❜
❛ i'm not safe. i'm home. ❜
❛ very, very convenient that, all of a sudden, you’re on my side. ❜
❛ you are scrambling for whatever dignity you have left and you’re hoping i will save you. ❜
❛ rough night, detective? ❜
❛ i refuse to let these old fucking men push me aside again, like i’m nothing. so, i’m going to take from them now. ❜
❛ you act like wanting more is a bad thing, but, i mean, don’t you want a better life than this? ❜
❛ are we, uh, kinda... partners now? ❜
❛ i mean, you fucked up. huge. but you learned, right? ❜
❛ whaddaya think the new clothes are for? you’re my guy. can’t have you lookin’ like a schmuck. ❜
❛ and from now on, you want something, you ask for it. ❜
❛ how’s anyone supposed know your worth unless you tell ’em, huh? ❜
❛ man of the hour, i was just thinking about you... ❜
❛ you do anything stupid, i’ll sense it. ❜
❛ that’s why you’re here. you seem to know everybody’s business. so, now’s your time to shine. ❜
❛ you’ve got a good thing going here. i’m really happy for you. ❜
❛ i know you’re not right in the head. i mean, that’s pretty damn clear. but i’m not scared of you. ❜
❛ you think i’d come here empty-handed? come on, we both know that if i ever truly left you hanging, there'd be a bullet between my eyes. ❜
❛ i got a real opportunity for you here, but it’s kinda hard to focus with a gun pointed at my face. ❜
❛ you got fight in you. you gotta let it out. ❜
❛ you’re fun at a card game, or over drinks, i’ll give you that. but people don’t keep you around because they think you’re smart. and they sure as shit don’t trust you. ❜
❛ i wouldn’t ask you to do this if i didn’t know you could handle it. i believe in you, kid. ❜
❛ i can't tell who wants this move. me or you. ❜
❛ what you did to me. was it worth it? did you get everything that you wanted? ❜
❛ you wanna go, what are you waiting for? fuckin’ go. ❜
❛ you coulda left whenever you wanted. but you chose to stay. how about you ask yourself why. ❜
❛ i fucked you over. that what you wanna hear? ❜
❛ i’m fuckin’ sorry for everything that’s happened to you. ❜
❛ you meant something to me. still do. ❜
❛ i don’t know where to go from here. i don’t know how to trust you. ❜
❛ you need a cigarette, take the edge off? ❜
❛ a lobotomy couldn’t take the edge off. ❜
❛ when the time comes, i want you to take my place. i want you to run this family... if that’s something that would interest you. ❜
❛ they know you're mine. they'll do as i say. ❜
❛ why would you do this now? picking away at old wounds... you know how it upsets me. ❜
❛ you still haven’t told me what you want for your birthday. ❜
❛ i don’t need your advice. i don’t care what you think. no one does. you are my driver. that is all you are. so stop talking and drive. ❜
❛ listen, i get that you’re angry, you know. but i was just doing my job, looking out for you. ❜
❛ i’m not gonna make it in a place like that. i’m gonna die in there. ❜
❛ it’s okay to be scared. i was scared at first, too, but it’s not so bad here. you get used to the noises. ❜
❛ a woman beat the shit out of me while everyone stood around and watched. so, yeah, i had an incident. ❜
❛ i don’t know how to convince you i’m sane when you’ve already made up your mind about me. ❜
❛ i told you i’m fucking innocent. ❜
❛ i’m gonna get you something to eat. if you wanna get cleaned up, there’s a towel and a change of clothes in the guest bath upstairs. ❜
❛ i trusted him... when everything in my body told me not to. i should have killed him when i had the chance. ❜
❛ i left because i had to. because i could. i know you didn’t have that choice, but I’m here now. ❜
❛ you don’t have to pretend with me. ❜
❛ i haven’t forgotten, you know? the way you looked at me. so curious. ❜
❛ what did it feel like? to get to watch a person unravel? and now, you’re numbing yourself as punishment. ❜
❛ they think i'm broken. i'm not broken. ❜
❛ i'm not the one who's sick. and neither are you. the world is. ❜
❛ for the first time, i have hope. ❜
❛ to new beginnings. cent’anni. ❜