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rose
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 		[META] favorite writing from LCP
"That's a funny place for a canoe" is a sure classic from this game.

I have some other lines, one is in my sig, of favorites. I thought maybe we could all share the bits of writing that we like the best.

A few of mine:

If you looked around at this world, Kerry thought, you'd have to be some kind of patient to out-wait God. - Kerry Tucker "blind spot"

"I am thinking of killing you," Simon said.
Kerry said nothing, of course, since Simon hadn't removed the gag. -Simon Bassi "drop you on the concrete"

And suddenly, like an echo, the sound of her voice returned, achingly familiar, and he knew who she was. - Majordamonmicheal "flesh of pale roses"
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:46 am
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EGo
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 		From the New York City Live Event page:

Lucky wrote:
One time in New York, I was out strolling with this girl. It was cold enough our breath was smoking in the air, you know, and every time I made her laugh I would cup my hands around the little puff of steam and say, "I caught a laugh!" and breathe it in, and she would laugh some more, and maybe punch me in the arm.

Of all the breaths I ever took, those are some of the ones I remember best. The damp cold, grey concrete, traffic going by and the smell of her laughter in my lungs, like fog and old leaves...

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jamesi
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 		*sound of water being shifted around in a large, open container. with bubbles*
-- Lucy in the bathtub.

Now that's my kind of writing!
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SpRiNkL3z
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 		"Greed and love and honor and hate. Hot sun and freezing cold. Things you search for and things you never find. Big sky and the smell of gunpowder and the things you are willing to kill for."

Lucky Brown--Every story is a western (Day of the Dead 2005)
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SuperJerms
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 		I don't agree theologically, but I really thought Clay's reaction to the gun was great:

Boomerang (October 26, 2005) wrote:
He had collapsed inside when the kid gave him the gun. Kicked in the gut. Swallowed by deep water.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

Despair is a sin.



And I looooved the scene where Kerry shows up at Corazon's apartment after getting beaten up by Simon.

I'm bleeding on your carpet (October 24, 2005) wrote:
She opened the door. Kerry was leaning against the doorframe. Somebody had beaten the shit out of him and his face was smeared with blood. "I killed Victor," he said.

The cat stalked up beside Corazon, arched its back and hissed.

"A cop told me he was shooting kiddie porn," Kerry said. "He showed me pictures," he said.

"And you believed it?" Corazon said. "That's it? You killed him because someone showed you pictures?"

Blood was seeping out of a deep cut above his eye and trickling down his face like a line of red tears. "Yeah. Yes. I d-did."

Lucy's voice came sharply from the living room. "Is there something wrong?"

Kerry blinked and absently wiped the blood out of his eyes with the back of his hand. "Oh, no. You have company." Blood dripped off his chin. He looked down. "Shit. I'm bleeding on your carpet."

"It's just a girlfriend."

Kerry stared at the carpet and then looked up at her, weirdly at a loss. "This is gonna stain. I'll just – if you c-could gimme a wet paper towel or s-something, I'll clean up and go. Or maybe baking soda," he said, looking back in complete dismay at the bloody drops spattering the beige carpet.

"Jesus!" Corazon said. "Are you a completely insane? Stay there." She stalked past Lucy and into her kitchen where she got a clean rag and a bowl of warm water. By the time she got back, Kerry was dabbing ineffectually at the bloody fingerprints he had left on the doorway. Lucy had come out of the living room. She and the cat were watching Kerry with pretty much the same expression.

Corazon jerked his face around, none too gently, and started wiping the blood off it. She could tell that it hurt him. She was glad.

"I feel bad about this," he said as Corazon cleaned out the deep cut over his eye. "You've got company."

"Someone dribble a brick on your face?" Lucy asked. "That must have hurt."

"Yeah."

"Good," Corazon said. The water in the bowl was turning bright red. Angry swipes at another cut. The whole side of Kerry's face was hot and battered. It would swell up like rotten fruit soon even if she got ice on it right away.

"I shot her boyfriend," Kerry explained.

"His boyfriend. It's boyfriend," Corazon said.

"I should g-go," Kerry said.

"Sit down," Corazon said. She needed to change the water in the bowl and get some ice. "And shut up."

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:06 pm
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KermieD
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 		Funny thing is, I've never ever liked westerns, but I really like the essay "Every Story is a Western" on Lucky's profile:

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So that's the story of how the Navy Colt came to be waiting for Two-Gun Hart in a Juarez pawnshop, about halfway through its long journey from Jeb Stuart to Lucy Brown.

Now, it's a well-known fact that old men like to share their wisdom. I suppose the dead ones are even worse. But indulge me for a second. Do you know what Pancho Villa would do when he caught an American soldier, after things turned ugly between him and Hearst, and he started raiding across the border? He'd cut off the man's ear and send him on his way with a warning: if I ever catch you again, you're going to die.

Sound familiar?

The truth is, all stories of American violence … are westerns.

Think about it.

A man walks into a bar. All he brings are his memories and a gun. All he leaves are shell casings and bodies on the floor.

That's a western.

Ernst and Otto Griff and Svetlana Yugrina, killing and dying for a hoard of Nazi gold: why, that's just Treasure of the Sierra Madre all over again. Al Capone and Eliot Ness, Sheriff and Outlaw dueling it out at high noon. That's a western.

Maybe you think that doesn't apply, in a world of shopping malls and consumer electronics.

Well, let me tell you a story about the Kid with the Fast Hands.

He lives in a town run by a Big Boss. All the townsfolk come to him and say, "Kid, Kid! You gotta help us!" The Kid tries not to get involved, but in the end, the innocent need him too much for him to ignore his destiny. He pulls on an old duster, straps on his six-guns, and blows the bad guys away.

That's a western. And it is also, down to the very cut of his coat, the story of that movie with the fella that ends up dodging bullets in slow motion.

Crips and Bloods, rebels and yanks—from the black kids dying in South Central back to the farm boys that went down at Gettysburg, the stories repeat again and again. Doesn't matter if it's mobsters buried under Giants field or rappers dying with gold chains around their necks like rosaries of greed: they're all westerns.

Scratch any story of American violence, you'll find the same players, the same scenes. The Half-breed, the Gambler, the Killer and the Kid, the Preacher, the Sheriff, the Banker and the Drunk. The lynching and the bar-room brawl, the stage-coach stick-up and the showdown at high noon.

Greed and love and honor and hate. Hot sun and freezing cold. Things you search for and things you never find. Big sky and the smell of gunpowder and the things you are willing to kill for.

That's how Americans live. That's how Americans die.

That's a western. That's my story.

The story of the Gun.

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SpRiNkL3z wrote:
"Greed and love and honor and hate. Hot sun and freezing cold. Things you search for and things you never find. Big sky and the smell of gunpowder and the things you are willing to kill for."

Lucky Brown--Every story is a western (Day of the Dead 2005)


Yeah, listening to the whole thing in the video gave me goosebumps. Shocked
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ThaJinx
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 		By far my favorite passage of the game so far.
That's fair wrote:
Kerry opened his mouth, shocked. Closed it. Opened it again. "Okay," he finally said. "The first guy is a scum bag named Kink Coover. I hired him for a cop named Don McPherson."

Ah, Simon was pleased. The name of the guy behind the killer. A cop. So it was true, Kerry was the weapon, not the man behind the murders. Simon nodded. "I'm going to uncuff you. We're going to talk. Then I am going to beat the shit out of you for killing Maurice. Do you understand?

Kerry thought for a minute.

"That's fair," he said.


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krystyn
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so cliche wrote:
Corazon let up on the door and Lucy almost fell through it.

"She spiked a pair of your underwear to the bar?"

"Yeah," Lucy said. "With a switchblade."

Corazon's carefully plucked eyebrows arched. "That's camp."

"Camp?" Lucy said.

"Yeah. Camp. You know, so cliché it's funny. Like Cher."

"Oh, right," Lucy said. "Camp."

Corazon sighed. "Okay, I guess you're going to have to come in."

drop you on the concrete wrote:
"I am thinking of killing you," Simon said.

Kerry said nothing, of course, since Simon hadn't removed the gag.

Render Unto Caesar wrote:
"Goodbye, Mr. Jones. You know, I really thought you were a preacher."

"If I've saved even one soul with my preaching, that's more important than everything I've done for Mr. Ness. I render unto Caesar and I render unto God. Goodbye and may the Lord look after you, child."

Pete shook Armageddon's hand and headed to his platform. Looking back, he saw Jones assessing the crowd in front of the station. Jones got his Bible out of his case and while Pete watched, found a spot where he could put his case and his hat.

"Have you heard the WORD of the LORD? It is all AROUND you!"

It was almost as good as if Louise had shown up. Okay, it really wasn't, but it was something.

Brooklyn small favor wrote:
I knew a girl in Brooklyn once, her kiss would suck your socks up to your belly button. Spaghetti and red wine at her apartment, jazz on the record player (this was back when jazz was still fun). She had this chuckle that sounded like a silk dress coming off. Mm, mm….

This one's for her.


You know what? I have always been a sucker for a tasty bit of text with a nice button on it.
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the golden hour wrote:
Lucy let the car hum down the big concrete river. Everything golden.

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rose
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 		lucky's last words
From the graveyard games from Cypress Hill cemetery (they may be all the same - bold added)

Quote:
Think about the people there. They cussed and dreamed and drank like you do now. To love and lose is what it means to be human. We haven't all of us loved as much as we should.

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 		Re: lucky's last words
rose wrote:
From the graveyard games from Cypress Hill cemetery


Doh. I totally forgot to get my program from you before leaving.
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Tiny
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 		Which video was the Every story is a western actually in? I can't get Lcp to load looking right on my school computer, and I can't find the video for my life on how distorted it's looking now. But yea, That was by far my favorite writing so far too.
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Quote:
"You're giving me this gun…" Kerry said.

"Because in a very strange way, you're very pure."


Kerry Tucker - Makes you a terrorist

Clay's big decision.
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