Strupnev/Dialogue

Overview **Dialogue** Gallery

## Phone Call

*Strupnev:* "Hey man... Why aren’t you answering the phone they gave you?... Anyway, have you heard? Father Lawrence is dead. Meet me at the train station."

## At the train station

*Strupnev:* "... Hey, kid."

"Hi, Strupnev."

*Strupnev:* "I can’t see you too well. Can you move closer?"

*He smells weird, a little bit like old people smell. And something else.. like black tar.*

*Strupnev:* "Kid... Don’t you want to ask me something?"

"...You called me on the regular phone, didn’t you?"

*Strupnev:* "Whatever. No use in the throwaways anymore. Kids’ toys... Will. There’s no one left now but me. And you. I’ve seen fires in my life. But that one’s just fucking insane. Nothing’s left there."

"What do we do without Father Lawrence?"

*Strupnev:* "..."

"Did he leave anything behind?

*Strupnev:* "...Is she talking with you?"

"What?"

*Strupnev:* "She stopped talking to me after the fire. Lila did. Is she still talking to you?"

### "No."

**Sad**

*Strupnev:* "So you too then? ...I guess we are in the same boat, kid. F-fuck. After I got out from the slammers, I haven’t had any luck with anything, pretty much. I thought I had someone left. It’s you and me now, William."
*"Worm."*
*Strupnev:* "What did you just say??"
"Nothing, Strupnev."
*Strupnev:* "...Must be my imagination..."

**Scared**

*Strupnev:* "Why are you shaking, kid? Are you cold?"
"No, not re.."
*Strupnev:* "There’s no need to lie to an old dog like me. ...I see it in your eyes. She’s still talking to you, isn’t she? Maybe even right now... F-fucking kid. You never deserved this... ...If you knew what we did to boys, to boys like you, back when I was behind bars."
"..."
*Strupnev:* "... *Get the fuck away from me.* You’re lucky we are in a public place, you little lying rat. ...Why.. Why would she still talk to you out of all people..."

**Neutral/Smile/Angry/Disgust/Surprise**

*This looked suspicious. You are not sure, whether Strupnev noticed that.*
*Strupnev:* "Is that so? Well, bad luck... Bad luck, kid.."
"By the way, did the animals die too?"
*Strupnev:* "Burnt to a crisp. All of them. Hehe.. HahahAHHAAHAHHA. You’re funny, kid. Worrying about some animals, when Lila won’t speak to me. What did she even find in you, I don’t get it...
"..."

*Strupnev:* "Heh... He left something by the way. Lawrence left something for you in a depot."

"A depot?"

*Strupnev:* "Just over the bridge. An old train depot."

"What did he leave?"

*Strupnev:* "You’ll know when you see it.. ..."

## Inside the depot

*Strupnev:* "Where the fuck are you? William~ You thought you could fool me, didn’t you?... Lila... I know you can hear me.. Please, you are my life... I don’t get why you would choose that fucking kid. Please, please, please. I just want to see you one more time.. Maybe.. Maybe he captured you with his dirty body. Did he do that to you, my princess? Don’t worry, I’ll free you from him... And you can have me instead. You’ll be nice and cozy. Nice and cozy right here... Kid. How dare you f-fucking steal her from me! I’ll cut her a way out. I’ll– carve her out of youuu."

## Strupnev's Death

"It’s her again..."

The room brightens, revealing the Empress.

*Strupnev:* "Wh.... Wh-what’s..."

"So you wanted to see so badly? Well. **FEAST YOUR EYES, STRUPNEV."**

*Strupnev:* "..."

Break. Strupnev gets killed by the Empress.

*She hid in the boiler again...*

"Well, are you satiated.. Now?"

THE EMPRESS: *"Oh, Lila. You are such a **naughty, naughty*** **girl...** *I do not desire to feed for now... The abode that you seek... It has a numerical value assigned to it. The number is 43033."*

"F-fucking Lawrence... And William has hid this one so well."

THE EMPRESS: *"Now, Lila. Your endeavors amuse me. But now it’s time for us to **cease."***

End of dialogue.