No narration. Just speech.
"Excuse me, nurse?"
"Ah, good, you're awake."
"Yeah, I have a lot of questions, and they're all one word long. The first one is where?"
"You're at Mercy General Hospital. You were brought in yesterday, and you've been unconscious since you got here."
"Okay. Next question... why?"
"Why are you handcuffed? I think the officers should be the ones to answer that. I'll go get them for you."
"Thank you."
"Hello, Mister Jasper."
"Yes, hi, I'm asking one word questions right now. We're currently stuck on 'why?'"
"Mister Jasper, do you remember what happened two nights ago?"
"That depends, what day is it?"
"Tuesday."
"Then no, I don't remember what happened two nights ago."
"What's the last thing you do recall?"
"I was at a bar, standing up, ordering a drink. Then I woke up here, on my back, handcuffed to this bed. Why am I handcuffed to the bed?"
"You don't remember attacking a young lady in the alley behind the bar?"
"...Allow me to proceed to the next one word question... What?"
"Two nights ago you were out at the Rusty Spoon, and when you left you followed a woman down the alley next to the building and attacked her."
"Well, I don't remember doing that, and it also doesn't sound like me."
"We have a recording from a nearby security camera that caught the incident. If you'll please watch here."
"You just keep it on your phone? Isn't that a little weird?"
"We would usually do this on a TV at the station, but we're not there."
"Hey, sweet thing."
"The random security camera has sound?"
"People are paranoid. Please keep watching. I'll rewind it for you."
"Hey, sweet thing."
"Who are you?"
"I'm your date for tonight."
"Stay away. I have mace."
"What, you're rejecting me? After all I did for you?"
"I don't know who you think I am, but I'm not them. Stay back!"
"You don't get to walk out on me!"
"Stay back! Help! Help!"
"I'll teach you to be ungrateful!"
"It goes on from there. I won't make you watch the rest. The short version is you beat her severely, then spat on her and walked away."
"Wow, that's just entirely awful."
"And you don't remember any of that?"
"No. I mean, it's clearly me in the video, but I don't remember anything like that. I was at the bar, then I blinked and I was here. Was I drugged?"
"The blood test hasn't come back yet."
"You took my blood?"
"You were bleeding from the nose, so we sent some of that to be checked. There's no warrant required for blood that's already outside the body."
"No, no, it's fine, if I was drugged I want to know."
"You understand, we can't uncuff you. You seem okay now, but you're still a suspect in a violent attack."
"I mean, I see where you're coming from, but I can assure you that what happened in that video is not how I normally behave. Not even a little."
"I'd like to take your word for that, Mister Jasper, but legally and procedurally I can't."
"I get it. Could I at least have some water? My mouth is very dry."
"I'll send the nurse back in to take care of you. Once you're a little more comfortable - all things considered - we have some questions to ask you about that night."
"Great, I can tell you all about how much I don't remember."
"We'll talk again soon."
"Great."
2020-06-22 · Boss Music Intensifies
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2020-06-01 · Best Laid Plans
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2020-05-11 · Personal Victory
2020-05-04 · Six Questions
2020-04-27 · It's A Team Effort
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2020-03-30 · Keeping It Clean
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2020-02-24 · Something From Nothing
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2020-02-10 · The Missing Piece
2020-02-03 · Wrong Place, Wrong Time
2020-01-27 · Overexposure
2020-01-20 · As Seen On TV
2020-01-13 · Written By A.I.
2020-01-06 · Promises Kept
2019-12-30 · Ringing It In
2019-12-23 · Happy Unspecified Seasonal Holiday!
2019-12-16 · The Lair
2019-12-09 · Time To Get Cracking
2019-12-02 · Not A Suicide
2019-11-25 · The One That Knows What Number It Is
2019-11-18 · Venting Frustrations
2019-11-11 · The Test Takers
2019-11-04 · Make Your Play
2019-10-28 · Horror With Smart People
2019-10-21 · The Interview
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2019-10-07 · Work The Problem
2019-09-30 · Cogs in the Machine
2019-09-23 · First of One
2019-09-16 · Curse Your Inevitable Betrayal!
2019-09-09 · Be Brief
2019-09-02 · Changing Channels
2019-08-26 · It's A Process
2019-08-19 · Armed And Dangerous
2019-08-12 · Good Intentions
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2019-07-29 · Finale Feelings
2019-07-22 · Fun And Profit
2019-07-15 · It Builds Character
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2019-06-24 · Something's Been Bugging Me
2019-06-17 · It's All About You
2019-05-27 · Rough Encounters
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2019-05-13 · A Gentle Nudge
2019-05-06 · A Simple Misunderstanding?
2019-04-29 · Don't Spoil It
2019-04-22 · Under Scrutiny
2019-04-15 · Prepare To Resist
2019-04-08 · Making Small Talk
2019-04-01 · The Crisis
2019-03-25 · Just Kidding
2019-03-18 · How About That Local Sports Team?
2019-03-11 · Public Engagement
2019-03-04 · The Hero We Need
2019-02-25 · The Negotiation
2019-02-18 · Executive Orders
2019-02-11 · The Talk
2019-02-04 · The Big Game
2019-01-28 · If It's A Girl...
2019-01-21 · The Nature Of Picasso
2019-01-14 · I'm Sorry, Ms. Jackson
2019-01-07 · Never Saw It Coming
2018-12-31 · Duelling ...Holidays?
2018-12-24 · Too Much Cheer
2018-12-17 · Taking Out The Trash
2018-12-10 · Let's Go To The Movies
2018-12-03 · Not For Donuts
2018-11-26 · Horizons Made Broad
2018-11-19 · It's The Journey That Matters
2018-11-12 · Anthing You Can Do...
2018-11-05 · Let's Call It "Laundry"
2018-10-29 · Unfriended
2018-10-22 · A Conversation About "Tacos"
2018-10-15 · Changes
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2018-10-01 · Street War
2018-09-24 · Whither Whether Why
2018-09-17 · The Pitch
2018-09-10 · The One That's Meta
2018-09-03 · A Night At The Movies
2018-08-27 · We're Vampires
2018-08-20 · The Final Showdown
2018-08-13 · The End Of The World
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