In honor of Axel10's imminent rebranding as "Axelonlyhas10unbrokenbonesleftinhisbodybecausejimmythrashedhimsobrutally", I present the first scene of
Pocket Mobsters: The Jimmy Turtwig Story
(Act I, Scene I)
Setting:
A marina, deep hours of the night. Two men in trenchcoats stand at the pier's end. Before them is a young man, bound and gagged, tied to a concrete block. JIMMY TURTWIG, a newcomer to this line of work, glances at his senior partner.
KEVIN, known to the FBI as "ROOSTER", "PRAGUE'S FIRE", and, occasionally, "MIRIEL", stares at NJNP contemptuously.
KEVIN
(snidely)
"Heard you were a ghost, kid."
NJNP shakes his head frantically. He jerks his chin forward in a desperate attempt to convey his wish that the duct tape be removed from his mouth.
KEVIN
(smugly)
"And what do we do to ghosts, JIMMY?"
JIMMY TURTWIG
(confused)
"...We use Pursuit?"
KEVIN
(exasperated)
"No, you id- ...Well I mean, it's contextual, really. You really have to read the flow of the game, because sometimes Crunch is better, so you-"
KEVIN shakes his head, recollecting himself. He grins.
KEVIN
"We send them back to the other side."
JIMMY silently mouths "Ah".
NJNP's pleas are muffled. KEVIN chuckles and finally peels off the tape slowly.
NJNP
(panicked)
"Pl-Please! I'll do whatever you want!"
KEVIN
(darkly)
"Sorry, kid. There's only one thing I want from you."
NJNP
(terrified)
"W-Wait! How much did they pay you?!"
KEVIN quirks an eyebrow.
KEVIN
"...Five dollars."
NJNP's eyes widen. He sees a way out.
NJNP
(hopeful)
"Just let me go, and I can pay you TWENTY times-"
KEVIN kicks the block over the edge. NJNP gives a shocked scream, then is dragged over the edge and is silenced forever by the depths.
JIMMY
(sickened)
"...I don't think I have much of a stomach for this sort of thing.
KEVIN
(smiling)
"It's an acquired taste."