Nocturne (1999 Video Game)

Lynn Mathis: The Stranger, Baron Samedy

Quotes 

• Colonel Cedric Feldspar Hapscomb : I suppose I should tell you: you'll have a partner on this assignment.

  The Stranger : A partner? Who?

  Colonel Cedric Feldspar Hapscomb : Svetlana Lupescu. I know you don't really like...

  The Stranger : [interrupting]  I don't like anyone. I hate monsters.

  Colonel Cedric Feldspar Hapscomb : I wouldn't call her a monster, she's only half vampire.

  The Stranger : Half is too much.

  Colonel Cedric Feldspar Hapscomb : But it's that half of her that makes her so ideal for this assignment. You've put your feelings aside in the past, Stranger. I trust you'll do the same, this time.

  The Stranger : If she crosses me, she dies.

  Colonel Cedric Feldspar Hapscomb : I'm sure she feels the same about you.

• Baron Samedi : Ah, the legendary Stranger! The man of mystery! You know, your dark past is not so secret in my realm; I know all about you.

  The Stranger : [dead pan]  Fascinating. Just revive Scat and be on your way.

  Baron Samedi : Easy, man. Don't forget who you're dealin' with.

  The Stranger : You have your cigar. You have your rum. All the blood you need is in a pool beneath your host. Do your business, and be off.

  Baron Samedi : Heh, heh, heh! Pray you never owe *me* a favor!

  [revives Scat, dissipates] 

  Scat Dazzle : [resurrected]  Wha... what happened?

  The Stranger : You died. Again. I used your powder to summon Baron Samedi. He revived you.

  Scat Dazzle : Hey, um, thanks. There are still people out there. I've heard them crying for help. Find them, and bring them here.

• Bobbi Sue Smith : Are you married?

  The Stranger : No.

  Bobbi Sue Smith : Pa says I'm gonna make a lucky man very happy when I get married!

  The Stranger : [disinterested]  He was probably referring to himself.

  Bobbi Sue Smith : What?

• Ma Smith : I say, why don't we just sacrifice them whores to the demons, and be done with the whole thing?

  The Stranger : What demons?

  Ma Smith : You know, the demons that are plaguing our town! The zombies!

  The Stranger : Those are Type Two zombies, not demons. Trust me; I know the difference.

• The Stranger : Can you or the Baron do anything about these zombies?

  Scat Dazzle : They're not voodoo zombies. None of my magic works against them. The only way to stop them is brute force; detach their brains from their bodies. Whatever dark influence hangs over this place has energized the motor control areas of their brains. There's no consciousness in these things; just half-remembered abilities, like walking and eating.

• The Stranger : What's the shovel for?

  Reverend : I used to dig graves with it. But it seems all the graves I've dug for the past twenty years weren't deep enough to hold the people I laid to rest.

  The Stranger : You mean...?

  Reverend : The dead walk.

  The Stranger : So?

  Reverend : Look, I guess in your line of work, this may not be disturbing, but it's a little bothersome to *me*! In the past week, I've seen people rise from their graves who have been dead for a hundred years! I-I've seen people I knew when they were alive come back from the dead.

  [hushed voice] 

  Reverend : But they're not the same; they're monsters!

  The Stranger : [unimpressed]  And... the shovel?

  Reverend : Hmm? Oh, now the only use I have for this thing is as a weapon. It's not in my nature to kill, mind you, but these things are already dead and they're evil! I'm sure the Good Lord doesn't have anything against me knocking their heads off. That seems to be about the only way to put 'em down for good.

• The Stranger : [trying to resurrect Scat]  Damn, I need rum.

  Reverend : I... have some scotch.

  The Stranger : That won't do. I need rum.

  Reverend : There's a saloon in the middle of town. But this really isn't the time.

  The Stranger : Yes, it is.