>>5793604You know how it ends, of course… as clearly as the first time you watched the whole thing sitting on the couch next to your dad. Just like him you can still recite all the campy, but inspiring lines, and you can even do the forbidden technique the vagrant pulls on the bandit leader…
“See that?” You remember your dad saying as you watched the vagrant stumbling back into town after the final battle and collapsing in a bloody heap, “<span class="mu-i">That’s</span> what justice is, kiddo. Sacrifice.”
You can almost feel the single tear you shed back when you saw the movie’s end for the first time… that final take where the villagers carry the hero’s body off into the sunset…
“Diesel?”
Wrenched from your memory, you respond to the girl with a hasty nod! Y-yea?
“I uh… I think we missed our turn, chief.”
SHIT! Skidding into a U-Turn, you head back towards the entrance to the <span class="mu-s">PIER PARKING LOT!</span> A-anyways, you stammer, what were we talking about?
“Your hobbies, dude.” She replies with a hint of concern in her voice. “Any… any others?”
Well, you sigh, there is <span class="mu-i">ONE</span> thing you might as well reveal… she’ll find out anyways if she ever comes over to your place…
“W-what is it?”
You uh, well when you were a kid, you begin, you <span class="mu-i">also</span> collected a few things…
“Dolls?”
<span class="mu-s">NO</span>, you snarl, not <span class="mu-s">DOLLS!</span> They’re <span class="mu-s">ACTION FIGURES, </span> damn it! She sounds like <span class="mu-s">RODNEY-</span>
“Woah woah <span class="mu-i">WOAH</span>!” Your date fires back incredulously, “I was just asking, Diesel! Sheesh!”
Sorry, you sigh, you’re… you just… it gets you so <span class="mu-i">STEAMED</span>! They just mean a lot to you, is all! And you don’t sleep with them, so they ain’t <span class="mu-i">DOLLS!</span>
“Got it!” Nods Pepper with resolve in her tone, “Which one’s your favorite, though?”
<span class="mu-s">MAESTRO</span>, no contest! That superhero chic mixed with the classical composer outfit? The accessories? Dude’s incredible. You don’t sleep with it, though! <span class="mu-i">Not anymore</span>...
“What was that last bit?” Asks Pepper as she leans in closer!
Nothing, you reply! And look, we’re <span class="mu-i">HERE!</span>
>CONTD. 