aiebird
auditioning for
Protagonist
in Film Noir Femme Fatale
You're a con artist. You pretend to be kidnapped to lure vigilantes and private investigators to you with "ransom" money, then steal the money. You are telling the story of one of your marks.
"Detective number six, an easy mark, right away the snooper sniffed out the bait- probably gone all sappy for a damsel in distress. But number seven, seven was different."
"The mancould track, but he didn't have the intuition to know something was shady. If only he knew he was the target- but hey, I got no kicks, otherwise I'd be walkin' away in cuffs and none of the dough."
(mockingly imitating a male thug) "Where's the money?"