Mel Random Encounter/Script

The following is a script of the first encounter with Mel in Grand Theft Auto IV.

Script

Mel: Comrades!

Niko: Excuse me?

Mel: Didn't I see you at Comrades, pal?

Niko: Where?

Mel: That bar... Mickey's place. I'm sure you was one of those commie bastards used to come in there. I remember you.

Niko: Yes... you were the drunk guy who fell over.

Mel: Ha ha! That's about right. I was a mess, a mess! But I'm all sorted out now. I'm over that shit.

Niko: Good for you!

Mel: Yeah... yes, siree. I'm a new man. Not dependent on anything. No more drink. No drugs... even gave up hookers. Everything.

Niko: Good! Why are you telling me this?

Mel: It's good to share.

Niko: Cool.

Mel: I'm positive person now. Positive. I'm through with problems. Now they are just opportunities.

Niko: Well, good luck with your opportunities. I've got to.

Mel: Oh, no! Wait, wait, wait! I know... this is a lot to ask, but I was wondering... I owe a guy some money, from my drinking days... and... he's kind of angry. I don't suppose you could come along and keep him cool? I'm going to pay him back. Please?

Niko: Okay.

Dialogue

Mel: He's in an alley off of Montauk Avenue.

or:

Mel: They're just off Montauk in an alley.

(Niko drives to the meeting)

Mel: You'd be amazed by the things I've been doing since I cleaned up. I'm waking up before noon, for Christ's sake. Obviously, the DTs hit me pretty hard when I first got sober.

Niko: I bet they did.

Mel: Shit, I couldn't hold a glass of water without spilling it all over myself. And you shoulda seen the can after I was done with it, whoa, like the fucking sprinkler had gone off. Dry now though, dry as a bone.

(Niko and Mel arrive at the meeting)

Mel: This is where they should be. Can you clear things with him?

Niko: Don't worry. I'll make sure everything's cool.

(Niko and Mel meet meet with the loan shark)

Niko: Hey man, we're here to pay back the money my friend here owed you. He doesn't want no trouble.

Loan shark: You think money's gonna do it? Do ya, Mel? Can't you remember coming over to my place and throwing the TV out the window? Pissing all over my couch? Slumlord kicked me out on the street. You got a lot of debt to pay, Mel.

(They attack Niko and Mel)

Loan shark: Mel owes me one hell of a lot now.

Loan shark: I was done with Mel's drunk ass weeks ago.

Loan shark: I been waiting to see this drunk ass loser for a long time.

Loan shark: He's gonna pay his debt.

Loan shark: I was done with Mel's drunk ass weeks ago.

Loan shark: Mel ain't nearly hit rock bottom yet.

Mel: Oh- oh, I'm getting the shakes again!

Mel: Damn those blackouts.

Mel: I thought maybe that was another guy.

Mel: Shit, I can't remember none of that.

Mel: Why didn't I fucking control myself?

(Niko kills the attackers)

Niko: I don't think those guys are going to be calling that debt in.

or:

Niko: You don't need to worry about those guys no more.

Mel: You're a saint, a real positive person.

or:

Mel: Thanks, man. Can you take me back to where we were before?

(Niko takes Mel back to Hove Beach)

Mel: Oh, boy that shook me up, man. The stress was too much. How am I gonna cope out here? Who knows what I did when I was on the sauce?

Niko: You'll be okay. Just chill out.

Mel: Yeah, you're right. Just chill out. Maybe just one drink to calm my nerves?

Niko: That's not what I meant, friend. That stuff is what got you here in the first place.

Mel: Sure... sure. Yeah. Serenity...

(Niko and Mel arrive back at Hove Beach)

Niko: Be smart, friend.

Mel: Positive, that's me. Here's the roll I was gonna give that loanshark. Maybe I'll keep a ten spot for myself though. Who knows what I'll need. So long. Be serene...

Alternate dialogue

Niko: What made you want to get clean?

Mel: Positive thinking is what it's all about. Shaking off all the negative energy and concentrating on the productive. Not hanging around with losers like Sergei. Drinking their lives away, it's not for me.

Niko: You seemed to like it when I last met you?

Mel: How many good years I got left, ten... fifteen? Not many. I don't wanna spend them staring into the bottom of a glass. No, sir. No way. I want to be someone, help people... seriously!