Jasper In Deadland Act 2 Scene 3: Agnes

Factory Workers: singing

O, misery and woe! and woe!

(beat beat beat, beat and broken spirits)

O, misery and woe! and woe!

(beat beat beat, beat and broken spirits)

agnes gets dumped and cuffed to the railing

Take me to Mr. Lethe now!

Hel: Oh, Mr. Lethe never come down here… This were you get your punishment.

I haven’t done anything wrong!

Little Lu: All right, let’s git you over to this here conveyor belt. yer gonna help Mr. Lethe cap his good. ‘N’ if this conveyor belt gets stopped up, I’m going to double-did you with my double-diddin’ knife. And double-did means POOF, right out of ex-is-TAHNS.

What are you?

Little Lu: I’m Little Lu, and if you can believe it - I was an ANGEL ONCE! That’s right pretty kitty, AN ANGEL!

singing

Anyone can lose their light;

Take me I fell from grace!

And just like you I wound up here -

This circle’s a hell of a place.

talking

Now get to work! HyaH!

singing

Now it’s real. Get in the bed you made for yourself. Fate with a seal. Here is the price and you’ve paid with yourself. Over. All my hopes are over. Now it’s real. Get in the bed you made for yourself. Fate with a seal. Here is the price and you’ve paid with yourself. Jasper!

A Daughter: When that psychotic redneck’s not looking, drink the water. It’ll take the edge off…

What edge?

A Daughter: It’ll make you forget. You won’t remember… anything. That’s what the river water does… Makes you forget.

I’ll forget everything… and everyone?

A Daughter: Quick, he’s not looking. Drink!

singing

Small details befing to blur till the person that you were seems so distant. Was that you? As each memory erases the photos of familiar faces smudge and blot - but you won’t care a lot. You’ll forget you forgot.

Little Lu: Little Lu to Loki, come in

I am Loki.

Is Mr. Lethe done with that boy yet?

They’re making the deal. Be done soon.

Ya! ‘Cause I got an itchin’ to double dead someone…

catches Agnes looking at him

What’re you lookin’ at priddy kitty?! You best not stop up that machine of I’ll make you a little less priddy!

Jasper. I’ve gotta save him.

singing

Fall in, fall in. Who’s to say you’ll survive. Find out how deep. Learn the secrets they keep, at the bottom where you arrive…

talking

Stop capping the bottles.

Factory Workers: What?

The belt will jam and we can escape!

A Daughter: But after three thousand years, how can I stop? They’ll…they’ll

They’ll what? The Norse Gods are on a break, it’s just the redneck. Come on… live a little.

A Daughter: Go, save your friend!

A Daughter: Hey, Hillbilly!

Little Lu: What?

Which way to Mr. Lethe?

Factory Workers: That way!

Thank you!

Mr. Lethe: AHHH! Time is of the essence, Jasper. Now sign!

agnes enters

Let him go!

Mr. Lethe: Well, if it isn’t the “Norma Rae” of the Underworld…

You heard what I said…

Jasper: Just go away. Now!

singing

Weightless, I’m weightless down here.

Wait! Jasper, I want you to know something-

Mr. Lethe: We don’t have time for this.

I shouldn’t have tried to prove something to you-

Mr. Lethe: Ooh! Daddy’s little girl is so brave.

What happened at the cliff-

Mr. Lethe: She’s going to leave you, just like your mother.

No, that’s not true. Remember the cliff… remember me… remember us.

Mr. Lethe: Remember she said I love you and you can’t love anyone.

Listen… I shouldn’t have pressured you. I shouldn’t have said what I said that night.

Mr. Lethe: No one cares! No one cares about your problems! She’s dead because of you.

No! It’s not your fault. I don’t blame you for my death!

Mr. Lethe: *dry heaving sounds* Pathetic. Now sign!

JASPER! You have the power to get us to Elysium. You have my heart inside you. You’re a half-life! You have one wish left.