Jasper in Deadland Act 2, Scene 4: Agnes

Voice over: You have the ability to transport yourself…

Voice over: A half life.

Jasper?

Jasper: Agnes…

You remember me…

Jasper: Yes.

It’s you.

It’s me.

Jasper: I had forgotten what you looked like.

I’m here.

Jasper: We’re finally here… Together.

Elysium

Jasper: We have to find Pluto.

And then we go home… To everything… Our lives… Friends… My stepmom… My father…

Jasper: What’s wrong…?

…All these memories are coming back to me… My pictures are going back on the wall… It’s just a lot, ya know… The last picture is going back up… it’s of… it’s…

Jasper: Are you okay?

Agnes.

There are things about me you don’t know… Jasper… I tried to tell you.

Jasper: I want to know.

I can’t.

Jasper: Tell me.

It’s so peaceful. What if we stayed here?

Jasper: What?

I mean, what’s back up there? Nothing. We could have a life down here-

Jasper: But this is a life…?

singing

I’ve got nothing left but a soul and a bag, I’m living dead. My coils sprung, and my bucket’s kickin’. There’s nothing to do when your times finished tickin’… Here I’ve felt more free then I ever did. Tell me why I should go back?

talking

To my father and my stepmom… and the person I’m supposed to be…

singing

Why should I go back? Family’s should connect. They should share respect. But it all falls through the crack.

talking

Aren’t I supposed to love them? Fact is, I don’t. I don’t love them. Is that wrong of me?

Jasper:

singing

No it’s not wrong. And you’re not alone. And it’s not life as you planned.

talking

My Mom cheated on my father. I was so angry at them both.

singing

Not life as you planned. And they say pretend, trust the pain will mend. That you’ll grow and understand.

talking

But I have grown, and I thought it was my fault, but you know what, it wasn’t.

singing
I was so alone

Jasper:
singing

Agnes

talking

Tell me, Agnes…

My father… He used to be nice… When Mom got sick he was so angry… Started out doing little things… grabbing my arm… and - I had to start wearing a lot of make-up to cover the… I think he hated me because I looked like Mom… He couldn’t save her… the greates doctor in the world couldn’t save her…

Jasper: Agnes, I am so sorry… I didn’t know…

It was better that way… We drink these and we forget everything.

Jasper: But, we’ll forget each other…

Maybe it’s better, being dead is painful but maybe being alive hurts much more.

singing

We’ll have nothing left, but a soul and a bag, together, living dead. Our coils sprung and our buckets been kickin’. At last I’ll have you when my times finished tickin’.

Eurydice: singing lifesong

Let their be life x3. Take back your life and you can make a song

Jasper. Jasper? Hello?!

Pluto: Why should I help you or your miserable species? All you do is hurt one another. Husband to wife. Father to daughter. An endless cycle… Only one of you can go back. You must make the choice.

C’mon, Jasper, it’s over.

Jasper: No, it’s not over. I give up my life for her.

Jasper! No!

Jasper: We have one live heart between us. I want her to have it.

singing lifesong reprise

… And let there be life, and a song for me.

No Jasper, you can’t do this!