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Maria's Death Scene
Setting: a blank, dim stage. A spotlight follows the actors.
- Enter Akiko, dragging Maria downstage and center. Maria lies, wounded, with her head on Akiko's lap. Maria is slightly shocked and in pain; Akiko is very upset.
Akiko: Oh, my dear Maria! God, what did you have to do that for?
Maria: I don't know. I don't know.
Akiko: Does it have to happen like this?
Maria: You can't rewind life, fairest Akiko.
Akiko: I've never known you so willing to fight, so ready. And poison?!
Maria: Sound familiar?
Akiko: I don't know. I can't think.
Maria: Oh well. Fairest Sunray, who now seems pale and quivers from this, know that while I am dead, still you live.
Akiko: I'm starting to not want to!
Maria: Please do! If you ever held me in your heart, stay from happiness awhile to tell of these things, even if it is spoken in pain. People must know.
Akiko: Dear God, my darling! Please don't go all Hamlet on me!
Maria: Why not? I've always wanted to play Hamlet, though it was a man's role and I was never an actress. This is my only chance, and it seems rather appropriate. I die, Akiko. My guitar is yours.
Akiko: I love you.
Maria: I love you, too. Oh! This poison is too much. The rest is silence.
- Maria dies.
Akiko: Ah, Moonshine. Now cracks a gentle heart. Good night, my love, and flights of angels sing you to your rest.
- Akiko falls on Maria, crying. Blackout.
