What Do You Think Happens Next?

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ACT 4, SCENE 1

[Heaven is peaceful. Colorful light filters into URIEL's room through the stained-glass windows of his balcony doors, and lesser angels flutter about outside. The EXORCIST's mask's smile, absently watching URIEL. He's been freaking out internally for the past several hours, and it's beginning to show. URIEL sits at his desk. His Purple Book sits open, he scans the page. RAPHAEL is heard arguing offstage:]Act 4: Scene 1


RAPHAEL O/S: Oh, for Heaven's sake–would you just–move out of the way! ... I DON'T GIVE A SHIT! I am going to give you maybe–three?--three more seconds until I smite you out of existence, you blasphemous fool–!

[Thud. Clang. The door swings oven. RAPHAEL steps in.] RAPHAEL: Hey, it's fine. [Beat.] How're you holdin' up?

URIEL: Uh– I'm okay. Really, I'm fine.

RAPHAEL: Right. [RAPHAEL guides URIEL to the bed, catching a glimpse of the page URIEL is looking at.]

URIEL: Is this it, the big one?

RAPHAEL: The what?

URIEL: What do you think happens next? How bad did I screw up, Raph? What the fuck happens now?? What–am I just gonna stay in here with the fuckin' smiley–mask-wearing guys–watching everything? Why won't she let me go with Dad? –She just wants to "keep everyone safe," total garbage...

RAPHAEL: Restart. How do you feel?

URIEL: Wha– I dunno. I'm pissed. She's never had a good reason for any of this shit! And now–now–she's just– [Beat.]

RAPHAEL: Scared?

URIEL: Yeah, that too. What the fuck do I do? [RAPHAEL looks away.] What? Raph? What–what do I do? Please.

RAPHAEL: I can't.

URIEL: What? Please, Raph.

RAPHAEL: I'm sorry Uri, that's not why I came here.

URIEL: Raph, please, you know!

RAPHAEL: No, I won't. I can't lose you like I lost him.

URIEL: So I have to live in here, forever? Because you're lonely! What the fuck! I am not my Father. How've you all seemed to miss that? I have been up here as long as He has been down there, and you still don't trust me. How've I not proven myself? I've done what's best for Heaven at every turn, and Sera still does this! And–you all knew!

RAPHAEL: Just be quiet, please, Uri.

URIEL: [Beat.] Get out.

[RAPHAEL is caught off-guard, but does without another word, after a moment of hesitation. Once the door shuts, URIEL sits, deflating on his bed. The EXORCIST guards still watch from the balcony.] 

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