and as ryoko was running... that's when I came in, again
Gabriel: man you were always so determined weren't you?
I always admired that
ryoko: huh?
ryoko turned to see the strange white haired white coated man who then looked at her in surprise
Gabriel: y-you can see me?
before she could even answer he jumped in her arms, yet she felt nothing as he hugged her
YOU CAN SEE MEEEEEEE!
OH RJ ITS SO GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN
ryoko: w-wait I don't even know who you are!
Gabriel: YOU DONT KNOW WHO I AM!? IM YOUR FATTHHEERR
ok technically not your biological one
But I'm basically your dad
ryoko was in a state of shock as a man she just met was saying that he was basically her father
Gabriel: yeah I guess we never made it official, I didn't get to live that long
ryoko: wait live that long! so you-
Gabriel: IM A GHOOOSSSSSTTT
I told yah! I told yah they were real!
but nooo you were like "ghost aren't real Gabe"
WELL HERE I AM! living proof
he says sticking his head straight through her as she felt an odd sensation
well I guess not "living" but you know what I mean you're smart like that
ryoko: wait wait! how do I know you aren't just some delusion in my head
Gabriel: always the sceptic rj well I'll have you know I'm using my ghost magic to make sure you remember me see?
like you'd probably forget this in 3...2..1
but forget she did not
TA DAAAA
he said as he did jazz hands
ryoko: ok, ok this is a lot to take in... so if you're a ghost and your real why are you here now?
Gabriel: cause your sad scared and lonely!
you've been thrown in this crazy situation and if everything goes to coin you're gonna get hurt
I can't leave my basically daughter scared and defenseless like that
even if you have a spineless sister and a verbally abusive boyfriend
kodaka knows they aren't help
ryoko: I have a sister!?
Gabriel: YOU DONT EVEN REMEMBER THAT!?
ugh well it's not important now
what is is that I'm willing to help be there for you
even with how I died
ryoko: what does your death have to do with it
Gabriel: good question!
you know whats annoying I never got a proper ceremony for my death...
oh I know!
[GABRIEL]
Now, let's have the ceremony!
[RYOKO]
What ceremony?
[GABRIEL]
Uh, the one where you honor me
[RYOKO]
You want a ceremony?
[GABRIEL]
I wanted a monument, but I'll settle for a ceremony. HONOR ME!
[RYOKO]
With what?
[GABRIEL]
The top ten ways for Gabriel Patten to die
[RYOKO]
You're misappropriating it
[GABRIEL]
I think you'll find I'm apropwjudhwhdbhab-
You cannot stop this!
Number 10: I go skydiving without a parachute
Number 9:
[RYOKO]
Old age
[GABRIEL]
Lame, and impossible
Number 8: abducted by aliens with enormous genitalia
Seven:
[RYOKO]
Gabriel eats Mentos with diet coke and explodes
[GABRIEL]
Now, that's a darn fine way for Gabriel Patten to die
Six:
[RYOKO]
he tours the tundra and is swallowed by a yeti
Five:
[GABRIEL]
I eat some shellfish and find out I'm allergic
Four:
[RYOKO]
Hit by a meteor
Three:
[GABRIEL]
Caught in a gang war
Two:
[RYOKO]
Gabriel likes caffeine and loves a random fling, so one time at a Starbucks he makes out with Marth. And Marth is all like "Gabriel, I think you should come on tour." And Gabriel's all like...
[GABRIEL]
"I don't know, is that A dragon? Sure. Hahaha." But then Marth gets really clingy and when I say I have to go back to the States, she's like...
[RYOKO, in British accent]
"I can't let you go."
[GABRIEL]
And I'm like "Ew, I'm your dad's age." And then she makes me listen to her musical. And I'm like "what's with the ship? Why are we building a ship?" But I never find out because I am literally BORED TO DEATH
[RYOKO]
relatable
[GABRIEL]
But not compared to...
[RYOKO (GABRIEL)]
The number one way (Number one way)
[GABRIEL]
YOU KILLING ME!
[RYOKO]
Gabriel...
[GABRIEL]
My biggest shame, but also my greatest achievement
[RYOKO]
Shut up!
[GABRIEL]
Fine.
Not ready to face your demons?
Go ahead,
sit in that memory swirl for a while
[RYOKO]
AAAHH!
and then Gabriel fades away leavening her to stir with a mish mash of many long-forgotten memories play in her head like white noise some good some painful
not that she'd remember any for long for as quickly as they appear in her head they fade away
but this would only be the beginning of the pain that she'll have to face...
but I still have hope for you rj! you can still be a good person even with the bad you've done
and as long as one person has hope in you, you can have hope in yourself!
END OF ACT 3
