Rain Man Monologue
There are a million things Duo loves about the snow. The way it gets stuck in your hair or tickles your nose. You can pack it up and have a snowball fight. You can lay in it and make a snow angel. The flurry wistfulness when the wind throws the snow around, right before a snowstorm. A freshly fallen bed of snow, and the first footsteps you trudge through it. But most of all, that darling feeling when you wake up in the middle of the night and look out the window. The dark night cast away by bright flickering street lights, and pale white snow. The streets are piled with it, not yet plowed in the morning. The cars are covered in it, so untouched by the usual commotion of man. It looks so peaceful, yet at the same time so cold. And you get that warm feeling in your chest, knowing you’re safe
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I always promised Levi I wouldn’t kill myself… so… I want you to do it,” they say. Jack looks up at Duo, wide eyed.
“Why?” He asks. Duo lets out a breath and looks up at the treetops.
“I won’t have anything else to fight for… or I guess… I won’t have any motivation,” they let out a short chuckle. “Everyone I love… will be dead. You’ll hate me. I want you to be the one to finish me off. My pride won’t let me turn myself in to Icarus.”
Jack squints at Duo, hoping that they’re joking.
“I’m done, Jack. I’ve taken my stab at this world and all I’ve managed to do is cause the suffering of others. More pain, more death. It would be the ultimate universal favor if I killed myself. But…” They kneel down to him. “You’re the only one left I would put my heart into, and even you hate me. I want you to channel that rage and… kill me. I won’t fight back. I’m done.”
The words they say are so incredibly grim, but they smile. It may be the first genuine smile Jack has seen on Duo’s face in a long time.
Jack shakes his head, confused and terrified. “Why me?” He asks. “Why would you ask me to do that?”
Duo shrugs. “You’re the only one I know will do
I always promised Levi I wouldn’t kill myself… so… I want you to do it,” they say. Jack looks up at Duo, wide eyed.
“Why?” He asks. Duo lets out a breath and looks up at the treetops.
“I won’t have anything else to fight for… or I guess… I won’t have any motivation,” they let out a short chuckle. “Everyone I love… will be dead. You’ll hate me. I want you to be the one to finish me off. My pride won’t let me turn myself in to Icarus.”
Jack squints at Duo, hoping that they’re joking.
“I’m done, Jack. I’ve taken my stab at this world and all I’ve managed to do is cause the suffering of others. More pain, more death. It would be the ultimate universal favor if I killed myself. But…” They kneel down to him. “You’re the only one left I would put my heart into, and even you hate me. I want you to channel that rage and… kill me. I won’t fight back. I’m done.”
The words they say are so incredibly grim, but they smile. It may be the first genuine smile Jack has seen on Duo’s face in a long time.
Jack shakes his head, confused and terrified. “Why me?” He asks. “Why would you ask me to do that?”
Duo shrugs. “You’re the only one I know will do