Longing. Time scolds The Great Longing and mentions how Dirt, the God of Here and Now and The Great Longing’s sister, is a slave, forced in manufacturing a homogeneous world. The Lily asks to be in the play and Time puts a spotlight on the Lily, launching the song "From Sun". After the Lily steals the show, The Great Longing accuses the Lily of being diseased. The Great Longing then seduces the Flower Girls into telling the Bride story. The Bride Hopeful, a Bunraku puppet, is revealed. The Lily is shocked by the Bride Hopeful's nudity, and Prime Deity remarks how nudity sells tickets. The Lily discovers that, to steal the show, the Lily must woo the Bride, thus becoming the lead. The Lily interrupts the story and casts itself as the Bride Hopeful’s planted companion. The Lily also casts Time as the Bride Hopeful's evil stepmother and the Flower Girls for Time into an Evil-Step Mother costume. The Flower Girls then gag Time, allowing the Bride Hopeful to sing "I Dream". The Great Longing forces Bride Hopeful to age into Bride Deity. The Bride Deity, now older, breaks up with the Lily. Bride Deity goes for a stroll in the garden and begins to flirt with a Cardboard Man. The Lily chooses a man from the audience (an actor in disguises) and casts him to play the Groom Deity. Groom Deity sings "Pornographic Images". Prime and Subprime Deity yell at the Groom Deity for being a man instead of acting like a man. The Great Longing comes back and warns the Lily about stealing the show. The Great Longing takes a hold of the story and announces that the Lily was a beacon of the Bride's failure and the only thing standing in the way of her happiness. The Bride cuts a petal off of The Lily and is about to cut off another one when The Stepmother crawls on and gestures for her to stop. The Bride begins to sing "Too Little Too Late", and declares that she'll settle for little and late. The Lily tells the Bride that she doesn’t have to settle and that they've always loved her. But, after some encouragement form Prime Deity, the Groom declares that marriage is not between a woman and a plant. Outraged, the Lily takes control of the show and uproots itself. The Bride makes a deal with the