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At Rise: JIRI is standing alone in the middle of the stage, with the curtains closed. School scene should be set up in the background. When she sits down the curtains open. 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBq8c22yvBI
JIRI
Jiri’s monologue part 1. Hiya, my is Jiri and I’m eleven years old. Sometimes I’m extremely happy, but other times I’m super sad, and I don’t really know why… It’s just how I am. I go to elementary school, even though I really don’t want to. 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgv32aoX1Jv
I have a big brother, Ajwaku. He is the one that takes care of me. He’s always been super weird. He was born with purple eyes.
(She points to her eyes.)
And the like flippy part of his hair is like white, but the rest of it is like black.
(She tries to explain using hand motions.)
He could have dyed it over I guess, but he told me that if he dyed his hair he wouldn’t feel like himself anymore. I like that theory, so I accept it. 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZVg54t4Rc
Oh! I forgot to say how or parents are like NEVER HOME! They’re always on business trips, well I guess they’re not “business trips” because they travel around the world and stuff. When they come home they are super nice to me, but I don’t think they like AJ, my brother, very much. I don’t know why people don’t like him, so DON’T BE MEAN TO MY BROTHER!771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGO10c2gRAp
He’s had like one friends his whole life and that’s it. Until, his sophomore year in high school. Then he got this friend named Raine Kuro, and she’s the only person who might be weirder than he is. I DON’T LIKE HER! But, hey, that’s where my big brother’s story really starts, on the day they really met for the first time.
(She sits down on the edge of the stage.)771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU92jrK7Ug8
RAINE
(RAINE enters on the staircase of her school. She is going up them. Near the middle she slips back.)771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxKc0a08vX
AJWAKU
(He enters from the side of the hallway. He notices RAINE falling down the stairs.)
Oh crap!
(He runs and manages to stop her fall, but he falls too. He stands up before she does, and holds his hand out for her.)771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu474nUfTm2
RAINE
(She doesn’t take his hand. She stands up on her own.)771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYmY64qKLY
AJWAKU
(He scratches his head.)
Not so good at flying are you?771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHCS9wwqnJ
RAINE
(She laughs awkwardly.)
No, definitely not my strong suit. 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2OxxEsMrr
JIRI
(She throws her hands up.)
Oh! I forgot to mention that Raine is blind! Oops… So when she fell she probably wasn’t just being stupid. What I don’t get is that she never carries a walking stick or anything, like isn’t that what you're supposed you’re blind?
(She looks backwards.)
Oh, um… okay, back to the story… 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0RwHeCRoT
AJWAKU
That’s okay, I’m Ajwaku. 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcyapqfIAj
RAINE
Thanks for helping me… Kinda… Stairs are always a pain. 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzt1ieAVouL
AJWAKU
I… Uh… Your name is… 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdX88LkzRQU
RAINE
(She giggles.)
It’s Raine.
AJWAKU
Oh-771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITeRWrzfGR
KABESE
(She cuts him off as she enters running and stomping.)
DON’T TOUCH HER!!!
(She punches him.)771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZB6Uy0pbp
AJWAKU
(He holds his cheek.)
Ouchie. 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYytzrnJG6g
KABESE
Tssk. 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ctLkL48sV
JIRI
(She points.)
That’s Kabese. If anyone in the whole wide world were to know Raine Kuro, it would probably be Kabese.
(She jumps up.)
She’s rude and tough! And was way too dense to notice any sort of social barrier between the blind teenager and herself. Under her angry exterior, she actually did care a lot about Raine. 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXuBzgwbgZ
KABESE
God, what do you think you’re doing, bonehead?!771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡla6kaP8fqK
AJWAKU
I-I-I-771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPray74BAJ
SUNAKU
(He enters with his hands in his pockets.)
Wow AJ, why do all the hot girls hit on you- literally?
(He laughs at his own joke.)771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4y3ET0NWy
KABESE
I’d be happy to accommodate you too. 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAbV16TUUQ
SUNAKU
(He winks.)
Anytime. 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuC23Zd6gAg
KABESE
Gross! Let’s get out of here Raine!
(She takes RAINE’S arm and helps her up the first few stairs.) 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWNWy95ceb
AJWAKU
(He stares down at his feet and mumbles.)
I could have helped her, you know? 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysGDxuXQhN
KABESE
(She turns.)
Well, too bad you’ll never get the chance, lover boy!771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTDWtSWWs7
SUNAKU
(He rushes up the stairs to RAINE’S side.)
So, what class are you girls in anyways? First day of school and all, right? I’m in 2C.771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd23ZA407b1
KABESE
WHAT?! That’s what I’m in! Geez, you’re gonna be there. Now I really never wanna go to class!
(She lets go of RAINE, whom she had been dragging.)771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQawlpZpktv
RAINE
(She screams.)771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFnoqUpjay
AJWAKU
(He stops her before she falls.)771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFX8lr9y3GJ
RAINE
Ugh… thanks again Ajwaku. I’m actually the worst. 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7RVnT8UES
AJWAKU
(He blushes.)
T-T-That’s okay.
RAINE
So, are you in that class too?771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lwqOlNDPx
AJWAKU
Nah, I’m in 2A. 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVbrT1kqiR
RAINE
Darn. I’ll be alone then. 2B. We could meet up for lunch, if you want to, Ajwaku. 771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNY8COmg035
KABESE
OH NO! I do not like these guys! I forbid it! Now come on! We’re going to class. Leave us alone, or you’ll wake up underwater and in half like the Titanic.
(She takes RAINE again, and they go up the stairs.)771Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaQkR1jsnO
RAINE
(She waves in no particular direction.)
Byee!
(Everyone exits.)
