Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 852Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZJnQ7F9OP
JIRI
Jiri’s monologue part 2. The next day, the weather people predicted a light storm. In the morning it looked really nice, so we all thought they were lying. How could it rain on such a nice day? Well, I guess the weather is like me. It goes to extremes. So, about halfway through the say it started storming. STORMING! 852Please respect copyright.PENANAiqiTPQ2MhS
Schools did that thing where they call school off early, um… an early dismissal. I couldn’t walk home in the storm, so I had one of my friend’s parents drive me home. People’s parents always felt bad for me. Not really because of my parents, but more because I was me. SOME PEOPLE JUST DON’T LIKE WHEN I GET ALL ANGRY ALL OF THE SUDDEN! 852Please respect copyright.PENANA3LG4IpcoFB
When I got home, AJ wasn’t there yet. I was a little worried, but not too worried. It took him a long time to get home. I guess he was stuck at his school because of some weird events that occurred. He tried to tell me about them, but my short attention span got the best of me.
(She sits down on the edge of the stage.)852Please respect copyright.PENANAkLeIGq4adI
As curtains rise, AJWAKU and RAINE are in the main part of the classroom. We see into the classroom closet, where KABESE and SUNAKU are stuck. 852Please respect copyright.PENANAy3Ms7lib2V
RAINE
So, what happened?852Please respect copyright.PENANATvRlZnj2Uw
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…852Please respect copyright.PENANAFjdwOgIa7M
RAINE
Same. 852Please respect copyright.PENANAoUBgIl0F70
KABESE
(She bangs on the closet door.)
Ugh! Garret and his gang trapped us in here. The announcement went off saying we could all go home, but now we are freaking locked in a classroom and I’m stuck in here with this one!852Please respect copyright.PENANArQenyP4Sxf
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 852Please respect copyright.PENANA0EoAxoMtx0
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!852Please respect copyright.PENANAbvdugE9Alg
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.852Please respect copyright.PENANA5LJb2y5oBs
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?852Please respect copyright.PENANA6MX5hQR1wR
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 852Please respect copyright.PENANAD3bOC695iz
SUNAKU
(He giggles.)
Heyyy… If I’m in here with Kabese… Go for it AJ!!! Yeah, man it’s your chance to make your move on Raine!852Please respect copyright.PENANAPAOZb5ks3q
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?852Please respect copyright.PENANAWYYXPQFdGi
RAINE
What are they talking about?852Please respect copyright.PENANA9Sb2UhcFBK
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.852Please respect copyright.PENANAYcsqPJiPcX
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)852Please respect copyright.PENANAbB3iXTrnOC
AJWAKU
Raine?852Please respect copyright.PENANACukTU8GiZ7
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)852Please respect copyright.PENANA8myJIGibkX
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)852Please respect copyright.PENANAYdTHXzpJ0r
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 852Please respect copyright.PENANAOYgPTaBGfr
RAINE
Uh, hi. 852Please respect copyright.PENANAp6Zl7KKtHs
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?852Please respect copyright.PENANAcpfuNAqlCo
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 852Please respect copyright.PENANAMmaXn3JIgV
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.852Please respect copyright.PENANAOZbUSX13T3
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 852Please respect copyright.PENANA83RZF4xpmi
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.852Please respect copyright.PENANAwhBEwADIWC
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 852Please respect copyright.PENANAls5RedrRzc
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 852Please respect copyright.PENANAiinjEM1eSd
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)852Please respect copyright.PENANAKlgeOsKJG6
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)852Please respect copyright.PENANA2MPaGtIto3
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?852Please respect copyright.PENANAq7dHKFJgtE
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)852Please respect copyright.PENANAUqOPR4d3by
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 852Please respect copyright.PENANAyMAIpEdaft
AJWAKU
Yes!
(He tries to get to the door. He hits a few desks on the way. He bangs on the door.)
We’re here! The door knob broke. We can’t get out. Help!852Please respect copyright.PENANA4nBSU21wJP
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)852Please respect copyright.PENANACMJZqbh8Ri
SUNAKU
What?852Please respect copyright.PENANAcvNpowXB68
KABESE
(She bends down and lines the hangers up in a formation.)
Just try to get over here now.
MR. AARON
Oh no. I can try to help you. 852Please respect copyright.PENANAn5dGtwhwyc
RAINE
Who are you? 852Please respect copyright.PENANA3HBgMFpHeh
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 852Please respect copyright.PENANAqsbezfDEQ5
RAINE
That explains it. I didn’t take shop. Me and saws don’t mix very well. I’m blind so… they don’t let me near sharp objects. 852Please respect copyright.PENANAXTSqzzOF1E
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?852Please respect copyright.PENANAH1yH2UTIzN
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 852Please respect copyright.PENANA9HxW1RuCyH
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 852Please respect copyright.PENANAqpx08sIBEy
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)852Please respect copyright.PENANACYVOk48SA3
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!852Please respect copyright.PENANAjk8Pq7eVg8
SUNAKU
(He reaches his hands out and tries to get to Kabese again. He trips and falls over the wall of coat hangers.)
Hey! What was that?!852Please respect copyright.PENANAmoLIbZAgJQ
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers.852Please respect copyright.PENANA81ydZ3UWaV
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?852Please respect copyright.PENANAw5U071muFw
AJWAKU
Yeah…?852Please respect copyright.PENANA3xu1dTi3u6
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?852Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZnrQsqG61
KABESE
Stop. 852Please respect copyright.PENANAt18QX3eYt7
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 852Please respect copyright.PENANAmmryc5aBRd
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 852Please respect copyright.PENANALyLGd8SQFK
AJWAKU
Definitely Sunese. 852Please respect copyright.PENANASu5mzMg3Us
KABESE
Stop! NO! It’s neither of those!
(She hits the walls.)
I ship Sunaku and the Great Wall of Coat Hangers!852Please respect copyright.PENANALPCL5D4e9U
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 852Please respect copyright.PENANA2mZoL1f9DY
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!852Please respect copyright.PENANAMCap2yg3Bw
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?852Please respect copyright.PENANALMgj2RiMNI
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 852Please respect copyright.PENANAhqgwIqSNqi
RAINE
Sure… 852Please respect copyright.PENANA1obVvPpgNS
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.852Please respect copyright.PENANAJmCAitmIyz
AJWAKU
Great!852Please respect copyright.PENANAmOTrp8moDo
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!852Please respect copyright.PENANAFqUObOGYab
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 852Please respect copyright.PENANAUSXfl9bcIC
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 852Please respect copyright.PENANASDvGqXicQq
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)852Please respect copyright.PENANAMC3U4a2DmP
JIRI
So, once they got out of that classroom, my brother was able to walk home in the pouring rain. He was too young to drive, and we didn’t have parents around a lot to drive us. Walking or biking was pretty much our only method of transportation. 852Please respect copyright.PENANA0jXF6eCgP0
You know, I would have shipped Kabese and Sunaku too, IF I WASN’T FRIENDS WITH HER LITTLE BROTHER! HIS NAME IS KONO, AND HE IS IN MY CLASS! Basically, my friends are just the kids in my class that year. I’m kinda outlandish, so people just have to accept me. I’M LOUD and ANNOYING, but sometimes I’m quiet and sweet. It just depends what state I’m at during a given time. 852Please respect copyright.PENANAbKSpypHva3
The next day was friday, and I was going to have a play date with some of my friends from school. BUT STUPID AJ BROUGHT RAINE TO “HELP” BUT ONE, I DON’T NEED HELP. AND TWO, HOW CAN I BLIND HELP WATCH KIDS?! PRETTY SURE YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE IN ORDER TO WATCH! Anyway, DON’T CALL MY BROTHER STUPID!
(She stomps off the stage.)852Please respect copyright.PENANAw23qoj4cPC