Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyDGndkG9m
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! 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWQTt1RyON
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! 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4AtWnowb7
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.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJdPuxNjBz
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. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2trkheCT9b
RAINE
So, what happened?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3w6XtyqztJ
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZ9XlEm0jk
RAINE
Same. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoc1qYsVJEK
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!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2V6rLDC2p
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmnUAgimPn
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKtsDYKmae
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WzBL21P5B
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFnwh17Yo7
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjiw8jhcJ3
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!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzF0pooPTN
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLFVNyJK9o
RAINE
What are they talking about?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRl9SDEHOHI
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdaRFylLWd
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvolkM2gdCB
AJWAKU
Raine?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLyQL322mB
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9g3QHLVpl
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwMzhC4MjC
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaI1Isn6eCV
RAINE
Uh, hi. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaf9v6IYRM
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tVybaHQuK
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2v0twH4UWp
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHbi7LiSkc
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfi8JuTJSi
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9RxriZuTS
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAtCl64ktO
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Cm93AQz9N
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9M8pDBbQd3
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybT7r5rBo4
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLIyWUtgvX
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19DA58WdH4
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcTzn9xk04
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!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbWGauDgy8
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq59971M3tg
SUNAKU
What?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKepu6EC83y
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. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgYwpD5FEJ
RAINE
Who are you? 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiHbMqSRGV
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2G406gs3n
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. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoiVFYLmJZ
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0VCfxFnB9
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7otWr3v6WH
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUSdliyGDs
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuCH5v9FyF
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ900h0LYH2f
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?!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJK8dndF9wR
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGST7q1IFNt
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRxKVWhIYn
AJWAKU
Yeah…?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbO5u3vz3GZ
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhn9PtOZehF
KABESE
Stop. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUOmgyBHTV
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81oGx9jVl5
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbL8PQRTX8
AJWAKU
Definitely Sunese. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fegrFN19K
KABESE
Stop! NO! It’s neither of those!
(She hits the walls.)
I ship Sunaku and the Great Wall of Coat Hangers!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgS3N1WbQs6
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4Rz1JNc8M
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1brsJKbQlK
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRLBc7o2iq
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSuq3JjeEm
RAINE
Sure… 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ih3zNe9tp
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGBRZeGIGk
AJWAKU
Great!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQpoBT49rR
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk22Ole4dpu
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxbC7O2ajh
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzx6OwFnBT4
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyF6veXrw5W
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. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpx1Fy8IN5d
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. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCimHuLKa9
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.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmaGLCr3oq
