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
