Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboGYbGZaEP
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! 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBWbXq5gHc
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! 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUyYQQU7dZ
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.)782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBJCGKrspj
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. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5V5GyPuBJ
RAINE
So, what happened?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡos3ZMAAuai
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecYBQzPyPQ
RAINE
Same. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATsis2Tmo4
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!782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTLpda8WM0
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIlM04NKQB
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24Pe1ByfbF
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMvg1azhXi
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgMyJnPE0L
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZQrEcnPmW
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!782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡht9RCSZBHl
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBzmzsIzWe
RAINE
What are they talking about?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAWCv9ek35
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5okn2vK1dC
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPioDaWp36C
AJWAKU
Raine?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTD9HQH3Xbi
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8LAAQsVmd
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQD0YJ6NpGi
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtKAyXY1Mx
RAINE
Uh, hi. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2tQEQ4OsA
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MeJAfKLE3
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmtMBPY6aG
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2qpvaa0ZJ
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAw3FzOJYOi
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABiqAXcFtK
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhV4eGO0LW
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0n8FEvOrn
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbi7ZsJK5UA
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVRQMYRmKs
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYYnZ69cHz
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2ps3Jz1Pw
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTwiodiFy7
AJWAKU
Yes! 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpp3XyQ7suV
(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!782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCGqonqAUp
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ifLZRRd3r
SUNAKU
What?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWcebDnfhQ
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. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0XjmY3p2c
RAINE
Who are you? 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUheLjXcz8E
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2wrJM2Z5a
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. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfHwfWAHSH
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0i0KlpILz
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dafAPvw8n
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8c9SHvBct9
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4nVDv75mj
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsUiQhdW6m
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?!782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PYe2Nhsn0
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYz6WxvpsL
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZf6rnF8y5
AJWAKU
Yeah…?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjH6kJ6kJG
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrmLtfGz8u
KABESE
Stop. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEm3cN4H2i2
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46gi4xfqQ1
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkzuBjOrTs
AJWAKU
Definitely Sunese.
KABESE
Stop! NO! It’s neither of those!
(She hits the walls.)
I ship Sunaku and the Great Wall of Coat Hangers!782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndW7hcw4yK
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTO7THSzTl
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgNy1YM3Ep
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfUOs8yZk4
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBwpzezNtq
RAINE
Sure… 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfe3tSpaZX3
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsw0VcrDIC
AJWAKU
Great!782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoxTxiK85G
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡup8Us8GJRv
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGt8CSEqd2F
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPmzZ9Ixr8
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGcOC7FOtc
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. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqGrb2gDF1
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. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJg8Tt5nWZ
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.)
