Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UXhYAO9KK
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! 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgi1aOqmdqA
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! 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgJqbV96eq
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.)841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uCFrcEkeJ
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. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMl9J3yPlD
RAINE
So, what happened?841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiKPj2oi5D
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KjydotZkv
RAINE
Same. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNQavprGkV
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!841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlcUVoMfJ2
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3w5QmphlH
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxG8lfsDoZ
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzxrqUlaLK
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuKggOF61O
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesHFVufbL9
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!841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHr5cXPRjT
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KsovNwUtp
RAINE
What are they talking about?841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwohJIhI4R
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfwO1nWh1G
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qjMhsj5Me
AJWAKU
Raine?841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9UEyxFaTf
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7FxFhw4tn
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeqNdl7jPZ
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHODRuMve0
RAINE
Uh, hi. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5yxBqGZWn
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEUQLjcqHK
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlm8RCDuMSI
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5K9PFUouG
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjNNrfb3yz
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJks94O8V7
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08KNKHqYq1
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizltDklpXS
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10QWzWQCt4
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5YjIAD1HT
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwTkPHpDbK
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0ah8IVaEg
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMA209wakh
AJWAKU
Yes! 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKGHNMp1z0
(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!841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xCno0Akue
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctVmvaZcao
SUNAKU
What?841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLU6C8x3VU
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. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMPrrpY3pb
RAINE
Who are you? 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5wPTOQ87H
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxdeXTSRec
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. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHcpKExVZW
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oGU2uRjjU
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4n0vsWFat9
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YDVOk8976
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fpzsRO4hn
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAN6AKaHPI8
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?!841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHqNWgXf4E
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7RoguHwMV
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg25UlSUKwa
AJWAKU
Yeah…?841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrjejimAH2
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4qT4iMGe8
KABESE
Stop. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1aS5zWz5z
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RSvS2rRIB
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFGCuE1nZG
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!841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2xBIe7JcD
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5PjtWeBfm
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtGz278cMD
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF49TqHshrE
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLh40wxEqvf
RAINE
Sure… 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqU89Z0Fsm7
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsEwzv8RiP
AJWAKU
Great!841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy41c1czTQv
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiiK19EL6B
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bqZwWD5kM
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4ktye3usz
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUH1WAEj3I
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. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WCp72zFbv
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. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2RI2bO9fu
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.)
