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.)