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.PENANAPiqIrllLiA
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.PENANAnf5GQ7lN25
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.PENANAXmdqaGkAOi
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.PENANAQbO7ehhN9H
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.PENANAPNTg1kh3Nk
RAINE
So, what happened?841Please respect copyright.PENANA7tsSIMQC4k
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…841Please respect copyright.PENANA0H9jcvZvQp
RAINE
Same. 841Please respect copyright.PENANAW3wKU4ncWv
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.PENANAvAGtSYkI6N
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 841Please respect copyright.PENANAod5iy1ra6t
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!841Please respect copyright.PENANAq8ntxigbTb
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.841Please respect copyright.PENANAWXPdYp0RoX
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?841Please respect copyright.PENANA8Dylwj9q0A
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 841Please respect copyright.PENANAL2yejqIg2E
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.PENANAoUmrTQV5Ng
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?841Please respect copyright.PENANA0QXmzNLE3S
RAINE
What are they talking about?841Please respect copyright.PENANAykBYWtG6hp
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.841Please respect copyright.PENANA9E4FZQrXA0
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)841Please respect copyright.PENANAtNNckfj4AU
AJWAKU
Raine?841Please respect copyright.PENANATGXYJ1y9Lc
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)841Please respect copyright.PENANAAehVkUhLW2
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)841Please respect copyright.PENANA910c5EV2en
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 841Please respect copyright.PENANA6BUdWnibLG
RAINE
Uh, hi. 841Please respect copyright.PENANAhR4mBxjySq
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?841Please respect copyright.PENANA7AT7PbXiPt
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 841Please respect copyright.PENANA1Ou7eryAHJ
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.841Please respect copyright.PENANA1ENixTarVV
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 841Please respect copyright.PENANA1pGcwF2FDP
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.841Please respect copyright.PENANA027wI8eyix
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 841Please respect copyright.PENANAEU2DpgSz0p
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 841Please respect copyright.PENANA0iwDk67NGF
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.PENANALFGltbxLtx
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)841Please respect copyright.PENANAoerH6LDK16
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?841Please respect copyright.PENANATOyG1pUX5K
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.PENANA2ZlcWktp2J
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 841Please respect copyright.PENANAdKfi49d3Bk
AJWAKU
Yes! 841Please respect copyright.PENANAOg6xaum8f3
(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.PENANAdspH9ndrYt
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.PENANAozlV2p769E
SUNAKU
What?841Please respect copyright.PENANAgltF8TrWDS
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.PENANACSckOmqJjI
RAINE
Who are you? 841Please respect copyright.PENANAtO2chaMKaq
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 841Please respect copyright.PENANArpOfkRuGiq
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.PENANAQ4yCYsuFgX
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?841Please respect copyright.PENANACTljow8To3
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 841Please respect copyright.PENANAQBrqtoo3Qg
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 841Please respect copyright.PENANA9sLhn3GrLM
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)841Please respect copyright.PENANAuYuxLOQPzG
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!841Please respect copyright.PENANAMqcREAbxYT
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.PENANAOXTda7QDhg
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 841Please respect copyright.PENANAYXei5oBUys
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?841Please respect copyright.PENANA7UQmeWJTKt
AJWAKU
Yeah…?841Please respect copyright.PENANAmd885jM7mj
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?841Please respect copyright.PENANABKCjxCEXuY
KABESE
Stop. 841Please respect copyright.PENANA31Nh40gV6V
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 841Please respect copyright.PENANAXhBioP4mKQ
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 841Please respect copyright.PENANAiAyj09f8Lc
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.PENANAIbW0EfNXCz
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.PENANAB4VhzDJSrE
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!841Please respect copyright.PENANAapWPU33NPJ
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?841Please respect copyright.PENANA3JS1d3LuPH
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 841Please respect copyright.PENANAI0DGQ8m8zJ
RAINE
Sure… 841Please respect copyright.PENANAE1zQzNO0Vo
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.841Please respect copyright.PENANAo6yBZ06eKE
AJWAKU
Great!841Please respect copyright.PENANA0PGDrlFU7S
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!841Please respect copyright.PENANAGYpunPm4G5
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 841Please respect copyright.PENANAjUjkWqA8i7
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 841Please respect copyright.PENANAWBa9sbXtD1
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)841Please respect copyright.PENANA3CcxPSBdtf
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.PENANAxhb1kqLv8p
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.PENANANwg5ESp5O0
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.)