Scene 1:
At Rise: JIRI is standing alone in the middle of the stage, with the curtains closed. School scene should be set up in the background. When she sits down the curtains open. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDe1B4f8kbK
JIRI
Jiri’s monologue part 1. Hiya, my is Jiri and I’m eleven years old. Sometimes I’m extremely happy, but other times I’m super sad, and I don’t really know why… It’s just how I am. I go to elementary school, even though I really don’t want to. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QPQtSPxCJ
I have a big brother, Ajwaku. He is the one that takes care of me. He’s always been super weird. He was born with purple eyes.
(She points to her eyes.)
And the like flippy part of his hair is like white, but the rest of it is like black.
(She tries to explain using hand motions.)
He could have dyed it over I guess, but he told me that if he dyed his hair he wouldn’t feel like himself anymore. I like that theory, so I accept it. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7YhBhJ3IV
Oh! I forgot to say how or parents are like NEVER HOME! They’re always on business trips, well I guess they’re not “business trips” because they travel around the world and stuff. When they come home they are super nice to me, but I don’t think they like AJ, my brother, very much. I don’t know why people don’t like him, so DON’T BE MEAN TO MY BROTHER!757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHC59KKxaiQ
He’s had like one friends his whole life and that’s it. Until, his sophomore year in high school. Then he got this friend named Raine Kuro, and she’s the only person who might be weirder than he is. I DON’T LIKE HER! But, hey, that’s where my big brother’s story really starts, on the day they really met for the first time.
(She sits down on the edge of the stage.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XzSy3BilM
RAINE
(RAINE enters on the staircase of her school. She is going up them. Near the middle she slips back.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgStd9jhEl
AJWAKU
(He enters from the side of the hallway. He notices RAINE falling down the stairs.)
Oh crap!
(He runs and manages to stop her fall, but he falls too. He stands up before she does, and holds his hand out for her.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItUEnXio8S
RAINE
(She doesn’t take his hand. She stands up on her own.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWh4ASrcaF7
AJWAKU
(He scratches his head.)
Not so good at flying are you?757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwi8Ksm66X0
RAINE
(She laughs awkwardly.)
No, definitely not my strong suit. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCOOYFR6Bd
JIRI
(She throws her hands up.)
Oh! I forgot to mention that Raine is blind! Oops… So when she fell she probably wasn’t just being stupid. What I don’t get is that she never carries a walking stick or anything, like isn’t that what you're supposed you’re blind?
(She looks backwards.)
Oh, um… okay, back to the story… 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡft8g2DXL0c
AJWAKU
That’s okay, I’m Ajwaku. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUhdUlLhsk
RAINE
Thanks for helping me… Kinda… Stairs are always a pain. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWf4zLzsexg
AJWAKU
I… Uh… Your name is… 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjzQ90xGZd
RAINE
(She giggles.)
It’s Raine.
AJWAKU
Oh-757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndSmRCeLmb
KABESE
(She cuts him off as she enters running and stomping.)
DON’T TOUCH HER!!!
(She punches him.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡednIP7iPZd
AJWAKU
(He holds his cheek.)
Ouchie. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpfcBkrfmH
KABESE
Tssk. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvt0lrveXDm
JIRI
(She points.)
That’s Kabese. If anyone in the whole wide world were to know Raine Kuro, it would probably be Kabese.
(She jumps up.)
She’s rude and tough! And was way too dense to notice any sort of social barrier between the blind teenager and herself. Under her angry exterior, she actually did care a lot about Raine. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bjtN5HBWn
KABESE
God, what do you think you’re doing, bonehead?!757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxNkKiLrG0
AJWAKU
I-I-I-757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUjRvzKP5f
SUNAKU
(He enters with his hands in his pockets.)
Wow AJ, why do all the hot girls hit on you- literally?
(He laughs at his own joke.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44llNPTfYn
KABESE
I’d be happy to accommodate you too. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sQeNLO1nF
SUNAKU
(He winks.)
Anytime. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxRq9AWyAx
KABESE
Gross! Let’s get out of here Raine!
(She takes RAINE’S arm and helps her up the first few stairs.) 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJJwfkGD5B
AJWAKU
(He stares down at his feet and mumbles.)
I could have helped her, you know? 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvj8LtpefS
KABESE
(She turns.)
Well, too bad you’ll never get the chance, lover boy!757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40FhH4Bzpw
SUNAKU
(He rushes up the stairs to RAINE’S side.)
So, what class are you girls in anyways? First day of school and all, right? I’m in 2C.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9EB3ketXF
KABESE
WHAT?! That’s what I’m in! Geez, you’re gonna be there. Now I really never wanna go to class!
(She lets go of RAINE, whom she had been dragging.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBevgqTqZD
RAINE
(She screams.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RmkOeNn1C
AJWAKU
(He stops her before she falls.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HLTeo1yOF
RAINE
Ugh… thanks again Ajwaku. I’m actually the worst. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzryql93Ls
AJWAKU
(He blushes.)
T-T-That’s okay.
RAINE
So, are you in that class too?757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfFEtNTnAM
AJWAKU
Nah, I’m in 2A. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OVKT4YAWa
RAINE
Darn. I’ll be alone then. 2B. We could meet up for lunch, if you want to, Ajwaku. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJ8KhPPUh3
KABESE
OH NO! I do not like these guys! I forbid it! Now come on! We’re going to class. Leave us alone, or you’ll wake up underwater and in half like the Titanic.
(She takes RAINE again, and they go up the stairs.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggnXT62xeJ
RAINE
(She waves in no particular direction.)
Byee!
(Everyone exits.)
