Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1bkBYYDK2
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! 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cpN3kMqYq
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! 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3gdvq2MT3
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.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6PNdx6ynb
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. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HkRQfyJ0A
RAINE
So, what happened?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASZonKZJce
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRavZHF8rVu
RAINE
Same. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PsUpcWHsK
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!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrlNXlnune
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9geMB8BD7M
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjmfbJumQB
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoD3lJCMAX
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOmQH4876V
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAh1vPjFY8b
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!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZQPlYYcYs
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItuzVeO7Te
RAINE
What are they talking about?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvH9BmIUNUw
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkCY2hDMPT
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUi9KtuoMy
AJWAKU
Raine?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTJ961OevE
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5f0en7Cko6
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhR8qqXC5ka
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNw8X9HyLZ9
RAINE
Uh, hi. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyKQfAG142
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FtdYFYVPe
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCEmevir3M
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYh5T4KjXx
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuWas3dIhZ
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadydDOXxS1
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6LPfIyFD7
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJj5DTzlx8
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WNFDG5Qzs
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0bnWG1gVh
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5DwnmibqJ
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6s4nZ0uNF
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhKIyQUpBC
AJWAKU
Yes!
(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!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBumDi1FrBI
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgwLhhuamb
SUNAKU
What?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJN02VkZLG
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. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXUvshubw9
RAINE
Who are you? 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1RCrgJ4AC
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8M7UrwBFvf
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. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLFUzSXSRw
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3s8QGSY9qC
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3N2u6V3wVF
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dUSs7HEhk
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3VSf5iTyD
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQ7ksRXCoJ
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?!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgXqqVLnqK
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44u1ow2P38
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMgDJ0wE2G
AJWAKU
Yeah…?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNPoNGniVQ
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOcqPo4aSi
KABESE
Stop. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGq0XHJYQz
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEFFlfoYui
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPlKuuw8Rq
AJWAKU
Definitely Sunese. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4ePqj5ujs
KABESE
Stop! NO! It’s neither of those!
(She hits the walls.)
I ship Sunaku and the Great Wall of Coat Hangers!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09WT2Du1iv
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3rWeXeSgm
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WZBCn9Piy
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH207shoqhH
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYvja0mjdN
RAINE
Sure… 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKhVFLSxtm
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDPbTe8K8S
AJWAKU
Great!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLGXwbyadZ
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnX3ewitaA
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAxMuBcd3o
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4KBakYXNu
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRMySAmXfc
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. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs38tB6UyYk
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. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcllIlN6Jle
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.)837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzChvW0aAW5
