Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeym3TxnFe
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! 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcu5qFrKgJC
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! 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8qL1qTPCS
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.)851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkn3VS8pQsO
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. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5KO9Y8WMg
RAINE
So, what happened?851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGyP8RaBTU
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKa3HvlMwCA
RAINE
Same. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBnzigW3VF
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!851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9g6gIYVz13
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡil1cYSMnfC
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuQ2YERMrK
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlf2RxkkmUq
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNYgfTXEU3
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuXOlFIj6y
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!851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwg8DovUQ9
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxWkUMwuoh
RAINE
What are they talking about?851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JHiC0YZlV
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yrDKULIOg
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAYbU2wY6B
AJWAKU
Raine?851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPqzRrw3xP
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYoTvqYZuE
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gTEN1qQwX
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANZm5Vmd3A
RAINE
Uh, hi. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWYaZI29CH
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CShQkedGt
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoJXKHyRws
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtzPHIMpHx
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjUrVE6wpv
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirP8W2ehm0
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXmCXe1Dr3
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzSMbhAdBK
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNOQ8DQPOR
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXwzImd7h7
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPws2PQXAt
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rwTBmVSsH
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZRLr9aWpg
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!851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPl6gHuahe
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23aeLb0pAb
SUNAKU
What?851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7R8bFu8hmI
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. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TcwHtIOXd
RAINE
Who are you? 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEdlqfsm35
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBapmvbImBy
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. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKCOEwHYac
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbebl0Fp4oj
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDoL3LKRH1
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQVM5hDaCk
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsheBNFMCRe
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboRsu03fES
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?!851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5o4XrZFavP
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58GKieDszX
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZlUxAvjJg
AJWAKU
Yeah…?851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQj71rNoJq
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqPQ5UyJsF
KABESE
Stop. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmr0WoID0I
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgqsvP4qlv
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIx3GcWQA9q
AJWAKU
Definitely Sunese. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZi44HgUU4P
KABESE
Stop! NO! It’s neither of those!
(She hits the walls.)
I ship Sunaku and the Great Wall of Coat Hangers!851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0UFT0VJQq
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzX76uz63C
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesrpwP6xL3
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsI3IyBBuc9
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36t8AdXATv
RAINE
Sure… 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnFtq414NV
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2yn2rfdpj
AJWAKU
Great!851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFuVfgXpno
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLPtBXFvnD
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZE7Rv3AzKa
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3DkVcuiwp
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0B5jM9Be3
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. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fryjl6K9B
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. 851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKBjd83rJ3
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.)851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrWbUTV7dX
