Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAjeURzRjWH3
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! 840Please respect copyright.PENANALwgzheW5k4
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! 840Please respect copyright.PENANA7VgQ0WnOBP
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.)840Please respect copyright.PENANAYjuTnd8dIH
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. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAvhaG4phSTA
RAINE
So, what happened?840Please respect copyright.PENANAtqQKoYksTk
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…840Please respect copyright.PENANAMPArQpcVi4
RAINE
Same. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAgKBo6FnV5W
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!840Please respect copyright.PENANA3o3HNFXr4b
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAH8GLJdW9Sl
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!840Please respect copyright.PENANAwsvWQVeGVL
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.840Please respect copyright.PENANABGhOzX9dVH
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?840Please respect copyright.PENANANXZUMvxazy
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 840Please respect copyright.PENANA89DaZR7B7k
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!840Please respect copyright.PENANAsfjXyLwqPR
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?840Please respect copyright.PENANAxBnMWvFos2
RAINE
What are they talking about?840Please respect copyright.PENANAL3B24J8mEX
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.840Please respect copyright.PENANArHDo7qcpKO
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)840Please respect copyright.PENANAElfcgPXIEL
AJWAKU
Raine?840Please respect copyright.PENANAX8AM1rM6by
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)840Please respect copyright.PENANA2VnroEgyY6
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)840Please respect copyright.PENANAnFNLqeykIB
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAPyCq3tdgHs
RAINE
Uh, hi. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAYJkpmjaYS6
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?840Please respect copyright.PENANACHZbPyuNuT
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 840Please respect copyright.PENANAGoWUfqewoo
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.840Please respect copyright.PENANA95jwNbN0s6
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 840Please respect copyright.PENANANiNz0bFsJr
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.840Please respect copyright.PENANAgHZfZoeSAf
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 840Please respect copyright.PENANA04LRBYo1pe
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAqk85CS6SrA
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)840Please respect copyright.PENANAwxZ90IOXYZ
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)840Please respect copyright.PENANAACOhrUby4i
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?840Please respect copyright.PENANAprS7d6ooEe
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)840Please respect copyright.PENANA8AWbeHLtN4
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAokAqzPGVh4
AJWAKU
Yes! 840Please respect copyright.PENANA32FmhUdjA6
(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!840Please respect copyright.PENANANTxkOKoQ2W
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)840Please respect copyright.PENANARACtNq79gQ
SUNAKU
What?840Please respect copyright.PENANANP9GAFjB0i
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. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAqcA3yLe8x7
RAINE
Who are you? 840Please respect copyright.PENANABlNkeEIPZg
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 840Please respect copyright.PENANADnTRF79PBE
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. 840Please respect copyright.PENANARN7avTeDhU
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?840Please respect copyright.PENANATo2eNT6cRZ
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAlfwqhPvf8Q
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 840Please respect copyright.PENANAT81U1a4ult
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)840Please respect copyright.PENANAaXW4RXhYxL
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!840Please respect copyright.PENANAc77HGi7Mxy
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?!840Please respect copyright.PENANAlMe3CGDYfH
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAFWmnBA5O2m
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?840Please respect copyright.PENANA1gud4KAzdj
AJWAKU
Yeah…?840Please respect copyright.PENANASp8hwL5wfs
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?840Please respect copyright.PENANAtWgZFqUTXc
KABESE
Stop. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAqUOgE3P4Mu
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 840Please respect copyright.PENANA8kSuh3zaSr
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 840Please respect copyright.PENANAqWd2CW4a3s
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!840Please respect copyright.PENANAR4tnYgAMgP
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 840Please respect copyright.PENANAWlA7Ne6g6I
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!840Please respect copyright.PENANAZPirRv2nmR
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?840Please respect copyright.PENANAPFk50EhHG4
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAa0yGIs15NA
RAINE
Sure… 840Please respect copyright.PENANANQEmaeCRaA
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.840Please respect copyright.PENANAgEaZXEZjsS
AJWAKU
Great!840Please respect copyright.PENANARRVxolSJAT
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!840Please respect copyright.PENANAfVg0Js23Ul
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 840Please respect copyright.PENANATwYhppWQEd
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 840Please respect copyright.PENANAIufe7PsbIr
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)840Please respect copyright.PENANAmDoaFpX1Uv
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. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAH4a1TuKekr
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. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAZoNLJKXkF8
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.)