Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 599Please respect copyright.PENANAF2xt238u94
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! 599Please respect copyright.PENANAqkxEGj7s6q
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! 599Please respect copyright.PENANAzk3BvZmJal
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.)599Please respect copyright.PENANAlYXZ12q17g
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. 599Please respect copyright.PENANAdfycmnVWY1
RAINE
So, what happened?599Please respect copyright.PENANAXOEQqk0HME
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…599Please respect copyright.PENANAcSGPBzP8yN
RAINE
Same. 599Please respect copyright.PENANASP7Fm9poAA
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!599Please respect copyright.PENANAFm5UXCocH8
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 599Please respect copyright.PENANAi41I1mMDSp
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!599Please respect copyright.PENANANSeJesDaOL
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.599Please respect copyright.PENANAph9u0Ts6Sz
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?599Please respect copyright.PENANAaKyKFHOLTm
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 599Please respect copyright.PENANAkoHtMYYyoX
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!599Please respect copyright.PENANAwMLxX4AREN
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?599Please respect copyright.PENANAldnL0Pl9wZ
RAINE
What are they talking about?599Please respect copyright.PENANA0rMHRbcgNv
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.599Please respect copyright.PENANANJfTPYe8yU
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)599Please respect copyright.PENANAyDfF73Rsll
AJWAKU
Raine?599Please respect copyright.PENANAQOEakuhJ8g
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)599Please respect copyright.PENANAFnDKlK9idN
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)599Please respect copyright.PENANAIecgWw5Kd4
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 599Please respect copyright.PENANARSZxEBIsGV
RAINE
Uh, hi. 599Please respect copyright.PENANArFvHLytpGX
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?599Please respect copyright.PENANAda5IEx85KH
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 599Please respect copyright.PENANAhgiJsnGdZr
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.599Please respect copyright.PENANA52LOgocz2y
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 599Please respect copyright.PENANAdx75rl0G6f
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.599Please respect copyright.PENANAREsmmtJTG0
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 599Please respect copyright.PENANAX9jeg7lchv
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 599Please respect copyright.PENANAMti8Z52Szc
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)599Please respect copyright.PENANA19owQ97jmN
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)599Please respect copyright.PENANAlJ9OjBSrLt
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?599Please respect copyright.PENANAnK7TOsHjzJ
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)599Please respect copyright.PENANA2hTXioHSbv
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 599Please respect copyright.PENANAQJxWnxgGpB
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!599Please respect copyright.PENANAWhJyJEXojj
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)599Please respect copyright.PENANAsOHLuyEdf2
SUNAKU
What?599Please respect copyright.PENANAI78fMJp0mC
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. 599Please respect copyright.PENANAIgC1vePEIK
RAINE
Who are you? 599Please respect copyright.PENANAcAHKeFyhnz
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 599Please respect copyright.PENANA5aP1AE5kWW
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. 599Please respect copyright.PENANAbJev4v8BiY
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?599Please respect copyright.PENANADNABO1eywz
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 599Please respect copyright.PENANA8gV9UYCxG2
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 599Please respect copyright.PENANA5vJGX7cM1F
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)599Please respect copyright.PENANA7WkNSLPdFs
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!599Please respect copyright.PENANAHYRinY6SvJ
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?!599Please respect copyright.PENANAamCXbr0Zd1
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers.599Please respect copyright.PENANAo4s1F6tIuj
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?599Please respect copyright.PENANAHv7C3kXTSS
AJWAKU
Yeah…?599Please respect copyright.PENANAXRe1RnZCrQ
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?599Please respect copyright.PENANAfdpGjghnZ5
KABESE
Stop. 599Please respect copyright.PENANAsldOapWHGL
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 599Please respect copyright.PENANAYEQjIOMPAN
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 599Please respect copyright.PENANAsnMFKkqUqA
AJWAKU
Definitely Sunese. 599Please respect copyright.PENANA1qtaY4ZEEl
KABESE
Stop! NO! It’s neither of those!
(She hits the walls.)
I ship Sunaku and the Great Wall of Coat Hangers!599Please respect copyright.PENANAylvdWNRUIi
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 599Please respect copyright.PENANA8TdIwuxyNW
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!599Please respect copyright.PENANAVvAzKCJRFu
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?599Please respect copyright.PENANArxMEQEAvxF
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 599Please respect copyright.PENANA4PpGFwVcgv
RAINE
Sure… 599Please respect copyright.PENANAlsOApTRgi0
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.599Please respect copyright.PENANA71N6RUXqnW
AJWAKU
Great!599Please respect copyright.PENANA0sYdKyxcH1
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!599Please respect copyright.PENANAwlM0mNUHjn
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 599Please respect copyright.PENANAYuna4Hqm68
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 599Please respect copyright.PENANAb9fsCjYjVq
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)599Please respect copyright.PENANAfjjDfjHd7X
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. 599Please respect copyright.PENANAntOi1U4W1x
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. 599Please respect copyright.PENANALEhuffONCF
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.)599Please respect copyright.PENANAxLWdSa0WdT