Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8SMvvZubs
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! 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAc3jHBM02
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! 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRPnK7qCxv
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.)662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdGvq7gGMC
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. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCqn0It5by
RAINE
So, what happened?662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YbbsnHdMm
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsujYaFXTqw
RAINE
Same. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhGdIdzYR1
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!662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaPCBMePSK
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIOmX8JFtR
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAT0ELfHUg
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqWHKZJTml
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwN18fj8xgh
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMnhbf2ORw
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!662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwfE1jMP62
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42vEt4kcV6
RAINE
What are they talking about?662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jaDvfgIc8
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYalgfghY5
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeFTrOoTnc
AJWAKU
Raine?662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKujbcRSvAM
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCu4YcoIWXb
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJcFRUvP71
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVH7HB1TKfD
RAINE
Uh, hi. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvKz4mSogk
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomt5OzVA3k
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkAGwuNFDU
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwm8GqAB9V0
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlv46tVZuWZ
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeCdnRop0I
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqN7zO0lmaI
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TtYTnECw8
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJStjHIe6bb
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjm8f9Ujj9m
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7K53lfhA5
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePDIEKFjfE
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjRRn5qfTF
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!662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8nUCc68aY
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdK4xqak2TN
SUNAKU
What?662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DHDGBe9WY
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. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1Z2eIDowu
RAINE
Who are you? 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIE1BmvS2I
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WApor6kb1
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. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2l5YHu0lBU
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CpJhUdmIJ
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HH6Id3oXh
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡci7lB3Y956
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDF2QNGj1m
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlX16aEkvxQ
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?!662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOP0AJPr56
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyOkj2bWDH
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUATaXMuz3
AJWAKU
Yeah…?662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOkUES4zAK
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ObpB8nryc
KABESE
Stop. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPBQx51fsk
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcGkDKWGua
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32lPZxkkxZ
AJWAKU
Definitely Sunese. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcPxcgocQm
KABESE
Stop! NO! It’s neither of those!
(She hits the walls.)
I ship Sunaku and the Great Wall of Coat Hangers!662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiRmvKsWIj
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKkTAkPzqT
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGHSaWoqQg
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7rtrwRKlp
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9NJKuyUWR
RAINE
Sure… 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2P9YW5Lhyf
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwD1FdS0zq
AJWAKU
Great!662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrg6xrKUIu6
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9jhcsJ9Ex
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIkhymnJeZ
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWZR0oAeVM
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeQbkG0DvN
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. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeD7RnYVRjC
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. 662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3X8kcH4hV
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.)662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrKc0MPQbN
