Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAlWlgrKZ2M4
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! 601Please respect copyright.PENANACdbBGsC76z
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! 601Please respect copyright.PENANAOjrL3hLESr
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.)601Please respect copyright.PENANADmcW1z3Ntd
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. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAb9cr23cgoP
RAINE
So, what happened?601Please respect copyright.PENANAb2TKWMRgca
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…601Please respect copyright.PENANAITV70945J6
RAINE
Same. 601Please respect copyright.PENANA1FOIw4tQMG
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!601Please respect copyright.PENANAUf0XNFNF6o
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 601Please respect copyright.PENANA36IUioCYX5
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!601Please respect copyright.PENANAXq0Cs2yGNa
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.601Please respect copyright.PENANAxxhG4i3lWw
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?601Please respect copyright.PENANAaxZ9NHlaA8
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAazH5m1WB4Z
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!601Please respect copyright.PENANAiaiCh6H5pP
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?601Please respect copyright.PENANA4vBg52Qz0k
RAINE
What are they talking about?601Please respect copyright.PENANAEhvUxtYIxQ
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.601Please respect copyright.PENANAgSZlVv1W0d
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)601Please respect copyright.PENANAV0JKLbfJHP
AJWAKU
Raine?601Please respect copyright.PENANAi2G8YAkyUr
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)601Please respect copyright.PENANAxLWrkEv5Ex
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)601Please respect copyright.PENANAPbjFz5NV9D
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAMpJ8f9e1LL
RAINE
Uh, hi. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAB32RIZBhKN
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?601Please respect copyright.PENANABH8unfJ2m2
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 601Please respect copyright.PENANA7OEh2JuU6o
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.601Please respect copyright.PENANAtDgrM0JOAd
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAAaNdQrJkQg
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.601Please respect copyright.PENANAZsv1LR7upz
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAjKIUEEE0rt
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 601Please respect copyright.PENANA1XeIQvNJXQ
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)601Please respect copyright.PENANAD0HyJzkHSo
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)601Please respect copyright.PENANAeGZaS0Ckcb
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?601Please respect copyright.PENANAVAb8ee8DGz
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)601Please respect copyright.PENANAcT7Np4vi4X
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAegWVH9x2hy
AJWAKU
Yes! 601Please respect copyright.PENANAktk1mvZDSj
(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!601Please respect copyright.PENANA82rwmDgORp
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)601Please respect copyright.PENANAl7VbN7soLn
SUNAKU
What?601Please respect copyright.PENANAU6FrrBsaoT
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. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAwLA6mGOr7s
RAINE
Who are you? 601Please respect copyright.PENANAQdxnpLbSQk
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 601Please respect copyright.PENANAtxtd3SQ5jE
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. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAO7lcSzTdSN
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?601Please respect copyright.PENANA4atQBsZWe7
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6Plh34VuM
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 601Please respect copyright.PENANAAau0hs2oju
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)601Please respect copyright.PENANAbM9GgRJvy8
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!601Please respect copyright.PENANAWX7p4x5XwT
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?!601Please respect copyright.PENANAlotKxsVYZs
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAYytXrmrPPb
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?601Please respect copyright.PENANAl15Cybhr0y
AJWAKU
Yeah…?601Please respect copyright.PENANAhOYJffWAbC
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?601Please respect copyright.PENANA2eW97IupWY
KABESE
Stop. 601Please respect copyright.PENANATqGzMapzlj
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 601Please respect copyright.PENANA1EWcS8BpgT
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 601Please respect copyright.PENANAUzAnIekDfl
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!601Please respect copyright.PENANAxAqvMEZk7u
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 601Please respect copyright.PENANAE9bzPSbfro
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!601Please respect copyright.PENANARMJmTTTUt7
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?601Please respect copyright.PENANAlVjrauv58r
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 601Please respect copyright.PENANADw3CVvTEKC
RAINE
Sure… 601Please respect copyright.PENANAIv66bxra89
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.601Please respect copyright.PENANAlYx0lJwMHD
AJWAKU
Great!601Please respect copyright.PENANAzGkXBag3Mm
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!601Please respect copyright.PENANAcjwftsbv3g
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 601Please respect copyright.PENANA4bdWhrOZyi
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 601Please respect copyright.PENANAAve57ezX77
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)601Please respect copyright.PENANAzBtmKz0nY3
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. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAfWovzgEoYR
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. 601Please respect copyright.PENANA5fYxqkilD7
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.)