Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡam0DwRf5CU
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! 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUi3JqX03IP
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! 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ekF9FusON
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.)658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8W8JGnPuJV
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. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8lwrUREla
RAINE
So, what happened?658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMCs2Bj8rv
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzfCY36TZN
RAINE
Same. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXSd3uMjwy
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!658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDf1ZcOmni
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22xjRxJouB
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Gk5BPpqOY
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PlseCGs4I
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrexuN4GvNL
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVy3l0z1rsC
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!658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6b4gDgVcE
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBC3hWDcfR
RAINE
What are they talking about?658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYPZAU6c2m
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuUiaa4sFT
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnSiGtXyT5
AJWAKU
Raine?658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpLmmPt7LT
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBq1P0eQsF
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbeCk7s7zk
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZd4dInaBTL
RAINE
Uh, hi. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYuqXHd5dl
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73cWTCsXDP
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0QZ6iDJGp
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpRBzPeujD
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcKoX6aRar
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaEF7vKWTV
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1J0hATp9MT
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGazbQiLGfZ
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRCP85qfmu
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHSOcCWgGf
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL86qhEZahs
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37ROt1wmPk
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeOkDGnU1B
AJWAKU
Yes! 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISt4xDxwOa
(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!658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8O05lhj1t
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLA4JIC4eSm
SUNAKU
What?658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLf9PKGPHC
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. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSTclQDSml
RAINE
Who are you? 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡah8lo0tvQB
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqD6CQG70j
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. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqB7Fqg9axj
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyGPmPkrWY
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UcXcAgFDZ
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYddGgVuDnO
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Fgh1GDJFc
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nRWCozFj7
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?!658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OXxwgsfWS
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1H0XnNhIW
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1YOhrtdNf
AJWAKU
Yeah…?658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbl2busWNw
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeenr6FVqs
KABESE
Stop. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcom8Bljxz
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6eRy20dMz
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpUpD1CMwu
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!658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDutlx24vMe
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Kn9SgMG6a
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7IbZcvCJB
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LCjEKlUxt
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyfu4knz7o
RAINE
Sure… 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqU7mMWuvN
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmsTOCnef7
AJWAKU
Great!658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNPjtvj5iF
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEQwlTo3NA
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoplg91kke
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mHZ6SEozR
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMT4zJVpleZ
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. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOVODoYvmT
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. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupP8NcMECM
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.)
