Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecVZzROFKp
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! 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCkWm1H47k
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! 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XjQ7OY9I5
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.)731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4L1Xk3Qbu
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. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VBevlzHgr
RAINE
So, what happened?731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOCv6wXZmt
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAa3VeyNTW
RAINE
Same. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZM1K7jFapi
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!731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxX6RrW8uh
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQiVWYL4Fb
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoDmWNTPfy
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zjtGPL1YK
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFXd4cbz72
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxP9LbNvc73
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!731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzbPKWMJcO
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDn4vfTMWuI
RAINE
What are they talking about?731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvVgTADf4d
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1ahdvHctu
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL40rh0zU74
AJWAKU
Raine?731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODnXrhcJpQ
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TbMbGqoOl
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvSFyzIl7F
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3aQUlUnkn
RAINE
Uh, hi. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡol9uxXnXIL
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ565ouMmh9R
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kBi4NjV7q
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffN6itVDGq
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWDZxcf5Gr
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsnuUp0BBh
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6kCMmQXzD
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6Xh705g3m
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRo2v1N9Lj
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoKyBblNsz
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXOP1Tr08C
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7siLpMxvNo
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAaR1JFNTQ
AJWAKU
Yes! 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKI7PFiby7v
(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!731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbvA7pRZJE
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUN6iJ5ofU5
SUNAKU
What?731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZdLmOQX8w
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. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSsa7RTle7
RAINE
Who are you? 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtMV57vi9z
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihkpUz3bPQ
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. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZwPbZLbJW
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHcZZsCHRn
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaZkn0pElr
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1dwtXuOYv
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEn05sOJrK
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgOz9FQcsY
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?!731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0iIaqQNrI
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMzkxjuI9r
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsT1pAg2bd
AJWAKU
Yeah…?731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOpyoAh10V
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0kylfHLew
KABESE
Stop. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiXDYoOQVY
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEZ9pgtLov
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWO9XABAPJU
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!731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FoCEc8JPu
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbb9FYNNMvh
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyPUAOgfWx
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTAsIGtcIF
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YDHrzMWo3
RAINE
Sure… 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBwphti17I
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLbhbEE1zs
AJWAKU
Great!731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8clo83DmXV
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHMnWJfbw5
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1VuFNWhBr
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkozTLWZib
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUZzN95FNl
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. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfNclGBQ6k
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. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDWcSwn6gc
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.)
