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At Rise: JIRI is standing alone in the middle of the stage, with the curtains closed. School scene should be set up in the background. When she sits down the curtains open. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hkE3Wcdmg
JIRI
Jiri’s monologue part 1. Hiya, my is Jiri and I’m eleven years old. Sometimes I’m extremely happy, but other times I’m super sad, and I don’t really know why… It’s just how I am. I go to elementary school, even though I really don’t want to. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvlL4ztqsw
I have a big brother, Ajwaku. He is the one that takes care of me. He’s always been super weird. He was born with purple eyes.
(She points to her eyes.)
And the like flippy part of his hair is like white, but the rest of it is like black.
(She tries to explain using hand motions.)
He could have dyed it over I guess, but he told me that if he dyed his hair he wouldn’t feel like himself anymore. I like that theory, so I accept it. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBfcXkNYf6
Oh! I forgot to say how or parents are like NEVER HOME! They’re always on business trips, well I guess they’re not “business trips” because they travel around the world and stuff. When they come home they are super nice to me, but I don’t think they like AJ, my brother, very much. I don’t know why people don’t like him, so DON’T BE MEAN TO MY BROTHER!608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSAW6AJA8R
He’s had like one friends his whole life and that’s it. Until, his sophomore year in high school. Then he got this friend named Raine Kuro, and she’s the only person who might be weirder than he is. I DON’T LIKE HER! But, hey, that’s where my big brother’s story really starts, on the day they really met for the first time.
(She sits down on the edge of the stage.)608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBymDPqKmn
RAINE
(RAINE enters on the staircase of her school. She is going up them. Near the middle she slips back.)608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxISNnsFJrX
AJWAKU
(He enters from the side of the hallway. He notices RAINE falling down the stairs.)
Oh crap!
(He runs and manages to stop her fall, but he falls too. He stands up before she does, and holds his hand out for her.)608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapnCkQqdUs
RAINE
(She doesn’t take his hand. She stands up on her own.)608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bd9szRCfe
AJWAKU
(He scratches his head.)
Not so good at flying are you?608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBzEHnD0al
RAINE
(She laughs awkwardly.)
No, definitely not my strong suit. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNpqpsvdVi
JIRI
(She throws her hands up.)
Oh! I forgot to mention that Raine is blind! Oops… So when she fell she probably wasn’t just being stupid. What I don’t get is that she never carries a walking stick or anything, like isn’t that what you're supposed you’re blind?
(She looks backwards.)
Oh, um… okay, back to the story… 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufcTfiWVWc
AJWAKU
That’s okay, I’m Ajwaku. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44hOFiba8Y
RAINE
Thanks for helping me… Kinda… Stairs are always a pain. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtSuVcOFYo
AJWAKU
I… Uh… Your name is… 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkZnriWK4E
RAINE
(She giggles.)
It’s Raine.
AJWAKU
Oh-608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNE3bd9KyBC
KABESE
(She cuts him off as she enters running and stomping.)
DON’T TOUCH HER!!!
(She punches him.)608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡry4RlgMLnR
AJWAKU
(He holds his cheek.)
Ouchie. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uchV0Sxn4
KABESE
Tssk. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyQdOhK9vG
JIRI
(She points.)
That’s Kabese. If anyone in the whole wide world were to know Raine Kuro, it would probably be Kabese.
(She jumps up.)
She’s rude and tough! And was way too dense to notice any sort of social barrier between the blind teenager and herself. Under her angry exterior, she actually did care a lot about Raine. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1dl5YFKW9
KABESE
God, what do you think you’re doing, bonehead?!608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ho2Bcz4SQ
AJWAKU
I-I-I-608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYrpf6CCyr
SUNAKU
(He enters with his hands in his pockets.)
Wow AJ, why do all the hot girls hit on you- literally?
(He laughs at his own joke.)608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YT1gWArqR
KABESE
I’d be happy to accommodate you too. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxOqvo6UdS
SUNAKU
(He winks.)
Anytime. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpxsZxfvzd
KABESE
Gross! Let’s get out of here Raine!
(She takes RAINE’S arm and helps her up the first few stairs.) 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnCMfykwZh
AJWAKU
(He stares down at his feet and mumbles.)
I could have helped her, you know? 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXn2mT6KfZ
KABESE
(She turns.)
Well, too bad you’ll never get the chance, lover boy!608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5VZTXuYPr
SUNAKU
(He rushes up the stairs to RAINE’S side.)
So, what class are you girls in anyways? First day of school and all, right? I’m in 2C.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSY1yaOMSR
KABESE
WHAT?! That’s what I’m in! Geez, you’re gonna be there. Now I really never wanna go to class!
(She lets go of RAINE, whom she had been dragging.)608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAjkdmxtjA
RAINE
(She screams.)608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkVjUJnZSc
AJWAKU
(He stops her before she falls.)608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLWMjxl58l
RAINE
Ugh… thanks again Ajwaku. I’m actually the worst. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2xlcOIgxW
AJWAKU
(He blushes.)
T-T-That’s okay.
RAINE
So, are you in that class too?608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfwsOLuakL
AJWAKU
Nah, I’m in 2A. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPD1wesI5CM
RAINE
Darn. I’ll be alone then. 2B. We could meet up for lunch, if you want to, Ajwaku. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XQ1tdRR0l
KABESE
OH NO! I do not like these guys! I forbid it! Now come on! We’re going to class. Leave us alone, or you’ll wake up underwater and in half like the Titanic.
(She takes RAINE again, and they go up the stairs.)608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNhIaWyidb
RAINE
(She waves in no particular direction.)
Byee!
(Everyone exits.)
