Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 597Please respect copyright.PENANArp2CbLd7ei
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! 597Please respect copyright.PENANAgXqurciTTj
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! 597Please respect copyright.PENANAHHauDK21UN
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.)597Please respect copyright.PENANArerHiCf0gO
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. 597Please respect copyright.PENANAesaqkFkhPi
RAINE
So, what happened?597Please respect copyright.PENANAL0FuJllF6s
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…597Please respect copyright.PENANAhb0fl2Pgye
RAINE
Same. 597Please respect copyright.PENANAuOnOEwVqtK
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!597Please respect copyright.PENANAZyPBqEWCjx
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 597Please respect copyright.PENANAIg9dHb91PH
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!597Please respect copyright.PENANA9XPuYM3qHi
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.597Please respect copyright.PENANAOJfGYU9UyE
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?597Please respect copyright.PENANAkcnTAxm98w
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 597Please respect copyright.PENANAPp5W0KPqT8
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!597Please respect copyright.PENANADbkio2RDy4
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?597Please respect copyright.PENANAjGxQOvXoXo
RAINE
What are they talking about?597Please respect copyright.PENANA31W7hWj9L5
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.597Please respect copyright.PENANAUjqbEH0PGl
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)597Please respect copyright.PENANAdDQpkijZj9
AJWAKU
Raine?597Please respect copyright.PENANAWElfwjtZqK
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)597Please respect copyright.PENANAiJxxThpXTM
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)597Please respect copyright.PENANArOK4yTAqNj
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 597Please respect copyright.PENANAZMC4toKO0W
RAINE
Uh, hi. 597Please respect copyright.PENANAg3YF6SvsEF
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?597Please respect copyright.PENANATMw8UBbbdY
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 597Please respect copyright.PENANAMGMGdN6BCY
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.597Please respect copyright.PENANANGdSFTpY2k
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 597Please respect copyright.PENANAu4j91sFQ6k
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.597Please respect copyright.PENANAZpeMsLjXkq
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 597Please respect copyright.PENANANqWk25VHZn
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 597Please respect copyright.PENANAhL2JBLWwmN
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)597Please respect copyright.PENANAKteX4WuVMT
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)597Please respect copyright.PENANA0urGJsmv1s
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?597Please respect copyright.PENANA8e1T01Vv2e
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)597Please respect copyright.PENANAaUaFeWM3DE
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 597Please respect copyright.PENANAUgivybiyQs
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!597Please respect copyright.PENANAeIotipnFFh
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)597Please respect copyright.PENANAS4xDF6gjRM
SUNAKU
What?597Please respect copyright.PENANAmdgV4ww9mw
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. 597Please respect copyright.PENANAmzQENgvMWo
RAINE
Who are you? 597Please respect copyright.PENANAaVZmyKZEAg
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 597Please respect copyright.PENANAwzTrYIpB44
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. 597Please respect copyright.PENANALA3rmMBxKk
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?597Please respect copyright.PENANA7ISktdPpms
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 597Please respect copyright.PENANAHRmoMzPuCX
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 597Please respect copyright.PENANAtqcVAUVCXJ
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)597Please respect copyright.PENANAsvf3Ng4C4A
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!597Please respect copyright.PENANAq6mCuNOusb
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?!597Please respect copyright.PENANAi50qeQBE3P
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers.597Please respect copyright.PENANAN9kSTPUcoV
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?597Please respect copyright.PENANAuKYfKqQZxD
AJWAKU
Yeah…?597Please respect copyright.PENANAla4ESzEdaK
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?597Please respect copyright.PENANAINcObiHcZU
KABESE
Stop. 597Please respect copyright.PENANAAofGRE1HdF
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 597Please respect copyright.PENANAwchogN3Avb
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 597Please respect copyright.PENANA2rylm424w9
AJWAKU
Definitely Sunese. 597Please respect copyright.PENANADfrovUeBgP
KABESE
Stop! NO! It’s neither of those!
(She hits the walls.)
I ship Sunaku and the Great Wall of Coat Hangers!597Please respect copyright.PENANA7KQv5DtMvz
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 597Please respect copyright.PENANAwwedHR3Ayx
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!597Please respect copyright.PENANAD1kQ9CL6pA
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?597Please respect copyright.PENANAmDUZMHLhK9
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 597Please respect copyright.PENANARPAydDYQxD
RAINE
Sure… 597Please respect copyright.PENANAM9ey3Fy0dx
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.597Please respect copyright.PENANAgYq0xxb51F
AJWAKU
Great!597Please respect copyright.PENANAxJmi0bMK5H
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!597Please respect copyright.PENANAoRBeTK1LLO
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 597Please respect copyright.PENANANJ9YO4nyiU
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 597Please respect copyright.PENANAxxQCmG31i1
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)597Please respect copyright.PENANAoUFKYJsnjz
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. 597Please respect copyright.PENANA9JT93lfg3B
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. 597Please respect copyright.PENANAkrGTBvpJZN
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.)597Please respect copyright.PENANA3aXDnatDEA