Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Bo2Gw8d06
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! 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGf6JEZxJ3
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! 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI97BI9Sdbu
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.)657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSC01y15Wz2
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. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUsxFyba4h
RAINE
So, what happened?657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLd2f9tKJLg
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVclO51MCzZ
RAINE
Same. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLinFqN0UjJ
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!657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwLpD3Zgrm
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9jy2SpwCa
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYveBRYYaC
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJZ0sweC16
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1XnhSNiaH
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKw2Gfa680Q
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!657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRR6NH5Vv96
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqXDAFp4li
RAINE
What are they talking about?657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUABXlOIGjq
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLy7PXa1v6f
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzbXdq8m34
AJWAKU
Raine?657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43t6vHOKZF
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswwiZkMSgF
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzMIrqN7Gb
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHznDtKX7UH
RAINE
Uh, hi. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOpRAzRd6j
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59b7jT4nqf
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OKpfluI6z
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUlP8nEDY0
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0AxSMCR8m
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSKJ1mqFWt
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07mLc6d97k
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYf3QDy44G
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCwJtXWIT9
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIItQt4C1z
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWV0CRmcHrK
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZOMK5UsRt
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfAhBjaOXk
AJWAKU
Yes! 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68uzclAOQY
(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!657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBC2aSuI5lj
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hAd0LHD2e
SUNAKU
What?657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vJPOwu6ze
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. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhd5VXEYx5
RAINE
Who are you? 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6DEKVL1cN
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPKXflRmdX
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. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtgcUkfemy
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3o54wEssjb
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfU5js4vpx
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRywbb3UaFY
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekCLQ6y2H9
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLMy0nDAil
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?!657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHQVWsELJ2
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NlEMkLbqY
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKQiUXhrtp
AJWAKU
Yeah…?657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfelHIByjT
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTXhPIR2zH
KABESE
Stop. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVR2yi1O7gy
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJixwffzBL
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGy5fdNe3ng
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!657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQCE0yrIan
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoaAnNOyZe
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6c9Xq9csND
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4B9DnSBs6
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBmphTUPna
RAINE
Sure… 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BM6iHc53T
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BscXsMoDF
AJWAKU
Great!657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGJHXfAce8
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG38iKx6WQ5
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0L790XdVVb
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXQnYlCCoU
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡae6JMIVbW8
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. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MRyJGrxh1
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. 657Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZS14BRFpWb
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.)
