Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDLXeyrEUi
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! 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtXCPXJltP
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! 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetNgqWkD6c
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.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcSNOM5ngR
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. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV82FusXotx
RAINE
So, what happened?757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0yj4uH1Q3
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYwRmqtqes
RAINE
Same. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW65eA4H1wW
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!757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2nsEnQZ92
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4q0hXDpaTH
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvPHvYYUfT
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJkfuQiu7M
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ339BKA5o9g
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9HrBYsvud
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!757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxzGC5uTFs
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZXqxwVgK5
RAINE
What are they talking about?757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcJ7LeU36C
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16eG4oFAcm
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUzgVUr7HG
AJWAKU
Raine?757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqn1uK7t6cN
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsP7uvc8Ax
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UuQAPVVgd
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJL4jAUz3XA
RAINE
Uh, hi. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAhUrQoMFZ
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHn8dXHUCvV
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8E5VPwjc4
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyLH8kcCE6
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFZ7y28BBc
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CA4rt0XLU
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUAIjn7Sqz
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqDUZzQNet
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUT6Owsg7y4
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprGBq7LG59
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaL2fB9lLIG
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpTlGscEd1
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8UbILrBjn
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!757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJ6iOG7vB9
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGmWq0e7JE
SUNAKU
What?757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5lYl71OoC
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. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FffEFtgoG
RAINE
Who are you? 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWFnV36D7X
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhd3JNTxqKJ
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. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOT4fpv2UaI
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLK2tOnYiyr
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡon6muv2AY2
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWtxm3dXmS
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR34Je0MJYf
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfDuh7cOHq
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?!757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQNnYOjJz8
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzICKpziVeW
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxVfI8ixsm
AJWAKU
Yeah…?757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaG291K7RmZ
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyHGpqGqat
KABESE
Stop. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7wiudgBKT
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SdJcvrnzq
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECyEIEsaHu
AJWAKU
Definitely Sunese. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaiPRvYM6Dq
KABESE
Stop! NO! It’s neither of those!
(She hits the walls.)
I ship Sunaku and the Great Wall of Coat Hangers!757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Wf65hRJeH
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZdDtgIsjl
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxip6t2oxFc
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0IJMOrQZD
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSeYdSYsnl
RAINE
Sure… 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKCzVROSOA
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJqUOb7MVv
AJWAKU
Great!757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrp2HFt1u53
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMG4iguHri
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUY3OazyCn
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryJaHLELSD
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQrZjoqXem
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. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJSfuXk9yx
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. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxDvSRnrT6
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.)757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKATF5P7Bxh
