Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MlyPN1j3X
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! 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbGsCcLJM3
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! 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ167nZtzVGJ
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.)872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Y5rQS87fu
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. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7orsTqXUXr
RAINE
So, what happened?872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1S9gIxBKcV
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKCZZtwfD7
RAINE
Same. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJ99zeg2ZS
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!872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Rda36t4JT
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcKHmaDQJE
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldxUzZsj6l
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vbpv2DRao
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFYeYXmhi4
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUx9tLmx2gz
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!872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YMzSiloXS
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGWow48YM2
RAINE
What are they talking about?872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mHNCfZg0K
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLhBl6or7u
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MReuPYlR8
AJWAKU
Raine?872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6x7HoM1vm
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWFuZ7Dlg3
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RrLnY4ntK
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaujhL8P5X
RAINE
Uh, hi. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPVRQDXHkf
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAO4qWa2rZ
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNy9fHO5oy
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhwDZ83tCm
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zDKZDbo99
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJUIIVYWfL
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnoQgTU7gJ
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5pMoPba4k
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMDHxQPxIZ
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5GLXGiBc3
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Rc7YaRxT6
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKB9A5l8Ism
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcZrT8j29f
AJWAKU
Yes! 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoIN5lwdRQ
(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!872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRzhow7Q1m
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHs3wAw5fH
SUNAKU
What?872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlyHSiXim1
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. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7n52x11Ypz
RAINE
Who are you? 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TjKKkSBOt
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtVNyLefdX
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. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfoEKvLktw
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIyFyYTnxN
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvixLeLXX6Z
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMb3sT7UIig
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGQg8GHsxV
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqr0gYWCr8u
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?!872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXM3RIDYfHa
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9Z8UlYqO0
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyugbCnIqh
AJWAKU
Yeah…?872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSaJPnLAHX
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbB6vg2mlMu
KABESE
Stop. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpbcmBAMge
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMzjWucqpO
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1OHFQiPOj
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!872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wAuXtYcU4
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1N6N6Dwqzd
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEnidY4jYp
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iYPS517h3
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUi7YrkGeI
RAINE
Sure… 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2RH3usGKH
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolnkPki6aC
AJWAKU
Great!872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkN2vEvtXK
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJE64vaf09
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPcvpDBM5V
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPhFbBE1Kg
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlpIovwhxY
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. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqV9qMBTfQo
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. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBU5bO4gd0
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.)
