Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32RUdP6mjc
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! 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LfcjED6Yy
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! 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4etWBJsaa
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.)812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbATqDjMTzS
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. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAflqWGtJn
RAINE
So, what happened?812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNU8KWxVHGa
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCqbiHy2iv
RAINE
Same. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWSZQ5j717
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!812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe46ADCjVmm
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEZu0ttXK4
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3VAZmLDjH
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTngWMjSUGq
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpybu0xgi4f
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeA1JMzHpv9
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!812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡya2wfTRFl9
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ851KLFf2mE
RAINE
What are they talking about?812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVeUeg0stj
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0eH4sLlK6C
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3J20Nvr83K
AJWAKU
Raine?812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlSDK8E1X7
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYduKd2UIZ
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvqVWZa9Df
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMwYty2nsO
RAINE
Uh, hi. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tomoKzJHN
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0lCIiu9aQ
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Fr4p00NeT
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSjl7H0gLH
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrAF7JZoLy
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLQpOwtliR
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuxIPuoBbm
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWZwj3sFpi
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIfjVAYvuY
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SD6Gtqon3
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFU6GWTXzZ
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvgslAR5Rt
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF364ucqJ6q
AJWAKU
Yes! 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPE9IER85gY
(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!812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9kPJLrP4x
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2H8A06w7cF
SUNAKU
What?812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL702b9nu2t
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. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuouzthQ9j
RAINE
Who are you? 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgy8ePqxvd
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Zpzi0Uj6N
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. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WNnfJQrvt
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotDrdxuFE6
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlgtWhw3e1
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOONCkvtbs
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DiZS7qDPN
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQi1Eu7iwzf
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?!812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3P80ARHbhA
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0gGOPvHyh
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYvN0ppq9d
AJWAKU
Yeah…?812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXG16VZwhf
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkcYRCJNaQ
KABESE
Stop. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XTuu1MRZX
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfTqEPJ7bC
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TFdW3j7Hb
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!812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKSxy7etqZ
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVpKmW7Q7J
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeVHfL1dsp
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS19DbC08FM
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMg4tQBNLm
RAINE
Sure… 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGyOhHd0pr
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCA8bCK2Pq
AJWAKU
Great!812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqVzZmFm2T
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiW7MhXUkE
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmucv4ipvf
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYW4PLafHV1
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNu8IzAU2qk
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. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0lJ2jC3xF
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. 812Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzYmBLJ3B2
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.)
