Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0h8CXtcdw
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! 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aoHljpVIA
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! 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYBU94taee
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.)746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTWsoPGpJJ
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. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHT0iRVmkp
RAINE
So, what happened?746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PfmtnfTGC
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YmqKI0Tum
RAINE
Same. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWCLTAstZl
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!746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDO3Rrhq66C
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZxaj4oMVK
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUS0AuxCuqO
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjs3khCGzw
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuUQqa6awT
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8bw8L2XXe
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!746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjg1lkDDfg
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9ZqGYyTiV
RAINE
What are they talking about?746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNmEx44wET
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjerlUojV2N
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6xv8d0Qkq
AJWAKU
Raine?746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDTtcGx0tq
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kFco0jhHZ
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsay6jiwCpJ
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWp5429mi1
RAINE
Uh, hi. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRw1EUJMNrJ
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOfsc59AXC
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaa3Wu6X3Y
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFriE3o7E6
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdBfsmqWQJ
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAun6b5ngLz
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5MU1WXTjB
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKdtLgrPIW
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOVzhVogNM
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxVS3NRRVk
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuK44MJt1h
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvH9IM9iPR
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5hqy9bHEC
AJWAKU
Yes! 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6c9Ur0wj8
(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!746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAc3ZjajW7
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIO08RU7Lqz
SUNAKU
What?746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcx6UjtVHp
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. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWoy0q0j0A
RAINE
Who are you? 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgc9WfaM1h
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZZQWiYgmB
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. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJSiz5yAvj
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCG8FjDL3a
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7n4FoeH3hd
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcO7HOjJYZn
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5i8o7AQ9c
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2kWajy9DS
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?!746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjOxCgIkno
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDMyWZzKDP
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡednIB2zoKS
AJWAKU
Yeah…?746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1moUpyskit
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniW6aQqOx8
KABESE
Stop. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS36h8F1cw2
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqeAoKqfHx
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31Z330u5tJ
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!746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxroWhD5qoe
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XenV9VFIi
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhew5L22x1p
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWFOZFXF8W
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5eRUu2p7t
RAINE
Sure… 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFk939yZLcz
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rYjr8ArHg
AJWAKU
Great!746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVltp6BBo5N
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLrH1mSAY1
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCfm734cwj
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKr9m2xqy7V
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeVl7drtCu
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. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XuCjAcFzC
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. 746Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcecmQIl96i
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.)
