Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ekxxALLUb
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! 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tXWsYe34Y
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! 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQu8avhiOg
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.)815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFQ8rpkKlt
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. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkFT1dermT
RAINE
So, what happened?815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1mQNZDFQj
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNzrCdH1Qj
RAINE
Same. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVAOOyNWKZ
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!815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHboNS84h3c
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbz7o9n0Dp
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm58axw5OB4
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAMLQIR9TO
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46ktGOuUzz
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVH7wew3ssR
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!815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvd1K4ev69
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0my3aL4cJ
RAINE
What are they talking about?815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdYazNAAmy
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1Me0TXhLU
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KyUxs5xdG
AJWAKU
Raine?815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1MQKTZ2LV
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Mb6MLRube
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKQfp3qdcb
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxtozzS71s
RAINE
Uh, hi. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz31jEemoEO
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIk6g8L2lpP
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqzCVAaUO0
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwTruZylKS
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7TBcE2qwR
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ65srkiZM4
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1EFSpkHCo
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCTFA24Ocg
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0t2Eq0ntuD
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6e8w3MZ8qA
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5sRTgpMJS
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvw0vV0pBOs
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAsdn0sOAB
AJWAKU
Yes! 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4F9FPXF2lI
(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!815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRBWZycagI
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJigflkCXVS
SUNAKU
What?815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvjBdq2Kpx
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. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVVSI30VbL
RAINE
Who are you? 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzi7pJm1Tw9
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpV4yBuiJ8A
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. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQq4uU9W4WX
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiGgpDfXHo
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TeOyogaBG
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYM2bkt8F2T
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFglPseYBtz
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XM6p8eHRP
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?!815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6HiByGfcf
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRvVm06D6h
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbJU1OJK7t
AJWAKU
Yeah…?815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgayvoaUBLn
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwaaxQLLaC
KABESE
Stop. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcJfphBoGA
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZheyep8oI
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKB3ZWgVHUq
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!815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXkOSL8AXX
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutLLukOvjK
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5X73ggdzq
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYHWK8EHUe
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuX6Qh7FLCH
RAINE
Sure… 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bWo4Ptxo0
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZ0PIxLWav
AJWAKU
Great!815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yZNBJyNsg
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0eGg7IBrP
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jDIW6Mm9w
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsR9WEnvrDT
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjh0BFgovW
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. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsseZKI3qPn
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. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkd4zxxOm9
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.)
