Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3riFA699xM
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! 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60zbwlGBqM
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! 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRa92QidS2w
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.)753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMo7B0KaeNx
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. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6EsDfaMmI
RAINE
So, what happened?753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDvJv4Dsx9
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZfLyhhbQL
RAINE
Same. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JEI2KG7gz
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!753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiZWeu9Vrf
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDUSZNNQlR
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrehtQHsLo
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFh57Y3Gkzj
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsZZPukBaz
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuWK5pteWG
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!753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfL6IKBGsCw
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5A8hNxddU0
RAINE
What are they talking about?753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdlyfJeu7h
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rbtB9SkqJ
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvXcoJhnmn
AJWAKU
Raine?753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSklVWlaw4
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQNZvG1PnW
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIg7lm3LqH
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe92hQ5ZXyW
RAINE
Uh, hi. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IoQw3urQn
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBYsjyHXa1
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB259vzps27
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaW7nqZwpMX
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DXmx9giGS
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCCTjj0jZN
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjn9VmzxZZv
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuqGTyOLiJ
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WT4WVvepW
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9Rs8cNIHr
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kMFlkxn2W
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qdWbSwAmL
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwLrKqE5XI
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!753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPrDuJcUZC
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGl138Ny28w
SUNAKU
What?753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJ2IxcBBJ4
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. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbPuhbsZLh
RAINE
Who are you? 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtyarjUzKF
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuXBq8BswG
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. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWRUGwjeGK
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOn9ExmMo3
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmuAFMqZLV
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NOX53OV54
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ341LKctzyB
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRoqwnVV5P
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?!753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6PiXPnWSP
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnyxeDYhuE
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQ2QFjUFrp
AJWAKU
Yeah…?753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRmE8I7jiW
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUO8ftEOkC
KABESE
Stop. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ygfAb5PyK
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hNeg7iGB0
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVb2rmsz3zP
AJWAKU
Definitely Sunese. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zXKzI6xCB
KABESE
Stop! NO! It’s neither of those!
(She hits the walls.)
I ship Sunaku and the Great Wall of Coat Hangers!753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwRrcxCngU
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fenpRJWZU
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48CwAQWqx5
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDeByOwHGT
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwz7yKfP5c
RAINE
Sure… 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPC3biQtfU
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxN7734irHN
AJWAKU
Great!753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlCfAxLs6w
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6GhfP4RCA
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37CvBKWMUZ
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRBeWUIBWX
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADeKhpbsBt
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. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJ7wLP5P0L
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. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MMSNKU7b8
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.)753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PsNWmkkYK
