Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueLQxpTDPg
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! 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fOsMd9Aun
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! 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVWWG8S1Ra
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.)747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnpIFICr3i
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. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRgsqxuecY
RAINE
So, what happened?747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjcbCgDaqL
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2IBJvdyy3
RAINE
Same. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uDJVp5PyZ
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!747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WCgeaWgyy
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPpD9GECSb
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5t4ll3Rw2
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaS0fL6Jdt
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKr8ilA3NX
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Sozc4YcSo
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!747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHpVT3sJnf
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Irn2zoksN
RAINE
What are they talking about?747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWcjqQOe6p
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJzGuJDuTd
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSR5Yzo1pVw
AJWAKU
Raine?747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpL4jSo4CqW
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lbSG36g01
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSwIYCfv9n
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25GTYrAPr4
RAINE
Uh, hi. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xvGS3MrcO
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wckk3YhYA
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1BXekNEtc
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhWlQ2oqO6
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fV4M8R9bd
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWu0tU0Vx8H
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWNUpVUQ65
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTfc843qg7
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyoCKQzlKV
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJ0jnG4PoQ
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡor8L2tLUOB
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdl9Cpr9jiO
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IHX7BcQ23
AJWAKU
Yes! 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKcvhTYGav
(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!747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3IM5Y6huQ
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAAycV5baL
SUNAKU
What?747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyz4NovJXFM
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. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NZZ1ZdC9T
RAINE
Who are you? 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AaLOZztrH
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2r0Y1QRigp
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. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ox6AbRcEK
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qRhL0iINc
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lqQ4wkR6s
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13yfl54XL9
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXgLOlq9SW
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpuqRqODVY
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?!747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcskNBJPPZ4
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoNmbdwxVb
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LRzqGCQPa
AJWAKU
Yeah…?747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfOyqX9oYF
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBhlYhr4zh
KABESE
Stop. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5HyfbyE1b
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkQsna94It
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8YjDCxWIo
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!747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoXLEsWnyX
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheKMre73aR
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLFdLbI8X0
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAwbfTUlZA
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuelfBlUi6v
RAINE
Sure… 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQx6qZaIDh
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1PsZzCleJ
AJWAKU
Great!747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNyGUyfnHM
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQG62ca7aMJ
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoEkKY5Ucj
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnMpKbCmbJ
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaobXaV10ka
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. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2d47LL3uYC
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. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmlwugZ0Dn
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.)
