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At Rise: JIRI is standing alone in the middle of the stage, with the curtains closed. School scene should be set up in the background. When she sits down the curtains open. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguLGhmmOuS
JIRI
Jiri’s monologue part 1. Hiya, my is Jiri and I’m eleven years old. Sometimes I’m extremely happy, but other times I’m super sad, and I don’t really know why… It’s just how I am. I go to elementary school, even though I really don’t want to. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHJnlAk1Aq
I have a big brother, Ajwaku. He is the one that takes care of me. He’s always been super weird. He was born with purple eyes.
(She points to her eyes.)
And the like flippy part of his hair is like white, but the rest of it is like black.
(She tries to explain using hand motions.)
He could have dyed it over I guess, but he told me that if he dyed his hair he wouldn’t feel like himself anymore. I like that theory, so I accept it. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIA4fSpENMJ
Oh! I forgot to say how or parents are like NEVER HOME! They’re always on business trips, well I guess they’re not “business trips” because they travel around the world and stuff. When they come home they are super nice to me, but I don’t think they like AJ, my brother, very much. I don’t know why people don’t like him, so DON’T BE MEAN TO MY BROTHER!648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk41jSOotU4
He’s had like one friends his whole life and that’s it. Until, his sophomore year in high school. Then he got this friend named Raine Kuro, and she’s the only person who might be weirder than he is. I DON’T LIKE HER! But, hey, that’s where my big brother’s story really starts, on the day they really met for the first time.
(She sits down on the edge of the stage.)648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGGLpFYDCu
RAINE
(RAINE enters on the staircase of her school. She is going up them. Near the middle she slips back.)648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MWuf5pvGx
AJWAKU
(He enters from the side of the hallway. He notices RAINE falling down the stairs.)
Oh crap!
(He runs and manages to stop her fall, but he falls too. He stands up before she does, and holds his hand out for her.)648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hE8GMZ0Bt
RAINE
(She doesn’t take his hand. She stands up on her own.)648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUHsRMP66Q
AJWAKU
(He scratches his head.)
Not so good at flying are you?648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWSs8oToy4
RAINE
(She laughs awkwardly.)
No, definitely not my strong suit. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zN2drhp8I
JIRI
(She throws her hands up.)
Oh! I forgot to mention that Raine is blind! Oops… So when she fell she probably wasn’t just being stupid. What I don’t get is that she never carries a walking stick or anything, like isn’t that what you're supposed you’re blind?
(She looks backwards.)
Oh, um… okay, back to the story… 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsEZ6ri9xC
AJWAKU
That’s okay, I’m Ajwaku. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Nt3xNFut1
RAINE
Thanks for helping me… Kinda… Stairs are always a pain. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdwZgup5Zu
AJWAKU
I… Uh… Your name is… 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NfVP3z9k4
RAINE
(She giggles.)
It’s Raine.
AJWAKU
Oh-648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrgrE4iumn
KABESE
(She cuts him off as she enters running and stomping.)
DON’T TOUCH HER!!!
(She punches him.)648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyASv9MftU
AJWAKU
(He holds his cheek.)
Ouchie. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7bEPlrnyR
KABESE
Tssk. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz14JaYrEIb
JIRI
(She points.)
That’s Kabese. If anyone in the whole wide world were to know Raine Kuro, it would probably be Kabese.
(She jumps up.)
She’s rude and tough! And was way too dense to notice any sort of social barrier between the blind teenager and herself. Under her angry exterior, she actually did care a lot about Raine. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBE7HcAjfOo
KABESE
God, what do you think you’re doing, bonehead?!648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmbVVoFuiZ
AJWAKU
I-I-I-648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFK3XTAb3E
SUNAKU
(He enters with his hands in his pockets.)
Wow AJ, why do all the hot girls hit on you- literally?
(He laughs at his own joke.)648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcM8prkUbB5
KABESE
I’d be happy to accommodate you too. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIOMSQLesE
SUNAKU
(He winks.)
Anytime. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamHKiCD2Yh
KABESE
Gross! Let’s get out of here Raine!
(She takes RAINE’S arm and helps her up the first few stairs.) 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodposd0i7S
AJWAKU
(He stares down at his feet and mumbles.)
I could have helped her, you know? 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BBCEcrPOa
KABESE
(She turns.)
Well, too bad you’ll never get the chance, lover boy!648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtK7zkk9E1d
SUNAKU
(He rushes up the stairs to RAINE’S side.)
So, what class are you girls in anyways? First day of school and all, right? I’m in 2C.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmP2zKMrYi
KABESE
WHAT?! That’s what I’m in! Geez, you’re gonna be there. Now I really never wanna go to class!
(She lets go of RAINE, whom she had been dragging.)648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAsMwmBJ61
RAINE
(She screams.)648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jEBbhSD23
AJWAKU
(He stops her before she falls.)648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxlOM0zGLl
RAINE
Ugh… thanks again Ajwaku. I’m actually the worst. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Voes2jHws
AJWAKU
(He blushes.)
T-T-That’s okay.
RAINE
So, are you in that class too?648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaV0QXjAdX
AJWAKU
Nah, I’m in 2A. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGN74sdYni
RAINE
Darn. I’ll be alone then. 2B. We could meet up for lunch, if you want to, Ajwaku. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpVykrkFqk
KABESE
OH NO! I do not like these guys! I forbid it! Now come on! We’re going to class. Leave us alone, or you’ll wake up underwater and in half like the Titanic.
(She takes RAINE again, and they go up the stairs.)648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDCxHuCIie
RAINE
(She waves in no particular direction.)
Byee!
(Everyone exits.)
