Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4u8ZR32Z4X
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! 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34uJO7TSsC
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! 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqGI6DwzB7
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.)743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXc7L1FNrH
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. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7tB6u8n1X
RAINE
So, what happened?743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRZ0lJbKM3
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJMV7ubB3E
RAINE
Same. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58DimKLyZV
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!743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8Z3RPbqEJ
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CAWfsSWKn
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugzA1uxeTQ
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXgoUvMFir
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLx4dsWCcc
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Sp10kCqVh
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!743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1L6dhDx9JP
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdGceTdSUg
RAINE
What are they talking about?743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpo9bZlb3YN
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3gYnUt4hE
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFx8zsI0kS
AJWAKU
Raine?743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfp2XQgeOK
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3Y0mDmOaZ
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpp2GTArCp0
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGspz1mMzGQ
RAINE
Uh, hi. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBoVZ13GUB
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWtKWWhLhG
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENaH0Jfiio
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxnECmW8Ul
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwbW2Tp60m
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TFEKBNIH4
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcY129kZ7se
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpl6gVmfcop
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqF0CeHlpZ
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwwTS0KaMZ
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuRdF9q3VZ
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTh0a3t3hcw
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEt39f3Jo4
AJWAKU
Yes! 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQf4mCAoroA
(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!743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3v1qthXeG
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSR5GzRHLc
SUNAKU
What?743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylbYsEa1N4
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. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUIOy96bec
RAINE
Who are you? 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Eh7b2xMuD
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOP2v8qckg
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. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLVCtTimRj
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzOyLO5xZb
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhghGAeYHp5
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvevsJdu3a
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBldQHCAoPa
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsw05HxKVn
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?!743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyIIaRiFrX
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4w2IPZwPj
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNI93d4Aah
AJWAKU
Yeah…?743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFBoothiAE
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfenH3sQfO
KABESE
Stop. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9xEnfmtsp
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzk62fezyCE
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmhs0YkCCP
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!743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iDnzsuBIg
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHm4dVWeepM
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75eEN5K2Xa
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFLzyvCpoX
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPg8hbBjAv
RAINE
Sure… 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvrMlmPEhP
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUsVOzZ4vP
AJWAKU
Great!743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPMciVMKJ8
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLEAVXbl8X
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OEtGVu9nb
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROWSf65jYR
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicIqgkiHTP
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. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaHbXZezuE
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. 743Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDty7QAsKI8
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.)
