Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOd1x5egMBh
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! 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnefswX9cn
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! 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNzDAzAVW3
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.)703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqi7oZYO0Ox
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. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7iQipT3Ia
RAINE
So, what happened?703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneNtvT4lOm
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDp9IYpSUW
RAINE
Same. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0LErQceZr
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!703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVT1IUqUS5c
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStV2B4ehtd
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhdvOZ6vmB
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOxTQkjJm0
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MhDmTLJRL
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSQp3jymcS
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!703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszmbjz81pb
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz438WKwB47
RAINE
What are they talking about?703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPD6naWdbQ
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwfjTnK1ao
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DuzYQUMt2
AJWAKU
Raine?703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KOdfdyCwm
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2923D3OceX
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyripZ9QHV
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BsTAEiRcy
RAINE
Uh, hi. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81pjudzMUh
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fzEIFZ6t6
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEYaMuFHqt
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWehqaHICUd
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJEiSTVdtg
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpmsLI8hcc
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4f7MfuKEg
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs13qVU4JHz
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkpDTupHri
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLwvYFGPuH
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwRctzPnjU
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OopHE2jDo
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXHHaX1x2U
AJWAKU
Yes! 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRhfAf0xSj
(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!703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuEDq1MLah
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfPyaVsKet
SUNAKU
What?703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWjgkycSyE
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. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WqcMH6A7e
RAINE
Who are you? 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqCgLWDz97
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9qWZQdGNJ
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. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkjKh3je0o
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ016SntMR6y
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHauSQOdLz
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzifui6xUBj
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjPsktXnbf
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKoSNtW8As
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?!703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzOBE1ILHs
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaz8XBLCMT9
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAU699B55wE
AJWAKU
Yeah…?703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsLukG1aQk
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr91DyavNTr
KABESE
Stop. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiavUyU2nGg
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7zJMl5P3S
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lmtJiMm06
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!703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrx6lklXhVY
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCWngEdiSM
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bs8XejKLZ
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGxybsBQ5U
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4m674JG1m4
RAINE
Sure… 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvM0v1HvMtA
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkJ7aahgxq
AJWAKU
Great!703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwrmMcP5Ig
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFniBljCU0P
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVL7MKp8gg
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡey7SAjb1UB
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3GWT9zZxs
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. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukVoghQI8D
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. 703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOxMu9Tsvl
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.)
