Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEweAYmcVB3
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! 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DNqtDABGa
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! 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVFWj0bch1
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.)719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBcaHz7wSL
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. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRQENhuexm
RAINE
So, what happened?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpRyoZiVEU
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEMk8dvTIj
RAINE
Same. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBbDWEUUIk
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!719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyi9yIyrf8Y
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqca1QX5mk
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHMYGeCDVU
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSdJeR4Vp0
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxp4V2Pxn0
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxKhoI7flr
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!719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODK54wiE10
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvBoLDMHo1
RAINE
What are they talking about?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwOYnbCm4y
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmrV5HaMtd
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtUYH3s8fI
AJWAKU
Raine?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67qnZJP1Z5
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1t6THGeI8L
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uH0w0k752
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJK5hFpekt
RAINE
Uh, hi. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGo0gri7Po
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeW6GSVSGG
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBvTL5YaSp
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPJCLti4o4
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0v8mfyQEI
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZH3Wo6T8i
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjaKVrjQ0T
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GviFBXoGt
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFvwLx0DL0
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAIP0LsCdc
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ709rt8sOgG
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXfZfIYb6e
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsazroq2Sw
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!719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVJY471RdC
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFfHIVK8h4
SUNAKU
What?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHosK4akdE
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. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfWsTtV5Kh
RAINE
Who are you? 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsfywrsY3s
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN814tRDnF1
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. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2M5CNhtg7
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mqxAenmjJ
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczv6Slfhof
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd97HN6vCPR
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrU72auvK1
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPv7yxEuzK
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?!719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSi9HPHiMbl
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIWCR0yZ1k
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlNMFnNSaR
AJWAKU
Yeah…?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJN3zn7QsSQ
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKO6vDTGD8
KABESE
Stop. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzsKLP0tcK
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGse6XNrxu
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgf42Oxcu5
AJWAKU
Definitely Sunese. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaOALuxGm1
KABESE
Stop! NO! It’s neither of those!
(She hits the walls.)
I ship Sunaku and the Great Wall of Coat Hangers!719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkUx3Qnef7
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMXlF5DPAQ
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtc3NsmFQU
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhK6T406pKu
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwH0LVgSXK
RAINE
Sure… 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uTYbUGrRr
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsuRCxHKa2
AJWAKU
Great!719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNe5eOHQi3I
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWROSKArpu
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnMsPLRdBy
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNc1Ey5mPma
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahzgFDvT7Z
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. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4MxKmu5Ow
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. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfJYU8wnzp
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.)719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFn8XuKmDV
