Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQKgzB7iUy
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! 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDWt6hrRve
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! 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsJcWGlxEX
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.)769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIydhqkPur2
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. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkZt8wOThY
RAINE
So, what happened?769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbc7SE810F
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILUO2acSaE
RAINE
Same. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bRuQNtWLz
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!769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinSQOdOYjv
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2gixxpbWQ
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BxptHHBG5
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQFIUQHckw
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWQMVlbGKF
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PUTwTu9LZ
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!769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdHhQ6Jagh
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujKcbqvpux
RAINE
What are they talking about?769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonCzlQXBcV
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3J1WLKsPEN
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOfErpB1M0
AJWAKU
Raine?769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1KIrRBli0
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVeL0to2Gv
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPtqufqrFF
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KTSBEzfpw
RAINE
Uh, hi. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKopT9ronu
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8SlM3z7AT
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNXKaoCevz
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7mw02G5Pm
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNZop3tI0r
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNQ7GbGgGM
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVT4zNeSlF
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3T6Kchv2P2
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fHtKA9o0K
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQ0OYAv2Eg
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDLPk9xmEn
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TSFrno9y6
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwTaRINQVu
AJWAKU
Yes! 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHO2HP3SWR
(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!769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUS8ZC0YAIq
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPuhiPjCIW
SUNAKU
What?769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtqZsrRNIg
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. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSeBRggkJn
RAINE
Who are you? 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEu5bVlfz0
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSPCrHKZbD
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. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbbBsNZpEx
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCNdBEqFKO
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXeLwwdG3b
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPLTwJRwPv
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYL1qZCM6j9
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPjiZXdHsO
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?!769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxZnltXe7e
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIf7WDOaYV6
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3h6MkGW19
AJWAKU
Yeah…?769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWt7qDgMLr
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PteNST9u8
KABESE
Stop. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMlbJvpuq8
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5LFaxa8Wg
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz444NEGskb
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!769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzxxjKuH0L
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Nfqy06zCw
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzEH6ytmN5
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZHgXbt2ll
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6CyaxW8Tb
RAINE
Sure… 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGdvXG0AwN
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3SnCw5ssI
AJWAKU
Great!769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIudcrROhd
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ia3CGAgjn
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUP9QNsZO7
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1umaNdZB2
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS24HLYj4jb
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. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhc98Oakan
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. 769Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCN0BhyF3TW
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.)
