Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 552Please respect copyright.PENANAVU8hO6gvpN
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! 552Please respect copyright.PENANAQlOC04q3Jr
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! 552Please respect copyright.PENANAE81tSorKQm
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.)552Please respect copyright.PENANAOwPLBY73pb
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. 552Please respect copyright.PENANAdgdy5eb9Jp
RAINE
So, what happened?552Please respect copyright.PENANAzRUVtyQoMo
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…552Please respect copyright.PENANAZajUre4TMx
RAINE
Same. 552Please respect copyright.PENANAsnhWStjRRc
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!552Please respect copyright.PENANALfVw8D35Z9
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 552Please respect copyright.PENANA2wZz2oUxU3
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!552Please respect copyright.PENANAwdWfTBBGR4
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.552Please respect copyright.PENANARw3wd4TyI7
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?552Please respect copyright.PENANAmUYdULm3YB
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 552Please respect copyright.PENANAlSKtg2RtK6
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!552Please respect copyright.PENANAqVNY3xplRI
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?552Please respect copyright.PENANAyfGuZNJLg8
RAINE
What are they talking about?552Please respect copyright.PENANAB5dEQGwR0H
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.552Please respect copyright.PENANAHko7hozNmH
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)552Please respect copyright.PENANAJB0h0v3RPg
AJWAKU
Raine?552Please respect copyright.PENANAQjMRrAxfSt
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)552Please respect copyright.PENANAs4e6Mww6Kk
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)552Please respect copyright.PENANAK1xQ3Z0G2c
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 552Please respect copyright.PENANAe2wSkn3STY
RAINE
Uh, hi. 552Please respect copyright.PENANAiIE8n2PERc
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?552Please respect copyright.PENANAd9G75B3rwe
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 552Please respect copyright.PENANAPqB5uNZpbv
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.552Please respect copyright.PENANAIS2WRR3Cvy
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 552Please respect copyright.PENANAmRLN4vLPVZ
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.552Please respect copyright.PENANAMqSFWezIhJ
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 552Please respect copyright.PENANA1EAaueKP2U
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 552Please respect copyright.PENANA0do3RBjUqH
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)552Please respect copyright.PENANA3d5DWwuSVK
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)552Please respect copyright.PENANA0NgsTuadlW
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?552Please respect copyright.PENANAD4wmRUtFvx
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)552Please respect copyright.PENANA6egxiEtI8B
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 552Please respect copyright.PENANAWi8zTauddk
AJWAKU
Yes! 552Please respect copyright.PENANA2K4zUN9EAJ
(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!552Please respect copyright.PENANArSOJdhxt3Y
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)552Please respect copyright.PENANANSZx1YPmpv
SUNAKU
What?552Please respect copyright.PENANAJsVTejHufo
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. 552Please respect copyright.PENANAqAe2IdIN3c
RAINE
Who are you? 552Please respect copyright.PENANANgwa2cgCiT
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 552Please respect copyright.PENANAeVXxPUopfe
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. 552Please respect copyright.PENANAklXMdlw6Kp
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?552Please respect copyright.PENANAo3C6eCzACV
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 552Please respect copyright.PENANAGvzrNPSmFQ
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 552Please respect copyright.PENANAbqNJDrmMl3
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)552Please respect copyright.PENANA07k2UGe3Ya
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!552Please respect copyright.PENANAhBwZFBTJ8w
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?!552Please respect copyright.PENANAdW4b2qUfyC
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 552Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9JqWRwhuN
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?552Please respect copyright.PENANAvR187ZgncB
AJWAKU
Yeah…?552Please respect copyright.PENANA15IuqT334R
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?552Please respect copyright.PENANAGi5J6IW72Y
KABESE
Stop. 552Please respect copyright.PENANALgWB5uO6EI
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 552Please respect copyright.PENANAVlz6DKHPzE
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 552Please respect copyright.PENANAev47hEzvAe
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!552Please respect copyright.PENANA3fDQYqohah
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 552Please respect copyright.PENANAbFb7aory39
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!552Please respect copyright.PENANAJI7g4MfMx2
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?552Please respect copyright.PENANAJJbAMJD9Ta
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 552Please respect copyright.PENANAZcd1nkQMJc
RAINE
Sure… 552Please respect copyright.PENANADF8iVeBxcf
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.552Please respect copyright.PENANADBXWEF1aZP
AJWAKU
Great!552Please respect copyright.PENANAFAHGuUOU7a
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!552Please respect copyright.PENANA3T7EzREsV4
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 552Please respect copyright.PENANAudmn7xznYr
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 552Please respect copyright.PENANAfr8FklpoCY
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)552Please respect copyright.PENANABqOh9fpnHc
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. 552Please respect copyright.PENANAOtXxImsWdH
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. 552Please respect copyright.PENANAZuDypoORUn
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.)