Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09tOMoktuP
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! 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKm25wKc4iP
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! 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBsG31LImG
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.)861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfSn6klVbl
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. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWhVgckDbJ
RAINE
So, what happened?861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXqeWMcAzz
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dngeJFIxA
RAINE
Same. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7WJuL29bX
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!861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIpqRgeU4k
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmEOqE0Ccf
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenIcLGUAZp
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNZozVGHUJ
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0fUCexAOa
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHde868hgo
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!861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UCrSVTjbC
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8iz5BrFUi
RAINE
What are they talking about?861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jttXD3aMP
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbK9swTM5ms
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRuZrXYPBt
AJWAKU
Raine?861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcM6T46QUE
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZyFA3oEbq
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJhagE2rCE
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHkcWtdYYl
RAINE
Uh, hi. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1myqeiqzK2
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIysW6S1nLV
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbxb4TuqkP
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07kYlmzzwY
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YlHuwdhtf
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkiYYCXYuz
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMy3ocKLKOV
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgygEwGWlPf
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7d3i7xHE1
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LJS1Ye67e
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XXyHjbXs4
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJrEBVME16
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx46OdAFT5J
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!861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIj9zYJ5f4B
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnACXJPyn8b
SUNAKU
What?861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0BvuI5QbG
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. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JZsivQgCW
RAINE
Who are you? 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7KZScyziW
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTWiQDClpn
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. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fXaL5uPH2
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWNENHVYdr
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnIpUvfkI9
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalDO4cZRcB
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBxhvOzs3d
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKv9VPjIuis
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?!861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAy21vpyEVM
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZ2aVq010Q
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCpJML5ofC
AJWAKU
Yeah…?861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCwJSsqKZq
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RJ9MtDtZl
KABESE
Stop. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoMf3dgkB3
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyjSqevMpM
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvU08WeQWmv
AJWAKU
Definitely Sunese. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ucOlyWPwc
KABESE
Stop! NO! It’s neither of those!
(She hits the walls.)
I ship Sunaku and the Great Wall of Coat Hangers!861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcS0MbYRgg
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujPvSaCDIM
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vU5KuCf61
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgDZp8PGp4
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04fy0kM13U
RAINE
Sure… 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuicc2to1QJ
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2QIovM94T
AJWAKU
Great!861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhfpJsuHdQ
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxv1bKBbCQO
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Q6SqrfAAk
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDc5v9B7tj
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAptO0V3JLG
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. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzriU9TcTI
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. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDub4DbAz4u
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.)861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkT1njz6n4
