Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CK4szkEev
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! 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPcXZNjd2y
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! 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmYOgWJDqy
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.)839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrlCELgytP
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. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3RNRwymFr
RAINE
So, what happened?839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoS3yVZP9US
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFhL0Z7js1
RAINE
Same. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRi7ob11ya
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!839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalKDTXkoRq
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9m7DMHcsQ
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZmQpZrsuO
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72mJy54hci
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1o3dXnLpHc
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICUdjVwwZI
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!839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXK4MnVTjpL
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hI9DKObub
RAINE
What are they talking about?839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzSqkvPQOz
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1DAJN4E1o
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7cQGm2WDY
AJWAKU
Raine?839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfsR52YWqJ
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXByXHoEB8
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvXjmJwX4r
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEuG8Y0hx6
RAINE
Uh, hi. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXi34UKntI
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GQWbEFiLg
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1itGR7qER
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrcIVKu194
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprS7kQRWdA
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoY6zFEuTkj
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UbkeXZy2W
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEEc7vmW6M
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEpFqzS9Hy
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRyysIudVG
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo32QjCVCgF
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9zuxGyQo6
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNl295f2Vfz
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!839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PKnJwuOWM
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VUFn3cXju
SUNAKU
What?839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7qlj2XvWX
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. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOv7SFGhtgz
RAINE
Who are you? 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21j5tPXK9Z
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQC7TH9QcKf
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. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAp14QxXP4H
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vdhsh36jJ
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6msIO6akCB
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2EtJH9Rjg
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGhHI5xBVn
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoECYbb3yDO
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?!839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VohEDHz5d
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCEd03NarF
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcrhUYaV8q
AJWAKU
Yeah…?839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUQ1kzyI5G
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5RwATNpE1
KABESE
Stop. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTw3qRXhcqv
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXBaMrL9C7
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFnR7SitDv
AJWAKU
Definitely Sunese. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdayOgJv4E
KABESE
Stop! NO! It’s neither of those!
(She hits the walls.)
I ship Sunaku and the Great Wall of Coat Hangers!839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MMxE6Bh8h
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJmJ9fuERK
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiV5Ma7fbIV
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qWq3KBLmz
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8GoQpueRd
RAINE
Sure… 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BW8BiwZ9C
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uuJCFWjYp
AJWAKU
Great!839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrdx8THBZR
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHHA46irEr
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOKhNbZMJ2
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOR07jaH20
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyLK1uPNJV
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. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpgeHYLrVI
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. 839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNorXOKu9V
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.)839Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSm54pdJzm
