Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXQjziYkjU
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! 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvyJWtIXGv
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! 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXvQGahdYH
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.)856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0udjlKf6V
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. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XYmtwFDLP
RAINE
So, what happened?856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9jUwG7RYp
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTHNGLMvXD
RAINE
Same. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGKzp4r4qa
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!856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFUYaJHqfI
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfq1GMWW9al
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZhMTUgaZb
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzt739ILBwa
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVJNxLzlg6
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEKQlF4hlx
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!856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8BXbyze6p
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxpmzmVmdl
RAINE
What are they talking about?856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82siVeHwum
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0ukdXM7Qb
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWgwTQK6qC
AJWAKU
Raine?856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8H2MYbLeQ
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDunMTaXxpk
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTuWHU36Qh
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOAIya7mwO
RAINE
Uh, hi. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhDhW6PQfB
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qcvUL0e04
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ako8YEiFk
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJD4XGKKPhe
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4z5YmI8ZT
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YFtyWRm5n
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo94jzUU8Ab
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSrZqJ1Rly
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡed3gG6dQRf
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuivZxbipDs
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQXggYhn6Y
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jNjDTP5y7
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBybPifgwy
AJWAKU
Yes! 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88xrhZWLmK
(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!856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVU0zgu8opn
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPBRJfjYtY
SUNAKU
What?856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFqGlD7cww
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. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GneVYjB3v
RAINE
Who are you? 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yIPAsKPaL
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPmEaLxbvx
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. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecAQ5iCFLo
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6C0wdWJ1JB
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJtV0bHwOA
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5pgjl7Gx6
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpM9rhY5nyq
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUV17gD7do
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?!856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3J4zbG9MS
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQkv9D3ZFL
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQocS4vJmqH
AJWAKU
Yeah…?856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw55KZTLHnx
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lIehg9khd
KABESE
Stop. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekKdwWEQLn
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnidwOgQojv
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkAjhCuSeu
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!856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7wLwCdavh
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ266gbZl1XS
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0IkOHDzdR
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJULYQMVfv
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctKu9i9MfN
RAINE
Sure… 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqOAj5JZB1
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQYckyYsOJ
AJWAKU
Great!856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwySxfGR7aK
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAl61b3hBvB
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6ylzUglx3
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsubznGUU6
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYavGpkqaRQ
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. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxFMfINQIe
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. 856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPpMaWdoQH
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.)
