Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7RiOhK2Bg
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! 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSehnVPUTFb
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! 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPgWdFl0eV
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.)799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0N6hEzwil
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. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHCaMsRRP8
RAINE
So, what happened?799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AXFLN5Axm
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUMCslMP2y
RAINE
Same. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfGfx1SaJR
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!799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQaZ7JaQWN
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8fDJkC6xz
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0v3PRF60za
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFmPHLyVVw
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpw8Zt94L6
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuTijBwB8U
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!799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTDQtHDBIe
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7KqY0bjdk
RAINE
What are they talking about?799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmdownxIQx
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlcGdYCybv
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2tUhjL0YH
AJWAKU
Raine?799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2F1kw1VTy
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhFhdcsSNM
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUD0ddqCFm
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5O2RrNvzb
RAINE
Uh, hi. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98K0LhuCS2
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3Jb6mkZTd
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4flFPMj3K
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHbBU2zefK
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5f3sCfHoM
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUcA2b8H6W
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLveHvC9tf
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhM716j1nfl
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IPAHIv5LZ
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYhKZUmP45
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWkkcsrRqb
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibJOYr0GP2
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUojOXeAUX
AJWAKU
Yes! 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaxoFwQWeS
(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!799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZOZe0Q0vg
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTpUpRXMW8
SUNAKU
What?799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydTH8cdoLR
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. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneAnlIAmFZ
RAINE
Who are you? 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31XeNgOYtu
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNdOk3Nl67
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. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwYWZlrKtw
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPRhDs60fT
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGrDmGlXoU
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJH5wNH4sf1
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ggbof3DvY
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vlGFOL5QP
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?!799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0nyNq2aOL
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrz62AmkKBR
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqsSBKobXI
AJWAKU
Yeah…?799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNE5sjVwPcx
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CPIgpSWU7
KABESE
Stop. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROinrmJzAE
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kzZ63clHF
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdzy9nYIJf
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!799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAO1Qmacuc
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqg8xPz2Gu
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRvFE4o4d7
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNakaIxnrb
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlx5apwZKc
RAINE
Sure… 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5K5dzSix1
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4yWBrNaRU
AJWAKU
Great!799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5jjdWkRmM
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkIAs3ZU2j
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbvYOwEbyc
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0p6nPthGOz
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmuhbiyo5k
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. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoO71ujrqjb
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. 799Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRmqpqGAC0
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.)
