Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNNjIqa6Nv
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! 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXo8Tn0tuKr
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! 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WD9xfBKbc
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.
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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. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uqtSQ7kZD
RAINE
So, what happened?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKYvFzoyUL
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NNr0dr3SP
RAINE
Same. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvI4IhWkPc
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!804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrrUpRW5Kb
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDjK6ZBVak
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmkNzEvts7
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknZWtHCFb3
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPHIZTiMQi
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ewkrxZipD
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!804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhPC3N2A9K
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdy3tH1XxRN
RAINE
What are they talking about?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZqAotj99D
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm84FbeUliA
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNBjG35tuw
AJWAKU
Raine?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhisU94jNyR
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ysBYCz4Rc
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkL2XIUxL9
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡce6AMTO8wM
RAINE
Uh, hi. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvwERXc8Mq
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrMrVdec5M
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3l0487Wba
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNAPzwrBXu
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdirO8tNtnG
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcLPJ0z6aU
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQv7W0SeET
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2svJEJPyXW
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeI9DdrXbK
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitW9y5q7GM
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEunLj4Xrd
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAP0qvBHF4
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi23VNqXm3s
AJWAKU
Yes! 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqQD3mVkaF
(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!804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSuRRiowTC
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAinSEVgL3O
SUNAKU
What?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVaCEnz1Ur
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. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjLFePoZwc
RAINE
Who are you? 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXk6Tacdaj
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbO9QkPeWYh
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. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorwchUxxQq
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChwsOgWTmn
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40sf8NybLy
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngOTvRe0nC
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVo3HGOSAQ
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJ6oBq4jI6
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?!804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYl7tFk1l4
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkz0f9TXSp6
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSExnPgMsLt
AJWAKU
Yeah…?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBY8PXKprs
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXUXY8SOcF
KABESE
Stop. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2wWytVCdy
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFGw5ni0uh
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPL5OiaxCyM
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!804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOSj0IJunz
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FusN2fMGa
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJO6y8p4hm
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dlfm3Bdsy
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDd8Acltwv0
RAINE
Sure… 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhMnBTc78q
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPf8uOKJaER
AJWAKU
Great!804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDafB1Cmwi
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNWVHC1zh7
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRTeHkDfrx
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGNk51T0BS
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vo0xLxaiD
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. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10tNThnvN3
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. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZM7BIglkma
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.)
