Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 875Please respect copyright.PENANA2O3ecZcTlB
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! 875Please respect copyright.PENANAJfp1p9Ev5s
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! 875Please respect copyright.PENANAFRp0O9Gf8h
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.)875Please respect copyright.PENANAs6SrEKiD4f
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. 875Please respect copyright.PENANAVanVsyx0H3
RAINE
So, what happened?875Please respect copyright.PENANAnfV3XTBN8l
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…875Please respect copyright.PENANAb7nkUkD45U
RAINE
Same. 875Please respect copyright.PENANA0UqoOJDQD9
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!875Please respect copyright.PENANAutUAA3dxZ8
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 875Please respect copyright.PENANACN2w6bawjy
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!875Please respect copyright.PENANAA5m3UCi7qJ
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.875Please respect copyright.PENANAV54z0uJeXl
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?875Please respect copyright.PENANAwqjpJiHLWA
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 875Please respect copyright.PENANAYVvPnLd0yy
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!875Please respect copyright.PENANAK6HVj8SsfX
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?875Please respect copyright.PENANAySamyFYwUO
RAINE
What are they talking about?875Please respect copyright.PENANAEPhc6VXKpR
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.875Please respect copyright.PENANAlOEZIF1rjd
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)875Please respect copyright.PENANAwVVpHObvRT
AJWAKU
Raine?875Please respect copyright.PENANAcR9Xt6Q9tm
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)875Please respect copyright.PENANALae1dXto0y
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)875Please respect copyright.PENANAfy91aIvlHL
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 875Please respect copyright.PENANAuWjXDYlr6F
RAINE
Uh, hi. 875Please respect copyright.PENANAiiNGHfTD7q
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?875Please respect copyright.PENANAmE0L177vgL
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 875Please respect copyright.PENANAErkAUmcOqE
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.875Please respect copyright.PENANADlqJss6n8S
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 875Please respect copyright.PENANAN8u2fvE3uS
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.875Please respect copyright.PENANAkRRyrBEsPx
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 875Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZgZEktZf6
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 875Please respect copyright.PENANATMJLSiyYJe
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)875Please respect copyright.PENANAvDBu5l8o2s
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)875Please respect copyright.PENANASaWljLG4UG
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?875Please respect copyright.PENANAG4hzeEJbjF
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)875Please respect copyright.PENANAgxD946ZpLr
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 875Please respect copyright.PENANAUE3WHMG1Fc
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!875Please respect copyright.PENANARuawgFulof
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)875Please respect copyright.PENANACbtpLBDy0a
SUNAKU
What?875Please respect copyright.PENANAPc4p3ZzpPQ
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. 875Please respect copyright.PENANAhatVf9RZxS
RAINE
Who are you? 875Please respect copyright.PENANAPM5L785wtK
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 875Please respect copyright.PENANAznaI8lrGxA
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. 875Please respect copyright.PENANAifexobOULk
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?875Please respect copyright.PENANAeT3lz8vUfw
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 875Please respect copyright.PENANAMrKRAJSDZV
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 875Please respect copyright.PENANA62SLLXQVhy
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)875Please respect copyright.PENANASACDX81xkg
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!875Please respect copyright.PENANAihLVNV1RX8
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?!875Please respect copyright.PENANAeGeYJA0Ksk
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers.875Please respect copyright.PENANAA2XKDtIUfy
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?875Please respect copyright.PENANAU90iTc6Omg
AJWAKU
Yeah…?875Please respect copyright.PENANARMxh2uXDnH
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?875Please respect copyright.PENANAARFla31Wya
KABESE
Stop. 875Please respect copyright.PENANAEqLMPBlO8L
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 875Please respect copyright.PENANAhx1gmykJCy
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 875Please respect copyright.PENANAeMqkPbkuBo
AJWAKU
Definitely Sunese. 875Please respect copyright.PENANABiqIZArfs3
KABESE
Stop! NO! It’s neither of those!
(She hits the walls.)
I ship Sunaku and the Great Wall of Coat Hangers!875Please respect copyright.PENANAv5fwJmMveq
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 875Please respect copyright.PENANAMfObkRBBTE
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!875Please respect copyright.PENANArTamfxxRwv
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?875Please respect copyright.PENANAZPtw9omY0c
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 875Please respect copyright.PENANAdSYLe15YIm
RAINE
Sure… 875Please respect copyright.PENANAVvGxI1k6DZ
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.875Please respect copyright.PENANAlTyiPXVss6
AJWAKU
Great!875Please respect copyright.PENANA7F1Zhg3Asu
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!875Please respect copyright.PENANAJmCjrHycqd
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 875Please respect copyright.PENANALeZIpA7H8Q
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 875Please respect copyright.PENANAK0u80SXDcZ
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)875Please respect copyright.PENANALsk3zoJfio
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. 875Please respect copyright.PENANAipbbgPqEEL
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. 875Please respect copyright.PENANAijgnxdrScN
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.)875Please respect copyright.PENANAjjbrjdlNhg