Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 561Please respect copyright.PENANAB387QBlfSo
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! 561Please respect copyright.PENANANzYfgN0HpG
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! 561Please respect copyright.PENANAQep60457Cr
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.)561Please respect copyright.PENANAMtBEKJduIA
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. 561Please respect copyright.PENANAiwaFiGYynl
RAINE
So, what happened?561Please respect copyright.PENANAZWiatFNyrY
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…561Please respect copyright.PENANAZWrEuhxTFw
RAINE
Same. 561Please respect copyright.PENANAXpbvXhITHe
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!561Please respect copyright.PENANADC7iZyoZA4
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 561Please respect copyright.PENANAs4Z7T5YNJs
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!561Please respect copyright.PENANAB71u9IKtXW
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.561Please respect copyright.PENANA4jwwQrLOpS
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?561Please respect copyright.PENANAvORlRF1uCd
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 561Please respect copyright.PENANAgpGizio530
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!561Please respect copyright.PENANA6QWzjcBOc2
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?561Please respect copyright.PENANALh7UccH1Ur
RAINE
What are they talking about?561Please respect copyright.PENANA8SQqAIejjQ
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.561Please respect copyright.PENANAQrCLlywfFd
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)561Please respect copyright.PENANAtarY4Cdo3A
AJWAKU
Raine?561Please respect copyright.PENANAxRHHY3B0XH
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)561Please respect copyright.PENANA7XFwfIQrj9
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)561Please respect copyright.PENANA4YNAwIuuDD
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 561Please respect copyright.PENANAY9QswMMqFt
RAINE
Uh, hi. 561Please respect copyright.PENANA72yHahnT2f
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?561Please respect copyright.PENANARs8UpPl1Kc
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 561Please respect copyright.PENANADmyE27ptXS
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.561Please respect copyright.PENANAhnGLW2MmBJ
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 561Please respect copyright.PENANA6nNh47ARNC
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.561Please respect copyright.PENANA3V6V7794Yu
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 561Please respect copyright.PENANADV9MQKezIT
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 561Please respect copyright.PENANA2Gn2i3Hh2G
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)561Please respect copyright.PENANALtUb5eQAG6
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)561Please respect copyright.PENANAktC1GJqa6e
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?561Please respect copyright.PENANAFHk94HtEnR
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)561Please respect copyright.PENANAm4pKLAWa9S
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 561Please respect copyright.PENANAS1Bj5s5KG1
AJWAKU
Yes! 561Please respect copyright.PENANAqvF0qSgVFj
(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!561Please respect copyright.PENANAQGheIgOBf9
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)561Please respect copyright.PENANAPQeZA9nEr6
SUNAKU
What?561Please respect copyright.PENANA1J8AgX8ERa
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. 561Please respect copyright.PENANAFoR056tG6p
RAINE
Who are you? 561Please respect copyright.PENANACcpZZ5yjH9
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 561Please respect copyright.PENANAiYZQ4LK1JG
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. 561Please respect copyright.PENANAkqfMGECZ1m
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?561Please respect copyright.PENANAgIpaug3oCo
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 561Please respect copyright.PENANA5qFZQXAxzo
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 561Please respect copyright.PENANARdITwJ07gB
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)561Please respect copyright.PENANAgdqzw3ZS0e
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!561Please respect copyright.PENANAtNBuBzARMN
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?!561Please respect copyright.PENANANxGqQs6Pgn
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 561Please respect copyright.PENANA7Fz8LL433Z
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?561Please respect copyright.PENANAN2a1iNNFl6
AJWAKU
Yeah…?561Please respect copyright.PENANADdW6vAflvj
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?561Please respect copyright.PENANA2Z7Gdpx7kB
KABESE
Stop. 561Please respect copyright.PENANARjweSB36Xa
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 561Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ta3AFZ60X
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 561Please respect copyright.PENANAUYkPOZH37E
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!561Please respect copyright.PENANAI5cxlMxKFM
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 561Please respect copyright.PENANAJOWXIhUsNi
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!561Please respect copyright.PENANAdg25cQWUUM
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?561Please respect copyright.PENANAUJPAiLyr7q
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 561Please respect copyright.PENANAF1AkgzLiss
RAINE
Sure… 561Please respect copyright.PENANAXhm4S0x8oc
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.561Please respect copyright.PENANAapsM80MaUr
AJWAKU
Great!561Please respect copyright.PENANARNSimIerw8
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!561Please respect copyright.PENANADrMGFZQEY2
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 561Please respect copyright.PENANAf8kCimlbqK
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 561Please respect copyright.PENANARamWt8fpr0
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)561Please respect copyright.PENANAtUDSl8MgQk
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. 561Please respect copyright.PENANAINrxUSvx0Y
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. 561Please respect copyright.PENANA9syKprBafP
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.)