Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 870Please respect copyright.PENANAxv65NxI10W
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! 870Please respect copyright.PENANAiQeLqpFLto
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! 870Please respect copyright.PENANA5fq5SB20ip
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.)870Please respect copyright.PENANACTFx830HaX
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. 870Please respect copyright.PENANAwX9llTeNAD
RAINE
So, what happened?870Please respect copyright.PENANAUzSYrMZKk6
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…870Please respect copyright.PENANAgCFBazYw3X
RAINE
Same. 870Please respect copyright.PENANAc4I5ruatG1
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!870Please respect copyright.PENANATBa7H3k3Mu
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 870Please respect copyright.PENANArZgARGHbRO
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!870Please respect copyright.PENANAlBqPGKuOyW
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.870Please respect copyright.PENANA2MBSrKvX8A
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?870Please respect copyright.PENANAPmiA8OVK3p
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 870Please respect copyright.PENANAt873EvQiPd
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!870Please respect copyright.PENANAZqUVXWiHEY
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?870Please respect copyright.PENANADRJVrZUgQd
RAINE
What are they talking about?870Please respect copyright.PENANAExaxorJ5B2
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.870Please respect copyright.PENANAr8f0UwZInL
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)870Please respect copyright.PENANAwy674E2Nhc
AJWAKU
Raine?870Please respect copyright.PENANA0hxWpuVK6H
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)870Please respect copyright.PENANAJwYQSbpnYu
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)870Please respect copyright.PENANAWJUp6CBV1F
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 870Please respect copyright.PENANAdaf0UFiK4Z
RAINE
Uh, hi. 870Please respect copyright.PENANABG5A2Oe5Cp
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?870Please respect copyright.PENANAaQwejm2OX3
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 870Please respect copyright.PENANAuRMIbOaFzc
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.870Please respect copyright.PENANAqz2nQvtAFV
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 870Please respect copyright.PENANAIe30WDJCPg
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.870Please respect copyright.PENANAfzDgpic6EZ
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 870Please respect copyright.PENANACzBtd0uD3e
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 870Please respect copyright.PENANAzzyob9ooKb
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)870Please respect copyright.PENANAao5lH2VU4I
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)870Please respect copyright.PENANAgHIu1HGAC3
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?870Please respect copyright.PENANAXYMMTq7DUC
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)870Please respect copyright.PENANAaV7rPQrJ1M
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 870Please respect copyright.PENANAB8nB8f14ac
AJWAKU
Yes! 870Please respect copyright.PENANABpAjeMeYMF
(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!870Please respect copyright.PENANAHEgOHyTTLg
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)870Please respect copyright.PENANAfp8SVSWS5w
SUNAKU
What?870Please respect copyright.PENANA4AcifHxNPk
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. 870Please respect copyright.PENANAkyBF3peId3
RAINE
Who are you? 870Please respect copyright.PENANAGBlkuFwoZB
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 870Please respect copyright.PENANAUlA3Is3m0S
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. 870Please respect copyright.PENANAJrThmWYyIB
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?870Please respect copyright.PENANAmu38duYglV
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 870Please respect copyright.PENANAbaRD5sRImJ
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 870Please respect copyright.PENANAfbRAoF7GwP
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)870Please respect copyright.PENANA4k29UueZbi
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!870Please respect copyright.PENANAV3NZ2yXWy3
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?!870Please respect copyright.PENANAUZUlmfeeeS
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 870Please respect copyright.PENANAxHr4KfCMtq
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?870Please respect copyright.PENANA821MiVd6Cx
AJWAKU
Yeah…?870Please respect copyright.PENANAn0J0TiXqzb
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?870Please respect copyright.PENANAXxTBeEPRNA
KABESE
Stop. 870Please respect copyright.PENANATthhIvWknW
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 870Please respect copyright.PENANAAwS8ndEjdq
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 870Please respect copyright.PENANAswtSwLbKg3
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!870Please respect copyright.PENANAOJzVE42K9i
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 870Please respect copyright.PENANATjti5nXLPA
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!870Please respect copyright.PENANAUkGjjxiw9d
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?870Please respect copyright.PENANAluOvZK5Thh
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 870Please respect copyright.PENANA7WYpnJcJI9
RAINE
Sure… 870Please respect copyright.PENANALlr4q0k45P
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.870Please respect copyright.PENANA3bjClhE174
AJWAKU
Great!870Please respect copyright.PENANAxSjlN9AuXS
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!870Please respect copyright.PENANAYdHlYoQ7By
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 870Please respect copyright.PENANAOLynrD9nBX
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 870Please respect copyright.PENANAI4c0Mbae0K
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)870Please respect copyright.PENANApKorNpaDGE
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. 870Please respect copyright.PENANAtIX3Nwgtm2
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. 870Please respect copyright.PENANALsG37I74xd
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.)