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At Rise: JIRI is standing alone in the middle of the stage, with the curtains closed. School scene should be set up in the background. When she sits down the curtains open. 798Please respect copyright.PENANAYSVxKkPXlD
JIRI
Jiri’s monologue part 1. Hiya, my is Jiri and I’m eleven years old. Sometimes I’m extremely happy, but other times I’m super sad, and I don’t really know why… It’s just how I am. I go to elementary school, even though I really don’t want to. 798Please respect copyright.PENANAYsdiNxRkvq
I have a big brother, Ajwaku. He is the one that takes care of me. He’s always been super weird. He was born with purple eyes.
(She points to her eyes.)
And the like flippy part of his hair is like white, but the rest of it is like black.
(She tries to explain using hand motions.)
He could have dyed it over I guess, but he told me that if he dyed his hair he wouldn’t feel like himself anymore. I like that theory, so I accept it. 798Please respect copyright.PENANA2A6rZ3x64u
Oh! I forgot to say how or parents are like NEVER HOME! They’re always on business trips, well I guess they’re not “business trips” because they travel around the world and stuff. When they come home they are super nice to me, but I don’t think they like AJ, my brother, very much. I don’t know why people don’t like him, so DON’T BE MEAN TO MY BROTHER!798Please respect copyright.PENANAiZGC4UWLbn
He’s had like one friends his whole life and that’s it. Until, his sophomore year in high school. Then he got this friend named Raine Kuro, and she’s the only person who might be weirder than he is. I DON’T LIKE HER! But, hey, that’s where my big brother’s story really starts, on the day they really met for the first time.
(She sits down on the edge of the stage.)798Please respect copyright.PENANAkulWnNpdi2
RAINE
(RAINE enters on the staircase of her school. She is going up them. Near the middle she slips back.)798Please respect copyright.PENANAyXfg4G5uwS
AJWAKU
(He enters from the side of the hallway. He notices RAINE falling down the stairs.)
Oh crap!
(He runs and manages to stop her fall, but he falls too. He stands up before she does, and holds his hand out for her.)798Please respect copyright.PENANAHiXROmGsQd
RAINE
(She doesn’t take his hand. She stands up on her own.)798Please respect copyright.PENANAp8ZvrTlDaK
AJWAKU
(He scratches his head.)
Not so good at flying are you?798Please respect copyright.PENANAhRCyfC3pYX
RAINE
(She laughs awkwardly.)
No, definitely not my strong suit. 798Please respect copyright.PENANAYlNb75QWvy
JIRI
(She throws her hands up.)
Oh! I forgot to mention that Raine is blind! Oops… So when she fell she probably wasn’t just being stupid. What I don’t get is that she never carries a walking stick or anything, like isn’t that what you're supposed you’re blind?
(She looks backwards.)
Oh, um… okay, back to the story… 798Please respect copyright.PENANA070B2rkrSw
AJWAKU
That’s okay, I’m Ajwaku. 798Please respect copyright.PENANAB9P6rAGY9E
RAINE
Thanks for helping me… Kinda… Stairs are always a pain. 798Please respect copyright.PENANAMpMH3MszWP
AJWAKU
I… Uh… Your name is… 798Please respect copyright.PENANAoNSQEtzPM5
RAINE
(She giggles.)
It’s Raine.
AJWAKU
Oh-798Please respect copyright.PENANABNvJMZxDad
KABESE
(She cuts him off as she enters running and stomping.)
DON’T TOUCH HER!!!
(She punches him.)798Please respect copyright.PENANAfoVGlNQBPJ
AJWAKU
(He holds his cheek.)
Ouchie. 798Please respect copyright.PENANAAmFZdoMPCk
KABESE
Tssk. 798Please respect copyright.PENANAD8uv3hkdc6
JIRI
(She points.)
That’s Kabese. If anyone in the whole wide world were to know Raine Kuro, it would probably be Kabese.
(She jumps up.)
She’s rude and tough! And was way too dense to notice any sort of social barrier between the blind teenager and herself. Under her angry exterior, she actually did care a lot about Raine. 798Please respect copyright.PENANAesqAkcWYNJ
KABESE
God, what do you think you’re doing, bonehead?!798Please respect copyright.PENANAY9z3Z3S9PN
AJWAKU
I-I-I-798Please respect copyright.PENANAsd1WKuSZTU
SUNAKU
(He enters with his hands in his pockets.)
Wow AJ, why do all the hot girls hit on you- literally?
(He laughs at his own joke.)798Please respect copyright.PENANApkPzUXG9Yg
KABESE
I’d be happy to accommodate you too. 798Please respect copyright.PENANAMV9IjeS6R1
SUNAKU
(He winks.)
Anytime. 798Please respect copyright.PENANAeMb4AR86Yv
KABESE
Gross! Let’s get out of here Raine!
(She takes RAINE’S arm and helps her up the first few stairs.) 798Please respect copyright.PENANArc8Fx6EvSK
AJWAKU
(He stares down at his feet and mumbles.)
I could have helped her, you know? 798Please respect copyright.PENANAHCckLKheS5
KABESE
(She turns.)
Well, too bad you’ll never get the chance, lover boy!798Please respect copyright.PENANAyHMP5a03PW
SUNAKU
(He rushes up the stairs to RAINE’S side.)
So, what class are you girls in anyways? First day of school and all, right? I’m in 2C.798Please respect copyright.PENANAql1j5G1jga
KABESE
WHAT?! That’s what I’m in! Geez, you’re gonna be there. Now I really never wanna go to class!
(She lets go of RAINE, whom she had been dragging.)798Please respect copyright.PENANAPFy1ORrTEY
RAINE
(She screams.)798Please respect copyright.PENANAs849g55N7p
AJWAKU
(He stops her before she falls.)798Please respect copyright.PENANAsTdbu5HqO8
RAINE
Ugh… thanks again Ajwaku. I’m actually the worst. 798Please respect copyright.PENANAFewX5x2z4J
AJWAKU
(He blushes.)
T-T-That’s okay.
RAINE
So, are you in that class too?798Please respect copyright.PENANAZVqY4b2Tw2
AJWAKU
Nah, I’m in 2A. 798Please respect copyright.PENANAwbyo4hjEZq
RAINE
Darn. I’ll be alone then. 2B. We could meet up for lunch, if you want to, Ajwaku. 798Please respect copyright.PENANA1fyXRrE02S
KABESE
OH NO! I do not like these guys! I forbid it! Now come on! We’re going to class. Leave us alone, or you’ll wake up underwater and in half like the Titanic.
(She takes RAINE again, and they go up the stairs.)798Please respect copyright.PENANAhF0vTDexx2
RAINE
(She waves in no particular direction.)
Byee!
(Everyone exits.)