Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 553Please respect copyright.PENANA179KwlqPUP
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! 553Please respect copyright.PENANAw1PafsWgit
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! 553Please respect copyright.PENANAIyaiYTAQwJ
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.)553Please respect copyright.PENANACrIaSHGFAx
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. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAWv1EubyTVc
RAINE
So, what happened?553Please respect copyright.PENANAoXgQ0Eoyfo
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…553Please respect copyright.PENANAMpkYfNo6Te
RAINE
Same. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAW1SRTIjEMn
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!553Please respect copyright.PENANAEYhhHEsVz7
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAtKQZHp24Me
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!553Please respect copyright.PENANAzQI8ajsSJK
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.553Please respect copyright.PENANAWtKB2FYxfq
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?553Please respect copyright.PENANAb659EFQ4An
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAiIlE4wfGDT
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!553Please respect copyright.PENANAy1bEbER7Wf
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?553Please respect copyright.PENANAthPVdHxRWR
RAINE
What are they talking about?553Please respect copyright.PENANAJJX7ZEG5Kg
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.553Please respect copyright.PENANAsxcAJVV8iV
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)553Please respect copyright.PENANATBo5I7yKbE
AJWAKU
Raine?553Please respect copyright.PENANAnIUn3d0kuy
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)553Please respect copyright.PENANAxU3L8kTMEg
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)553Please respect copyright.PENANADrdZNhJ4z8
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAtY1e6A89tn
RAINE
Uh, hi. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAUkhJx0l7wY
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?553Please respect copyright.PENANA8ErwupO4TL
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 553Please respect copyright.PENANAFs9mYiS9IB
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.553Please respect copyright.PENANAzhBb1wmp9B
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 553Please respect copyright.PENANA3iqR8qJsMZ
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.553Please respect copyright.PENANAhLfdBGKzvI
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAWR2sA2HQ1m
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 553Please respect copyright.PENANA5mrGPbbYsY
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)553Please respect copyright.PENANA8vtKULEgbY
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)553Please respect copyright.PENANALwzgdAnFg8
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?553Please respect copyright.PENANAKSGL2NXdFS
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)553Please respect copyright.PENANAjaSMbEKv4E
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAdzVeQe2bIH
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!553Please respect copyright.PENANAVSX39QJLXp
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)553Please respect copyright.PENANARXVSRTGFi9
SUNAKU
What?553Please respect copyright.PENANARKEg0SwQab
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. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAv7QSnbkqLU
RAINE
Who are you? 553Please respect copyright.PENANA6OlQ1JvRii
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 553Please respect copyright.PENANAkCohFhI6W9
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. 553Please respect copyright.PENANA8cDTOec6Vb
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?553Please respect copyright.PENANAQbdFJPLE6r
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAnTzrot2jEx
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 553Please respect copyright.PENANAY814MPrmVI
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)553Please respect copyright.PENANAYlm9dTowBa
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!553Please respect copyright.PENANATR8DtqPVTY
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?!553Please respect copyright.PENANA736QKnWTTV
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers.553Please respect copyright.PENANA0cgD4Yq8Ov
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?553Please respect copyright.PENANAeLvXr3RIyv
AJWAKU
Yeah…?553Please respect copyright.PENANARZphS9Br8S
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?553Please respect copyright.PENANA0icWmORlQJ
KABESE
Stop. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAFQNsn496gW
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAVp8HvQsRGY
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 553Please respect copyright.PENANAUVUT0c5gPI
AJWAKU
Definitely Sunese. 553Please respect copyright.PENANA92JppOAqgK
KABESE
Stop! NO! It’s neither of those!
(She hits the walls.)
I ship Sunaku and the Great Wall of Coat Hangers!553Please respect copyright.PENANAAs0FcChVdS
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 553Please respect copyright.PENANAIpaPyt6g9P
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!553Please respect copyright.PENANAqdaP39bsNO
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?553Please respect copyright.PENANAQHkUKYElvp
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 553Please respect copyright.PENANA7dHE2ufIHM
RAINE
Sure… 553Please respect copyright.PENANAdTCTu4o3m1
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.553Please respect copyright.PENANAWXsR5Rv0NE
AJWAKU
Great!553Please respect copyright.PENANAgxwrUuB4K2
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!553Please respect copyright.PENANAEhvk1bXPxv
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAcZUALybL01
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 553Please respect copyright.PENANAQPWEbnHw04
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)553Please respect copyright.PENANAUdofiIRvRg
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. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAgsGcq9JVeh
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. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAwBt0UJHq8R
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.)553Please respect copyright.PENANAkSTpEpzlWL