Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAIYmOQZs3Pg
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! 840Please respect copyright.PENANAGVSOhf7uAn
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! 840Please respect copyright.PENANAToKjunfGfj
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.)840Please respect copyright.PENANAawrkg1w6aU
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. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAPEeqdzWzcN
RAINE
So, what happened?840Please respect copyright.PENANAQQvcvu26ma
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…840Please respect copyright.PENANAxtIpAl8acV
RAINE
Same. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAWTNgrKS9oX
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!840Please respect copyright.PENANAL9n5pcDgEP
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 840Please respect copyright.PENANATokg6qOhOX
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!840Please respect copyright.PENANARJaFWCai5C
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.840Please respect copyright.PENANAutuQfdj4gX
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?840Please respect copyright.PENANAZKDaPr3LRe
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 840Please respect copyright.PENANA0JX8TrXsK2
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!840Please respect copyright.PENANACqRIoFeep8
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?840Please respect copyright.PENANAkP3nR0Oeig
RAINE
What are they talking about?840Please respect copyright.PENANAljP6JJUA43
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.840Please respect copyright.PENANASLFayjvy1T
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)840Please respect copyright.PENANAEqFT1urGcZ
AJWAKU
Raine?840Please respect copyright.PENANAGGzZF0H9xs
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)840Please respect copyright.PENANAxPBYrdA87x
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)840Please respect copyright.PENANAE3mdpl3Aci
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAUMeXnmPLwg
RAINE
Uh, hi. 840Please respect copyright.PENANACrRFiI5yiF
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?840Please respect copyright.PENANApc97WerilZ
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 840Please respect copyright.PENANA4ljontXAqO
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.840Please respect copyright.PENANAkqyFjOQmkv
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAZOsZwENRpQ
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.840Please respect copyright.PENANA306khLRiFP
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAlVx0tDBgfk
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 840Please respect copyright.PENANA1Y3ftMfMiQ
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)840Please respect copyright.PENANAMzGjVbGNHA
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)840Please respect copyright.PENANAsAPlBMFLBc
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?840Please respect copyright.PENANA9sS2tyq789
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)840Please respect copyright.PENANAUnRkWLIlsF
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAH7bCKpbExw
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!840Please respect copyright.PENANATvN6PtWsA9
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)840Please respect copyright.PENANAEzUQ62tVgz
SUNAKU
What?840Please respect copyright.PENANAnngpDkNebL
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. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAS3E9r08L2M
RAINE
Who are you? 840Please respect copyright.PENANA4lrbx9syI4
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 840Please respect copyright.PENANAfHndokGmx2
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. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAcwBdKnvPUP
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?840Please respect copyright.PENANA14BgocXgAB
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAQB3Vj6TQ1e
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 840Please respect copyright.PENANADpReoGU5Zv
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)840Please respect copyright.PENANAmeZjcYHC29
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!840Please respect copyright.PENANAKXSJpAuvbY
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?!840Please respect copyright.PENANADjlESlZhp7
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers.840Please respect copyright.PENANA1rUWpoGNoi
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?840Please respect copyright.PENANAA0Ug5ZdUnV
AJWAKU
Yeah…?840Please respect copyright.PENANAIQ7OJ3RVzJ
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?840Please respect copyright.PENANAPCS1GvHu8h
KABESE
Stop. 840Please respect copyright.PENANA8Awru7MKu8
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAPIxdUGxUUB
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 840Please respect copyright.PENANAfbpStWqulN
AJWAKU
Definitely Sunese. 840Please respect copyright.PENANASaLktKTVnE
KABESE
Stop! NO! It’s neither of those!
(She hits the walls.)
I ship Sunaku and the Great Wall of Coat Hangers!840Please respect copyright.PENANAhUHgbADjYw
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 840Please respect copyright.PENANALMGEeDyEc6
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!840Please respect copyright.PENANAXu1wQqh1Cw
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?840Please respect copyright.PENANALnOGS1bQdZ
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 840Please respect copyright.PENANA7IswlX61jT
RAINE
Sure… 840Please respect copyright.PENANAeHEBOgnjqd
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.840Please respect copyright.PENANAWtypQ5Eh3h
AJWAKU
Great!840Please respect copyright.PENANAE6XrD85EPR
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!840Please respect copyright.PENANA6EivJJKs8W
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAq5bvEGYvqC
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 840Please respect copyright.PENANAFVAKqUjCP6
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)840Please respect copyright.PENANArOrHpBfxt3
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. 840Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2bv9rsMdJ
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. 840Please respect copyright.PENANArBGByJdSD2
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.)840Please respect copyright.PENANAHnOQmUKrS2