Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 784Please respect copyright.PENANAUTXhHbV6Bc
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! 784Please respect copyright.PENANA6tE2UzTt4C
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! 784Please respect copyright.PENANAHHj1i16sdt
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.)784Please respect copyright.PENANA60EW5iz028
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. 784Please respect copyright.PENANAXjmM8ccBpn
RAINE
So, what happened?784Please respect copyright.PENANAdv8mSPcTmw
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…784Please respect copyright.PENANAeEHzd77krY
RAINE
Same. 784Please respect copyright.PENANAyx8UYAWRQi
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!784Please respect copyright.PENANAlKECRhI3wu
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 784Please respect copyright.PENANA3UNUsQJiei
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!784Please respect copyright.PENANA5gYwY8QuAM
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.784Please respect copyright.PENANAzRJOnSX7Fb
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?784Please respect copyright.PENANAdJlZjC4mr8
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 784Please respect copyright.PENANAGhsRbL6xC6
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!784Please respect copyright.PENANAekohdBximm
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?784Please respect copyright.PENANAuM6eWldmpS
RAINE
What are they talking about?784Please respect copyright.PENANAQAgAll04SJ
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.784Please respect copyright.PENANAvPRZiAhgSB
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)784Please respect copyright.PENANAGjYpWvJNc8
AJWAKU
Raine?784Please respect copyright.PENANAp0h5VI473w
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)784Please respect copyright.PENANABjsjHjbDzD
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)784Please respect copyright.PENANAb4U2ZrNizR
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 784Please respect copyright.PENANANuP8bim0as
RAINE
Uh, hi. 784Please respect copyright.PENANAGD1Wv7QlBj
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?784Please respect copyright.PENANAUm5cKk9LxF
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 784Please respect copyright.PENANAqc4FKsjnSG
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.784Please respect copyright.PENANAeBXymS4piP
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 784Please respect copyright.PENANA0vB65GHlu1
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.784Please respect copyright.PENANAugGfgsG2uX
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 784Please respect copyright.PENANAfiLp1vHlXr
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 784Please respect copyright.PENANA0utgX4VIdG
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)784Please respect copyright.PENANAGKIAzQJqSL
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)784Please respect copyright.PENANA8ghwGufJTJ
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?784Please respect copyright.PENANAk5crfNt7C5
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)784Please respect copyright.PENANAwiefKUlbK4
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 784Please respect copyright.PENANAZK0om7g9rL
AJWAKU
Yes! 784Please respect copyright.PENANAovl7XjTmQ2
(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!784Please respect copyright.PENANAvrbmis3tMw
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)784Please respect copyright.PENANAEGUygHyHHZ
SUNAKU
What?784Please respect copyright.PENANAxXLjp2SNG3
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. 784Please respect copyright.PENANAxdLH4h6mvt
RAINE
Who are you? 784Please respect copyright.PENANAqAurN3yQ60
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 784Please respect copyright.PENANAjPN8asNz0K
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. 784Please respect copyright.PENANAVxpG9coBIG
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?784Please respect copyright.PENANAztuPIqDTgw
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 784Please respect copyright.PENANAymDaRGFM09
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 784Please respect copyright.PENANAi7F7zig150
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)784Please respect copyright.PENANA4HnClnP4Nn
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!784Please respect copyright.PENANABR5dSTUkTn
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?!784Please respect copyright.PENANA03pekkxX98
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 784Please respect copyright.PENANA5ko5kW7sxu
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?784Please respect copyright.PENANA28f8Kpl6aT
AJWAKU
Yeah…?784Please respect copyright.PENANAdAewrPg0XW
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?784Please respect copyright.PENANAdtxaVUIuGC
KABESE
Stop. 784Please respect copyright.PENANANgwBUQeNJm
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 784Please respect copyright.PENANAzYCVUjPtAd
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 784Please respect copyright.PENANArloN5ofNPu
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!784Please respect copyright.PENANA0DY9UcnEiW
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 784Please respect copyright.PENANAIlir6UmDqg
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!784Please respect copyright.PENANAnaVWnN7Hre
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?784Please respect copyright.PENANAXYVRaKtyKO
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 784Please respect copyright.PENANAqNPaBbbAZY
RAINE
Sure… 784Please respect copyright.PENANAXDKSObiFFq
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.784Please respect copyright.PENANAOHd9ostFFX
AJWAKU
Great!784Please respect copyright.PENANAjSgxB7qzB4
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!784Please respect copyright.PENANAeCP5Hxzhbp
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 784Please respect copyright.PENANAqbpZ3xLLud
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 784Please respect copyright.PENANABwpquQ348y
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)784Please respect copyright.PENANAaCq8dhWaX4
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. 784Please respect copyright.PENANAjNVI5pq70z
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. 784Please respect copyright.PENANAMtMfBbDfaB
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.)