Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAIP3fijqptX
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! 559Please respect copyright.PENANAgL7eJxNnv5
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! 559Please respect copyright.PENANAVyl6xC2PJ2
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.)559Please respect copyright.PENANAUM5Trl0N3N
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. 559Please respect copyright.PENANA7lhNoxGQ7U
RAINE
So, what happened?559Please respect copyright.PENANAsOziyfQrau
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…559Please respect copyright.PENANACg08ozmy7F
RAINE
Same. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6w4KW4Nv9
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!559Please respect copyright.PENANAYog1UaT66P
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 559Please respect copyright.PENANA5vO0y7Kox6
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!559Please respect copyright.PENANAdWL6r4STqT
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.559Please respect copyright.PENANAiVjfYh4mUQ
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?559Please respect copyright.PENANAgZIwfhgC02
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAPuyxfXIf5s
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!559Please respect copyright.PENANA1qOlXbHaTY
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?559Please respect copyright.PENANAUff8G1zpDc
RAINE
What are they talking about?559Please respect copyright.PENANAAp8MCiufFs
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.559Please respect copyright.PENANAzARqAGGWjy
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)559Please respect copyright.PENANAKGId5fEjwE
AJWAKU
Raine?559Please respect copyright.PENANA7veeM076Rg
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)559Please respect copyright.PENANAYkKWUp9Xy5
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)559Please respect copyright.PENANAXTHFUYDiYq
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAVetP32jjKr
RAINE
Uh, hi. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAfCgkigp2Ce
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?559Please respect copyright.PENANAqCrP3C7kZu
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 559Please respect copyright.PENANAcuELZzxp4i
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.559Please respect copyright.PENANAKgs2tSJZtv
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAxLCKWeTdyX
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.559Please respect copyright.PENANAOjhevFWolB
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAQrqZNJwBxy
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 559Please respect copyright.PENANATGr9JgBwFs
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)559Please respect copyright.PENANAOxjpLiOrEd
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)559Please respect copyright.PENANAXZJwKcRq6e
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?559Please respect copyright.PENANAJCliSP8j5k
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)559Please respect copyright.PENANAmUmmQvtpcy
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAbElrRX8ONL
AJWAKU
Yes! 559Please respect copyright.PENANAkRJvMKmOfi
(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!559Please respect copyright.PENANAEF2paFZIOq
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)559Please respect copyright.PENANABPvFTUhbmB
SUNAKU
What?559Please respect copyright.PENANAiumVlhfuOX
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. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAEXkP3Cs4Ig
RAINE
Who are you? 559Please respect copyright.PENANAboo6fc6hpy
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 559Please respect copyright.PENANAuMuqny99YU
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. 559Please respect copyright.PENANA4YIDgGfjKZ
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?559Please respect copyright.PENANAzJUye8CfXw
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAmFJwsHusDl
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 559Please respect copyright.PENANANXSvY830iT
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)559Please respect copyright.PENANABlbq63rRpn
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!559Please respect copyright.PENANA09KZuRztCI
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?!559Please respect copyright.PENANAQvo1WCObSj
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 559Please respect copyright.PENANALlzbabE5NM
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?559Please respect copyright.PENANALsGfAtFDdx
AJWAKU
Yeah…?559Please respect copyright.PENANAy0jD0bbAvT
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?559Please respect copyright.PENANAoJWkwWzOhf
KABESE
Stop. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAvhLU94xol6
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAlhYmu6rZbf
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 559Please respect copyright.PENANASZeNFpmW7Z
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!559Please respect copyright.PENANAoqxH2BX76U
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 559Please respect copyright.PENANAPyatwnYARC
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!559Please respect copyright.PENANAc0YeacCmZB
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?559Please respect copyright.PENANAaTQP0FwKse
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAK4Y80oD3QD
RAINE
Sure… 559Please respect copyright.PENANAc2o3qppkXR
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.559Please respect copyright.PENANACMMZHLsUlV
AJWAKU
Great!559Please respect copyright.PENANAWEXcEJdD8P
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!559Please respect copyright.PENANAEcOwnjAsay
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAiEkNy1A2AW
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 559Please respect copyright.PENANANrMXFuLxbA
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)559Please respect copyright.PENANASERmpKuCfA
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. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAMYIE0TpWut
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. 559Please respect copyright.PENANAMwQPpMRRNT
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.)