Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 868Please respect copyright.PENANAE32ta6ZwT6
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! 868Please respect copyright.PENANAL3fm1pEHIv
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! 868Please respect copyright.PENANA4i6a7ztSjG
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.)868Please respect copyright.PENANA2Ydd1673Xn
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. 868Please respect copyright.PENANAhwLXuEw6k5
RAINE
So, what happened?868Please respect copyright.PENANAZ75Yf0fyKz
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…868Please respect copyright.PENANAvXfCTYrVmc
RAINE
Same. 868Please respect copyright.PENANAAu3I1jjBD6
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!868Please respect copyright.PENANAmzvv9ptKms
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 868Please respect copyright.PENANAkWTDMk5MXG
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!868Please respect copyright.PENANAnAxxgYFZTl
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.868Please respect copyright.PENANAC8oQahTdBz
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?868Please respect copyright.PENANAp9EvvUFQTq
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 868Please respect copyright.PENANApgafJYu2zU
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!868Please respect copyright.PENANAlIuPd6Nm0d
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?868Please respect copyright.PENANABJjZXlF2YL
RAINE
What are they talking about?868Please respect copyright.PENANAmpjJnMpe7n
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.868Please respect copyright.PENANAj3CPb4Skaw
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)868Please respect copyright.PENANAEfahZ0v24Y
AJWAKU
Raine?868Please respect copyright.PENANAnQ7o4jwY8x
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)868Please respect copyright.PENANAzh8tMckEDp
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)868Please respect copyright.PENANA2LvoWN7q8C
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 868Please respect copyright.PENANASLQYegr0PN
RAINE
Uh, hi. 868Please respect copyright.PENANAjiJp8XOUrm
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?868Please respect copyright.PENANAmRrHsL0kCT
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 868Please respect copyright.PENANAbgw41qJofz
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.868Please respect copyright.PENANAiVGJcu9IAr
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 868Please respect copyright.PENANAXlK7p8gPoE
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.868Please respect copyright.PENANATiJXh5IwZB
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 868Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZelvQK7l1
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 868Please respect copyright.PENANAUenNZdAde7
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)868Please respect copyright.PENANAziPo9uz1Ff
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)868Please respect copyright.PENANAIh5K4UMwWY
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?868Please respect copyright.PENANAeVtVuiivAN
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)868Please respect copyright.PENANAV5xQ2y0gSj
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 868Please respect copyright.PENANATgatYFjFRa
AJWAKU
Yes! 868Please respect copyright.PENANAztIeuvgDIT
(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!868Please respect copyright.PENANAjdL0HL4tIj
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)868Please respect copyright.PENANAS52H7YcWCU
SUNAKU
What?868Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9tUXrAmHB
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. 868Please respect copyright.PENANANdhwv8KSMj
RAINE
Who are you? 868Please respect copyright.PENANAFjfNpWuULh
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 868Please respect copyright.PENANABqUr0DwVKW
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. 868Please respect copyright.PENANAD66goL7N91
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?868Please respect copyright.PENANAiiwnvovqFQ
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 868Please respect copyright.PENANA2CGdVvTmfK
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 868Please respect copyright.PENANAkomGpR0Zah
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)868Please respect copyright.PENANA66l4BkTGK5
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!868Please respect copyright.PENANAkFvkx04Lq3
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?!868Please respect copyright.PENANA8RacUr1Xil
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 868Please respect copyright.PENANAxGicmEK2m9
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?868Please respect copyright.PENANAIXH5IbtHfF
AJWAKU
Yeah…?868Please respect copyright.PENANALRRLMhVGT8
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?868Please respect copyright.PENANA02VTBc1dxC
KABESE
Stop. 868Please respect copyright.PENANAg8I75qC3Xc
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 868Please respect copyright.PENANAITKJ3U7Y72
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 868Please respect copyright.PENANAb6xcCG20E0
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!868Please respect copyright.PENANAxqrn4L1myM
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 868Please respect copyright.PENANA53vvGakUMG
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!868Please respect copyright.PENANA6cxSMirJfa
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?868Please respect copyright.PENANAVb9tDmVHFX
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 868Please respect copyright.PENANAM14aukDDnh
RAINE
Sure… 868Please respect copyright.PENANAi20IVnjAaD
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.868Please respect copyright.PENANAQLHcS8F4ul
AJWAKU
Great!868Please respect copyright.PENANAlHdN58xhaK
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!868Please respect copyright.PENANAchesrhbpOG
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 868Please respect copyright.PENANATVg1OXwc7q
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 868Please respect copyright.PENANARaUTOdsia9
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)868Please respect copyright.PENANARfpRE4eZng
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. 868Please respect copyright.PENANAgiuI6rxXB1
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. 868Please respect copyright.PENANAbfiGvp09oq
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.)