Scene 3:
At Rise: JIRI is back on the stage with the curtains closed. A classroom scene is set up behind her. 803Please respect copyright.PENANA17rCQzFPku
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! 803Please respect copyright.PENANA6pEaGEAlZX
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! 803Please respect copyright.PENANAFDwUnQE7QH
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.)803Please respect copyright.PENANAdddJepRxSb
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. 803Please respect copyright.PENANALGuwO18hq1
RAINE
So, what happened?803Please respect copyright.PENANAy2vvDlU8wm
AJWAKU
(He breathes heavy.)
Um… these guys… the storm… it’s really dark… I can’t see anything…803Please respect copyright.PENANATVVeCxzJYQ
RAINE
Same. 803Please respect copyright.PENANAkxVn5rmAbQ
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!803Please respect copyright.PENANALVDdfHadyL
SUNAKU
(He leans over to her.)
I am the one; the one for you. 803Please respect copyright.PENANAOxkUpJh4lQ
KABESE
Take one step closer and I will personally murder you!803Please respect copyright.PENANAVnOSx1VrhU
RAINE
What do we do Ajwaku? The door’s locked and so is the closet.803Please respect copyright.PENANAL4bX17DUts
AJWAKU
I dunno. Why would those upperclassmen even push us in here?803Please respect copyright.PENANA4r9EhGOT0d
KABESE
They hate me. Long story. It’s just Garret being Garret. 803Please respect copyright.PENANAadEueJEpY4
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!803Please respect copyright.PENANAox0sKWSqnj
KABESE
No! I swear if you so much as touch her, I will kill you! Got that?803Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5ErGpLrFU
RAINE
What are they talking about?803Please respect copyright.PENANAF6zHOPursG
AJWAKU
I-I-I don’t know. Ignore it.803Please respect copyright.PENANAmQMARJrDit
RAINE
(She suddenly sits down forcefully.)803Please respect copyright.PENANAzJVYGT24Qj
AJWAKU
Raine?803Please respect copyright.PENANACxDrB1kcwr
RAINE
(Her eyes are opened wide. She mumbles gibberish.)803Please respect copyright.PENANAwYsXTcLU9Q
AJWAKU
Raine? Are you okay? Where are you?
(He tries to get closer to her.)803Please respect copyright.PENANASiafbZmYFp
REISHI
(She enters with a glow around her. No one, but RAINE can hear her when she talks.)
Hello. 803Please respect copyright.PENANA6ab2lr5JFg
RAINE
Uh, hi. 803Please respect copyright.PENANAwztJ65mf9b
AJWAKU, KABESE, SUNAKU
Hi?803Please respect copyright.PENANAFHA88WHgYK
REISHI
My name is Reishi, and your name is Raine Kuro, right? 803Please respect copyright.PENANAHRT5UNLCYN
RAINE
Yes, that’s right.803Please respect copyright.PENANAdRdhMmK33l
REISHI
Well, I caused this storm you see. 803Please respect copyright.PENANA0pcOvMzGRI
RAINE
I do. Well, I don't.803Please respect copyright.PENANA6So1j2Ew3k
REISHI
This isn’t the first time you’ve seen my Raine. 803Please respect copyright.PENANAJX4z3XsU2w
RAINE
It’s not? I don’t recognize you. 803Please respect copyright.PENANAx9153CstCT
REISHI
Oh,
(She looks around and smirks.)
I’ll catch up with you next time, Raine, the girl who can see.
(She exits.)803Please respect copyright.PENANACUkkr0sQgf
RAINE
Bye, nice meeting you.
(She snaps out of it.)803Please respect copyright.PENANAqlzFC0I4DH
AJWAKU
Raine… who were you talking to?803Please respect copyright.PENANAt9UNgwIsu7
RAINE
Huh? I wasn’t talking to anyone… wait… did that just happen?!
(A knocking comes at the door to the classroom.)803Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8xdTTwEiD
MR. AARON
Hello? Is somebody in there? The school has already been evacuated because of the storm. 803Please respect copyright.PENANAZxh6zXeTFB
AJWAKU
Yes! 803Please respect copyright.PENANAebI5ht6f1R
(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!803Please respect copyright.PENANAOy5P8oxsMS
KABESE
Seriously help me! He’s getting closer to me.
(She backs up and hits her head on coat hangers.)
Hey…
(She smirks.)803Please respect copyright.PENANAIGvfGUEydX
SUNAKU
What?803Please respect copyright.PENANAS0p7ssWvfN
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. 803Please respect copyright.PENANAUoJRfYtr2h
RAINE
Who are you? 803Please respect copyright.PENANASvWFuWtaHw
MR. AARON
I’m Mr. Aaron, the shop teacher, you should have had me freshman year… 803Please respect copyright.PENANAZdXkVQ5a5Y
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. 803Please respect copyright.PENANAMac9GuOiKg
AJWAKU
Wait, if you’re the shop teacher, can you cut down the door?803Please respect copyright.PENANAcnnI0gX9ZJ
RAINE
Good thinking Ajwaku. 803Please respect copyright.PENANAcYsgemiMkl
AJWAKU
Oh… uh… it was nothing… 803Please respect copyright.PENANARe12UK5vSW
MR. AARON
I’ll go get my tools and be right back in a jiffy.
(He exits.)803Please respect copyright.PENANARPYW5dolQv
KABESE
He left! God, just get me out of here!803Please respect copyright.PENANAH6v4NwnnSr
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?!803Please respect copyright.PENANA0pbARmkHOv
KABESE
(She cackles.)
I call it the Great Wall of Coat Hangers. 803Please respect copyright.PENANANJsUqtRptA
RAINE
Hey, Ajwaku?803Please respect copyright.PENANAMmI1vC7GzM
AJWAKU
Yeah…?803Please respect copyright.PENANA5O4NXiI5Ap
RAINE
Don’t they sound kinda cute in there, like a couple?803Please respect copyright.PENANA9SjRzjOhLv
KABESE
Stop. 803Please respect copyright.PENANA1d4cIzOU2B
AJWAKU
(He laughs.)
Yeah… I ship it. 803Please respect copyright.PENANAOn2RWC9d4Y
RAINE
Yeah! Kabaku, no Sunese! 803Please respect copyright.PENANAnooSNBVk1x
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!803Please respect copyright.PENANABoBq5BrRq9
SUNAKU
(He snaps his fingers at the coat hangers, and then pets it.)
Ay! Has anyone told you, that you’re really smooth? 803Please respect copyright.PENANAAL5s4rXPN1
KABESE
(She reaches out and kicks him.)
Oh my gosh! Stop it!!! I’m gonna cry!803Please respect copyright.PENANAMt6dd4n54b
SUNAKU
Hey! Whoa… you can cry?803Please respect copyright.PENANASJwv6ciyng
KABESE
Pssh, no. I don’t cry. 803Please respect copyright.PENANAwrjXuPeOJW
RAINE
Sure… 803Please respect copyright.PENANAV7jJPabvkc
MR. AARON
I’m back kids! I’ll have this door down real quick.803Please respect copyright.PENANAbXljcsluRF
AJWAKU
Great!803Please respect copyright.PENANAygbXyC5n26
KABESE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!803Please respect copyright.PENANAebWTx5jO6G
MR. AARON
Sure, right away, Mrs. Sunaku. 803Please respect copyright.PENANAhxdo25NwGm
KABESE
(She gasps.)
Mr. Aaron! To think you were one of my favorite teachers last year! Besides, he wishes… 803Please respect copyright.PENANA46eTEMTENy
SUNAKU
She wishes…
(The chainsaw starts. The curtains close.)803Please respect copyright.PENANAdx1rYNxju9
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. 803Please respect copyright.PENANA4f1fS8fR8d
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. 803Please respect copyright.PENANAhDuG80fggd
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.)