{"id":1749,"date":"2026-08-11T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T05:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2026-08-09T20:48:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T19:48:36","slug":"chapter-27-inventors-club229","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/11\/chapter-27-inventors-club229\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 27 Inventors Club229"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/10\/chapter-27-inventors-club228\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page229 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/12\/chapter-27-inventors-club230\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>\u201cJust brainstorming new ideas. Like you said, I\u2019m not sure where it might take us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr Waffle?\u201d says MaxChaos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCall me Barmy, not Mr Waffle! My name\u2019s Emmett Williams, but just call me Barmy, I\u2019m used to it, and it makes life easier for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, Barmy, can I take a closer look at that crossbow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure. But first you have to understand the etiquette, the \u2018Safe Handling Rules\u2019. When I pass a weapon to you, and later when you pass it back to me there\u2019s a procedure. I\u2019m not a marine, but we\u2019ve all had this drummed into us. I point it at the ground and I pass it holding the stock. You keep it pointing at the ground and you take hold of it by the stock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe general weapon safety rules are \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Treat every weapon as if it\u2019s loaded.<\/li>\n<li>Never point a weapon at anyone unless you intend to kill them.<\/li>\n<li>Keep your finger off the trigger unless you\u2019re ready to fire.<\/li>\n<li>Be sure of your target and what\u2019s beyond it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u201cTom\u2019s an ex marine. Tom, what does the instructor always say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TomTom does his best imitation of a stern instructor, \u201cyou do not pass a weapon unless it\u2019s proven clear, action at rest, arrow track checked. You show it\u2019s clear, you say it\u2019s clear, you get confirmation it\u2019s clear. You follow the rules, or you\u2019re out of the Garrison.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MaxChaos nods.<\/p>\n<p>BarmyWaffle picks up the crossbow, and shows it to MaxChaos, \u201cthis action is at rest, this arrow track is clear, now I say \u2018weapon clear\u2019 and you can take hold of the stock. I won\u2019t release my grip until I know that you\u2019re holding it firmly and I\u2019ve heard you say \u2018seen clear\u2019, understood?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGot it. One hundred percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/10\/chapter-27-inventors-club228\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page229 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/12\/chapter-27-inventors-club230\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous &#8211; Book1 Page229 \u2013 Next \u201cJust brainstorming new ideas. Like you said, I\u2019m not sure where it might take us.\u201d \u201cMr Waffle?\u201d says MaxChaos. \u201cCall me Barmy, not Mr Waffle! My name\u2019s Emmett Williams, but just call me Barmy, I\u2019m used to it, and it makes life easier for everyone.\u201d \u201cYes, Barmy, can I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/11\/chapter-27-inventors-club229\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 27 Inventors Club229&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1750,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions\/1750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}