{"id":1826,"date":"2026-08-18T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=1826"},"modified":"2026-08-17T07:54:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T06:54:51","slug":"chapter-28-talent-contest237","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/18\/chapter-28-talent-contest237\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 28 Talent Contest237"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/17\/chapter-28-talent-contest236\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page237 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/19\/chapter-28-talent-contest238\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p><strong>AUDIENCE<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(By now, most of the audience has recognised the opening bars of \u201cAlso Sprach Zarathustra\u201d by Strauss.*)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>FULLYCHARGED<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(Gobsmacked, FULLYCHARGED is thinking to himself \u201cthis is what I want to do with my life.\u201d He rises to his feet.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUNTSYLVIE<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(Sitting next to FULLYCHARGED, AUNTSYLVIE quickly places one hand on his shoulder, and with a downward force helps him, in no uncertain terms, to sit down properly!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ORCHESTRA<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(There is already palpable relief on the faces of the girls playing the violins and the cellos. They\u2019re feeling more at ease now that the start is unfolding nicely. Once more, MISSFORTUNE guides the marines and the orchestra through the solemn-modest-lively cycle.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANGRYBARD<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(Ignoring the sheet music in front of him, and without making any further eye contact with anybody, ANGRYBARD focusses only on his drums. He delivers the second crescendo perfectly.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>VOLUNTEERS<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(At the far end of the hall, CANDICRUSH and WALKER are both on their feet, looking above the heads of the audience, but they\u2019re a little too far away to see ANGRYBARD clearly. Thinking that this is impressive stuff, they\u2019re wondering how long MISSFORTUNE and her ORCHESTRA can maintain this performance? Surely it\u2019s not the full 30 minute rendition?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Footnote<br \/>\n* QR code at Appendix 4 on page 393<\/p>\n<p>Web Footnote<br \/>\nURL <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GfwAPg4rQQET&amp;t=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GfwAPg4rQQET&amp;t=21<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/17\/chapter-28-talent-contest236\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page237 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/19\/chapter-28-talent-contest238\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous &#8211; Book1 Page237 \u2013 Next AUDIENCE (By now, most of the audience has recognised the opening bars of \u201cAlso Sprach Zarathustra\u201d by Strauss.*) FULLYCHARGED (Gobsmacked, FULLYCHARGED is thinking to himself \u201cthis is what I want to do with my life.\u201d He rises to his feet.) AUNTSYLVIE (Sitting next to FULLYCHARGED, AUNTSYLVIE quickly places one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/18\/chapter-28-talent-contest237\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 28 Talent Contest237&#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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826"}],"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=1826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1827,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826\/revisions\/1827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}