{"id":1832,"date":"2026-08-19T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T05:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=1832"},"modified":"2026-08-17T07:58:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T06:58:33","slug":"chapter-28-talent-contest238","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/19\/chapter-28-talent-contest238\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 28 Talent Contest238"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/18\/chapter-28-talent-contest237\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page238 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/20\/chapter-28-talent-contest239\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p><strong>MISSFORTUNE<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(MISSFORTUNE scans all the musicians, making fleeting eye contact with each one of them, inciting them to maintain their focus. They have to deliver only the first 90 seconds of this piece, and she wants to close it on a psychological high for everybody. Especially for ANGRYBARD. Yet he is steadfastly refusing to look up. A pained look of concentration is now ingrained on his face. His hands are at rest, but the third and final drum roll is due any moment.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANGRYBARD<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(On cue, not that he looked up for the cue, ANGRYBARD starts a mild rumble, as the brass and strings perform the first demi fanfare and hold the high note. The intensity of the mild rumble increases, as the volume of the high note reduces, and then the drums seem to quieten. Deceptively, it looks as though the music will slowly fade, but again the musicians ramp it up a notch. MISSFORTUNE is focussed only on ANGRYBARD who obligingly looks up just in time to see the delight on her face as he commences the second demi crescendo to close the piece.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ORCHESTRA<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(All eyes are on MISSFORTUNE. Her eyes are on ANGRYBARD. His eyes are now fixed on the kettle drums as he strikes them with the mallets. MISSFORTUNE is enthusiastically waving her baton. The musicians are following her cue. ANGRYBARD isn\u2019t. He\u2019s totally immersed in the moment, getting the rising drama of the kettle drums just right. Everybody is holding the high note waiting for MISSFORTUNE\u2019s signal. MISSFORTUNE is waiting for ANGRYBARD to pay attention to the conductor!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANGRYBARD<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(The final mild rumble is escalating, the depth and the volume are rising. It\u2019s supposed to be a fully fledged drum roll, but without the final double strike. ANGRYBARD knows this, and<\/em><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/18\/chapter-28-talent-contest237\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page238 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/20\/chapter-28-talent-contest239\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous &#8211; Book1 Page238 \u2013 Next MISSFORTUNE (MISSFORTUNE scans all the musicians, making fleeting eye contact with each one of them, inciting them to maintain their focus. They have to deliver only the first 90 seconds of this piece, and she wants to close it on a psychological high for everybody. Especially for ANGRYBARD. Yet &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/08\/19\/chapter-28-talent-contest238\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 28 Talent Contest238&#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\/1832"}],"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=1832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1833,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1832\/revisions\/1833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}