{"id":1864,"date":"2026-09-03T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T05:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2026-09-01T02:59:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T01:59:38","slug":"chapter-29-behind-the-scenes255","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/09\/03\/chapter-29-behind-the-scenes255\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 29 Behind the Scenes255"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/09\/02\/chapter-29-behind-the-scenes254\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page255 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/09\/04\/chapter-29-behind-the-scenes256\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>books, FullyCharged adopts a Kung Fu fighting pose and screams, \u201cHAI YAH!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo! No! No!\u201d yells Hayley, glaring at FullyCharged, \u201cyou are so na\u00efve! You don\u2019t know anything about karate! It\u2019s all about mental discipline and focus!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an instant, the cupcake escapade has been forgotten as everybody focusses on Hayley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to follow the correct etiquette and start by saying \u2018Osu\u2019. And you bow like this.\u201d Hayley demonstrates a perfect, text book version of the hand gestures and bow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt conveys patience,\u201d she says, \u201cdetermination, appreciation, respect and perseverance!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smirking whilst FullyCharged is being berated by Hayley, ShortFuse and MegaBite decide to slip away quietly lest they encounter a real introduction to karate at the hands of an eight year old girl. The apple and the cupcake remain on the table.<\/p>\n<p>The White Belt RoughDi initially shares a grateful smile with Yellow Belt Hayley. However, the older Kohai is faced with a younger, more experienced Senpai, and remembers what Charlton-sensei had said: age does not outrank grade in a karate dojo.<\/p>\n<p>RoughDi quickly switches to a serious face and bows purposefully, saying \u201cOsu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;o&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Keen to get himself a chocolate chip cookie before FullyCharged eats them all AngryBard arrives at the back of the hall at the same time as Kayt and Conning. All they want are two cups of coffee. Discreetly AngryBard tries to study Kayt, while HayWire openly starts gawping at Conning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t invade my personal space!\u201d says Conning, \u201cgrab those drinks Kayt, we have to dash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scanning the group Conning adds, \u201cwe\u2019re on soon, we need to do our make up!\u00a0 Kristal, come and help us!\u201d<\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/09\/02\/chapter-29-behind-the-scenes254\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page255 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/09\/04\/chapter-29-behind-the-scenes256\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous &#8211; Book1 Page255 \u2013 Next books, FullyCharged adopts a Kung Fu fighting pose and screams, \u201cHAI YAH!\u201d \u201cNo! No! No!\u201d yells Hayley, glaring at FullyCharged, \u201cyou are so na\u00efve! You don\u2019t know anything about karate! It\u2019s all about mental discipline and focus!\u201d In an instant, the cupcake escapade has been forgotten as everybody focusses &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/09\/03\/chapter-29-behind-the-scenes255\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 29 Behind the Scenes255&#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\/1864"}],"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=1864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1865,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions\/1865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}