Chapter 16: Talent Show

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[School bell rings]

The scene starts at the school's cafeteria. Andrea is live showing an "Announcements" board

Andrea: Check this out! A talent show! AKA, another chance to share my incredible gifts with you, my devoted Fawn-dreas!

Scene changes to Molly and Nightwolf. They are eating their lunch. Scratch who's hiding inside the lunch box, opens it

Scratch: A talent show?! Oh, this is gonna be the best day of my afterlife!

Molly: What- really? You're into talent shows? Doesn't seem like your type of thing, Scratch.

Scratch: Molly and Nightwolf, you two could not be more wrong if you both tried. I love talent shows! You see, in the Ghost World, they're the gold standard for misery.

Molly: Oh, boy...

Scratch: I mean, look, you two got your stage frights, you both got backstage meltdowns, your face plants and forgotten lyrics... and then there's always someone whose confidence is so huge, it crushes everybody else!

Scene moves to Kat, who is practicing with a yo-yo for the talent show

Andrea: Aww, so cute...

She chuckles

Andrea: that you think of that as a talent!

She stops the yo-yo

She almost starts to cry

She sniffles

Scratch: See?!

Nightwolf: Kat, I love yo-yo tricks! And We can't wait to see you perform!

Scratch: Your positivity is exhausting.

Libby: Ohh, the Talent Show sign-up sheet is up.

Nightwolf: Yep. And everybody's got a talent to share. What's yours, Libby?

Libby: Oh, no, no, no, no, Nightwolf. I have no talent. But I do like to help out backstage.

While she is talking to Molly and Nightwolf, Libby doesn't realize she wrote her name in the "Talent" list instead of "Tech" list in the sheet

Libby: I mean, sure, I admire the bravery of those kids who face the blinding spotlight, but with all my anxieties that is definitely not-- Me...!

She dramatic thuds

Molly: What? What's wrong?

Libby: I- I signed up on the wrong list! 

Libby: In pen!

Scratch: Yes!

Libby: I-I'll just cross it out!

The sheet isn't on the wall anymore

She gasps

She notices that one of the Mrs. Roop's took it

She gasps

Libby: I gotta get that sign-up sheet back!

Molly: Whoa whoa whoa whoa, Libby! Don't you see? This was no accident!

Libby: It wasn't?

Nightwolf: No! This was your subconscious telling you that you actually want to perform. Deep down, you know you have a talent, and you want to share it!

Libby: Well, I guess I can, uh, sing?

They gasp

Nightwolf: You sing?! How did We not know this?!

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