Midnight Heist
Courtyard · Sunday, October 18
The story
At two forty-three in the morning, an opossum named Sir Percy finally made his appearance. The usually grumpy fellow wandered into the courtyard from the background and made his way straight to the sweet leftovers. He settled in at the eye-level feeding spot and began munching on the discarded apple pieces.
Who came
- First to the bait
- Sir Percy ·
- Scoreboard
- 1st win for 🦡 Sir Percy
- Tonight's offering
- “Apples, apple peels and cores left over from today’s apple pie by the skeletons”
- Bait out
- The wait
- 345 minutes before anyone came
- At the bait
- 1 minute, until
- Rivals
- None. They had the place to themselves.
- The cast
- Sir Percy
The night’s conditions
A cool night, no rain, under a first quarter moon.
- Temperature
- 61°F → 53°F53°F at the first arrival
- Humidity
- 56–78%
- Wind
- 1 mphgusting 3 mph at 2:45 AM
- Rain
- Dry
- Water Basin
- 70°F → 68°F
- Cloud cover
- 44%clearest at 11 PM
- Moon
- 🌓 First Quarter65% lit
- Sunset
- 7:02 PMsunrise 7:39 AM
From the Observatory's weather station, 8:58 PM to 2:59 AM. Cloud cover is modelled, not measured.
Chapter by chapter
ARRIVAL2:43 AM
- Sir PercyDreadful hour for a meeting, but business is business.
- Sir PercyI suppose these peels will do for a quick supper.
- Sir PercyA gentleman never lingers too long at a buffet.
Read the whole script (5 lines)
- Sir Percy
Dreadful hour for a meeting, but business is business.
- The Observer
Sir Percy reaches the leftover apple pie ingredients at two forty-three.
- Sir Percy
I suppose these peels will do for a quick supper.
- Sir Percy
A gentleman never lingers too long at a buffet.
- The Observer
He turns away after a mere one-minute visit.