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Tie Fighter

I've not let the cats in my wardrobe much, but it's one of Trillion's favorite spots as it gets the sun in the morning and there's a cushion by the window that she can curl up on. I'd let them in a couple of times, but noticed that my ties had been pulled off the tie rack. I didn't want to jump to conclusions as to who the culprit was and, to be honest, I was hoping it was her just for something different and a surprise. But no, we all know who it was. I decided to setup on of the cameras facing away from everything into the corner where the ties were and put the alarm on it with the thought that I'd catch the culprit in action, but they'd get scared off. I got half of it right. The thing that fascinates me is his thought process as he goes through this. I've put fade to black transitions between each visit and you can see the time change on the screen, but it's kind of like this:

• Visit 1 (still dark, camera on infra red) alarm goes off, doesn't scare him away, but distracts him.
• Visit 2 (35 seconds into vid) He goes back and tries to figure out the noise. You can hear him talking to the alarm with his little chirps trying to get it to be quiet.
• Visit 3 (1:59 into the vid) He tries to sneak in from underneath to avoid the alarm.
• Visit 4 (2:40 into the vid) He remembers why he was there in the first place and goes back to the ties but does seem to get distracted.
• Visit 5 (3:51 into the vid) He's having those ties, but something else seems to distract him.
• Visit 6 (4:53 into the vid) Fuck it! It's time to eat ties and screw that alarm. (Where does he go at 6:19?).
• Visit 7 (7:36 into the vid) More of the same until he hear daddy coming to tell him off.

I'm quite pleased with the title of this video given the companion video when Zaphod takes down the Death Star.

Recorded on November 5th, 2024