Tom, Dick and Harry

A cold night in the dormitory is shattered by a single gunshot and a startled yell, jolting the narrator from a dream of mechanical marvels into a waking nightmare. He discovers that one of his fellow students, the enigmatic Tempest, has vanished from his bed, his clothes strewn in disarray and only a hollow silence remaining. The sudden loss, combined with the eerie possibility of a somnambulist on the loose, throws the whole house into uneasy suspicion.

Surrounded by a colorful cast of slumbering roommates—snoring scholars, a humming musician, and a smug night owl—the narrator wrestles with fear and a reluctant urge to investigate. Though his nerves scream for safety, a flicker of past bravado nudges him toward uncovering what really happened. The story balances dark humor with the tension of a mystery that begins in the dark, inviting listeners to follow a night where every creak could hide a clue.