Kurumi made her way up to the Observatory carrying a few pieces of fresh parchment, a quill, and her cleaned telescope to see what sort of things she could see in the night sky. She was planning on being there for a while, so she had also brought Walnut along with a small basket of cookies, rice balls, and hot green tea with her to keep her energy up.

She planned to stay up there until dawn to see the movement of the stars and how the night sky changed throughout the time she was usually fast asleep in her bed...nice and warm under the covers....

After she had finished setting up her telescope, Kurumi wrapped a blanket around herself and peered through it to see if she could see anything. Nothing besides the moon yet seeing as it was still a bit bright out.

Sitting down on the floor, Kurumi grabbed a cookie from the basket and started chewing on it. Maybe she had been a bit over zealous in asking Professor Hadley permission to stay in the Observatory all night?

It began to get a bit darker, so Kurumi jumped back to her feet, whereas Walnut remained curled up in a ball on the floor, and took a peek into her telescope again. Still nothing in the night sky...Oh! What was that?!

As the sun set on the horizon, Kurumi saw a small speck near it. Perhaps a star?! Kurumi picked up her Astronomy book and flipped through its pages until she found the page she was looking for. "Mercury is visable a speck near the sun at sunrise and sunset sometimes," she read. "Oh! I spotted a planet."

Smiling, Kurumi returned to her parchment and made a note of the time of day and what she saw.