After Midnight

After Midnight - A dog, a cat, and a secret.

The Montague Odyssey - A Side Story

Welcome to the year 2150, the age of the Symbiocene.

This is the world of The Montague Odyssey - a future where humanity and digital beings live together in harmony, and where the Earth has become a beautiful, thriving home for ten billion people.

Seventy-five per cent of the planet's surface has been rewilded. Forests, wetlands and grasslands flourish alongside futuristic human settlements, and nature has reclaimed much of the world. The Moon and Mars are colonised, and Earth shines as the jewel of the solar system.

Money is something you might find in a museum. Ownership has given way to access, and everything people need is freely available, without price tags or obligations. Technology serves life, creativity flourishes, and humanity is learning to live in harmony with the Earth's biosphere.

But even in this remarkable future, life is full of challenges, mysteries and surprises.

After Midnight is a charming side story from the world of The Montague Odyssey, set in the heart of Old Town, the creative district of Lumos City.

Here, among cobblestone streets, old European-style buildings, artists' workshops, cafés and boutiques, lives a boy named Jasper. His family runs a little restaurant called The Green Dragon, where life is always busy and something interesting is never far away.

Jasper has two familiar companions: Spark, an enthusiastic dog, and Buggy, a rather mischievous cat. They spend their afternoons chasing one another through the streets, much to the amusement of the locals.

Next door lives Mr Bellini, an old puppet maker who prefers working with his hands, even though machines could make his creations in seconds. Every Friday, he puts on a puppet show and gives the puppets away.

But one evening, Mr Bellini leaves Jasper with a curious question:

"Who knows what animals do after midnight!?"

That night, as the old grandfather clock strikes twelve, strange voices drift through The Green Dragon. Jasper creeps downstairs and discovers something extraordinary.

Two unexpected guests have arrived for an elegant midnight tea party. They have impeccable manners, rather grand titles, and an extraordinary appetite for scones. But Jasper recognises them. Surely they couldn't possibly be...

And so begins a most peculiar evening of tea, dancing, flying shoes and a secret that may be hiding in plain sight.

After Midnight is a whimsical adventure about friendship, imagination and the wonderful mysteries that might be unfolding all around us.

Part of The Montague Odyssey story-world universe, it can be enjoyed as a standalone story or as a little window into a much bigger world.

Who knows what animals do after midnight?