Cast: Albanian Watchman 1, Albanian Watchman 2
April 10th, 1939
Tirana, Albania
Roughly Midnight
"99 bottles of beer on the wall," sang a watchman in the coastal garrison. "99 bottles of beer."
His partner just sighed and continued reading his book.
"Take one down, pass it around, 98 bottles of beer on the wall!"
The reading watchman glanced out at the Adriatic Sea, glanced at his watch, sighed again, and continued reading.
"98 bottles of beer on the wall," continued the first watchman.
All was quiet on this night in Albania, much like every night for the past 14 days. Albania was at war, but not a shot had been fired. The Italians were still biding their time. The Albanians were still just waiting.
"42 bottles of beer on the wall," the watchman still sang. "42 bottles of beer."
The other watchman rubbed his eyes, glanced at his watch, then glanced out at the water, went back to his reading then quickly stared back at the water.
"Bloody hell..." exclaimed the watchman as he stood up.
His partner stopped singing and also looked out at the water. "Alarm?" he gulped.
The second watchman nodded as his book dropped to the floor. The first watchman hit the alarm.
The Italians had arrived.