The Book Of Anonymous Chapter 16: Chapter 13: Observed

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There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment. - Hunter S. Thompson Felix sat on his desk in shock, rearranging the fragments of the vision he had just seen. Was the third ability some kind of a revelation ? He kicked the thought back to his mind, having no interest in further exploring the pocket watch's abilities. He picked up the mechanical ink pen from his desk, making notes on what he witnessed. Calming himself down, he reasoned quietly, the three images had to be connected in some way; the pale bony hand could be the attacker, the blood on his bed frame, the attack could happen when he was vulnerable, like when he was sleeping , as for the last vision, it would be happening around 11.11 pm, so the attack was definitely tonight. How ominous. Thank the goddess I pressed the button, or I might be gone before tomorrow. He paused suddenly, thinking more seriously. Was he perhaps interpreting the revelation wrongly? The fear of the possibility of the revelation might have led him to a different conclusion than what was actually happening. He knew the revelation had to be true in some way after all, the pocket watch, despite some of its twisted interpretations, has been reliable to date. But he might have been interpreting the revelation in the wrong order, or even be completely wrong about the details. He sighed, getting up from his desk. Regardless of whether it was a true revelation, one could never be too prepared. Tonight, he was definitely going to be attacked; the possibility of the attacker being an awakened sent chills towards his body. He paced around the room, looking for a possible solution. Thinking back slowly to avoid a bad judgment, he reasoned carefully. Number one, who was the attacker? a person from the mysterious faction? But it makes no sense for her to attack him, after all, he 'had' their package. Unless their faction is really full of mad, petty people. Remembering the state of the beast man, Felix didn't cross that possibility out. Or another mysterious attacker? T he possibility of this one was low, but not impossible after all; he had a whole month of missing memories, which was long enough to offend a lot of people. If this were the case, then the possibility of the attacker being an awakened was very low; if he had previously offended an awakened, he would probably be as dead as the first day he woke up. He shook his head, clearing off any extra thoughts, regardless of whether the vision played out the way he thought it would or not, he would still need to make subsequent preparation, especially in the case where his attacker might be an awakened. It was almost 10 pm, so he had about an hour to make any changes to give himself a possibility of surviving, so he couldn't make any elaborate plans, but something simple. After all, the time of the attack was 11.11 pm, but the attacker could have come in much earlier than that. Felix knew this would not be a normal attacker, so things like locking the doors and sealing the windows would probably do nothing to the intruder. The attack in the vision was clean and close-range, so the attacker was confident in sneaking in. For him to have even the faintest chance at survival, he needed a clear, full view of the room with no blind spots. He picked up a pair of old bedclothes and made it into a man figure, covering it with the bed sheets. It wasn't perfect, but it was not noticeable under the dim light. "If I were sneaking in, I'd avoid obvious obstacles" Felix paused, then dragged his desk to the front of his window, dragging his books and blueprints to one side of the table. Then, he put a light coat of ink using a brush. If the intruder came through the window, especially with some kind of stealth or invisibility, they could detect it early; consequently, if the attacker had some type of night vision ability, they would either step through it or go out of their way to avoid it. Either way, it would tell him something. He