The Book Of Anonymous Chapter 9: Chapter 7: Pocket watch

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"No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness" - Aristotle The inspector thanked the siblings for their compliance, especially the distracted Felix, who was still mulling over where both the journal and the pocket watch had suddenly disappeared to. Eleanor continued chatting with the constables. eventually helping the inspector and the rest of the iron constables, thanking them profusely for helping the old couple out. "Can you imagine it, thieves, how very devastating, although I do wonder what was stolen from the couple?" Felix let out a quiet "mhm", ignoring his sister's rambling as he seriously started to notice some patterns he had ignored previously. The attack on the old couple happened last night, so did his 'death'. Something was stolen from the old couple, and just like he recently came to find out, the pocket watch and the journal were both gone. Did his incident have something to do with the burglary?. He also had another observation: the inspector had referred to the possible perpetrator as one of them. What did that mean? a member of high society? A cult? What exactly did he mean? Felix was constantly getting bombarded with confusing questions after his last two clues had suddenly vanished. At this point, he had a slight urge to question if the happenings of the past two days were even real. Did the journal even exist in the first place?. As for the mysterious pocket watch, he didn't understand the origin even one bit. It had simply popped out of nowhere and disappeared again suddenly. "Felix … Felix!" his sister's yelling finally woke him up from his reverie as he stared back at his sister. She was in a green flowy dress to match her eyes, paired with a small white hat. She looked up and down at Felix in his home attire and sighed as she commented "I'm heading to the Church of the Crimson Mother. I would be sure to make an offering and pray for forgiveness in your stead," she said while looking at him judgmentally for not going to church. Felix was silently wondering when she had time to change so quickly. While putting on her flat shoes, she added, "It's no wonder you're unmarried. Mrs Dubley said women prefer a man grounded with religious values" Felix rolled his eyes as he reminded his sister casually, "You are very grounded in religious values, and you are about as unmarried as me" Eleanor gasped at his casual remark, answering back rhetorically, "I have no interest in getting married in the foreseeable future, but as your older sister i unfortunately, must see to it that your future is well prepared" then she quipped back victoriously "also it is very rude to question a lady about her dating habits" "Not to worry, brother, I would put quite a bit of money in the offering box and pray sincerely to the goddess to make up for your deficiencies", Eleanor giggled to herself while walking out of the apartment, quite pleased that she got him speechless as she added, "Oh, and your linen shirt is on the line. Remember to bring it in" The sound of the door closing snapped him back to his previous thoughts as Felix shook his head at his sister's childish antics. Once the apartment went back to being pitch silent, he hurriedly went into his room, searching for any evidence of the notebook or the pocket watch. Did Eleanor take it? But it's not like her to do something like this . Deciding not to leave any stone unturned, he also thoroughly checked Eleanor's room, the kitchen, the cupboard, and the living space. Everywhere. But there wasn't a single trace of the notebook. Back to square one again Felix sighed in annoyance; all his previous hard work and investigation had suddenly gone to waste in a series of mere days. continuously pacing around his apartment. He shrugged off his coat, reaching into his left pocket to clear out the contents, placing the coins and junk down on his desk from the left front pocket. He went back to hang the coat as he suddenly remembered he had forgotten to clear out his right