>>5457543 >>5458129 >>5458552You'd be lying if you weren't suspicious of this thing, but it's probably better to have it on you than not. If whoever was behind this really wanted to kill you, then they just would. There's no need to create some convoluted tracking device which you may or may not decide to carry around in order to do so. With that decided you slip it into one of your jean pockets before glancing around the room to see if there's anything else you should take with you.
Surveying the room, your attention is drawn to the open window. The full moon peeks in, a slightly red tinge to it. You... hadn't quite noticed that before, had you. What's that called- a blood moon? Odd. You feel like you would've heard something on the radio or TV if one of those was coming up, but you guess you could've missed it. Just one more thing to add to the weirdness of tonight.
With your attention to the window you consider either peeking out or closing the curtains, but hold back for the time being. As you recall the window of your room overlooks the front yard, with a decent view of your neighbor across the street. You don't have any particular reason to think you'd see anything important there, and it's possible that the person at your door might be moving around the yard between knocks and spot you. If there's any chance that's the case then looking outside right is too risky.
Going down your mental checklist of what's left to deal with, you pull a golf club from the bag. May as well see which of these has the best swing. You go through all six, giving them all a few whacks. Some feel a bit too light, some a bit too heavy, and one long enough that it might be completely useless indoors. Fortunately, however, one fits pretty well. It's a bit less than a few feet long, comfortable in your grip, and should be able to smash a skull in if needed. It'd be nice if you could lose a bit of length on the thing, but as long as you don't get cornered in a hallway it should be of some use.
Everything that you can think of dealt with, you check your pockets to make sure you're not missing anything. Phone, check, wallet, check, keys, check, car keys, check. ...You just now remembered that you have a car. Is the correct move just to... drive away from this whole situation, perhaps? There's a non-zero chance that whoever is behind this has already thought of that and denied you the option, particularly given your current lack of electricity, internet, and phone signal in the house but... maybe, just maybe they forgot about it? If your van does work and you simply never checked then you'll feel pretty stupid once this is all over. Assuming you make it that far.
