Bureau of Unresolved AffairsDepartment of small certainties File room 4 — shelf 07
Case no. 07-19 Copy 02 / 03
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Classification: RestrictedStatus: OpenFiled: 17.10.2026Handler: E. Voss
SUBJECT 7 / PLATE 2
Name — withheld — Born 1938, Antwerp Known aliases the cartographer Last seen a room with no windows Risk low / persistent
Summary of interest
The subject was first observed in the municipal archive, moving without a lamp and has since been linked to a series of disappearances that were never reported.
Witness statements describe a person who always knows the time without looking and who leaves rooms slightly quieter than they found them. No photographs of the face exist. The above plate was reconstructed from a reflection in a spoon.
Current assessment: not dangerous, but difficult to file. Recommend continued observation from a comfortable distance.
Timeline of small events
14.03.1961 — first archive entry found with the ink still wetverified
02.11.1974 — seen crossing the bridge that was demolished in 1962unverified
19.08.1999 — leaves a note at the bureau; note reads “stop looking, I am already here”filed
17.10.2026 — current file opened after a door appeared in the archive wallopen
All dates have been cross-checked. Two of them did not exist until this file was read.
Recovered assets
One brass key, no door. Engraved with the case number.item 01
One photograph of a window, overexposed. The window is in this building.item 02
One letter, unopened. Addressed to the reader of this file.item 03
One map of a city that has not been built yet.item 04
Handling: gloves. Storage: a drawer that is always slightly open.