As I am writing this i must admit that my memories of what I was doing at the time are even worse than the day the nighthawks hired me. Though i wouldn't consider that failure to recall particularly note worthy as even the greatest among us Humans can often struggle with exact times and dates on which events happened especially in the case of nothing note worthy really happening within ones own life.

That said i do remember gaining powers beyond normal reckoning through drinking what is referred to in the hidden world as a potion something that set me down the pathway that i am currently traversing one step at a time

a simple note to myself though is that I am Human first then swiftly followed by the label of Man second, and should going forward reject those that seek to attribute false titles relating with magic and mysticism. There is really only one reason for this with that being a strong belief in the endurance of man too stride atop the ever spinning wheel of life and that momentous endurance and strength is not something to be discarded. For man runs atop the wheel of life seeking a simple goal, to make something from nothing, to turn life upon an uncaring world into fulfillment and purpose, it is Man's prerogative to shape mud into bricks, bricks into houses, and houses into cities, it is Man's job to build a base upon which a new generation can live and work better than the one before, a foundation built up by all of mankind's existence. And I fail to see a reason to forsake my duty to those who came before and those who are yet to come, in favor of visions, prophecies and magic.

I see no reason I should fail to achieve my duty for mere personal power and greatness

I am Human First, and a Man Second

As I write this I am not in the best condition as I currently have a bullet in me that needs removed though the bleeding is very minimal and has already stopped. it should be noted that my two companions that helped me in this event did not fare very well at all with Scott almost dying, though he came into the situation already injured heavily, Vivian did not fare very well either though nowhere near as bad as Scott. Anyways onto the how this happened.

First it appears the Bacchus gang did not take too kindly to my rescue of Elliot from their grasp, and it probably didn't help that soon after i escaped from them a number of their other bases in the area were raided by the police. So it appears in order to get revenge they set up a trap for me, a priority delivery to the noble quarter, with me specifically being requested, feeling this situation to be a bit odd I brought along Scott and Vivian, who were a great help against the ambush as Vivian managed to take out the scope of a rifle with the ensuing disorientation allowing me to rush into the building they were holed up in and club the would be sharp-shooter to a state of unconsciousness utilizing my trusty pocket watch with me then heading down the stairs to ambush the 3 individuals on the first floor, with me again taking down 2 enemies in the fight though one ended up dead is i slung my pocket watch through their skull, in retribution for nearly killing Scott, in attempted recompense Scott was allowed to do what they needed to for something, what that something is, I do not believe Scott has told me. It should be noted that Vivian once again pulled more than their share as they used one of the cards taken from the would-be assassins, and subsequently caused a man to burst into flame leaving only a skeleton, interestingly enough they didn't die there which is just good to note. Final note for this event Baccus seems to most likely have some connection to a group the worships the sun. So good to know about that connection.   

I have gotten some answers to some of the questions that I had, though it is still a little unclear, what the overlap between time and snakes or snakes and time could be, though it is clear that there is a cross between the 2 as a main person that i asked seems very sketchy about answering, because they are watching, who exactly they are I have no idea, though i do not doubt their probably existence. their is no doubt in my mind that there exists those who make a living and find purpose through watching over the world for specific words and phrases so that they may gain power through knowledge that they obtained through ill gotten means. The world is a vast place, and has a large variety of people some of whom would seek to gain through listening across the world simultaneously, it is quite funny to me though, that someone would truly gain that much power just to watch, but they can do what they want.