"Welcome, Traveler," The Manager says. His usual greeting. "Have a seat. I'll be with you in just a moment." He comes from behind that counter and into a door marked "Basement".
You look over your shoulder, observing the various patrons of the cafe. One is a blue gaseous cloud with black tentacles reaching out from it. It seems to be in an animated discussion with what looks to be a giant orange hamster.
In the middle of the floor, you see a translucent figure. Man shaped and distinctly familiar. A few moments pass and the figure fades. On the far wall opposite the bar you notice an old cuckoo clock on the wall.
The time on it is wrong.
Checking your watch you notice that it is fast five minutes. You walk to the clock, passing other people and creatures of all sorts as you reach the wall opposite the bar.
There, you gingerly take the minute hand and move it back.
When you turn around you see yourself sitting at the bar. In front of you is The Manager.
"Welcome Traveler," he says to the other you. "Have a seat. I'll be with you in just a moment." He comes from behind that counter and into a door marked "Basement".
It's at this point that the other you turns around. After looking around a moment the other you seems to settle eyes on you. But looking at yourself, you realize that the you at the bar is looking through you.
For you are already fading away....
