A man is walking into his favorite dinner. He eats there every day while on the way to work. He hears the bell jingle to indicate he's there. The familiar waitress cheerfully waves at him as he sits in his usual spot.

"Hey there handsome!"

"Morning! You look dreadful as usual."

"Oh why thank you~", she bats her eye lash.

Her face starts to drip and she hides it with her claws.

"Oh, how embarrassing!"

The man chuckles and waves her off.

"It's alright, happens to the best of us! What's troubling you?"

"Lately... you know the new comer?"

He nods.

"Well...", She flushes purple with a slight goopy smile, "We've been seeing each other and I-oh! I don't know..."

"Go on, I want to know.", He encourages her.

"The new comers been act distant lately...", she frowns.

"Distant?"

"Well they-Oh let's not. You came here to eat. We can talk later, after all I don't want you later for work.", she brushes him off when she looks at the time.

"Alright, but you really need a shoulder to talk to- I have four!", he humored in good nature.

He turns to the window and watches the eldritch tendrils move about in the sky and the grey-black clouds moving in the direction of the wind still hiding what is never seen. The scenery below was the usual mischievous spirits and pumpkin goblins. 

The waitress returns with his meal blood sausages and boiled eggs, his drink is oat milk.

He beings to eat and in the middle of finishing, a plate of a chocolate eyeball cookies. He looks up to the the waitress smiling at him with her face in place.

"On the house, for listening.", she smiled at him once more.

He smiled back and accepted the treat. She leaves to wipe down some tables. 

Yes sir, just another day in this bleak cosmos!

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