A few amphibious looking humanoid creatures are leaving the cafe as you enter. The Manager is behind the bar, a white towel slung over one shoulder.
He's resting his head in his hands and eyeing a snow globe that sits on the bar. You sit on one of the stools in front of the bar and wait for him to notice you.
"Hullo there, Traveler! Sorry I didn't notice you come in. Some lizard fellas from earlier gave me this to pay their tab and I'm still trying to figure it out. Take a look," he says, gesturing toward the globe.
Looking inside the globe you see that there's a snow covered scene with a cabin and several dusted trees. The detail is incredible, but there's nothing that seems unique or special about the globe. You tell The Manager this.
"I know, Traveler. It seems ordinary. But I would never have taken it as payment if I did not feel a distinct aura emanating from the thing. I think he explained it when he gave it to me, but my Lizardian could use some work."
Some sort of noise comes from back in the stock room.
"I'd better go sort that out. Tell you what, Traveler. Keep an eye on it. If you can spot anything special, we'll call your tab even, today."
With a wink he disappears into the back.
Well, there is one strange thing about the globe. It's still snowing inside of it. You're not sure where the flakes are coming from, but they seem to never stop falling. After watching for another few minutes you see the tree rustle, and are surprised to see a small woodland creature jump from its limbs, scurry across the white ground, and disappear into another tree.
More rustling from the back, and shouts.
"Now you listen here-" you hear The Manager say.
But you are already staring at the globe again, blocking everything out. After another few minutes a man exits the cabin with a gun slung over his shoulder. It feels like the scene is bigger than it was before, more detailed. Are there more trees now?
The man disappears into a grouping of trees. After several moments you hear a bang, and for a moment you think it came from the stockroom. But no, it came from the globe. The man exits the group of trees with a deer in tow. There's something slightly brutal about the cutesy figurine dragging the dear behind him in the snow.
Soon they disappear back into the cabin.
The Manager reappears.
"Did you discover anything?"
You tell him what you saw.
He sighs and shakes his head.
"Another one of those, eh? Well I suppose I'm not too surprised"
He takes the snow globe, walks to a chest next to the bar, and opens it. It's full of snowglobes, stacked on top of each other.
He places the snowglobe inside, shakes his head once more, and closes it.
You ask him why he accepted the globe as payment if he already had a lot of them.
"You just never know, traveler," he responds. "Sometimes a magic snow globe isn't just a magic snow globe."
You ask what he means, but he simply shakes his head and smiles.
"Maybe I'll let you see my rare selection in back one day. That would certainly answer your question."
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