Eerie atmospheric starter #1
☕At a quiet cafe, but unfamiliar folk are whispering and staring.
🌑Inside of a re-occurring nightmare had time and time again.
@cue-tee
This day was perfectly normal.
Except... it wasn’t, at all. Mercury believed it to be at first, but then there were all these differences that he began to take note of. Like how the sun was showing brightly and vividly in the usual foggy, grey, and dull Manhattan, and how everything seemed so bouncy and lively and dreamy, and had warm undertones, and how nearly every person on the street was smiling.
Of course, he didn’t dismiss this for everything. Perhaps it was just a good day! A good day for him, especially, with Cue at his side. He had always been so appreciative of their presence- their smile, laugh, their voice, their slight mannerisms that could be picked up on after knowing them for awhile.
Mercury was very fond of the last thing in particular.
The magician returned from his thoughts upon finding that the two of them were heading toward a Cafe; unusual, for dates with Cue, as he usually tried to visit places not centered around eating, because...
Well, that was self-explanatory. Maybe he could take them to the park or something afterwards while the day remained as nice as it was.
The door emitted a cheery ding! as he pushed open the door, holding Cue’s hand as he stepped inside. Giving the barista a polite smile, he approached the counter and opened his mouth to ask for something, but...
...
Something was terribly wrong. It felt as though all of the air had briefly been choked out of the cafe and replaced with something sour, stale, and frigid. The hair on the back of his neck stood up, and Mercury suddenly found it incredibly hard to speak as the world went from warm to cold.
Eyes. Dozens of them. Piercing into his back like knives.
Taking a slow step back, he glanced at his robotic partner, swallowing quietly.
“Cue...?”
