The summer equinox has passed, yet it was a tempered night, the heat made the air heavy, the city had fewer night crawlers than usual. A man walks into a cafe that promoted their newly specially made iced drink.

The man looked a bit disheveled, his hair dark black, it looked combed but the humidity and the air’s stiffness affected it, he wore a white t-shirt that revealed his slimmer figure and sweats spots, his trousers were bright green and the fitted type, as though he is calling attention to himself.

But the truth was that they were the first trousers that weren’t dirty that he found, and on his feet, he wore sandals, hardly dressed for any occasion, he came up to the empty cafe’s counter and ordered the iced drink.

“Excuse me!? May I have one of your iced drinks?” he said softly, almost shyly.

“Which one?” asked the barista, an eager to work and enthusiastic teenager.

“The one advertised outside” said the man.

“Oh, I am afraid we ran out of those, these were made in limited quantities and for a specific promotion” said the barista, adding “There is a different drink to that, would you like to try it?”

“That’s fine, just give me something that is iced” said man nonchalantly, he asked curiously “What was the promotion about? If you don’t mind me asking?”.

The barista looked perplexed at the man and then proceeded to answer “You know! It’s that time of the year” then silently worked behind the counter preparing the drink.

The man, a little confused asked “Is today a holiday I am not aware of?”

The barista, kept silent, his hands shaking serving the beverage to the man “That will be 5 credits please”.
The man points his smart device towards the cashier and the transaction was completed.
The barista, looking down and not lifting up his eyes “Tha..Thank you, come by again” he hesitantly exclaimed.

“Thank you” said the man, still wondering about the promotion, as he leaves the cafe, he sips from the drink “this is delicious!”.

Walking down the street he finds himself at a cross roads, the light was red for the pedestrians, so he glanced up at the sky, taking another sip, a giant whale swims above the glass dome.

Today was when the land sank beneath the oceans.
The man suffers from the condition that arose from the new environment, cognitive dissonance.
The dome simulates how life was a long time ago perfectly that people forget that they’re living underwater.