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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cowpie Zombie" data-source="post: 1435297" data-attributes="member: 17102">Jim approaches the dart players and asks if he can join in; in response, the four men turn and stare at Jim with eyes that can only be described as empty, hollow.  Then they quietly put down their darts and leave the pub,  not walking so much as shuffling, the kind of shuffle you would expect to see from much older men.Tom shakes hands with the newcomer.  "Barnes, Jimmy Barnes," the newcomer says.  "Have you--" Barnes stops short and glances around at the pub.  "What the f--" he trails off.All four of you see what Barnes is surprised by; the entire pub is slowly emptying as everyone follows the dart players out the door.  No one speaks; no one jostles; no one runs.  Within 30 seconds, the entire pub is empty.  Even the bartender, who had served you drinks without emotion, is nowhere to be seen (you didn't see him leave with the others, but he is no longer there).The pub is empty, except for the five of you.</blockquote>