He was watching the news on the massive wall-mounted screen, a vapid report about the latest Lily fashion trends, when, as if things weren't already bizarre enough, a new level of insanity decided to make a house call.
A man, clad in a long, star-spangled wizard's robe and a tall, pointed hat that flopped comically to one side, simply popped into existence in the middle of the room with a sound like a cork being pulled from a bottle. He looked around, his eyes wide and wild, a manic, slightly unhinged grin on his face.