Rush home

Her nerves getting the better of her, Jessica began into a jog, worry and fear overcoming her better senses of stealth and carefulness. At one point she thought she heard a male voice grunt in recognition of her, but it only made her run faster.
Her breath began to feel short as she reached reached the end of the bridge. The foggy streets had a strange empty air to them.
Normally she'd rely on a strapping co-traveler to yank the lever to call the elevator, but today is it was only her breathless panicked strength to pull at the lever to call the elevator. It took her a moment to pull the release lever, but she managed to get it operating. As the machinery hummed to life she began to catch her breath. In the distance she could hear the loud barks of crows and cawing of hounds.
For a moment, lost in her reverie she stared toward the moon as the elevator descended.
What if this world is merely a veil to another. A dreamer's dream. A god's fancy. What if the veil was so thin that one could ju...

With a loud clank the elevator reached her floor, breaking Jessica of her unbidden thoughts.
"Just get home." Jessica said aloud, initially to no one in particular, but she suddenly noticed an strangely large crow about 15 feet from her splayed across the ground. Staring tensely at the crow Jessica hurried into the elevator, compressing the center button, inciting the return trip.

Am I even going to return home safe tonight? Are all my customers going to die to beasts? Are my customers becoming beasts? Drunk on blood instead of liquor?
The elevator smoothly clicked into the position on the upper floor.
Jessica could see the empty expanse of gray of the overlook through the grate of the elevator as it mechanically pulled up, removing what little protection it afforded her against the strange world.