Ray comes downstairs in his university librarian clothes today and heads straight for the message board, where he tacks up a sizable notice:
Regarding The Current State Of The Bar And The Visitors Thereto
It has been determined through investigation and scrying that the current conditions in the Bar are the result of an accidental contamination with residual energy from a time-spirit. There is no active agency maintaining these conditions, and they will vanish within the next three to four days, returning the Bar and the residents/visitors to normal.
Normal being a relative term.
Upon doing so he heads to the Bar and says, "Would you mind, please, giving a copy of this note to anyone who comes in and wants to know what's going on?" He then places a folded paper bearing the same text as the message board notice on the opened dumbwaiter. "Thank you. Now, if I could have some Turkish coffee, I'm feeling homesick for Miskatonic today."