The rain drummed against the windows and the neon lights of the city centre district blinked like languid skylights. The Bubble Deluxe Automatic Laundromat has attracted late-night marks for years, but today it was visited by exceptional company. Filip, a perpetually distracted computer graphic designer, came to wash his collection of unicorn socks. He was accompanied by Zośka, an amateur of black humour and endless coffee, who had more T-shirts with funny captions than days in the year. He was joined by Paul, a programmer for whom series about detectives were the instruction manual of life. As the machines began to whirr and the aroma of washing powder wafted through the air, a storm raged outside. Lightning struck somewhere nearby, the lights in the laundry room flickered and a can of Coke suddenly shot out of the drinks machine. All three of them first jumped up, then burst out laughing - no one was expecting drinks from the mysterious machine. Encouraged by Zośka, Filip decided to test the vending machine's other buttons. Instead of coffee, they got a plastic bathing duck. Following the principle "if you go mad, go mad", they decided to find what else the laundry hides. In a corner, behind a pile of lost socks, they discovered a door with a sign saying 'Staff only'. Of course, they couldn't help but peek in. Zośka took a deep breath, pressed the handle and.... the door gave way quietly. Inside was semi-darkness, and in the middle of the room stood a machine that looked like a cross between a washing machine, a piano and a dentist's chair. Posters from the 1990s hung on the walls, and a melody came from the loudspeaker, as if someone was trying to play 'Happy Birthday' on a mouth harmonica while having a mouthful of candyfloss. Suddenly, there was a low murmur, the machine squeaked and.... the light of a red lamp fell on them. Paul, who always had a screwdriver in his pocket and a good knack for rummaging through other people's equipment, couldn't help himself. He pulled out the tool and.... just then, the machine began to jiggle funny, making something between the cuckoo's cluck and the sound of a hairdryer. All three of them looked at each other with wide eyes, waiting to see what would happen, when suddenly an unexpected announcement came from the loudspeaker....