Hm - I feel alone in here!!

Okay - my snippet:

I wanted to talk to a guy, and suddenly there was a row of them, all in different ages, sitting on stools as far as one could see.
Also there was some sort of translucent border between me and them, and on my side appeared a self-proclaimed time-machine operator, and asked me, how to put the dials - like with whom of the versions I wanted to talk..