When his socks go missing in the wash, a failed science-fiction writer discovers a portal to a parallel universe in his washing machine where he meets another, better version of himself; or so it seems.

A man in a canary outfit sits at the edge of a cliff behind a small desk. He watches as other people in animal outfits come up to the edge of the cliff and throw themselves off - making a tally in his book of what animal it was and treating himself to a jelly bean corresponding to the animal suit that just jumped.