What a great premise and payoff. And just the storytelling structure is so fun and good! I love a set time for the story that I also get to set my own pace to. Actually, I didn't realize it was in real time the first playthrough, so I ended up clicking through most of the dialogue fast enough the second time that I got to the God intervention. Ha!
Also, have you read "Horse" by Amy Bonnaffons? (I guess that's the story of the bar where girls get turned into horses.)