Wednesday, November 20

dream

i am a child, alone, in a large house. i know that from space, they can see me. so i turn off the lights and sit in my room. tonight, they will come, i am sure of it. the giants from the sky.

i feel eyes in my house, so i run. as i leave the house, a commotion in other houses. i was right. before i can get very far, however, i am caught. not by a giant.
"HAHAHAHA. i've got you!" it was *****. his hatred-filled eyes burned brighter than the sheriff's star on his breast. "i've been looking for you since you bopped me over the head with a baseball, years ago."
"it was during a GAME, chief. i hit it out of the park. i didn't mean to hit you. it was a terrible accident."
"that was NO ACCIDENT!!" he yelled. he grabbed me and took me to the edge of the town. we started down the edge of a cliff, where a waterfall was.

but the giants were making their presence known, and screams began to fill the air behind us. ***** hesitated. then the huge iron gates slammed down, and the water levels rose. the giants were going to drown all of us.

"are you truly a servant of your people?" i asked. "or are you going to watch them die as you wreak your revenge on me?"

he looked at me, measuring me. the insane anger had departed from his eyes. he let go of me, and he lifted one of the gates, letting me go. i scurried away, before he could change his mind. behind me, i saw *****'s big form, lifting each gate, so that his people might live. it wouldn't be enough. only a portion would live. but he was doing his best that that portion would make it.

dreamshift
i am *****. i have no more energy. most of my people are dead, with the few that were able to escape drowning standing next to me. the giants are all around us. i am the largest man of my people, but i am a head shorter than these giants. they are extremely ugly creatures. huge. top-heavy. slouched with the little neck they had. with grimaces that i would have found comical in a different situation. and each had a curious metal plate behind the base of their neck.

except one. there was one whose plate was missing. and he was acting very out of sorts. the other giants kept their distance from him. if i could get a plate and put it on him, i could control him, i thought.

i found a plate, modified it, and offered to put it on him. he was suspicious, but neither did he want to act crazy and be shunned. he went on one knee, and allowed me to put it on. when i clasped the plate on, he shuddered briefly, but was no longer wild. he was even gentle. i knew he would obey me.

dreamshift (modern, normal times)

arrived with a handful of people, late, to a retreat center. i am only wearing a pair of BR boxers, (????) so i am in a rush to get my clothes. most ppl are already there. we get to the central building. i ask where my bags are, since i had sent them with the first-comers. jc points to a building 20 yards away.

a also needs to get to that building. but as we were about to step out off the porch, rain starts to fall.
"oh no," a said.
"oh no," i echoed. we stood there, for a while, watching the rain fall.

"what are we gonna do?" i wondered.
"we just have to make a run for it, silly," she said.

the rain had become a lot heavier, but she took a step back, crouched, and ran the distance. but as she reached the building, the rain slowed... and stopped. she stood in the doorway, in disbelief. she was soaked, through and through.

i started to laugh and laugh and laugh. i walked the crazy walk of a drunkard towards the building, laughing and crying, pointing. i am bone dry.

the others, who had been watching, laugh also. some are laughing at a. some are laughing at me laughing.

/dream

yakob at 2:50 PM

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