Dreaming in Digital

I was with my dad in our car. I don't know how to drive, but he said he'd teach me. I was still afraid to drive with him there. We drove around my hometown and it was time to pick up my mom from work. He was helping me drive, sitting at the passenger seat beside the driver. He said he'd control the pedal; I just need to worry about the steering wheel. We drove to the convenience store and parked, since we were early. There was a girl handing out coupons. She recognized me when I got out. She knew me but I didn't know her. I told her this, but I also said her face was really familiar. That made her smile. She gave me a coupon and I went into the car again, fidgeting with the stick shift before leaving the driveway.

I was at Cookie's house. His house was different than the one he had now; it was much larger and white inside, just as the furniture was as well. The sun shone in and bounced off the walls, blindingly. We sat down in front of a television and under the armchair, Cookie put a VHS in for us to watch. Cookie's stepdad came downstairs and there was a little banter from all of us before we heard a car pull into the driveway. His mom came into the door way and asked Cookie to greet his cousin, aunt and uncle^1. As he was greeting his aunt and uncle, his cousin came up to me. He was a little taller than Cookie with fair skin and light hair^2. He leaned into me, and I thought he was going to give a greeting where your cheek touches as you make a kissy sound in the air, but when I realized it didn't look like one, I put my fingers in front of my lips, which he kissed instead. Before I could see his reaction, Cookie dragged me away. When I looked back, his cousin looked bitter. Cookie and I walked around the house, talking about him and the situation. He's visited before and he's been like that in the past. We walked through the autumn garden to the backyard, where there was a glass shelter roof and wooden walls. It was like a shed but it was for plants so it wasn't locked (it had no door). We talked a little bit there on what we were going to do, and shortly we were interrupted by his cousin. He cornered us and I forgot most of the dialogue, but it was about being in love with me and wanting me. His father came in, who was a priest. He was trying to calm his son down as he took a seat near the entrance. Cookie's cousin was acting like a spoiled child. He wanted his way and called for his mother when his dad wouldn't allow him his wish.

"What was her old name again?" he yelled at his father, who called his mother.
"Weed!"

His mother walked in, and by the looks of her strut, I would've guessed she was a former prostitute. It seemed like their son had a problem, so he was spoiled by his parents. More arguing between the family started and things were a blur until a puff of smoke cleared up and Cookie was alone with his uncle. Time was paused for that smoke, and when it cleared, the boy, his mother and I were gone. I was kidnapped.

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^1 These relatives are non-existent.
^2 The boy could've been a younger Giriko from Soul Eater.

My dream may have been two or one continuous one. I was with my family and we lived in a little home in a quiet, green neighbourhood. We came back after a long trip to find that our house has been stolen from. I don't remember anything after that. Next my mom and I were packing my things into the car. I showed her a picture of a house in a magazine. It was on sale. She said that it's okay, they already found a house. We finished packing and my uncle came and closed the door of the trunk. He checked to see if we covered the back window too much.

I was with Shortbread. It seemed like we had both just finished work in the afternoon. We came out of a small mall and went to the picnic bench just outside the entrance to the grocery store, taking a seat. Shortbread and I were talking, but the last thing I remember was her telling me she had to go buy food to barter for something else... I think it was another food. She left her backpack with me, as she left, two girls came with the intent to take the table from us... or we were their targets for something else. I don't remember what happened between this time, except that they were in conversation, but I could feel some sort of hostility coming from them. When Shortbread came out, I don't remember exactly what happened, but we were ready to run. Before they chased us through the parking lot, I walked up to the girl in a light blue coat, which stopped above her knee. She looked a lot like my character avatar from TinierMe (and the girl she was with also looked like Shortbread's avatar, wearing a red shirt). I pounded my fists at her a few times before we dashed away, toward a group of people who we knew and knew us. They were the characters from Yu-Gi-Oh season one, except they were... a little different in personality. I remember we escaped with them because the girls wouldn't come near them. We followed them going up a spiral staircase outdoors, with Seto Kaiba carrying someone over his shoulders. He wasn't at all serious and mean, as he was in the North American version of the anime.

I woke up in a white room in front of a bathroom sink. The room was large and empty, with white walls and hard wood flooring that reflected the sun on this sunny, summer morning. I sat up on the white, thick duvet that I had slept on, along with Apple, who was just getting up. Cookie was already on his feet, getting ready to brush his teeth, and he gave me mine with toothpaste already on it. We brushed our teeth and the next memory I had was that we were standing at the lobby of an almost abandoned amusement park. It was too early in the morning for activities to happen, but the three of us were there, along with a girl who was one of Cookie's friends. We were at Disneyland, grabbing four tickets for the each of us before we headed over to another place in another city. We arrived at a cooler city at dusk. Cookie, his female partner and Gingerbread, who replaced Apple somewhere along the trip, were dressed up in formal clothing. They were on a mission as spies. Because I was just tagging along, but I was nothing part of their occupation, before entering the old building, which looked golden and grand inside, Gingerbread gave me two large bronze coins and the keys to the car. He said to get myself something to eat/drink and go back to the car. I knew this was for my safety, so I left them on their mission, as the surroundings began to darken with the night. I went inside a dome of glass, which kept the heat in during cold seasons like now, because there were vending machines inside. I ran into my sister and a relative (I don't know who). I showed them the coins and they told me the wealthy had those. The coins were about 4cm in diametre and were worth 9 cents each. I put one into the soda vending machine and got a Coca Cola. The can was as large as the Arizona drinking cans. I took that and was about to exit. I saw my mom with my aunt near the exit. I was going to the car and noticed that what was in my hand was a Drumstick ice cream cone instead of a Coca Cola.

I was with Shortbread on DeviantArt. We both had our computers and she was logged into her account, as I was to mine. A girl we were both watching posted, on this day, 50+ deviations. I was annoyed. Shortbread started writing a journal entry, asking people to please post once a day; I decided to copy her. Some time later, I was with Free from Soul Eater, and possibly Eruka. We sat in a dark room, almost like a movie theatre. Free was doing something, but I can't remember. He was helping me get rid of my annoyed feeling I felt earlier.

I was with my cousin. We went to someone's house and in the living room was the television playing an episode of Soul Eater (the episode's events didn't match any of the real episodes. We stood behind the couch and watched with the rest of our relatives around watching too. The scene showed Justin Law in a snowy place, but it was either before the episode to Lost Island or after, when things have calmed down. My cousin asked me if we were allowed to play shows like this in front of everyone; I told her that we could, as long as they didn't swear and the like.

I was in a ship with my family, somewhere in the middle of no where. It was a cruise ship, and we were in our room eating brunch. I finished my meal that my mom had brought, and my mom tells me to eat more through, directing me to go to the dining hall because my dad learned that the meals on the ship were free. I left them and there was a pregnant lady dressed in a white, Victorian dress, on her way to lunch. She had curly carrot hair in a matching bonnet. My dream focused on her now. She was on her way to the kitchen, and when she had reached the doors, Sherlock Holmes (as Robert Downey Jr.) caught her elbow and whispered something to her ear. They entered the kitchen together, and this area of my dream is blurry. From what I can remember, there was a bottle of clear liquid-- some kind of chemical-- and an eyedropper. (!!!Spoiler from the Sherlock Holmes movie following.) It might've been the antidote. (/!!!Spoiler) More blurriness in my dream, and they were on the deck. It was sunny, and there were a few people around. Watson (as Jude Law) was there with them without his coat. When they saw who they were looking for (who was an enemy), Watson said something, then ran ahead. The pregnant lady yelled after him, "wait! Won't he recognize you!?", but he didn't hear or ignored her. Sure enough, he was recognized, but the enemy did nothing but run past him toward the lady and Holmes. Things, again, became blurry as to what happened. The lady woke up in her room, with her mother fanning her. She asked her mother about the men who were trying to protect her, but the mother was confused. She remembers gunfire.