Dreaming in Digital

The lights were off in the small, dark hotel room Talon (from League of Legends) and I silently waited in. The wind rattled the window blinds that filtered the moon's light onto the carpeted floor. We were waiting for some kind of instruction, or maybe a target, because he waited beside the open window, out of the moon's reach, and staring into the darkness. I vaguely remember lying on the bed with a maroon blanket, and another time where I tried to pull his hood down, but he pushed me away in annoyance.

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I was lazing on a lawn chair on the balcony of our apartment that looked much like my childhood apartment of 9L. Wearing sunglasses, a white t-shirt and short-shorts I made from a pair of my husband's shredded, old jeans, I enjoyed the morning sunshine, reading "Crossed" by Ally Condie. Once in a while, I'd look around, taking in the suburban view when I noticed a man in his 20s sitting in his balcony from an apartment across our own. Sitting beside a woman around his age, he was eyeing me, a big grin curving his mouth. We made eye contact, so I waved to him, and he cocked an eyebrow arrogantly. As soon as his female friend handed him something that looked much like binoculars, I realized I was lying about with my knees bent and my legs wide open. I knew these homemade shorts revealed my underwear, but I didn't realize I would sit down in that particular position (it's a regular position I fall into). I quickly went inside, embarrassed, bumping into the black sofa in our living room.

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Perhaps this part was another dream. Inside my apartment, there were clothes hanging on racks, as if it were a store. I thought about trying some of them sometime, as made a bee line to the washroom, which became a public one with grey stalls. Someone knocked on my stall door, and the voice of an old lady told me to hurry in a rude manner because they were closing. Offended, I thought about cancelling their contract of using my home as their store, but I figured it wouldn't be a good idea, because they contributed to the rent, significantly making ours much, much cheaper. When I was finished, I walked out of the washroom, and the store was run by a handful of old, wrinkly, grey-haired ladies, who pushed me out the door before I could tell them, "I live here!". Regardless, I was dressed in a long, navy, wool coat, and my beautiful taupe boots, that I walked out into a hallway, ready to go out into the winter cold.

Shortbread, Jayce (from the game, League of Legends) and I walked into an old temple, away from the summer dusk. The entrance soon narrowed into a corridor with Jayce almost filling the space from his height and armor. Torches hung in intervals though out the hallway, leading to a room glowing yellowy with contained fire. In the centre, was a large topographic map laid out on a table. On it, the mountains were tall, the sea was low, and in between were layers of soil distinguishing the height of several areas. Landmarks and villages were placed in certain areas where life was sustainable, and on top of the mountains, at the edge of the map, was the temple the three of us were currently in.

I was a lord, visiting a castle built with dark stones. I was young -  an age or so before I began puberty, and my hair was dandelion blond. I was well known to the court, and I enjoyed playing with everyone. On this day, I woke up from a terrible dream in my dark room. I raced to the hallway, lit in sunlight. It was modern, and glass covered every panel around me, but I didn't realized it was out of century. I rushed in one direction, finding myself in a library, and soon after exiting it, I was in a busy business centre. A lady in pastel clothing was watching me, and she took my arm. She scolded me for running indoors. When I told her where I wanted to go, she pointed me in the right direction, but my surroundings soon changed and I reawoke (as I was dreaming in a dream).

With guidance from my last dream, I ran the right direction through the hall, and arrived in time as a business meeting was happening, I yelled to a duke, and the man he spoke to. Just as they turned to the disruption - me - , two, silenced bullets ripped through the air and killed them both. Everyone around me didn't scream, but they gasped and backed away from the bodies. I watched in horror, watched as a bright green starter pack box of YuGiOh cards fell to the floor, but no one was phased. I stooped to pick up the box, and the queen, with long, golden hair, wrapped an arm around my shoulders, her long sleeve draping over my back. I looked up at her worriedly, but she was smiling down, telling me I had a special gift for seeing the future in my dream. She walked with me away from the scene as she told me I was going to be an heir someday when my father passed away. I'd inherit this dark castle.

There was a war. We were in a snowy tundra with hills and large snowbanks, like the Frozen Labyrinth in Lineage II. I had a higher rank than a lowly foot soldier, but I was also a mercenary. We were against a ruler-- a woman: a queen. I had a backpack with me and wore it. The war started and our troops were still marching in a long line up, forward. I jumped over them in the grey weather, to get to the battlefield quickly. I got to the action, but I don't remember what happened to my weapon. I remembered the sword Mifune^1 (from Soul Eater) gave me before the battle. I retrieved it from my bag, but I didn't know how to use it. It was an energy blade. I didn't know how to turn it on and Mifune was busy fighting off a group of soldiers so I couldn't ask him. Someone from my unit suggested holding the button down. It had a glowing blue blade. I sliced through everything so easily.

There were a few other dreams I had, but I don't remember what happened in them; they were short scenes such as my mom buying a bag of bagels for me to eat at school.

^1 Mifune was wearing his outfit from their mission in Alaska.

JammyDodger and I and a few other friends went to the cinema to watch a movie. I was of high status and royal, but I was cold, so he gave me his trench coat. When the movie finished I turned around to give his coat back but he was gone. I went outside the cinema and onto the street looking for him to return his coat but he was nowhere.

I had another dream with Shortbread, but I don't remember it.

I barely can remember my dreams. In this dream, there was this guy who had a severed chest from the anatomy lab. He was going through it and I remember being sick about it. That's all I remember.

The next dream, I had a little power, like I was an important person to the place. The place was outdoor of a hotel-like place. The outdoor area was like a patio with everything made of dark wood. I learned one of our visitors was sick so I went to go see them. They were staying at the lower floor with glass door-windows. There were two girls; the elderly one in the bed. I went to see the elderly one before the younger lady asked me to help her carry something to the bed. I helped.

Next dream, I think this was, I was sitting at a high school talent show. The diva girl who lives here at the same residence house, she was in the show with a bunch of other girls cheerleading in cheerleading outfits. They did cheers with pompoms but nothing truly entertaining- no flips, tosses, etc. At the end I noticed the girl stuffed her boots with brown paper towels. She bent down once more at the end of her performance to stuff them back in while everyone else was clapping.

I was with Shortbread and Wafer at anime club and we sat in a row.

Three others and myself were sent to the principal's office but so were three intelligent and good students including my friend Snickerdoodle. As we walked down the hall, I spoke to her and congratulated her. We went inside the room. There were two worlds that we had bodies for, just like in Narnia. Half of the people there were changed, then returned to their normal physical bodies. When they went back to the other world, the principal's office was an underground tunnel that they were trying to escape from. Some of us were left in the office. I was there and a boy about 9 to 10 years was starting to change. In him was a beast and he ended up biting a teacher across the hall because the door to the hallway was open. When he saw me, he let go and came after me. I wasn't myself exactly when the world switched to the other world. He was a beast or demon as well as half human who was a child in the real world and an adult male in this one; it was the same with me. I was a princess of a different land. As he attacked me, I noticed I was starting to find him attractive. It seemed attacking me was only half the plan, as he was doing it purposely.