Dreaming in Digital

20250609 i was a pudgy dwarf with jet black hair cut like Edna from the Pixar film, The Incredibles. I lived by the sea, in a lighthouse. On the bottom floor was a personal dock and my little speed boat.

My best friend was tall and slim, with a pointy nose and delicate features. Her hair was dirty blond and always kept in a low ponytail. She was the type to keep to herself. For a long time, she ran and hid from her husband. He wanted to kill her.

On this rainy night, he found her. We ran away from him together, running to the closest, safe haven we had - my home. We ran inside and bolted the door behind us.

"What are you going to do?" I asked her, breathless.

"I want to go home."

I knew where she lived. She lived at the edge of a lake, somewhere far from here. But I thought that was a bad idea. He could catch her on the way and--

Before i could act, she was gone. She took a skidoo at the dock. I raced to my speed boat in fear for my own life.

For months I hopped islands in case this man was on my tail.  I needed to make sure he never found her. On every island, I partied with tall, tanned and buff men, and drank cocktails wearing leis, taking the longest route to my friend's home.

20250607 

Cookie's mom came to my home at night to help me move some flowers. She saw a small box of cute, mini vases, took one, and thank me. They were late Mother's Day gifts for everyone.

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Cookie and I visited Biscotti's home where he was having a small get together. Spritz was there and so was Shortbread and Wafer. I sat on a sofa while Biscotti's mom helped me sew up a dress I was wearing. It was navy and made of velvet. 

Biscotti, Cookie and Spritz talked about the time they went to ???-Con and said I should have came. 

"I really wanted to, but I have to finish this for school," I said.

Regardless, the room turned into a crowded hallway at ???-con, where The boys were walking. Shortbread and Wafer were close behind them. Everyone stopped at a small dining area. I jealously watched as Wafer invite Spritz to the beach, hoping he wouldn't go. Biscotti would be in his home country, Shortbread wouldn't be able to either, and Cookie found her intolerable. Spritz said he'd come and Wafer shrieked out a joyous reply. 

20250605 i was on a subway car with Cookie. When we reached the main station, Union Station, the doors suddenly snapped closed before anyone could exit. The windows all opened as the train began to accelerate as fast as it was capable. Wind rustled as everyone inside held on to something to prevent from falling or flying. I overheard people talking through the wind that someone hijacked the train and hacked the system.

I watched a man in an orange safety vest and yellow hard hat shovel pizza boxes from the floor onto a catering cart. All around him were pizza boxes and their delicious contents spilled on the dirty floors of the dark subway underground. He shoveled one into the cart and peered into it, his smile turning into a frown. He continued to shovel more boxes on the cart. In the box he opened was a pizza made with human remains.

20250517 i went to an all you can eat sushi restaurant for a special occasion with friends and family. I sat at the table with Biscotti, Shortbread, JammyDodger, Gingerbread and someone else. Before food was ordered i went to the bathroom.

It was a small room with one sink and toilet. Women were climbing on top of each other to wash their hands in the small sink. I ran into Tiger and her sister, who were washing their hands. I needed to urinate, so with the three of us inside the tiny restroom, I used the toilet then washed my hands.

When I got back to my table, everyone was already done eating. The trays of food were almost empty, and some people already had food packed up. I felt annoyed. The sun was setting outside too. It took so long to use the bathroom that I missed dinner!

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I was at dinner with friends again. I came back to my seat to find a man with a shaven face. He looked so smooth, like a child's face. Everyone stopped talking to look at me as I approached.

"Do you know who this is?" Gingerbread asked.

"... Spritz?"

As I went to him, he got up and I gave him a hug.

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In a restaurant, I came back to my seat from ??? And sat down beside Biscotti and Spritz. It was near the end of our visit. I listened to everyone talk before getting up and getting some food from a large take out container on the counter. Sitting back down, Biscotti's brother said he's a little hungry.

"There's still some food there," i said.

"But that's my lunch tomorrow," he replied.

20250515 cookie finally had a weekend off of no work.

"Let's do something!"

"Let's do ___ event. How about today at ___?"

"But that's in a few hours. By the time we get Baby ready too, it'd already started."

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Cookie was getting ready to leave for work. He kissed my forehead as i lay in bed.

"Don't go yet," i said sleepily, "wait until the lightning passes. It's right above us." [There really was a lightning storm above us.]

20250423 for Cherry's birthday, we gathered at a restaurant high up top a tall, private building of concrete. It was late afternoon and sunset when we were seated around small, wrought iron food court tables. The building didn't have walls or railings - it was all open space. My aunt brought leftovers from her birthday party: lechon and something else delicious. As we ate, the set and it was dusk.

Our meal was soon interrupted by the loud flapping of a helicopter's blades. Cherry flew the helicopter as close as she could to the building, showing us all how she was doing for her birthday lesson. I excitedly opened my cellphone and FlightRadar24 App to show everyone we could track her movements in the sky. I excited watched her icon on my screen, the tiny, yellow helicopter happily moving around the screen. I kept it open until she was done.

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I returned home in a lavish cloth dress. My partner was older - a Sean Connery type - wearing a white suite and black bow tie. I went to the kitchen for something and when i returned to the courtyard, my partner had been in a struggle.

 "Call an ambulance!" He exclaimed. The attacker was on the floor, clutching his chest and was face down