Dreaming in Digital

Of course I didn't wait. I wandered the hallway, noticing Count Dooku and another gentlemen spraying the terracotta floors with water and freezing it into a thick layer of ice. I followed them around until alarms rang through the building, indicating we should evacuate. Closest to the outdoor assembly room, I scampered there. Soon masses of students ran through those doors in near but swift fashion. My instructor, followed by my classmates, found me and scolded me again. He said my actions have hurt more people, and that I should be ashamed. Hearing this, I felt guilt.

After a moment of standing together, he shyly asks, “if we are going to die, can I have my first kiss with you?”

The two parts of my dreams I remember were disappointing. In one dream I went to Anime North held at a little, rundown house from outside, but was much larger and modern inside. It was early so I was near the beginning of the line, and I went in easily. It was Saturday morning and cloudy and grey. I got in and a few minutes later Cookie did too as I realized I changed my mind about complying. I was embarrassed to cosplay in the beginning by myself, but I realized Shortbread and her sister and her friend's would all cosplay today. I told Cookie this and he took me by the hand as we exited to go get my costume.

My second dream I was at Cookie's house with his parents. I don't remember why I needed it but Cookie's mom asked her husband to bake a complex cake for me. He was not happy as he got to work. Also she said I could clean their storage room and be paid a fee, but changed her mind this day and told me she hired a professional group to do it. I felt a part of me sink, since it took too long for me to start the task.

(In Lineage II) I don't remember how it begins, but I met with three woman my age- possibly people I went to school with. I was as pleased to see them as they were of me, and I told them I was now a gladiator like they were. Something we did had to make us restart our progress as a gladiator, because we found ourselves in the sewer with the glowing weapons we used during training.

In another dream, I was with three other girls, one being ChocoChip from high school. In a van, we drove to a sketchy logged house in the middle of the country in the early morning hours as dawn had begun. Surrounding us was a thick layer of fog, but somehow, ChocoChip could see through it as we pulled into the driveway. ChocoChip and Dana from elementary school took the leadership position as I sat in the back half asleep. When ChocoChip returned, we drove into the city, at a plaza with a few cars. The last girl was chosen to fetch our prey, as ChocoChip, Dana and I stood around the vehicle under the grey sky and the lifting fog. She returned empty handed, so as a group we decided to find our unsuspecting prey from inside a store. The closest to us was a pizza place (which could be Pizza Pizza from all the orange I remember) and we walked in casually in partners and giggling over fake chat. As we ordered a large pizza for the four of us, we kept an eye out on who could we kidnap. As we walked out, our last member had her eyes on someone, so she left us to fetch them as ChocoChip, Dana and I stayed hidden in the vehicle and ate a slice of the pizza. When we heard the screams of fearful people, we hopped out of the grey van holding easily concealable weapons. Our friend brought two girls, one of them being a child. As the child ran towards me, I failed to catch her and ChocoChip said to leave her. The second of the two slowed down when she saw us. She was blond and slim, her hair tied up into a pony tail. She was dressed in an orange cheerleading outfit with black accents. In a quick moment, out last member opened the trunk, pushed her inside and we found ourselves back into the van and driving to the wooden house in the country. As the last member and I ate a few more slices of he cheese pizza, the girl behind us was terrified. I offered her a slice, but she shook her head and asked us a couple of questions. None of us answered them. As we neared the country, I realized I was on my fourth or fifth slice, though when I looked at the pizza box, there was still plenty for the others to eat. The cheese pizza was delicious- I haven't eaten pizza in a long time, though the amount of calories I've eaten hit me.

We arrived in the foggy countryside and stopped at the wooden house. The last member and I held her as she struggled to get away, and we stood as a team on the patch of dried grass, waiting. An old man in his sixties came to us, his beard grey and long, and he was bald. He thanked us and told us what he needed the girl for- to crush her up completely and press out her juices, and fat and it back to the people as cooking fat so they would eat their own. When the blond heard all this, she screamed and nudged us loose, running towards the old man and passing him, but the man caught her and held on to her, dragging her into the house; our last member helped him bring her in. I mortified at what we were doing. Cookie came from the house and I ran to him, feeling terrible that I was part of this. I explained all this to him and he laughed thinking it was funny. ChocoChip said I needed punishment because... I don't remember why, but she told Cookie that he could stand in for me and take it. I stood between them and hugged him, disagreeing with the target of the lashes, saying I would accept my own punishment. ChocoChip whipped me a couple of times with her belt, though they didn't hurt as much as I thought they would. She explain that business is business in our kind of lifestyle and that we shouldn't let emotions take over.

I had a dream where I was suppose to meet Cookie at anime club. My mom was suppose to drive me but she didn't because she took forever getting ready and I was waiting for her. It was eleven o'clock when I went to find her on the couch watching movies in Tagalog. I felt guilty since I stood Cookie up.

I was at the club surprised to see people still there after eleven. I sat at the backrow with my laptop. I looked at Zim's laptop seeing him play an MMORPG that didn't look like Lineage II but was. He was playing a female character. Shortbread and I hovered over him for a while, watching and talking about the game. Amaretti had a stuffed animal with him with the mouth as thread coming off. I volunteered to fix it but found I couldn't find thread. I was trying pieces of my hair, then I pulled hair off a wig, which I felt emphatic pain. It was multicoloured and I got tired of arranging and sorting them. I gave up and got up finding everyone asleep. I went to my mom's room to get the black embroidery thread and sat back down with everyone.

I was part of a modern day ninja group. We had our meeting place in a green grassy field, but we also had territory at an apartment building. People lived in the apartment building, but we didn't. We climbed it. We'd scale the walls, climb the balconies... Things I fear, originally, but this time, my fear became less and less and I climbed it often. I made a friend. She was oriental and reminded me of the yellow ranger from the first season of Power Rangers. There was a guy I thought I could trust. He told me to climb a certain balcony and open the chest, so I did. Later on, our leader called a group meeting. He was furious that someone revealed the location of a certain balcony and opened the chest. He was even more furious that the secret artifact, barbecue kebobs, were stolen by a team member who actually was a member of the rival ninja group. She was my friend. When the meeting was adjourned, I ran to the leader and told him to blame me-- it was my fault that the chest was opened. The leader didn't listen. He was more focused on his plans of attack and retrieval of the secret artifact. I walked away with my tail between my legs and found my mom. She took me to another room with lots of food and guests in merriment. I was led to a table with different desserts from my country and a cake. My mom asked me if I wanted anything from there to eat. I shook my head and she took me to a table with cupcakes. She asked if I wanted cupcakes and told me they were cupcakes for Aunty Gingging's birthday. I took two: a pink and a blue one.

I had a dream where I missed going to Anime club. Anime club is special today because Cookie is bringing his cousin with him. I missed it and felt guilty because I stood them up.

I ended up going home and my mom wanted to pick me up from SW in B, as that was where my school us dropped me off. [Cookie] wanted to pick me up too, so we made a plan to come pick me up and sneak out at 16:00. I got stuck at home and couldn't leave, but it was time for [Cookie] to pick me up. It was like I stood him up.