Recurrences: The Woman on the Pier
I woke up multiple times last night, covered in sweat, but each time I returned to sleep I had a similar dream. I found myself standing on a wooden pier on a cloudy evening, staring at the back of this girl with a red sweater and blue pants. I approach her slowly, scan my surroundings and only see the usual movements of the ocean, and I walk until I'm standing directly behind her. I can see her now, she is slightly shorter than me and is a brunette. After a few moments, I recognize her as a girl named Danielle from years ago. The process of recognition is always the same. First I notice her sweater, then her height, then her hair, and then she turns 90 degrees to her left and I see the side of her face. She speaks:
Danielle: I'm dating this guy Chuck Andrews now. I really like him a lot.
I don't answer.
Danielle: Do you know him?
Me: No, you've never talked about him.
We walk along the pier, and the sky is a black that flashes continuously to a bleach white. There is a long dirt road.
Danielle: So what have you been up to?
Me: I'm somewhat of a religious man now.
Danielle; You, religious? Ha.
Me: Can I ask you a philosophical question?
We are in a cave that has a wall with a door behind us. I have a notepad and a pen in my right hand, the pad tucked under my shoulder. We start running. I don't remember the reason but we continue running through the cavern for a really long time. After a while it begins to look like hell and a man asks us to research and document the various lifeforms that live in the cave.
We accept, but now there are five of us, and three of my Columbia friends are here. They're each dressed differently: one is a priestess, another wears a long black dress with a monocle, and a third is dressed like an archaeologist (preserving anonymity bu I will say the archaeologist is a guy named Chris). The cave begins to quake and Danielle is suddenly separated from our party.
I close my eyes and there are now three of us: we see the priestess being dragged away by a large Cerberus with three dragon tails. A cave-in prevents it from pursuing us. We encounter other creatures, some towering and some menacing, but we eventually return to the doorway in the cave. We open the door and find ourselves in a dark grey room with a lot of computers, and Danielle leaps onto the archaeologist. There's a struggle, but me and the third girl manage to subdue Danielle. The man from before takes my pad and pen from behind and tells us to leave.
We are now back on the pier. The archaeologist removes his hat and casts it in the water, and suddenly we're in a giant field. We're separated but shout to find each other, and I find myself waiting in a small clearing, just continuing to shout. It becomes dark, but I can still hear their voices.
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Danielle: I'm dating this guy Chuck Andrews now. I really like him a lot.
I don't answer.
Danielle: Do you know him?
Me: No, you've never talked about him.
We walk along the pier, and the sky is a black that flashes continuously to a bleach white. There is a long dirt road.
Danielle: So what have you been up to?
Me: I'm somewhat of a religious man now.
Danielle; You, religious? Ha.
Me: Can I ask you a philosophical question?
We are in a cave that has a wall with a door behind us. I have a notepad and a pen in my right hand, the pad tucked under my shoulder. We start running. I don't remember the reason but we continue running through the cavern for a really long time. After a while it begins to look like hell and a man asks us to research and document the various lifeforms that live in the cave.
We accept, but now there are five of us, and three of my Columbia friends are here. They're each dressed differently: one is a priestess, another wears a long black dress with a monocle, and a third is dressed like an archaeologist (preserving anonymity bu I will say the archaeologist is a guy named Chris). The cave begins to quake and Danielle is suddenly separated from our party.
I close my eyes and there are now three of us: we see the priestess being dragged away by a large Cerberus with three dragon tails. A cave-in prevents it from pursuing us. We encounter other creatures, some towering and some menacing, but we eventually return to the doorway in the cave. We open the door and find ourselves in a dark grey room with a lot of computers, and Danielle leaps onto the archaeologist. There's a struggle, but me and the third girl manage to subdue Danielle. The man from before takes my pad and pen from behind and tells us to leave.
We are now back on the pier. The archaeologist removes his hat and casts it in the water, and suddenly we're in a giant field. We're separated but shout to find each other, and I find myself waiting in a small clearing, just continuing to shout. It becomes dark, but I can still hear their voices.
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End Transmission