Strange Dreams
I had really involved dreams last night. I remember three segments clearly.
In the first I'm somewhere in the Middle East on a bus with maybe about 40 people. Something happens (machine gun fire, bomb) and everyone is stunned because no one is wounded or killed! Someone organises a group to commemorate this and protest against the violence in the area. They are claiming a divine intervention. I turn up to this, and dispute their details of the event.
In the second segment, somewhere in "Slumtown", the aliens are genetically engineering a woman to become "brood mother" for a new generation. She's a friend of mine and I visit her. With all the tubes, and the latex envirosuit she's wearing, she looks like a fetish model for rubber wear. Otherwise, she seems quite cheerful, even though in the end process her entire body will be consumed by the aliens. She tries to convince me that I should have this done too, but I leave in a hurry.
In the third segment, two boys go to the new VR arcade that has a dual enclosed console, in which players sit and then insert ID chips to play immersive games. Today they're playing some sort of Starwars game, but a figure appears and promises them a wild time if they'll just click the "yes button". One of the boys does this and nothing happens immediately. However, when they remove their chips they discover what looks like a white gob-stopper wedged in with one. This is actually a sentient being that wants to eat their brains and they spend the rest of the dream running away from it, until they feed it potato chips instead.
Weird, but enjoyable.