Dream Journal
I wish I could say that I remembered the dream I had last night with more clarity, but its details were fuzzy as soon as I'd woken up.
I was in a kind of temporal loop, wherein I kept getting captured by... I can only fathom a guess as to what or who they were, because it was like some sort of "animal control"-esque facility. They used dogs to find me, and corner me at that facility, which was built up almost like a waterpark, insofar that there were waterslides everywhere, each one leading further and further into their territory and further away from the only entrance/exit. They shoved me down the waterslide, and away I went.
Inside the (outdoor) facility, I met a cat and a dog. They talked, a la a Disney movie or whatnot. I appeared to be human, but it was never quite clear whether I was actually human or merely seeing myself that way because I thought I should've been human. The cat, who was a girl and reminiscent of Mittens from Bolt, wanted to try to help me break out, so we teamed up along with the dog, who was reminiscent of Dug from Up.
The first time, I think I managed to get out on my own, but the temporal loop reset anyway because I guess I hadn't gotten out as soon as I'd needed to. The second time, the cat and I were close to the exit, but the dog, who couldn't swim, was trying to keep the guard animals off of us as we were making a break for it but got pushed into a deep and fast current. The cat said we had to make a break for it because it was now or never, but I hesitated. Finally, I told her that I couldn't just leave him in trouble like that, and jumped into the slide after him to try to catch up to him. The cat followed me reluctantly, running alongside the slide, telling me I was nuts. I saved the dog, but we got recaptured and lost our shot at escaping.
The third time, since I knew some of the key things that were going to happen at that point, we were able to get to the exit fairly quickly, but were caught walking past a security officer's door. We made a break for the exit, but ran into the head mistress (or whatever) of the facility, who'd already been notified about our escape attempt. The security guard came running after us from behind, and I clobbered him and grabbed his gun, pointing it at the mistress' head. She didn't flinch, saying that I could never kill her, and calmly instructed me to hand her the gun. The cat and the dog, who'd been freaking out, were silent at this point, as were the rest of the guards and their guard dogs. Absolute silence as I kept the gun trained on the woman's head, unflinchingly. I prepared to pull the trigger, and she (still calmly) informed us that, fine, we had won, and we could go. The guards cleared a path for us. The cat and the dog, overjoyed, began walking ahead. I remained with the gun still pointed at the woman's head. She told me I could go now, that I could always go, that I always COULD have gone, but that no matter how many times I left, it would never change anything. I smiled and said, "I know," and pulled the trigger. Her facade of composure completely broke, but from the gun, there was merely an empty 'click'. The dog and cat breathed a sigh of relief, I tossed the gun to the ground, and joined up with them as we started to leave. One of them asked me how I knew that the gun was empty. I didn't answer.
Believe it or not, there was actually MORE to the dream, but that's about the point where things get fuzzy and I can't really remember what happened next. The dream shifted, or it was a different dream or at least a far different setting; that's about all I remember. So... yeah.
I was in a kind of temporal loop, wherein I kept getting captured by... I can only fathom a guess as to what or who they were, because it was like some sort of "animal control"-esque facility. They used dogs to find me, and corner me at that facility, which was built up almost like a waterpark, insofar that there were waterslides everywhere, each one leading further and further into their territory and further away from the only entrance/exit. They shoved me down the waterslide, and away I went.
Inside the (outdoor) facility, I met a cat and a dog. They talked, a la a Disney movie or whatnot. I appeared to be human, but it was never quite clear whether I was actually human or merely seeing myself that way because I thought I should've been human. The cat, who was a girl and reminiscent of Mittens from Bolt, wanted to try to help me break out, so we teamed up along with the dog, who was reminiscent of Dug from Up.
The first time, I think I managed to get out on my own, but the temporal loop reset anyway because I guess I hadn't gotten out as soon as I'd needed to. The second time, the cat and I were close to the exit, but the dog, who couldn't swim, was trying to keep the guard animals off of us as we were making a break for it but got pushed into a deep and fast current. The cat said we had to make a break for it because it was now or never, but I hesitated. Finally, I told her that I couldn't just leave him in trouble like that, and jumped into the slide after him to try to catch up to him. The cat followed me reluctantly, running alongside the slide, telling me I was nuts. I saved the dog, but we got recaptured and lost our shot at escaping.
The third time, since I knew some of the key things that were going to happen at that point, we were able to get to the exit fairly quickly, but were caught walking past a security officer's door. We made a break for the exit, but ran into the head mistress (or whatever) of the facility, who'd already been notified about our escape attempt. The security guard came running after us from behind, and I clobbered him and grabbed his gun, pointing it at the mistress' head. She didn't flinch, saying that I could never kill her, and calmly instructed me to hand her the gun. The cat and the dog, who'd been freaking out, were silent at this point, as were the rest of the guards and their guard dogs. Absolute silence as I kept the gun trained on the woman's head, unflinchingly. I prepared to pull the trigger, and she (still calmly) informed us that, fine, we had won, and we could go. The guards cleared a path for us. The cat and the dog, overjoyed, began walking ahead. I remained with the gun still pointed at the woman's head. She told me I could go now, that I could always go, that I always COULD have gone, but that no matter how many times I left, it would never change anything. I smiled and said, "I know," and pulled the trigger. Her facade of composure completely broke, but from the gun, there was merely an empty 'click'. The dog and cat breathed a sigh of relief, I tossed the gun to the ground, and joined up with them as we started to leave. One of them asked me how I knew that the gun was empty. I didn't answer.
Believe it or not, there was actually MORE to the dream, but that's about the point where things get fuzzy and I can't really remember what happened next. The dream shifted, or it was a different dream or at least a far different setting; that's about all I remember. So... yeah.