there's a very good reason i don't tell other people my dreams. to prove my point, here is what i remember from this morning...
I was walking around a sort of post-apocalyptic desert.
In the distance rose the silhouette of a huge steam-punk castle - a black junkyard mountain against the red ground and sky of an otherwise empty landscape.
I knew that’s where I was headed.
I knew I had to check the door.
A loop of transparent glass ramps led up to the entrance.
The door resembled an enormous broken cog, a half-gear.
At the very top were strange white symbols, written on a pane of glass between two of the teeth, that I knew translated as “Emperor.”
I heard the word in my head spoken with the voice of SkekUng, Garthim-Commander of the Skeksis from The Dark Crystal.
I knew this castle was mine. I went in.
I was in a sort of lobby area that resembled the insides of a whale, à la Kingdom Hearts.
I was offered a tour of the facility by a male receptionist at a host stand.
He introduced me to the facility’s Alternative Energy Expert, Sean McLaughlin, who came through the entrance behind me. We recognized each other and Sean joked that he wasn't sure he was still willing to lead the tour.
Then Rick Cook appeared to my right, where a computer monitor displayed the outside of the “castle.”
(Sean and Rick both recognized me from the “real” world. They both knew who I was- but neither seemed to be aware that the research facility was mine. I was consciously enjoying the anonymity)
I was walking around a sort of post-apocalyptic desert.
In the distance rose the silhouette of a huge steam-punk castle - a black junkyard mountain against the red ground and sky of an otherwise empty landscape.
I knew that’s where I was headed.
I knew I had to check the door.
A loop of transparent glass ramps led up to the entrance.
The door resembled an enormous broken cog, a half-gear.
At the very top were strange white symbols, written on a pane of glass between two of the teeth, that I knew translated as “Emperor.”
I heard the word in my head spoken with the voice of SkekUng, Garthim-Commander of the Skeksis from The Dark Crystal.
I knew this castle was mine. I went in.
I was in a sort of lobby area that resembled the insides of a whale, à la Kingdom Hearts.
I was offered a tour of the facility by a male receptionist at a host stand.
He introduced me to the facility’s Alternative Energy Expert, Sean McLaughlin, who came through the entrance behind me. We recognized each other and Sean joked that he wasn't sure he was still willing to lead the tour.
Then Rick Cook appeared to my right, where a computer monitor displayed the outside of the “castle.”
(Sean and Rick both recognized me from the “real” world. They both knew who I was- but neither seemed to be aware that the research facility was mine. I was consciously enjoying the anonymity)
Rick told me that a very rare animal called the banana-chaser lived on the exterior walls.
When I looked very closely at the monitor I could just make out a large gecko-like grey shape crawling on the darker grey rock.
I pointed to it and asked if it was camouflaged. Rick responded that the creature was in fact bright-yellow, it was just that the monitor was in black & white.
He adjusted some knobs and the camera change to color and zoomed in on the creature.
I pointed to it and asked if it was camouflaged. Rick responded that the creature was in fact bright-yellow, it was just that the monitor was in black & white.
He adjusted some knobs and the camera change to color and zoomed in on the creature.
I looked and realized the banana-chaser was built like a Muppet.
When I looked at Rick to say something, my alarm went off...
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