Exciting couple of dreams last night. Sorry it's so long, but this kind of poses as a dream journal for me, too. The last one is the most interesting. And I was cuddled by so many kittens! Yay!
The first one is not so much, but I will write down all I remember anyways.
I think I was male and the perception of myself that I was seeing was different from anyone else. It was kind of like I was within a video game. I fought with a staff and I had realized that I was much more powerful than I usually was. I ran through a very video game-like 3D environment as if I was playing Skyrim or something. The enemies were much like AIs and I could trick them by going out of line of sight and such. I'd whack then with my staff and they'd disappear. I also had some sort of blow gun for ranged. It had cut scenes too. I came across people that I knew and they didn't recognize me. I eventually realized that while I didn't look any different from my point of view, to them I looked like some sort of beast like monster gorilla thing. Weird? Yeah. Imagine like Beast from X-Men, but not blue. I guess that level was over and we were at like a science center or something like that. Someone was explaining it to me that some people were affected by it and it just meant I was different (comforting?). A teenager ran up to me, excited to share that he was affected by it too. He was so excited to share his strength and invulnerability that he like... ripped open and walked inside a boiler. I remember trying to stop him. Oh, it was terrible, the poor kid started screaming and when he came out, I could see his flesh and parts of his bones just seared. Usually my dreams don't get very graphic, but this was disgusting. I was panicking a bit then I noticed that his skeleton was warping as he was healing. He actually became a dragon? Not like a super badass one, but almost like Spyro, but not as cartoony. He was kind of embarrassed and apologized. His guardian came over by this point and started scolding him. She was kind of like a deer person? I just sort of accepted it. Then we went somewhere, the three of us. They yelled that something was attacking us from the air. By looking I couldn't see it, but if I closed my eyes then opened them, I could see it briefly. Then it shot out fire and I believed them. I don't remember what happened after that. Maybe I woke up.
In between my dreams, I had woken up for a bit and tried my little ritual of trying to OBE. I believed I was being successful because I felt the vibrations and I was able to start getting up out of my body. It wasn't a straight float up, but more like sitting up, my legs going right through the bed. It reached the part that I probably should have been able to see, but I couldn't see anything. That confused me and I ended up shooting back into my body.
Actually, there was another dream before my last one. I was at a restaurant I used to go to with my family. But it was also kind of like a Goodwill at the same time, selling used stuff. I was with my dad, mom, and probably a few others. It was like we were watching TV, except it was actually right there literally in front of us. First, my dad had asked the counter if they had found his camera. After asking a few times they gave it to him. As for what we were watching, it was some sort of dog show. But also sports? Where the dogs do tricks. Well, it wasn't working very well. One particular dog threw up a bunch of poop it had eaten and another had its nose and mouth plunged into the mud eating who knows what. Well, it wasn't exactly mud. It must have rained heavily so the grass was flooded in a few inches of water. Anyways, the show must have been a disaster. We lost interest and started looking at the things for sale. I noticed that something was marked on sale (only $75!) we had looked at before, then I was corrected that it was a different item. There was also a giant air hockey thing. Whatever, it kind of lost interest by that point.
My last dream was the most detailed and exciting. Everything felt so real as if I was present in the physical world. When it began, I wasn't even present. I was looking in from the 3rd person at the town/neighborhood. The neighborhood was a street lined with houses and trees, ending in a cul de sac. Beyond there was a canal. It was almost like a halloweenish theme, though who knows. Just slightly older houses and such. No decorations. Saying the strip of houses ran East to West, there was another canal to the North. On the other side was a creepy Frankenstein-like castle. The residents were kind of used to it and strange things happening. One thing I picked up in this overview state was that there was a young adult girl walking around in the night, upset and angry. She wanted the power to do what she wanted to do, whatever that was. She then became possessed or something like that. By a witch or a spirit, I don't know, but she felt the power and she looked devious. She fell asleep outside one of the houses. Yeah, how weird is that? Oh well.
Still in overview mode, I went to the castle. It was run by two interesting characters that I think were somewhat derived from the duo in Megamind. Mostly because one was blue, egotistical, and talkative. The other, my brain apparently replaced the fish gorilla thing with a potato creature. Whatever. So, if that's not weird enough, they had this Frankenstein like castle where they did all sorts of experiments and stuff. Some of it was classical Frankenstein, some of it was more futuristic. They actually sang some song, which was actually quite weird, but whatever. I can't remember the details anymore.
This was when I came in as a character in this dream. I don't know if I was created or what, but I was suddenly there and afraid. I was in my usual form in dreams. I have a pic below because she's not the easiest to describe, but being her is like a second life to me, it feels so natural.
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That aside, I was suddenly in this place and wanted to escape. The blue one was trying to reason with me, I dodged him and ran down a hallway where I was blocked by the potato one. I ran back and they had some sort of atrium that was open. I jumped out and flew, though it was difficult in the dread air, to a window, but I found it was locked with a dead bolt. It was next to impossible to stay perched there, so I glided back to where I was before. I eventually found a back door off a balcony and jumped right off it, catching the wind and flying across another canal. There were quite a few trees and they were ridiculously tall. I landed on the branches of one and looked across the water at the large full moon. It really was beautiful. The sun was starting to set and the colors were painted on the water. I decided to go back to the neighborhood so I flew around the castle and landed behind one of the houses. I noticed that a few plants were dying so I decided to help them out by replacing a few. I walked to the front of the house and started working, but noticed someone from across the street start coming over to greet me. I knew that I shouldn't be seen, so I quickly ran to the side of the house. She started talking to me and I spoke back, but I was listening for where she was and always passing the corner before she could see me. I could tell she was getting frustrated so when I got to the front of the house, I dropped the rest of the plants and had a running take off. I arced around the next house and noticed the girl in black from before sleeping. My original plan had been to land, but because she was there, I stopped at the next house.
Tons of cats were looking out at me. Literally. I have never seen so many cats before. I was intrigued because they could talk (or I could understand them) and they told me to come in. Oh my goodness, it was wonderful! I wish someday to be smothered in cats and kittens and I noticed there were puppies, too. SO CUTE. They were all chattering away, curious about me. The first cat had climbed into my arms, practically knocking me over onto my back then the others jumped on me after. They were all talking to me, asking me questions. There was one puppy who noticed my tail and said "Eeew! What's wrong with your tail?" I looked down at it and wiggled it. "That's just the way it is" I smiled. The puppy held up a paw that looked like it had been malformed. he said "I have a special paw too". Then I, for lack of a better word, fist bumped his little paw.The house itself was practically a single room, not all that big. There was a big TV on the back wall. Either the blue guy from before suddenly showed up or a hologram of him. He said to watch the TV. It started playing and all the kitties and puppies watched, cringing. There was a woman there, blonde and in white, it looked like she was singing and dusting a part of the castle. The blue guy said that she was his wife and something terrible happened. I guess one of his experiments went wrong and I watched as the woman got electrocuted or something. Half her hair was charred black and she cackled like a crazy woman. I suddenly had a bad feeling and kept trying to turn off the TV. The lights flickered. By this time it was night. I was urging the puppies or kitties to turn off the TV because I couldn't figure out how to. I looked out the window and noticed the young girl who was asleep before, coming back, a knife in her hand. I realized that this was her house and somehow she was possessed by the woman in the video. She was the witch/evil spirit thing.
I knew I had to go. I exited the back door, but I didn't close it all the way, I was in such a rush. I ran and took flight farther into the neighborhood, weaving in and out of the trees. I started hearing the voices of the puppies and kitties randomly and the sounds would freak me out. At the end of the cul de sac, I perched onto the side of a very tall tree. For some reason there was a truck lodged in it. A red truck. Clinging to the side, I noticed a kitten stuck inside. I opened the trucks window and it jumped on my lap, cuddling close. I asked it if it was one of the cats from the house, it shook its head. All the while, I kept hearing the voices of them all around me like a crazy surround sound. My talons were lodged into the tree bark firmly and I held my wings close to me tightly. I noticed that I could see my shadow on the ground, but figured that if I stood still and kept my tail tucked in that no one would be able to tell. By this point, I could hear the chanting of the woman and her kitties/puppies. They were parading down the street, chanting/singing something. I can't remember exactly. They ended up in the open lot, same as where the tree I was hiding in was. I was listening to what they were saying and it was something about looking for me and that they would find me. In the center of the field I remember them stopping and marching in place saying something about they didn't see me, just a bunch of trolls, whatever that meant. Then they literally dispersed into the air. I was afraid. Where did they go? Would they find me? Did they know where I was?
Then I woke up. I tried to fall back asleep to find out what happened next, but I couldn't. Gah! I wanted to know what happened despite being afraid.
Sorry I was so long winded :)
Hi, sorry I dont have the stamina to get through your post just now, but kittens sounds good! :-)
Lol. But Majour Ka is absolutely right. Your post is actually very long...
Fortunately I have a better attention span and loved it.
I always have a very vivid meaningful sprawling dream after I come out of a nonphysical excursion/incursion or just a bout of SP... and it is mostly set within an environment that has the same ethos or atmosphere as the last time I was there.
Maybe you will be able to reenter the storyline or experience if you try after an attempted OOBE again. ;)
I had thought about shortening it or just sharing one, but this way I have it on record for myself as well.
If I wake up if I'm still tired I can usually jump right back into it where I was in the storyline. Dreams like this are like reading a book. I always want to see what comes next! Unfortunately once I've gotten enough sleep I eventually can't manage to fall back asleep.
I should try to see if I can go back :) That was the first time I was in that environment.
Most of my dreams take templates of areas I know in the physical world, though distance can be pretty moot. For instance, a whole world can be shoved into my childhood home's family room. This particular one was roughly based off a childhood friend's street. Funny how that can happen, eh?