New Dream Adventures of Raven Knight

It has been since forever since I have posted any dreams. Today I finally felt like journaling again. Hopefully this is the first of many posts to come.

11/24/12

At The Market
I am in a market place that looks like something I might expect to find in a small Arabian village.

There are numerous people shopping, selling their wares, and I notice that the sun is setting in the west. I am looking at the different shops, looking to find some explosives hidden in one of the shops that is set to kill a lot of people. I am looking through the shops as the sun sets and it gets dark and the lights come on around the market. I am thinking there is no way I will find the explosives in time. But then I finally do. They are disguised as dolls at one of the shops. I wonder if the shop keeper knows that they're explosive or if he just thinks they are dolls. I think I just need to dispose of them. I collect them all and buy them. Now to get them out of here before they blow up. I carry them… there are five of them… to the edge of the market where I am confronted by several men with guns. I dive for cover as they are shooting at me. I think it is amazing that I didn't get hit. I think I should be covered now, but they are still shooting. I do get hit now… but the bullets don't cause any pain. I think that is odd, too. I slip off deeper into the brush, and find an enclosed area of rock where I don't think the bombs will hurt anyone. I keep expecting to be shot at. Then I woke.

Tears of Darkness
I am outside a big house. The front door is standing open and I hear a woman crying inside. I go inside to see what might be wrong. I follow the sound upstairs to the bedroom where I find Regina from the series Once Upon a Time on her bed crying.

I ask her what is wrong. She looks up and quickly wipes the tears away as if she thinks she can hide the fact she was crying. She asks what I am doing in her house. I tell her the door was open and I heard crying, so I wanted to know if I could help. She says she doesn't need any help. And she doesn't know why I'm offering it anyhow. I figure there's no point in arguing with her, so I go right into the spell song Frozen. Golden energy forms around Regina, which seems to take her by surprise. She says in an awed manner that the magic is working… but how? I don't pay any attention to her reaction, I just continue focusing on the spell. The golden energy flows into Regina. When the song is over she is just staring at me. She looks out the window and says she isn't angry any more… I say that is good. She says it's too late, they already know who she is… they'll never believe things could be different. She said she didn't even believe things were different. I tell her that I'll spread some positive energy so everyone will be a bit more receptive to the idea of giving her another chance. So now I go out the window and fly over the town of Storybrook, focusing on the song Voices to cover the area in positive energy. No one will be able to be angry with this energy around. I am just reaching the far side of town when I wake up.

Let's Make a Deal
I am in a forest, wandering around. I stop to look around and I see a strange man has appeared from nowhere. He is rather unattractive… or at least there is something wrong with his skin. He identifies himself as Rumplestiltskin, and says I have been looking for him. My first thought is he is trying to make a pass at me… but then I remember the Rumplestiltskin from Once Upon a Time.

I remember that my goal was to stabilize his dark energy so as to avoid the situations where he acts like an asshole. He asks what he can do for me. I say there is nothing I need, this is about something I can do for him. He looks like he is feigning surprise. He asks exactly what I can do for him. I pause a minute, and that is too long, he says he wants to discuss what he can do for me. He pulls out a small vial of a glowing purple liquid. Overcome by curiosity I ask what it is. He asks if I ever considered what it would be like if my depression just went away. I said that is impossible… and anyway, what does he know about my depression? This isn't about me, it's about you! I reach out with my mind to sense his energy, he is using dark energy, which I already knew. And it is pretty unstable… though nowhere near as bad as it can get. This should be easy to balance it out. He waves the potion in my face. He says he knows more about my situation than I may think. I figure this is going nowhere, so I will just use one of my balancing songs. He says all magic has a price, points at my heart. Before I can stop myself I blurt out that my magic isn't what did that. Someone else did that and I wish he would… but then I cut myself off. Why the fuck am I telling this to Rumplestiltskin?! I say I'm not going there. He suggests I want this 'him' to die a horrible death, to meet extreme misfortune… I say no, I'm not going there. I am finding he is a bit annoying. He says now it's time to talk about the potion. He waves it in my face again. I say many have tried to get rid of my negativity… none have succeeded. He says he has never tried. He says the potion is mine if I do him a favor. What favor? Take him to wherever his boy is. He says he is sure I know about his son, and he wants to see him again, and he knows I can do it. He can see I'm a traveler. Well I figure I was likely to do that anyhow… and stabilize his energy at the same time… so I say I will take him to his son. I open a portal and use Avalon to find his son. A portal opens and we both go through it. On the other side there is small house. I wonder what that is. I get closer. It is an orphanage. There are some kids outside playing. One of them stops and looks over. He calls out, "Papa! You came!" He runs over and the two of them hug. I focus on Voices, using the calm music to help stabilize Rumplestiltskin's energy. It is working. I can see this new world has not had the effect of removing the power… but now it is stable. He seems pleased with the outcome and tosses me the glowing potion, saying he is keeping his end of the deal. I look at the potion. It's supposed to clear out all my depression. Not likely. But what if… I open the bottle and smell it. Rumplestiltskin says it won't work unless I drink it. Is it safe? It doesn't matter… this is a dream. I drink the potion. It tastes like grapes. Yum. I wake up.