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    The Endless Mall

    by , 07-27-2014 at 10:23 PM (454 Views)
    #343 - DILD - 7:19AM

    I am watching a battle unfold in the streets of a large city. There are some sort of robotic attack vehicles made from semi trucks shooting the place up. Defenders come in and blast away at the vehicles causing very little damage (a few panels fall off) and using up all their ammo. During the barrage I am amazed how there are several groups of pedestrians that don't seem to notice what's going on around them. In fact, they are impervious to it. One group actually walks right through the line of fire unscathed. I know something is odd about this but before I can think things through the dream switches to first-person.

    It was the Clone Stormtroopers that had came to defend the city and I am their commander. We look like normal Clone Troopers but our suits are more practical like a Halo Power Suit. The attack vehicles shoot back and though we don't seem to be taking any damage my H.U.D. shows a power drain. Having no way to fire back, we just stand there and take it. The assault stops just as it reaches zero; one more hit and we die. Fortunately, the attack vehicles have given us the opportunity to retreat alive. My H.U.D. reads "HRD TO BRTH" in bold red letters. I shout back at the on-board computer, "I know its hard to breath. I'm wearing a helmet!" Not only that, but all life support systems have shutdown with there being such little power left in the suit.

    I know we are not supposed to retreat. We came to fight to the end, but whats the point of it all now? We have no hope of winning and I'm not going to let all my men die for nothing. No, I'll take the heat from command and live to fight another battle. We'll get find a way to win this. Still this is embarrassing. Reluctantly, I give the order to retreat and we all walk away in scattered groups.

    We make our way along several structures and industrial looking catwalks. There's a lot of open-air stairways and ladders. As I am walking and climbing I feel like I am missing something important. I think about the situation I am in. I look at my white armored arms and hands. My helmet is now gone. When did I take it off? I think about the battle and how odd it was. Slowly I become lucid.

    I continue walking but now I'm looking around more alert. I am alone in a shopping mall but still climbing several ladders and stairways. For some reason I just really want to reach the roof and see what I can see. Maybe I'll go flying. I spend a huge amount of time searching for a way out. I see an elevator and decide that will do nicely.

    As the doors close behind me I feel like the elevator is a little too small. There's a feeling of quickly moving up as I look over the small space. There is a mirror. I expect to see a clone trooper, but I just see my normal self in nothing but underwear. I give my face a close examination for a moment, but I am about as normal as I can look in a dream.

    The doors open to another level with more ladders and maze-like stairways. I finally have enough ladders when they start twisting and turning, threatening to shake me lose. I drop away at the next level up and find that I am in a indoor courtyard with a fountain and plants. There has to be a limit. I've been moving up for a long time. I look up and see a ceiling. Deciding that has to be the upper most level, I fly up. I have trouble getting going at first, so I focus on a point. I see a fire sprinkler and zoom into it. I drop at the top level and hang on to the glass railing. There's a security guard at a central desk and I worry that I'll be in trouble for flying and climbing all over the place, but he doesn't seem to notice me. I look around and no one seems to notice me. Behind me, on the other side, I see stairs. I fly over there having trouble. I actually fly backward for a second until I focus on a spot near a woman and her son sitting on a bench.

    I am disappointed to see the stairs leading down. For fun, I jump over the edge and let myself belly flop back down on the floor of the lower level. There's a sudden stop when I hit but that it. I get up curious and at lack of sensation. There are more stairs leading down with a long ramp, like a slide to the side of it. This area is now starting look more like painted concrete. As I slide down I realize that there is a song playing on the intercom. It's "With or Without You" by U2. The sound is nice so I sing along to the chorus. "With or without you. With or without you. I can't live with or without you." After a minute I realize the song is just repeating that same part over and over. I chuckle that this is probably all the words I actually know. I stop singing and the song fades away.

    I am now in a parking garage. I'm still curious about falling. I wonder what if would be like to jump off the side and just freefall to the ground. Without another though, I vault over the low wall and let it all go. I fall maybe 3 or 4 stories and belly flop in another section of the parking garage. OK that would have killed me in waking life. I get up feeling satisfied and a little dumbfounded. Such a strange feeling to fall unhurt. I realize this dream has been going on for a very long time. I'm quite impressed with myself.

    The dream starts to darken now and I fear I am waking up. I shout, "NO! STAY...IN...THE...DREAM!" I stomp my feet with each word and I can feel, as well as hear, my bare feet slap smooth concrete. I shout again, "STAY... IN THE DREAM!" The parking garage comes back and I remember I had other goals.

    I want to complete the extra lucid dare challenge, eat a food you hate. Menudo I walk around a bit while loudly singing with cheesy vibrato, "Menuuuuudooooo! Oh where is my Menuuuuudooooo?" I realize this rarely brings me anything so I switch tactics by thinking things over.
    Ok this is not going to work. Oh I know. I can always manipulate DCs if I pretend that we have an agreement arranged beforh....
    "Hey you!" I spot an old Russian couple walking in the garage. The man doesn't seem to notice me but the woman looks over. She has a brown paper bag in one hand. "You got my menudo, right?"
    The woman smiles and says in a thick Russian accent, "Yes I do, but [garbled] cookie."
    I pause. What about a cookie? I think about asking her to clarify but know from past experience, this can turn into a whole other tangent. Instead, I say, "Oh... um.. o-okay." Part of me wonders what I just agreed to. The woman pulls out a Styrofoam bowl with a thin plastic lid and sets it on a low concrete table. She walks away and I move in to take the bowl... but I suddenly wake up.
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    Updated 07-27-2014 at 10:25 PM by 5967

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    1. ~Dreamer~'s Avatar
      LOL @ the sudden clothing change!
      I've seen a few people unexpectedly end up in their underwear lately! (In dreams, that is...)

      I chuckle that this is probably all the words I actually know.
      I'm pretty sure they're the only words anyone knows.

      I love how fearless you were with the falling, great work! That sounds exhilarating!

      Bad luck with the lucid dare, maybe next time!
      (I have a few more of your dreams to catch up on, so maybe you've already done it by now...)
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    2. Xanous's Avatar
      Haha thanks. I had a lot of fun with this dream. I really didnt mind that I didnt get to do the dare. Lol.
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