By: Albert Frankenstein [2001-09-19]

Messed Up Dream

I've seen a lot of dream stories here, so here's a dream I had last night

I've seen a lot of dream stories here, so here's a dream I had last night that's been bugging me all day long. I will preface this by saying that I am NOT a violent person, and this dream is very out of character for me.

There was an earlier part to this dream, but I remember none of it. For all intents and purposes, the dream starts with me standing on the lawn of the town hall of the town I grew up in. President George W. Bush is on the ground in front of me dead. There are no obvious signs of trauma, but somehow I have killed him.

I look around me. A few bodies lay twisted in the grass. Trampled I suppose, by the fleeing crowd that I can hear running several blocks away.

"Oh shit!" I think to myself. "I've killed the president! THEY'RE gonna be after me now!"

I look to the sky, as a miniature stealth bomber swoops towards me. It's really more like a stealth hang-glider, it's so small. It was painted white so it could hide in the clouds. It fires at me with a machine gun, but misses. I began to run in odd circles on the lawn, trying to dodge its fire. The pilot's sights must be off, because he can't seem to hit me. After the stealth makes a few more runs at me, I decide to play dead, hoping that the pilot will leave, and give me a chance to escape.

Clutching my chest, I throw myself to the ground. The plane swoops in low and opens fire again, to make sure I'm really dead. Tufts of grass and dirt explode all around me, but he still misses.

By now the mini-stealth is low on fuel. Its engines sputter and die. The pilot ejects, and lands on the lawn to my left. The force of the landing seems to have stunned him for the moment, so I start to push myself off the ground. My hand finds a pair of scissors.

Grabbing the scissors, I charge at the pilot and plunge one blade into his neck. Looking back, this was really disgusting! I remember having to work the somewhat dull blade back and forth, feeling it cut through various layers of flesh as I attempted to slit his throat!

Finally the pilot was dead, but I knew that more would soon be looking for me, so I ran across the street, into the nearest house.

Here, time gets funny. I hid in the house for what may have been hours, or maybe even days. People came and went, but nobody seemed to notice that I didn't belong there. It felt almost like I was in a house that had become a tourist attraction, and everyone thought I was just another tourist.

After enough time had passed that I felt it was safe to leave, I walked towards the door. Before I could leave though, a little boy who couldn't have been older than six jumped in front of me.

"HiYAHHH!!" He shouted, and struck a karate pose.

"Oh, you dare challenge ME, grasshopper?" I replied, and mimicked his stance.

I began play-fighting with the boy. After a minute or two, I noticed a strange bulge under his shirt, seemingly inside his stomach. During a break in his shouting, I could hear a muted ticking sound.

I thought, "Oh my god! They put a bomb in this kid, and sent him to find me!!! I've got to get the fuck out of here!"

I ran outside, where things seemed pretty normal. People were walking up and down the street, as if nothing had happened. There was no sign of the president, or of the stealth pilot I had killed. I stood there stunned, expecting at any moment to hear a someone yell "There he is!" but nobody paid me any attention. Until...

"HiYAHHH!"

The kid had followed me outside! What was I going to do now now? If I run, whoever sent the kid will know that I'm guilty, and the bomb might go off! Whatever kind of sick government agency that would put a bomb inside a kid probably has undercover agents all over this town. How the hell do I get rid of this kid befor he gives me away, or explodes?

Out of the corner of my eye, I see a path leading into some trees. There doesn't appear to be anyone over there, so I pick the kid up and throw him over my shoulder.

"OK, it's time to go home now," I say in a brotherly sounding voice, hoping that anyone who hears will think we're related.

Behind the trees I find a large concrete block, maybe twenty feet square, and three or four feet high. I can hear the bomb inside the kid ticking. It's speeding up. The kid isn't moving much. I start to wonder if he's really even a real kid. Maybe he's some sort of new self-guided android bomb?

The ticking is getting even louder, and faster. They must know they've found me, and are speeding up the timer!

I panic. I grab the kid's ankles, and swing his head into the concrete block as hard as I can. The contact makes a sickening thud.

The bomb is still ticking.

I pull him back, and swing again. Then a third time.

By the fourth, or fifth swing, the ticking has stopped.

I toss the body into a bush, and pause to catch my breath. Everything is spinning. Did anyone see me? Did I just kill a third person? Where do I go now?

As I'm thinking this, the body in the bush twitches.

"Oh god, no!" I gasp.

It's beginning to look like it might be a REAL kid, and he isn't dead yet!

"I have to put him out of his misery!" is my only thought.

I reach for the scissors, but I've lost them somewhere. Hitting him against the concrete didn't work, but maybe I can break his neck...

Twisting his head around for a few moments produces a loud "POP!", and the head rolls around limply.

A noise causes me to stand up quickly, expecting to see agents closing in from all directions. But it's only a squirrel, who doesn't seem at all bothered by the violence going on not ten feet away. I glance down at the body, hoping to see wires, or smoke or something to tell me I haven't just committed my third murder, but all I see is a badly beaten body.

Then the face twitches.

It looks like I didn't completely sever the spinal cord, and the head
is still alive.

"Please, just DIE!!!" I scream, and poise my foot to stomp down on his head.

I wake up a split second before I kick a hole in my wall.

Like I said, I'm not a violent person, I don't have any pressing urge to kill anyone, and I even consider myself to be relatively sane! My dreams have always been stranger than most people's, but this one was strange even to me!
Uh... [2001-09-19 11:35:56] Catherine
You're a crazy person, Albert. I just want you to know that.

This is, of course, the part where I realise I've HAD that dream and therefore I need to shut up.
Skinwalker [2001-09-19 14:11:36] König Prüß, GfbAEV
Usally, my skinwalker dreams are such that would make a Lakota proud; fierce grey timber wolf or soaring golden eagle, but sometimes morphing into a Giant Mutant Electric Walking Catfish the is so ugly that people run from my hideous visage and I have enough electricity to illuminate most of the San Fernando Valley. So, assuming the skin of a Giant Electric Walking Catfish my seem rather ignoble when compared to the noble eagle or fierce wolf, it's got it's advantages.
Try it! You'll like it! And be sure to look for the union label.
Walking Catfish
Catfish, analysis, stuff [2001-09-19 14:22:02] staniel
I think the authors of that site meant to say the fish is a voracious eater, unless it's known to holler "I AM EATING NOW!"

Scissors, I think, are a symbol. Then again, the 23 in your email address and the reference to the squirrel make me think you filled in a couple parts you forgot with Illuminati stuff.

Also, you realize you're probably going to be questioned now, all disclaimers aside?
Scissors [2001-09-19 14:46:48] König Prüß, GfbAEV
Well, here are the scissors at last!
Scissors
100% pure profit [2001-09-19 16:29:58] Danielle
When I said bingo tickets, I meant these little scratch tickets we have here in Ontario, they're tons of fun. So I bought one for the first time ever today, and hey hey hey, I won 6 bucks. I doubled my money, since the tickets are $3 each. I win! I think that's going to be the end of my gambling career. I think I'm giving it up, I want to get out while I'm ahead. I bought the ticket a couple hours previous to my tongue-piercing, which I have been waiting for since I turned 17. It didn't hurt and looks very very attractive.
Gambling [2001-09-19 16:45:52] Sean
Hey, that's a good idea... I should write about my trips to Vegas or Reno. I love gambling. It's a good thing I don't live in Nevada or I'd be ruined.
Body Mod [2001-09-19 16:51:26] König Prüß, GfbAEV
I'm glad that you're happy with your tongue jewelery, Danielle. I like body modification, somewhat. I have thought about going to Thailand and getting one big tattoo and assorted piercings. There is a museum in Japan where they save the skins of guys that had great tat's.
I started this [2001-09-20 05:55:09] Lou the Inscrutable
Start reading here.
Plagary! [2001-09-20 08:08:24] König Prüß, GfbAEV
That theme first appeared in an episode of AstroBoy wherein Saddam was basted with mint sauce and lard from the abatoirs of Addas Ababa before being sent to the knackers wearing pink knickers.
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right [2001-09-20 10:19:49] Pop
Not to worry, Albert, I think we've all been having unusual dreams this week.

But, hey, keep us posted! Let us know how your visit from the Secret Service goes!
Hey, Lou! [2001-09-20 10:23:05] König Prüß, GfbAEV
Deisel Sweeties! AND robots!
Deisel Sweeties!
chicks and electronic toys [2001-09-20 11:37:12] Lou Duchez
Pretty funky. The comic strip I used to like was called "Ghostz", about the lives and adventures of the Pac-Man ghosts.
Dreads and theams [2001-09-21 00:36:59] Jonas
Albert, that was surprisingly lucid dream; after a couple of events in my dreams, things get so far removed from where they started it just gets bizarre. But yours was relatively coherent, if frighteningly violent.

Lou, that thread is great. Probably for the most part because it's true, and the one of the most rational things I've heard in the past week. I could hear my parents yelling at the TV when they watched Bush's speech. I stayed in my room and watched the "Intese Patriotism" episode of Space Ghost.

america2.mp3
4 wheelers [2001-09-21 17:09:43] R Fatty McBoo
I had a dream once and I thought it was real, then I realized that honda accords dont 4 wheel over cherikoees and I went back to sleep. Oh, and my dad molested me in that one. Yeah, that dream. 4 wheeling and child abuse.
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