dream log 80

finally... a long dream...

i'm at a table with some friends, close friends from all over the US. we're playing rounds of something that looks similar to Truth or Dare, except it's literally us speaking a single word/sentence and the other person does or answers it. i don't know HOW we're deciding on the turns or who's doing the truth/dare.

my next turn comes up, and some of our friends keep going to a huge machine right next to us as we do turns - it looks like a very interesting type of rollercoaster, but it doesn't look like one at all, partially being a box. it looks like a deathtrap as i keep seeing people get catapulted from and to one side.

so my turn comes up, and my friend, who i also have a crush on, pulls up a huge card that's like "SPICY CRUSH CONFESSION" and we both stare at each other and are both like "hell no you already know." she sighs and asks me to do something, then walks up to that roller coaster machine. i see her having the absolute most fun time.

then everybody's back at the table and my crushfriend is the last one to arrive, when we all hear the theme song of The Amazing World of Gumball, and as time passes on her face gets redder and redder and she slams her face on the table.

suddenly she's back up, with an idea for an actually decent dare.

"hey, ride that thing," she says, pointing at the huge thing right next to us.

"mmkay," i get up and walk inside its entrance, hopping into an egg-shaped capsule. the front is mostly open air, but there's still something above me.

then...... it seems to go on for about a few minutes, going in a completely straight line, and then i see a screen above me with words i don't understand, except express myself, and i do nothing. and nothing interesting happens - not even any turns or up-downs, or decorations, or ANYTHING. i am sorely disappointed as i step out.

"WHAT?!" every single one of my friends, who have already ridden it, cry out. "Dude! You were supposed to move your arms around and make the ride react to you! You can control the ride experience you have!"

i feel a rush of shame and embarrassment go through me. how could i have wasted this chance? i can't get back on there again. god, i'm the most boring, blandest person ever--

An announcement rings out loudly, "CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE INVITED FOR A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY ON THIS RIDE! BEST OF LUCK AND HAVE FUN!"

We all get teleported into the machine, but it's not a ride anymore.

I'm by myself at first, on a few video game-esque platforms in the sewers, except there's no water or sewage under us. i've been turned into... a blob with tentacles? an octopus with a single big eyeball. i'm inside it, somehow, and i see two other blobs appear - and then many enemies. i don't remember what the enemies looked like, maybe gooey robot rats.

so i move my arms around, trying to strike cool poses, and my blob actually fights off the enemies, and i breathe a sigh of relief as the other blobs get absolutely destroyed, and i fight off every single one of those things by moving my arms.

eventually i advance to the next level, but it looks like this isn't an actual level, it's just a mario odyssey place. i try to advance more, but before i can get to the portal, bowser sees me and stops me dead in my tracks.

i wake up.