7/22/10
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, 07-23-2010 at 10:33 PM (376 Views)
I find myself competing in some sort of real-time strategy tournament that involved virtual trains engaging in combat. I was part of a three man team (I don't remember who my partners were), and it was our job to construct a virtual train that could destroy the train of the opposing team. The trains were on the same tracks and were going in the same direction, shooting missiles and lasers and whatnot at each other. The matches would start out in 2D, similar to a SNES or Sega Genesis game, but would eventually grow into 3D (Not sure how to adequately describe this transformation). The tournament was taking place in an area that was similar in style to the block I grew up on, but somehow I knew it wasn't my block (I've had several dreams take place in an area that resembled my block).
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I'm talking to a girl. I didn't recognize the girl as someone I knew, but she he looked similar to a girl I know named Jenna. There was obviously sexual tension between us, but she insisted on keeping her distance because "we were brother and sister". I remember finding this a bit odd, seeing as how I don't have any sisters, but I let the confusion pass.
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I'm lying next to her, softly kissing her. After a while she stopped me, on the grounds that I was "making her sad". At that point I realized that the two of us were now lying what I believe was a hotel room of some kind. Some of my friends (Arianna, Alex C., Ann) were also in the room. I don't remember much of our conversations, but I do remember looking through some luggage, though for what I'm not sure.
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Walking around a corner of the block, I come upon a group of teams competing in the tournament. I see a sign which says that everyone must finish twenty matches before we move on to Paris. I approach a man who I interpret as a leader of my team and ask him what the sign was about. The man is a former substitute teacher of mine; his name escapes me at the moment. We bitch about the organizing body's decision for a little while; he mentions that a trip to the market had to be canceled as a result of the decision.
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I'm sitting in a theater, which seems to be filled with people I know. Radiohead is performing on stage, while video is projected on a screen behind them. After they finish their set a new video appears on the screen, one that appears to be about marijuana. Jorge asks Robbie if he can get him some weed. Robbie says he can, and they work out the details of the transaction.