I had quite an interesting dream I wanted to share. While this dream was massive and related a lot to my normal, real life, I also had a few... erm... "scenes" taking place with our beloved Chrono Compendium. Keep in mind that my dreams are rarely verbal and are usually communicated with emotions. Perhaps it's because of the boundless insanity that resides in my head, but this world I had visions of was one that appealed to me most. So let's just call it...
Tushant-In Wonderland (harr hurr hurr)
Disclaimer: This was just a weird dream I had, and I'm retelling this as honestly as I can remember because of its sheer entertaining quality. The dream itself was insane, and I thought everybody would love to enjoy reading it. I do not intend to hurt or offend anyone, so take this simply as a fictional joke.
So there I was, in the middle of my dream, trying to escape Mr Corrupt Politician (his first name was "Corrupt"), riding on a Godzilla Limousine and ordering his crew to capture every righteous person on the loose. Saved by the skin of my teeth, I evaded their flamethrower by cartwheeling into a mysterious bush but fell into a hole. By the time I hit ground I saw before me a streak of light, and besides me was an arrow pointing towards it, "escape this way". Right before I entered the blinding doorway, I heard a call. I thought it was a Cheshire Cat.
And it was... FaustWolf appearing on a tree branch. Despite his awesome name "Faust" and "Wolf" written on his collar, one would expect him to be a Demon-Wolf-Who-Invoked-Mephistopheles-To-Grant-Him-Superpowers. Instead, FaustWolf was actually a
talking puppy:
"Wait, Tushantin!" FW cautioned with his puppy-dog eyes. "There be monsters in there!"
"What kind of monsters?" I asked.
"
Insane! If you wish to go inside, then take a look at this article I found on Google Books. Now wear that article as a turban."
And with that, we opened the shiny door and stepped into Wonderland. The first thing I saw was Bard_of_Time playing by the flowers. He looked like a Chibi teddy bear in RD Serge's outfit, with his glassy eyes and adorable wide smile admiring anything and everything around him, while he chased butterflies like a baby. Then soon enough, Boo approached -- a black, adorable baby boogie-monster who often gets cuddled by any pedestrian -- serenading his wife and playing with six little boogie-babies who proceeded to play with Bard_of_Time.
"Let's boogieh!" Boo, The Boogie-Man Caller, announced.
"Aww, how can such an adorable place be insane?" I asked.
"I know you're used to hard life, Tushantin," Faust said, wagging his tail. "What with dodging flamethrowers and fist-fighting gorillas! But I thought I'd offer a better perspective: This place is... strange. You can go wherever you want, do whatever you do, but you'll meet some bouts here and there. And the cliff. Do not approach that cliff!"
"Why not?"
FaustWolf then pointed towards the cliff; there stood a shirtless Akuma with a "Z" scratched on his chest, his eyes staring into the sunset, while he stood motionless. Before I could ask what would happen if I approached, a fly zipped towards the guy and sat on his nose. He scratched the nose. The fly flew. And he obliterated the fly with Kamehameha. And I froze in horror.
"That's ZeaLitY," FaustWolf said. "He likes to stare into the fire. And dream.
Nothing dares to stop him from dreaming."
After that, we walked around the bit and took in the environs. At a nearby tree sat a man: Lord J Esq, reading to his heart's content. Reading.
A freakin dictionary. That was until an RL friend of mine, Hussain, came up to him and poked fun at him.
"What is this?" Hussain said ridiculously. "This is
boring! Where are the pictures in this book?"
Josh, ever so calm, simply walked over to Napoleon and sat to play chess with him. Just as he was about to make his move, another friend of mine appeared before him (this time, Amol), who kept nagging at him again. Poor guy just couldn't catch a break.
"What sort of a game is this? Don't you know soccer? Hey, you chose White! Are you
racist? Holy shit, you just --"
Before the weirdos caused any more trouble, I grabbed Amol and Hussain by the ear and took them away, asking them to shut up. What's worse is that Amol actually charged me to keep his mouth off! While turning away I caught a glimpse of MrBekkler, wearing a smiley mask and hat, chasing
Yogi Bear around for stealing his sandwich. Just beyond the view I saw...
...perhaps the sweetest of the characters in Wonderland: RushingWind. She walked around, always smiling, but her hair seemed to fall off and regrow (in different colors and style) every 15 minutes. She said it was convenient this way since she could try new hair-dos quickly; and she looked great in
every one of those. We sat under a tree and I asked stuff about her, and she proceeded into a huge monologue about where she came from, where her house came from, where all the creatures came from, where the world came from, how the universe began, what's the secret of life, why is the sky blue, etc. While I listened thoughtfully at her, a TARDIS crashed just besides us. My attention wavered, but RW seemed to have a lot more to say. The TARDIS door was kicked open by a man inside -- none other than Thought wearing David Tennent's geek glasses -- who ran all the way across to us screaming, "Make way! Time Lord coming through!" and he picked RushingWind up in his arms and rushed back in his TARDIS. "SHE KNOWS TOO MUCH!"
I blinked, trying to comprehend what just happened. Then FaustWolf put a small TV on where Thought Doctor and his companion RushingWind were engaged in a final battle against the Time Lord's arch-enemy -- The Land Lord! Apparently, Sajainta and her boyfriend Dee enjoyed the show (not knowing it was a real deal), as they sat on the sofa with a popcorn.
"Look!" Saj pointed at the TV. "The Daleks are pointing a giant laser on earth!"
I saw up at the sky. A giant laser was being pointed at us.
Holy shit!"Holy sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiii--" Shee, the comedian chicken, stood besides me and exclaimed his unending surprise.
Before I could run anywhere, I saw one of my ex-girlfriends talking to Syna. I gulped, thinking what to do, then looked at FaustWolf for help. Unfortunately, Faust the puppy was locked into a staring contest with Alfadorredux, the purple cat.
I decided to take matters into my own hands and ran for the girls, grabbed Syna's hand and implored her to come with me. She asked me what was so urgent, I told her I'd tell her when we get there. We ran to the library, I left her in there, then I ran back to my ex-girlfriend, and faced her. She smiled smugly at me. Instead of returning the smile, I tied her to balloon and set her off towards the sky. Suddenly, her voices crackled like a demon's and she began shooting fire bolts towards me. I ran for my life, towards the library and fell to the floor, exhausted. Syna then looked at me in disbelief and poked me with a stick, awaiting my explanation. I explained that I was still inflicted by the curse of the
League of Evil Exes.
"Oh, dear!" Syna exclaimed. "I honestly think you ought to wear this Kilt for spell preservation. Shush! Just wear it. Now wear this robe -- yes, the clown robe -- then take the scissors and cut of one of your sleeves. Stick that pencil up your nose. Okay, now take this article and wear it like a hat."
"What!" I protested. "You too?!"
"Shush! Okay, almost there," then with a little patience, she drew on my face with a permanent marker. "There we go! Now, quick, jump off that cliff!"
"...b-but..."
She batted her eyes cutely, hoping I'd agree. Feeling forced, I gulped and ran for the cliff. I had no idea how a cliff existed in a goddamned library, but it was there! Clear as day! Reaching the cliff, I saw another cliff below a cliff (Cliffception) where ZeaLitY stood, dreaming into the sun. I looked back at Syna, and asked if she was sure about this.
"I dunno!" She called back, but gave me a thumbs up.
I took a gulp and decided to jump, but bloody
Yogi Bear pushed me so hard I fell into the ocean. I woke up to find myself sailing with the famous Captain Nemo, and FaustWolf seemed to have saved me from drowning. On our voyage, we saw many things, and battled many enemies. I even succeeded in defeating the entire
League of Evil Ex-Girlfriends-And-Their-Current-Boyfriends (Syna's spells worked!). The dream was long, but when we reached the beach, FaustWolf bought me dog biscuit... and I cried. He thought I was being home-sick (I was actually crying about the horrible luck I keep having), and he said:
"Tushantin, out here anything goes. But even you are aware that there's no place like home."
"Oh, hell yes, there is!" Someone called.
It was my cousin -- my Australian cousin -- who stopped by in his beach outfit and sunglasses, and handed me and FaustWolf tickets to Australia before saluting and surfing back into the sunset.
While the dream was actually longer than this, I only made an effort to portray characters and circumstances that the Compendium can relate to. There are two things I learned from this dream:
1) Love hurts.
2) I WANNA GO BACK IN THERE!
