December 22, 2025, Evo Numy
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I dreamt.
Part I: Mindless Office
I was at work. My body was moving but I wasn’t aware of what I was doing. My mind was elsewhere and I was acting very strange. I started shuffling papers that were already neatly stacked, I made them very messy. I then stood on top of one of the tables near a wall to look out the window then got down. I was looking for something but couldn’t remember what. My coworkers around me were weirded out but didn’t look at me or say anything. I couldn’t remember what I was doing so I got on the table again. I knew I was being so weird but I didn’t really care. I got off the table again.
One of my coworkers asked if the color printer above the window was on. I got back on the table to check but another coworker, who was annoyed at me, said that the color printer near her worked perfectly fine. I left the office, walked down the hallway and down the stairs and realized that I had grabbed a red garbage can. I thought about returning the garbage can to the office but I didn’t want to explain why I grabbed it. I left the garbage can at the top of the stairs but then moved it to the office door.
Part II: Lost at University
I was in class and put my jacket and bags down in a seat. I walked into the hallway to wander around before class. I was on the third floor and made my way to the ground floor. I was in a giant cafeteria/common area. It was so crowded and loud. I tried to find my way to an elevator to get back to class. I became so lost. I tried to look for the main entrance but I got turned around. I was in an unfamiliar part of the University building. I became so frustrated because I was late to class. I decided to go outside because there was a fair going on.
When I stepped outside, there were so many different rides. It was larger than I expected. There was a soft pink and gold merry-go-round with tulips instead of horses. A flying chair ride that was made of mother-of-pearl and gold. There were food vendors that stretched to the horizon. The fair was even more crowded than the cafeteria/common area. There was so much movement and so much noise that I had to sit down at a picnic table because I was overstimulated. I focused my mind and eliminated most of the people.
I then tilted my head back and fell asleep. A dream within a dream. A voice started talking to me and gave me a sequence of numbers: 1/10, 1/1000, 1/100, 2/10, 2/1000, 4/100. It told me that this was the code for poison duplication, I felt fear well up inside me. The voice went on: 3/10, 3/1000, 6/100. I felt terror, I wasn’t supposed to know this information, no one was supposed to know. I forced myself awake so I would not be able to hear the next sequence of numbers.
I awoke.