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Tuesday, March 28, 2006Don't Get Used to ThisLast Night's Dream, A Quick Summary:Started as I was betrothed to a young Duke of a modest Duchy, inside his "castle" which was actually just a large manor house. I remember stairs with a non-stained glass picture window at the landing which was on the front of the house, and a large hall that looked almost like a nice tavern but was either the dining hall or the court hall. We were over taken by someone and his army, and all held captive in the manor house. The Duke, myself, our friends (who I assume had been there for the wedding planning) and our servants. The taking over people turned the hall into their base of operations and had our servants serve them there. I turned my ring to hide the gem on it under my fingers and kept my hand closed whenever around them. Oh, I believe there were a couple Ranger type people - they weren't quite simple messengers and they traveled the forest - belonging to the Duchy who hadn't been caught and I managed to talk to once. Eventually we saw a chance for our scheming and plotting to escape, and took it. We managed to get everyone loyal out and away safely - by stuffing them in a suitcase that then went into one on wheels almost large enough to be a carriage - but not far enough away and so we hid up in the rafters of the forest - yes rafters, like in a warehouse, not tree branches - while the army searched for us all around and under where we were. There may have been some beginning negotiation talk, not that they would have held up to it or even gone through with it. Some of ours wouldn't stay quiet enough, and I knew we were going to be found. I moved off to a corner with one or two other people I knew were our best, to try and provide cover just in case (and to try and start getting people away?) We ended up being captured by troll orge type creatures, and taken underground to their huge cavern home. We were made workers just like everyone else, given the rules and shown the punishments for breaking them, which was mostly being hung from the ceiling, sometime not deathly, for differing amounts of days. With so many slaves already down there, I lost track of most of my people. A small core group of us managed to stay together when not on our assignments. And we again tried to plan escape. But we never had the change because we were always kept underground and not far enough away from the main cavern, and the troll-ogres had brute strength on their side which was so strong we knew we couldn't fight them. We worried we were too different from most of the captured slaves and tried to keep ourselves blended in as much as possible, lest the troll-ogres decide we weren't worth the trouble and just kill us. At one point we found out there was a chance workers could get themselves into warrior status, which was better in some ways but also meant swifter and harsher punishment upon failure. I decided to sign up because it meant being sent outside once in a while, which would give a better chance of escape. I filled out an application, which most workers there couldn't do, which worried me if I might have just given myself away as too smart to keep around. When the Duke returned he decided to join me, but had me fill out his application for him. I intentionally messed up his to try and give the impression I wasn't too clever. When I was allowed to go get another, the cavern shook as if a minor earthquake was occurring. This was the second time since we'd arrived, and it was scary. The table with the applications was near enough to a cave that lead upwards to sunlight, that when the one guard near me turned the other way I ran up. I found just outside there were three giant sized creatures attacking the cavern, mostly by throwing boulders at it. One was an actual giant, one was almost lizard like, and the other I pretty much forget... a Cyclops maybe? Nah. Anyway, the forces up there to fight the attackers were almost all beaten down. I decided to help fight eventhough they were attacking my captors, lest they bring the cavern down on everyone or just trample everyone, and because if I proved myself perhaps I'd be treated better and therefore given a chance to get others out. I used my psionic/magic to attack the giants, which at first I had a really hard time getting to work the way I wanted. But finally I figured out how to use my powers and with a little help from a couple fighters that had come up behind me, we subdued the giants. I ran back into the cavern to get people who could actually kill the giants, as they were only down for the time being. On my way back out, I realized I had a chance to escape and took it. Adam from "Half & Half" arrived then in a small car crammed with guys, and helped me out. I was of course baffled by the metal creatures moving so quickly up on the surface (on a highway and where I saw a modern hotel in the distance). I think I asked them to help me get the rest of my people out, and I think they may have been about to take me to somewhere or some people that could... and I woke up. Geez! I just can't seem to write up short versions of my dreams! And this is already without a lot of the detail for what I dreamt. |
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