Dream #2

Dream #2

Felt Owls

Recently, I've been having a lot of really fantastic dreams. Like, literally, I'll have several every night and they're all really good. I had three last night, and one of them I like in particular, so I'll summarize the bits I can remember. I've added a few details to make it a better story and make more sense. Take note that are no words in this dream; the characters speak in pantomime.

The dream starts out following a felt owl that lives in the sea. We'll call him Mowl. He's a little lonely, even though he's surrounded by other felt owls in his community. One day, overcome by loneliness, he takes a walk and comes upon a junkyard. Wandering the isles of junk, he finds another felt owl, sitting against a pile or trash, who we'll call Kowl. This felt owl looks tired, worn down, and just about lifeless, holding on to a single piece of candy. Mowl, seeing this as an opportunity for a new friend and approaches. He leads Kowl back into town, yet after a few days, there is still no light in Kowl's eyes. Remembering the piece of candy Kowl held on the day they met, Mowl builds Kowl a candy factory in hopes to give his life new purpose.

This restores Kowl, and he takes up well to the factory, but he soon becomes obsessed with his work. Mowl comes to visit him one day, but Kowl barely raises his head from his work, his mind entirely consumed and his body running through precise, calculated motions. All he can do is offer Mowl a small piece of candy, which Mowl drops by mistake. Kowl becomes irrationally upset by this, so Mowl leaves. However, on his way out, he sees another owl watching from a nearby window overlooking the factory floor. It is a female owl that we will call Yowl.

Though she is completely rigid and motionless, it is her eyes that disturb Mowl the most. They seem blank, as though she is nothing but an empty shell of an owl that has taken on an infatuation to Kowl. Mowl decides to investigate and finds his suspicions are true. She is completely unaware by Mowl's presence, staring unwaveringly at Kowl. He notices a piece of candy in her hand, and takes it in hopes that it will bring her to her senses. However, as he does this, both Kowl and Yowl turn to him, rage in their eyes. They begin to chase him, their minds lost.

Fleeing, Mowl knows he cannot yield to them. Something is terribly sinister abound, and he cannot let it continue. By handing over the candy, Kowl would continue to slave away without pause, consumed by his work, and Yowl would stand forever lifeless at the window, watching Kowl. He had to fix what he had created. So he ran and ran, and they chased and chased. All across the city, through the coral and across the rocks. They climbed ledges and floated across kelp until finally, they came upon a cliff. Nowhere else to run, Mowl jumps off the cliff and uses his wings to slow his fall. Kowl and Yowl follow, but in their distorted states, they are unable to use their wings and fall to their death. Mowl soon reaches the sea floor where the two other felt owls lay and looks at them. His eyes incredibly sad, he drops the piece of candy by their feet and returns home.

The dream ends with complete darkness. Painted images flash into view, depicting what their lives could have been. A song plays over the pictures, a sweet female voice narrating this sentiment. About what was lost and the wonderful life that could have been lived instead. About a friendship and a romance and happy endings. And then I wake up.

And to conclude, I just wanted to point out a few things. First, I think this all occurred underwater because I'm playing World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, and the area I'm currently in is all underwater. Second, I seem to have a lot of dreams involving junkyards (a lot meaning more than one) and they are based off the junkyard in Legend of Mana. Third, I apparently can compose fantastic, emotional music in my sleep.