Halo 2 meets Half Life
Jul. 14th, 2005 02:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tirsdendreamsThis dream is really quite fuzzy now but I was so enthused with it last night that I even dreamed about verbally figuring out all the right words for the events that happened, with the thought of posting it here. Too bad I can't remember most of what I came up with... so here goes nothing.
I was playing the XBox game Halo 2, except I was actually in it. I remember talking to Dad about the game, as if he was watching. I was in a big huge room that was very dark and had these long, thin platforms to run on, high up off the floor. Falling would certainly cause death. I knew the end of the level was soon, but I wanted a better weapon because I was almost out of ammunition for the one I had, and I could see a really cool weapon up ahead (I think it was supposed to be a rail gun). I had a choice, I could follow the correct platform to the end of the level, or I could take a different turn really quickly and pick up this other weapon. Plus I was moving very slowly for some reason, and I knew that there was a "speed up" item along the same path as the weapon.
So I decided to go for the weapon and the speed increasing item. I just hit the speed thing when I noticed that my timer had only a couple seconds left on it (apparently if you ran out of time on a level you would die, like in Mario Brothers). So I died and I was so annoyed, but this time I knew I'd skip the whole picking up the extra weapon thing and just finish the level. I reloaded the game (yeah, I was still in it this whole time, I don't remember seeing the game on any sort of television screen) and found that it had automatically saved my progress back at the point where I'd picked up the speed item. Except now the speed item wasn't there, nor was the other weapon. Apparently they wouldn't respawn because I'd picked them up in the previous game, even though I'd lost them to dying.
I had tons of time on my timer now, however, so I took the right path/platform thingy to the end of the level. The next part was a sort of warehouse room and I saw spots of Flood on the wall (if you haven't played the Halo series, Flood is a nasty virus that turns people and aliens into freakish monsters). Then I found a computer on a desk and was thinking I should see if I could find any files on what had been going on at the warehouse... when a lady in a white lab coat asked me what I was doing. (This is where it started feeling like Half Life, a PC game.) Apparently this was her workstation, and she worked here. I was surprised to find anybody alive at this point, as I was sure the virus would have killed everyone off or turned them into mutants.
I said I was there to stop the virus or try, and asked her why she was still there, working as if nothing was going on. She said she had no idea there was anything wrong, that her company hadn't informed her of any such virus outbreak. She did seem to believe me but she didn't want to leave, so I told her to be very careful and to try and contact me if something went wrong in her area. (I have no clue *how* she was supposed to contact me, but it made sense in the dream). I left her and headed for the door to the next level.
Then I woke up.
Dream Symbol Analysis. Source: SoulFuture Dream Dictionary
game: The game of life; Your soul’s path - the details of the game will provide further interpretational clues; The outcome of a project or the way in which a situation will pan out, the name of the game; Not taking something seriously enough, treating it like a game; A willingness to participate, being game; A somebody or something that is wild or out of control; Doing something very well, playing to win, playing a mean game; Wild animals.
gun: Using or brandishing a gun may symbolize inner, unreleased anger or aggression; Targeting someone with harmful intent; Wanting to destroy somebody or something; Needing to step on the accelerator, add impetus, gun it; A gun may have sexual implications, the penis, ejaculation; A gun that is not working may indicate a feeling of defenselessness.
death: A death within a dream usually denotes imminent or current transformation, a new birth or a new beginning; Completion, ending, finality; Something that needs to released or changed; Dreaming of the dead may suggest suppressed grief; Although the interpretation of death is rarely this literal, it may indicate an actual death of someone, or anxiety about the possibility thereof. (rest don't apply)
warehouse: Your inner resources, potential, reserves or capacity.
woman: Symbolic of the feminine side or yin energy in both men and women; If the woman is known to you, assess your opinion of her - the dream may be highlighting her dominant characteristics. (I didn't know her)
white: The crown (7th) chakra, your connection to spirit or the Universal Source; Something that is pure or benevolent by nature, of a high vibration; Purification, cleanliness, newness; Your inner light; Peace or surrender, a white flag; Something that is unwanted by you, a white elephant; A rare or valuable possession that is expensive to maintain, a white elephant; Cowardice may be symbolized by a white feather; Hiding or concealing defects, deceiving, whitewashing; Suppressing, preventing somebody else's progress, a whitewash; A non-manual, professional occupation, white collar; Being drained of resources, being bled white; Death; Pain; Fear; Shock.
chakras: 7th Chakra - top of head, violet, top of head, thought, spiritual connection, understanding, knowing, bliss, God.
Thoughts: Maybe the timer on the game is some sort of metaphor for life, as in the time that is given to me to live on this planet. I could say that I feel like I died already due to the events of my past, especially when I tried to kill myself, and I'm just waiting for my body to catch up. But then on another level it feels like I am starting over, with time to spare, even if I'm not certain about my future. So those thoughts could easily transpose into a timer running out in a video game, causing my character to die, but then starting again with plenty of time to finish the level.
I was playing the XBox game Halo 2, except I was actually in it. I remember talking to Dad about the game, as if he was watching. I was in a big huge room that was very dark and had these long, thin platforms to run on, high up off the floor. Falling would certainly cause death. I knew the end of the level was soon, but I wanted a better weapon because I was almost out of ammunition for the one I had, and I could see a really cool weapon up ahead (I think it was supposed to be a rail gun). I had a choice, I could follow the correct platform to the end of the level, or I could take a different turn really quickly and pick up this other weapon. Plus I was moving very slowly for some reason, and I knew that there was a "speed up" item along the same path as the weapon.
So I decided to go for the weapon and the speed increasing item. I just hit the speed thing when I noticed that my timer had only a couple seconds left on it (apparently if you ran out of time on a level you would die, like in Mario Brothers). So I died and I was so annoyed, but this time I knew I'd skip the whole picking up the extra weapon thing and just finish the level. I reloaded the game (yeah, I was still in it this whole time, I don't remember seeing the game on any sort of television screen) and found that it had automatically saved my progress back at the point where I'd picked up the speed item. Except now the speed item wasn't there, nor was the other weapon. Apparently they wouldn't respawn because I'd picked them up in the previous game, even though I'd lost them to dying.
I had tons of time on my timer now, however, so I took the right path/platform thingy to the end of the level. The next part was a sort of warehouse room and I saw spots of Flood on the wall (if you haven't played the Halo series, Flood is a nasty virus that turns people and aliens into freakish monsters). Then I found a computer on a desk and was thinking I should see if I could find any files on what had been going on at the warehouse... when a lady in a white lab coat asked me what I was doing. (This is where it started feeling like Half Life, a PC game.) Apparently this was her workstation, and she worked here. I was surprised to find anybody alive at this point, as I was sure the virus would have killed everyone off or turned them into mutants.
I said I was there to stop the virus or try, and asked her why she was still there, working as if nothing was going on. She said she had no idea there was anything wrong, that her company hadn't informed her of any such virus outbreak. She did seem to believe me but she didn't want to leave, so I told her to be very careful and to try and contact me if something went wrong in her area. (I have no clue *how* she was supposed to contact me, but it made sense in the dream). I left her and headed for the door to the next level.
Then I woke up.
Dream Symbol Analysis. Source: SoulFuture Dream Dictionary
game: The game of life; Your soul’s path - the details of the game will provide further interpretational clues; The outcome of a project or the way in which a situation will pan out, the name of the game; Not taking something seriously enough, treating it like a game; A willingness to participate, being game; A somebody or something that is wild or out of control; Doing something very well, playing to win, playing a mean game; Wild animals.
gun: Using or brandishing a gun may symbolize inner, unreleased anger or aggression; Targeting someone with harmful intent; Wanting to destroy somebody or something; Needing to step on the accelerator, add impetus, gun it; A gun may have sexual implications, the penis, ejaculation; A gun that is not working may indicate a feeling of defenselessness.
death: A death within a dream usually denotes imminent or current transformation, a new birth or a new beginning; Completion, ending, finality; Something that needs to released or changed; Dreaming of the dead may suggest suppressed grief; Although the interpretation of death is rarely this literal, it may indicate an actual death of someone, or anxiety about the possibility thereof. (rest don't apply)
warehouse: Your inner resources, potential, reserves or capacity.
woman: Symbolic of the feminine side or yin energy in both men and women; If the woman is known to you, assess your opinion of her - the dream may be highlighting her dominant characteristics. (I didn't know her)
white: The crown (7th) chakra, your connection to spirit or the Universal Source; Something that is pure or benevolent by nature, of a high vibration; Purification, cleanliness, newness; Your inner light; Peace or surrender, a white flag; Something that is unwanted by you, a white elephant; A rare or valuable possession that is expensive to maintain, a white elephant; Cowardice may be symbolized by a white feather; Hiding or concealing defects, deceiving, whitewashing; Suppressing, preventing somebody else's progress, a whitewash; A non-manual, professional occupation, white collar; Being drained of resources, being bled white; Death; Pain; Fear; Shock.
chakras: 7th Chakra - top of head, violet, top of head, thought, spiritual connection, understanding, knowing, bliss, God.
Thoughts: Maybe the timer on the game is some sort of metaphor for life, as in the time that is given to me to live on this planet. I could say that I feel like I died already due to the events of my past, especially when I tried to kill myself, and I'm just waiting for my body to catch up. But then on another level it feels like I am starting over, with time to spare, even if I'm not certain about my future. So those thoughts could easily transpose into a timer running out in a video game, causing my character to die, but then starting again with plenty of time to finish the level.
