Dream fragment

[jere7my]

Sitting in a mall atrium, high-ceilinged, cathedral-like, with floor-to ceiling windows flooding the mall with light. A red, life-sized, animatronic velociraptor prowls among the tables. Gleefully screaming kids and their parents run about, while other adults quietly munch their burgers; clearly, the running kids are part of some live-action game. The raptor comes after me, and I feel many things at once: Should I pretend to be afraid? Am I afraid? Have I understood what's going on? Am I part of the game now?

The raptor growls, red eye rolling to look at me, and turns away.

Comments

[kairon-gnothi.livejournal.com]

Sounds like Rainbow Cafe (plus). On one of early visits, we were privileged to see a young child frightened into hysterics by the growling, roaring, chest-thumping life-sized silverback mountain gorilla animatronically mounted next to their table.

Of course, _we_ loved it. Also, the food was pretty good, albeit expensive (you paid for the floor show).

[orawnzva.livejournal.com]

I once had a dream in which a bunch of folks were trapped in an abandoned high school that was also a space station. Only the level-headedness of Ted Fernald (yes, him) saved many from the Tyrannosaurus rex. It was all rather strange.