Dream 267

I had just aquired some tutorials about a 3D animation software that I was anxious to try.  I didn't have a computer with me, but I knew that a local study hall had one that had the software installed, so I headed that way.  

I found that when I arrived, I had neglected to dress, but sat anyway in front of the computer, hoping that a handy pillow would conceal me.  While I was waiting for the computer to warm up, a couple of other people arrived and began setting up.  One of them was a screenwriter for a Star Wars series, and while I didn't like the series, she herself turned out to be very personable and friendly.

I left the study hall, having found some "tube pants" and was walking along a grassy stretch when some people signaled that I should come see what they'd found.

I joined them, and we walked along a hedge wall lined with trees until a break in the trees revealed a modest house behind the hedge.  An older woman was raking the yard, when she turned toward us, we could see that she had a single eye in the center of her forehead. 

"Excuse me, ma'am," said one of us, "are you a cyclops?"

She became somewhat agitated and said that we should leave, before there was trouble.  Before we could move, the air became darker and we found that we were nearly frozen in place.  With difficulty, I moved forward and into the woman's yard, and said if she let the others go, I would take whatever punishment was necessary.

At once, a fearful apparition appeared before the two of us.  It stood upright, like a man, and had a lengthened horses head, multiple spindly limbs and was covered by what appeared to be nails.

"I will determine your punishment," it said.  "It will be necessary to send you on a journey.  I will give you items that will protect you.  But your death is almost a certainty."