kismetism

Took a nap and had some kind of whack dream. It was unusual because I never identified as one of the people in the dream, rather than just experiencing the narrative as an omniscient other. Dream logic ftw.

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It was about a little girl who lived next door to a really eccentric couple and it wasn’t totally clear why at first. But they frequently asked the little girl to come over and house sit for them. And they kept their home spotlessly clean.

(it should be noted that I never really understood the concept of house sitting. giving the keys to the neighbor so they can come feed your cat, sure, … maybe water the plants. But house sitting? notsomuch.)

Anyway, one night the girl is going home after the adults come back and they pat her on the head as she goes, and she finds another kid who lives on the street coming up to the house and she asks what he’s doing. And they’re friends, and he tells her that the couple asked him to house sit tonight, too.

And the little girl’s like, huh?, because she just got done with house sitting and they’re back already, so why’s he gotta do it too?

And it turns out that the two people who live in the house are like… pirates. Or some kind of seafaring guardian type thing (cause… pirates are guardians… O.o ) … and apparently it was getting to that time of year where they needed to sacrifice a kid in order to strengthen the spell that … protected the area from sea serpents and kept their house so clean. (that’s a nice bonus.)

And they were going to sacrifice the boy, cause they liked the girl too much to consider doing that to her. (and the kid from across the street was a brat.) But in the midst of figuring all this out, this mermaid comes and admonishes the couple for what they’re doing… because sacrificing a little kid for the good of many still is bad… and the couple has been neglecting/cheating their guardianship duty (UR DOIN IT RONG) in their effort to appear normal and blend in with the rest of the modern world.

And the little girl in the meantime decides to go swimming in the couple’s pool, which boggles them for some reason and somehow that inspires the couple to do the right thing.

And then I woke up.

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Honestly, I think if you tweaked some of the elements, it could make an awesome children’s book. Can we say Hayao Miyazaki? >_>