dream a little dream of tea
It was such a horrid day but Elsie's spirits were rather high. She had a floaty feeling as she treaded around large puddles of water, making her way through the rain, keeping her head dry by raising her plastic art-folio above her head. The campus had not seemed that large from the outside and the familiarity she had of the school's facade failed to prepare her for the strange unknowns within its grounds. Which way was the sign pointing earlier on? She looked around and then paused. Right, her instincts told her. Right is always right. You'll just get left behind by taking the path on the left. Elsie laughed to herself. She was thinking silly again.
Five minutes into walking along that path, she began to doubt her decision. It could not have been so far away, she had passed so many buildings already. Strange. Looking back, the structures seemed to have shifted and morphed into larger and taller ones. There was also this odd resemblance of one to a miniature version of the empire state building, how could she not have noticed it the first time? A sense of displacement was starting to settle in.
A student was walking towards her with a puzzled expression. Sure, Elsie was a sight to behold. She was still in her school uniform. College students were all in their own clothes. Elsie straightened herself and approached the student.
"Sorry, excuse me, do you know where the auditorium is?" She blushed and tried again, "I mean, the college auditorium of course."
The student motioned for her to continue straight on. Ah, so I was correct after all. She turned to thank the student and was greeted with another surprise. She was pretty sure it was a female student she had asked! But now she's turned into a he! This is ridiculous, what was getting into her?
Suddenly, the ground shifted beneath her and she seemed to be sinking inwards. Her vision blurred and the surroundings became warped, not unlike the application of the filter she liked to use in photoshop. Then the scene changed. Either Elsie had suddenly shrunk by ten times or the scene had enlarged by ten times. She was in a different place, of a different time zone too maybe. Everything was so surreal.
A huge tea cup was in front of her, and the tea was flowing out, a clear brown solution was welling around her. She expected it to scald her but it was pleasantly warm. She almost felt like laughing again. So, was this how a herbal bathe would feel? The water or rather tea level was at her neck now, she bent her knees and allowed her whole body to be submerged, her eyes squeezed tight. Then she opened them in the water while pulling strands of hair away from her face. Hey, there was a knob at the base of the cup! Was that to stop the flow? She dived and turned it tight. Had the tea level stopped rising?
Indeed it seemed to be so, in fact, it seemed to be receding, flowing backwards into the cup. Elsie stood as she watched the area dry up around her. After awhile, however, she realised she was still wet and so was the spot beneath her, even though the other areas were now dry. It was then that she realised, brown solution was oozing out of her skin.
Elsie panicked. What was happening? She opened her mouth to scream for help but no sound came out. Where was she? What was going on? The sound was tea flowing was getting stronger even though nothing was flowing out of the cup. In addition, there was this rhythem. This irritating sound, somewhat like hammering, growing louder.
Elsie? Elsie? ELSIE? Who is that calling my name? It was echoing all around. This is bad, really bad. You've got to snap out of this Elsie!
With a start, she awoke and found herself to have sat up suddenly, in her bed. Sweat matted her hair together. She let out a sigh of relief. Just a dream, girl. Just a little dream of tea.
But wait, what's this? The hammering sounds were still on and her name was still being called. It was then that she realised she awoke due to the knocking on her door.
She climbed down her bed and made her way through the clutter to pull open the door. Was this still part of her dream? The person she had been looking for in her dream had come to look for her instead. Suddenly, Elsie was conscious of her unkempt hair, stained nightgown and cluttered room. Damn, she should have cleaned up before opening the...
"Aren't you going to ask me to come in?" Her guest's voice punctured her thoughts. And in the most presumptuous manner, her guest stepped in as Elsie moved away to let Bri in...
Five minutes into walking along that path, she began to doubt her decision. It could not have been so far away, she had passed so many buildings already. Strange. Looking back, the structures seemed to have shifted and morphed into larger and taller ones. There was also this odd resemblance of one to a miniature version of the empire state building, how could she not have noticed it the first time? A sense of displacement was starting to settle in.
A student was walking towards her with a puzzled expression. Sure, Elsie was a sight to behold. She was still in her school uniform. College students were all in their own clothes. Elsie straightened herself and approached the student.
"Sorry, excuse me, do you know where the auditorium is?" She blushed and tried again, "I mean, the college auditorium of course."
The student motioned for her to continue straight on. Ah, so I was correct after all. She turned to thank the student and was greeted with another surprise. She was pretty sure it was a female student she had asked! But now she's turned into a he! This is ridiculous, what was getting into her?
Suddenly, the ground shifted beneath her and she seemed to be sinking inwards. Her vision blurred and the surroundings became warped, not unlike the application of the filter she liked to use in photoshop. Then the scene changed. Either Elsie had suddenly shrunk by ten times or the scene had enlarged by ten times. She was in a different place, of a different time zone too maybe. Everything was so surreal.
A huge tea cup was in front of her, and the tea was flowing out, a clear brown solution was welling around her. She expected it to scald her but it was pleasantly warm. She almost felt like laughing again. So, was this how a herbal bathe would feel? The water or rather tea level was at her neck now, she bent her knees and allowed her whole body to be submerged, her eyes squeezed tight. Then she opened them in the water while pulling strands of hair away from her face. Hey, there was a knob at the base of the cup! Was that to stop the flow? She dived and turned it tight. Had the tea level stopped rising?
Indeed it seemed to be so, in fact, it seemed to be receding, flowing backwards into the cup. Elsie stood as she watched the area dry up around her. After awhile, however, she realised she was still wet and so was the spot beneath her, even though the other areas were now dry. It was then that she realised, brown solution was oozing out of her skin.
Elsie panicked. What was happening? She opened her mouth to scream for help but no sound came out. Where was she? What was going on? The sound was tea flowing was getting stronger even though nothing was flowing out of the cup. In addition, there was this rhythem. This irritating sound, somewhat like hammering, growing louder.
Elsie? Elsie? ELSIE? Who is that calling my name? It was echoing all around. This is bad, really bad. You've got to snap out of this Elsie!
With a start, she awoke and found herself to have sat up suddenly, in her bed. Sweat matted her hair together. She let out a sigh of relief. Just a dream, girl. Just a little dream of tea.
But wait, what's this? The hammering sounds were still on and her name was still being called. It was then that she realised she awoke due to the knocking on her door.
She climbed down her bed and made her way through the clutter to pull open the door. Was this still part of her dream? The person she had been looking for in her dream had come to look for her instead. Suddenly, Elsie was conscious of her unkempt hair, stained nightgown and cluttered room. Damn, she should have cleaned up before opening the...
"Aren't you going to ask me to come in?" Her guest's voice punctured her thoughts. And in the most presumptuous manner, her guest stepped in as Elsie moved away to let Bri in...
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