Armor, War, and Whales

I was lounging on a riverbank (?) - I feel like there was a body of water around anyway. And scattered trees. It was sunny, around noon, and there was a picnic. I was eating and walking with a group of friends - I think there were two women and two men. There was another man, and I liked him very much.

There was a television or a computer - we were watching movies? There was something technological around us.

Then there was a pastel painting which was alive - or one of those painted decorative plates. It described the kingdom in which I lived, about how we had magic goats or the goats were symbols of our country. On the plate there was a king, and goats, and a rather pretty little forest and pasture scene.  The plate started to change, as did the scene. The goats started to die - it was an attack by a neighboring kingdom. The king would go to war.

There was a box I had to find, sent to me. It was my uniform - I had duties I needed to do. It was like waking up reluctantly. I opened the box, and pulled out a pair of harem pants, purple, and a burgundy overskirt. There was armor - dusty scale mail inlaid with red (or blue - I think it sort of changed to blue bubble shapes). I donned my armor, and my fancy hat, and the scene changed and I was in a sort of cathedral. The other people in my group were there, and we were presenting ourselves to the king. First the oldest two children - the high prince and high princess. I remember she had beautiful brown hair and a regal top hat offset on her hair. Then me - I was not a princess, but I had a title - I was a war commander, or a horse commander, but my title did not include commander. After me came the younger children - the other prince and princess. We bowed and vowed to fight.

There were horses and knights, moving through the cathedral which was also a castle now. It was maze-like, and I moved with authority.

Meanwhile (? - I'm not sure if this was still me, or another part of the dream sequence) someone destroyed the great aquarium. The great aquarium was a colossal structure of blue glass and blue water, stretching along the horizon line and hundreds of feet high. A woman stood on a cliff face and watched as the glass shattered. The great whale which lived in the giant tubular structure got stuck, and would surely die.The water cascaded out into the desert landscape. The woman turned to a man at her side, and they would go to war as well. There was chaos below.

I think I might have been below while things were breaking. I can't recall, but I feel like there was great shock and despair, and people were running around trying to figure out what to do. The man I liked was there? and we were trying to do...something...maybe were were looking at the fish and the whale...yes, I think we were enjoying the aquarium when it started to break.

Now, I had to fight. Armies were running around, but I got lost. The plates, which told the story I needed to follow, were difficult to understand. I had to find someone - RIGHT I remember now! I had to choose to fight the armies, or go after the wicked sprite queen who killed the goats. She was the mastermind, sort of. I chose to find her, but the plates didn't tell me how. They suggested I needed to run along the wall of plates, back to the start, to figure out where I was supposed to go to find her. Meanwhile, armies were moving through the halls of the castle.

I rounded a corner, and found the enemy in blue - or red. I remember feeling confused as to why the colors kept switching. There was a cheer as I found the first of the enemy - a toddler. This little baby boy sat in the middle of the hallway, dressed in little armor, holding a very sharp knife in his hand. He was waving it around like a toy. The other side arrived, and everyone watched and gossiped about what I would do. I approached the baby, and my side cheered that I would kill it, but they were also worried I would kill it. I crouched down by the baby and took a hold of the knife.

"Now then, why don't you give me that?" I cooed. The baby smiled and released the blade. Everyone laughed. I didn't know what I was supposed to do next, so I set the blade down and explained I had to go. I went back to searching for the correct story on the plates.


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I really enjoyed this dream. There was a lot of movement, and the costumes were great.

There was a transition of sorts, from a technological era to a more primitive one - the exception being the giant aquarium.

I think, now, perhaps, that I was someone on both sides of the fight. My armor was red in the first, but then I didn't attack the blue-armored people when I saw them. I got confused as to who was who.

The plate thing was interesting - it was like knowing ahead of time what the plot was, but having the plot be difficult to locate. I remember reading these decorative plates, which would say "she needed to go to this hallway!" only to go the hallway and not find what I needed. Then I'd find a plate which said "She had to go to the dark woods!" But I didn't know how to get there.

Also, I know I am forgetting something about the people. There was a lot of talking, but I know I'm forgetting an interaction with one of the characters early on which was important. Such is the nature of dreams, of course.