Re: Plot Seeds from Unreal Life
I had a dream, years ago, that was very cinematic and vivid enough that it has continued to stick with me all this time. In short:
A cave with ancient bones and artifacts was discovered in Colorado while a company was starting construction on a resort. I was asked to help with the dig by a former professor. We discovered one misshapen skeleton, some pottery, and highly unusual artifacts: what looked like an early katana, and a what appeared to be an engraved shotgun that ejected shells by twisting instead of pump action, both in pristine condition. We discovered that despite what looked like wood on the artifacts, we couldn't get a sample for carbon dating, it was too resilient and resisted all instruments. The bones, however, were dated to over 14,000 years old, pre-Clovis. I went to reinspect the skeleton, and when I touched the skull I had a vision -- a dream within a dream -- of two figures fighting in the cave, a misshapen woman with the gun and a tall, thin, almost skeletal man with the katana, and the woman won, forcing the man into the sword body and soul. Then I went back to the other dream, and my professor was "waking me up", but had cut himself on the sword when I fainted. Soon, he exhibited strange personality quirks, while I heard mysterious voices. It turned out that the man in the sword was taking over the professor, while the woman had transferred some of her power to me. I developed a gryphon tattoo on each forearm, while the professor started creating zombie minions. I could use a form of magic, while anyone killed with the katana would rise as a nearly mindless, enormously strong undead, and anyone injured would become a less strong, but more cunning form of undead, almost vampiric, both types controlled by the professor. The dream ended in Denver, with me trying to save a crew of paramedics from a group of zombies.