There are actually a few dreams I’ve had about TENSION since I first attended Ascension back in October. My memory of them is somewhat foggy unfortunately, but there were two that seem to stick out in my mind:
In the first dream, I remember being at the compound in a dingy-looking hospital room. I was handcuffed to a gurney that was being wheeled to an operating theater, where they were going to perform the “ritual” to see if I was the next Oracle. I awoke before they were able to go through with it (and I do remember more happening in the dream, but I cannot quite remember what).
The second involved going to a sort of mixer-event for the institute that was being held in this sort of recreation center out in some rural area. Several people (myself included) were clad in those plastic uniforms you wear during processing, but all that I remember happening was that people mingled and that an older gentleman concluded the event by announcing which of the OOA’s newest members were chosen to move on to the next “phase” of the recruitment process. This process was supposed to take place over a period of several days, and I remember being very afraid of what it would entail but somehow grateful that I was chosen to move forward.
The weird thing is I am certain that I’ve had several other dreams and nightmares about Tension and the OOA, but I those are the only two I specifically remember. Something else I found a bit odd about those two is that I was an complete newcomer to the institute during both of them, but I somehow had full recollection of what happened during my first Ascension and knew very well what the OOA would eventually do to me.
I woke up from both with feelings of dread and anxiety. And I don’t know why, but for some reason I still feel anxious and even disturbed just thinking about them (the second one in particular). That’s actually something that’s never happened to me before.
Count me in next time, though!