Viking Days

We were tasked to build a boat. The purpose was to go back in time, and record the Viking way of life. It took months before the boat was finished. We had to be sure to build it without any modern technology because to do so would jeopardize the mission. We made a lot of mistakes along the way, but each time we were able to correct those mistakes without much rebuilding. Finally, about a year after we began, the "Valiant" was finished. We set off at dawn. The air was crisp and cold, and the sun was bright on the water. It was beautiful and we were all confident that we would be able to sail into the past with no repercussions. A few days passed and we were all wondering if we'd been able to go backward in time.

We saw plenty of whales, sharks, and other ocean life, but never saw any sign of human life. We were huddled on the upper deck, wondering if we needed to head back when we saw, in the distance, several plumes ofsmoke. We jumped up and down and high-fived each other, because we were certain that we had made it! It took another day and a half before we were able to clearly see a fairly large settlement. The dwellings looked to have been built from stone quarried from the surrounding cliffs.

We immediately began taking still pictures and videos. Many of us had microcassettes and were voicing what we were seeing with our own eyes, along with how we felt about that. About a half mile before we reached the docks, we had changed our clothing and hidden away anything that smacked of where we came from.

The sights, sounds, and smells...they were amazing and it almost felt like I was awake. I could smell wood burning in fireplaces and meat cooking. Our boat finally docked and a long plank was pushed up to us. We carefully made our way down the wood because it was still wet from whatever precipitation had passed over the village earlier.Once we were on solid land, we were greeted by what looked to be the village elder. He knew there was something off about us because he challenged us. In order to prove ourselves worthy, we had to make our way to an abandoned Keep in the mountains. Apparently there was an evil wraith that we had to do away with.

Unfortunately for me, only two of us had to go, and...I was one of the two! I wasn't very happy about that because I could barely lift the sword, let alone kill a wraith with it! My friend and I realized, though, that we had to get this done or our research would be completely ruined. We hefted our swords over our shoulders and headed up the mountain.

Once we got to the Keep, I was grousing to my friend that I didn't think the elder wanted to challenge us so much as use that as an excuse to get rid of the damn wraith. He agreed with me, but said we were pretty much stuck with the task if we were going to be able to continue our research. I really hate dark, dank places and this Keep was the darkest and dankest! We opened the door and stepped inside and as soon as we did, my dream flipped and now it was more like a PC role-playing game with buttons to push and items to find. Luckily for us, we were able to find some armor right away.

The rest of my dream was pretty muzzy. I remember having to answer a lot of yes/no questions and depending on how I answered them, I was either turned evil or good.

So, there it is in a nutshell. My first posted crazy dream! YAY ME!