i'm looking down and i see around 7 girls laying on their backs and holding hands and they're sliding off the mountain side. the snow is too loose and it doesn't cause enough friction for them to stop. there's an eerie sound coming from the doomed girls. i want to help them, but i'm just a pair of eyes. as my gaze moves twds the edge of the cliff, i see 2 adults - one woman, one man - and they're hanging on for dear life. i recall the girl was holding onto the cliff and the man was holding onto her. for some reason, i realize the girls are trying to kill the two on the edge, but i still have this hope they are going over to try and help.. the 2 on the edge realize they must plunge to their death or be devoured by these girls. the girl lets go, and the eerie song of the girls grows louder as the 2 fall to their inevitable deaths.
i drop, and am standing in the woods. it's winter - the trees are covered w/ snow and the lake is frozen over. i look up, and see the ghosts. yet, they seem harmless. they look ragged and tired. they want to leave this earth, but they're stuck in this place called the "cross road." they want me to help them, but i'm not sure what i'm supposed to do. suddenly i have 2 companions - a girl and a boy. even more suddenly, the girls on the ledge start chasing us. it is for these girls' sake we take on the mission. we start running across the lake. i can hear the ice groaning under our weight, and visions of the ice cracking take over my mind. the girls turn into tiny balls w/ only eyes and a mouth, making them much faster b/c they can roll on the ice. i know i shouldn't try to "kill" them and when they get close, i'm able to kick them away. i know we just need to make it to the cabin at the edge of the woods. we run and run, and we're able to get to the door. but the girls/balls are fast. they gain on us and we barely make it. my guy companion is a step behind and he stands on the porch, thinking this is sufficient. one of the girl spheres takes this chance to jump on his neck and starts to suck the life out of him. his eyes roll up and he starts to slump forward. i scream and i grab the monster off his neck and stomp on her, deflating her. i drag him inside, but before i can get him inside, the sphere has stuck itself onto one of its own and has inflated again. from there she jumps onto my thumb, and hooks on like a leech. i notice the air deflates again when she is not sucking on something, so i shake it off and rush inside.
the people inside are looking at me like i'm crazy. one of them tries to go outside, and i scream at them to stand back and to close the door. one of the kids keeps going forward. i push him aside and block the door. a girl with a cat looks behind me and says: "look, it's just a kitten and a puppy." i turn to see they, in fact, have turned into a kitten and a puppy. they look harmless, but on a closer inspection, you can see their blood-shot eyes, and blood-covered mouths. i tell the girl to look closer and tell her i'm just trying to save her cat. they finally listen to me and the "girls" go away.
i need to help these poor ragged ghosts. i know i need to get on the 9th floor of this buidling, but in order to get there, i need a key. my companions turn into 2 girls. we aren't supposed to be here, so we try to blend in w/ the crowd. we look for a nice lady and ask her to borrow her keys. we get one with fairly little trouble. i stick the key into the slot for the 10th floor, and was about to turn when my companion reminds me it's the 9th floor. *oops* i turn the key several times before the button pops up so we can press it. i turn to look for my other companion, who's name escapes me at the moment. but we can't find her. we know this is our only chance. we try to stall as much as we can, but the elevator starts beeping, and we know we must continue w/o her.
we get to the 9th floor and there's a room that looks like a church. it's very old and wooden and has 2 rows of wooden pews. people are sitting around. the people here seem to be as old and as worn as the pews they are sitting in. i start to give a speech about the wood ghosts and how they need our help. i give a passionate speech about how the ghosts are their ancestors, their mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and lovers. the people in the room are not impressed. in fact, they seem to be scared. they don't want to have anything to do w/ the ghosts.
suddenly, i'm joined by the ghosts. one of them is a young japanese guy. he says he will help me make my case. i agree, but before i do, i want to make sure i'm not the only person that can see them b/c i don't want the people to think i'm crazy, ya kno? so i ask the ghost if everyone can see them, and he answers in the affirmative. by now, it's getting chaotic. the living seem to be glad to meet their ancestors, but still afraid.
it's then i realize i must take the living people to the "cross road" and the ghosts and the living must actually cross roads in order to be rid of each other. i tell this to my now male companion who seems skeptical. then i tell him that must be why the place is called the "cross road" (get it?)
unfortunately, i know this is not going to happen, so i settle for introducing the ghosts w/ their kin.
i asked the japanese ghost who his descendant is and he tells me he's captain __ (again the name escapes me). so i ask whether that person is in the room, and he is in the front of the room. i take the ghost and introduce him to his ascendant, an old japanese gentleman, with a long white beard and his hair in a bun and wearing old style clothing (like in the old movies). the ghost (who is wearing t-shirt and jeans, btw) starts by bowing and saying in japanese that he can't speak very much japanese. the old man, who only speaks japanese, seems impressed.
then i woke up.
yes, all my dreams are this exciting/detailed. no, i'm not weird.
