“Slice of life” dream: back in college, a shooting, and the afterward

Date: 1/22/2021

Last night my dream followed somewhat of a linear time structure, which it usually focuses more on a scene or emotions rather than “a day in the life”. I’m already forgetting details so I’ll just word vomit everything I can: I was at some kind of college and a lot of my high school friends were there. I went into the hub area of the college where a lot of the food places are and first I went to a table where Josh sat to ask him a question, then I got woozy at some point because I was not eating breakfast and I was very weak. I remember looking at donuts and getting one. I vaguely remember that i had been recovering from some sickness and my friends told me not to overwork myself. I did not have classes on this day so I went to run errands, I stopped at this little outdoors shopping center and there was a guy with a handgun waving it around in the air like he was talking to somebody who wasn’t there. I snuck around the cars to walk past him into a building. He turned, spotted me, and yelled back “I’ll get your ballet ass!” Scared, I slipped into the nearest door which was actually a ballet studio. I warned everyone in there to lock the door because there’s a crazy man outside. They locked the door but he came by and peered in because they didn’t have curtains and the walls of all the front of the stores are glass. He just opened it up like it was no problem. He walked right past me and the people sitting in the front and started shooting into the studio at random with a new, bigger gun. I grabbed the bell that hung from the door handle so it wouldn’t make a sound against the glass and slipped out and ran to my car. I was shellshocked and arrived back at the campus. I took my rip stick (which was hello kitty themed weirdly and shaped a little different) and rode along the streets, which I would absolutely never do irl because it’s so dangerous. I picked up speed and joined a four lane interstate that ran thru the town. I remember going impossibly fast and being so scared but its like I was almost trying to get killed. I snapped out of it and got off an exit and rode down a big hill into a more lush residential area, jumping to catch my board when i got too fast so I could walk down it. I remember seeing another group of girls all walking together holding their boards and i felt sad. I went back to the food area of campus and I saw all my friends there already for lunch but decided not to say anything and sat by myself and could not bring myself to go get food.