Date and Arcade in a Book Store

Date: 10/7/2022

I dreamt I had bought some games, mostly DS ones, and that the seller only gave me 48 out of the 54. I then realized that they had given me all of them, but that they had somehow stolen six of my games, and sent them to me. My dream shifted then and I was in a restaurant, and I was with a few of my friends. I only recgonized one of them though. The only one I recgonized was Sharley from high school. I was telling them that I was going on a date with someone, but that they were from a different place, so I was going to fly to them. Suddey the door opened and a man in a hat asks me if I'm ready. That's my cue. I get up, and follow him outside. Once outside I notice I had clear plastic sandals on, and that they keep slipping off. I tell him to stop, and he helps me take them off. "We'll get you a new pair," he says and throws them in a trash bag on the side. We then enter a book store, and I look around, marveling at it all. It's odd because one part looks like an antique place, while the other looks like a book store. We get further in, and there are aracde machines. They're high off the ground though, and the stranger I'm with tells me to choose stage 7, which is a button I can reach on the arcade machine. I do, and the game starts. The name of the game is Cold Trails of Steel. (That's an actual game, but it's an RPG, and not an arcade game). I press start and I see my character in a forest. I find a platform and use it to jump up to the top. It takes two tries though, because the first attempt I miss the landing, and end up falling back down. I make it the second time, and the stranger is delighted. I wake up then confused.