Water racing

Date: 4/23/2018

Im in the car going to some party with Caroline and Victoria. The place is way out in this forest somewhere, and it's dark so we're having difficulty finding it. We finally stop at this little convenience type store so that victoria can call and get directions. I head inside to buy a pack of cigarettes because that is apparently a thing that I do. I'm back outside, lighting up one of my cigarettes when Victoria comes back to say she knows how to get to the party now. She states that the car is also out of gas, so we're going to head to a gas station first before heading there. She's also low key judging me for my smoking, but I just tell her that it's not something I do all the time, and that I just like to treat myself every now and again. She tells me she doesn't want me smoking in her car, so I have to have the window all the way down and basically leaning with my whole head outside as we try to find a gas station. We end up getting stuck on some crazy trail, and we're worried we're going to run out of gas before we find a station. We just keep driving by the light of our headlights and then all of a sudden have to slam on the brakes so we don't hit people running towards the car. They end up being the people from the party we're going to. We try to explain that we're sorry we're late we're just trying to find gas. They're laughing and saying not to worry about it, that we're at the party now and we're already in the maze. The one girl states that they knew we were looking for gas so they took care of it already for us and that's why they sent us into the maze. Victoria looks down and sees that in fact her tank is full. We get out and walk over to this big pool of water that's beneath an awning and there are ropes and boating equipment all over the place. There are several teams already in the water, gathered around their set of supplies, and we are hurried to get in and ready. We're barely able to get in before the start of the race is announced, and we're frantically trying to get an explanation of what's going on. All we can gather is that we've got to build a boat out of our supplies--some plywood, rope, and big plastic barrels cut in half. We also see that the water is steadily rising, so no matter what, we've got to get going or we're going to drown. Other teams are already heading out so we hurry to try and make something. Our plan is to make a big pontoon, but the water keeps sloshing us and we wind up just all crawling into the half barrels and clinging to the plywood sheets as we get swept into the river canal thing. We focus on simply not drowning, and float through different tunnels and such until we're going through the halls of a water filled building. We get to a room where the water drains into a big pool and we can finally stand. There are lots of people here, and there are waterslides that you have to climb lots of stairs to get to. Everyone wants to wait and watch this show that people are performing, but I'm trying to get them to hurry up because I have this urgency that we need to win this competition. I climb to the waterslide and shout for everyone to follow me. Eventually I get a few to follow and I head down. I splash into the pool at the end and crawl out into what feels like the center of a big mall. Other teams are here and I can see them working on a puzzle of some sort. I'm waiting for our last few people, but they're not coming. We can't start our puzzle until they're all here. I head back towards the waterslide and a worker man stops me saying I can't go back. I shove him aside and scream that I'm going to climb back up it and drag them down with me if I have to. So, I start climbing the stairs that are next to the slide in this dark tunnel, yelling for our teammate, Daniel. I see him standing at the top of the slide but he's still watching the water show below and won't go down. I scream at him and yank him down and shove him down the slide. Then, I run back down stairs and to the whole group and we start frantically working on the puzzle. It isn't really working though and it's like no malted what I do I can't focus on it or make my motions coordinating. The other team ended up winning and I was devastated.