One Wild Ride

Date: 9/17/2016

I got kicked out my house and forced to relocate into a co workers. I was thinking to myself I'd rather just get my own place until the co worker told me I was able to live there for free but I had to sleep on the couch and anytime I needed to use the restroom I had to use pillows to make a door. It sounded like an easy setup so I decided to stay. The next day I was back at high school (I'm 30 years old) in the gym watching "Batman The Animated Movie" with my class. Everyone in the school was there but each class had their own tv and rendition of Batman. Some were watching Tim Burton style Batman movies, others were watching dark spin-off style Batman movies that took place in a high security prison that involved gangs and murder. As were watching the gym started to fill with smoke. At first we all thought it was part of the immersive movie experience, until the fire alarm went off. Everyone left the gym and went outside very orderly. Once outside we all noticed that the buses were all lined up. We didn't even realize it was time to go home. Everyone got on their bus while I was walking around trying to find the right one because I still was very unfamiliar with where my new home was. I ultimately ended up not getting in one. I had a blanket with me and figured I'd just ride the blanket down hills and get around that way. So I hoped on my blanket and hoped on the freeway and away I went. I was zipping around no problem as if my blanket was a sled and the ground was snow. To propel myself and keep the momentum going I used my right hand and constantly pushed forward. I got my top speed up to 70mph but noticed my exit was coming up and fast. I tried slowing down but it wasn't fast enough. I came to a stop in the middle of the freeway just passed the exit and had to run over and cross the divider. Once I got to my exit though it was flat. No hills. I had to think of a different way to get to my destination without resorting to walking. That's when I saw a train go by. I rushed over to the tracks in hopes of grabbing the train before it was gone but I was too late. After a few minutes cursing, another train was headed my way. It looked different though. Out dated. It was faded lime green with white trimmings and reminded of a car style from the 1950's. I got on anyway. I made my way to the back so I'd be more likely to be un noticed. There were a couple girls back there. One kept to herself and the other just looked at me with a slight grin while popping her bubble gum. After a few minutes, bubble gum girl, came up to me and told me I needed to leave. I tried to explain I was just trying to get home. She told me I needed to leave because the train was not going where I needed it to. I asked if the train was going up through California and into Washington State. She said yes but it's ultimate destination was not where I was headed. I decided it was good enough because at least it got me to the right state. We both took our seats and went back to out own business. What felt like a few hours goes by and I hear a "pssst!.... pssst!" I look over and the quiet girl is beckoning me over. I walk over and ask what's up. She tells me that the conductor of the train will kick me off the train if she catches me. I kind of figured that already but this girl tells me there might be a way where I can stay. She shows me this electronic box embedded into the back of train. She says she's supposed to use it every 30 minutes and give the train 25 likes on Facebook but the process takes much to long and I was able to make it go faster then the conductor would probably feel more inclined to let me stay. I decided I'd give it a whirl and try. I had no idea what I was doing. This box had handles and knobs and switch and buttons and even a robotic hand. I kept tinkering with it in hopes I'd figure out something. That's when the train came a screech and slowed way down. I man dressed like he was from 1902 casually came to the back of the bus and took a seat. I knew something was up. The exit doors opened up and the conductors voice came in the through the intercoms. She said she knew there was a stowaway in bored and that was not acceptable. I figured the man was there to toss me back outside. The time ticked and tocked and neither of us moved. I whispered to the quiet girl that I'll tell the man I would like to speak to the conductor and tell her I am fixing the electronic box. Right when I got up so did the man from 1902 and so did one other gentleman. We both looked at the new comer and the gentleman said this is where his office was and he got off. Me and the man from 1902 looked at each other and thought well now there is an open seat. He sat back down but I thought I'd play it safe and still go talk to the conductor and let her know I was trying to earn my keep. When I got to her she looked startled and I reassured her I was only there to speak with her briefly. After explaining she looked much more relaxed. She told me she actually had a different project she needed my help on. She said her shower wasn't working right and showed me that when she turned it on water would just trickle out and not spray. I told her I'd take a look. My first thought was to take all the nozzles off and spray them down to clean off anything that may be blocking with water flow. The shower had about 25 different nozzles that all looked different in shape and in color. When I tried to put them back I couldn't figure out the order. A couple guy passengers came back to help me but they couldn't figure it out either. I grabbed the Manual to see if it had a picture I could go off of. I found one but it was for a different shower so it didn't do me much good. The Manual was huge though. There were so many random things in it, most of which didn't even pertain to showers. The guys started flipping through it and laughed some of the stuff that was in there, until the got to the last section. The last section were plans with diagrams. Boat diagrams, weapons diagrams, harpoon diagrams. Illustrations of different whales and how to catch them. That's when we realized this lady was on a quest to find the whale from Moby Dick (from the book). We quickly looked outside and sure enough we were now out in the open ocean. It was deep into the night and we were caught in a storm. I rushed through the train yelling at everyone what what happening. I got to the back of the train and it had turned into a huge hanger with military men, Humvees, giant harpoon guns and tons of giant crates that were strapped down by military style fish nets. This was happening and there was nothing I could do to stop it.