So I had this really intense sci-fi/horror dream that would
make an awesome book or movie but being in the middle of it was very much DO
NOT WANT. I was in this futuristic society where apparently (and I didn’t learn
this right away) your merits and what you offer society is what determines
whether you get to live or not. Imagine a world where a grade you got in school
determined whether or not you’d have your flesh ripped off or not. WELL pretty
fucking motivating.
Apparently there was a severe shortage of food in the world
and so humanity had resorted to the only food source they had left in
abundance--- themselves. But because humanity is ‘moral’ they developed a
system where only the most ‘valuable’ to society were safe and the rest were
treated as cattle. There was a lottery drawn for people of a certain age and if
you didn’t meet certain standards you were considered meat. (heh meet… meat…
eh)
I was sort of thrust into this world. I had no idea what was going on. I somehow stumbled onto this nice older couple who had a house but in their basement they received shipments of young adults ready to be processed. I was ambushed with a frying pan and shoved into the pit with these frightened 20-year olds—NAKED—I might add. I watched them select a girl and force her into this contraption which removed her skin with a laser while she was still alive.
I was sort of thrust into this world. I had no idea what was going on. I somehow stumbled onto this nice older couple who had a house but in their basement they received shipments of young adults ready to be processed. I was ambushed with a frying pan and shoved into the pit with these frightened 20-year olds—NAKED—I might add. I watched them select a girl and force her into this contraption which removed her skin with a laser while she was still alive.
That was pretty friggin scary. I was horrified. It has been
quite a while since I’ve felt such horror in a dream. All she said was, “Did I
faint?” Apparently the laser process fried her nerves so she didn’t feel
anything but then she saw herself and… the screaming… I ducked into the back of
the pit and found a loose patch and managed to push it aside. I found a tunnel,
sealed it behind me and ran. I found a phone and called the cops thinking this
was an isolated thing that it was just this couple—turns out it was the whole
friggin WORLD.
So they came with their cop cars and chased me and no one
would listen. To them I was an escaped cow. I twisted the neck of one cop and
took his weapon then ducked into the bushes before the others got there. I ran
alongside a stream, trying to find cover and finally came to a muddy ravine.
There was at least a foot of muddy gross sewer water and I was hiding under an
overgrown bridge/pipe. Helicopters hovered overhead with spot lights. I
remember one of the snipers got too close to where I was so I snapped his neck
from the shadows and dragged him into my hide hole. So I just sat with a dead
guy next to me for what felt like forever until they moved on.
Then I took his clothes and apparently went home. My mom
didn’t seem to know what had happened and I was trying to warn her but all she
talked about was learning more languages and more ‘valuable’ skills like math.
She didn’t act like realMom at all, she was so snobby. That’s when I learned
how the society worked. Horrified and rather pissed off, I got my hands on some
guns and armor and found my way back to the ‘Processing Plant’ beneath the nice
elderly couple’s house.
I took out as many guards as I could and made my way back to
the pit. I tried showing the others the escape hatch and getting them to escape
but they just stared at me blankly. I kept trying to get through to them
explaining what would happen until one rang an alarm bell betraying my
presence. I escaped narrowly but they cornered me eventually and I shot myself
before they could take me.
Whew… aren’t I just a bucket of sunshine.
So yes… awesome idea for a script… hAWFUL to be stuck in the
middle of. I like my skin right where it is, thank you!
