Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Blue Man and the Truth

***CONTENT WARNING***THIS IS A TRANSCRIPT OF A DREAM AND HAS NOT BEEN SANITIZED FOR CONTENT, GRAMMAR, ETC.

This is an origin story - how a person got the special powers he had.

A man is taking his wife to dinner at a fancy restaurant - they have late reservations but he decides to surprise her by taking her early. Upon their arrival at the restaurant, the chef - Tyler Florence - is prepping to cook for and serve a large table. Apparently, the chef knew the couple was coming and hadn't anticipated their early arrival. He had not planned to cook for them - so when they were seated at the table he was taken aback. This is because he was having an affair with the wife - the husband was completely in the dark until he saw them interact. Something in his being just knew this was happening, and it changed him forever.

The man now had the power to show people the truth. He can show them that which they are afraid to see, and he can also force the truth upon people who do not want to see. He goes mad. His body is bright blue, he is bald and naked. He begins to force the truth on people indescriminately.

Fast forward to a bathroom.
A child with special gifts - a boy - has just dropped something on the tile floor and his mother is trying to coach him on using his powers to put the object back together. It is a collage-type piece in a frame, but has come apart like little mosaic pieces all over the floor. There is a noise outside the door. I stay with the child. I am dressed in all white, as is the mother and the child. Almost like a bodysuit, but it covers our hair too. The mother looks at me - she wants to continue to encourage the child, but she needs to investigate the noise. I stay with the boy - he is about 8 years old.

Outside, the blue man grabs the mother's head - he is going to force his truth, his pain on her. She is pure of mind, only thinking of her child. The man does not understand why she resists so. The child pieces back together the object, his head swelling from the effort. I know what is happening outside - there is a horrible scene as the mother struggles to maintain her mind. I open the door, exposing the child to the man and the man to the child. The man drops the mother, who is irrevocably damaged from the transfer. He stares at the child in shock and shame, crying, 'I'm so sorry, I didn't know...I didn't know.' The child stares into his eyes, forcing the man to experience the child's own truth. The man runs from the room.

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