Over the last two months Joy, Justin, Master Mind, Charlie and I have covered quite a few dreams in our immediate surroundings. They’re always different. Some are dangerous. Some are harmless. Many don’t speak English or French and we can’t find a way to communicate well. 

Now we’re traveling a bit further away, going five Shrooms in one direction. 

“All right,” Justin says, as he peeks into the tunnel. “Let’s go in. Me, Charlie, Joy, Master Mind, then Dad.” 

It’s the same order as always. Two Dreamers first who can deal with anything and/or die without anything happening to them. Then Joy, because you can’t keep her further back than that. Then Master Mind to protect her. Then me, because I’m a grandpa and a dream and I can get hurt.

Justin and Charlie reach the end and look down from the edge of the tunnel at this dream. 

“It looks like a university,” Justin says. “No signs of monsters or dangers.” 

We all take our turns looking down. It’s a pretty big campus. “I don’t recognize this place,” I let them know.

Charlie creates an elevator, and Joy touches it, making it real and permanent. Should worse come to worse, Joy has a way to get out on her own even if her jetpack doesn’t work and we all die or wake up. 

“Me first,” Justin says, and goes into the elevator by himself. 

We all look patiently as he steps out of the elevator onto the grounds and talks to a couple of passersby. He waves for us to go down.

Joy pushes the button, and as soon as the elevator arrives and its door opens, we all go oin: One dreamer, one dream girl, one killer robot, and one dream.

On to a new adventure!

(To be continued…) 

—Told by Grampa Walt