elanya

I dreamed I was out in the field somewhere, or on some kind of archaeological project (I think - it is getting kind of hazy now). The people all seemed real real at the time, but now they are becoming kind of hazy themselves. There were no actual people that I know. In any case we were digging outside of this forest (possibly rainforest), investigating or looking for some site. However the locals kept talking about this other group of archaeologists who were also working in the area. Only they weren't actually archaeologists - they were looters! Basically, looters. The local population didn't know the difference, and I don't think the looters themselves really understood that what they were doing was wrong (or at least not all of them did). They were also looking for something specific (maybe even something Mythos-y), maybe some kind of temple, but they had also been grave robbing.

My group wanted to find them to see what all they had looted, find out where they were working and (presumably) stop them, but they had a weird transportation method for getting to their site. I think their group leader was some kind of mage or mystic or something, but I don't remember exactly. My group started running into these people when we were off-site, at night, etc. It really seemed like they were trying to pair off with us to make us less suspicious, but of course some people were falling for it anyway. Most of these pair offs were romantic, I think, but eventually they managed to intrigue the rest of us by telling us about the mystic-y stuff that they were working on-with, why they were out there and doing things their particular way, etc. (This actually reminds me of some stuff that happened in Julie's Changeling stories)

They kind of flew out to their site, for one thing. They had this trampoline or something that you jumped on, and if you knew where you were going, and so forth (I don't remember all the details), it sent you flying into the air, bounding over the treetops to where you were supposed to go. Since we didn't know the site we had to get sent to people, I think, which is one of the reasons they tried to pair up with us. they actually wanted us to come out and see, I think. I guess we did eventually make it out, and I have a mental image of some ancient Maya-esque temple, so I guess that is what they were investigating, and they showed us some of the graves they were digging up and what they were finding, and tried to explain why, and etc. There was one guy, Simon (the only one whose name I remember) who told me that he had been trying to publish what they had done, so at least people would know. He was the only one there who seemed really conscious that what they were doing was ethically bad. The others were more focused on their particular quest. Eventually, I think we got them to stop, but I'm not sure. I just remember what came next.

Sometime later, three of these people came by my house because they needed a place to crash. They weren't looters anymore - they were now a rock band! In fact, they may have been Lordi, or were at least a little Lordi-esque. And not only that, but they had this rabbit with them. It was a sleek little bunny with dark brown fur. They were convinced that somehow it was going to make them famous! Some other band had used a cute animal in their promotions somehow and it had really helped boost. Also this may have been a magical rabbit, but kind of mischievous (think like that evil Loony Toons frog that only performs right when it is not being watched by others). It was a cute bunny. I think its name was cottontail, imaginatively enough. Anyway, they all stayed on my tiny futon (all three of them were big people, what with their monster costumes and all), and the next day they had some photographers came by to do a shoot. of course the bunny wouldn't cooperate. I think they wanted to do a shoot at my place and possibly with me in it because they wanted to show how they were connected to the public or were willing to share the bunny love. Something along those lines. I was worried the whole time because I am really *really* allergic to rabbits, but this one didn't seem to bother me. Eventually the bunny and I got relegated to the bathroom while they finished their shoot.

Later on, I ran into them at some kind of fair. I think they were just really out of touch with reality. I don't remember what they were doing there - trying to promote themselves somehow. There was a lady in the group who was angry about something, and one thing that she liked to do to blow off steam was throw axes. I think she was kind of trollish (not changeling troll though). In fact, for those of you who know her, picture a burlier version of Rita from NERO. Like I said, the group was just strange, with their magic and their looting and their rabbit and so forth (they still had the rabbit). I just remember getting nervous about this because she wasn't especially safety conscious or very good at it. She was doing things like throwing really big axes where there were kids around and such. I was trying to explain to her why this was bad an dangerous...

...then tsiankiio called to see if I wanted to go out to lunch with peeps :) I said yes. She initially said O'Charley's, but Dina has apparently been craving the Indian Buffet like a mad woman, so I guess that's where we're going now :)

I should shower, etc, so that I will be ready, Rar!