Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Five Dollars

In the scene where everyone changes into Harry (in the actual book), Harry was changed into some older guy.  A fight broke out, and while it was going on, Harry started changing back into his own form.  After the fight was complete, they were out in this big destroyed city area, and Harry's transformation back had stopped early.  He had a section on the right side of his head (his right) that was still bald.  Even though I was just a "viewer", I took a five dollar bill and wiped it across the untransformed spot, and it went back to normal.

The Slow Dungeon

I was in a building that felt like a house or a cluttered downtown shop.  I was slowly making my way through the rooms while looking at the things around me, either as if I was going to purchase the items or if I was looking to purchase the building.

Eventually I made my way to the back of the building and into the kitchen.  The kitchen was nice and updated with stainless steel appliances, nice brown tile on the floor, black granite on the counters and the walls were painted a deep shade of red.  There were windows off to my left, and a back door to exit the building was in the middle of the back wall.

On either side of the back door were two spiral sets of stone steps heading down.  The person I was with was the current owner of the building, and when I saw the stone spiral steps, they informed me that they went down to the basements, which were called "Slow Dungeons".  Although they didn't tell me anything about them, I knew that going into the Slow Dungeons was a dangerous thing, and that once I chose to go down there, there was no coming back out without dealing with those dangers.  Part of that danger was that things could not happen too quickly down there, such as moving too quickly or solving puzzles too quickly to get out, otherwise it would cause some sort of death or destruction.  I looked at both sets of stairs and opted to take the ones on the left, spiraling around clockwise as I went down.

Once I was in the first level of the basement, I began slowly looking around.  I wasn't sure what I was supposed to be looking for or doing in order to progress into deeper levels.  There was all sorts of stuff laying around on tables and in old glass curio cabinets, and the place looked a bit like a cross between a thrift shop and an antique store.  I knew that something here had to be the first step to getting through this place, but I didn't know what.  After a while of looking around, someone I was with wound up finding a dragon head that could fly.  They were able to use it to do something which unlocked our way to the next level of the dungeon.  I don't remember what they did with it, but I remember it flying around soon before we knew we could progress.

Once we got to the next level, I knew that I was going to be on my own to figure it out.  I felt like I had a little bit better understanding of what I was supposed to be looking for, but I still wasn't feeling terribly confident. 

The second floor had more one and two step raised platforms with items resting on them than the first level did, but everything was still just as cluttered.  Before I was able to really get started with figuring my way out of this level and to the next one, the dream ended.