We were in a convenience store in Japan and my name was being broadcasted. Apparently we did something in the 90s that made the government take note of us for our contribution. They even reserved a webpage with our name that they distributed via a lucky draw. That day had finally come. My mom called for my uncle to come down from the second floor of the store.

I was watching someone play Path of Exile or some similar ARPG. They were about to roll a new character when they noticed they had a record number of people watching their stream (somewhere around 30k). There was a free game on the backside of the cover for some other game I was holding.

I was playing some kind of first person shooter and someone asked me what my field of view settings. They told me that I had a field of view of a bird.

I was still in bed but I already knew that I was late for the bus. My parents stopped trying to get me out of bed and handed the responsibility to my brother. I didn’t see the point but rushed to the bus stop anyways - under the presumption that I must’ve already been late by at least half an hour. When I got there, there were still familiar faces waiting. Some of the people were standing in the middle of the road. A number 2 bus stopped in front of us and as someone got on they said how most people don’t pay attention and get on the wrong bus right before complaining about the public transportation in the city.

It was 23:00 as I walked into the crowded cafeteria. I sat down at a table absolutely exhausted, knowing that I had to wake up at about 3:20 in the morning later. Someone next to me was playing Banished and was using a bunch of keyboard shortcuts to get look around the map the way people do with Starcraft. He said it was “how veterans play”. I replied that it only mattered if you wanted to look “pro” for it wasn’t the right game for that. I passed out over the table.

I was at the new student orientation and one of the activities was to bake a cake together with other students. The kitchen was heavily windowed and dominated by a white color scheme. We had math classes in the afternoon.

I was back at my elementary school campus and the bus heading home was arriving soon. I saw that they had put a new swimming pool next to the main entrance and some people were ready to get in. I suddenly realized that my pockets were empty, meaning that I must have left my phone, wallet, and keys somewhere upstairs. However after taking a few steps up the stairs, my belongings materialized in my pockets again. “Why do you lie to me?” I asked.

It was the second time in the first week that I was an hour late for class. I hadn’t memorized my schedule yet so I didn’t know what classes I was missing. Apparently this made my parents extremely concerned and they wanted to take the responsibility for my tardiness. When I looked at my schedule I noticed the only classes I registered for in the morning were art and music classes.

There was a movie about a “Herbalist” in the DVD player. What surprised me more however was the fact that we even had a DVD player in the house. The menu with a scene of the interior of a reddish tea place kept replaying on the TV screen.

We were playing a capture the flag game in a trainyard. I equipped myself with a few Molotov cocktails to close off a few paths. When I ran into the opponents territory, someone handed me a teal banana which was the objective. “Why me?” I asked as it was set into my hands. I was running across the field as I heard someone screaming at me to give it back.