It was 7:15 and I had a bus to catch. I was running down the street when I slowed down to overhear a conversation that piqued my interest. I wanted to stick around as I was already going to be late anyways. It was then that I realized I had also forgotten all of my stuff at home.

We were learning how to make pizza on the fly after taking over someone else’s pizzeria. I presented a plate of pickled artichokes to a table of guests. The gimmick of our store was that we let the customers taste a sample of the toppings before putting the rest onto the dough and into the oven.

I was helping as a volunteer at an anime convention which allowed me to skip not only the lines but also a pop culture quiz that was supposed to filter a portion of the attendees. My first task was leading people through the entrance of the convention hall.

A friend was teaching us and his son about an animal called the Botie. It was a relative of the sloth which apparently had latent psychic and mind control abilities. However the specimen in front of us seemed to prefer to sleep and eat slices of tomatoes off the floor.

I had a new job lined up but I still needed to fill in a questionnaire that I’d yet to begin reading. I was wandering up and down the stairs of the library when I was told that there was going to be a new dinner routine. Dinner was now going to be served by hiding plates of food around the neighborhood as a way to incentivize people to come down to eat early. I walked through the snowy streets until I spotted a green plate in someone’s garden.

We had been waiting all night outside of a board game store waiting for its doors to open. The store was offering some special goods as a part of a vtuber collaboration event. It was nearly 5 AM when we walked up the counter and was informed that there were already about 200 people inside the store. I was confused how that could be the case as we had been standing outside for hours and hadn’t seen anyone go inside during that time.

I found myself at a house party despite not wanting to go. I felt inappropriately dressed for the occasion. Apparently the house had also recently begun operating as a tattoo parlor. It was quite popular and needed sessions to be booked multiple weeks in advance.

I was wandering around an anime con when I spotted some friends around a mahjong table. The table was pushed against a central staircase so only 3 sides of the table were open. I stood behind one of the seats when someone asked me how I was doing in college. I felt awkward telling them that I had graduated a while ago and had to explain that I hadn’t really been working since then either.

I was listening to a story about three people who had lived in the floorboards of a house for years without being noticed. They had a tactic of releasing cockroaches in various areas around the house to avoid discovery. Eventually they started a game where they tried to oust each other from the house.

I was laying in bed with a friend I hadn’t seen in a while. We didn’t really exchange any words as she placed her hand on my crotch before shortly going down on me.