radioactivefuzzy - Pencil Day

   This is one of my best dreams ever! It was so vivid, and I even used all six senses, but it's kinda (very) long. Sorry if it's irritating, or too long to deal with...

   Anyway, I'll set the stage first- it took place in Ohtori Academy, but my mind mutated the academy's architecture into a combination of my high school's cafeteria and a Barnes and Noble location near my house. There were about 20 people in the cafeteria, and they were all buzzing because it was PENCIL DAY! Pencil Day was a special school holiday where everyone gave and traded pencils with their friends and people they wanted to get to know better. Plus everyone had such cool pencils to trade, it was fun to see what kinds you could get! The dream began by a window in the cafeteria that showed off my school's waking-life Peace Garden. I was Utena, and I wore my uniform from the series.

   I walked around the cafeteria for a bit after looking at the garden for a while. I held a bunch of NY Board of Education pencils and sought out people who would give me nice pencils in exchange for them. I spotted Touga across the room and considered talking to him, but when I stopped to think, Saionji walked up to me. He had a wicked grin on his face, and he said "I hope you like this pencil, Miss Utena... I got it just for you." and he handed me the most beautiful pencil I had ever seen in my entire life! It was made from periwinkle-colored mother-of-pearl that showed off rainbows when turned over in the light, and the lead was a rich shade of violet. I sniffed the pencil, and found that it had been scented with lavender. Still, beauty ain't everything. I didn't trust the smile Saionji gave me, or his pencil. I decided to go upstairs to the library to think things over.

   I had to take an escalator to get to the second floor of the building. Though the place was based on a bookstore, there were only about 100 books there, 50 each on shelves on opposite sides of the floor. One set of books was just to the left of the escalator, the other in the far right corner. I went to the right first. Miki was reading in a comfy chair next to the books there. When he saw me he gave me a gentle smile(think Yukito from Card Captor Sakura), stood up and said, "If you want to learn about bringing revolution to the world, there's books on it on this shelf here!" Then he went back to his reading. I checked out the shelf and spotted a neat looking book with a picture of myself (Utena-dream-me, not the waking-world me!) in my uniform from the movie. The book jacket was light pink and the title was in powder blue, though I don't remember what the title was. I was just about to pick it up for a look-see when I heard a commotion by the opposite shelves.

   I hurried over, and apparently something horrible happened. Nanami and her cronies were crying, and Touga was rubbing the back of his head like he'd been hit by something, but other than that I was completely clueless as to what happened. I got a quick idea, though, when I noticed Saionji standing nearby with that same wicked grin from when he gave me his pencil. Suddenly I was in my dorm room.

   My room seemed to be an attic in an old house, but it had been fixed up nicely. There was a cauldron with a fire inside it in the middle of the room. I pulled a chain on the cauldron that made the fire rise and spark. Then, since I still hadn't gotten rid of them, I began putting the BoE pencils into the fire. I chewed on one while the others burned. I tried putting Saionji's pencil into the fire, but it wouldn't burn. Anthy (movie-style) then entered. She said, "Hello, Utena! Wow, that's a beautiful pencil you have there!" I replied, "Saionji gave it to me. I tried putting it in the fire, but look! It's not even singed! Oh, that Saionji...I don't trust him or his stupid pencils!" And then I woke up. And the first thought that entered my head when I woke up was "NO, WAIT! It was Akio and Touga, they were behind this! Saionji was trying to protect me!" I still can't get that thought out of my head. Guess I'll have to dream a nice apology now...