Chapter One Colorful, dramatic dreams weren’t anything new-Shad frequently had colorful dreams, often filled with odd historical or personal items. It was a disappointment to him that his dreams rarely continued in an interesting circumstance for long before morphing into something else. So that this one was hanging together for such an extended duration was pretty interesting, even if it was just another variation of Gaming in a Strange Place. Whether it was war games, RPGs, or platform games, Shad preferred to game outside the public eye in order to avoid distractions, so a dream which he was gaming in public or strange surroundings wasn’t unusual. This dream featured him and part of his regular group in a library someplace, empty but for them and illuminated only by a light coming directly from overhead. While Shad was normally the GM they were all creating characters using an unfamiliar rules set. The PC sheet on the table changed like an Xbox avatar as decisions were made, although there didn’t seem to be any dice involved.
