Dream #553 (August 11, 2025) Inflatable Ark

Little sleep but still a dream.

    I was (and this seems to be common in my dreams even still) working as a camp programmer. This particular camp was a weird combination of forested areas and closed down shopping centers (with vines growing up the walls and everything). I was taking a group of kids on a hike. We circled around a geological formation similar to a small Devil's tower, but covered in moss, then crossed a very long and very high rope bride. One of the campers had a bow and shot the rope bridge with an arrow. leaving a huge gash in the rope. I said allowed, "This is going to come in to play later I'm sure" (it never did). Then we walked through an old mall with flickering fluorescent lights and vines growing along the walls. Right as we entered the mall it started to rain. I looked at a pocket radar I had and saw that heavy rains were expected. I let the camp counselors take the kids to their next destination and I called the director.

    She told me that severe flooding was coming and that we needed to gather all the campers and board them onto an ark. I was trying not to panic, but there were a lot of kids that needed to be gathered and not a lot of time. I instructed all the counselors I could find and we started lining up campers and sending them toward the ark once each group was accounted for.  The floors of the mall were starting to flood, and some areas were nearly impassable. There was a smaller kid struggling to wade through the water so I carried him for a bit. Nobody was panicking too severely and the evacuation was going smoothly.  I waited in the mall until every counselor and camper made it out safely, then followed them across the rope bridge and down to a nearby pier.

    The sky was navy blue, and amber lanterns lined the pier that led to a giant blue inflatable ark. All the kids boarded and I did a quick check to make sure nobody was left behind. However, before I could board, a huge wave came and crashed into the pier, causing it to collapse. I ran and leapt onto the ark just in time as the pier disappeared into the water (which was dark as oil). The kids were safely in the hold of the vessel, but I was sliding around the top of the ark. Because it was inflatable, it was difficult for me to get solid footing. I nearly fell off the edge several times and the waves and rain harassed me. I finally saw a way down to the hold.

Then I awoke.